Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

Prussia announced limited mobilization in early May and mobilized ten additional divisions to Silesia and Saxony, ready to attack the Sudeten Mountains. This series of military deployments highlighted an obvious motive. Everyone knew that Prussia was concentrating its forces in Silesia. What exactly do you want to do?

Either to beat Russia or to beat Austria. Of course, August is not very interested in Russia as an expandable living space. She may come to sort it out in the future, but now she is not very interested in Russia.

However, August supported Tsarist Russia in the Polish peasant uprising last year. In order to prevent Polish refugees from running to East Prussia and Posen, he even sent troops to block the eastern border. He negotiated a fee of [-] pounds for a battle and then followed. The Russian army suppressed the Polish national uprising together.

August adopted a policy of appeasement towards the Poles in Prussia, but in order to prevent Polish nationalist sentiment from spreading here, he did not hesitate to shoot those Poles.

This kind of behavior has also won the favor of Russia. It can be said that Tsarist Russia’s diplomacy is very bad. Basically, the relationship between European powers and it is not very good. After all, if such a large area rises, the whole of Europe may be affected. Can be pushed flat by it.

Therefore, Britain and France are trying to block Tsarist Russia from having its southern outlet. Tsarist Russia has been trying to control the Dardanelles Strait, but after so many years, it still has not been able to take it, which is very annoying. Although the Ottomans It is indeed sunset now, but the problem of hard steel and Tsarist Russia is not a big one.

After all, both countries are quite crazy, and it’s hard to say who is more advanced.

To sum up, August deployed troops here to attack Austria. This caused a panic in Austria. Is Prussia trying to be serious?

Austria suffered heavy losses during the Prussian-Danish War, and conflicts among various ethnic groups in the country were also intensified, especially the Hungarians in Hungary. The Czechs and Slovaks suffered many casualties, with a total of more than [-] dead. People in these two regions began to distrust the government.

They felt that the Austrian authorities did not regard their lives as their own and allowed them to die. The Bohemian said directly, "Who do you think is guarding the border for Austria?"

This has completely confused Austria. What's wrong with you? There are too many smiles, right?

However, it is probably true that the fate of these ethnic groups is not regarded as their destiny. The Germans in the Austrian Empire do not account for a dominant position in the total population. Therefore, for the continuation of the German people, the Austrian authorities did deliberately exclude other ethnic groups. People were dragged away and suspected of having their heads executed.

This made the ethnic groups in the empire very unhappy. They felt that Austria was unfair! Why should we sacrifice our lives while you enjoy the benefits?

Therefore, with people's voices everywhere, Austria still has to find ways to suppress protests and demonstrations in various places. A large number of military personnel have also been used to suppress the protests. If it starts a war with Prussia at this time, it will probably be split on the spot. .

They originally thought that Prussia would need some time to adjust after going through this war, but looking at Prussia's posture, it felt like it was serious!

Austria can only send some spies into Prussia to collect information. Is Prussia sending troops here a bluff or does it really want to fight?

And a large number of newspapers in the country are overwhelmingly publicizing how shameless Austria is. They are unwilling to share the fruits of victory with Prussia and want to monopolize them all, regardless of the sacrifices made by Prussia.

The Austrian spies were stunned when they saw it. Damn you, you are so dirty... It makes sense. Austria really doesn't want to share the fruits of victory with Prussia, but it doesn't really say that it won't give anything. You Wouldn't it be better to order less and go to Denmark to pay compensation? Is there any need to be miserable like this?

But Prussia doesn't care. The media promotes it every day, calling Austria a greedy and selfish villain. It also says that the Austrians are in chaos, and that various ethnic groups fight in the village every day. There is even a saying that the Hungarians in the Austrian Empire can eat people. .

Anyway, they say that people's livelihood is not in good condition, that China is in domestic chaos, and that it is only a power in name only.

Of course, many of the speeches are nonsense published by messy newspapers, but Prussians also generally believe that people in the Austrian Empire are bad people. Now it is really true that if you dare to say anything good about Austria, you will definitely be called a traitor. .

The message conveyed to the upper echelons of Austria was that Prussia seemed to be serious about it, but it didn't feel like it was serious. It was a superposition of movement and immobility. They couldn't get specific information and could only read pamphlets on the streets. What is written in it is exactly what the official attitude is.

But this kind of thing is not very credible, but the fighting spirit of the Prussians is really not low. They all regard August's words as correct. The fight against Denmark is for Germany, and the fight against Austria must be for Prussia.

So it makes sense that many people have chosen to join the army and prepare to go to Austria together.

Austrian Prime Minister Reina was very anxious at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. He tended to believe that Prussia really wanted to fight. Prussia had just gone to flirt with Tsarist Russia and had an affair with Britain.

what to do? Austria could only look for a new ally on the European continent, and Reina chose Napoleon III.

He hurried to the Palace of Versailles to find Napoleon III. He thought that in the Prussian-Danish War, France obviously supported Austria and Prussia. If Prussia was mixed with the British, then I, Austria, would also mix with the French brother. Isn't that too much?

Napoleon III smiled and said, "Hahaha, I won't do it."

France did get some benefits from Denmark, and these were all benefits for nothing. Just because it participated in the war, France's relationship with Britain is now in a very delicate situation. You can't talk about it, but If you want to say it's not good, it's a bit calmer than before.

Napoleon III does not dare to act rashly now because he is not sure whether Austria can be trusted. What he knows is that if he and Austria fight Prussia, then the British will most likely help Prussia, and Italy will also join the war because of the EU's mutual defense clause. He's not stupid. If you can't beat Austria, what should I do?

Although France is strong, if it is attacked from both sides, it will be attacked from both sides, and I admit that it may be a little worse than my uncle. He may not be able to defend Paris. Since he is not sure whether he can win, why take this risk?

Reina could only return without success. Now Austria is in a very disadvantageous situation. Is it possible that he has to go to his arch-rival Osman? Then there is a high probability that Tsarist Russia will also join the war. Is this a dead end?

None of the surrounding powers is reliable. Without Reiner knowing about it, Prussia actually isolated Austria. If Prussia planned to attack Austria, the risk would be great. Although Reiner believed that this would not lead to the country's subjugation, Austria may not be a great power in the future.

How does this work? He could only rely on negotiation. He originally wanted to swallow the entire Schleswig and Holstein regions, but he had no choice but to spit out half of it to Prussia, otherwise he would be in big trouble.