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The report on the casualties of Russia and Russia published by Austria quickly exploded public opinion. The figure of "eight million" was so amazing that everyone's eyes were attracted.

Countless people marveled at another "Thirty Years' War", but unlike the last time, the Russian-Russian War lasted only less than two years.

Is there a winner?

Ordinary people who are unaware may say that the Russians won the victory, and anyone who really understands the Russian-Russian war knows that this is a war of losing both sides.

Both Russia and Russia are losers, and the winners are the three fishermen in Anglo-French, and the status of the three major powers after the war is even more unbreakable.

As the nominal winner of the Russian Empire, it seems that the media called it "the fourth largest country in Europe", but it actually gained a reputation.

The political structure from the three major powers to the four major powers is enough to talk about it. Anyone who takes it seriously will be stupid.

Now the Russian Empire has only the potential to become the fourth leg, not the strength.If the future develops smoothly and the national power catches up, then there is a chance to reproduce the pattern of the four European empires.

Before the beginning of the first Russian-Russian war, the Russian Empire was one of the four major empires in Europe, and it was also the number one seed player competing with the British for world hegemony.

After a tossing around, he experienced two Russian-Russian wars, lost millions of troops, paid tens of billions of rubles in military expenses, wiped out the accumulation of the czars of all generations, and shouldered huge debts.

The final takeaway was that Europe ’s hegemony fell to the fourth place in Europe and the territorial expansion that the Russian Empire did not need.

"Reflection", this is perhaps the biggest advantage of the European people.Looking at the list of losses between the two countries and Russia and Russia, the people subconsciously came to the conclusion: the war is so fucking terrible!

Not only ordinary people are scared, but politicians are also scared by a set of data.For a time, hawks in various countries were greatly reduced, and anti-war thoughts began to spread to the whole world.

Palace of Versailles, the cold casualties of the Russian-Russian War, gave Napoleon IV the ambition to be a great shot.

Napoleon IV was very confident in the combat power of the French Army, and the French people were equally confident. Everyone thinks that the French Army is the world's first, and European hegemony will be French sooner or later.

As for the Austrian empire that was held in front of France on the road to hegemony, if it was not forbidden by the international situation, they would have hit it long ago.

Okay, that's just talking.War is not a child's play. France has been busy digesting Italy in recent years.

Now that the Italian region has stabilized, the Paris government has the energy to consider expansion, but they are still not ready to fight against Austria.

Although European hegemony is important, the prerequisite is that it is strong enough to retain the fruits of victory.Since the annexation of the Italian region, France has begun a long farming career.

Originally prepared to wait for the defeat of both Russia and Russia, and then expand to Central Europe to win the coal mine that France needs most.

Napoleon IV believed that after the defeat of both Russia and Russia, Austria had no strength to prevent them from taking this step, or France would not have the opportunity to annex Italy.

According to the plan, with the Rhine as the boundary, France eats Belgium, Luxembourg, Rhineland and other regions, and uses the remaining territory of the German Federal Empire to appease Austria.

Not afraid of Austria, this is tactics.In military terms, this is to cut off the wings of the enemy.

Without the federal empire of Belgium and Germany, when the French-Austrian war broke out in the future, Austria would lose two allies and increase France's chances of winning.

After digesting these areas, France ’s short board was filled, and then defeated Austria to seize the European hegemony, which is a perfect strategy.

Militaryly, Napoleon IV had a mental advantage. His ancestor, Napoleon, was so good that he beat the European continent one by one, and almost won, even if it was his turn to be unreasonable.

The current situation is much better than it was at that time. The Italian region has been occupied, Spain is an ally, and the two countries have suffered badly from the war.

There are few remaining independent countries, except for Austria, there is no one can fight, basically negligible, heads-up is unreasonable and does not win.

However, the plan did not change quickly. Seeing the casualties of the Russian-Russian war, the dream of Napoleon IV's overlord shook for the first time.

There is no way. As an old rival, the French government still has a deep understanding of Austria. The huge reserve force cannot hide their eyes.

Originally, Napoleon IV did not regard the reserve as one thing. No matter how many people there were in the Uva, they were all poked in front of the French Army.

The Russian-Russian war changed his view. The Paris government also sent a military observer mission. The cruel reality told them that the reserve can also fight.

As long as qualified officers are equipped, the reserve can quickly be reorganized, and the combat effectiveness will be so poor that the regular army is lost. Quality defects can be completely compensated by quantity.

Considering the number of France's standing army, Napoleon IV felt that it might not be enough.If they really fight with Austria, their baby lump army is likely to be killed by the number of enemies.

If the army is expanded, the advantage of the French army in combat effectiveness will no longer exist.

Once the war cannot be resolved quickly, the crap sticks across the strait will intervene, and even if it finally wins the war, France will not have the power to dominate Europe.

There is nothing wrong with it. When France and Austria are making strategic plans, they have placed the British on the enemy's side, because the risks they have to take as allies are the same.

The original plan went bankrupt, and Napoleon IV was hesitating whether the "strategic plan for cutting off the wings of the enemy" would continue or be changed.

As for the promise of British support for the establishment of the North German Empire, that is a joke.How can you paralyze them without releasing goodwill?

It should be known that most of the troops of the German Federal Empire are used to prevent France, and other areas are almost not fortified. It is simply that no one will invade them except France.

Facts have proved that this judgment seems really true.The two countries will not invade the German Confederation, and Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland will not win them. The threat is indeed only one France.

Not waiting for Napoleon IV to make a decision, the French people made a choice for him.Anti-war thoughts broke out again, and they started in Paris and spread to the whole world.

This is all young and inexperienced, otherwise Napoleon IV should have thought about it.European thoughts, new ideas, new ideas ... that did not start in Paris, and the "Holy Land" was not a worthy name.

Napoleon IV should be fortunate that he did not act in advance, otherwise the anti-war wave would erupt and the French people would teach him how to behave.

In a sense, Austria also missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and European hegemony has never been so close to them.

If the French plan is known, Franz will certainly find a way to delay the exposure of the casualty data between the two countries until the French take military action.

Everyone knows that the combat effectiveness of the army is closely related to people's thoughts. The French combat effectiveness in the anti-war wave is undoubtedly the lowest.

The French army invaded the German region. The only thing affected by the anti-war was the French army. The army of the German Federation is defending the country and the soldiers will not clamor for anti-war.

The Austrian army can also be unaffected and defend the territorial integrity of the German region, which is a national righteousness.No matter how anti-war, it is impossible for the enemy to come over and not fight back.

Anyone who has studied French history knows that when the wave of ideas usually breaks out, it is often the period of high-speed transmission of revolutionary ideas.

Against the backdrop of the nationwide anti-war, if the front-line French army sees another big defeat, there may be another revolution.

The success or failure of the revolution is not important. The most important thing is that revolutionary ideas are contagious. As long as a revolution breaks out inside, the colossal French Empire is over.

The Italians' enthusiasm for independence is also not low. A revolution broke out within France and caught up with the French-Austrian War. It is difficult for Italian independent organizations to not break out.

With so many people pulling their hind legs, let alone Napoleon IV, even Napoleon could not return to the sky even if he played himself.

After winning the Franco-Austrian War, it would be difficult for the German regions to unify.At that point, no one but God can stop him.

With the reunification of the German region, the European hegemony was determined.Even if France and Russia can slow down, it will be a matter of a dozen or two decades later.

Such a long time is enough for many things to happen, such as: let the Italian region become independent, pull Spain over, or establish an alliance to tie the beans of Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the Nordic Federation to the ship.

There is no such thing as reality. Napoleon IV, who was sulking, did not know yet, and he made his depressed anti-war wave save his dynasty.

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Foreign Minister Dumbledore reported: "Your Majesty, the Government of Vienna sent us a diplomatic note, hoping to work with us to develop a" European Army Arms Convention "to avoid another European war."

I have to say that this is a good time to limit the armament of the army. The Russian-Russian war has just ended, and everyone is still immersed in the "eight million" loss figure.

The anti-war wave is still spreading. Whether it is the people or the politicians, everyone's fear of war is at its peak.

Hearing this news, Napoleon IV's depressed mood eased slightly, so he pretended to despise: "The Austrians are afraid, and it seems that their courage is not so great!"

Everyone is an old fried dough stick, and it is natural to see that Napoleon IV was insincere.Everyone is a normal person. Who can not be afraid of the brutality of the Russian-Russian war.

The most typical is the members of the military observation team sent. Many members of the main war faction have personally felt the cruelty of the war, and each one has become a vanguard of the anti-war.

It's not that they are afraid of war. They can only say that they have matured and become rational, knowing the trade-offs.

Relieving the depressed mood, Napoleon IV continued to ask: "What else, Austria is not short of money now, they can't limit their arms just for world peace?"

When referring to the word "no shortage of money", Napoleon IV still had a bit of unnaturalness.There is no way he is jealous, and now the world's most financially powerful countries are Britain and Austria.

Although France is one of the three major powers, it has fallen behind in terms of financial resources.Don't look at the fiscal revenues. France doesn't have to be less in Britain and Austria. That's because everyone calculates differently.

Taking Austria as an example, the central government's finances are separate from the state government's finances. There are only a few taxes included in fiscal revenue, and most of the fiscal revenue stays in the hands of the state government.

The same is true of Britain, where the London government ’s taxation is also divided.Otherwise, if the annual income is only 70-80 million pounds, the Navy will take half of it. I am afraid that the rest will not have enough salaries for public officials.

Not to mention, the Indian colonies alone spend tens of millions of pounds in maintenance costs each year, and the colonial expenditure of the British Empire is an astronomical figure.

On the bright side, France has the highest financial revenue, which is almost the sum of Britain and Austria. In fact, they are the poorest.

The high amount of financial revenue is the result of the unified inclusion in the central financial settlement.Any expenditure requires the central government ’s appropriation. It seems that the government has a lot of money, but it is actually just a pass.

Foreign Minister Dumbledore replied: "There is news from the Embassy in Vienna that the Austrian Admiralty submitted a military expansion plan to the government not long ago and has entered the stage of government discussion.

Perhaps spurred by the Pu-Russian war, the Austrians gave up the European hegemony. At this time, they proposed to limit the armament of the army, which may be a precursor to the shift of the strategic focus to the sea."

Austria ’s strategic focus shifted away, and Napoleon IV did not find it strange. In fact, the Paris government agreed that some people proposed to abandon the European hegemony and shift the strategic focus to the ocean.

"Do you think we need to follow up?"

Undoubtedly, the result of the follow-up was to agree with Austria ’s proposal to limit the size of the army and put the money saved into the navy.

Navy Secretary Hamdi Halbowi replied first: "Your Majesty, the European continent is really too small. There are more than a dozen countries in every corner of the world, and the most powerful countries in the world are all gathered here.

It is too difficult to make a difference in continental Europe. With the same resource investment, we can earn ten times and one hundred times overseas.

Facts have proved that the future of the world lies in the ocean, and whoever controls the sea power will control the world."

"If your so-called gain is territory, then I have nothing to say. The cost of expansion on the European continent is more than enough to obtain a colony ten times overseas.

But there is also a difference between land and land. Can the land of the colony be compared with the land of the European continent?"The Secretary of the Army Patrice McMahon retorted

Value theory, this is the most common view.Almost all Europeans feel that European land is more valuable.

Navy Secretary Hamdi Halbowy shook his head: "Overseas land is not worse than Europe, but it has not been developed. All the resources we need can be obtained from overseas, but this is not possible in continental Europe.

Even if it cannot be developed, it reduces the value of overseas colonies, but quantitative changes cause qualitative changes.The same investment, the gains from overseas colonies, definitely exceed the expansion on the European continent."

This is a fact. Investment on the European continent may not necessarily pay off, and overseas colonial expansion can basically pay off.

In the European continent, France must be cautious. If you are not careful, you will be beaten up by the group. The Paris government will not dare to grow up.

Overseas is different. France ’s strength is swept away overseas. Basically, it does not encounter decent opponents. The competitors have only a few colonial empires.

Compared to the fears on the European continent, overseas can do things if they do not agree.Anyway, there are too many conflicts in the colony, as long as it is not too hilarious, it will not trigger a war.

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