Holy Roman Empire

For the Holy Roman Empire, it is obviously a good thing that the Russian army did not withdraw completely.

The dirty and tiring work that is not seen in the light always needs to be done by someone.As long as enough money is given, Russian officers and soldiers will not be afraid to take the blame.

With this professional team, it is very helpful to maintain the international image of the Holy Roman Empire.

Franz didn't think that the French would welcome the Shinra army to settle in after leaving the Russian army.Although the military discipline of the Shinra army may be better, the centuries-old feud between the two countries cannot be resolved overnight.

Don't need to think about Franz, he knows that when the time comes, the "old sesame seeds, rotten millet" story will be revealed again.

Even if the French don't care about it, the British will help them awaken their sleeping hatred and provoke conflicts.

History has proved that hatred is a thing that cannot be solved by Huairou alone. Most of the time, it is more reliable to use a bayonet.

Franz did not dare to hope that he could conquer the hearts of the people in France.As long as the situation can be stabilized so that the French will not jump out and cause trouble for themselves in the next struggle for hegemony.

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London

The revival of the Far East is definitely a good thing for the British government.After receiving this good news, Prime Minister Robert Cecil was in high spirits.

It's not easy, except for the first day on the throne of Prime Minister, he has never been so happy during the rest of the time.

There is no way, the international situation is too unfriendly to Britain.Looking at the Continental Union on the other side of the strait, Robert Cecil sighed, nothing but sighs.

After exhausting all the calculations, it only increased the time for Shinra to integrate the European continent, and did not fundamentally solve the problem.

I have to admit the strength of geopolitics. As the epoch-making European hegemon, as long as Shinra does not betray relatives, European countries must rely on it.

This is no longer a question of benefit or not, but a more core question of survival.In the brutal international competition, small countries have no choice but to rely on the strong.

Of course, these nonsense are just minor troubles, and it’s okay to follow the flag-waving, and the actual value that can be exerted is still very limited.

What really worries Britain is the Russian-Austrian alliance. If this trump card combination is not resolved, Britain will fight against Shinra at sea in the future and the Russian-Austrian coalition on land.

At sea, Prime Minister Robert Cecil is not intimidated, and the Royal Navy is not afraid of anyone in a one-on-one fight; on land it is a tragedy, and I really can't afford to hurt it.

Now there is finally a turning point, no matter what the reason for the Russians to move eastward, it will reduce the pressure on Britain in the Indian region.

In order to defend India, these British governments did not spend less effort.Not only did they spend a lot of money to train the colonial army, but even the declining Persia was funded by Britain.

I don't expect the Persians to do anything, as long as the Persian Empire can last longer and prevent the Shenluo army from pushing all the way to India.

National strategies were never decided easily. Since the tsarist government chose to beat the Far Eastern Empire at this time, the Russian strategy of advancing eastward was basically a certainty.

The next question is how to hit the Russians hard in the east, get rid of the problem of multi-line combat, and then destroy the Russia-Austria alliance, and finally pull the Russians to their side.

The plan is a little complicated, and it's a little difficult to implement, and the success rate is a little bit low.

But having a plan is better than having no plan.At this point, the only way for Britain to continue its hegemony is to win over the Russians.

The Russian Empire in its heyday was obviously immovable.People were drooling at India, and Robert Cecil didn't dare to seek skin with the bear.

In this context, it is very necessary to weaken the Russians and make the tsarist government have a sense of crisis.

It is almost the routine of the original time and space.Before the Russo-Japanese War, the conflict between Britain and Russia was sharp, but the relationship between Germany and Russia was still very good; after the war, the relationship between Germany and Russia deteriorated rapidly, but the conflict between Britain and Russia tended to ease.

Despite the mediation of France, the fundamental reason was that the Tsarist government felt threatened by the Germans.Otherwise, loans alone would not be enough to bring the tsarist government to its knees.

After all, defaulting on debt is nothing new.The ancestors could do it, so why couldn't Nicholas II do it?

Not to mention right now, it can be seen from the successive tsars who wanted to get rid of their dependence on Vienna that the Russians really felt the pressure.

The relationship between the two countries can be maintained. On the one hand, the Russian-Austrian alliance reassures them that the interests of the two countries have been deeply bound, which cannot be untied for a while; on the other hand, India is close at hand, and greed has overcome fear.

Once it was beaten by society and found that it did not have the strength to seize India, and reality defeated greed, the tsarist government should feel terrified.

The result of fear is naturally to find someone to hug.As for being completely attached to Shinra, that's completely nonsense.

Attachment is a trick played by small countries. Even if a big country can put down its body and go to the past, people will not believe it?

If Britain is finished, then the relationship between the Russian Empire and the Holy Roman Empire is the relationship between the world's number two and the world's number one.

The world's number two is attached to the world's number one, no matter how you look at it, it is not harmonious.

Since ancient times, the second child has been the target of repression, and there has never been an exception. Why does the tsarist government believe that the Vienna government will show mercy?

Is it based on the traditional friendship between the two countries?

Politicians are not idealists. When making choices, their thinking will naturally go to the bad.That's why the second child and the third child hold together to keep warm and fight against the world boss together.

Frankly speaking, Robert Cecil also had deep doubts about Britain and Russia sticking together for warmth.

After all, the conflict between Britain and Russia is equally acute. Even if they come together temporarily under the pressure of Shinra, it is difficult to truly cooperate closely.

But the reality is cruel. Without France, the gold medalist, Britain's layout on the European continent is missing a piece, and it has fallen into a complete passive strategy.

Regardless of whether the British-Russian alliance is reliable or not, the British government has no choice.It is better for the two countries to work together to share the pressure than to do it alone.

Now that the dawn has been seen, it is natural to celebrate.But now it was working hours, in order not to let his competitors catch him, Robert Cecil could only temporarily suppress that turbulent heart.

"The international situation has finally changed. Before we could make a move, the Russians jumped in. The next question is how to cut them.

Although the Russian Empire is powerful, the power they can invest in the Far East is very limited.

Not to mention that the Siberian Railway is not open to traffic now, even if it has been opened to traffic, this problematic railway will not support many troops to fight.

The problem now is that although the Far Eastern Empire has certain strength, their government is too corrupt, and they simply don't have the courage to fight the Russians.

If we want to hit the Russians hard in the Far East, it is obviously not enough to rely on their family alone. We must need more chess pieces, and the Japanese cannot continue to be idle. "

Facts have proved once again that pies do not drop from the sky for no reason, and even if they do fall, they are usually poisonous.

The Central Asian Railway built with the help of the Vienna government had quality problems; the Siberian Railway secretly supported by the British also dug a lot of holes.

Maybe it is not a big problem in normal use. Once the freight volume increases, the tsarist government will immediately understand that the railway also has a temper.

This is the inevitable result.If you don't set up some traps and delay the logistics, if the Russian plan really succeeds, wouldn't the British government shoot itself in the foot?

You must know that the Far East is the sphere of influence of Britain.John Bull can't do things that sacrifice himself for others.

Foreign Secretary Cameron: "Prime Minister, it is still too early to act now. The Siberian Railway is not open to traffic, and the power of the Russians cannot be projected at all.

Even if the entire army is annihilated, it will not hurt the vitality of the Russians just for the small number of soldiers in the Far East.

Perhaps seeing that it was too difficult to advance eastward, the Russians shrank back and picked up the southward strategy again, which would be troublesome.

In order to better lure the enemy, in the short term we'd better let the Tsarist government experience the feeling of victory first.It just so happens that the Far Eastern Empire is now..."

As the saying goes, "If you don't want to bear children, you can't catch wolves."It is estimated that most people would be unwilling to give up their own children; if they change other people's children, there will be no such pressure.

In politics, friends and enemies are always in a flash. Just now they were talking about supporting the Far Eastern Empire and the Russians in a PK, and in a split second they decisively decided to sacrifice the interests of the Far Eastern Empire to lure the enemy deeper.

It can be seen that Cameron has already deeply understood the essence of British diplomacy.In the shortest possible time, he demonstrated the professionalism expected of a British Foreign Secretary.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Pawell: "Sir is right, the amount of power the Russians can devote to the Far East is indeed too little, and it has no weight at all.

The Russian's eastward strategy not only means the bankruptcy of Vienna's disaster diversion plan, but also threatens Shinra's land supremacy.

It is impossible for the Vienna government to watch the Russians complete the Yellow Russia plan. The last thing they want the Tsarist government to succeed at the moment is them. We don't have to worry at all now.

Regardless of whether the Russia-Austria alliance is still unbreakable, once the Russians' eastward strategy shows signs of success, the Vienna government is bound to suppress it.

After the first step is successful, and if they want to take the second step, the Russians will find that the whole world is their enemy, especially their closest allies.

At that time, even if the Russia-Austria alliance can be barely maintained, it will only exist in name only, and our opportunity will come.

But the Russians alone are not enough. To deal with the Holy Roman Empire, the Empire needs more allies. "

Mentioning the word "ally" gave Prime Minister Robert Cecil a headache.There is no way, what he inherited is a mess of economic prosperity and diplomatic mess.

Although his predecessor was considered outstanding among all the prime ministers of Britain, he miscalculated the strength of France and brought Britain to the edge of a cliff.

Remedy, that is completely overthinking.Since the establishment of the European Continental Union, Britain has little room for diplomatic means.

After so many years of hard work, Britain has no real ally.Japan can't be counted, it is just a humble little brother, and it is not yet qualified to be an ally of Britain.

Apart from the Russian Empire, Robert Cecil doesn't know who to pull, and who can he pull?

"Does the Foreign Office have any suggestions?"

It's better to leave this kind of complicated matter to professionals, although looking at the bitter face of the foreign minister, it doesn't look like...

Foreign Secretary Cameron replied helplessly: "European countries can't count on it. They can maintain neutrality. That is the result of God's blessing. Our goal can only be in the Americas.

There are many independent countries in the Americas, but few are powerful, and even fewer can be won over by us.

Naturally, the most attractive one is the United States of America, followed by the Confederate States. Unfortunately, these two are deadly rivals.

If we bring both of them together, we probably don't have to do anything, just adjust the relationship between them.

If you choose one of the two, the other is very likely to be pulled over by the enemy.With the diplomatic capabilities of the Vienna government, the probability of this happening will not be lower than 90.00%.

In addition to a pair of enemies, the remaining countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, and Chile are also the targets of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' public relations.

It's just that these countries all have one thing in common - lack of strength.It is okay to have a strong political momentum, but it is simply impossible to expect them to make much contribution.

At most, distracting the enemy's energy and threatening their colonies in the Americas will not help the overall situation. "

Britain also contributed a lot to the confrontation between the United States and the Confederacy.From the beginning of the joint intervention of Britain, France, Occidental, hidden dangers have been laid for today's confrontation between the two countries.

As far as digging holes in Britain is a professional, France, Austria, and Spain that joined forces back then are not idle people.

When the United States was divided between the North and the South, the four countries as the arbitrators unanimously planted mines on the delineation of the border line.

The political means are still immature. The leaders of the United States and the Confederate States obviously have not encountered this kind of game.

The end result is that the relationship between the North and South governments, which were already full of hatred, deteriorated after the war because of the border issue.

If the previous war hadn't been too fierce, the national cohesion of the two countries was not strong, and there were still a lot of internal conflicts, maybe there would be a second PK.

In fact, if the European powers hadn't erupted internal conflicts and relaxed their provocations to the relationship between the two countries, the North and South governments might have started fighting.

Chapter 81 Campbell Reforms

The international situation was undercurrent, but Franz stayed at home with his children and grandchildren, as if he didn't notice it.

It is obviously impossible not to know. There are so many countries that the British want to win over, and there will always be a few [-]-year-olds.

In international politics, it is always a small number of people who go all the way to the dark, and the two ends of the snake and mouse are normal operations.

The battle between Britain and Shinra is not one-sided. Before the situation is clear, most countries will not tie themselves to one family.

Shinra can rely on its land power advantage to coerce European countries onto the ship; the British also rely on their sea power advantage to attract allies around the world.

It is impossible to stop it. The grass on the wall will only fall with the wind, and it can only fall with the wind. This is the way for a small country to survive.

It's not that the Vienna government can't make a move. The main problem is that its power is limited, and it can't compete with the British overseas.

The British have operated overseas for hundreds of years, and it has been less than 40 years since Shinra entered the age of great voyages. Its overseas influence is far behind that of the British.

What's more, the younger brother is not easy to get.Overseas countries are not monolithic, and there are not a few neighboring countries who have deep hatred between them. If you win over one family, you will definitely offend that family.

It is easy to pull people on board, but the trouble is that while pulling people, they are also involved in regional conflicts and disputes.

Excessive involvement in regional conflicts has no meaning for Shinra except to draw hatred.

Don't talk about the gratitude of allies.In international politics, only the benefits you get are real, and "gratitude" is the least valuable.

In this context, instead of taking the initiative to attack and asking for trouble, it is better to watch the British perform first, and then follow suit.

Anyone who follows the British should help their enemies. Anyway, Shinra will not lack allies.

The peaceful days always pass by in a flash.With the development of the times, the conflict between Shinra and Britain has become more and more acute.

Unknowingly, the word "trade friction" suddenly became popular and became the darling of the media for a time.

Relying on the dividends brought by the second industrial revolution and the cost advantage of industrial raw materials, Shinra's industrial and commercial products have increasingly gained an advantage in international competition.

In the increasingly brutal market competition, many industries in the former factory of the world have fallen into a difficult situation.

The "free trade" that Britain was once proud of, has now become a complete joke under the impact of Shinra's industrial and commercial products.

Not surprisingly, the Conservative Party, which advocated free trade, lost the general election in 1902.Liberal Party candidate Henry Campbell Benavan successfully entered Downing Street.

As the winner, Campbell was stunned by the mess in his hands before he had time to be happy for a few days.

Britain is still the hegemon of the world, but a hegemon full of holes and leaks everywhere.

Frankly speaking, the previous government of Robert Cecil has also done a very good job, achieving remarkable results in the fields of politics and diplomacy.

For example: eating the French Indochina Peninsula and expanding the colonial territory of Britain; the strategy of diverting disasters to the east was successful, the Russians were introduced to the Far East, and the Russian-Austrian alliance was cracked; the British-Japanese alliance was established, and relations with the American countries were repaired. Established strategic partnerships with many countries...

No amount of diplomatic achievements can conceal Britain's economic difficulties.The second industrial revolution has begun to show its power, and Britain, which has not kept up with the times, is paying the price at this moment.

Not only the overseas market has been squeezed by Shinra products, but even the local market has been impacted, and even Britain's leading textile industry has not been able to stand alone.