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In the eyes of a considerable number of men, one of the great pleasures of hunting is to feast on fresh game and drink wine without any scruples, and Natsuki also likes this uninhibited feeling, but only if he gets along with his confidants, friends or confidants, and whether it is the hunting activities of the German royal family or the environment of this foreign country, he adheres to a cautious style, always keeps a clear head, and never relaxes. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

During the picnic, a horse galloped in. Although the horseman's outfit matched the hunt, judging by his serious expression and hasty demeanor, he should have been on a business mission.

When the man arrived, he spoke a few words with one of the cabinet secretaries who was present, and then the two men went to Prime Minister Boehner-Law, and in just a few words, a strange expression appeared on the British Prime Minister's face. I saw him walk quickly towards King George V, and after listening to the Prime Minister's report, the King's face changed slightly, and his next move was to set his eyes on Natsuki.

Does this have anything to do with you? Natsuki pondered.

But then, George V did not make anything clear, and after the Prime Minister left, he sat alone on a tree stump and looked at the fire in a daze.

Without the instructions of the King or the Prime Minister, the horseman who brought the news and the Cabinet Secretary kept their mouths firmly in their mouths and did not have any verbal contact with anyone else present.

Boehner-Rau quickly got together with several key cabinet members.

"What are they talking about?" Prince Edward realizes that something is going on, and it looks like an important government matter.

Natsuki shrugged his shoulders and made an innocent expression of "how do I know", but he kept muttering in his heart: there is no news from his intelligence channel.

Prince Albert got up and walked away without saying a word, and after a while, Natsuki saw him chatting with the new Chief of Staff of the British Navy, Sir Roslyn Weems, before turning and walking back.

From his green face, Natsuki saw a helpless loss.

Ignoring Natsuki's curious gaze, Albert whispered to his brother, and just when Natsuki thought he was going to learn the truth from the British crown prince, Prime Minister Boehn-Law walked up to His Highness with a hesitant expression.

"Your Highnesses, according to the information we have just received, Germany will conclude a formal armistice with Japan."

In other words, Bona Law confronted Natsuki, as if he wanted to get some inside information from him.

Both British princes also turned their heads to look at Natsuki.

Prior to this, Natsuki did know that Germany and Japan were in a state of war and were engaged in diplomatic negotiations on an armistice, but all he knew was that Japan had sent a high-level delegation to Germany to demonstrate their sincerity in seeking peace.

If the news that Germany and Japan were about to conclude an armistice was true, the speed with which the two sides could reach an agreement at the negotiating table was indeed surprising.

During the Great War, Japan took advantage of Germany's inability to look eastward, and occupied Germany's colonies and protectorates in the Asia-Pacific region at a lightning speed, and the flag of the rising sun was raised in Western Samoa, German New Guinea, the Caroline Islands, the Mariana Islands, and Qingdao, and more than 500 German officers and soldiers were killed and wounded in the first battle of Qingdao, and more than 4,000 people were taken prisoner by the Japanese army. During the armistice talks between Britain and the Central Powers, Natsuki had communicated with Crown Prince Wilhelm about how to deal with Japan, and according to the crown prince, Wilhelm II vowed to make the Japanese stab in the back pay a heavy price, and with the character of the German emperor, this matter would not be easily stopped. Now that Britain and France have long since withdrawn from the ranks of the war, and the Tsarist Russian Empire has only the strength to parry in the European theater, the Germans are naturally not worried that small Japan, which is still weak in national strength, will set off a big storm. If Japan was able to get the arrogant German government to sign the armistice agreement, it must have gritted its teeth and paid a bloody price. Japan, who had defeated Tsarist Russia ten years earlier, was supposedly not intimidated by the armies of Europe, and they were so eager to seek an armistice, fearing German retaliation was probably secondary, and the primary goal was to withdraw from the Entente camp in name only, and to turn to the weakened Tsarist Empire and China, which was plagued by internal and external troubles under the Beiyang government, was the primary goal - Japan's sinister intentions, Natsuki, who was well versed in the trajectory of history and deeply hated this ambitious country, could see through it at a glance.

"It doesn't seem like there's anything to celebrate." Natsuki said this to Bona Law, but also to the two British princes.

Bona Law reacted with a sudden realization: "Oh, Ireland has never declared war on Japan, and that is a wise decision, and being hostile to a country on the other side of the globe is like a tiger fighting a shark." ”

Natsuki replied calmly: "Ireland is a lactating kitten at best, and Japan is indeed like a sharp-toothed and ambitious shark, so you must be careful when dealing with them." ”

The British Prime Minister shrugged: "Britain and Japan have naturally dissolved their military alliance, and according to the London Armistice, most of Britain's colonial or protectorate in southeastern Asia are to be handed over to Germany, and His Highness's reminder should be sent to the German Emperor and his diplomats." ”

This sour sentence made the atmosphere a little awkward.

Fortunately, Prince Edward showed the demeanor and mind of a British prince in response to the fait accompli, and he did not dwell on the harsh London Armistice Treaty, but said on the facts: "Personally, I think Japan is a very strange country, they can attack their former suzerains without mercy, they can boldly challenge the traditional military powers of Europe, and surprisingly, they have won brilliant victories in both wars without having an advantage." In this respect, Japan is a country to be respected. ”

In order to correct Prince Edward's misconceptions, Natsuki bluntly said: "In some ways, Japan's spiritual character is indeed worthy of respect, but from the perspective of civilized society and humanitarianism, their repeated massacre of innocent civilians is simply a ****** demon." ”

Seeing that Natsuki was so indignant, Prince Edward was very curious and asked, "But Your Highness, which war can avoid the death and injury of civilians?" ”

"The inevitable deaths and injuries are completely different from the wanton tragedy." Natsuki argued, "During the Russo-Japanese War, only a few dozen civilians and soldiers who laid down their arms in the entire city of Lushun were spared because of the unrestrained robbery, massacre and rape of the Japanese army. ”

Prince Edward frowned, "Indeed. But what should be the assessment of Luvan's disaster? ”

By implication, should the German army that caused the tragedy of Louvain also be called "the devil of ******"?

A year earlier, the Germans had set fire to the Belgian city of Louvain, destroying a large number of precious buildings and causing a large number of civilian casualties, an act that was not as horrific as the Arthur massacre, but it happened right under the noses of Europeans. When it comes to a challenge to the civilized order, there is no essential difference between the two.

For many years before the outbreak of the World War, when Germans had publicly declared that they should lead the world, most people thought that Germany's desire for world domination was childish and unassailing, and few people took Germany's clamor seriously except politicians. At the beginning of the war, the indignation at Germany's aggression against neutrality had not yet risen to the level of hatred, and it was said that the fire of Louvain changed everything - the German army occupying Louvain retaliated against the historic city for six days under the pretext of being attacked by Belgian civilians, arson, looting and shooting of civilians, an atrocity that made the Kaiser and his army synonymous with evil. After that, the governments of Britain, France, and Russia signed the Treaty of London, in which the three countries assumed the responsibility of "not making peace alone in the present war", which pushed the significance of this war to the level of the triumph of good over evil. However, the binding effect of the treaty was only a piece of paper in the face of the overall situation of the country's survival, and both France and Great Britain withdrew from the war without being able to fight, and the Treaty of London was finally completely shattered by the London Armistice Treaty......

"They are indeed the most thought-provoking negative cases in the history of human civilization." Natsuki admits with difficulty, "The more modern the army, the more it cannot relax the constraints of morality, otherwise it will be no different from the devil." ”

The two British princes and Prime Minister Bona Law were surprised by Natsuki's honesty and straightforwardness at this time.

Natsuki, of course, could not denigrate the number one ally of the Kingdom of Ireland too much in front of the British, not to mention that he had been a member of the German army for a long time, and he continued: "It is true that there are some bastards in the German army, but in all fairness, the vast majority of officers and soldiers have shown a high level of civility, after all, each of them has received a formal education and knows what to do and what not to do." On this point, the British soldiers who were detained in German prisoner of war camps during the war had a better say. ”

During the war, more than 100,000 British officers and soldiers were captured by Germany and their allies, and although they did not enjoy the Italian treatment, at least most of them were saved except for a few who died of wounds or diseases. Even in Ireland, under Natsuki's deliberate restraint, the British troops who surrendered were not maliciously abused, and most of them returned to Britain alive.

The British royal family and the military and political leaders were well aware of this, but in their eyes, this was not enough to wash away the evil and dark image of the German army, and the Japanese army left them with a far less inferior impression than Natsuki's comments. In fact, in this era, Japan has just risen from a backward Asian country to the stage of civilized powers, and they strive to behave more civilized and gentlemanly than Europeans and Americans. Driven by such a mentality, they deliberately restrained the tyranny in their bones, and among the Eight-Nation Coalition forces that invaded Beijing, the Japanese army's military discipline was the best, and in the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese army gave preferential treatment to the captured Russian prisoners of war and their families, and the German-Austrian officers and soldiers who were later captured in Qingdao, the Japanese still behaved very humanely.

Historically, the drastic change in the mentality of the Japanese military stemmed from the signing of the Washington Naval Armaments Agreement, and the military spoils of the world's great powers were divided among the world's major powers, and the quota of ships left for the Japanese Navy was only a fraction of that of the European and American powers. Beginning with the Siberian War in the late 20s, when the Russian army intervened in Soviet Russia, the Japanese army became extremely brutal, and then invaded China, swept through Southeast Asia, and committed a series of notorious atrocities such as the Nanjing Massacre and the Bataan March.

Justice and evil, some are a choice between a thought, and some are the essence hidden in the soul, which can be properly disguised in a short period of time, and will inevitably reveal its true face in the long run.

(End of chapter)