Chapter 178： Ottoman crisis

It is the third day that the news of the outbreak of the Near East War reached London. Even after thinking about it, after receiving the news, the senior British government still had a headache.

Even Queen Victoria, who rarely got involved in politics, couldn't sit still and held a high-level meeting in Buckingham Palace.

Queen Victoria asked: "The outbreak of the Near East War, the Russians and Austria got together. This time the Ottomans are in great trouble. What will the government do to keep our interests in the Near East?"

The Ottoman Empire has a long history of power, and even if it has fallen in this era, Tiger Power still has a bit of it. Coupled with the fact that the Ottoman government has just completed its institutional reforms, it appears that they are already a modern empire.

In the view of Queen Victoria, even if the Ottoman Empire was not an opponent of Russia and Austria, they had such a large area, and there were millions of troops, and they would cut a little meat at most, and they would not die for a while.

This is also the mainstream view in Europe. No one knows how weak the Ottoman Empire is.

The well-prepared Prime Minister John Russell replied: "Her Majesty, we have joined forces with France and are ready to interfere in this war together."

Prince Albert questioned: "His Prime Minister, this time the Russian-Turkish war is different from the past, and the Austrians have joined the war.

Even if we join forces with the French, we want to make them compromise, I'm afraid we can't do it? Otherwise, this war will not be fought! "

Queen Victoria does not like participating in politics, and Prince Albert is different. Many of Britain's major decisions have his shadow.

John Russell explained: "His Royal Highness, the Russian and Austrian alliance is only temporary, because the relationship of interests will sooner or later be parted.

Our current enemy is Russia. Austria can put it aside first, and their appetite will be the same. Even if the Balkans are given to them, they will not be able to eat.

The government is ready to join forces with the French to support the Ottoman Empire and the Russians, and the Austrian Foreign Ministry can handle it. "

Send troops to intervene in the Near East War? Whether in history or now, the British were not prepared to play in person at the beginning.

In history, the British sent troops to participate in the Crimean War, which was built on the condition that the Ottoman Empire could not stand up, and the French were willing to serve as the main force.

Now that the million male lions of the Ottoman Empire are still there, before they start, who knows that these troops are all goods?

Many people within the British government think that as long as they provide loans to the Ottomans, it is enough to sell them some weapons and equipment.

Of course, it is possible to send a navy to help, and it is in the British interest to extend its tentacles into the Black Sea Strait.

The Army did not have confidence in the Russians. The Navy suppressed the Russian Black Sea Fleet. They did not advise.

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Paris

Compared to the British, Napoleon III was much more active. In his view, the Near East War was simply the best opportunity to divert domestic conflicts.

If he can defeat the Russians and report to the uncle's revenge on Waterloo, he can obtain huge political capital.

It doesn't matter if you lose, anyway, you fought in the Ottoman Empire, you can throw it to your allies, as long as the French army can win several times, you can take it back for propaganda.

Napoleon III asked with concern: "Ruue, what do the British say, are you ready to join us?"

Rueus replied: "His Majesty, the London government is still hesitating. It is initially determined that they are preparing to support the Ottoman Empire behind the scenes and are not ready to send troops to participate in the war.

However, if we send troops to support the Ottomans, the British also support them. They also want to teach the Russians on the battlefield. "

This conclusion is quite sloppy. The Ottoman Empire has not yet been defeated, and the British can certainly not play. If the Ottoman army is defeated, can the British still sit?

In the event that the Ottoman Empire is cold, all of their initial investment will be lost, even their interests in the Mediterranean will not be guaranteed.

Napoleon III dared to send troops to interfere in the Near East War. It was also established that the Ottoman Empire had a certain strength, otherwise they were singled out by the Russians. In fact, the French were also very irritated.

For no other reason, there are too many grey animals. Quantitative change caused qualitative change. At that time, Napoleon was piled up by the Russians in quantities. In addition, there was also an Austrian empire, which could not be ignored.

"Humph!"

Napoleon III gave a cold drink and expressed his dissatisfaction. The British made it clear that they were the first birds.

"Tell the British, don't forget that there is another Austria. If we don't send troops to support the Ottoman Empire, I'm afraid it won't be long before we can hear the news of their defeat." Napoleon III thought for a while

The use of diplomatic means to split the Russian-Olympic alliance is very important to the British, and it is not unreasonable to pay some price for it.

But it was different for Napoleon III. The stage has been set up, and the audience are waiting to watch the show off the stage.

Since Napoleon III was in the throne of Napoleon's successor, revenge for his uncle was justified, and the French people were watching him and could not stand him back.

There is no way, the French people of this era are so wayward. Now that Napoleon III promised everyone before he succeeded, he had to honor it.

Napoleon III did this in history. The Crimean War ended the Russian hegemony in Europe and won the support of the people.

"Your Majesty, if the Russians and Austria really join forces, we will probably have a hard time defeating them in the Near East." Ruue reminded

The lieutenant didn't call it in vain. In case of defeat, he would be the one who carried the pot, and anti-Wei Du gradually had to be prepared.

"Don't worry, they can't really join hands. With the appetite of the Russians, Austria simply did not dare let them get the Black Sea Strait." Napoleon III affirmed the judgment

An overly powerful Russian empire was not in Austria's interest. The Russians annexed the Ottoman Empire, and Austria's pressure was increased.

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Balkan Peninsula

On April 11, 1852, after negotiations between the Austrian and Russian governments, the two parties signed the Balkan Treaty.

The treaty stipulates that the Russian army shall be handed over to the two principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia to Austria; the Russian army shall be granted free passage; Austria shall provide logistical support for the Russian army in the Balkans.

Both sides needed to get what they needed. Austria got the agreed place and successfully covered the westward strategy; the Russians had the opportunity to continue to fight from the Balkans, which increased the odds of this war.

If you look at the map, you can see that without the support of Austrian materials, after the occupation of the two Principalities of the Danube, the logistics supply would make the Russian army lose its ability to continue the attack.

The sudden release of the Russians dumbfounded the Sudanese government preparing to watch the conflict between Russia and Austria.

Without hesitation, 250,000 Russian troops were heading down the Danube and heading for Bulgaria.

Anyone with a bit of military knowledge knows that once Bulgaria fell, the Ottoman capital was in danger.

In fact, if the Sudanese government did not invite the British and French navy into the Black Sea in time, the Russians ’attack would have been smoother. Transporting supplies by sea is much easier than transporting supplies by land.

With the strength of the Russians, if they did not lose their sea power, they could choose to land at multiple points, which would make the Ottoman Empire tired.

Waves have not settled and waves have risen again.

The Russians were also prepared. Through the contacts of the Orthodox Church, the Bulgarians are now ready to eat the pulp and welcome the king.

Not only Bulgarians, but other peoples within the Ottoman Empire are also moving. However, at this time, they still lacked effective organization, nationalism had not yet spread, and the fighting effectiveness of the outbreak was limited.

In short, the current Ottoman Empire is full of wind and rain, and with more Austria as an enemy, they will face more trouble.

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