After a day of fierce fighting, the Germans withdrew from Bremen at night, retreating to the rear to rest and regroup.

Most of the regular soldiers had already been mobilized and had little to do with the retreat, but the local Red Guards in Bremen were very puzzled by the order to retreat.

A Red Guard division disobeyed the order to stay in Bremen, no matter how urged by the front-line command, they could not be mobilized, and seeing that the night was about to pass, Lin Youde had no choice but to order this unit to stay in Bremen and take the rest of the Red Guards away.

The next day, the grassroots NERV branch of the Red Guards reported to Lin Youde that the troops were generally dissatisfied with the army, believing that their hometown had been abandoned and that the general headquarters had deceived everyone.

After getting the news, Lin Youde decisively ordered the branch to go all out to solve the ideological problems of the Red Guard soldiers.

In order to solve the problem as quickly as possible, Lin Youde decided to personally go down to various Red Guard units to do the ideological work of the soldiers.

**

At noon on the third day after the German army withdrew from Bremen, Lin Youde, escorted by Sissi, came to the camp of the Bremen workers' Red Guards.

Nearly 5,000 Red Guard soldiers gathered in front of the chapel in the camping village, filling the small square.

Lin Youde climbed the high platform, glanced at the Red Guard soldiers, cleared his throat and said, "I know that you are very dissatisfied with the evacuation of your hometown, and I know that you want to fight in your hometown until the last moment. Your courage and determination have been learned through your petition. But, soldiers, workers, death is not the goal of our struggle, victory is.

"On the road to victory, there will inevitably be death, but if we fail to win, every sacrifice we have made is meaningless."

Lin Youde paused.

This sounds cruel and unkind, but the reality is so cold, the world only respects the winners, and the losers, no matter how heroic, can only be gradually forgotten. Soldiers, I assure you that in two months you will return to your homeland, and you will walk in as victors, singing triumphant songs with your heads held high. Trust me. ”

After Lin Youde finished speaking, he glanced at the square again, all the Red Guard displays held their heads high, looking ahead, and the whole square was so quiet that you could hear the noise of the wind.

"Okay," said Lin Youde, "who still has a different opinion, take a step forward." ”

No one moved forward, and everyone's expressions were stern and resolute.

**

While Lin Youde was busy running one Red Guard unit after another, the stations in various German cities were crowded with young people who volunteered to join the army.

At Berlin Hauptbahnhof, a huge banner hangs on the platform of the station: "The fatherland of the motherland is exactly what you need (FATHERLAND is used to be said in Germany). In addition to banners, red slogans and posters can be found everywhere, most of which are simple and straightforward, such as "We were wrong 24 years ago, but this time they are wrong", or "They are angry about our economy".

Surrounded by a sea of red, young people in brand-new military uniforms are saying goodbye to their family and friends, and beautiful girls are kissing their lovers who are about to leave for a long time.

The whistle of the train announced that this touching parting scene had come to an end, and the commanders of each company shouted at the top of their voices: "Board the train!" Don't let me kick you in the ass! Get me on board! ”

The boys reluctantly boarded the train, and many of them reached out from the window and held their lover's little hand.

At this time, the voice of the station announcer was heard on the radio on the platform: "The train transporting recruits is about to depart, please retreat outside the safety line, repeat, the train transporting recruits is about to depart, please retreat outside the safety line." The following is a song sent to all the soldiers by all the staff of the station, and I wish you a victorious return. ”

Then the rapid drum beat came out of the loudspeaker, and then the accordion sounded, and many young people laughed when they heard the melody, they were too familiar with this melody, and many people wanted to join the army during the German Civil War, inspired by this song, but at that time they were too young to be as tall as their rifles, so they could only watch the big brothers sing this song and go to the battlefield.

Now it's their turn.

A lot of people sang along to the music:

Listen to the battle horn sounding the alarm, put on your military uniform and take up arms.

The members of the Youth League gathered to embark on the journey to defend the country.

In the chorus, the general crowd on the platform also sang along: We say goodbye dear mother, please kiss your son goodbye.

Goodbye, Mom, don't be sad, don't be sad, and wish us a safe journey.

Goodbye dear hometown, the star of victory will shine on us, goodbye Mom, don't be sad and don't be sad, bless us with a safe journey.

In the midst of the song, the train whistles again, and the carriages slowly move forward, carrying the young people to the brutal battlefield.

**

The same scenario was repeated not only on a daily basis in German cities, but also in the annexed territories of Austria-Hungary and a number of countries that joined the German Republic as Union States.

At the end of June 1938, two newly formed Austrian divisions entered Germany by train, where they were trained and armed in Munich, while a brigade of Bohemian volunteers arrived. About a few days later, the Slavic units formed in the southern part of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire also arrived by train, as did the volunteer regiment of the Free City of Riere and the Tyrolean Marksman Regiment.

Even more surprising was the fact that many of the young Jews who were planning to emigrate to Jerusalem decided not to emigrate with their parents and instead joined the Wehrmacht.

And on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, among the Jews who had just settled in places such as Jerusalem, there was also a wave of volunteers to join the war.

Wearing a badge of Lin Youde, the young people held aloft the banner of the "Jewish Panhumanist Movement" with a red background and a white Star of David, and boarded a freighter bound for Europe, despite the rabbis and their relatives.

But that's not the most surprising.

On July 1, 1938, the Turkish Volunteer Corps, holding high the white crescent flag on a red background, entered Bulgaria, and after a brief exchange of fire with the Bulgarian army, the two sides reached an agreement that the Bulgarian army would escort the volunteer regiment through Bulgaria into Serbia.

But before this agreement could be implemented, it was terminated under pressure from the Russian government, and the escorted Turks became prisoners of war of the Bulgarians. The Turkish government was very dissatisfied with this, and the international community condemned the Russian and Bulgarian governments - but at this time, the eyes of the international community were on the great war between Britain and Germany, and no one had time to deal with the Turkish government.

In fact, even without this eye-catching war, not many people would have heeded the demands of the Turkish government. After all, Turkey is now actually in a semi-colonial state, and the great powers will not care about the life or death of the semi-colonies.

In addition to the above-mentioned volunteer units that came to fight in formations, pan-humanists from all over the world rushed to Germany to participate in this "holy war" to protect the cradle of pan-humanism.

Gobel's propaganda department proudly declared that Britain thought it had won by relying on the large number of troops in its colonies, but apparently they did not expect that Germany would also have support from all over the world.

The next day, Britain ridiculed Germany as nothing more than a few stragglers, and that the British Empire was transporting troops to Europe with a whole ship.

In the war of words between the two countries, the thirtieth day passed after the landing.

**

After 30 days of fighting, the British occupied nearly 17,000 square kilometers of land north of the line from Osnabrück to Hanover and west of Hamburg, and controlled a large number of cities, including Bremen and Oldenburg.

But the British army in Osnabrück and Hanover met with resolute resistance, the Germans did not retreat, and the British could no longer move forward. Not only that, but on 2 July the Germans launched a series of counterattacks, recapturing several key heights on the outskirts of Osnabrück and Hanover.

Every qiē showed that the Germans were ready for a real hard-fought battle.

However, the goal of the British army was not to advance south, but to seize Hamburg east.

After taking Bremen, Marie? Brigitte ordered the Army's Mirage Armor Maintenance Center to be moved to Bremen, and she was also moved from the Navy's battleships to Bremen along with several Army Gods to provide cover for the Army's operations.

The Royal Navy's battlefleet split in two, one part heading north to Scapa Bay to deter Germany's ally, Denmark – which was theoretically at war with the British Empire at this time, and it was not surprising that Queen Margrethe II of Denmark would be on the battlefield at any time.

Although this possibility is only theoretical, London still believes that the Royal Navy needs to ensure that the Queen of Denmark remains in Copenhagen honestly.

The remaining Royal Navy battleship force sailed for the mouth of the Elbe, while the pocket battleships, which had been intended for use in the English Channel, formed a breakout fleet and prepared to go directly down the wide lower Elbe to Hamburg.

In line with the Navy's actions, the British Army and the Canadian Corps, which had just arrived on the battlefield, were stationed west of Hamburg, ready to attack this important town in northern Germany.

Once Hamburg was taken, the British Navy's river gunboats would be able to follow Germany's well-developed shipping network to Berlin, and not only that, but they would also be able to advance to the Ruhr area via the Guò Sino-German Canal, along which the British would not have to worry about supply lines.

No matter what strategy Lin Youde adopted, Hamburg must not be lost to the British.

Everyone knew that a fierce battle was about to break out in the city of Hamburg.

On July 3, 1938, Lin Youde issued the first war instruction, unifying all the armies of Hamburg into the Northern Army, under the jurisdiction of 17 regular infantry divisions, the armored hunter Krieger Brigade, the Armageddon Brigade, the Modia Brigade, plus the poorly armed Red Guard troops of nearly 350,000 people.

On the British side, not counting the navy and marines at sea, a total of 300,000 British troops and 120,000 Canadian troops were scheduled to take part in the battle, accounting for 70 percent of the British troops that landed.

However, the British army had a very large advantage in the number of warriors, and the restrictions on the German warriors after the last war were now clearly showing their effect.

In addition, the British were prepared to continue to throw troops into Hamburg, and at least five British divisions had reached the North Sea and were ready to land directly north of Hamburg after the navy had taken control of part of the banks of the lower Elbe. At the same time, there are thirty new divisions in Britain that have been formed in the past month and are ready to board ships.

Lin Youde also has thirty divisions that have just been formed, but Lin Youde does not intend to use them - or rather, does not intend to use them all in Hamburg.