Holy Roman Empire

Stephen is even more tragic, the Hungarian Independence Organization is nominally powerful. The Hungarian independence movement in 1848 proved their strength, but the debut was the peak, and then fell all the way to the bottom.

It's not that there are supporters in China, but it's a pity that after so many years, everyone's desire for independence has decreased.

When you are young, you can go desperately for your ideals, but when you have a lot of wives and children, it is not so easy to let them take risks.

Moreover, even if these people are mobilized, they will not be able to cause waves.The ethnic division that I didn't pay attention to at the beginning directly turned myself into a very small minority.

At this moment, Stephen had the urge to change his name to the Austrian Revolutionary Party.In any case, the appeal of this name is at least broad enough, and it is not limited to one ethnic group.

Although Austria has developed well in recent years, there are still many frustrated people. It should be much easier to recruit people under the banner of the Austrian Revolutionary Party.

But he was unwilling to compromise and admit defeat.Once the name was changed to the Austrian Revolutionary Party, the Hungarian Independence Organization ceased to exist, and even gave up the goal of Hungarian independence and recognized the Hungarian nation as a part of Austria.

After hesitating for a moment, Stephen still didn't want to lose face, so he bragged: "Mr. Gabori, it's not that we don't want to contribute, but that we really can't do it.

To contain the Austrians, at least 10 people must be organized to launch an uprising.Do you think the Vienna government will not be vigilant after the last Hungarian War of Independence?

For so many years, they have never given up on suppressing us.You must have heard that among the revolutionary groups in exile in various countries, the Austrian revolutionary group survived the least.

The notorious Vienna government arrest warrant is a sharp sword hanging over our heads.Over the years, a dozen of our branches have been destroyed, hundreds of people have been massacred, and our organizational structure has been severely damaged.

For the sake of confidentiality, many of our contacts are single-line contacts without any backup data.With the destruction of these branches, we lost contact with members beyond the nine floors. "

Looking at Stephen with a sad face, Gabori didn't know what to say.He has also heard about the fierceness of the Vienna government's crackdown on independent revolutionary organizations.

The Italian National Salvation Army has not been hit, that is because they have just been established, and they have not gone to the Austrian territory to do things, so naturally they will not attract the attention of the Vienna government.

Gabori said with a face of shame: "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were facing such a bad situation."

Seeing that Gabriel had been tricked, Stephen breathed a sigh of relief.He still has a bit of integrity, and he doesn't want to make promises to deceive people casually. After all, they really don't have many allies now.

Wouldn't it be a tragedy if there were not a few big rebels at the front, and if the eyes of the Vienna government were to be on them, it would be a tragedy.

Stephen didn't want to be the number one hit target, which meant that he could die in an accident at any time.Unless you live in the mountains and forests, no place is safe.

The Hungarian Independent Organization can survive very well, not because of its strength, but because it has learned to hide itself.

Since the failure of the Great Revolution, they have stayed in the stage of the talkative party for a long time, and have not launched a substantive rebellion.

The so-called sabotage is nothing more than writing a few articles criticizing the Vienna government, or sending people to post small advertisements, which is not a propaganda slogan for national independence.

This is not Stephen's fault. It is mainly revolutionary talents with practical combat capabilities. They all participated in the Hungarian independence movement and basically died in the independence war.

Most of the fish that slipped through the net were those who were in charge of public opinion propaganda.Because he had no combat effectiveness, he did not appear in the rebel army.

Because too many people were involved, and they were small people at the time, they slipped through the net during the liquidation after the war.

After evading the first wave, everyone had ghosts in their hearts, fearing that if they were found out, they would go to jail, so they chose to go into exile overseas.

Originally, I relied on my words for food. Even if the time and place were changed, there was still no major change.

After so many years, their theoretical foundation and organizational ability have indeed improved, but it is too difficult for them to take up arms and fight for independence.

Being able to brag is also a kind of ability. Just looking at this ability, the Hungarian Independence Organization is still doing well in the United States.

Relying on his three-inch tongue, he successfully fooled many people. Everyone thinks they are a bunch of desperadoes, and American gang organizations shy away from them.

Thanks to their reputation, they also sheltered many Hungarians who immigrated to the United States, and gradually gained a foothold in the United States.

The more prosperous life is, the more people fear death.

Now Stephen and others have no desire for revolution. Under the banner of the Hungarian Independence Organization, it is to protect their own interests, not to lead Hungary to independence.

The United States in this era is not a pure land.Over the years, they have also accumulated a lot of wealth. If they hadn't been bragging so much and frightened a bunch of wolves, tigers and leopards, the good times would have ended long ago.

Chapter 49 Strategic Bets

After returning to the European continent, Stephen and Gabori parted ways.One wants to run to fight for independence, and the other wants to find a place to wait and see the situation.

Stephen and others did not return to Hungary immediately. Their experience in exile told them that they must be careful, and any negligence could be fatal.

Although more than ten years have passed, everyone has undergone earth-shaking changes, and no one can guarantee whether they will be recognized by acquaintances.

Once the news leaked out, they would be taken over by the pot.In the Principality of Montenegro, Stephen and others disembarked and pretended to be businessmen to inspect the market in Montenegro.

Then sent a few young people who had never met in Austria to enter the Hungarian area to collect intelligence.

Adversity is the easiest way to make people grow. The current Hungarian Independence Organization is different from ten years ago.Not only did he learn to know himself and the enemy, but his life-saving ability has also improved by N levels.

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When a wave of chaotic parties swept across the European continent, the Pudan War was coming to an end. Fortunately, the Tsarist government took action in time at this time.

This is not timely, as the tsarist government should have acted more than two months ago.It's a pity that the Russians wanted to suppress the Polish rebellion first, and then deal with the Prussians.

As a result, the Polish rebels were defeated, but the rebellion continued.There were too many supporters behind the scenes of the Polish rebellion, and the strength of the rebel army exceeded the expectations of the Russians.

It's easy to beat them, but hard to kill them.The existence of the Polish rebellion bought time for the Prussians.

Until the Danes couldn't hold on anymore, the Tsarist government had to take action.Otherwise, if the Danish Kingdom falls, the face of the Russian Empire will be lost.

On December 1864, 12, the Tsarist government issued a war ultimatum to the Kingdom of Prussia, ordering them to withdraw from Denmark within 28 hours.

In Berlin, despite mental preparations, when this day really came, the Prussian government still felt oppressed.

The enemy this time is the overlord of the European continent - the Russian Empire, which is not at all comparable to the Danes.

Things have come to this point, and now there is no room for them to back down.Otherwise, not only offending the Russians, but also offending Britain and France, which secretly supported them.

William I didn't care about being angry with the military anymore. If he lost the war, even if the Russians didn't swallow Prussia in one bite, they would at least bite them hard.

"Are you ready, are you sure you can defeat the Russians?"

Ron, Minister of the Army and Navy replied: "We have completed national mobilization, all reserves have been demobilized, and 42.7 Prussian troops are ready to go into battle at any time.

The most important thing now is to get more loans from Britain and France. As long as the funding problem is solved, we can spend time with the Russians. "

It is true that the Kingdom of Prussia mobilized 42.7 troops, but it does not mean that all of these troops can be used in the war against Russia.

It is also a tragedy that the neighbors are too powerful. No matter which one of the three neighbors is capable of killing them, the Prussian government has to be careful.

It is no problem for the main force to fight against the Russians, but how to ensure that they will not be robbed by Fao is a big problem.

Even if everyone needs them to attack the Russians, France and Austria will not take action against them for the time being, but once the war is over?

Whether it is failure or victory, it is possible to incur blows from France and Austria.

Needless to say, the defeat of the war, the Russians want to eat meat, France and Austria will also eat meat, the Kingdom of Prussia does not want to get out without paying a painful price.

Winning this war does not mean victory. The tsarist government still has the strength to make a comeback. The days ahead are long!

The European continent is too small to accommodate so many powerful countries. Neither France nor Austria wants to see a powerful Prussia appear.

After the attack on the Russians, the role of the Kingdom of Prussia is over, and it is very normal to be stabbed in the back.

For the necessary precautions, the Prussian government had to prepare in advance.In the event of an unexpected situation, there must be reaction time.

With so many practical problems in front of us, the Prussian military naturally did not dare to take risks.Not only did they want to win, but they also had to minimize losses as much as possible so that they could deal with possible looting by France and Austria after the war.

In this era, the international environment of the Kingdom of Prussia was much worse than in history, and there were too few options for them to choose.

Historically, Bismarck was able to lead Prussia to unify Germany, which was based on the premise that the Russians lost the Crimean War and Austria lost the Franco-Austrian War.

The situation is completely different now, the French-Austrian war has never been fought at all.The Kingdom of Sardinia wanted to cede land to lure the French to send troops to attack Austria, but the Vienna government directly threw out the entire Kingdom of Sardinia.

France, which ate the Kingdom of Sardinia, made a lot of money on the surface, but in fact it has fallen into a strategic passive state and was isolated by European countries.

To some extent, this is also a good thing for the Kingdom of Prussia.The French, who were in a diplomatic predicament, did not dare to attack the Rhineland in a short period of time, and their national defense pressure was greatly reduced.

The awesome Russians are different. Although they suffered more losses in the Near East War than the Crimean War in history, the problem is that they won!

The Russian people were not afraid of heavy losses. The tsarist government occupied Constantinople, and all sectors of society were very satisfied, and the losses were directly ignored.

The combat effectiveness of the tsarist army, which has gone through the baptism of war, is not comparable in history. Not only the weapons and equipment have surpassed the same period in history, but the morale of the army is even more incomparable.

It is not surprising that the Prussian military chose to play conservatively.After all, what the Tsarist government lacked most were soldiers, and with the Russian-Austrian alliance, even if Austria did not support the Russians, it would not prevent them from selling arms.

In this context, it is obviously unwise to fight hard with the Russians.It doesn't matter if the Tsarist government loses three or five times, but the Prussians are finished after losing once.

War is not a child's play. Whether it is Ron or Moltke, they are the best military strategists of this era.Their pattern is naturally not just to win a battle, but to win a war.

The biggest weakness of the tsarist government was poverty, and Prussia had a benefactor behind it, and the Russians must be the first to lose it if it ran out.

Prime Minister Frank raised a question: "How can we ensure that the Russians are blocked? From the actual situation, we must keep the enemy out of the country.

You all know what the Cossack cavalry are. Once they are allowed to go deep into the country to wreak havoc, the consequences will be disastrous. "

This is the most troublesome problem. The Prussian-Russian border is too long, and the Pod Plain is flat. These areas are still the foundation of the Junker nobles and cannot be lost.

Not to mention that the large Russian army went deep, even if thousands of cavalry rushed in to cause damage, the Berlin government could not afford to lose.

Moltke said with a serious face: "Strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and move all the people within [-] kilometers of the Prussian-Russian border to the rear.

Carry out a second mobilization again, increase the service life of soldiers to five years, and adjust the service age to 16-55 years old. We can add another 30 troops and simply train them to deal with the intruding Russian army. "

Everyone's face changed drastically, and the merger of Qingye was easy to say.If you do, you will have to pay a heavy price.

The Kingdom of Prussia is not a big one, and retreating fifty kilometers is easy to say, but in fact, it means that millions of people have to be relocated, and one-fifth of the country's land will be reduced to white land.

William I said solemnly: "This is impossible. Your plan to fortify the wall and clear the country has exceeded our capacity. If you really do this, we must be the first to collapse, not the Russians."

Moltke sighed, and said: "If this is the case, we can only take risks and try to place the battlefield in Poland."

In this era, trenches and barbed wire have not yet appeared, there is no such cheap defense facilities, and the Prussian-Russian border is so long that only fortifications can be built in key areas.

The enemy's large troops dare not go around these fortifications and attack deeply, but the small troops are different.

Of course, the rear is not without fortifications. The castles of the nobles are the best fortresses, and it is not a big problem to deal with small troops without heavy firepower.

The main reason for strengthening the wall and clearing the field is to reduce the loss of personnel.After all, it is impossible for the people to stay in the castle all the time, and everyone needs to live.

The cavalry came and went like the wind, even if they were notified, it took time to prepare.Withdrawing fifty kilometers back is just to gain this time.

William I hesitated, and the biggest risk of taking the risk was not military.Now the Polish Independence Organization is an ally of Prussia, even if the war is fought in Poland, they also have the support of the people.

The trouble was it pissed off the Russians and turned the local war into an all-out war between the two countries.No wonder the Prussians are cowardly. The biggest problem is that after they completed the reform of the military system, they have not experienced a war and have no confidence in their hearts.

Prime Minister Frank said: "Your Majesty, we have come to this point, why bother looking forward and backward?

If this war is won, the independent Kingdom of Poland will be a buffer between Prussia and Russia in the future; if this war is lost, the Kingdom of Prussia will lose its future. "

As the Prime Minister of Junker noble origin, he still stood on the side of the Junker noble at the critical moment.In any case, class interests must be preserved.

The retreat of the Kingdom of Prussia was blocked, but the retreat of the Junker nobles still existed.These nobles who can fight are still very popular in this era, and they don't have to worry about their way out.

King William I nodded fiercely and said, "Go ahead and do it boldly!"

At this point, he decided to take a big gamble.Putting the battlefield in the area of ​​​​Russian Poland will not only reduce local losses, but also have the opportunity to take a bite out of the Russians after the war.

The British supported their expansion in the Baltic Sea region. The German region had no chance to expand, and expansion to the east became the only option.

European countries will not mind seeing the birth of a Prussian Empire that is dead against Russia, and will take over the important task of besieging the Russian Empire. John Bull will not watch Prussia die.

Prime Minister Frank proposed: "Your Majesty, we must seek more supporters, at least let the Austrians remain neutral.

The Russian Empire with the support of Austria is completely different from Russia without the support of Austria. It is impossible for us to be enemies of both empires at the same time. "

Since it is a war of attrition, it is natural to consider the strength comparison between the two sides.Austria may not be as rich as Britain and France, but Austria's industrial strength is not weaker than that of France.

Support does not necessarily have to be given money, and giving materials can also play a role.As long as there is sufficient food, weapons and ammunition, and necessary military supplies, the Russians can sustain themselves forever.

In this era, most of the conscripts in Europe did not have military pay, and noble officers could also owe their military pay first, and they would not go on strike because the king could not afford the military pay.

William I thought for a while and said, "Well, let's send someone to talk to the Vienna government. As long as it's not a core issue, we can discuss it."

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In Vienna, Franz didn't know that Austria had once again become the focus of contention among all parties. At this time, both Prussia and Russia needed Austria's support.

Geopolitics is always an unavoidable topic.Austria, which is close at hand, can play a role that cannot be compared with Britain and France, which are thousands of miles away.

He was still worrying about the letter in his hand, and Maximiliano, who was in trouble, finally knew to ask for help, and then Franz was embarrassed.

The Russo-Prussian War is about to start, and the Vienna government must cheer up and pay attention; the American Civil War is about to be won between the North and the South, and Austria's power in the Americas must be invested in subsequent interventions.

Meddling in Mexico's internal affairs is simply killing people.

It is a little unreasonable to directly refuse. After all, the simple Maximilian thought that diplomatic support was enough, but he did not know that behind every diplomatic support was a game of power.

Diplomacy without power support is not worth mentioning at all.After hesitating again and again, Franz decided to give Massimiliano a wave of chicken soup for his soul and let him struggle on his own.

As a good brother, Franz still gave dry goods.

He deeply analyzed the internal contradictions of the Mexican Empire, and suggested that Maximiliano should first win over the constitutionalists and establish a stable government, and then discuss the issue of reform later.

It is easier to have no money, and you can ask the French for a loan with confidence.Guan Shuo, road rights, financial revenue, minerals...all can be mortgaged as long as the price is right.