On January 4, 1945, after Hoffmann had decided to intimidate the "Strangers of the High Castle", the battleship Lion arrived in Dublin for a state visit with the head of the Third Empire.

The whole of Dublin was completely boiling, led by Prime Minister Emon Valera, all the military and political dignitaries went to the port to greet them, and the Irish people welcomed as many as 100,000 people, and there were still 5 kilometers from the port where you could see the sea of people and the flags of the two countries.

In order to pay tribute to the visit of the German Führer, the Irish specially selected the SS Irish Division as the field guard, according to the agreement between the German and Irish sides, the SS Irish Division has been reorganized into the 6th Division of the Irish Wehrmacht, and will be selected to participate in the joint forces in Europe in the future.

When the ship docked and Hoffman appeared on the deck with Eva, the entire harbor area was completely plunged into a frenzy of excitement, and all of Rulin's right hands were raised, converging into a tsunami-like voice: "Hey! Hitler! Even Prime Minister Emmonwalera himself raised his right hand to salute the Führer, who is seven years younger than him, at the official meeting.

It's not like a foreign visit, it's like being in Germany.

Hoffmann was not at all surprised by his actions: in history, when the Germans rebelled and left their relatives, were defeated, and the Führer committed suicide, Chancellor Valera insisted on going to the German Embassy in Ireland to mourn, which shows that the Irish are genuinely pro-German.

Since the Irish were so respectful and polite, Hoffmann was still to praise them, and anyway these words were not afraid of the British, and after reviewing the guard of honour of SS officers and soldiers, he gave a short speech:

"Today, I have seen the heroic Irish people who have fought for the independence and freedom of their country, as if I had seen with my own eyes the indomitable struggle, and I am sincerely pleased and admired that Prime Minister Valera has always been my idol and my spiritual mentor on the road of revolution, and that Mr. Valera's spirit of armed revolutionary struggle inspired me to engage in armed struggle when I was discouraged by the defeat of Germany, and he was a pioneer; took the parliamentary line to seize power, he was a senior; Revolting against the unfair international political order, Ireland under his leadership is a model for Europe! Today, more than 4 million Irish people have truly stood up and will make history with a new attitude! ”

Valera was stunned for a moment, then took the lead and began to applaud. There are more than 3 million people in Ireland at this time, and the population of Northern Ireland is more than 1 million, and Hoffman said that more than 4 million already implies that Ireland is a whole, which is better than any good words!

Applause! Thunderous applause! Stormy applause! Many Irish people were so excited that many stomped their feet and shouted. The dignitaries listened to him calmly, and then applauded and cheered warmly, and even Valera's old face was flushed.

Goebbels beside him kept smiling: he knew the Führer's old background,

At that time, he didn't say a word about Valera.

Hoffman, a former scholar of conscience, has become worse and worse in the big dye vat of politics: he can talk nonsense as soon as he opens his mouth, and he actually speaks the truth, without changing his face at all, and his heart does not beat at all.

If there is any neutral country that rejoices in the victory of Germany, it is Ireland, of course, and this tendency surpasses even that of Franco, the "old friend of the German people". Although Ireland remained neutral in the Great War, it had always been inclined towards Germany, and some Irish people joined the British army and were punished by the Irish authorities for "treason" and "desertion".

When Hoffman took advantage of the situation and proposed a referendum on the future of Northern Ireland to determine its future status, this feeling could no longer be suppressed, not to mention a mere Irish SS division, and it was not too difficult to pull out an army group for an Irish population of less than 5 million.

As a senior politician, Chancellor Valera certainly knew that Germany's move was to make Ireland keep an eye on Great Britain and use Ireland to restrain the British, but he was willing to be the only German in the world who was willing to help the Irish really win independence and really help Ireland get Northern Ireland.

In order to express its gratitude to Germany, Ireland not only recognized all the EU and United Nations norms formulated under the auspices of Germany, but also took the lead in completing the road traffic adjustment regulations a month ago, and only accepted Berlin's advice: independence is independence, it is appropriate to save some face for the British, and for the time being, it will continue to support the British Führer, that is, Edward VIII, as the supreme head of Irish state, while continuing to remain in the Commonwealth structure.

In this regard, the Irish side did so one by one.

The main concern for both sides now is the vote on Northern Ireland's independence, Valera said that according to opinion polls and private work, the current public opinion can exceed 50%, nearly 52%, although the upper echelons in the region still have nostalgia for Britain.

Hoffman nodded: This is completely understandable, because London is also doing work, and London and Ottawa have the same interests in this matter, and no matter how confused Churchill is, it is impossible for Attlee to make trouble in this regard.

The referendum, like the Danish referendum, was held for three days on January 2628, with the final results announced on January 31.

"I'm here specifically for this purpose, and you know that we have more than 5,000 soldiers of Irish descent in the SS Army Group America, at least half of whom can be traced back to Northern Ireland, and we have identified nearly a thousand Northern Irish descendants among the Brazilian population and troops." Hoffman said, "We have been doing ideological work for some time, and we recommend that your country go through the fast-track naturalization procedures and help them quickly transfer their ownership to Northern Ireland, and then."

"It's okay to get back to it quickly, but I'm afraid it's a bit of a hassle to come to vote." Valera pondered for a long time, "It will take at least half a month for so many people to complete the formalities before they swear allegiance or something."

Hoffman blinked: "They are waiting on the eastern front to defend Europe from the erosion of Bolshevik power, and they certainly don't have time to vote, but there is no problem with setting up a mobile ballot box, and as for taking the oath of allegiance, can't the Northern Irish side send a foreign agency?" ”

Valera's eyes lit up, he came to power in a parliamentary struggle, so he naturally had a clear understanding of such a thing as an election: Germany came forward to organize a mobile ballot box? Isn't that what you want to fill in? In other words, these more than 3,000 tickets are stable! Now at this critical moment, not to mention 3,000 more votes, it is good that 300 more votes are good Northern Ireland is eligible to vote in the early 500,000s, and 3,000 more votes in favor can be more than half a percentage point! This is almost the limit of what Germany can do with small actions. And he believes that Britain is also engaged in this kind of small maneuver, which is "rapidly converting" large numbers of people in Britain and Canada into Northern Irish.

Valera was grateful: "Thank you very much to the Führer for the help he has always worked to provide to the people of Ireland. ”

Hoffman nodded: "Also, I heard that there are many Icelandic descendants in Ireland, you see?" ”

The other party immediately understood: "No problem, it's all on me, Iceland is very close to Ireland, I can organize a few boats to send them all to vote." The whole of Ireland recognizes Denmark and its possessions as a sacred and inalienable part of the German nation! ”

According to the voting rules proposed by Germany, Iceland and Denmark will vote separately, with Denmark becoming Germany's northern province and Iceland forming a special province of Iceland. Although Iceland has a population of only 40,000, only half of them have the right to vote, Germany has sent a lot of personnel to it, and the army and the Gestapo are even more eye-catching, and all those who advocate Iceland's independence have suffered under the pretext of screening "American and Canadian spies", anyway, Iceland is still under military control, and the number of German troops stationed in Iceland is more than half of the population of Iceland. Hoffman hopes to make the whole thing more beautiful, fake and illegal, and play a sideball without breaking the law!

Hoffman smiled: "The upper echelons of Northern Ireland still have to be wooed, they are all groups that value practical interests, I suggest that you work the economic prospects, you may as well reveal that Germany will have a lot of cooperation orders in the future will be sent to Ireland, and even after the end of the agreement, our two countries can sign a strategic cooperation framework agreement." But I can't say this publicly, my old friend Edward VIII will be upset."

"Of course, of course, the Führer is a friend of the Irish people and a friend of His Majesty, and we will not let you be caught in the middle, in fact, your visit to Ireland on the eve of the Northern Ireland vote is in itself the greatest support and encouragement to the more than 4 million Irish people!"

When she woke up the next morning, Eva said to Hoffmann: "My dear, I feel that you are more popular in Ireland than in Germany. ”

"Why do you say that?"

"Look Outside"

Looking in the direction Eva pointed, Hoffman's eyelids couldn't help jumping:

Knowing the news of the Führer's assassination in London, countless Irish people were filled with righteous indignation, in order to prevent him from being hurt and attacked again in Dublin, it was not enough for the SS Irish division to be responsible for the perimeter duty, in such a cold winter night in January, tens of thousands of ordinary Irishmen spontaneously took to the streets to form pickets, blocked all the roads where Hoffman collapsed, and used their bodies to build a perimeter defense line for the Führer, and tens of thousands of people guarded the Führer and his wife all night! In the early morning, the Führer and his wife were greeted by tens of thousands of ordinary people who were orderly and quiet.

"This is the power of the people!"