Holy Roman Empire

As long as the source of funds is cut off, the momentum of these restoration organizations will immediately drop a lot. After all, people also need to eat.

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Intelligence Chief Tyron: "Your Majesty, the Prussians have acted. In recent days, Polish newspapers have been scolding the government, attributing the chaos in Poland to the fact that there is no king and the top government officials are fighting for power.

The foundation of the Dombrowski government is unstable, and it barely won the general election by relying on the support of public opinion. The Prussians hijacked public opinion, and now they are pinning their hopes on international intervention.

However, Napoleon III just died, and everyone is paying attention to the future political direction of France, and they can't take care of Poland for a while.

If there is no accident, the Polish parliament will re-elect the king within a month at most. This time there are much fewer competitors, and the election of William I is almost doomed. "

The number of competitors has decreased. This is not caused by the Prussians. It is entirely because many people are frightened by the chaos in Poland and do not want to go to this muddy water.

Don't look at how long Dabobo has been independent, he has done a lot of things.In the international arena, they regard themselves as great powers, as if they are already a member of the great powers.

Self-proclaimed the sixth most powerful country in Europe, second only to the five countries of Britain, France, Austria and Russia, it has never considered the feelings of Spain, the German Federation and the Nordic Federation. In terms of comprehensive national strength, these three countries are no worse than Poland.

Even the Netherlands and Portugal, two inconspicuous small countries, may not be inferior to Poland in overall national strength.Don't look at their small population, but they have colonies, and their economic strength exceeds that of Poland.

That's fine, it's just for publicity, and it's acceptable to exaggerate one's own strength appropriately.The diplomatic oolong not long ago, Austria almost used force against Poland, made it clear to many people.

The Kingdom of Poland looks good, and it is also a medium-sized country in the European continent. In theory, as long as it develops well, it is possible to join the club of great powers.

But the geographical location is really bad, sandwiched between the three countries of Pu, Austria and Russia.The sudden Obo conflict reminded many people of the old events of the three countries partitioning Poland.

Bad location + love to die, it is clearly a huge pit.No one wants to be the king of subjugation. After weighing the pros and cons, many people choose to give up.

Franz picked up his teacup and took a sip: "Keep watching, don't act rashly. The dark side in England can be activated, and it will be activated immediately after William I is elected as the king of Poland.

Be careful not to expose us.It is best to let the German Federal Empire take the initiative, and they jump out to compete with the French for the Rhineland area.

We and the British have received news that the French want to buy the Rhineland. In order to prevent the French from continuing to expand, it is much more reasonable to support the German Federation to acquire the Rhineland. "

Austria has great influence in the German Federation. Many nobles and high-ranking government officials have secretly contacted the Vienna government. It is not difficult to push them to jump out. The problem is that it is difficult to keep it secret.

No one can guarantee that these people will not leak the secrets.Betting separately has always been a way for these people to hide. While maintaining contact with Austria, they have not less dealt with other forces.

The front foot promised to keep it secret, and the back foot sold the secret. This kind of thing doesn't happen too much in the European continent.

In particular, this kind of thing that affects the country's decision-making cannot be done by one or two people. There are too many people who need to be mobilized. If someone leaks the secret, it will be difficult to find out who is a traitor.

Intelligence leader Tyronn replied thoughtfully: "Yes, Your Majesty. We will first expose the secret deal between Prussia and Prussia, and then let the British push the German Confederation to fight for it."

It doesn't matter that the Berlin government is writing a bad check, as long as everyone thinks it's true.

In the face of international pressure, if the Prussians dared to stand up, Franz would dare to join forces with European countries to intervene.From the start, he was prepared to force the Berlin government to abandon the Rhineland by force.

In the 19th century, if a country wanted to be strong, it must first have enough coal and iron. Without these things, heavy industry would not be able to develop.

The original space-time Germany was able to develop, the most important thing is that they have the coal and iron resources in the Rhineland area, which is the reason for the glory of the Ruhr Industrial Zone.

In a short period of time, this part of resources is missing, and the effect may not be obvious. With the further development of industrial technology, sequelae will break out.

Even the annexation of the Kingdom of Poland cannot make up for this loss of resources.Coal resources in Europe are mainly distributed in England, the Central European Rhineland region, Ukraine, Silesia, and the Balkan Peninsula.

Unfortunately, the Donbas coalfields in Ukraine are still far away, and the Kingdom of Prussia is out of reach.The Silesia region fell into the hands of Austria again. After losing the Rhineland region, the Kingdom of Prussia would sooner or later delay industrial development due to coal problems.

Chapter 125 Slaughtering the City

On the Asia Minor peninsula, after five consecutive days of bitter fighting, after paying the price of nearly 3000 casualties, the Russian army finally settled the enemy in the port, and Ava was like a peeled cherry.

Admiral Ivanlov has already come to the front line to oversee the battle, and it took five days just for a battle for the port, which is very detrimental to the Russian army's next battle plan.

Bing is expensive, and if you want to get through the Black Sea Strait quickly, the most important thing is one word - fast.

Ottoman's inland traffic is blocked, and the Austrian navy has blocked the sea route. What they need most for large-scale mobilization of troops is time.

The Sudanese government was not sure of the exact landing site of the coalition forces in advance, so it could only fully deploy its defenses.Even now, while the Sudanese government is defending the coast of the strait, it must also prevent the coalition forces from directly attacking Huanglong.

The Ottoman Empire had already lost its capital once and could not lose it a second time.If Ankara fell and the Asia Minor peninsula was divided into two, the Sudanese government would have no choice but to die.

According to the plan of the Russian army, Ava should be captured within two days, and then quickly expand to the surrounding area, making a posture of attacking Huanglong, forcing the Sudanese government to mobilize surrounding troops to intercept it.

Impossible now, with an additional three days, the situation is completely different.The Sudanese government has time to readjust the deployment of troops, and the difficulty of the war has increased.

Seeing rows of stretchers carrying the wounded pass by, and hearing the wailing of the wounded, Ivanlov's cold heart melted.

Suppressing his anger, Ivanov ordered: "Lieutenant General Vilasor, immediately ask the coalition headquarters for help, and ask Austria to send medical personnel to treat the wounded.

Lieutenant General Harrosf, you are responsible for directing the follow-up work, and the enemies in Ava City must be eliminated within today. "

This is all he can do. There is a serious shortage of medical personnel in the Russian army, and they can only guarantee the personal safety of officers. If soldiers are injured, they can only resign themselves to their fate.

In the past, there was no way. How could people not die in war?The price of medicine was so high, and the tsarist government was so poor that it simply couldn't afford it.

Moreover, medical personnel in the Russian Empire are all middle class, they live comfortably in the country, and few of them join the army.

Not only the Russian army, but most countries in the world have this common problem.Relatively speaking, countries like Austria and Prussia, where all the people are soldiers, have done better.

The Vienna government built a medical college more than ten years ago, and trained a large number of medical staff. Under the compulsory military service system, these people are also required to serve in the army.

In addition, the army itself has also trained some first-aid personnel on the battlefield. At the same time, the Austrian army's field medical rescue system is considered to be the most complete.

Admiral Ivanov is not the one who wants to save face and suffer. Now that the Austrians are in charge of logistics, it is natural to ask for help.

It is not extravagant to require that every soldier can obtain enough medicines, at least effective field first aid should be carried out, and the lightly wounded should be revived as much as possible.

It is very regrettable for the seriously injured. In this era of limited medical technology, the possibility of being rescued is very low, and even if many people are saved, they are also ruined.

There are even some casualties who cannot stand the pain and need help from their comrades in arms.War is so cruel, it is not an exaggeration at all to say that "one will be successful and all will be destroyed".

"Yes, Your Excellency Commander." The two replied almost in unison.

After speaking, they left to carry out their orders, and Admiral Ivanov continued to inspect the battlefield.Looking around, it was full of potholes that were bombarded by shells.

The smell of blood and gunpowder smoke can be clearly heard. Under the sun, the earth is extraordinarily yellow and red, and the atmosphere is extraordinarily weird.

As he was walking, Ivanov seemed to have stepped on something. When he looked down, it was a head with only half of it left.It was already covered with a thin layer of soil, which was exposed when Ivanov stepped on it.

Frowning, Ivanov continued to move forward. The flames of the war had just been extinguished, and before he had time to clean up the battlefield, he saw the remains of severed limbs along the way.

Arms, thighs, heads, internal organs... as long as there are parts on the human body, they can be found here.This is a piece of hell on earth. If it is not for the strong heart, ordinary people will collapse if they take a look at it.

(Don't dare to describe in detail, bloody violence requires 404, the author can only...)

For soldiers like Ivanlov, this is all pediatrics.The battlefield was originally filled with corpses, blood and bones, and he had seen more bloody scenes before, so his heart had long been numb.

"Ugh!"

Sighing secretly, Ivanov was not sure whether this war was right. If possible, he would rather choose the original "harassment plan".

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In the city of Ava, the Ottoman army had almost run away, and all that remained were death squads to stop the enemy.

Most of these people are Muslim fanatics. Not only do they want to stay and fight for their lives, but they also organize civilians to stay and fight for their lives.

Weapons have been issued, but due to the shortage of quantity, most people can only make up the number with cold weapons in their hands. Knives, swords, spears, bows and arrows seem to have returned to the Middle Ages overnight.

Akeyol's master and apprentice were also among them. They reacted a step slower and did not take advantage of the chaos to escape from Ava City. Now they can only live and die with the city.

As the first city to be conquered, Ava's resistance will definitely be the fiercest.The Sudanese government lacked confidence in winning the battlefield and tried to scare off the enemy with such drastic means.

If all the Ottomans resist desperately, even Austria, which has a big business, cannot afford it. War also needs to consider the cost, and it is impossible to invest endlessly.

The boy asked tremblingly, "Master, is the enemy really going to kill us all?"

Ordinary people can't keep calm in the face of life and death, let alone a teenager?At the age of middle school students, they were supposed to study and acquire knowledge in school, but they were forced to leave the battlefield.

Akeyol pretended to be calm and said: "Who knows! There will be a fight in a while, you boy, be smart, once you get out of their sight, just find a corner to hide, and we will not run away until it is dark .”

While speaking, Akeyol's hands were still shaking, obviously he was not as calm and calm as he appeared on the surface.

Defending one's family and one's country is really too extravagant for these precarious ordinary citizens, and it is beyond reach.

I don't know if the enemy is afraid or not. They have personally experienced the horror of the Ottoman government.

Ava is also a port city, so it is inevitable to be impacted by foreign ideas, and everyone's consciousness is also slowly changing.

The Ottoman government who enslaved them gradually developed resentment and lost loyalty. This kind of change is inconspicuous in normal times, but it changes at the critical moment of life and death.

The Russian army started the process, and the Ottomans lurking inside the building did not stop it. Now is not the time for a decisive battle.

A mob cannot defeat a regular army, and cold weapons cannot beat hot weapons.

The city of Ava has been abandoned, and the remaining defenders have withdrawn outside the city, preparing to rely on the terrain to block the Russians and slow down the speed of the Russian army.

If you want to cause trouble for the Russians, the best time is when the lights are dark at night, when the people in the city can take advantage of the terrain and cause big trouble for the Russian army.

The plan has never changed quickly. The Russian army is not a lamb. It comes to the city to eat meat.The tsarist government was poor, and the Russian army had always had the tradition of replacing military pay with plunder.

The Russian army participating in the Battle of Ava was no exception. The Vienna government provided them with logistics supplies, but did not pay them military salaries.

Even if Franz was willing to give it, the Tsarist government did not dare to ask for it.If it goes on and breaks the cheap salary system of the Russian army, how will future wars be fought?

With such a big sacrifice, how can we make up for everyone's wounded hearts if we don't get some benefits from Ava City.

Facing the Russian soldiers who broke into the door, the Ottomans' ambush could not go on.No need to say, let's fight!

The sound of crying and shouting for killing resounded through the sky. The Russian soldiers had long been jealous on the battlefield. Facing the Ottomans who dared to resist, they naturally raised their butcher knives unceremoniously.

It was too late when Lieutenant General Harrosf realized it. Ava was originally a small town. Because of the war, another group ran away, and now only 3 or [-] unlucky people are left.

How could such a small number of people be opponents of tens of thousands of Russian troops?The battle lasted until the evening, and except for some lucky ones who escaped in hiding, the rest became the victims of the Russian soldiers.

Clearing up the whole city was indeed done, almost everyone died, and Ava was naturally safe.However, the sequelae made Lieutenant General Harrosf want to cry without tears.

How did the promised robbery turn into a "massacre"?Well, this can't be entirely blamed on the Russian soldiers. Seeing that the Ottomans were holding weapons in their hands, they just eliminated the enemy in advance.

Just for this reason, it is estimated that the Russians themselves will believe it.No one will believe it if you tell it.

Massacres of cities are not popular in continental Europe, and of course massacres of "natives" are not counted.It's just that this is all before. In the late 19th century, even if the colonists were playing massacre, they would cover it up.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Lieutenant General Harrosf can only bite the bullet and admit that he is definitely wearing the hat of General Butcher.

Fortunately, this is the Ottoman Empire, and the status of the Ottomans in the European world is not much higher than that of the natives.

What pleased Lieutenant General Harosf was that with the grievances between the Ottoman Empire and Russia, domestic radicals and religious figures would support him, and the tsarist government could not use him as a scapegoat for anything.

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The next day, Admiral Ivanov, who had just entered the city, was stunned by this terrifying "result of battle".As the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, he has a much more comprehensive view of the problem.

On the surface, with the grievances between the European world and the Ottoman Empire, many people applauded.

But politically, it is not simply to look at grievances. This incident has provided European countries with an excuse to intervene in this war.I am afraid that it will not be long before St. Petersburg will face diplomatic pressure from the international community.

Aware of the seriousness of the incident, Ivanov immediately ordered: "Immediately block the news, issue a seal order on what happened in the city of Ava, and announce to the outside world that the people of the whole city will be expelled."

Things have come to this, can only play a rogue.Apart from refusing to admit it, Admiral Ivanov didn't know what to do.

After a pause, he glared at Lieutenant General Harosov, and Ivanov added: "Sort out what happened as soon as possible and report it to the coalition command and St. Petersburg. This matter is no longer something we can handle by ourselves. .”

Chapter 126 Making a Panic

The Palace of Vienna just received the good news that Ava had been conquered. Before Franz had time to be happy, the bad news came one after another.

Franz didn't care about the reasons the Russians offered. The "massacre" has become a reality. It is too difficult for so many participants to keep it secret. What is needed now is to deal with the aftermath.

If you change the time point, it doesn't matter.Anyway, Mao Xiong's reputation is not good, adding another "butcher" title will not lose a piece of meat.

Massacres rarely occur in Europe, but similar things are often done.On the surface, robbery is more civilized than massacres, but in fact, robbery often has similar consequences to massacres.With all the food looted, how can the people live?

Before the 19th century, the population of continental Europe could not increase. The main reason was the looting that accompanied the war, and a large number of people starved to death due to lack of food.

Not to mention the colony, no one is much cleaner than the other.It's just that the colonial empire controls the world's discourse power, and everyone pretends not to see it.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg: "Your Majesty, the news of Ava's massacre must not be hidden, and now we need to deal with the aftermath immediately.

The public opinion is not worried, and the people will not care about the life and death of the Ottomans. At most, they will say a few words with emotion. It is the British who are in trouble.If the London government takes the opportunity to do something, it will be very bad for us politically. "

Well, this is directly determined to be the massacre of the city by the Russian army, and I don't believe the explanation of the Russians at all.

Franz also didn't believe the Russians' explanation. He believed that there was fierce resistance from the local people, but everyone jumped out to resist the Russian invasion. Isn't it funny?

The Ottoman Empire was a multi-ethnic country, and many ethnic groups fantasized about independence.From the outbreak of the war to the present, the Vienna government has been in contact with the leaders of various ethnic groups in the Ottoman country.

Greeks, Armenians, Jews, Arabs, Kurds and other nationalities all tend to be independent.

Maybe everyone will hesitate to ask them to rebel, but it is absolutely impossible to ask them to work for the Ottoman Empire.

Are there no ethnic minorities in Ava?I am afraid that no one will believe this statement.If you want to cover up the past, you have to leave some people to testify!

The ethnic conflicts in the Ottoman Empire were serious. Under normal circumstances, it is not difficult to find a group of oppressed ethnic minorities to testify. Who cares about the truth in the face of hatred?