Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

"You are not welcome in Berlin. Nothing good will happen to you even if you enter Berlin. Please go back before the situation escalates further!"

Letitia stopped and faced the policeman in front of her. She looked up at the man who was much taller than her and said, "Mr. Officer, why are you here fully armed to stop us, a group of unarmed women?"

The policeman remained silent. Letitia's words made him and the group of people behind him feel extremely ashamed. It was really funny that they had to be fully armed in the face of such a group of women.

However, the policeman couldn't just let them go because he had a mission to accomplish. He said to Letitia, "Every time you arrive in a city, you will cause riots in that city. Your actions violate the laws of the empire. Our superiors ordered us to come here to intercept you in order to maintain the city's law and stability."

There was some helplessness in the police's words. Who the hell would be willing to do such a stupid thing? No matter whether he did a good job or not, he would be scolded by his wife when he got home. If a man who doesn't have a wife lets the girl know that he did such a thing, would she still be willing to be with him?

"Is it against the law..."

Letitia muttered this sentence in a low voice. This was indeed something she had not expected. She was not familiar with German law, so she could not judge whether what the man in front of her said about her and her companions breaking the law was true or false.

Since the policeman said that they stopped him because he violated the law, isn't it enough that he didn't break the law?

Letitia suddenly had an idea. She whispered something to Catherine and asked her to take two people to tear down the banners and slogans on the car. The police looked at their actions in confusion, not knowing what they were doing.

After tearing down the banners and slogans, Catherine returned to Letitia. Letitia smiled and said to the police: "Officer, we are not here to protest now. We are here to travel in Berlin."

"Can you let us go now?"

The policeman was stunned. He did not expect Letitia to do this. He also felt relieved in his heart. They were ordered to intercept the protest team, but there was no protest team in front of them. There was only a group of tourists who came all the way from Strasbourg to Berlin.

"Okay, okay, since we're here for tourism then it's fine."

He waved to the police officers behind him, indicating that they could remove the checkpoint, and the police officers did so with a sense of relief.

Seeing that the police agreed to release Letitia, the others were extremely excited. Letitia looked at the policeman and thanked him sincerely, while the others also looked at the policeman with gratitude.

The women's gratitude made the policemen feel very embarrassed, and they quickly removed the checkpoints and retreated to the sides of the road.

Letitia also returned to the vehicle with her companions. She was very happy. Since the police agreed to let them go, there would be no difficulty. She only needed to take them to Berlin and then to the Palace of Sanssouci...

However, her joy did not last for a few minutes before Letitia saw two trucks coming up the road. The moment she saw the trucks, her heart began to rise again.

Letitia knew that the worst situation she had never imagined had happened - the army had arrived.

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Chapter 225 Rescue

When Letitia saw the military trucks, other people at the scene also saw the two trucks carrying soldiers heading towards them. After seeing them, everyone at the scene became nervous.

No one expected that the army would intervene in this matter, especially when they were about to pass through the police checkpoint to enter Berlin.

Catherine suppressed her anger. She never expected the army to come. She leaned close to Letitia's ear and said seriously, "Letitia, if it doesn't work, let's leave. They won't listen to you like the police."

Letitia clenched her fists as she watched the truck approaching. They had finally arrived outside of Berlin and persuaded the police who had blocked the road. They were only a short distance away from entering Berlin... If they gave up now, all their previous efforts would be in vain.

But she also knew that the police would reason with them, but the army would not, and that except for Catherine, everyone else around her, including herself, were unarmed civilians.

"us……"

Letitia gritted her teeth. She couldn't bring herself to say that all her efforts would be wasted. However, the situation before them meant that they had only one choice, which was to leave.

Everyone on the tractor focused their eyes on Letitia. She was their leader, and they had no complaints whether Letitia decided to stay or leave.

"Letitia, if it doesn't work, let's just go back. It's not like we've gained nothing along the way. Besides, they are soldiers. We don't have the ability to resist them even if we want to."

A middle-aged woman said to Letitia, and after she spoke, others followed suit, comforting Letitia that it was okay to leave.

During this time, the trucks had stopped behind the checkpoints set up by the police. A group of fully armed soldiers got off each truck one after another. A team of soldiers removed the police fence and put them back in the middle of the road, ready to face the protest team ahead.

Another group of soldiers surrounded the tractor and truck, catching everyone off guard.

The soldier who seemed to be the commander came to the roadblock and said to Letitia in a stern voice: "We have been ordered to intercept the syndicalist thugs who intend to disrupt social order in Berlin. Please give up resistance and leave with us."

(Syndicalist thugs?)

When Letitia heard this word, her heart sank. Although the people who helped them the most after they set out for Berlin were the Social Democrats, and the Social Democrats were socialists, she did come into contact with the syndicalists at the beginning. If they really knew about this, then she and the people around her would never be able to clear themselves.

The situation was developing in an unpredictable direction. The women on the tractors and trucks could not help but feel fear when they saw such a terrible situation. Some of the timid ones even sobbed quietly. When had they ever seen such a scene? Not to mention that the soldiers' guns were still pointed at them.

"I…"

Letitia didn't know what to say, nor did she know what to do. Things changed too suddenly, and the commander's words also disturbed her heart. She was praying now, hoping that someone could come to help her. She even felt a little regretful in her heart. If she hadn't brought the women around her here, this would not have happened.

They wouldn't have to be treated like this.

After a few minutes of silent confrontation, Letitia still couldn't see what she hoped for happen. No one came to help them. It seemed that all she could do was get off the car and give up resistance...

The commander was fed up with the women who were so stubborn and unwilling to give up resistance. He said to Letitia, "Our patience is limited. If you still refuse to give up resistance, we will take tough measures."

The commander's ultimatum filled Letiya's heart with despair. She relaxed her clenched fists, sighed deeply, and jumped off the tractor.

She said nothing, but her actions spoke for themselves. Others also jumped off the trucks and tractors. Letitia did not dare to look back at her companions. It was she who put them into such a situation when they could have lived peacefully at home.

The commander looked at the women in front of him with satisfaction. He signaled to his men to go forward and arrest them. Letitia looked at the soldiers walking towards her and slowly closed her eyes.

"Wait a minute!"

Suddenly, a voice that was very familiar to Letitia sounded from behind the military truck. When Letitia heard that voice, her eyes suddenly opened, and hope rekindled in her heart.

The soldiers stopped what they were doing because of the sudden sound. Seeing his men stop, the commander showed a look of dissatisfaction on his face. He signaled his men to continue and not pay attention to the sudden words of the stranger.

"Captain Aamodt, you have violated military orders by mobilizing the Berlin garrison without authorization. General Witzleben orders that you be dismissed from your position as company commander and all your operations be cancelled."

"Please stop what you are doing and don't go further down the wrong path!"

Lin Shangzhou walked out from the back of the truck and loudly read out to everyone present the punishment imposed on the commander by the commander of the Berlin garrison. After hearing this, the soldiers stopped their actions and felt relieved.

At the same time he walked out, a silver figure flew over from the sky. The moment Letitia saw her, she knew it was Cecilia, and behind her were fifteen magic troops accompanying her.

Cecilia led fifteen members of the Stormtroopers and landed between the protesters and the soldiers, separating them and protecting the protesters.

The situation changed drastically in an instant. The protest team that was supposed to be arrested was protected by the Storm Troopers, and the army commander who led the arrests was announced to be dismissed.

Letitia finally let go of her anxious heart.

Lin Shangzhou loudly told everyone present that the Social Democratic Party was responsible for this incident, and all their actions were related to the Social Democratic Party. The so-called connection with syndicalists was pure nonsense.

After saying this, two members of the Storm Commando took the captain named Amod away, and he turned around and looked at Letitia who was only a few meters away from him.

Lin Shangzhou didn't know how to face Letitia. He scratched his head and wanted to say something, but when he saw the female army behind Letitia, the words he wanted to say got stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter them.

Unlike Lin Shangzhou who didn't know what to say or do, Letitia wanted to go forward and hug Lin Shangzhou tightly. If he hadn't appeared in time, she didn't dare to think about what would happen next. In her heart now, the contradictions of the past were no longer contradictions, and all contradictions disappeared at this moment.

Just when she wanted to run out and hug Lin Shangzhou, Cecilia held her shoulders and whispered something to her. It wasn't anything special, just that it was not the right time yet and if she had anything to say, she could say it later.

After being persuaded, Letitia suppressed her emotions and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. She nodded to Cecilia, and in order not to get too excited, she turned to face her companions.

Lin Shangzhou also asked the soldiers to drive away the car that was blocking the road. Then the tractors and trucks, escorted by the Storm Troopers, headed towards the city of Berlin, and then they would go to the Sanssouci Palace.

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Chapter 226 The result is clear

Lin Shangzhou was driving on the road to Berlin with an extremely grateful mood. He glanced at the tractor following his car in the rearview mirror with the corner of his eye. He felt even happier when he thought that Letitia was safe.

A few minutes ago in the Sans Souci Palace, he felt extremely nervous when he learned that an officer of the Berlin Garrison had arbitrarily mobilized his troops to intercept Letitia. He could not imagine how a group of unarmed women would face fully armed soldiers.

At the same time, General Witzleben used the communicator to ask Lin Shangzhou about the reason why the team requested to be transferred, and asked whether the team composed entirely of women had any relationship with the labor union.

Lin Shangzhou immediately stated that the SPD was responsible for the matter, and that the funds and vehicles for their journey were provided by the SPD. In short, Lin Shangzhou personally assured Witzleben and the military that Letitia and the others had nothing to do with the syndicalists.

After getting Lin Shangzhou's guarantee, Witzleben immediately dismissed the officer from his post and asked Cecilia to convey the message on his behalf.

Cecilia then led a team of stormtroopers to the outskirts of Berlin to stop the troops that had acted on their own.

Because Cecilia went ahead, he expected that the officer would have been dismissed by Cecilia when he arrived. However, what he never expected was that when he arrived at the place, he did not see Cecilia and the others.

For some reason, Cecilia did not arrive in time, and the officer and his men had already started to act. In desperation, Lin Shangzhou could only announce to everyone Witzleben's treatment of the officer.

Fortunately, Cecilia brought people down after she said this, so he skipped the plot of being questioned.

Lin Shangzhou didn't know why Cecilia, who had set out before him, arrived later than him. Now it didn't matter anymore. The crisis had been resolved. His next thing to do was to lead Letitia and the others to Wuyou Palace after they had finished what they needed to do in the city.

Ten minutes later they entered the city of Berlin. Citizens and reporters who had received the news in advance were already waiting for their arrival on the streets.

Then people saw a scene that shocked them greatly—the Storm Troopers were actually escorting the protest team.

And more importantly, the emperor's sister Cecilia is also among the guards.

There was a commotion among the crowd after seeing her, and people now had an answer to their previous questions about Alexandrine's attitude towards this matter.

The Storm Troopers escorting the protest team and Cecilia's appearance here, all of these show that the emperor supports this protest team composed entirely of women who are fighting for women's rights.

Now people no longer speculate on the emperor's attitude towards this matter, but instead speculate on the outcome of this matter.

The government's attitude was obviously to refuse to make concessions, and these women should go back to the kitchen and serve as obedient vassals of men. However, Her Majesty the Emperor, as a woman, chose to support this protest team.

The emperor, who should have stood with the government, chose to stand against the government, and now the turn of events has completely exceeded people's expectations.

Before the emperor's attitude was revealed, it was a confrontation between the government and the people. However, now that the emperor's attitude was revealed, the confrontation between the government and the people has turned into a confrontation between the central party government and the emperor's will.

It is not surprising that conflicts and discords arise between the emperor and the government. In the past, William II also had conflicts with the government.

But William II was not such an empress who had just taken power. She was the emperor who had ruled the German Empire for a long time. He had the strength to compete with the government. However, Alexandrine was different. She had been in power for less than half a year, and the political power she could rely on was not yet clear. Was it really okay for her to come into conflict with the government like this?

However, people don't care about such small problems. This is the emperor's concern, not theirs. They just want to see what the final result will be.

In the end, did the Central Party government choose to compromise with the emperor? Or did the emperor choose to give in?

Soon after the protest team entered the city, such news spread throughout Berlin. Papen's Center Party government felt tremendous pressure after learning of Alexandrine's attitude, especially after knowing that the Junker's interception operation had failed, Papen felt a little panic.

Although the Junker officer had certain connections in the army, he was not a general in the army after all.

The act of arbitrarily mobilizing small troops seriously offended the authority of the military. Now the officer can be pushed out to take the blame, but if the military insists on pursuing the matter, the government will have irreconcilable conflicts with the military.

Papen was unwilling to go against the military, and Albert did not dare to do so. How could he have the courage to offend the military?

However, the constant pressure from within the party and from right-wing parties forced him to consider the option of fighting the emperor to the end.

Such things made Franz Papen, the successor chancellor of the Center Party, extremely distressed. He had just dealt with Albert's mess and prevented the German government from encountering major problems, and before he had time to rest for a few days, he had to face the same inhumane things again.

If the Center Party chooses to compromise with the emperor and agree to the demands of those women, then it will have no chance of winning the general election next year, as the other three right-wing parties will unite to squeeze the Center Party out.

They had long been dissatisfied with Albert's nearly ten years in power, and would be happy to oust the Center Party if given the chance.

The so-called solid right wing has its moments of fragmentation.

Moreover, Albert has retired, and the negative impact of the compromise on the Center Party among the right wing and the possible negative impact of losing the general election in the future will all be borne by Papen alone.

Papen does not want to and is unwilling to be such a victim, but if he chooses to be tough to the end, the consequences will be completely unpredictable.

The Queen is an immature girl. If she were unhappy and ran to the military marshal to cry and complain about the government's actions, the military would probably be willing to re-enact the Ludendorff dictatorship... of course, a more democratic Ludendorff dictatorship.

Compared to another military dictatorship, Papen would rather see Germany maintain its current political state, and he also believes that other parties would like to see this happen.

The protest team held banners and demanded more rights in the city of Berlin. Letitia gave a speech at the venue prepared for her by the SPD. Alexandrine was ready to meet with the protest team. Everything was developing in a direction that was unfavorable to the Center Party.

If Papen didn't care about this or that kind of evaluation, this matter could have been resolved smoothly, but he is not such a person.

Faced with the fact that no matter what choice he made, he would be faced with a lot of inhumane things happening around him. Papen said he really wanted to give up. He even wanted to follow Albert's example and resign to pass the burden to the next chancellor.

As a devout Catholic, Papen prayed all the time in his heart that God would send him a perfect solution, but reality told him that praying was unrealistic.

However, God seemed to have noticed the prayers of this devout believer. When the protest team was about to end its march in Berlin, Albert came to the office in the Reichstag where he had worked for nearly ten years.

Albert found Papen at this critical moment. After Albert walked into the office where he used to work, Papen stood up as if he had seen a life-saving straw and looked at Albert with a pleading look, as if the retired former chancellor who walked in front of him was the current chancellor.

Then something happened that Papen had not expected. He thought Albert was here to help him with ideas, but Albert's words advised him to make the right choice that would be beneficial to Germany.

The right choice that is beneficial to Germany...Papen certainly knew what choice was beneficial to Germany - to compromise and agree to the demands of that group of women.

Papen really wanted to point at Albert's nose and curse him. He certainly knew that his compromise would be good for Germany, but it would not do him any damn good. The government's concession now would not give people any positive impression of him. Instead, it would boost the prestige of Alexandrine and the SPD.

Albert, the old Deng, did not have to take the blame. He resigned and retired, leaving all the mess to his successor.... Papen wanted to curse Albert, but when he thought that the man in front of him was the captain of the Storm Commandos who killed enemies on the battlefield more than ten years ago, he held back his anger.

Papen, feeling helpless and furious, felt a strong sense of powerlessness. Now that things had come to this, what else could he do?

No matter what he did, he would end up being treated as a bastard. Albert knew this very well, so he persuaded Papen to choose the emperor over the political party.

Because the emperor will always be the same emperor, Alexandrine is only 16 years old this year, and she has a long future ahead of her. Moreover, she is in good health and has no diseases or hidden illnesses. It will be decades before she abdicates. If we leave a good impression on her, the emperor will help her if anything happens in the future.

However, political parties are constantly changing. The emperor is permanent but the ruling party is transient. The Central Party has little hope of winning next year's election. No matter how he handles this matter, he will not have a good reputation. So instead of making enemies with the emperor, he might as well leave a good impression on her.

After Albert's sincere persuasion, Papen's heart was shaken. After wavering for a while, the current Chancellor of the Center Party, Franz von Papen, decided to make a decision on this matter.

He will follow Albert's advice and agree to the women's demands, even if it will give him a very bad reputation among the right-wing parties.