Holy Roman Empire

Whatever you like is always easy to bear fruit.It was not until the Tsarist government persuaded Austria that the two sides unanimously decided to beat the Ottoman Empire.

Now there are some detailed issues that still need to be communicated.For example: When is the attack?Where to start the attack?Profit distribution after the war ...

After reaching a preliminary agreement, Alexander II's mood did not relax.The current state of the Russian Empire is not good. In theory, it is not suitable to provoke war at this point in time.

The Ottoman Empire was not the first choice of the tsarist government. If possible, Alexander II wanted to beat the Kingdom of Prussia now.

Unfortunately, the Vienna government did not cooperate, and no matter how they opened the conditions, even if they supported the reunification of Austria in the German region, the Vienna government was not tempted.

This is also expected by Alexander II. Such a promise between countries is very unreliable, and the Vienna government cannot easily believe it.

If Austria really unifies the German region, it is estimated that Russia and Austria will also turn their backs.In the face of interests, allies are simply not worth mentioning.

The rest have no choice, the Far East is unmatched, and the value is too low to help the domestic agricultural crisis.

The Great Khanate of Central Asia is a good hands-on target, but in the Central Asian region, all the pressure fell on the tsarist government.

Now that the Tsarist government is still waiting for loans from the British as military expenses, if they ran to beat their younger brothers, would n’t they just look for smoking?

The only thing left is the Ottoman Empire. This enemy is big and fleshy enough for the two countries to divide.International pressure can also be thrown to the Vienna government to cope with it. Alexander II also understands that they really can't do diplomacy.

Fighting with Austria, this attack does not need to kill the Caucasus, any area along the Ottoman Empire can become a battlefield.

Alexander II, who is good at learning and learning, now attaches great importance to logistics.He will not carry out military adventures without mobilizing enough supplies.

"Does the Vienna government promise to provide us with strategic materials?"

The second reason to join forces with Austria is logistics. This attack mainly relied on sea supplies, and the logistics pressure was relatively small.

The most critical issue is not in transportation, mainly the problem of "money".The tsarist government's finances were poor, and the funds raised were finally used to build railways, and there was no money to fight at all.

If you have no money at home, you will naturally find an ally.No real money is needed, as long as the Vienna government is willing to bear the supply of strategic supplies, then they are not afraid of anything.

Foreign Minister Chris Basham: "Your Majesty, the Austrians have made concessions, and they have agreed to provide us with 150,000 troops for half a year.

Only in terms of the division of interests, this time we have suffered a lot. The Austrians have a big appetite. They want the Middle East and half of Asia Minor."

On the surface, the Vienna government wants to wipe out the Ottoman Empire and solve this old enemy completely. Naturally, there is a need to compete for interests.

Alexander II shook his head: "This is a small problem. Most of the Middle East is desert. In fact, the value is not high. We can't reach it. If they want it, they can give it to them.

Three points of this war depend on military affairs and seven points on politics. If the intervention of European countries cannot be prevented, we will not be able to eat the Ottoman Empire.

As long as we get the Caucasus and half of Asia Minor, we will not suffer."

The Middle East in this era left everyone with the impression that although the area is large, the actual value is not high.

Not knowing what he threw out, Alexander II naturally did not feel that he was losing money.On the bright side, Austria has a heavier responsibility and it is normal to take the largest share.

Chris Basham nodded in agreement, this war the tsarist government had many goals to achieve:

First, alleviate the domestic food crisis and avoid large-scale agricultural bankruptcy;

Second, kill the Ottoman Empire and solve the enemies in the next Russian-Russian war ahead of schedule;

Third, restore the morale of the army through victory and get rid of the shadow brought by the war between Russia and Russia;

Fourth, expand the power and establish the prestige of the monarch;

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To achieve the above objectives, preparation work is naturally indispensable.The Tsarist government can no longer afford to lose, and Alexander II himself cannot afford to lose.

Large-scale military preparations cannot deceive people. With the actions of the Russians, Prussia, Poland, and the Ottoman Empire also followed, and the smoke spread across the continent.

William I wanted to catch the fire in the fire, but before the war started, no one could guarantee that the Russians would sway a gun and turned their heads towards them.

Prussia's family is not solid, and as long as it fails, it will be lost.The Berlin government can't afford to gamble and can only prepare for it.

Instead, it was Austria, one of the protagonists, without much movement.This is not Franz ’s arrogance, mainly because he is not prepared to kill the Ottoman Empire in one go.

The Russians are willing to fight hard, and Franz will not object. Anyway, the Vienna government provides so many strategic supplies.The Ottomans can never face hundreds of thousands of Russian troops, can't even hold it for half a year?

It is not that Franz despised the Ottoman Empire for the main decisive battle, and the Sudanese government in this era is really not good.

In recent years, in order to consolidate the regime, there has been no peace in the Ottoman Empire.The struggle for power within the government continued, and the reformists relied on bloody violence to kill the conservatives in the government.

This is not enough. The strength of the conservatives scattered among the people is still strong. These forces are usually dressed in religion, making things more complicated.

The reforms of the reformists did play a positive role, but they did not solve the internal ethnic conflicts.The Greeks, Armenians, Jews, and Slavs in the Ottoman Empire all wanted independence.

Of course, there are external forces that have promoted nationalism, and more of it is caused by internal ethnic inequality. The main problem is still religion.

An enemy with loopholes all over his body, Franz naturally no longer worried.Anyway, he has decided to slowly nibble from the Middle East, so he fought a long war of attrition, or a real combat training.

Steady and steady, even if the British and French transfusion of blood to the Ottoman Empire has no effect, unless they are willing to explode the liver, otherwise the Sudanese government will lose.

More than half of it was in 1873, and it was impossible to start a war during the year.Although Alexander II improved the efficiency of the Tsarist government, they could not organize an expedition of hundreds of thousands of troops in a few months.

In this war, Alexander II wanted to win beautiful, so the gray cattle must also train well, it takes time.

As time lags behind, Franz naturally has no problem.The strategic layout also takes time, and it is definitely not a simple matter to induce all parties to make the decisions he wants.

If something goes wrong in the middle, he will also be responsible for the aftermath, so that these problems cannot affect the overall situation.

To ensure foolproofness, Franz is now very concerned about the body of Napoleon III.Although the news was received that after Napoleon III fell ill in January this year, his body was no longer good.

Since June, Napoleon III has never appeared in any public places, and many events are attended by Crown Prince Eugen.

Xiao Xiong is not dead, it is worth vigilance.It would be even more sure if it was dragged to death by Napoleon III.

The crown prince Ou Ren was young, and if the Taiping years were harmless, he would slowly accumulate prestige and step by step control of the power, but unfortunately he caught up with this great struggle.

In recent years, France has begun to hide its humiliation, that is, Napoleon III wanted to leave his son with a relaxed international environment as much as possible, lest he die, the enemy will come to the door.

In the inducement plan, the Vienna government also needs a top secret plan for the French.The success rate of this plan is very low, and the French must actively cooperate in order to be successful.

Simply put, it is to let the French send troops to occupy Belgium, the Rhineland, or the German Federal Empire. Any one of them can be used. It is best to have the little emperor himself lead the soldiers.

It's too difficult to defeat the French in France.If the main force of the French army is fished out, the chance of winning will be greatly increased.

The successful annexation of the Italian region has already caused many French people to float. If Napoleon III was forced, they would have long been unable to annex the territory west of the Rhineland.

Franz is very clear that the French annexation of the Italian region has exceeded the bottom line of European countries. Without forming an anti-French alliance, there is no one to take the lead, plus the opposition between Russia and Russia cannot join forces.

If the French continue to expand, European countries will not be able to do anything.Don't look at the limited power of these small countries, but they have more weight than the last straw that crushed the camel.

Franz is not at all worried as to whether or not he will destroy France.If you have too much debt and do n’t crush, you will find that France and Austria have a bunch of confused accounts to count.

Moreover, the two countries do not border, the French still dare not fight all the way?

The original contradiction between time, space, France and Germany was not in the war, mainly Alsace and Lorraine. Neither side could make concessions on this issue.

Arthas and Lorraine are old shrines and belong to the German region. The Germans certainly cannot let it go.French nationalism burst, and John Bull fanned the flames, and the Parisian government also dared not compromise.

This issue will not bother Austria, but it will be a big deal for the German Federal Empire, and Austria will be a little colony.

If the French sent troops to take revenge, the German Confederation would cry and shout to join Shinra, and no one could stop it.

The prerequisite is that Napoleon III hangs up first, and the little emperor can't suppress the main domestic factions, or the French will not be at home and Franz will not dare to hit the door.

This is related to the issue of power deployment. If the local army in Austria can exert a great fighting power, then putting the battlefield in France will only have a maximum of five or six points.

It is not that the combat effectiveness of the army has declined, but mainly that there is something wrong with the logistics.The original Prussian kingdom of time and space won. It was completely blessed by God. Napoleon III personally took the soldiers to the door.

The emperor was taken prisoner, a revolution broke out in France, and the government was killed by himself, and resistance was impossible to talk about.

Otherwise, as long as the war dragged on for a few months, the French mobilized, and the results were very different.

Intelligence chief Talen: "Your Majesty, something happened in Greece. Last night, a revolution broke out in Athens. The rebels defeated the government forces and captured Prince Ludwig who hadn't had time to succeed."

Prince Ludwig, the original Bavarian King Ludwig III.Now Ludwig II is not in time for illness, and his father, Prince Liutepode, has not had time to regent.

In the succession order of the Lombard royal family, Prince Ludwig is already out of five, and the probability of succession is almost zero.

In theory, even the Greek throne does not have his share, but the few guys in front of him refuse to come and it is his turn.

This kind of bad luck happened, Franz can only be attributed to Ludwig's bad luck, and sent him to Greece as a king. This move is right.

The original time and space is also the first abdicated in World War.This time it was even worse. Before he became king, he became a prisoner.

"Call the General Staff to let them prepare for armed intervention in Greece, and at the same time let the cabinet minister on duty come to the meeting."

In Franz's view, this is only a trivial matter, and all cabinet ministers do not need to discuss it together.Ludwig's safety, Franz is not worried at all.

Now Ludwig is only one of the heirs to the Greek throne, and the more important identity is the prince of the Lombardy Kingdom of the New Holy Roman Empire.If the Greeks dare to click him, war excuses will come.

Austria did not annex Greece, it was paying attention to eating.On the European continent, the annexation of a sovereign country for no reason can have very serious consequences.

If the Greeks took the initiative to do things, the situation would be different.Even if it is not easy to annex them, beating them is still very simple.

Many people want such a simple truth.So now the most nervous Prince Ludwig is safe, it should be the rebels.

In case this guy dies unfortunately, they are going to be unlucky.Even for the sake of face, Austria must send troops to avenge Ludwig.