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East Africa, Britain, Portugal, Austria-Hungary, Germany and France and other nine countries participated in the Venice Conference negotiations, of course, except for a few countries concerned, the rest of the countries are mainly soy sauce, it is worth mentioning that the Boer Republic also sent representatives, but the Boers can only sit in the auditorium.

Count Elenthal presided over the meeting: "Gentlemen, it is a great honour for you to be here in Venice for this meeting on war reconciliation in South Africa, and I hope that both sides will be able to sit down and settle the South African question calmly and make their due contribution to regional peace. ”

As one of the protagonists of this meeting, Britain was the most conspicuous country and at the same time the most powerful country in the war, so the British were the first to express their opinions, and East Africa naturally did not object.

British Foreign Secretary Salisbury said first: "The South African War is a war that took place in the southern African region, from last year to now it has lasted for a whole year and has not ended, and the main culprit of this war is the brutal expansion of the East African Kingdom in southern Africa, which has caused a serious humanitarian disaster to Africa, Angola, Mozambique and other regions, a large number of people have been displaced, or swallowed by the artillery fire of East Africans, and tens of thousands of people have lost their lives. Moreover, the Kingdom of East Africa has disregarded the principle of the sanctity of private property and has embezzled a large amount of the legitimate property of the natives in southern Africa, so on behalf of the British Government, I strongly condemn the crimes committed by the Kingdom of Heshingen in the war, for which the Kingdom of East Africa should pay the price......"

Salisbury came up and shifted all the blame to East Africa, and pretended to be righteous, as if East Africa had committed a war crime.

Herman knocked on the table and interrupted Salisbury's speech: "Your Excellency Salisbury, I know that the loss of the war has made you feel dissatisfied, and this psychological imbalance is understandable, but I cannot ignore the slander of our kingdom of Heixingen by any country. ”

There is a huge difference between the names of Earl Hermann and Salisbury, which is currently officially called the Kingdom of Heshingen, but other countries still use the Kingdom of East Africa as the official name of East Africa by inertia or convenience in the future.

Of course, this does not exclude that some countries deliberately do this, after all, if Africa is put aside from the purely geographical sense, it is synonymous with barbarism and uncivilization in the world.

Salisbury said to Herman, who interrupted him, without blushing at all: "I am just objectively describing what the East African army is doing in southern Africa, after all, now Angola, Mozambique, Orange, and even Cape Town have fallen into the clutches of your East Africa, and you know best what you have done there." ”

Although Salisbury's words are biased, but it is not wrong, humanitarian disaster, if black people have "human rights", then it is true, but this is not a problem of East Africa at all, after all, Britain itself started in the black slave trade, and the colonial governments of various countries in Africa are all accomplices, so they do not regard African natives as human beings.

As for the encroachment on "private property", it is even more ridiculous and generous, that Britain and Portugal are only allowed to plunder Africa, and East Africa is not allowed to take food from the tiger's mouth.

In essence, the British and Portuguese, and even the Boers were latecomers, all of whom obtained wealth through the plundering of the blacks, and even the blacks (Bantu) themselves plundered the San people, so East Africa only robbed the bandits, and there was no difference between these colonists in southern Africa.

Of course, knowing in my heart is one thing, the East African government will definitely not admit it, Herman also learned Salisbury's way, and said brazenly: "Your Excellency Salisbury, the military discipline of our East African army is very strict, unlike the armies of some countries in southern Africa are like bandits, and even the crops in the peasants' fields are not spared. ”

The military discipline in East Africa is much stronger than that of Britain and other countries in the current era, and the British and Portuguese have a little property in South Africa, to be honest, they can't even reach the military spending in East Africa, and as for the land that has a little value, it is the land of South Africa, and the land is not in the pockets of ordinary people, but is confiscated.

Of course, it would be possible for East African soldiers to keep a little stuff in their possession, but places like Angola and Mozambique don't have a lot of wealth, just a place where Portugal continues to suck blood, so everyone doesn't get much to share evenly.

Compared with the East African Defense Forces, the Anglo-Portuguese armies were the real bandits, but Ernst had long been on guard against them, and there was almost no industry deployed in southern Africa, so in the war, except for the heavy losses in the port of New Hamburg, the losses in East Africa in other regions were almost negligible.

And even if the loss of the port of New Hamburg is mainly destroyed, the only thing that can take advantage of the coalition forces is the farmland that East Africa has not had time to destroy, which provides convenience for the source of food for the coalition forces, but some of the food crops in the port of New Hamburg are actually imported from the east, and the planting industry itself is not too developed.

"Hehe, Earl Herman, your so-called strict military discipline is just empty words, our British Empire has a long history, and the fine traditions of the army are not at all comparable to those of your East African countries with a few decades of history, everyone here must agree with my point of view, in contrast, the British Imperial Army pays more attention to chivalry, while your East African Defense Forces are good at opportunism." Salisbury said.

However, the other countries present agreed with Salisbury's words, although the military strength of East Africa is not weak, but everyone subconsciously compares East Africa and Prussia, after all, they are all thugs of the Hohenzollern family, and the style should be similar.

Of course, this is also the stereotype of the European army towards Prussia, and the Prussian army has long been no longer Wu Amun since it has undergone several reforms over the years.

It is true that the East African Defense Forces "do not speak of martial virtues" in the war, which cannot be refuted by East Africa, because Ernst himself is not very particular.

In Ernst's view, the "chivalrous" spirit of the European armies was simply the product of a disease-free moan, and as long as the army could win the battle, it did not matter what tactics Ernst used.

Moreover, the military commanders of the East African army are basically from civilian backgrounds, and it is impossible to be as "exquisite" as those military aristocrats in Europe.

"Hehe, let's not argue about this point for a moment, for the war, the coalition forces took the lead in launching the war, which is a fact that cannot be changed, so this war was unjust from the beginning, and as the initiators of the war, the British and Portuguese governments themselves are the culprits, for us in East Africa, this war is completely a war of self-defense and counterattack, which is also the main reason for your defeat in the South African war." Count Hermann said menacingly.

The initiators of the war actually included East Africa, but the coalition forces were one step ahead of East Africa, which coincided with the national strategy of East Africa.

However, if the coalition forces were unlucky, if they started the war even two months later, the main culprit of the war would be East Africa.

Of course, the war in East Africa was also directed at the Portuguese and the Boers, and it was impossible for East Africa to directly challenge Britain, and Britain entered the war completely out of greed.

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