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The fighting in South Africa has caused the London government to worry.At one time, it was thought that Austria and the French had reached a secret deal to start the German Federal Empire.

Fortunately, the worst did not happen, Austria did not take action, otherwise they would add a new threat.

Austria, nested in the Mediterranean, is terrible, but it does not threaten Britain.Once the German region was unified, the situation in the Atlantic Ocean changed, and the distance between the two sides was narrowed.

Of course, this threat is relative.Franz also worried about the threat of the British, after all, the Royal Navy is the strongest in the contemporary era.

It didn't happen, but it made Prime Minister Benjamin even more puzzled. He couldn't see what the Austrians wanted to do.

Don't care about the threat of France?This is impossible!The Habsburg dynasty and the French have been entangled in the European continent for hundreds of years. How could it be impossible to know the terror of their opponents?

France's annexation of Italy not only expanded its territory, but also established France's dominance in the Mediterranean and European dominance.

Does Austria have this issue?The reason for the compromise is that even if you are worried about being directly benefited by the French fishermen, then after the London government agreed to the alliance, the Vienna government should also take action.

Benjamin asked with concern: "Have you figured out the inside story of the Faw deal?"

The more you don't understand, the more problems you feel.In order to clarify the insider trading between France and Austria, the London government did its utmost to launch the highest-level secret agent.

For this reason, many spy personnel lurking in France and Austria have been exposed, and the situation returned is still fragmented, requiring analysis and inference.

Foreign Minister Macleans thought for a while and said, "We have insufficient information in our hands and can only make a preliminary judgment.

Roughly: Austria defaults to annexation of Italy with France, in exchange for the French admitting that they unified Germany.

There may be other exchanges of interests, such as: the two countries jointly divide the Mediterranean Sea to exclude us; and the secret division of the African continent.

In recent years, the relationship between France and Austria has been very close. It seems that the two countries have agreed on overseas colonial expansion.

This time the French acted unexpectedly, beating the Vienna government by surprise.Austria simply did not have time to prepare. They wanted to unify the German region and could not bypass the Kingdom of Prussia.

The Vienna government should initially be prepared to use the Russian-Russian war to weaken Prussia. They did not expect the Russians to be so dissatisfied and actually lost the war.

If it were n’t for this accident, nationalists would force the defeated Kingdom of Prussia to join the Shinra Empire, and now Austria should unify the German region.

An accident completely defeated the plan of the Vienna government.Now they may still be entangled in whether to unify the German region by force."

Brain supplements are often the most terrifying, and the real and false information has successfully biased the British. Maclean chose the most logical reasoning.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and seemed to accept the statement.The most terrifying thing is always unknown. Once you have figured out the ins and outs of things, there is a solution.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Motoli analyzed: "In recent years, the Vienna government has invested a large amount of fiscal revenue into economic development without military preparations.

The Kingdom of Prussia is not weak, and with the lessons of the Russians, it is impossible for the Vienna government to rush into them without sufficient preparation.

However, we still need to make the worst plan. Austria has too much advantage over Prussia. Once the Vienna government is determined to start, the combat preparation time will not be too long."

War is not a child's play, especially modern warfare is very dependent on logistics.A war between the two countries will inevitably require a series of material preparations.This requires a lot of financial resources and manpower, and it is impossible to maintain confidentiality.

Judging from the flow of materials, it is quite reliable to judge whether a country is preparing for war.

"It is indeed necessary to be vigilant, a great France is already enough, and it is absolutely impossible to have a unified Shinra Empire.

After so many years of development, the strength gap between the two countries has not narrowed, but has been further widened.

Although the Prussians won the Russian-Russian War, these trophies still needed time to digest, and in the short term they could not all be transformed into strength.

Now the Austrian standing army has reached 580,000. If war breaks out, they can mobilize two or three million more troops in the shortest time.

As early as a dozen years ago, Austria set a record of mobilizing more than 1.8 million troops in one month.In terms of mobilization mechanisms, the Austrians have reached the forefront of the world.

Perhaps Austria and Africa can mobilize a million troops.And the combat effectiveness of these troops is not weak, and now a group of private nobles can compete with us in South Africa.

Although the Prussian standing army has 360,000, it is limited by financial resources and manpower, as well as the influence of the Russian-Russian war. It is initially estimated that their current limit mobilization is about 700,000.

The Berlin government is now increasing its reserve training. According to the plan of the Prussian Staff, it will train 1 million reserves in 10 years. Their mobilization capacity is expected to exceed 1.5 million in the future.

Since the beginning of the Near East War, the mode of war on the European continent has changed.The future war must be a large-scale combat, and the size of our army can no longer keep up with the times."

It was the Secretary of the Army, Brandt, who was watching the great development of the European army, but the lobster soldiers were standing still. He was anxious in his eyes.

The era of the combat of the Great Corps has arrived, and many people have anticipated this problem.The Russian-Russian war singled out a group of heroes in the Russian-Prussian war that had just ended, and the total strength once exceeded two million.

This number is something they never dared to think about. If it were not restricted by traffic and the corruption of the Tsarist government, the Russians won the war by virtue of their numerical advantages.

After personal experience, everyone has to admit that modern warfare can use far more troops.When the quality advantage is not obvious, the human sea tactic is the simplest and most effective tactic.

Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli rubbed his forehead and said, "The Army's problem will be discussed later. Now let's discuss how to deal with this challenge."

The Army wants to expand its army. How can this be done?The landlord ’s family also has no surplus food. In order to protect the Royal Navy, the London government ’s financial resources are almost consumed, and no one can swallow a golden beast.

The daily military expenditures of France and Austria are not less than them, and some years still exceed them.The Royal Navy is still able to guarantee an absolute advantage, and naturally it is taking the bulk of its military expenditures.

Under normal circumstances, the Royal Navy takes 70% to 80% of its military budget, which is normal operation. Occasionally, 90% of the budget is not unprecedented.

If the two countries are in France and Austria, the navy can get half of the military budget, which is considered care.

Take Austria as an example. In the annual military budget, the army usually takes 55% to 60%, and the rest is the naval military expenditure.

France is almost the same.Unless it is a naval arms race, it is difficult for the French and Austrian navy to spend more than the army.

Against this background, the Royal Navy ’s position of maritime hegemony was consolidated.If the Army wants to expand its military, it must either increase military expenditures and squeeze out the Navy ’s share.

These two points are impossible to achieve. The military expenditures of the government of London are unbearable. The reduction of naval military expenditures is chronic suicide.

Once the advantages of the Royal Navy no longer exist, the good days of Britain are over.However, whenever there is a slight decadence, the European countries will swarm and divide their colonial empire.

Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli knew that the Army ’s problem could not be solved, and he waited for Brandt to go on and covered the problem directly.

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Foreign Minister Maclean took the topic and said: "Austria is already very strong, and it is absolutely impossible for them to unify the German region.

The military pressure in the Kingdom of Prussia is too great, and it is necessary to face the military pressure from Russia and Austria.I suggest continuing to strengthen the Kingdom of Prussia, and if necessary, let them annex the Kingdom of Poland.

However, this time should not be too early. The Russian Empire has not recovered. If they are allowed to annex Poland in advance, they may join forces with Austria and kill the Russian Empire first.

We need a balanced European continent. The frequent occurrence of such large powers is not a good phenomenon. If this state is not changed, sooner or later, the European continent will be unified again.

Therefore, Great France must also be split.Otherwise, when the strong country merges the weak country into a habit, it will be in trouble."

The result of the "unification of the European continent" is too horrible. A unified European continent would really kill Britain.

John Bull ’s sense of crisis has always been very serious. Once a trend in the European continent unifies the continent, they are immediately suppressed by them.

In the later period, it has developed to the point where those who are strong will suppress them.More than a decade ago, the Russian Empire was coercively coercing the European continent, and then John Bull tried to suppress the Russians.

Now that the Russians are going down, France and Austria are heading back.Taking one enemy and two is not their style. After a preliminary attempt, they decisively chose the strategy of fighting whoever took the lead.

Originally the target chosen by the London government was Austria, plans were being prepared for implementation, and the French took the lead.

It is not just about taking a head, after annexing the Italian region, they also forced their forces out of the Mediterranean.

This is intolerable, and the London government has to change its goals.However, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and Austria did not cooperate.John Bull, who had no thugs, watched the French unable to start.

Prime Minister Benjamin said solemnly: "Italian revolutionary leaders Garibaldi and Mazzini have both arrived in London, hoping to get our support to restore the country.

They had met the former Sardinian Vittorio Emanuele II, and the two sides reached an agreement and decided to unite against the French rule.

In addition, some Italian nobles contacted us, hoping that we could hold an international conference to stop the French aggression.

It's just that these forces are too scattered. Even with our support, it will be difficult to shake the French's rule in the Italian region in the short term.We need more support from allies."

After that, he turned his attention to Foreign Secretary Macleans, hoping that he would give a satisfactory answer.

Not disappointing, Foreign Minister Maclean gave the answer: "This time European countries are standing on the opposite side of the French, but they are only shocked by the strength of the French. Everyone does not want to offend the French too much.

Even though the Austrians did not want to see the French eating Italy so smoothly, they may not interfere on the bright side, but secretly the Vienna government absolutely does not mind causing trouble to them.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already contacted various countries, and everyone is willing to support the Italian independence movement and break the French ambitions to dominate the European continent.

Austria is an exception. They worry that the Italian Independence Games will spread to Lombardy and Venezuela and refuse to support the Italian Revolutionary Party.

Felix, the old fox, suggested that we contact the French Revolutionary Party and encourage the French people to rise up against colonial invasion.

By the way, he also proposed to support an anti-French king of Spain, adding chaos to the French.

In theory, these are all feasible. The only problem is to grasp this degree, otherwise the French will fall and Austria will be the only one."

Everyone is playing with conspiracy, and it will add chaos to the French.It's just that Austria refused to come forward this time and pushed everything to the British.

Know to know, things still have to be done.If Austria is a potential threat, the Great French Empire is a real threat.

If action is not taken as soon as possible, there will be no place for the British in the Mediterranean.In the future, Britain ’s overseas trade to the Indian Ocean will be subject to the French.

Prime Minister Benjamin said with a sneer: "Let the Austrians be proud for a few days, when they will cry in the future. Regardless of their calculations, they will suppress the French first according to the original plan.

After splitting the Great France, we slowly settle accounts with them.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs used anti-French law to prepare for cover and secret contact with various countries, and to establish an anti-Austrian alliance."

The anti-Russian alliance, the anti-French alliance, and the anti-Austrian alliance are carefully prepared by the British for the three Russian-French competitors.

At present, the anti-Russian alliance has succeeded, and in the recent war, the anti-Russian alliance defeated the Russians in one fell swoop and lost the European hegemony of the Russian Empire.

It is not the first time that the anti-French alliance has been changed. Only when Napoleon III changed the foreign policy of the Napoleonic era, and chose to fix it with European countries, did the anti-French alliance fail to be established.

Now that the situation has changed, the establishment of the Great French Empire has laid the foundation for the establishment of the anti-French alliance.

If it weren't for the lack of a crucial link in Austria, it is estimated that the anti-French alliance will now openly raise its flag.In the face of this alliance, Napoleon III was difficult to compromise.

The Anti-Austrian League, which has always been diving, was actually prepared by the British early.When you open the map, you will find that Poland, Prussia, and Switzerland around Austria all have anti-Austrian tendencies.

If the situation changes, it is not impossible for the Russian Empire to stand on the opposite side of Austria; if Italy ’s independence succeeds, this new country is naturally a member of the anti-Austrian camp.

It can be said that as long as the Vienna government is careless, it will step into the trap arranged by the British and fall into a state of isolation and helplessness.