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1841 Scheer and Mackenson 2

"Because His Royal Highness's decision was correct! The Navy ensured the stability of the northern port area as a neutral status. If we choose to lean on either side, the northern port area will face a bloody storm! This is very fatal to the supply of the empire. You should know that even at the most chaotic domestic situation, we have not stopped supplying supplies and food on the Western Front. The Navy has no selfishness when doing these things!" said Admiral Schell.

"And to be honest, I am very disgusted with some of His Majesty's actions, such as the Poles! Not long ago, the Poles' armed forces actually entered the inherent territory of Prussia! The German emperor ignored this, which was simply a shame to the empire! And in the end, it was the Bavarian Legion who solved the Polish armed forces. So I would like to ask, General Markensen, as the commander-in-chief of the East Prussian Army, aren't you ashamed?" General Scher said dissatisfied.

"I... I didn't have the strength to solve this problem at that time." General Markensen said in embarrassment. In fact, the combat effectiveness of the Polish legion was much worse than that of Albert's parliamentary army. Although there were more than 20,000 armed personnel, in fact, a German brigade could easily push the opponent to the ground to rub it. Although Markensen could not transfer a large number of troops back, it was still okay to get a brigade back. However, just when Markensen wanted to act, a secret telegram from the German emperor made him stop the operation.

Although Markensen followed the order, from the bottom of his heart, he was still very disgusted with this order and had objections to the German Emperor. This time, when General Scher proposed it, Markensen was not easy to refute it.

"The most important thing is that the German Emperor's previous acquiescent attitude of allowing the Poles to establish an independent country set a very bad precedent for the entire empire. General Markensen, you have been fighting on the Eastern Front. You should know how many foreign tribes there are on the newly occupied lands, there are tens of millions of Russians, a large number of Baltic people, Poles, Ukrainians and Cossacks! Tell me, if one day the Poles gained a relatively independent status through trouble, what about the others? Could it be that we fought for so long to help them become independent?"

"The German Emperor was too obsessed with power and scheming. For the so-called security and dominance in his heart, he did not hesitate to damage the entire empire's behavior. When encountering major events, impulsiveness or hesitation, he never made the right choice. The parliamentary guys are not good things, but at the same time, I don't think the German Emperor's ability is suitable for ruling the future German Empire, because after this war, the empire will become a big country with an area of ​​more than 1 million ordinary kilometers. While we have gained enough war dividends, we will also make the domestic problems more complicated. If the empire still continues to fight in this time, then this is simply a disaster!" General Scher said heartbrokenly.

The term political correctness has different meanings for different people. For example, for the German Emperor, suppressing Bavaria to ensure the absolute advantage of Prussia was political correctness, but for General Scher and Markensen, the German Emperor's suppression behavior was a political mistake, because General Scher was loyal to the entire empire, not the Prussian royal family. Although General Markensen was a Prussian, he also believed that it was wrong to do these things during the war. The so-called similarities were precisely because General Scher and General Markensen had the most basic consensus on these things that both sides could sit down and negotiate.

"So, Your Excellency, do you mean to sit and watch the chaos in the empire go down?" Markenson said with some dissatisfaction. "This is an escape and it cannot solve the problem."

"In fact, His Majesty the Emperor can already hold peace talks with the Berlin Parliament. The parliamentary faction cannot win, and if the army wants to suppress the parliamentary faction, it is afraid that it will destroy more than a dozen cities? Think about it, General Markensen, the entire Social Democratic Party has nearly one million members. If you want to punish violently, then tell me how many Social Democratic Party members are you planning to kill? And how many innocent people will be buried with you? And everything you do is just to show your loyalty to a leader who is not suitable."

"I really want to know how cheap and bloody this kind of loyalty is!" After saying that, General Schell stared at Mackenson opposite him, looking forward to his answer.

"Maybe we can suppress some deadly elements and arrest the remaining ones." Markenson said with some embarrassment. Crook and others on the Western Front did not want to have too much blood from their own people on their hands. Markenson was the same. As a person with a conscience, no one wanted to do such a thing. Now, he can only hypnotize himself again and again, saying that such a thing is not a big deal. It is just to punish a few evil people.

"You are not His Majesty the Emperor. It is hard to say how many people will get involved in this matter, but one thing that is certain is that Albert and others have no way out. Tens of thousands of Social Democrats with him and the second-tier legions attached to them have no way out. If we choose to suppress it, then whether we can enter Paris will not be able to say. We may first fight a siege of Berlin!" General Schell said sternly.

"And from a deeper perspective, what if the German Emperor wiped out the parliamentary faction? The Social Democratic Party has been under the foundation for decades. Even if the superstructure is destroyed, their members and the people affected by it are probably not tens of millions of people! And tens of millions of people have hatred for the imperial government. What a terrible thing this is!" Looking at the stunned Markenson, General Schell continued.

"And this is not the most terrifying! The most terrifying thing is that the seemingly bloody and thorough cleaning cannot fundamentally solve the problem. Do you really think that the Social Democratic Party is the biggest blacklist of the rebellion? You are wrong! Without the support of those big capitalists and bankers, where did they get enough funds and equipment to arm themselves? How can they join the top leaders of the Junker nobles, and even Hindenburg can be bought? They are the biggest behind the coup!"

"But there is no way for these people! Because these people have penetrated their tentacles into various important departments of the empire, and the German Emperor is also closely related to these people. Look at the German Emperor's assets and shares, you should understand that these people are already too big to be eliminated, and it is okay to rectify one or two. It is impossible to completely eliminate them. This failure is nothing to them. Maybe this scene will happen again one day until they achieve their goals! In this world, the power of money is even stronger than guns and cannons at some point!"
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