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

Tina is still very pragmatic. Doesn’t she want to unify Greater Germany? How is that possible? Every German hopes to create a completely unified Greater German Empire, but to be honest, this is very difficult.

Moreover, the nationalist trend in the Holy Roman Empire has begun to rise. Various nationalisms will explode after entering the [-]th century, and separatism will take the dominant position by then.

At that time, the territory of Europe could be a little more fragmented.

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This morning, February [-]th, Auguste was still handling letters as usual. She did not hire a personal secretary. Valentina usually helped her pack these things, but after all, others also had jobs, and some You have to sort it out yourself.

She suddenly saw an unusual letter among a large number of letters, "This is... written by Lincoln? What does it mean?"

I didn't notice this letter when I first received it. When I looked at the time, I saw that I had received it a week ago.

She hasn't corresponded with Lincoln for a while, mainly because the two countries are too far apart. To send a letter, you have to cross the entire Atlantic Ocean. Corresponding to Victoria is much simpler. Letters sent in the morning can be sent in the afternoon. Received a reply.

The content of the letter roughly described the situation of the war. A battle was fought in Manassas last July. As a result, the Northern Army was completely humiliated. Not only did they lose more than [-] people, but they also gave it to the Southern Army. A large number of weapons, including breech-loading rifles sold by Prussia to the Northern Army.

When August saw it, everyone was dumbfounded. Can you even lose this fight? You can use a cannon to shoot a fowling shot, and you can even use it to bend it. Is this the world's number one army in the future?

The United States still cannot live without Roosevelt!

According to Lincoln, they dropped four or five Krupp cannons at Manassas, as well as almost four thousand Mauser rifles, although at first glance this does not seem to be a lot, and Mauser was mass-producing this rifle. They also made a trick. If the disassembly method is not correct, the gun will be scrapped as soon as it is disassembled.

It avoids the possibility of being imitated by the enemy, but there are still more than [-] of them. Those rifles are not fire sticks. The rate of fire is two or three times that of muzzle-loading rifles. If they are shot well, they can still cause a lot of casualties to the Northern Army. of.

What Lincoln meant was that in the large-scale march prepared in a week, Lincoln wanted to purchase [-] advanced breech-loading rifles in one go to directly crush the Confederate army.

The Confederate States of America in the south were mainly plantations and had very little import and export trade, so they couldn't afford Prussian rifles with the cash they had on hand. Even if they knew these weapons came from Prussia, they had no way to buy them.

The United States of America has more cash reserves, with one hundred thousand rods at the beginning. August felt that Lincoln was deceiving himself. Has the United States dug up gold? Where did you get so much money?

But more than American money, August wanted another thing, American oil.

The United States has a large amount of oil reserves. It is not because there is really no oil to use in the Middle East countries. It is simply because it wants to strangle the industrial lifeline of the entire world.

Although there are no generators yet, what role do you think oil plays in this steam age? That may not be of much use, but if Auguste knew what oil was for and waited for the generator to be invented, it would be too late.

August still planned to help Lincoln with this favor. After all, it would be a pity not to make any money for free.

"Good morning, Miss August!" Valentina had no work at the General Staff today, so she simply came to the Congress.

"Valentina, do you remember how many rifles we have left? I want to take some and sell them."

August said, and Valentina understood immediately. This was not the first time August sold weapons. She was familiar with the process.

"Then how much will Miss August sell for now? I'll go tell the Minister of Munitions."

"One hundred thousand rifles!"

"Huh?" Valentina didn't react for a moment after hearing this number. "Miss August, are you serious? One hundred thousand rifles? Isn't that too much?"

"Is that a lot?"

"You are trying to empty out all our inventory... One hundred thousand rods is too much anyway. Can it be less?"

"How much inventory do we have now..."

Valentina: "Not counting those currently in use, we still have [-] rifles in our inventory, which have been sold to Denmark and Italy recently. Every time you wave your hand, they sell for tens of thousands. Just this year. We have sold [-] guns, and we are almost becoming a military factory in Europe."

August: “Isn’t that a good thing?”

Valentina: "It's not good at all... What if all our neighboring countries master the technology of breech-loading guns? Even with Mr. Mauser's insurance, we have no way to guarantee that this will not happen if this continues. It’s been cracked…”

August: "They will know it sooner or later anyway, and you can still make a profit by selling it to them, so why not? I agree to sell it, and that's it!"

……

At noon, an astonishing list of armaments was delivered to Ron's desk, and Ron stared at Valentina in disbelief.

"Is this really His Highness August's idea? This is too terrifying. Even we can't take out so many guns at once?" Ron said.

Valentina: "Weren't there [-] guns in the warehouse before?"

Ron: "This gun is a consumable. Guns are consumed in many parts of our army. The current inventory only has [-] guns at most, and this will seriously weaken our defense capabilities."

"Mr. Ron, please think of a way, this is a big order!"

"There is another way."