Chapter 1440 ? Surrender
At this time, apart from Oak Town, where the wizards gathered in Germany, the other British wizards participating in the attack were also progressing very smoothly. Due to the crushing strength and proper tactics, the British army advanced very strongly.
In fact, as the British wizards began to advance towards Berlin from several directions, they did not expect the situation to appear. Once the gathering places in Deep Germany found themselves attacked, many wizards actually started shouting. Long live Harris, then surrendered with the common wizards of the city...
And then the performance of the German magic world also made the British wizards feel a little unbelievable. From the beginning, ordinary people, to some Aurors and strikers all surrendered one after another...
All the way forward, the wizards in the wizard gathering place took to the streets together, and more and more people surrendered to the British airship troops, which even seriously affected the marching speed of the British wizards.
This even led Penello, as the commander, to suspect that the so-called surrender was actually a trick of the Germans, because if there were any gathering places to surrender, the British army would have to assign more people to watch these surrenderers... Finally, Penello No way, I can only order the people below to use a loud voice to show that they have no time to capture them, and let them put away their wands and hold them in their hands to show that there is no hostility...
When the British army fully occupied all key points except Berlin, the resistance they encountered became less and less, and some leading parties even appeared to express their sincerity before they marched.
The reason for such a result is firstly that the German Ministry of Magic did not have a good reputation. As a government established after the defeat of Grindelwald, the huge compensation clauses it gave to other countries made German wizards dislike it. , feel that the government is weak and incompetent.
Although after so many years, the older generation has withdrawn from the stage of history, and the new generation of wizards no longer hate the government as much as their elders, but some time ago Voldemort was raging in Europe, and the German government once again showed its incompetence and was unable to form an effective government. Not to mention the arrest and resistance, Voldemort also looted Gringotts and suffered heavy losses. After the compensation was not in place and a protester was kneeled to death, the new generation of wizards also began to lose confidence in the German Ministry of Magic.
On the other hand, Harris itself originated from the ruling class in Germany. Although it was not a top-level powerful family in the Grindelwald era, the Harris family still had a reputation in Germany, and it was still popular among ordinary German wizards. Some public opinion-based - especially after the Harris family is in exile in the UK and has an amazing and talented wizard like Alan Harris.
Now wizards from Germany control the British Ministry of Magic, have great power, and have developed Britain so powerfully. In the hearts of ordinary German wizards, Harris is much stronger than the current weak and incompetent government.
Due to the psychology of worshiping the strong in this country’s culture, Harris also has a huge prestige foundation in Germany. In daily discussions, Germans even think that Harris is the pride of Germany. They control Britain, and the Germans control the UK.
Therefore, when facing the wizard invaders led by Harris at this time, the determination of German wizards to resist is not strong. There were even quite a few German wizards who claimed that Harris should have replaced the existing Ministry of Magic to rule Germany before calling from England, so that they could justifiably go to the Floating City to live a good life—not just from TV In the past, some people who went on tourism or business, knew how suitable for wizards to survive there when they communicated with the refugee relatives who fled to the floating city. When they went to the surrounding colonies, they came into contact with things and information about the floating city. Knowing how powerful the Floating Void City is, I have long been yearning for it.
What slowed down the British in the early stage was that apart from letting strikers and patrolling Aurors take over the surrender area, it was more because of the need to maintain the "Secrecy Act" on the surface. Under such large-scale activities, it is inevitable that there will be Muggles I saw sailboats flying in the sky.
There are far from enough people in the Department of Amnesiacs, but general Ministry of Magic members may not be proficient in using amnesiacs, which may cause Muggles to suffer from severe amnesia for life afterwards... So the elites such as Armed Aurors and Umbrellas had to stay at the very beginning. Come down to help weed out most Muggles.
However, the British General Staff was a little happy about this. They didn’t give any solution or even deliberately did it. The purpose was to distinguish between those who were determined to resist and wanted to surrender to Harris and Harris against wizards. them.
Because, for a country still ruled by a traditional pure-blood family, it is impossible for them all to surrender. The surrender of the general public will not change their status, and may even improve their lives, but for those existing ruling classes It would be a disaster, especially now that British propaganda is holding accountable all the wizards involved in the previous terrorist attacks-these pure-blood families can't believe that Harris will not take the opportunity to clear some of their stumbling blocks.
Therefore, these families, plus those diehards who were still unwilling to surrender, took their families and left their settlements in a hurry, heading for Berlin, the gathering place called by the German Ministry of Magic, or directly heading for the homes of distant relatives abroad. escape.
At this time, in the center of Berlin, the venue of the Magic Parliament Building.
The airships rose one after another, forming an eagle-headed formation in the air and posing a defensive posture. All traffic in Germany, including the airships, was under his jurisdiction. After learning that war was declared, Goering ordered All the airships he could mobilize were gathered in Berlin—except that the British had lost some ships like Oaktown, which had been targeted in the first place, because they came too fast.
This kind of order basically also represents the determination of the German Ministry of Magic to abandon the surrounding area and stabilize the base camp. In fact, apart from the airship, the Aurors and strikers who obey orders instead of planning to go to the head at this time are also because of this Was summoned back with the intention.
This is also the reason why the British army can go so smoothly-the British intend to distinguish obedient civilians from enemies, and the German Ministry of Magic also tacitly took this opportunity to make a desperate fight. The alchemy equipment used by the Aurors, calling them to defend the Magic Congress venue.
Many German wizards who were driven by the British army gathered here, and they were all waiting to be resettled in various temporary shelters in Berlin on both sides of the street. Once the resettlement was completed, the adult wizards were returned to the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic. Lead, head to the perimeter of the Capitol for them to wave their wands, and the Super Armor Charm begins to be cast.
In addition, the wizards on the ground also arranged a lot of giant metal horse-like things. These automatic and constantly tumbling gun heads can ensure that the airship cannot be too close to the Capitol, which is the headquarters of the Ministry of Magic. The British wizards who landed on the ship must also land on the periphery and solve the outer fortifications before they can attack the German Ministry of Magic.
And on a balcony of the headquarters of the Ministry of Magic, which embodies various architectural styles of classical, gothic, renaissance and baroque, and is a symbol of the unity of the magic circle in Greater Germany, the Reichstag of the Department of Magical Transport German Göring looked at the scene in front of him with a telescope.
A wizard dressed as an official of the German Department of Transportation said cheerfully: "Director, you are so wise... If you are as negligent as our interim Minister Thälmann in the inside, don't say you caused trouble, and wait for Harris to call Come here and think of a solution, but it’s too late…”
"...Send the ship I got from the goblin to donate money to the inner circle..." Goering saw that these ships with the logo of the German Ministry of Magic were a little dissatisfied, and he pouted his chubby belly, "In addition Mr. Thalmann is now the president, even if it is temporarily paying attention to your manners..." Then he relaxed a little and whispered to his subordinates beside him, "I'll go in and see the situation... leave a fast boat waiting for me Will come out...to command the battle later."
After finishing speaking, the hot weather outside made Fat Goering drenched in sweat. After waving his hand easily to his subordinates, he strode towards the Capitol building with great strides. dignified.