Chapter 69 In Silesia (Part 3)
At the beginning of the establishment of the Silesian Legion, Desai ordered Colonel Pochi's military police brigade to be temporarily included in the Guards Division. At this time, the main responsibilities of the military police were to be in charge of military discipline, assist police officers in public security, and participate in the trial of military courts, etc.
After the army completed the "liberation" of Silesia, in order to strengthen its firm control over the more than one million residents of the region and prevent the pro-Prussian forces from making a comeback and secretly destruction, Desai immediately released the military police brigade from the Guards Division.
He instructed Colonel Pochi to establish a military police headquarters in Wroclaw, the capital of Silesia, and to establish a military police headquarters in important cities such as Legnica, Vaubuzek, Shividnica, Zigzelets, and Green Mountain City, or border fortresses or brigade-level military camps. It has 25 military police teams (commanded by captains or lieutenant), with a total of 85 teams, of which each team has about 15 people; in addition, a military police special coach brigade and five military police cavalry squadrons were assigned to the headquarters.
The military police headquarters in Silesia is located in the southeast corner of the city of Wroclaw, backed by the north bank of the Oder River. The main building is three floors above ground and one floor in the semi-basement. The overall shape of the building is simple, square and four corners, and is well-organized, but the overall structure is extremely solid. The original site of the military police department more than a month ago was an Earl Manor that was a Prussian manor.
Later, the Earl's Manor was confiscated by Colonel Pochi and transformed into a seemingly ordinary military and political office building, with only a layer of local specialty red-brown mortar applied to the exterior wall. After October, the Gendarmerie Command and its streets were regarded by the Silesians as extremely gloomy and creepy ghostly lands.
When the number of military police gradually expanded to 3,400, the Grand Duke of Desai also gave the Ministry of Military Police more responsibilities and greater power. According to regulations, in addition to the conventional duties of military supervision and civil police, senior generals of the defense army, and the construction and road traffic of the garrison organs, the Ministry of Military Police also cooperated closely with the Eastern European Branch of the Military Intelligence Bureau to rebuild intelligence collection, counterintelligence and secret interrogation agencies.
Thanks to the official authorization of Grand Duke Desai, Colonel Pochi and the gendarmerie were able to bypass any law enforcement agency and order the arrest of any Silesian rebel suspected of opposing Grand Duke Warsaw, and impose the maximum death penalty on the convict.
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Although Sir William Robert, the British secret envoy to Warsaw, held the pardon order issued by the Grand Duke of Warsaw, hurriedly knocked on the iron-cast gate of the military police headquarters, the time for the release of the Prussian general was delayed for two hours. It was not until late at night that General Blüchel, who was tied up, was carried out on a stretcher and sent to the British carriage.
During this period, Colonel Poch, in line with the will of Grand Duke Desay, took Blüchel to the special execution ground of the military police. A gray-white stone wall stained with blood was located on the side of the Oder River.
Every morning, the Ministry of Military Police will send people to paint it regularly with clean mud, but soon, the entire stone wall will be covered with fresh blood stains, and the entire air will always be filled with pungent and unpleasant bloody smell, which is disgusting.
Since Colonel Poch and his military police entered the Earl's Manor, more than 800 Prussians, or Silesian rebels who were loyal to Prussia, were executed in this execution ground alone. Of course, these executed death row prisoners were inconvenient to board the gallows in the city square, because they were not fairly tried by the court, and there was no defense lawyer to defend them.
In front of the captured Prussian general, Colonel Poch ordered the firing squad to shoot 55 people in stages and batches to kill the stone wall. Blüchel was both dead and beat his chest and stamped his feet. He wailed like a wounded beast, angrily and struggled with bare hands, trying to step forward to fight the cold-blooded colonel, but was suppressed by the four strong soldiers beside him and could not move at all.
Of course, when the Prussian general could no longer see the tragic scene of his companion being slaughtered by the Poles, an instructed soldier deliberately raised Blüchel's head so that he could continue to appreciate it and always remember the tragic end of opposing the Grand Duke of Warsaw.
"Remember, bastard!" When the last plot was finished, Colonel Poch strolled to Blücher. The Prussian general was bound to the grass by the military police and could not move. He could only stare at himself with unyielding eyes full of hatred.
The commander of the military police smiled. He was just mocking the old Prussian man who was ignorant of his ability. Then he raised his military boots and stepped on the prisoner's face, and repeatedly printed a clearly visible black footprint. He said ruthlessly: "Don't forget the scene today. My name is Poch, the awesome Colonel Poch. I like you and your Prussian softie very much. I look forward to you to die again!"
After saying that, Pochi took out his pocket watch, looked at the time, waved his hand, and ordered his subordinates to carry out the fainted old Prussian guy.
The British carriage lasted more than 10 hours and only arrived at the east bank of the Oder River at noon the next day, the latest border line reconfirmed by the Principality of Warsaw and Prussia. On a simple raft in the middle of the Oder River, Gnezenau and Clausewitz, who had been waiting for a long time, took General Blüchel, who was still in a coma from the British.
When he arrived on the other side, Sir Robert told General Gnezenau with regret, saying that Blücher's spirit seemed to be irresistible and felt that he had completely gone crazy. After waking up, Blücher became crazy, laughing and shouting desperately along the way, and actually said that a French colonel had used terrifying black magic to make him pregnant (historical materials, not fabricated by the author, haha), and shouting that he was looking for a priest in the church to drive away the black magic imposed on him.
"As a last resort, I can only let my entourage knock him unconscious!" Before leaving, the British secret envoy explained.
While Gnezenau said goodbye to the British, a Prussian doctor examined General Blücher's physical condition in detail. He stood up and reported: "The general is in good health and there is no obvious sign of abuse on his face. However, I found that his eyes were dull, his breathing was short, and his pupils were dissipated. I was afraid he had been extremely stimulated in his mind, and I was afraid...."
"Enough!" Gnezenau, who had always been calm, brutally interrupted the military officer's continued statement and ordered him to send General Blüchel back to Berlin immediately, hand it over to the specialized hospital for a comprehensive examination, and blockade of all General Blüchel's condition to the outside world.
"It must have been Desai's intentional instruction!" Clausewitz said gritting his teeth.
Although this young Prussian officer didn't like Blücher's style of conduct on weekdays: he was rude and violent, eating, drinking, and gambling. He was a little nervous and like a brainless old bastard.
A month ago, Clausewitz had a handwritten letter from General Schánhorst and asked to live in seclusion in the suburbs of Legnica. General Blücher, who accompanied him to Berlin, was scolded by the old guy, such as shameless traitors, cowards, incompetent cowards, etc., which became synonymous with Clausewitz. But at this time, Clausewitz, who empathized with him, hated Desai's shamelessness and cruelty, and exerted great pain to the people of Prussia.
Gnezenau also understands it, but what if he knows it?
Go to revenge now?
I'm afraid that Desai's spies and tens of thousands of troops had already opened a big net, waiting for the "desperate" to take the initiative to throw themselves into the net, so as to increase a strong excuse to continue to expand the war against Prussia, break through the west bank of the Oder River, or go north to East Prussia.
As for mobilizing the army to counterattack, it is even more unreliable.
Not to mention that morale has been lost and the troops are insufficient, not to mention that in the Baltic Sea, in the Danze Freeport, the United Fleet and the French Danze Legion were conducting large-scale landing exercises along the coast of Prussia, in order to support the Silesian Legion led by Desai.
In addition, due to the successful implementation of strict military control by Desai and the military police in Silesia, the Prussian intelligence agencies lost eight or nine in less than two months in less than two months.
In particular, the anonymous reporting and management regulations posted by the gendarmerie everywhere actually condoned all kinds of shameless people, frantically reported and exposed patriots who were still loyal to Berlin, and threw the latter into the prison or escort to the execution grounds of the Ministry of Gendarmerie. Because the crime of the whistleblower was verified by the gendarmerie, the whistleblower would obtain at least one-third of the criminal's property and would not be required to pay taxes.
Therefore, we must continue to endure!
This is a plea from Prime Minister Hardenburg to Sharnhorst, Gnezenau and others before accompanying His Majesty to Paris to apologize, unless the political situation in Europe changes drastically.
However, after experiencing the fall of Silesia and the tragic encounter of General Blüchel, Gnezenau was already disheartened and he was unwilling to continue to stay in Prussia, in this lifeless and almost desperate place.
In the carriage, Gnezenau said to Clausewitz: "After returning to Berlin and waiting for General Blücher to recover his sanity, I will accompany him to London, England; and you, my friend, may consider going to St. Petersburg and finding Baron Stein!"
In Gnezenau's view, at least in the short term, Prussia has no room for a turnaround. Instead of wasting time in the deadly embrace of wolves, it is better to cooperate with potential allies and seek their help and obtain future capital for restoration.
Two months ago, Wellington led the British Expeditionary Force back to Portugal and successfully liberated the Greater Lisbon region. Gnezenau wanted to take Blüchel to the Iberis Peninsula to play for the British and strive to win the favor of Whitehall.
Originally, Gnezenau wanted to bring Clausewitz with him, but former Prussian Prime Minister Baron Stein had named him and asked Clausewitz to serve as the consultant for the Russian affairs. As for the reason, it is said that it was an invitation from Tsar Alexander.
"But where is the reform of our domestic army?" Clausewitz asked.
"Continue, General Scharnhorst and Colonel Gronna, the Ordnance Director of Berlin..."
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Chapter completed!