Holy Roman Empire

The negotiations are still deadlocked, and the city gates of Munich have been opened.By this time, Maximilian II had no choice.

From the beginning of the negotiation, everyone knew that there was a need to change the host.Jonas was not obliged to keep them secret. Now everyone in the city knows that Maximilian II is going to exchange territory with Austria.

In this case, there is no pressure for everyone to turn to the new master.The change of land in European history has happened from time to time, which is not new.

However, this time the situation is special after all, the Bavarian royal family is a little down, and all the chips in the hand are lost. The only thing that can be relied on is the legal reason.

There were still some small obstacles in the minds of the majority of the Bavarian people. After all, Maximilian II didn't do anything irritating, so he abandoned him like this, and it seemed a little unreasonable.

But as soon as the news of replacing the country came out, everyone's obstacles were gone, not that they wanted to betray the king, but that the king wanted to go. This is not their business.

Everyone was at ease, as long as Austria did not treat the royal family badly, they thought they were worthy of Maximilian II.

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Baden

As a good ally of Bavaria, I was the first to know what happened in my neighbor's country.The Baden government was stunned and didn't want to play like this. In the war with others, the local government declared "neutral", and immediately followed the domestic army's "neutral".

The regent Prince Friedrich asked: "What to do now, the Bavarians have no resistance at all, Austria just went on an armed march and went down to the city of Munich.

According to the current situation, the Bavarians have given up the government, and Munich will not be able to keep it for long, and the Kingdom of Bavaria cannot support the arrival of reinforcements."

Not to mention that the reinforcements arrived, the shadow of reinforcements could not be seen anywhere.Prussia is convening a coalition of German states, and Britain and France are calling on everyone to send troops to intervene in this war.

But it will take time, so many small states in the German region, no matter how fast, it will take a month or two to organize the coalition forces?

Who knows that the Kingdom of Bavaria is so courageous, it is also the third largest state in the German region. Even if you can't win the Austrians, you must stick to it for a while, even if you insist on guerrilla warfare.

At this time, Prince Friedrich did not know that the two sides had compromised, and Maximilian II was talking about conditions with the Austrians.

Foreign Minister Nicolaus analyzed: "His Royal Highness, Bavaria is full of hearts and minds, and no matter how hard the government works, it is useless.

It seems that we still underestimated the status of reunification in the minds of the people. The Bavarians regard this war as the war of national reunification.

It was not so much that the Austrian army hit Munich, it was better to say that it was invited to Munich by the Bavarians.

Now we are in serious trouble. If the people in the country are the same as the Bavarians, then the risk of interference in this war is too great."

Nicolas was intimidated, not only him, but many people were intimidated.In case people in Baden have the same attitude, they forcefully send troops to intervene in this war, will the people rebel?

Even if there was no rebellion, they also learned that the Bavarians remained "neutral" in the war, and the Baden government would be finished.

Prime Minister Waltz added: "His Royal Highness, this situation is likely to happen. Most domestic public opinion is opposed to sending troops, and everyone is unwilling to send troops to rescue Bavaria."

Prince Friedrich was silent, and he knew the truth about his death, but now the risk of sending troops to intervene is too great to get himself in.

After a short pause, he said slowly, "Well, let's stay neutral in this war!"

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Obviously, it was not just the Grand Duchy of Baden that made this choice. Many of the frightened German states chose neutrality.

It seems that at this moment, everyone has become a supporter of public opinion, and the Austrian political offensive has begun to exert force.

With the declaration of neutrality among the small states, the unborn German Allied Forces died in the womb in advance.

Berlin

Seeing that more and more states have declared neutrality, the pressure of the Prussian government is also increasing. At least half a million Austrian troops have gathered in the border area of ​​Pua, and this number is still increasing.

Whether these forces have combat power is still unknown, but the Prussian government dare not move, and the number is there. Who dares to take it lightly?

What if they send troops to rescue Bavaria in the forefoot, and then the army in the hind foot gets into their homeland?Even if these troops are parallel, Prussia can be killed by quantity.

The Kingdom of Prussia has limited strength, and it is impossible to learn from the mobilization of millions of troops by the Austrian government.

Even if they explode their liver, at most they can only deal with the Austrian army all the way, the other way there is no way.

Whether it is sending troops from the home country or fighting from the Kingdom of Bavaria, it is not a problem for Austria.

Entering the era of hot weapons, even if they want to take risks, as long as the logistics supply is cut off, the army with the most powerful combat is just a soft foot shrimp.

In addition to military threats, political issues are even more troublesome.The performance of the Bavarian people also terrified the Prussian government.

Even if Frederick-William IV had confidence in the domestic army, he did not think that they would learn the Bavarian army and be neutral without a shot, but he had no confidence in the people.

The army ’s confidence stems from Prussia ’s "army-owned country", a treatment that no other country can afford.

The people are different, don't look at how the later generations tout the Kingdom of Prussia, in fact, they are in poor soldiers.

The economic situation in the Kingdom of Prussia is not good now. In order to maintain huge military expenditures, the government has to increase the burden on the people.

Coupled with the exploitation of the Junker nobility, the lives of ordinary Prussian people were not very good in this era.This bitter life in history continued until after the Franco-Prussian War, and they relied on the French for war compensation to get rid of their predicament.

Frederick-William IV suppressed his anger and said, "What to do now, those free cities have long declared neutrality, now Baden neutrality, Hanover neutrality, and Württemberg neutrality, Felix is ​​about to visit Saxony If there is no accident, Saxony will soon be neutral.

The strength of the remaining small states is not worth mentioning. If we continue to organize the army of intervention, I am afraid we can only get on our own."

There are a lot of states in the German region, but there are few countries with strength. In addition to these slightly more powerful countries, the remaining small states can not add up to 50,000 troops.

Without these state armies as cannon fodder, Prussia would not dare to die with Austria. In case of death of one hundred and eighty thousand, they would be injured.

The reason why the Kingdom of Prussia maintains a large active force is to ensure the quality of soldiers, because they can not afford the quantity.

Prime Minister Joseph von Radović advised: "Your Majesty, the situation is not clear now, and we cannot take the plunge. Although Austria is decaying, their military strength has not declined.

From the information we collected, one million reserve forces have been mobilized in Austria. Together with their 500,000 active forces, the number of troops now ranks first in Europe.

With our strength, we no longer have the ability to intervene in this war. It is better to wait and see the situation and wait for the response of European countries!"

The plan has not changed quickly. If Austria does not carry out a national mobilization, then the Kingdom of Prussia and the German State will form a coalition and have the power to interfere in this war.

It is now clear that the small states are either forced by public opinion or shocked by the strength of Austria, and they flinched.

The coalition organization can't afford to go up against Austria. With the 200,000 troops of the Prussian army, Joseph von Ravidovic has no expectations at all.

Even for national mobilization, the Kingdom of Prussia can't afford to consume, and it will be finished if you lose once.Perhaps Austria does not have the strength to annex Prussia, but it is very possible to dismember the Kingdom of Prussia.

After all, the Kingdom of Prussia is not invulnerable. In the three actions to divide Poland, it obtained 141,100 square kilometers, occupying 47% of the territory of Prussia.

This means that there are still a large number of Poles in Prussia. Although these people are assimilated, they will be digested in a short time, but that is based on the absence of external forces.

Once the Kingdom of Prussia was defeated and Austria forced to split Prussia, it would be difficult to merge again.The odds are too low and the risks are too great. Prime Minister Joseph von Radoviz doesn't want to take the risk.

Foreign Minister Andrea suggested: "Your Majesty, Metternich will visit Berlin soon. We will listen to what Austria says and make a decision. If the conditions are right, it is not impossible to join forces with them."

State to country is a matter of interest, and Prussia opposed Austria's annexation of Bavaria for the same reason. If the interests are appropriate, it is not bad to sell Bavaria.

Andrea is a supporter of the idea of ​​dividing Germany between the north and the south. He does not mind the exchange of interests with Austria.Of course, this is not to say that he did not want Prussia to unify Germany.

The main reason is that the Kingdom of Prussia has limited strength. Everyone has ambitions for the reunification of Germany, but they do not think it can be achieved.

Before Bismarck came to power, the Prussian government was not prepared to unify Germany.

Even after the victory of the three dynasty wars, everyone was skeptical of reunifying Germany.

If it were not for Bismarck ’s perseverance, and if his political means were strong enough, he would sway many nations together to achieve a nominal reunification, and the German and German empire would not be born.

After hesitating, Frederick-William IV said sorry to the Kingdom of Bavaria. It was not that he refused to help, but the strength was not allowed.

"In this case, let's keep silent first. The mobilization of the domestic army cannot stop. We must also strictly prevent the Austrians from launching sneak attacks on us.

After Metternich came and we understood the conditions of the Austrians, we made a decision.

Prior to this, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should try to stabilize the small states, without them waving their flags and being very passive to us politically."

Gambling in the National Games, then it also depends on the situation, at least you must have a certainty of 40% to be able to bet?Frederick-William IV was not a gambler, nor did he gamble, and would not blindly play stud.

Immediately after the high-level meeting, Frederick William IV summoned the ministers of Britain, France, Russia and the West to inform the four European powers and asked the four countries to send troops to intervene.

There is no doubt that this period of the Kingdom of Spain has been empty, and that the status of the powers can be maintained by the ancestors of the ancestors. Now he is busy fighting and is not keen on interfering in the affairs of the German region.

The three countries of Britain, France, and Russia, or France and Russia, are more accurate.Although the British had great influence, the army had limited strength and did not have the strength to send troops to intervene in the German region.

However, Britain, France, Russia and the United States are now in a super friendly game, which will not stop for a while.Both parties have invested so much, whoever admits counsel will be unlucky.

The Russians cannot put down Constantinople. This is the will of all the Russian people, and the tsarist government cannot withdraw at the last minute.

Britain and France also couldn't back down, the British made concessions, and regardless of the huge loss of profits, Downing Street was about to be replaced.

The French are even more needless to say. If Napoleon III dared to admit his counsel, his throne would be unstable, or his throne has not been very stable. The war was launched to transfer internal conflicts.

With the exception of the Spanish minister who explicitly refused to send troops, the ministers of the three countries did not give an answer and had to wait for a domestic decision.

London

The George Cabinet once again convened a cabinet meeting for the German region.

Foreign Minister Thomas said: "You, the situation in the German region has changed. The Bavarian kingdom fell without any resistance. In this war, the Bavarian people and the army chose to sneer and watch.

The estimate of this battle with Austria is that Maximilian II's idiot and his idiot cabinet.

Affected by this, most of the states in the German region chose neutrality, because the public support for the reunification of Germany, these state governments dare not take risks.

Last night, I received news from the Minister in Berlin, and the Prussian government also flinched.

We had planned to use the power of the German states to contain the Austrians, but now we can no longer continue.

If we do not take strong measures, the unification of the German region will be inevitable.The Austrians are undergoing a political offensive, and it is estimated that most German states will be forced to join the Shinra Empire, which the Austrian Lord has been forced to accept."

Thomas despised the actions of Maximilian II, and everyone agreed.A king really needs strength to do this.

If the Kingdom of Bavaria is a little stronger, even if it is only resisting the Austrian army for ten days and a half months, or even defeating the battle all the way, everyone can accept it.

This is a gap in strength, and no one will criticize their incompetence.It can be said that as long as they resisted, the German Allied Forces could organize.

Now everyone is retreating, not only to deter Austria ’s military strength, but also to the Bavarian people ’s practice, which makes everyone feel unsure and dare not violate public opinion.

George Hamilton Gordon thought about it and said, "It seems that we have to join forces with the Russians. With the power of us and the French, we can no longer let Austria let go.

The unified German Empire is too powerful. Presumably, the Russians are also reluctant to see this monster appear, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs communicates with the Russians.To express our sincerity, we can suspend our offensive in the Crimea."

"Prime Minister, at this time the offensive is suspended, and our advantage at hand is equivalent to giving up in vain. As long as the Russians refuse to give up Constantinople, this war cannot be ended.

Unless we want to fight an Indian defense battle with the Russians in the Indus Valley, we will not be able to back down."Army Secretary Stanley reminded

Retreat is impossible. Who dares to make concessions on this issue, just wait to be nailed to the pillar of the traitor and be spurned by the people for a lifetime!

George Hamilton Gordon sneered and said, "This loss is still within our tolerance. Even if it is impossible to compromise with the Russians on the Near East issue, we still stand on the issue of preventing German reunification. Consistent.

As long as our three nations agree, the Austrians will have to give in.Once the Russians put pressure on Austria, can their allies continue to be maintained?

Once Russia-Austria breaks down, the subsequent war will be easy to fight.Now let's foolish the Russians and let them interrupt the road of German reunification."

Speaking of diplomatic means, John Bull is not advocating.Even if they want to join forces with the Russians to intervene in the German Unity War, they will not forget to dig a pit for the Russians first.