Holy Roman Empire

You must know that since the establishment of the Greek Kingdom, their finances have been dependent on borrowing from the boss behind them. When did you see them pay off their debts?

After the loan with the Russians and the Principality of Montenegro was completed, the money flowed into the Austrian market, stimulating Austria's economic development.

Anyway, it is a time of war, and it is normal for prices to rise. As long as you don't play too much, there will be no major problems.

After the unification of South Germany, the currency capacity of the market has increased, and the problem of inflation has been easily solved.

As long as there is no capital outflow, it is a normal operation to issue additional currency when the wealth created by the society increases, and it will not cause serious inflation.

As for the economic pain caused by the return of the market to normal after the war, wouldn't there be Russians still paying their debts?As long as there is real money flowing in, all crises can be easily resolved.

By the way, use this opportunity to make the economic ties between Austria and Russia closer, and use this economic connection to strengthen the alliance between the two countries.

The French can influence the tsarist government by controlling Russia's finances. Austria does not have the strength to control Russia's finances, but influence can always be done, right?

Franz is very conscientious. The monthly interest rate on loans to his allies is only 0.2%, and there are absolutely no unequal conditions attached.

It just promoted the economic exchanges between the allies. Anyway, Britain and France have become enemies. It is not too much for Austria to grab their market, right?

At this time, Britain and France had no chance to protest. From the moment the navy blocked the door, they were the enemies of the tsarist government.

Chapter 66 The Development of Pig Teammates

On April 1852, 4, the British, French and Ottoman countries held a high-level government meeting in Paris to discuss the issue of the Near East War.Napoleon III, who couldn't wait to bring France back to the center of the world, presided over the meeting himself.

"The Russians are attacking Bulgaria and the Caucasus, and our troops have repelled their attacks many times.

However, if we want to defeat the Russians, our strength alone is still not enough.

What's more, the Austrians are also eyeing, and they have also restrained a large number of our troops.

If there is only one enemy, it can be dealt with.Now facing two powerful enemies at the same time, we are really exhausted. "Ottoman Foreign Minister Faad said a little tiredly

This language is really difficult to organize. It is necessary to persuade Britain and France to send troops to aid as soon as possible, without exposing the inside story of the weakness of the Ottoman Empire.

This is hard to pretend, if you don't pay attention, you will overdo it.In case Britain and France think that the Ottoman Empire can withstand it and choose to sit and watch the tiger fight, they can only cry.

Conversely, if the weakness of the Ottoman Empire is exposed, Britain and France think they are not worth investing in, and turn around to carve them up with the Austrians and Russians, then they will die.

In addition to diplomatic troubles, the internal struggles of the Ottoman government also caused Fuad a headache. Abdul Mejid I was not a good man to deal with.

Not long ago, Abdul Mejid I dismissed his pro-British and French foreign minister because of Russian pressure, and was replaced by Rifat, a pro-Russian faction.

With the failure of the negotiations in Constantinople, the pro-Russian foreign minister seemed to have lost its value, and was immediately dismissed, and replaced by the pro-British and French faction.

This is what can be done in a country like Ottoman. If you change to a European country and change people so casually, and don't take the foreign minister seriously at all, they will quit long ago.

In fact, Adelaide did not want to do this drudgery. If you do it well, you will not get any credit. This is the essential job of the foreign minister. If you fail to do it, you will be held accountable.

But he had no choice at all, and the will of Abdul Mejid I could not be violated.In the Ottoman Empire, the status of ministers was not as high as in European countries.

"Don't worry, Mr. Faud. According to the information we have received, the Austrian government has had enough to eat, and now they are preparing to take it.

Although the specific content of their secret agreement with the Russians is not clear, judging from the current situation, the Russians should have exchanged the two duchies of the Danube River Basin for material support from Austria.

Not long ago, the Austrian government provided the Russians with a low-interest loan of [-] million guilders, with almost no strings attached.

Everyone knows the ambitions of the Russians. Presumably the Austrian government does not want them to continue to expand. At this time, providing material support is already the limit. "British Foreign Secretary Palmerston analyzed

His meaning is obvious, it is to warn Ade that everyone's enemy this time is the Russians, don't try to use their power to solve two enemies at the same time.

The reason is very simple. The Russians are the greatest enemy of the British Empire, and of course we should give priority to attacking them.

As for Austria, after defeating the Russians, it is better to find their bad luck.John Bull's foreign policy has always been adjusted according to the threat intensity of the enemy.

Facing the Russians and the Austrians at the same time seemed irrational to Palmerston.

Britain, France, Ottoman VS Austria + Russia, fighting in the Near East is clearly a close battle.

This kind of battle, the usual result is that both sides suffer, and no one can please.

There is no doubt that he has infinitely increased the strength of the Ottoman Empire. I don't know that this main player is already disabled.

Napoleon III nodded and said: "Mr. Palmerston is right. We need to stabilize Austria first, and then we will consider how to deal with Austria after the Russians are dealt with."

Although he is full of confidence, he is not only full of confidence in the strength of France, but also full of confidence in the strength of the British.

In his opinion, the strength of Britain and France is far above Austria and Russia, plus the Ottoman Empire, a quasi-power, this war is a sure win.

Confidence is confidence, and no one minds making the enemy weaker. It is very necessary to divide and disintegrate.

Fu Ade laughed, pretending to be relaxed and said: "Of course, it is best to be able to defeat the enemies one by one.

The Russian reinforcements are continuously reinforcing the front lines, and we want to win the war at the lowest cost. Now we must take immediate action. If the time is too long, it will inevitably increase the variables. "

He doesn't care what the British and French plans are, as long as the British and French reinforcements are fooled into the battlefield first, most of his mission this time will be completed.

Winning or losing on the battlefield is not something he, the foreign minister, should worry about.With Britain and France tied to the boat, the Ottoman Empire can at least survive the current difficulties.

Napoleon III said meaningfully: "Mr. Faude, please rest assured that the French army is ready and will leave in a week.

France is a responsible country, and we will not watch our allies shed blood on the front line without doing anything. "

After hearing Napoleon III's words, Palmerston didn't change his face, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

He smiled and said: "We are convincing Congress, and there will be a result next month at the latest. By then, the British Army will also appear on the battlefield in the Balkan Peninsula."

Ade's face was a little ugly, as if he was very dissatisfied with the performance of the British.In fact, he was relieved that this result can already be explained to the country.

The problem of dispatching troops is solved, and the next loan will be handled easily.It is nothing more than a question of the level of interest and the number of additional conditions.

In this regard, the Ottomans simply did not have the confidence to negotiate, and Fuad did not entangle in this regard. As long as the conditions were not too excessive, he agreed.

The conditions were too extreme, and at worst, it would be sent back for approval by Abdul Mejid I. Anyway, the Ottoman Empire had no choice at this time.

Without the support of Britain and France, the Sudanese government might be killed in this Near East war. At the critical moment of life and death, there is no bottom line and moral integrity.

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On May 1852, 5, with the cooperation of the Bulgarian guerrillas, the main force of the Russian army captured Ruse, an important military fortress of the Ottomans.

The fall of Ruse meant that there was a loophole in the Ottoman Empire's defense in Bulgaria. The Bulgarian offensive and defensive war lasted for nearly a month, and the Russians finally made a strategic breakthrough.

It is a pity that due to the chaos in the command system of the Russian army, after the attack on Cruze, the surrounding troops were not able to cooperate in the first place and continue to expand the results of the battle.By the time the expeditionary force headquarters reacted, it was too late.

After missing the opportunity, the Russians lost the opportunity to severely damage the main force of the Ottoman army, and the war was continued.

It just so happened that at this time the first batch of reinforcements from the French had arrived in Constantinople, and the [-] elite French troops went into the war after a brief repair.

After getting used to fighting the Ottoman mob, they suddenly encountered an elite French army. The Russian Expeditionary Command made a wrong judgment and was caught off guard.

On May 1852, 5, when the aggressive No.11 Infantry Division was chasing the Ottoman army, it happened to collide with the French Sixth Infantry Division and was beaten by the French army for a hemiplegia.

If the reinforcements hadn't arrived in time, they would have been the first division-level force to be wiped out since the war began.

Perhaps in order to avenge the anti-French war, the morale of these elite French troops was very high, and they displayed extraordinary combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

After beating the Russians with a sap, on May 1852, 5, the French army made persistent efforts to fight the Russian army in Razgrad, with less than 13 troops and 5 Russian troops facing each other head-on. .

It is a pity that the outstanding performance of the French army did not change the overall situation.Their numbers were too few, and the French casualties skyrocketed in the face of increasing numbers of Russian troops.

The two sides fought fiercely for seven days. After the French army suffered 1.52 casualties, they were finally forced to break through. The Battle of Razgrad ended in the defeat of the French army.

However, although they were defeated, they still had an exchange ratio of 1:1.3 with the Russians. As the winner, the Russian army suffered nearly 2 casualties.

Although there are advantages in the French army's weapons and equipment, it is also inseparable from their strict training and high morale.

As for the Ottoman army, this group of pig teammates is hopeless.After one failure, he seemed to be frightened by the Russians, lost his morale, and was chased all over the world by the Russian army.

As long as the allies are a little bit stronger and hold back the main force of the Russian army, the French army will not be besieged by the heavy Russian army. The outcome of the Battle of Razgrad is still unknown.

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Paris

The news of the fall of Ruse came, and it was already May 5.The weakness of the Ottoman Empire was exposed, but at this time, Britain and France could no longer tolerate repentance.

The loan has been released, this is just a small problem, the big deal is to be shameless and tear up the agreement.

The point is that the first batch of reinforcements from the French army had arrived in the Ottoman Empire and had already entered the battlefield. At this time, Napoleon III could not retreat anyway.

Knowing that there is a pit in front of him, he must jump down. A political need is enough to make Napoleon III insist on fighting.

Palmerston was not happy either. At this time, Prime Minister Russell had persuaded Parliament that the London government had declared war on the Russian Empire two days earlier.

War is not a child's play. As long as the London government does not want to be ousted from power at this time, it must bite the bullet and fight the Russians. This is related to the face and influence of the world hegemon.

It is impossible for the British to be cowardly on this issue. If they lose to the Russians, then their already unstable world hegemony will be thrown out directly.

If this news can only make Britain and France depressed, then the following news will make them furious.

Especially Napoleon III, the French army fought bloody battles with the Russians in front, and the Ottoman army retreated all the way.Whose territory is this defending?

Of course, as an excellent politician, Napoleon III still knew to maximize his interests.He immediately took out the achievements of the French army, showed off to the people through newspapers, and boasted of his martial arts from the side.

Lost the battle?This is all the responsibility of the Ottomans. What does it have to do with the brave French army?But under the inferior force, they played an astonishing exchange ratio.

The gap in weapons and equipment was directly ignored by Napoleon III.Anyway, the people don't care that much, they just need to emphasize to them that the losses of the Russian army are even greater.

Chapter 67 Ideal Strategy

From winter to summer, St. Petersburg has ended the days of biting cold wind, and the comfortable sunshine is falling on every corner of the city, warming this ice and snow country.

The battle reports from the Balkan Peninsula came over. Reporting the good but not the bad has always been a shortcut for bureaucrats to get ahead, and the tsarist government is no exception.

In the first round of this Balkan battle, the Russians won an overall victory.Even if the Russian army lost too much in the Battle of Razgrad, which added a flaw to the battle, it would not hurt the officials' desire to repay the victory.

In the battle report received by Nicholas I, of course, there will be no loss of the Russian army.The officers on the front line took it all in one stroke and added the losses of the Ottoman army, and it looked like a big victory.

After receiving the news, Nicholas I held a celebration banquet in the Winter Palace that night. Unfortunately, the heroes were thousands of miles away and missed this glory that belonged to them.

The Russians had reason to be happy. In the first round of the Bulgarian battle, they won a big victory and pushed the front line forward by more than 100 kilometers.

Starting from the attack on Cruze, the Russian army launched an attack on the Ottoman army with a total force of 28, defeating nearly 50 Ottoman troops and 5 French troops.

Only at the cost of more than [-] casualties, more than [-] enemy troops were wiped out and more than [-] enemy troops were captured.

Defeating twice as many enemies with half the force, exchanging the casualties of 4.5 soldiers for the loss of 9.1 enemy troops, including the French army of more than [-], is a big victory no matter how you look at it.

The contribution of the Bulgarian guerrillas was taken away, and their casualties were naturally ignored.Anyway, the battle was won, and the tsarist government didn't care about the specific situation.It's useless to care, and deception has penetrated into every corner of the Russian Empire.

Since the Ottoman army claims to have an army of 50, they defeated an army of 50. Naturally, the actual strength of the enemy was decisively ignored by everyone.

……

After the celebration banquet, Nicholas I returned to the topic again.The French sent troops to join the war, which is not good news.

Although the tsarist government has been considering the possibility of Britain and France sending troops to join the war since the British and French fleets seized the sea power in the Black Sea, it still makes them feel uncomfortable if it really happens now.

Maybe the officers on the front line still have a bit of integrity, or maybe they know that this war will continue, and they have to fight the French desperately, and they are afraid of getting themselves into it.

At the end of the battle report, they still focused on describing the threat of the French army.

To sum up, if it weren't for the sudden appearance of [-] French troops on the battlefield, this Bulgarian battle would be the end of the Ottomans.

If there is no French reinforcements, it will not be long before His Majesty the Great Tsar can parade in Constantinople.Therefore, His Majesty the Great Tsar must be extremely vigilant against these evil Frenchmen.

Nicholas I said with a smile: "Everyone, the French have really sent troops to join the war. According to the news from London, the British Parliament passed a resolution not long ago to send troops to join the war.

From now on, we've added two more enemies.Britain and France are not as easy to deal with as the Ottomans, and the war is not over yet.

How to fight the battle in the future, if you have any ideas, you can speak freely. "

The front line has won a big victory, and Nicholas I is in a good mood.Even when he knew that Britain and France were participating in the war, he was very angry and did not explode. He was confident in winning this war.

The strong always have to maintain their demeanor, especially when the chances of victory are in their hands.

This is not an exaggeration. Judging from the strength of the army on the surface, the Russians really have this strength.At least in terms of population, the Russians have this strength.

In 1852, the total population of Russia was about 6500 million to 7600 million, which was larger than the combined population of Britain and France. The total population of the British Isles was about 2800 million, and the total population of France was about 3600 million.

(There is no way, the tsarist government did not have population statistics in this era, and the data on the data varies greatly)

The Ottoman Empire has been automatically ignored by Nicholas I, and the Bulgarian battle has exposed the fact that the Ottoman army's combat effectiveness is terrible.

In the following wars, the Ottoman Empire will soon be reduced from a leading role to a supporting role, and Britain and France will be the new main force in the war.

"Your Majesty, since Britain and France have jumped in, we will make the Balkan Peninsula their grave and let them know who is the world's number one army power.

Now we should immediately increase the front line, destroy the Ottoman Empire in one go, and regain Constantinople. "The Minister of War, Aser Nicholas, said murderously.

In the decisive battle with Britain and France in the Near East, the Russians can't take advantage of it, and they won't suffer too much. Geographically, everyone is equally divided.

With the support of Austria, the Russians can transport supplies through the Danube, and Britain and France also transport supplies by sea. The logistics link is considered to be evened out.