Chapter 61:
November 15, 1939
Central Germany, 9th Military District, Kassel, New Government Capital, Frankfurt On the day of the New Government's National Defense Force's Departure Ceremony, the weather was picture-perfect.
Under a clear sky with warm sunlight peeking through the clouds, an immense crowd filled the urban area of Frankfurt.
They were the former Freedom Corps, now setting out for the front line not as a ragtag mob of volunteer soldiers but as a proper regular army after completing basic training, along with their families and the citizens who had come out to watch.
The sight of countless people, filled with expectation and tension, forming a sea of black-red-gold flags was always moving, yet at the same time, felt heavy.
I glanced down from the Nazi German Wehrmacht military uniform to the National Defense Force military uniform I was now wearing. This moment was like a symbol of the history we had changed through our efforts.
“Wow, am I shaking?”
I'd done countless radio broadcasts, but still, a speech in front of a crowd that filled Frankfurt… there was no way I wouldn't be nervous.
“Hehe, a little?”