Holy Roman Empire

Vienna

Affected by the failure of the Sofia campaign, the Austrian government's negotiations with Ottoman have achieved staged results, and only a few details are still being discussed.

Franz didn't care much about the outcome of the negotiations. Even if the two countries signed an agreement, the possibility of fulfilling it in the future is less than one-third.

The international situation is ever-changing, and the outcome of the Near East War will directly affect Austria ’s earnings. In terms of interests, the Russians ’victory is of course the best choice.

They can let them rush ahead to pull the hatred and share the pressure of Austria; it will not let the Russians really fly into the sky and lose their restrictions.

The war minister, Prince Wendy Schgratz, said eccentrically: "Your Majesty, a report from the Serbian front sent a team of British soldiers by mistake and we were disarmed."

Franz asked in doubt: "The War of the Near East could not be spread that far, isn't it still across the Kosovo region?"

This deviation is too large. Even if the battle of Sofia fails, the Kosovo area is still controlled by the Ottomans. They can completely ask the local government to send a guide.

Prince Wendishgratz handed over the battle report, and Franz glanced at it, and finally understood why his look was so weird.

Franz thought about it and said, "This is also a good thing. We have another small chip in our hands. The Foreign Ministry notified the British and asked them to send someone to discuss how to lead these people back to China."

There is no doubt that these people will definitely be detained until after the war, and now the British are told to tell them that there are a number of British officers and soldiers in Austria.

Now these people are useless. After the escalation of the Near East War and the news of the heavy casualties of the British troops on the front line, the London government had to pay attention to these soldiers after the sensation.

Franz admires those who come up with this solution.

This is a genius. They are all deserters. Others are fortunate enough to run hard and hide in Tibet. After the war, they are worried that they will not be returned if they are liquidated.

They were also deserters. They stayed in Austria until the end of the war. The salary and welfare of the London government could not be reduced to them by a big boy. They would be taken back after the war.

Fortunately, there are not many such talents. Otherwise, tens of thousands of British soldiers will go to Austria to eat and drink, and the London government will vomit blood.

As for the Sardinian army who had been with him for a while, Franz ignored it. This is normal operation, and no brain came over, indicating that they are still the Kingdom of Sardinia, not Italy.

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Metternich said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Felix's trip to Berlin failed, and the Kingdom of Prussia rejected the proposal to rebuild the Holy Roman League.

In order to avoid public condemnation, the man of Frederick-William IV very cunningly chose to procrastinate, and announced high-profile respect for the choice of the German people.

Prime Minister Felix proposed to hold a referendum, but he was categorically rejected again. It seems that the Prussians are going to make trouble."

Not afraid of Prussians doing things, the most feared thing is that Prussians do not do things.If the Holy Roman Empire was rebuilt in the name of a referendum, it would be Franz.

The democratically elected emperor looks good. In fact, it has fallen by several grades in nature. It is no longer supreme. Since it can be elected naturally, it can also be abandoned. It is worse than the system of the emperor's election.

Regardless of whether it is good or bad for the country, it is absolutely disastrous for the royal family, unless there is really no way, otherwise no emperor is willing to accept this elected throne.

At least Franz will not accept it. There are many families in Germany who are eligible to vote for the emperor. Even if they win once, they can change their ownership next time. Then the emperor and the president for life are only a nominal difference.

Not only can Franz not accept it, but the Austrian government cannot accept it. If Austria cannot control the Holy Roman Empire, then what is the use of rebuilding this empire?

The Prussians worried that Austria had restricted them with this empire, but they did not know that Austria was also worried that they could not control the empire.

Out of interest, once the empire is unified, the embarrassing situation of Prussia in the German region will immediately change, and the small state parliament supports them against Austria.

Of course, this kind of support can only be done in the dark. On the bright side, it is impossible for everyone to stand up against the central government. Most of these states will play balancing politics, that is, let the central government with Austria as the core and the local power represented by the Kingdom of Prussia. Pie to maintain a delicate balance.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl said uncertainly: "The Prussians did not stand up to carry the banner of opposition, which is somewhat surprising. Could it be that they expected the little states to stand up against us?"

Under the influence of nationalists, reunification has now been accepted by many people. If you oppose national reunification, it is undoubtedly to draw hatred.

Of course, the strength of the nationalist clique is still not large, it can affect the government's position, but it can not influence the government's decision-making.

If, after waiting for twenty or thirty years, Austria again offers the banner of "reconstruction of Shinra-peaceful reunification", it is estimated that there is a real possibility of success.

"It's not clear. Anyway, someone will always be the leader, otherwise the plan will be successful, and then the Prussian government will want to oppose the price to pay.

Now let's see which bad luck is being fooled by them. Anyway, whoever stands up to oppose it will be hostile by nationalists in the future."Metternich analyzed

Franz thought for a while and said: "Best could be Bavaria. We need the Bavarian government to stand up and oppose it. This is a suitable option for us."

Metternich analyzed: "Your Majesty, for Bavaria to win, we must also push ourselves. It is estimated that the Prussians also want to push the Kingdom of Bavaria to be the first bird.

As the third largest country in the Federation, only their influence is large enough to allow everyone to respond collectively.

If the Bavarian government wants the support of small states, then this is an opportunity. If successful, they will become the leaders of the small states of Germany."

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The Austrian government is discussing how to lead the Kingdom of Bavaria into the pit. In St. Petersburg, thousands of miles away, the tsarist government is also discussing the strategy behind.

The battle of Sofia is over, and the second Bulgarian battle has entered a new stage. At this time, they have two options:

Either concentrate troops to fight in the Sliven area, or first occupy Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Greece to join the division.

Chancellor of the Treasury Ari Stanley Rhodes said: "Your Majesty, first attack the area of ​​Kesliwen, clear the barriers to the area of ​​Constantinople, and conquer Constantinople in one go, then Britain and France will have to retreat.

This is a quick and quick play. From a financial point of view, this is the least expensive way to win a war.

The prerequisite is to be able to win. If you lose, it is natural to lose everything, and high returns are accompanied by high risks.

Foreign Minister Carl Worsell objected: "No, now the Battle of Sofia has just ended, and the frontline troops are in urgent need of repair. At this time, another major battle is fought, and the pressure on the frontline is too great.

It is better to take the enemy ’s weak place first, and then bring Kosovo, Macedonia, and Thrace to the occupation, unite Montenegro and Greece, and attack from the enemy ’s flanks.

Although these speeds are a bit slower, what can be fought is a downwind battle, which can just exercise the recruits 'eggs and restore the troops' combat effectiveness as soon as possible."

Seeing that the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Foreign Affairs had finished speaking, the Army Secretary embarrassedly found that he had nothing to say.

Who does it support?This question is not easy to handle. Before implementation, who knows which strategy is more reliable, Ivanovic judged from a professional point of view is theoretically feasible.

In fact, the roundabout outsourcing wars look wonderful. The logistics are estimated to be able to drag people to death. Ca n’t we expect Montenegro and Greece to provide logistics?

Otherwise, while occupying these places, the Russian army must also station troops to ensure the smooth flow of logistics transportation.

Immediately sent troops to the decisive battle, Ivanovic also knew that this is too difficult for the strong.The front-line army is tired, and there is no way to protect it unless it is repaired.

After hesitating, Army Secretary Ivanovich analyzed from a professional point of view: "Your Majesty, the Army Department recommends mobilizing new troops in the past, replacing some of the troops with heavy casualties, and evacuating them to the Danube basin for repair as a Army Reserve.

Immediately after the change of defense, the decisive battle with the enemy, now the British Expeditionary Force is also seriously injured, as long as we have two main divisions can kill them.

Now we have to fight for time with the enemy, who can increase the frontline faster, who will win the battle."

There is no doubt that no one supports him.Ivanovic was very dissatisfied with the practice of two amateur players acting as professionals, but he couldn't afford to provoke the two bigwigs.

Nicholas I was a soldier, regardless of his military qualities, he was clear about basic common sense, and naturally understood that Ivanovic's suggestions were more reliable than the previous two.

"The five divisions in the Lviv region were dropped, the troops participating in the battle of Sofia were replaced, and the eight divisions in the Moscow region were mobilized to replace the heavily lost troops on the Sliven front.

Order troops in the Ukrainian region to strictly guard against enemy landings, especially in the Crimean peninsula, so as not to let the enemy take advantage of loopholes."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Ivanovic replied

The advantage of more soldiers is reflected at this time, and the Russians can mobilize the reinforcements in the shortest time.

Unfortunately, this benefit is somewhat pale and weak on the battlefield.Poor transportation has restricted the speed at which the Russians can mobilize their troops.

Half a month after the Battle of Sofia, the Tsarist government made a decision at this time, and a lot of time has been wasted. When these troops arrived on the front line, it was more than a month later.

In any case, this time the Russians in Sofia had passed.The rule of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans became shaky, and by this time the Sudanese government had no power to reinforce the front lines.

This means that the good days of the French are over, and the Ottoman Empire lost more than 300,000 in half a year. Now the Sudanese government is eager to deal with the Greeks who have killed Thrace, and it has no supplementary power.

Ambler Jean Jacques Perissier first discovered that the Ottoman Empire was still so important.When the amount of cannon fodder was insufficient, the French Expeditionary Force had to go up on its own.

The battle of attrition is not fun, and almost every day a group is destroyed. This kind of loss is not so easy to bear.In front of them, Ottoman cannon fodder was on, they didn't think there was anything, and now they knew it was powerful.

Mainshkov was a deadly play. He launched a big offensive every three minutes, and both sides wailed in one battle.

The 170,000 French Expeditionary Force now has less than 100,000 combat powers.The rest were not all dead, nor were they all wounded, but because the army was dismembered and the system had to be withdrawn and repaired.

In fact, the French army suffered losses similar to those of the British. They all paid more than 40,000 casualties, but most of their soldiers could withstand losses of this intensity.

They have provided them with two additional soldiers in France, with a total number of up to 48,000. Now the total number of French troops has not declined.Aimble Jean-Jacques Perissier was still experienced, knowing to let the troops take turns on the battlefield, did not use a force to death.

Even so, basic-level battalion company-level troops are often defeated.This is something that can't be helped. After the enemy's round of attacks comes down, the top few companies are often reimbursed.

From this point of view, the British are far away.Of course, this is the difference between land-powered countries and sea-powered countries.Even when Napoleon III was purging his dissidents, he did not make small moves on these issues.

So now that the battle is still in progress, the French still have their strength. If they can be repaired for a month or two and let them rebuild the lost system, they can return to their peak.

Time is a bruise, and the Russians obviously will not give them this opportunity, although the casualties of the Russians are not small, but the gray animals are fooling.

In the face of the promising future promised by Mainshkov, the Russian soldiers gathered courage and stepped onto the battlefield. This cannot be matched by the British and French troops.

The bears' serf soldiers are basically illiterate in their simple minds. They only need to promise them freedom and land, and these people can live and die on the battlefield.

Changed the British and French soldiers, it is estimated that no one would reason.Everyone has learned a lot, and this little trick can't entice them. The most important thing is that everyone knows that there is no land in the country.

Fooling people with the land of the colony, are you afraid of being shot black?In those ghost places, one pound can buy the land of a farm, and want everyone to sell their lives?

If you are not good at fooling, you must also find a way to fooling. Emma Bule Jean Jacques Perissier decisively sacrificed the Russian and French enemies to encourage everyone's morale.At first it was ok, now the effect is not obvious.

If someone pays attention, you will find that the French army is retreating, and it seems that they are already preparing to run.

Emma Bleu Jean Jacques Perissier was bitter in his heart. This battle is very important, and it is related to the reputation of the boss Napoleon III, so he can never lose.

Even if it paid a heavy price, it would be fine to win a nominal victory.Since he couldn't afford to lose, he naturally had to think about the way out. If it is really undesirable, he must dump the pot!

Of course, it is better to win the war, and how much you lose is still somewhat influential.At this time, Ambler Jean Jacques Perissier had already regretted it. He knew that the British were so wasteful, and he went up against the Russians in the first place.

It is a triumph for both defeats and injuries.

Moreover, the boss originally wanted to eliminate dissidents and eliminate the power of the army loyal to the Orleans dynasty. Even if it was a victory, it would be a great achievement.

It's just that Emma Bleu Jean-Jacques Perissier had a conscience and was reluctant to let so many French boys go to be buried, so he chose the safest way to play, which turned into a war of attrition.

The toughness of the Russians on the battlefield was above the coalition forces, and the French suffered.

Missed the opportunity for a decisive battle, and now even if you want to make a rash, the state of the French army is mostly overwhelmed.Aimble Jean-Jacques Perissier did not want to make a stepping stone for the Russians, making their reputation as the world's first army power stronger.