Holy Roman Empire

One wave was unsettled and another wave started again.

As the arms race between the three countries of Britain, France and Austria reached a climax, Central Asia once again took off.

On July 11, 1887, the British governor in India, Li Dun, suddenly notified the Afghan government to send a delegation to visit Kabush.

The weasel pays the New Year greetings to the chickens, which is naturally uneasy and kind.

Although many years have passed since the last Anglo-Afghan war, the British colonization of Afghanistan has never stopped, and there has never been a so-called friendship between the two countries.

The anti-British sentiment among the Afghan people has always been very serious, considering the security of the delegation and the reaction of the Russians.

In order not to cause trouble, Abdul Rahman Khan-Emir declined the British request.

However, Governor Li Dun is not a person who admits defeat. He has made requests three times and five times.

Unable to struggle with the British, in September, Emile was forced to agree to the British request.

The British went, and the Russians naturally could not watch their younger brother being bullied, and then the tsarist government also sent a delegation.

What happened later, Franz did not know, anyway, the battle between Britain and Russia around Afghanistan began.

Franz asked: "How do the Russians want us to support?"

Austria and Afghanistan are thousands of miles apart with a Persian empire in between.

The Vienna government does not like to reach out indiscriminately. This kind of place that has no benefits and is not reachable will naturally not have Austrian influence.

In Afghanistan, only Britain and Russia have the right to speak.

Against this background, the Tsarist government wanted to gain Austrian support, and it seemed wrong.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg replied: "The Russians hope that we can help distract the British, and it is best to find something for the British government to do."

Carefully recalling the original battle between Britain and Russia about the Afghan region, Franz finally found something wrong and the second Anglo-Afghan war was gone.

Realizing that something was wrong, Franz signaled that everyone should rest for a while, and hurried to the secret room to retrieve the memoirs written at the beginning of the crossing and consulted it.

Soon he cleared the cause and effect, affected by the Pu-Russian war, the Russians in previous years could not expand into Central Asia.

Without the threat of the Russians, coupled with the heavy losses of the first Anglo-Afghan war, the British naturally had no strong desire to seize the Afghan region.

By the way, in order to compete for the "British-British War" that broke out in South Africa, Britain and Austria also played a key role.

It cost hundreds of millions of pounds, and the final result of nothing, directly affected the colonial policy of the British government.

Under various factors, Afghanistan, which has little interest, escaped by chance.

Now that the Russians are making a comeback, and once again surrender the goal of expansion to Central Asia, Afghanistan, a small pro-Russia country, is very unsightly.

Returning to the meeting room again, Franz picked up the teacup and took a sip before slowly saying: "You think, how about we try to provoke the second Anglo-Arab war?"

The sudden style of painting reversed, everyone looked at me, I looked at you, all with a look of brutal expression, completely ignorant of the medicine sold in the emperor's gourd.

Seeing that everyone did not respond, Franz told the attendant: "Come over the map of Central Asia."

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"You see here Afghanistan, the Central Asian Khanate in the north, British India in the south, the Far East Empire in the east, and the Persian Empire in the west. It can be said that it is the heart of Asia.

Anyone who has mastered this place has mastered the strategic initiative for Central Asia, West Asia, and South Asia, which is very important for Britain and Russia.

In the past few years, the Russians were busy with European issues and had no time to take care of Central Asia. The British could naturally infiltrate into the Afghan region without any haste.

Now that the Russians have turned around and refocused their expansion on Central Asia, pro-Russia Afghanistan has embarrassed the British.

If the Russians are more exceptional, do you think the British will be relieved after diplomatic failure to win over Afghanistan?"

Prime Minister Carl: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult for the Russians to stimulate the British, and it is not difficult to disrupt the British plan to win over Afghanistan.

It is just now at a critical moment in the arms race. No matter how important the Afghan region is, it is no more important than the hegemony of the Royal Navy.

Even if the British government feels deeply, they will not provoke the second Anglo-Arab war before the arms race is over."

This is the most realistic problem. In the face of the two challengers of the French and Austrian, no matter how big the heart is, the British have to prioritize.

Franz nodded: "Yes! Under normal circumstances, the British will not launch the second Afghan war in the arms race.

I also did not expect the war to break out immediately, dragging the time back, the same can be achieved.

All we have to do now is to cheer up the Russians and tell the tsarist government that this arms race will last for several years, so that they can confidently confront the British.

When necessary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can also directly help the Afghan government to strengthen confidence, for example: sponsoring a part of guns and ammunition.

The two powers stood behind them and should be able to bluff people.It is really not possible. Simply send someone to kill the British envoys and intensify the contradiction between the two sides."

Bottom line, ethics, etc. can be abandoned at critical moments.In order to create contradictions, even Franz, the method of assassination, came up with it.

Of course, the assassination returned to the assassination, this pot was still dumped.Either let the Afghans get on their own, or let the Russians bear their backs. It has nothing to do with Austria anyway.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg: "Your Majesty, Afghanistan is now substantially surrounded by the British. Once the war breaks out, neither we nor the Russians can catch up.

Without our support, Afghanistan alone may not be able to persevere for long.

If the British were allowed to occupy the Afghan region, and the Russians would go south and then want to go south, it would not be as simple as it is now."

I have to admit that the international situation facing Afghanistan is really bad.

The southern part is directly bordered by the British; the northern Central Asian Khanate is the younger brother of the British; the western Persian empire is also pro-British, or forced to be pro-British; the east is temporarily safe, but this line is also not Good to go.

Once the war breaks out, Afghanistan will immediately fall into a situation of isolation and helplessness. Even if there is international assistance, it will be difficult to ship in.

As an agricultural country, losing international aid and confronting the British, the odds of winning are too slim.

But the strategic position of Afghanistan is very important. Once the British have been occupied and operated here, with the terrain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, Russia will find it difficult to go south.

Even the British can in turn reverse the situation, arranging for several younger brothers in Central Asia to cause trouble for the tsarist government.

Franz shook his head: "As long as we want to provide support for them, we will definitely be able to send them in.

It's a big deal to send airships to airdrop materials for them. If the voyage is not enough, you should land directly in Persia when you return.

Even if the Persian government prefers the British, they can only pretend to see nothing on this issue.

Do n’t underestimate Afghanistan, as long as they have enough weapons, they can make the British burn their heads, which will definitely not end in the short term.

Even if the situation is really out of control and the British really occupy Afghanistan, we can support Russia to fight along Central Asia.

As long as the British are not given time to run places, I believe that the Russians are still capable of defeating the British."

This is the truth, Franz really has confidence in Afghanistan, and the imperial cemetery is not a reputation.

Even if it does not win, the Afghan people will win.There are towns and towns in lost cities, and mountains and forests in lost towns.

Anyway, if people are still alive, they will not stop fighting.

Several major empires in time and space successively collapsed in Afghanistan, all of which were dragged down by heavy military expenses.

Unless the British slay the ring, and genocide is carried out as soon as they come up, otherwise it will be difficult to win.

In contrast, Franz's confidence in the Russians is not enough.The main reason is that the three battles in recent decades have hurt the vitality of the Russian Empire.

If nothing else, the Russian Empire alone is more than 30 million less than the same period in history, and the proportion of young and strong population is at least five percentage points lower than the same period in history.

The seemingly powerful Russian empire is actually in its weakest state. A short wave of recklessness is okay, and the protracted war really cannot withstand it.

If the British really don't care about the cost, if the Asan and the Russians fight for gray animals, the Tsarist government may not be able to withstand it.

Franz's lack of confidence in the Russians does not mean that other people have no confidence in the Russians either, and the cabinet is convinced.