Chapter 789 is hard to say
The discipline of the British army only covers military aspects and has no requirements for personal moral standards.
The tactic of queuing to kill in the flintlock era, soldiers braved the enemy's fire, marched in a neat line under the leadership of the officer to the beat of drums, and fought for life and death until they were at a distance where they could see the pockmarks on the enemy's face. There was no strictness. The discipline really can't do it.
Compared with the British army in the Second Boer War, the British army's behavior in Pas was very civilized, at least they did not throw all the Pas people into concentration camps.
Gordon was very angry and asked the British army to conduct a thorough investigation while restraining military discipline and severely punish the British soldiers involved.
Chamberlain was also angry.
The British army set up concentration camps in the Transvaal because the Transvaal was the territory of the Boers at that time and they were the enemy. The British army could do whatever they wanted.
Parth is a British territory, and the victim and his wife are British immigrants. If this incident had happened in peacetime, it probably would not have caused much trouble.
What happens at this critical time point will seriously tear the relationship between Theo and Britain.
Not all Westerners support independence, and 40% of Westerners want to remain in the Commonwealth.
What Chamberlain didn't expect was that before the British army's investigation came out, a patrol of the British army in Pas was attacked by unidentified militants, killing 46 British officers and soldiers.
The militants attacked in a very professional manner. They used explosives to place four bombs on the path of the British patrol. The British soldiers who were not killed by the bombs were subsequently executed by the militants one by one.
Chamberlain believed that the attack was carried out by Theo's army, while Gordon insisted that the attack had nothing to do with Theo's army, and also mocked the British army's combat effectiveness.
The 46 British troops were roughly a platoon. Even if the attackers were professional, the British troops would not be completely wiped out and no one could escape.
"The attackers used explosives and light machine guns, and used short knives afterwards to slit the throats of all the wounded soldiers one by one. Only the military has such outstanding operational capabilities. Whoever carried out the attack went beyond what is reasonably required. The Royal Navy There will be retaliation for this.”
Chamberlain couldn't bear it. Even during the Irish War of Independence, the British army had never suffered such heavy losses.
Ireland also attacked British patrols, and the maximum casualties caused to the British troops were only a dozen people.
The loss of 46 people was also the British army's heaviest loss since the end of the World War.
"You have to at least find out who carried out the attack and then retaliate."
Gordon really didn't know who carried out the attack, at least it wasn't his order.
"If you are not sure, then everyone is suspicious."
Chamberlain was helpless, the navy was beyond his capabilities.
After the end of the World War, the British massively dismantled the Army despite extreme financial difficulties. Not only did the Navy not be dismantled, it also adopted a new shipbuilding plan after the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty, trying its best to maintain the navy's deterrence.
Even before the outbreak of the World War, Britain was kidnapped by the navy to a certain extent and had to engage in an arms race with Germany.
In the UK, the navy has great power and many supporters. This time the navy was attacked in Parth, which caused strong indignation in the UK. No one could stop the navy from retaliating.
"In this case, then we don't have to talk."
Gordon took the initiative to terminate the negotiations, but in the end he had to see the truth on the battlefield.
December 24th was Christmas Eve, and on this day the British Navy announced the imposition of martial law on Parth.
On this day, the Russian State Duma and the U.S. Congress simultaneously approved the agreement previously reached by Frank Kellogg and Felix and decided to conduct deeper cooperation. News from Alpha shows that while the United States is deepening cooperation with Russia, it is also frequently in contact with Britain, France, and Germany in an attempt to open the European market for American products.
Five years have passed since the economic crisis of 1920. After a new round of elimination, American companies finally turned their attention to Europe again.
Only then did American companies discover that the European market was basically occupied by goods from Britain, France, and Russia. If American goods wanted to enter the European market, they would face the same situation as before the outbreak of the world war.
Before the outbreak of the world war, the European market was flooded with goods from Britain, France, and Germany.
Compared with European products, American products actually have no technical advantages. Not only are they far behind Russia, they are even inferior to Germany.
In terms of cost, American products have no advantage over Russian products, so they have to take the initiative to compromise with Russia and exchange profits for the market.
Frank Kellogg returned to Washington, went to London, and then to Paris.
Prince Carl took the initiative to reveal to George that Germany's traditional conservative forces, headed by the Junker nobles, were preparing to take action against the Hebrews who monopolized the German financial group.
George was in a daze for a moment. Are you guys waiting for Mustache?
Mustache was released from prison early after nine months in prison. Earlier this year, he visited the Prime Minister of Bavaria and admitted that the beer hall riot was a mistake and promised that he would abide by the law and follow the rules in the future.
In February this year, Bavaria lifted the ban on the National Workers' Party and its organ "Volkswagen Observer". Mustache returned to the leadership of the National Workers' Party, but was prohibited from speaking in public.
Mustache should now be working hard to expand the influence of the National Workers Party and seek to enter the Reichstag. He has not yet entered the sights of Hindenburg and Prince Karl.
George was a little hesitant. Should he remind Prince Carl that the mustache was the savior of Germany?
"The Hebrew interest group has become the main obstacle to preventing Germany's revival. This group of extremely selfish and cold-blooded guys has become a parasite of Germany. I now understand why you want to expel the Hebrews——"
Prince Karl later realized that a large part of the Hebrews who left Warsaw went to Germany.
That's magic.
The Hebrews now want autonomous prefectures, and they want their own country to have a country. So why don’t those Hebrews who dream all day long about “restoring the country” not build their country and continue to stay in Germany?
So nationalism is just a doctrine, and Germany is a business.
"Don't talk nonsense. Russia not only did not expel the Hebrews, but also established a Hebrew autonomous state to fully protect the interests of the Hebrews."
George's impassioned speech made Karl look askance.
I have never seen such a noble person.
"We are preparing to send the Hebrews to Poland, or the Middle East as the Balfour Declaration claims."
Prince Karl didn't want to do anything wrong, he just wanted to send the Hebrews away.
Wait, is there a possibility that Mustache just wanted to send the Hebrews away at first, but in the end he had no choice but to start making soap.
This——
It’s hard to say.
(End of chapter)