On the night of July 4, 1920, around one o'clock in the morning, when everyone was asleep and falling asleep, a shrill siren suddenly sounded.
Immediately afterwards, there were gunshots, explosions, children's cries, and dogs barking in the streets.
People in the city were awakened from their sleep by the sound of gunfire and explosions. Everyone was hiding in their homes in fear and did not dare to go out. Through the sound, many people could tell that the gunfire came from the northeast, and Isn't that direction where the Krupp Military Factory is?
After a night of panic, the next morning, the equally frightened police arrived belatedly and cordoned off the scene.
Only after seeing the police arriving did people dare to come out of their homes.
When they came to the street outside, they were stunned by the scene in front of them!
The Krupp Arms Factory in the distance was billowing thick smoke at this time. A huge smoke column with a diameter of more than 20 meters rose into the sky, and the diffuse smoke almost enveloped the entire city.
At this time, most of the military factory had turned into a sea of flames, and several civilian houses around the factory were also affected in the fighting. Some civilians were frantically digging for something on the collapsed ruins, while digging with their bare hands. While shouting the names of his relatives, he didn't realize that his hands were covered in blood from the rubble and ruins.
A young mother was kneeling on the ground holding her tragically dead child in grief. What was even more tragic was that her husband's wife was lying next to her.
This miserable scene was captured by the police who came to the scene. The reporters captured it with their cameras, but that's not the only thing that irritates people's eyes!
On the streets, inside and outside the factory, seven or eight cars were found in various directions, including even an armored vehicle with French markings.
Scattered around these armored vehicles are more corpses, including civilians and soldiers. The number of civilians is far more than that of soldiers!
It can be seen from the uniforms of these soldiers that they are serious Gallic soldiers!
The explosive news of the corpses of Gallic soldiers, the destroyed Krupp arsenal, and hundreds of civilian casualties caused by the war quickly spread throughout the country.
On July 5, almost all newspapers of the day reported this incident on the front page.
The tragic death of innocent people, the helpless mother holding her child, and the Krupp factory in flames behind the photo, this image gave a huge psychological impact to the people in Hansi.
People's anger that had been pent up for a long time was quickly ignited. Soon, the Bolin area of the capital took the lead in a wave of protests. A large number of workers, students, even housewives and government civil servants took to the streets one after another, holding high slogans against Gaul. The slogans passed through the Linden Street and the Brandenburg Gate, and finally they all gathered outside the Gaul embassy in Berlin!
Thousands of riot police were on standby, but when they saw the endless surging sea of people, the police were frightened.
However, unexpectedly, although the people were angry, they did not lose their rationality. They did not choose to use force to attack the human wall formed by the police. Instead, they sang the imperial national anthem in unison outside the embassy.
The national anthem of the Second Empire was created after the Franco-Prussian War to commemorate this victory and celebrate the birth of the Second Empire. This song is of great significance!
Demonstrations took place not only in the capital, but also across the country. Demonstrations involving angry people took place in almost all major cities.
President Hindenburg paid close attention to this matter. He was very worried that conflicts would break out between demonstrators and the police, causing serious civilian casualties. The last time people marched, it was precisely because of President Albert's bloody suppression. This led to public dissatisfaction, and the other party ended up sadly stepping down.
Although President Hindenburg has a high prestige in the country, during this period, when the anger of the people can no longer be suppressed, if he mishandles anything, the anger of the people will easily be transferred to him!
Therefore, President Hindenburg strictly ordered the police not to use force to harm innocent people, and at the same time issued an urgent protest to the Allied Powers, especially the two countries of Eagle Sauce and the Sun Never Sets.
As for the Gaul side, President Hindenburg knew that even if he protested to the other party, the other party would probably not care, so he never thought about wasting energy!
On the morning of July 6, the Weimar Republic government formally lodged a protest with France and the Allies, demanding that the Allies severely punish the perpetrators and give justice to the innocent people in Hans.
At this time, the domestic media of Sun Never Set and Yingjiang also began to report on this. When major newspapers published the picture of a mother holding the cold body of her child, the emotions of the people in these two countries immediately aroused.
It is hard for the people to believe that in this era, in this self-proclaimed civilized world, there can be such inhumane things!
When the war involves innocent people, and children who are helpless to fight back, the people can no longer sit still!
Voices of denunciation of Gaul soon emerged in both countries. The people of both countries were very angry that such a self-proclaimed civilized country could do such a cruel thing.
At this time, their country was still an ally of Gaul. When they thought of this, the people were unhappy. They obviously did not want a country like this that was almost a butcher to be an ally.
As a result, there were a lot of protests in the two countries, and many cities even broke out demonstrations against Gaul, demanding that the government terminate the alliance agreement with Gaul!
This voice has put tremendous pressure on the two governments. Both countries claim to be democratic countries, so they cannot ignore the voices of the people.
Moreover, they know much more information than the people, so they know the purpose of the Gauls!
The reason why this happened must be that the Gauls wanted to completely destroy Hans' industry and military industry, thus destroying Hans's military foundation and making Hans unable to get up for the rest of his life. He would be trampled by them for the rest of his life. Underfoot!
It is not surprising to the two governments that the Gauls have this idea, but their methods are really terrible.
Not only did it destroy more than half of the Krupp factory, it actually affected nearby civilians, causing hundreds of innocent civilian deaths and injuries!
What's even more speechless is that the Gauls didn't do this kind of thing cleanly. They even asked others to seize the handle. Several soldiers were killed on the spot and an armored vehicle was destroyed!
Both the governments of Yingjiang and Sun Never Set began to regret, how could they be blind and find such a pig teammate?
He is just a pig teammate who succeeds in failure but fails in failure!
Just as they were thinking about how to respond to the Weimar Republic's proposal, shocking news came from the Weimar Republic again!
Major General Mainz, the new Minister of Defense of Hans, after learning about the Krupp factory incident, directly made a public announcement to the Allies:
Since Gaul so wanted to destroy Hans's military industry and wanted to destroy Hans, then he ordered Disband Hans's 100,000-strong defense force. In this way, the entire country can leave Gaul undefended, allowing the Gallic army to cross the border and enter Hans to burn, kill and loot in order to complete their plan to eliminate Hans!