Chapter 671: The Power of People

Of course, these people are purely vexatious, the trial of the victors is simply fantastic, no matter what has been done, the victors are the winners, it is impossible and should not be tried, the International Military Tribunal in Gothenburg rejected the demands of these petitioners on the grounds that it did not fall within their competence, their duty was to try war criminals in the world war, and the Herero War was something that happened before the war, whether there was an act of massacre or not, it had nothing to do with the Gothenburg International Military Tribunal.

But such a reply obviously did not satisfy the righteous people, and the countries of the world continued to condemn the Germans, and the picture of the little black child was reprinted over and over again in countless newspapers.

In fact, everyone understands the whole thing, this is nothing more than because the Germans support the Social Workers behind the back, so it angered Emperor Yang, at this time it is necessary to make a clear position, now it is not a big deal not to give face to the Germans, the heavy burden of domestic reconstruction, the revolts in the occupied areas one after another, the increasingly chaotic situation in the colonies has dragged Germany into the quagmire, did not see that the British hung all the Irish Legislators on the gallows, and Germany condemned at most? They don't have the ability to trouble others anymore.

But if you don't give Yang Feng face, he is completely looking for death, he can crush a country to death by casually stretching out his fingers, not to mention the rise in the price of OPEC crude oil, which will make many countries squat in the corner and cry.

In the following period, the protests against the Germans massacring the Rwandan people continued to ferment, but no matter how the outside world condemned, William still turned a deaf ear, not only that, but also announced a significant increase in the garrison of the African colonies, originally their total in Africa was less than 100,000 people, this time directly increased to the size of an army group, especially the East African colonies even sent a whole army.

Anyway, it is impossible for Yang Feng to really turn his face because of those and Germany, at most the two sides will continue to fight in Africa, and it is impossible for Yang Feng to escalate the scale of the dark war, which will affect the trust of other European countries with colonies in Africa, especially Austria-Hungary. The Spanish Empire and the Ottoman Empire, these countries are currently important forces on the Russian battlefield, and if Yang Feng is too strong about Africa, it is easy to arouse their vigilance, which means that Yang Feng's involvement in Africa must be limited.

But there were no restrictions on the means by which Germany could defend its colonies.

So in William's view, the winner of this dark war in Africa must be himself, and for him this dark war must also be won, the five-year war has made Germany and China too far away in industry, both in terms of scale and technical level, it is completely two eras. The technology that once made the Germans proud can only be ashamed of itself in the face of today's Chinese industrial products. Technically unable to compete with China, the scale is even more world-apart, if there are no more African resources, then Germany will become a dumping ground for Chinese industrial products, at that time he has no choice but to bend his knees in front of Yang Feng like other countries.

This was completely unacceptable to His Majesty the Kaiser, who was full of ambition.

However, what the emperor did not expect was that just as he was about to wrestle with his old friend in Africa, his backyard caught fire.

The German people don't want to play with him anymore.

In fact, the common German people at this time were generally dissatisfied with their emperor, and although the emperor led them to win the war, they also reduced their homeland to ruins. Let a whole five million people die in the war, and then leave nearly three million disabilities, and you still have to continue to toss such a devastated country? It was again aiding the Irish, and it was also revolting against the European occupation zone. And now you want to send troops to distant Africa? Why do you think the country is not exhausted enough?

The common people don't care about his ambitions, and they don't care if Germany's future is encircled by China, they just want to rest now, they just want to be able to sit down and take a breath. Take care of the dilapidated homeland, they don't want to follow the emperor to go crazy anymore.

Mass protests erupted in Berlin against the government's use of militarism. Protest against the massacres of the army in Africa, protest against the government for letting young people in Germany go to an inexplicable place to die in an unjust war.

"Ha, that's what it's called lifting a stone and shooting yourself in the foot!" Emperor Yang looked at the report in his hand and gloated and said, but this matter really had nothing to do with him, because the protests in Berlin were carried out by the leader of the left wing of the German Social Democratic Party. Liebknecht led.

With the victory of Russia, the working class in other European monarchies was greatly encouraged to show their strength in political life. Liebknecht was a member of the Reichstag and was undoubtedly the leader of the working class, although he was in fact incompatible with the working class.

"Your Majesty, you were so right at the beginning, these people are the best weapon to disrupt a country." Yuan said with a smile on his face.

If William really goes all out and sends hundreds of thousands of troops to Africa, then the next work is really not easy to carry out, after all, those are very limited in both ability and guts, and the nature of this dark war determines that China cannot directly intervene, hundreds of thousands of German troops are sitting in Africa, and those dare not kill themselves no matter how hot their minds are.

"Regardless of them, William's trouble gives them a headache, and we have nothing to lose, his increase in troops can only increase the burden on the country and slow down the pace of reconstruction, if you don't increase the troops, the will be ready to move, and the German people who think they are victorious will also have more of their own voices, in short, it is someone else, let's just watch the excitement!" Emperor Yang said proudly.

Attendant Yuan also laughed.

They watched the excitement, and William was so angry that he didn't expect that his grand cause would be opposed by the people in his own country, didn't they understand what Africa meant to Germany? Don't they see the countries around Germany that are being accused by China?

Of course, ordinary people will not see it, they will only see devastated homes and endless tombstones.

Ignoring the growing anti-war tide at home, Wilhelm forcibly signed an order to send troops to Africa as supreme commander-in-chief, a move that dealt a heavy blow to his image in the eyes of the German people, and the prestige that had been established by the victory in the war was shattered.

Of course, the Reichstag produced by universal suffrage is actually an ornament, the fifth wheel of the car, and the prime minister does not need to be responsible for them, they are even inferior to the Chinese House of Commons, the Chinese House of Commons has at least the right to vote for the prime minister, they only have the right to legislative supervision, since it is supervision, that is to say, people like to take care of it, and if they don't like it, they can only stay on the side, but this time they thought of the best way to demonstrate, a strike, almost all the workers of the main German ports declared a strike on the same day, aren't you increasing your troops? We don't load you on the ship, and we don't unload the supplies you buy from outside.

At this moment, William was dumbfounded, and he mobilized his army to suppress it, but the German army, which was also war-weary, including some generals, was in disobedience, and watched the strike continue day by day, and at this time, the surrounding countries that were gloating immediately began to fall into the ground, and all kinds of charitable groups began to pour into Germany, and then sent food and meat to those striking dock workers, in short, let them rest assured and boldly to stop, without any worries, Yes, we are not going to let you go hungry for the strike.

William, whose faces turned green, ordered the expulsion of these people, but neither the police nor the army did anything, and seeing the support of these philanthropists for the striking workers, it was only then that William realized that he had a bit of a betrayal.

But the problem is that he can't give up Africa no matter what, and the most important gain from more than 10 million casualties in a world war is nothing more than the colonies on this continent, so the only choice is to bow to Yang Feng and exchange with him, Germany will stop supporting the Social Workers' Party, and Yang Feng will stop messing with him in Africa.

In fact, at this time, the Social Workers Party did lose the value of support, and it has been raining incessantly, which has almost destroyed more than half of the potatoes of the Russians, although it has not immediately run out of food, but this winter will never be overcome, and hunger and rumors have completely destroyed the foundation of the Social Workers' rule. Although the enemy opposite them also stopped their offensive because of the heavy rain, the future with no way out still made the whole of Russia gloomy, and even the Red Russian soldiers on the front line had begun to run to the White Russian army to surrender. In the rural areas, where there is still some food, clashes and even fighting between the peasants and the members of the Social Workers Party who collect the food for their lives continues, and it is not uncommon for ordinary people in the cities to run to the Social Workers government to protest, and this regime is striding towards its destruction.

It would be a waste for Germany to continue to support them.

After some struggle, William finally bowed his noble head to Yang Feng.

"Your country wants to join the United Nations Army?" Yang Feng said to Haijing with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty, our Emperor is as much as you hate those who kill monarchs, and he also deeply blames himself for the murder of the Russian Tsar and his wife, after all, their murder has a certain relationship with the negligence of our soldiers. Hai Jing said with a smile on his face. (To be continued......)