677 Militarism
In April 1794, when the Tang Dynasty was still in a stalemate with the British in the English Channel, the proud Germans launched a final decisive battle against Prussia. Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info Marnes published "Bury It! Let the triumphant song of internationalism play in Germany", with the power of the German National Revolution, began to mobilize the entire population of 15 million in Germany, which was still not an industrial country, at this time, like a stunned youth, opened a new kind of national war.
Guo Xin stood by the window of the four-story baroque building in Hamburg, watching the young men in navy blue German uniforms, wearing military caps and carrying rifles, driving to the battlefield on the Eastern Front amid the welcome of the citizens.
Guo Xin silently spit out four words from his mouth: "Militarism." ”
Sitting on the sofa stroking an old cat without a tail, Duan Jiu, the head of the secret service from the Military Intelligence Department, raised his eyes to look at the military adviser, and said slowly: "That's right, it's militarism." This Mr. President may be a supporter of our White President, or an imitator. Since taking office, he has been keen to expand his territory for Germany. It's just that, unlike our president, who is almost unsparing, wise and calm, Marnes is full of mania. ”
Guo Xin turned his head, no longer looked at the seemingly harmonious scene outside the window, and said: "A country that has been established for three years, in the absence of various conditions, is so keen on war, and the German Ministry of Defense plans to directly establish 200,000 troops this time, which is even larger than the regular army of our Datang Army. Germany had no money and no weapons, so it was crazy to rely on borrowing money and military aid to fight this war. ”
Duan Jiu scratched the bottom of the old cat's neck and said, "But they are constantly winning, first occupying Berlin, and now they have captured Szczecin, and their troops have been directed at Prussia, Frederick?" Wilhelm II was driven to Königsberg by them. ”
Guo Xin shook his head and said, "Prussia is already afraid, Frederick? Wilhelm II had already proposed an armistice to Germany twice in a row, and was even able to accept the loss of Brandenburg, where the important Hohenzollern family was born, but Germany was already determined to destroy Prussia this time, and Prussia had no way to retreat, and would use all its strength to resist. It is true that Prussia in this period was the weakest of all periods, but the Junkers knew that once the Germans entered their estates, they would hang them from trees and give the land to all the peasants, so they resisted with great difficulty. The Germans had not yet encountered much trouble in the Battle of Berlin, but the Germans suffered considerable losses in the First Battle of Szczecin, suffering more than 3,000 casualties, the heaviest since the German Civil War. ”
So what, Marnes didn't care about the casualties, in his opinion, the army was out of service and then recruited, the German Revolution had already recruited sixty thousand young men by appeal, and after ninety days of training, they would set foot on the battlefield, and then there would be another group, almost fifty or sixty thousand. The whole of Germany fell into this mania because of propaganda, and they regarded the defeat of the decaying monarchy of Prussia and the unification of Germany as an important factor in the rise of the country, and everyone regarded joining the army as a great honor. It is true that we are the same in Datang, soldiers have a good social image and status, and joining the army is a good choice for young people, but we do not have crazy and uncautious leaders. Duan Jiu sighed.
Guo Xin's eyes seemed to flash something, and then asked: "When you come to Germany, is there already someone above who doesn't want to see Marens continue to stay?" ”
Duan Jiu said very calmly: "Yes, we need a strong Germany, but we definitely don't need a militaristic Germany, let alone a Germany that will constantly cause us trouble." Originally, we wanted to be able to industrialize Germany after independence, and we were happy to expand some industries into Germany, but Marnes seemed to be more interested in the war. He may be one of the great men who built immortal feats in the future German history books, but he was definitely not a good builder, and his over-enterprising spirit only frustrated countries that needed stable development. ”
After listening to Duan Jiu's words, Guo Xin seemed to think of some similar historical figures in another plane. He nodded and asked, "So what are you going to do to coerce this president with great prestige into stepping down?" Marnes is only in his fifties now, at the height of the Spring and Autumn Period, and is far from the age of retirement. ”
Duan Jiu grabbed the fur of his old cat very well, and said with a very fake innocent expression: "You know, a politician like Marnes who works hard always works very hard, and people who work very hard are easy to die of overwork. ”
Guo Xin shuddered and said to Duan Jiu very unfriendly: "I hate you people very much. ”
Duan Jiu patted the old cat and let it go down by itself, stood up, Duan Jiu straightened his linen robe, and said with a smile: "I'm very happy, we don't need people like you, we just need to do the right thing for Datang." ”
Guo Xin stared at Duan Jiu and said, "Will you do the same in China?" ”
Duan Jiu shook his head: "How is it possible, it's not that there are no people staring at us at all, we have a large number of written rules to follow in China, and we don't need to use that kind of means." ”
Guo Xin asked: "Maybe not now, but what about the future?" Your philosophical values are very problematic, and you do not hesitate to use drastic and unreasonable means to solve a big problem. ”
Duan Jiu's face was filled with a kind of fortitude for a moment, which was very different from his usual laziness, and he said in a deep voice, "Existence is reasonable. I don't know what the future holds, but our military intelligence department has a strict organization, meticulous rules, and proper supervision, and it is not so easy to go wrong. Then again, nothing will always be right, just like our country, which is constantly changing, and so will our MI. ”
Guo Xin didn't feel much point in discussing such an issue, he was just a military adviser and couldn't interfere with Duan Jiu's work.
Duan Jiu also diverted the topic and asked, "The German army is attacking Danzig and preparing to march into Königsberg, what do you think of the result?" ”
Guo Xin has all the information about the German Ministry of Defense, and he naturally said: "The Germans will win in the end, but they will lose the next war." ”
Duan Jiu was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Sure enough, he is worthy of being the first advisor in the Tang Army." (To be continued.) )