Holy Roman Empire

Unless we can win over Russia and Spain, only if they take the lead together can European countries be able to withstand the pressure of the Vienna government.

Given our relationship with Russia and Spain, I don't think we can bring them over now.God bless if they can be kept neutral in the war. "

It's not that Asquith is pessimistic, it's just that the previous administrations were too pitiful.He only cared about himself, leaving too much mess for them.

There is no way, Britain's world hegemony is stepping on Spain's supremacy.During the Battle of the Philippines ten years ago, Spain was once again harmed by Britain's younger brother.

New and old hatreds are added together, and there is also a dispute over the sovereignty of the Strait of Gibraltar in the middle. Unless the Spanish government collectively loses its mind, it is possible to follow them.

Not to mention the Anglo-Russian relationship, the Indian issue is a knot that cannot be untied by both sides.The current Russo-Japanese War is also a new hatred added to the old hatred.

Even if the tsarist government is extremely afraid of Shinra, it is still impossible for them to sell their iron to aid the British.

There is no one to take the lead, and the European countries that are used to being foolish are naturally impossible to jump out and confront Shinra.

Of course, there is another Nordic Federation that can be fooled, and this one also has the strength to remain neutral.

It's a pity that this man's political appeal is limited, and he can't be the leading brother, let alone dare to be the big brother.

The European world can't count on it. No one is willing to be a thug at this time. It is naturally difficult to win the war with Shinra.

……

After all, the war still depends on the military, and Campbell can only pretend not to hear the complaints of the civilian officials.

Now that the arrow is on the string, it has to be launched.If the war is difficult and difficult to fight, can it be possible not to fight it?

If the war is really stopped now, the Vienna government will probably go crazy with joy.Don't do anything, drag it on for ten or eight years, and the hegemony will come to your door by itself.

"What plans does the Admiralty have?"

Strategy is not enough, tactics come together.Since the overall national strength cannot compete, it can only let the Royal Navy break out and continue to create miracles for Britain.

The Minister of the Navy, Swinding, picked up a baton, walked to the hanging world map and said: "Although the main navy of the Holy Roman Empire is huddled in the Mediterranean Sea, there are still several squadrons overseas.

Although there are few capital ships in these fleets, the tonnage of the fleet is not low, accounting for almost 40.00% of the total tonnage of the Shinra Navy.

In the absence of being able to induce the main force of the enemy to fight a decisive battle, the Ministry of the Navy plans to solve these overseas troubles first.

Several other fleets are not worth mentioning, mainly the Austrian South Sea Fleet and the Central American Fleet.Not only is there a dreadnought ship as the flagship, but most of the other subsidiary warships are also new types of warships.

These warships have one thing in common-running fast.

Obviously, the enemy is well prepared.Attempts to use these high-speed warships to attack our merchant ships after the outbreak of war.

We plan to attack the enemy's two squadrons immediately after the war breaks out, so as to eliminate the threat on the trade line in advance.

The Japanese have done a good job in this regard. They have successfully attacked Spain, the Far Eastern Empire, and Russia successively. We can completely follow suit. "

Morality does not exist, as long as the war can be won, Swinding does not mind breaking the convention once.

Anyway, the history books are written by the victors. As long as the Holy Roman Empire is defeated, all bad behaviors can be washed away.

It is better to kill the enemy's squadron first than to be attacked by the enemy's merchant ships after the war breaks out.

The Royal Navy, which started as a pirate, is all too familiar with these businesses.So that at a cursory glance, Swinding understood the plan of the Vienna government.

If left alone, I am afraid that just after the war breaks out, Britain's maritime trade lines will suffer heavy losses.

Chapter 1: The Tangled Tsar

The government is acting, and the people are not idle.The fastest response was the capital market. The prices of strategic materials in the futures market continued to rise, and the stock market also staged a double sky of ice and fire.

One company engaged in overseas trade counted as one, and all of them fell in doubt. Instead, the military industry sector rose rapidly.

For their own interests, the capitalists engaged in overseas trade acted quickly and launched a massive anti-war campaign across Europe.

Especially in small European countries, almost all the people participated together, and submitted petitions to the British and Austrian embassies abroad, calling on the two countries to calm down and solve the problem through negotiation.

It's a pity that it's useless. The chariots of Britain and Shinra have already started, and they can't stop if they want to.

It's not that Franz didn't respect public opinion, on the contrary, the war was launched precisely because of public opinion.Although the voice of anti-war among the people is loud, the voice of the main war is even louder!

Except for those guys whose interests have been harmed, the only ones who are anti-war in China are idealists.There is no doubt that the voices of these people are insignificant compared with the whole society.

There is no way, the British deer is too fat.If the British Empire is still in full swing, everyone can only hold back even if they have ambitions.

The reality is very cruel. The British missed the second industrial revolution, which directly led to their disadvantaged position in international competition.

Although everyone doubted the strength of the British at first, they were frightened by the prestige of the Royal Navy and dared not act rashly for a while.

However, as the British announced their withdrawal from the free trade system, they suddenly leaked their own details, and everyone suddenly discovered that the former world factory is now in decline.

Once the weakness is exposed, it is obviously impossible to have the previous deterrence.

There are still a lot of smart people in this world. If Franz can think of killing the British with numbers, naturally some folks can think of it.

Relying on the advantages of industrial size, Shinra can do it: for every warship built by the British, they will build two to compete with it.

The navy is a technical arm, and even more a technological arm.No matter how elite the Royal Navy is, it is impossible to be one against two at sea.

At least when the performance of the two warships is almost the same, it is impossible to fight against two.

Then the question arises, since the overall national strength of the country is stronger, why should the British be the boss?

This is not a battle of fame, and there are a lot of interests behind it.The biggest bonus is naturally currency hegemony, which is almost bound together by world hegemony.

In the past ten or 20 years, the hegemony of the British has not been stable enough, and even the currency hegemony of the British pound has been taken away by Aegis.

But no matter how you share it, it is not as good as eating alone.No one can refuse to kill the British and enjoy exclusive currency hegemony.

Not only that, the British also had the most fertile colonies in their hands, which was a great temptation for both nobles and commoners.

Turning over once in a while is no joke.According to the consistent style of Emperor Franz the Great, the most fertile land was to be allocated, so everyone couldn't help being tempted.

Everyone is looking forward to the moon, and finally waited until the fall of the British Empire. If you don’t act quickly, what will happen if the British revive later?

There are precedents for this. The old Holy Roman Empire is a typical example of rebirth from the ashes. No one can guarantee that the British will not be able to do it.

No matter how you look at it, Britain is now much stronger than the fragmented Shinra back then, and the difficulty of revival is much lower.

As long as they fine-tune internally and make up for the homework left behind in the second industrial revolution, they will still be an awesome empire on which the sun never sets.

There is no need to crush Shinra's strength, as long as the strength of the two sides is close, it is impossible for the Vienna government to launch a challenge that is destined to hurt both sides.

Maybe Britain will decline even more in the future, but everyone's patience has almost worn out, and they are unwilling to wait any longer.

What's more, the British will not sit still.If the reform is really that simple, Campbell will not stop.

It is precisely because everything that can be changed has been changed, and when it is time to "reform", it is suddenly stuck, and it is necessary to suppress competitors to consolidate hegemony.

As a result, looking back, the competitors have become Big Macs.Not to mention suppressing competitors, it is not bad not to be suppressed by competitors.

Not willing to surrender hegemony, the British are naturally no exception.Driven by interests, the British Empire couldn't help starting its chariot.

In St. Petersburg, since the intensification of the conflict between Shinra and Britain, Nicholas II had an ominous premonition.

Although he also dreamed of provoking a war between Britain and Austria in order to act as a fisherman and reap the maximum benefits from it.

But the time is wrong now!The Russian Empire is deeply mired in the Far East, and there is no time to distract him before solving the Japanese.

Not to mention that the fisherman has benefited, even the Far East battlefield needs the help of the Vienna government to survive.

In this context, not to mention that the fisherman has benefited, it is considered lucky not to be affected by the fish in the pond.

The outbreak of war between Britain and Shenluo will affect the foreign trade of the whole of Europe, and the Russian Empire will naturally be no exception.

If it was just a simple loss of trade, Nicholas II would naturally not mind in order to allow Shinra and Britain to fight each other.

The problem is that the logistics of the Russian army on the Far East battlefield are all transported from the European continent.

Except for a small amount that was delivered to the Far East through Siberia, most of them were transferred by sea and land through the Far East Empire, and then smuggled into the hands of the frontline troops.

With the outbreak of war between Shinra and Britain, the sea line of communication is bound to be affected.In particular, ships transporting strategic materials are the focus of the two sides' mutual attack.

Accidental injury is inevitable. It’s okay to meet the Shinra Navy on the way, and it won’t detain your own ship. It would be a tragedy to meet the Royal Navy.

Nicholas II didn't think that his family's face could make the British open the net. You must know that Britain and Japan are allies, and there has always been only hatred between Britain and Russia.

If the materials are withheld halfway, the Russian officers and soldiers on the front line will be in tragedy.Without sufficient logistical supplies, they can't fight a war.

Thinking of this, without any hesitation, Nicholas II immediately ordered: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent someone to urge us to urge our previous orders, and at the same time increase orders to the major military factories in Shinra.

At all costs, we must also send at least one year's worth of strategic materials to the Far East before the war between the two countries breaks out. "

No hurry, now is the time to wait for no one.But any slow step may lead to the failure of the war.

Fortunately, the smuggling network had already been established. It was only necessary to send the materials to the Far East Empire, and someone would take over and transport them to the front lines. The Tsarist government only needed to pay.

Foreign Minister Mikhailovich: "Your Majesty, is this too hasty? Pile up a large amount of strategic materials in the territory of the Far East Empire, and guard against the Japanese doing things, which can easily lead to accidents."

This kind of worry is not superfluous, who made them offend so many people!In recent decades, they have been plucking the wool of the Far Eastern Empire, and the seeds of hatred have long been planted.

The smuggling trade can be carried out unimpeded. Apart from the hope that Japan and Russia will suffer from the high level of the Far East Empire, the more important thing is that the transport is carried out by Shanxi merchants who only accept money.

If it falls into the hands of nationalists, even if they don't lose fire, they can't expect to be delivered safely to their destination.

You must know that the Japanese are not idle. They are carrying out anti-Russian propaganda day and night, throwing out the Russian propaganda department by at least a hundred blocks.

Nicholas II shook his head and said: "I can't take care of that much now, and it will be too late in time. Send the supplies to the Far Eastern Empire first and entrust them to the Austrians to take care of them.

They have a good relationship with the Far East Empire. In order to avoid affecting the relationship between the two countries, the Far East government will not start with their goods.

As long as the Holy Roman Empire is not defeated in the battle for hegemony, no one dares to act rashly. "

It can be seen that Nicholas II is in a very contradictory mood now.

On the one hand, he needs the support of Shinra to win the ongoing Russo-Japanese War; on the other hand, he hopes that Shinra will be defeated. Only when Shinra is finished can the Russian Empire return to the center of the world.

No matter how contradictory they are in their hearts, the Vienna government still needs to stand together politically.The gold-lettered signboard of the Russia-Austria alliance cannot just be lost.

As for the wooing of the British, Nicholas II never took it seriously.The hatred between Britain and Russia was so deep that even the Tsar dared not give up lightly.

Forming an alliance with the enemy and turning around to fight the allies is even more unnecessary.If you really want to do that, you have to change the tsar.

There is only one Peter III, and there will always be only one Peter III.The same loss, the Russians will not suffer a second time.

Minister of War Yevgeny said: "Your Majesty, the enemy has increased the density of air patrols. In order to ensure the safety of the airship, we must increase the escort.

The Ministry of the Army hopes to increase the procurement of aircraft in order to seize air supremacy on the battlefield in the Far East. "

Chapter 121 A Difficult Choice

International arms purchase orders have always been full of various pitfalls. If you don't reserve a few additional payment items, you must not be a qualified arms dealer.

Relatively speaking, the seller, the Vienna government, was already very conscientious. He didn't do anything on the airship, and even gave away a lot of spare parts.

However, no matter how conscientious it is, it is inevitable to develop subsidiary additional business, and this time is no exception.

Facts have proved that transporting airships is not only about having a large carrying capacity, but also needs safety guarantees.

In the face of enemy aircraft, the survivability of the transport airship is too low, and it must be escorted by fighter jets.

It's a pity that the poor Russian government can't afford a new product like the Air Force.There is only a flight formation supporting the facade, and it simply cannot undertake the task of escorting.

If it weren't for the fact that the Japanese army on the opposite side was also poor, and the number of aircraft and equipment was also scarce, the Russian army would have suffered a lot.

Now the big loss is that there is not much to eat, but two transport airships on the front line have been shot down, so that the airship transport team was forced to suspend operations.

Since ancient times, it has been "easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal".The Russian army is no exception.

When there was no airship transport team, everyone didn't feel much. Now that they have it, they suddenly can't use it. Naturally, the officers on the front line can't sit still.

You must know that since the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian army has been suppressed and beaten by the Japanese. It was not until the smuggling trade flourished and the airship transport team joined that the decadent trend was reversed.

The good days have not passed for a few days, and now they are cut off again. Naturally, the top Russian army cannot bear it.

Affected by the butterfly effect, in recent decades Russia has experienced constant wars, and even the level of military officers has been raised to a higher level.

Whether it is the level of professional knowledge or combat experience, it is much richer than the original time and space.

In order to solve the problem once and for all, the Russian Army Command in the Far East decided to seize air supremacy and formulated a complete combat plan. Now it is the Air Force.

In theory, the Russian Empire is also able to build fighters, and there are a variety of "independent research and development" products with superior performance.

It stands to reason that priority should be given to taking care of your own business.It is a pity that these "superior products" all have various deficiencies.

Not only spare parts have to be imported, but even the production and assembly must seek OEM from large foreign factories.

There is no way, everyone grabs the profitable business, and no one cares about the losing business.

The tsarist government was poor and unable to build an air force on a large scale, and civilian use was not popularized. Naturally, no one invested in aircraft production plants, even assembly plants.

The so-called domestic production also produces a designer who is unrestrained and unconstrained, and he is not even sure whether the design is his own.