Salisbury was powerless to refute Herman's assertion that Britain was indeed the first to provoke the war, which basically characterized Britain as the main person responsible for the war, but this did not affect Salisbury to blame East Africa.

"The original intention of our Britain to start this war is entirely to maintain peace and stability in the region, East Africa itself is the most unstable factor in Africa, from the opening of the first colony of the Hexingen Kingdom to the present, the land area of East Africa has directly expanded to tens of thousands of square kilometers, so your East African Kingdom is the most evil country in the history of Africa, these lands are all snatched from the natives, which is more like the Russian ......." Salisbury said openly.

"Ahem......" Chersvsky, the representative of Tsarist Russia, expressed his dissatisfaction with an ugly face, and the British really couldn't spit out ivory.

Salisbury also realized his gaffe and hurriedly changed the subject: "Of course, although the Russian land is vast, Russia itself has a 'long' history, and East Africa has only taken a few decades to obtain the area of these lands, which can be said to be the most aggressive country in the world. ”

Judging from the results alone, Salisbury is completely correct when he says that East Africa is indeed a relatively greedy country, and of course, in other words, Ernst is not a problem with being greedy.

However, there are few countries or politicians in this world who are not greedy, and Ernst has seized the opportunity of the times, since he has the ability to annex so much land but let it go, it is simply sorry for Ernst's ambitions.

Just like Angola and Mozambique now, if East Africa is not dealt with, it will create obstacles for East Africa in all aspects.

Herman: "Your Excellency Salisbury, this is a complete slander against our Heshingen Kingdom, all countries have expansionist behavior in Africa, especially you Britain, Egypt in the north, British Somaliland in the east, Cape Town in the south, and the Gold Coast in the west, and in terms of the whole world, Britain is the country with the most colonies in the world, especially India, Australia, Canada, etc., whether in terms of population, economy, politics, or military, British expansion is the most exaggerated in the world, Could it be that the same is true of insatiable and aggressive in East Africa, so is Britain the spark that spreads civilization? ”

"That's a good point." The representatives of other countries thought so in their hearts.

As the hegemon of the world, there are many countries that are hostile to Britain, especially the countries here, except for Portugal and the Boers, can be said to be chess players in world politics, and they have long coveted the assets of the British Empire, and some simply have enmity with the British, such as the Russians.

Chersvsky completely agreed with Herman's words, this group of British people was originally a group of pirates, and they had the face to criticize the great Russia.

Of course, Chersvsky in East Africa is also quite jealous, Russia is desperately expanding in order to get access to the sea, and the little Heixingen royal family has expanded so much land in such a short time, it is simply more popular than people.

There are not a few people who think the same way as Chersvsky, but the general feeling of East Africa is not that of jealousy, but of chagrin, that they are too late to start, and if even one country here competes with East Africa at the same time, it will not have a greater advantage than the little Heixingen royal family.

Unfortunately, it was too late, and by the time of the Berlin conference, East and South Africa were almost a foregone conclusion, and West and North Africa had too many competitors, which showed the importance of seizing the moment.

Of course, it is not too late to exert force, and West and North Africa are not small, and they are much richer than East Africa and South Africa.

Of course, with the exception of Russia and Austria-Hungary, the geographical location of Russia and Austria-Hungary is destined to be out of Africa, especially in West Africa, and now Tsarist Russia is still blocked in the small Black Sea and the Baltic Sea, the first task is to expand in Eurasia, rather than to go to West Africa to be strong, Austria-Hungary is mainly for domestic political reasons, and the central position is easy to be contained.

Herman's words greatly stimulated Salisbury, and he said to Herman: "You East African pigs, we in England are the messengers of civilization, and we are here to change those uncivilized wilderness, which you barbarians cannot understand. ”

"Ahem......" Count Allenthal said in a loud voice: "Your Excellency Salisbury, please don't make personal attacks casually, everyone here is a decent person, if you want to vent your emotions, you can go back to your hotel after the meeting, don't do it in the public area, it will seem very immoral." ”

Earl Allenthal's words simply added fuel to the fire, but the medicine was good for the disease, and Salisbury had to behave a little more "gentlemanly" and sit back in the chair.

However, everyone could see from his flushed face that he was very uncomfortable, and it was estimated that he was not lightly angry.

As the moderator of the meeting, Alenthal put the topic back on track: "Personal grievances and negative emotions will affect your judgment, and we are here to solve the problem, not to argue for the sake of arguing, so the representatives of the two countries still hastened to reach a consensus on how to resolve the war." ”

Salisbury, who had calmed down, said categorically: "Our British attitude is very clear, East Africa will withdraw its troops, restore the pre-war border between the two sides, and at the same time East Africa will compensate us for our losses in the war. ”

Von der Leyen spoke at this time, and he said: "Hehe, Earl of Salisbury, Britain is doomed to pay the price when it starts a war, and your demands are like the victors of the war, and I don't think Britain is in an advantageous position in the war, after all, the Wehrmacht is less than four hundred kilometers away from Cape Town." ”

Salisbury replied: "Don't think that East Africa will eat us, we Britain just didn't have the strength, defeating East Africa is as simple as drinking water for the imperial army, but for a poor country like East Africa, even if we try to defeat it, I am afraid it will not make up for the loss of our military spending." ”

"The reason why you were able to escape was entirely because of the remote location, but this disadvantage is not important in the eyes of the Royal Navy, and a small move can turn the tide of the war."

Regarding Salisbury's tough attitude, Herman directly threatened: "Our Hexingen Kingdom is not fighting on such and such excuses, but on real ability, and now we have a total of more than 60,000 British prisoners, who can fully explain the position of the two sides in the war, and Angola and Mozambique, Orange, North Cape Town, and Eastern Cape Town all show that our East Africa is not afraid of war, and has the ability to win this war." ”

The words of Count Hermann can be said to have exploded a lot of information, the situation about the number of British prisoners is actually only known in East Africa, but everyone thinks that tens of thousands of British people were captured by East Africa.

Some even wonder if the Indians were also counted, after all, it was almost "impossible" to capture tens of thousands of British troops.

Even Salisbury didn't dare to believe it when he heard the news for the first time, but he didn't dare to deny it directly, if it was true, it would be troublesome for Britain.

(End of chapter)