My German Empire - Chapter 48:

Accompanied by the harsh fire alarm, countless fire engines rushed to the fire scene from all directions and participated in the fire fighting work.

It’s a pity that the soaring flame made people realise that unless God suddenly appears to put out the flames, the people inside are out of luck.

When the attention of most people in Berlin was attracted by this fire, another wave of disasters quietly fell on some people.

Countless luxurious villas and high-end residences are surrounded by teams of people.

In a villa, the old housekeeper who came to open the door saw a group of armed men in unfamiliar uniforms outside the door with live ammunition. Looking at their fierce looks, he realized that these people are not here in peace at all.

The old housekeeper swallowed nervously and asked boldly. “You, who are you?”

The lead ensign replied coldly. “We are under the newly formed First Division of the Imperial Guard! We have received news that a group of lawless criminals are hiding in your villa and we are here to arrest them, so open the door quickly!!!”

Criminals? The head of the old housekeeper suddenly shook like a rattle. “You must be mistaken, we don’t have…” Half of his words were stopped abruptly. The ensign outside the door had already drawn out a pistol and aimed it at the butler’s head with a look of impatience. “If there is any, we will know if we go in so open the door immediately, or we will kill you with one shot!”

Facing the black hole of the gun, the old butler did not dare to continue to say anything, tremblingly stretched out his hand and pressed the switch on the door, watching this group of guards who were more like criminals hulled into the villa. He clearly heard the fierce order from the ensign who had just pointed his gun at him. “Search the entire villa, don’t let anyone go, grab them all! If they don’t resist, don’t hurt them. They are the labor force of the empire. Also, try not to damage the things inside. Those are also the property of the empire. As for the daring ones, kill them!”

“You, you…” The old butler seemed to be trapped in an ice cave, chilling all over. What happened? Who did his master offend? Two days ago, he even invited a group of political friends to chat and laugh, how come such a disaster has been caused now?

not good! He suddenly remembered that the grumpy young master in the room has a pistol. If these people break in to take the temper of the young master, they will definitely shoot him. “This sir, you must be mistaken. My master and the commander-in-chief of the War Department are still good friends.” In fact, his master had just met the Commander-in-chief a few times before and cannot be even considered as ordinary friends. But now I can’t think so much, let’s escape the disaster first.

The ensign looked at the butler with slanted eyes, with a look of disdain. “Weyler? You haven’t heard of Weyler von Frisch being kicked from the position of commander-in-chief of the army? You stinky old man! If you shut your mouth and stand quietly then I can still allow you to work for a few years and contribute to the empire, or else I will kill you now!”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a fierce gunfire from the richly decorated room.

“It’s over!” The old butler sat on the ground with a desperate look, blankly watching the soldiers escort dozens of people out of the house.

“Are there any casualties?” the ensign asked when the soldiers approached.

The soldier who was asked shook his head. “There was a guy holding a pistol upstairs but he looks like a sieve now. We had no casualties, but there were a few more shot holes on the wall. What about this old man?” He pointed to the old housekeeper on the ground.

The ensign waved his hand and said coldly. “Take him along with the rest of them.”

“Yes!” The soldier saluted, stepped forward, and grabbed the old housekeeper’s neck like a puppy, and dragged him towards the big truck outside the door. They have no fear of offending these people. Let’s not say that their backers are the royal family of the empire. Even if they do not have backers, these people will be thrown into the concentration camps with the most difficult conditions, and there is basically no possibility of coming out. So why fear them?

Another villa.

The leader is a lieutenant, and his attitude is relatively gentle. Looking at the short and fat middle-aged Jew in front of him, he plainly spoke out the arrest warrant. “Mr. Izikir? I was ordered to arrest all members of the Izikir family for committing crimes of speculation.”

Ezekiel was shocked. “Wh, what? What kind of crime is speculation? Why haven’t I heard of it?”

“Never heard of it?” The lieutenant sneered. “Okay, I will add one more crime of contempt of German law, wait until you reach the concentration camp to study the country’s laws.” He said that and waved his hand to indicate his soldiers to act.

Ezekiel quickly stretched out his hand. “Mr. Lieutenant, Mr. Lieutenant, there must be some misunderstanding here. You see if this can eliminate this misunderstanding, then we can still become friends.” As he spoke, there was a shining golden bar in his hand.

Looking at the gold bar, the lieutenant’s expression changed slightly.

“Oh, Gold bars, this is something we need.” But instead of taking the gold bars, he punched Ezekiel’s bulging stomach with his fist.

“Oh!” Ezekiel’s smiling face instantly turned pale, and he couldn’t help but let out a painful groan, his legs softened, and his whole body knelt on the ground weakly.

The lieutenant, not relieved with only a single punch, continued to kick the fat man down and coldly snorted. “Dare to bribe the Guards? damn Jew pig!” He felt that he had been greatly insulted. If it weren’t for the order, he would have taken a gun and shoot the fat man into a mess. This group of greedy vampires, do they really think that having money can make the world move as they want?

After a busy night, the Guards arrested hundreds of large and small families, among which the great Junkers and wealthy Jew merchants accounted for the majority. The unstable elements who had been under Reinhard’s secret surveillance were also wiped out under special instructions from Wilhelm. Almost all the former officials in all kinds of pro-British factions, pro-American factions, pro-French factions, and pro-Japanese factions also suffered and were sent to concentration camps.

This group of politicians who were ready to watch the show never dreamed that Wilhelm would suddenly want to kill them. They originally planned to wait for William II to lose control of the situation in the country and take the opportunity to transform Germany into a “democratic and free” republic, but their dreams were shattered by Wilhelm. When several MPs were arrested, they accused William II of being a dictator. Unfortunately, without a second sentence, they were beaten to the point of having broken teeth. Others saw these fierce soldiers smash their rifle butts and their leather shoes to beat the yelling people without any mercy and they could only surrender obediently.

Wilhelm certainly knew that it was a good time to act because of the depression , and almost unscrupulously ordered the arrest. The people of Germany now have no work or food, who cares about the arrest of some officials? Just like in the original time and space, as soon as Hitler took power, he immediately dissolved the parliament, banned the opposition party, and banned all unions. But at that time, most Germans didn’t care much about the absence of a parliament, no opposition party, and the absence of trade unions, because they were very disappointed in the government, which practically did nothing after World War I, and the trade unions members were basically unemployed so it didn’t have much meaning at all.