Holy Roman Empire

On May 12, 1870, the Governor of Delphi led an army of 30,000 troops and launched an invasion into the Orange Free State. The war in South Africa broke out.

After the news spread, the Boers instantly fell into a panic, and the guest house where Viscount Fickney lived for a while was full of guests.

Transvaal and Orange Free State are almost one, and the two countries have always joined forces against the enemy when facing the British.

The strength gap between the two sides is too great, no one has the confidence to defeat the British.When facing the British, the Republic of Boer always chose to be patient.

But that was before, and now the situation has changed.Since everyone is going to join Austria, naturally they will no longer be afraid of the British.

There were two main reasons for everyone's visit at this time: first, to show Viscount Fickney's position and stand openly; secondly, he hoped that Austria would intervene in this war.

Viktor Fickney said confidently: "You don't have to worry, the British army looks powerful, but in fact it is a strong foreign player.

The British garrison in Cape Town will not exceed 3,000. Recently, the London government has not had a large force mobilization.

Even if the Cape Town colonial government recruited civilian armed forces, the combat force could not exceed 5,000.In addition, what is left of the British army can be imagined."

The one who knows himself best is always the enemy. The competition between the British and Austrian countries in South Africa is no longer a day or two, and they are gathering information from each other.

There is no way to monitor and control the civilian armed forces scattered throughout the country, but it is still a dead eye for the transfer of troops.

Both Britain and Austria are colonial powers, and it is impossible to station a large number of regular troops in a region, otherwise even a million troops will not be enough.

The responsibility for maintaining local stability naturally falls to the colonial army and civilian armed forces.The British are more dependent on colonial companies, while Austria is mainly armed by nobility.

Of course, there is no difference between the two in essence. The main fighting force of the British colonization was also the noble children.The difference is that British capital is stronger, while Austrian capitalists are in a subordinate position.

There are advantages and disadvantages between the two, and it cannot be generalized. This is determined by the respective national conditions, not by individual strength.

The Austrian model has an advantage in safeguarding the imperial power, and has received new blood supplements. The strength of the aristocratic class has been strengthened, and the status of the emperor has naturally been consolidated.

When opening up and expanding, the fighting power that broke out is also stronger. Fighting oneself is more effective than fighting for others.

This can now be proved that the British have to negotiate the conditions in advance if they want to recruit civilian armed forces on the battlefield. If the interests are not enough, passive downtime is indispensable.

The Austrian nobles are actively seeking war, which is the issue of distribution of benefits.A large part of the British colonial gains fell into the pockets of capitalists, while Austria was taken away by the nobility.

It's not that the capitalists in the Austrian colony did not participate, mainly because they had completed the transition to nobility in the process of achieving results.

When the class changes, the position naturally changes.People tend to be at stake, so naturally they will choose the most beneficial side.

Now that the war broke out, although Viscount Fickney didn't show up on the face, he had actually blossomed deep inside.

Even if the war is temporarily defeated, it just happens to take advantage of the opportunity to attack the local vested interests, so as not to make these outbreakers bigger.

Anyway, Austria will definitely win, this is the confidence brought by strength.

Viscount Fickney was not in a hurry. He had already negotiated with the nobles who had come to fish for the war. Before everyone had the power of the locals, everyone would not take action.

The Orange Free State capitalist Marcoslin said anxiously: "My Excellency, this British army is nothing to your country. But for Transvaal and Orange Free State, this is The disaster of extinction.

If your country does not intervene, relying solely on our strength is simply not an opponent of the British.We can't fight this war."

Seemingly panicked, it is actually expressing dissatisfaction.

But the words changed in the ears of Viscount Fickney, and he had already labelled Marcoslin unusable.

The phrase "your country" shows that Marcoslin has not recognized Austria.The following "There is no way to fight down" is a threat to Viscount Fickney.

If Marcoslin knew Fickney's thoughts, it would be too late to cry.His industry is mainly in the Orange Free State, and he will suffer heavy losses once the war breaks out.

In a hurry, he blurted out, never thinking that Viscount Fickney would think so much.

Although Marcoslin is also playing politics, how can the politics of the Republic of Boer be compared to Austria?They don't think so much about the details of these expressions.

Seeing the expressions of everyone, Viscount Fickney mistakenly thought that these people were forcing the palace.This wonderful misunderstanding caused many people to pay a heavy price in the following war.

These people are still useful now. Viscount Fickney will not turn their faces, and immediately promised: "Don't worry, Austria will not sit idly by if the war situation is not favorable.

Now that the British dare to take action, they do not take Austria into their eyes. We must retaliate and teach them a blood lesson.

However, both Britain and Austria are major powers. If there is a direct conflict, it is likely to detonate the full-scale war in Europe. Presumably everyone does not want to see it.

So next, we still have to fight against the British in the name of Transvaal and Orange Free State.You do n’t have to worry about it, you can use any means.

Regardless of the final consequences, Austria will bear it, you do n’t have to worry about the British revenge.

The Vienna government has authorized to teach the British a lesson in South Africa.It wo n’t take long for the reinforcements to arrive, everyone just has to insist for a month or two."

This guarantee reassured a lot, as long as Austria did not give up Transvaal and Orange Free State, this war would have to be fought.

The Boers did not lack courage in World War I. They used to dare to fight against the British in time and space. Now they are backed by Austria, and they are even less afraid of fighting against the British.

At this time, Scoman suddenly asked: "His Excellency, if you don't turn your face with the British, what will the reinforcements do? If you use the indigenous African troops, I am afraid they are not the British opponents."

Among the current 30,000 British troops, more than 20,000 are composed of local indigenous troops, otherwise the Cape Town area will not be able to produce 30,000 troops.

These indigenous forces have very limited combat effectiveness. Perhaps these people are not lacking in blood and courage, but their overall quality is too far.

The Boers also trained the indigenous army, but no matter how hard they tried, the troops they trained had little combat power.

Hearing reinforcements now, Scoman's first reaction was the indigenous army.After all, it is easiest to use the indigenous army to hide identity without turning over.

Even if they were captured by the British, these people could not get evidence on the table.

Viscount Fickney shook his head and said very calmly: "The government army cannot be dispatched, which does not mean that we have no army available.

The total number of civilians in the Austrian-African region exceeds 300,000.You give them a nationality and then join the war as a regular Transvaal army."

The Viscount Fickney had a face, never mentioning the aristocratic private army.Otherwise, everyone knows that this is to mix military merits.

Although the British army has a lot of water, there are a large number of indigenous troops, but after all, under the British Empire's signboard, defeating them can also be regarded as defeating the regular army. This military power is much higher than that of fighting African indigenous people.

There is no way to classify military merits. If there is no such difference, Austria will have a lot of celebrities and the nobles will fly.

If a battle report is found, it reads that dozens of small troops with hundreds of people fought hard, wiped out thousands of enemy troops, and captured tens of thousands of enemies.

Don't feel strange, this is normal on the African continent.A colonial team of hundreds of people broke through several indigenous tribes, and this kind of anti-sky record came out.

This kind of "defeating" record is more, and the gold content naturally drops.Now, if you have not defeated tens of thousands of enemy troops, you are embarrassed to call yourself a colonial team.

Take the Viscount Fickney as an example. After so many years of colonial career, it is also a battle-hardened battle that defeated the enemy's record. That's as much as hundreds of thousands.

If such a record is played on the European continent, it would have been regarded as a god of war.However, the enemy is a colonial indigenous, this record is greatly reduced.

This is also the reason why everyone is keen to pick up the cheap. It is true that these nobles who brought their own dry food regarded the British as "cheap".

Who makes the British navy too powerful, the army gives the impression that it is not good.In recent wars, the British military's performance has been very rubbish.

In the eyes of many people, the fighting power of the British Army was not very good. There are still a group of indigenous troops. Many people regard them as soft persimmons and are ready to step on them.

If there are 30,000 British regular troops, it is estimated that the nobles who came to pick up their heads should think carefully about whether they can eat it.

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In Vienna, the news of the outbreak of the British-British War surprised Franz. He could not understand why the British would start now.

The nobles secretly did not report to the emperor.Everyone wanted to use the British for their achievements, and if the emperor ordered them to stop, they would do nothing.

The nobles have many advantages, and there are also many restrictions. One of them is that they cannot refuse the emperor's name. At least they dare not dare them.

At this time, even in the past, even several kings in the country were unable to compete with the emperor, not to mention that these emperors directly belonged to their vassals.

Even if it is not possible to abolish the title, but it is still possible to re-seal, for example: to change to the desert to eat sand;

Even if the emperor wanted to face him and exchanged a wealthy land for them, it would have to start business again.

If you don't understand, you are too lazy to think about it.Franz's mentality is still very good. There are so many people in the world who have brainstorming, and all kinds of ridiculous farce, he has seen more.

The bureaucrats of the colony will handle such small things.So far, no proposal has been made to allow the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to intervene, which shows that the situation is still under control.

There may be a colonial government involved, which is not important.Franz is not the kind of fault-finding person, as long as the result is good, the process is not important.

South Africa ’s gold has not yet been exposed. If the emperor is too concerned, it is easy to attract the attention of interested people.

In his current position, Franz's every move will be interpreted as a political signal.If he showed an extraordinary interest in South Africa, it is estimated that many people would think that this is aimed at the British.

Rather than this, it is better to imply that the people are doing it well, so as not to grow outside.

The annexation of the Republic of Boer was just what Franz meant. After dividing the African nobility two years ago, he casually mentioned at the banquet: "The Boers are part of the empire."

As a result, some people ran to implement it, which is the advantage of being a boss.When a signal is released, the younger brother will do it.

Well done, naturally the emperor ’s leadership is indispensable; if things are messed up, it does n’t matter. It ’s all done by the people underneath, and has nothing to do with the great emperor.

Of course, Franz is a good leader.Such a person who does things according to his wishes, even if it messes things up, the final outcome will not be too bad.

After hesitating for a while, Franz commanded: "Teach Stephen, secretly teach the English to let them remember."

This obscure order is of course only verbal.What to do, the following people will think more thoughtfully.