Holy Roman Empire

Schonbrunn Palace

Prince Wendy Schgratz marked the retreat route of the Ottoman army on the map, and then a large group of the Austrian government looked at the map in a daze.

That's right, he was in a daze, and was shocked.Anyone who knows the details will be surprised by the current Ottoman empire.

Shrinking the defense line is very normal, but the Ottomans' practice this time is obviously too much.

It is understandable to abandon the northern plains of Serbia, Yipingpingchuan cannot withstand an attack by the Austrian army, but why do these areas give up in the southern mountains, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Even if only a small number of troops are left, a group of militia members can be organized, and the advantage of terrain can be used to delay the march of Austria.

If the momentum is not right, you can also go down the mountain and attack the logistics line of Austria. It can be said that this is the most basic military knowledge.

Other regions dare not say that, at least in Bosnia and Herzegovina, there are still a large number of supporters in the Ottoman Empire, so they gave up in vain, which is simply God's operation.

Give up, give up, why leave Belgrade in the middle?Even if this city is of great importance, given up in all directions, can a lone city still be unable to hold it?

Anyway, Franz couldn't understand what medicine was bought in the Ottoman gourd, neither military nor political should do this.

This is almost the same as giving up ...

Thinking that his IQ was not enough, Franz asked, "Who can tell me, what does the Ottomans want to do?"

Metternich speculated: "Your Majesty, it may be that after the defeat of the Bulgarian battle, the Ottoman government panicked and wanted to concentrate its forces against the Russians and made the decision in a hurry.

The unlucky bastard left behind in Belgrade was mostly a loser in the Ottoman Empire ’s struggle for power and was pitted by political opponents.

Even now Belgrade may not have 20,000 troops. If it is not possible, it is a group of crooked melons, deliberately put there to die."

It is not surprising that these things happened in Ottoman, a magical country.The performance of the Sudanese government is not bad, at least they have not left the capital to run, and they are still organizing the army to fight against the Russians.

Everyone nodded their heads, and the normal logic didn't make sense, then it could only be that the Sudanese government had a problem.It seems that in everyone's impression, they are at this level.

It can only be said that the Sudanese government has done much more stupid things, and adding one more thing is not so unacceptable.As one of the two most wonderful empire in the world, it would be a problem if something ridiculous is not done.

Franz waved his hand and said, "Thanks to the Ottoman government's brain water, what should we do now? Is it to send troops to follow the Ottoman army to regain their homeland, or to find an excuse to stay still?"

Don't ask why it has become the recaptured homeland. Just look at Franz's long list of titles. If you look carefully, you can always find the legal basis.

It doesn't matter if it's far-fetched. This thing was originally used as a cover for shame, proving that Austria has not waged a war of aggression, but is regaining its homeland.

The Habsburg family is too old, the talent for marriage is a little too strong, and then left a bunch of titles.

These places, even if they were not ruled by the Habsburg dynasty, were also ruled by the once-married family, as long as they are needed.

Franz did not expect the European countries to admit that as long as they were able to linger on some locals, or to provide an excuse for surrender to Austrians who wanted to surrender to Austria.

There are many hypocritical people in this world, and everyone wants to be face-to-face.

At present, the two principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia are advancing very well. Those who are willing to surrender to Austria have recognized Franz's orthodox status.

Those who are unwilling to take refuge in Austria are naturally the remnants of the Ottoman Empire and are the targets of the blow. They have been suppressed by the help of the leading party.

Successful ruling experience can be copied. Since the Romanian can be used to rule Romania, the Serbian can also be ruled by Serbian.

What seemed to come to mind, Franz added another sentence: "In advance, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina are not within the scope of our target this time.

Austria does not have such a good appetite, and no matter what the final result, we will not annex these areas this time!"

Prime Minister Felix said, "Your Majesty, you have reached this stage and you have to do a full set of acting.

Arm a group of reserve forces and take over the sites abandoned by the Ottomans.Even if you want to give up in the future, you can still fight for our interests at the negotiating table."

In order not to disperse the main force, the reserve can be used at this time.Austria has a large number of reserves, and it is still easy to mobilize tens of thousands of people to come out.

The combat effectiveness of these troops is limited, and it may be a disadvantage to the British-French coalition forces, but it is not advisable to meet the Ottoman army.

Franz can proudly say that the training of Austrian reserve forces is stronger than the regular Ottoman army.

Chancellor of the Exchequer shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, the Ottomans are prepared.

According to the information we received, the roads and bridges in these areas were destroyed by the Ottomans. They also destroyed farmland, burned food and supplies that could not be taken away, and finally forced a large number of young and strong to leave.

We occupied these areas and were unable to obtain any supplements locally. Even the workers who repaired the roads were hard to find.

Even we have to put out a lot of food to relief war refugees, the Ottomans are prepared to use this to hold us back.

In fact, we are not prepared to continue the war. In addition to the heavy financial burden imposed on us by occupying these areas, we can only wait for benefits after the post-war negotiating table.

I don't think the benefits gained at the negotiating table can make up for our current expenses.It's better to support a local government, but we are not going to annex it anyway."

In the face of the tactics of the Ottoman Empire killing 800 enemies and losing 3,000, Franz had to persuade.

After such a lot of tossing, even if these areas are preserved in the future, they should not want to continue to rule steadily.

Of course, it can also be said that they have foresight, knowing that the Balkan Peninsula will be unsustainable, and simply abandon it, and concentrate on protecting the core area along the strait.

Since we have to give up, of course we cannot leave good things to the enemy.If it was not because the city was built of stone and could not be burned, they would learn Dong Zhuo's children's shoes to burn the city once.

Prince Wendishgratz objected: "No! Even if these areas are left in the hands of the Ottomans, it is better than establishing a local government.

In the hands of the Ottomans, they are not popular, and we can take them back at any time.If they are allowed to become independent, it will be easy to annex these areas in the future, but it will be difficult to rule these areas.

The territory of continental Europe has basically stabilized. The only place we can continue to expand is the Balkan Peninsula. This road must not be blocked.

This is related to the long-term development of Austria in the future. Once the overseas colonial strategy is blocked, we can only seek expansion in the Balkan Peninsula.

In this era of world wars, we are sailing against the current, and if we do not advance, we will retreat. The future development space must remain."

After listening to the explanation of Prince Wendishgratz, Franz's eyes lit up, and indeed anyone who could leave a great reputation in history has its special features.

Prince Wendishgretz ’s military capabilities may only be mediocre, but in the strategic vision of national development, it is very accurate.

Especially the sentence, "Future development space must be left behind", in Franz's view is very classic.

In a capitalist economy, if the road to external expansion is blocked, it can only rely on internal development.This means that external plundering has become internal squeezing, and disaster will soon come.

Why did the Germans challenge the world order in history, is it really because of ambition?

The reality is very cruel. Germany has reached the limit. There are only two kinds of fate waiting for them without provoking war:

Either domestic conflicts intensified, revolutions broke out, and wealth distribution was redone;

Either artificially compress the development speed, use extraordinary means to survive the crisis, and then slowly decline.

Neither fate is acceptable to the German government.In the absence of both industrial raw materials and commodity sales markets, they chose war in order to gain room for continued development.

"Militaryly speaking, winning Belgrade is very important for Austria's national defense security, and mastering the city of Pannonia is safe." Marshal Radsky analyzed.

The Pannonia Plain is distributed in Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia and Ukraine.The surrounding area includes Slovenia and Bosnia.

This is the granary of Austria, and its strategic significance is very important.Occupied Belgrade, not only solved the military threat from the Balkans, but also turned passive into active, becoming strategically attackable, retreatable and defensive.

Putting such strategic points in the hands of the Ottomans, Franz is very relieved that the declining Ottoman Empire has no courage to get things done, and it is difficult to say if it changes to the new Balkan country.

Historically, the Balkan countries have staged a pattern of death.In the unlikely event that this supportive younger brother stabbed Austria at the back of the critical moment, it would be fatal.

Franz did not dare to bet on their morality. All the graces in front of the national interest are false, and only the interest is real.

A great Serbianism will make the new regime part ways with Austria and become an unsolvable enemy. It is impossible for Franz to send half of Austria to the younger brother?

Franz said rightly: "The Serbian region can never establish an independent country. No matter how much the price is paid, we will not let the Balkan Peninsula have a big country. If there is, then it can only be Austria.

If I really want to choose, I would rather let the Ottomans occupy the Balkans, or share the Balkans with the Russians, rather than seeing their independence.

Austria is a multi-ethnic country. At this critical moment of formal national integration, the establishment of any independent state may have uncontrollable consequences.

Nationalism in the Balkans is just sprouting. We cannot give them room to grow, at least the Serbs and Romanians cannot be independent.

Otherwise, you can think about what would happen if an independent Serbia and Romania appeared, and the Serbs and Romanians in the country would have."

The butt determines the head. Perhaps Franz had sympathized with the Balkans in the past, and now it no longer exists.

In this era of strong meat, everyone is desperately strong.There is no right or wrong, only benefits.

Thinking empathically, the struggles of the Balkan countries in history have been tragic, but everyone's conflict of interest is too serious, and the concession is death, so they can only fight.

Unfortunately, because the focus is too much on immediate interests, the Balkan countries have failed in the end, and no country has achieved its goal.

It is irrelevant for the Balkans to establish an independent nation. Anyway, there are few in Austria, but Serbia and Romania are not. The two ethnic groups together are close to 9%.

It was finally easy to start the assimilation. If two independent countries appeared and did not want to have an accident, the only thing that Franz can do is to package and return all these people to the two countries.

Franz can't do this kind of brain damage.He did not forget that historically the Austro-Hungarian Empire supported the independence of Serbia and Romania, and then buried himself in the pit he dug.