The Return of the King chapter 027

There are people who are wise enough to give up their claim to Hans land, and naturally there are people who are not so wise!

For example, Poland, a country that had been destroyed several times in history, took advantage of the defeat of the Second Empire to claim West Prussia, the province of Posen, part of East Prussia, and part of Upper Silesia. requirements.

If Bolan only had these requirements, it would not be too much. After all, these places had indeed been inhabited by Bolan people. This was a place that everyone could claim since ancient times, and no one could tell who belonged to it.

But they made another request, they asked for Danze!

Danze is an important hub connecting East Prussia and Hans' mainland. Once Danze is taken away from Hans' hands, East Prussia will be completely separated from Hans' mainland and become an enclave!

More importantly, Danze has been Hans' core territory since ancient times. Unlike other places, this place has nothing to do with Bolan. Bolan's request for Danze seems extremely outrageous to Hans!

And it is not just the country of Hans that feels this way, other countries of the Allied Powers are also dissatisfied with Poland's request. However, other members of the Allied Powers are very interested in dismembering Hans and separating East Prussia from Hans itself.

So they came up with a plan, which was to set up Danze as a free city, governed by the newly formed League of Nations.

In addition, the Belgian division made a request for Euben and Salmedi, the newly established Kingdom of Lithuania made a request for Klaipeda, and Gaul took back Alsace and Lorraine. Forget it, he also made a request for the Saar region!

As news of the peace talks in Iron Tower City continues to spread, bad news comes one after another from the south.

Although the war with Gaul saved some profits for the empire, it could not change the fact that the empire was defeated. At most, they had changed from fish on the chopping board of the Allies to fish with a certain ability to fight back, but they still could not change the fact that they would be slaughtered. fate.

However, this battle with Gaul is still very meaningful. The talks at the Iron Tower City Peace Conference lasted much longer than in history, and the conflicts and differences between the countries were also greater.

While the other party had not completely solved the problem of uneven distribution of spoils, Hans began to restore and rebuild internally.

At the beginning of the founding of the Weimar Republic, the regime was actually not stable. The main opposition forces at that time were organizations and political parties such as the Independent Democratic Party and the Parliament of People's Representatives.

Some of the more radical political parties even proposed the establishment of a socialist republic. Prime Minister Abbott, while making concessions to these political parties, stepped up contact with the military, reached an agreement with the military, and gained the support of the military.

After gaining the support of the military, the military began to send troops to suppress uprisings and rebellions in various places. Within just three months, the uprisings and unrest in various places were basically subdued, and the foundation of the new government represented by ** was finally established. It has stabilized.

The new stable government is very active and has great plans to completely change the status quo and lead the Hansi people to work hard.

Within three months, they issued a large number of decrees, including the eight-hour working day, labor reform, civil service reform, local social welfare reform, promotion of national health insurance, urging workers laid off due to war to return to work, cracking down on forced demobilization and Policies such as an appeals system, regulation of salary agreements and universal suffrage for all classes over 20 at local and national levels.

At this time, the people of Hans were officially changed to the Social Democratic Republic of Hans. Of course, some posters and leaflets will call it the Weimar Republic.

If we simply look at the policies promulgated by the Weimar Republic government, this new government is undoubtedly ambitious and wants to do something big!

However, at this time, Hans had many internal problems. The new government had insufficient capabilities and unstable power. The policies they promoted looked good, but they were difficult to implement in a short period of time. As a result, the above policies It is treated as a piece of waste paper and shelved on the shelf, or some policies are completely inconsistent with the actual conditions and cannot be implemented at all!

Due to various reasons, the internal problems of the Republic still exist, and the entire nation is licking its wounds while moving forward under a huge burden.

During this period, Major Mainz was very busy.

Taking advantage of his official business trip, he traveled to almost all Hansian states, even East Prussia.

In addition to military-industrial enterprises, Major Mainz's inspection focused on large-scale industries in various places, especially heavy industry enterprises. In addition, it also included military academies such as Bolin Military Academy and Munich Military Academy.

These places were greatly affected by the war, especially several famous military academies. Because of the military restrictions imposed on the German army by the Treaty of Versailles, these officer academies were greatly affected.

This made the military leaders, including Marshal Hindenburg, worried. Everyone knew that it takes a lot of time to train a qualified officer, and these military academies are the only places that can deliver officers to the army in batches and on a large scale. Once here, If it is damaged, there will be a huge problem in the supply of middle and lower-level officers of the German army in the future.

"There is no way. The college's funds are insufficient and it cannot maintain its current scale. Moreover, there are too few people signing up for the college. The college cannot be responsible for its own profits and losses. The national financial allocation cannot be counted on. The lecturers and professors of the college We are all human beings and have to support our families. We have been owed wages for several months now. If we can't get any more money, we really can't survive anymore!"

The dean of the Bolin Military Academy is a major general from the Ministry of Defense. This major general is over sixty years old. The veteran general is older than Mainz and has a higher military rank than Mainz's colonel. However, he is a rising star in the Republic's army. In front of him, he did not dare to put on the airs of his seniors and superiors.

Colonel Mainz sighed. He was promoted to colonel due to merit two months ago, directly skipping the stage of lieutenant colonel. It was considered a front-line promotion. However, This did not bring any joy to the colonel's heart.

As his inspections across the country deepened, what he saw was a lifeless, hopeless thing, just like this school that had been built for more than a hundred years. In 2000, the military academy that gave birth to famous imperial generals such as Scharnhorst, Clausewitz, Schlieffen, and Moltke Sr. was already at an unsustainable point, so why not the same?