Chapter 1111： Final preparation

The world is cruel. In the fierce international competition, there is no room for tenderness.

For its own benefit, the tsarist government decisively chose to abandon European countries, and for a time Madrid was surging.

No matter how it declines, Spain, as the goalkeeper of the great powers, is a major European country, and its influence in Europe cannot be underestimated.

As the third oldest Russian in the world, he refused to take the lead, so naturally it was postponed to the fourth Spanish.

Although Spain’s name as the fourth strongest country is not true to its name, it can’t stand up to its competitors.

Picking tall men among the dwarfs, the kingdom of Spain, which was once arrogant, is still more recognized by the outside world than Japan and the United States, which have never been arrogant.

It is not only the European countries that are encouraging Spain to lead the "non-line movement", but also countries such as Britain and the United States are also playing drums behind them.

Overnight, the Spaniards seemed to have returned to the age of destiny and became the trend of the times.

Unlike the Russian Empire, which is deeply **** economically, Shinra's penetration into Spain is relatively limited, far from affecting government decisions.

With the changes in the international situation, the British have changed their strategy, from pulling people on board to encouraging countries to maintain neutrality.

Those who want them to stand in line are actually the Holy Roman Empire. In theory, as long as the pressure from the Vienna government is resisted, the non-team movement will succeed.

If the Spanish government is ambitious, now is the best opportunity. As long as it operates well, Spain may become the fourth pole in Europe with the support of various countries.

As a big country, there must be ambitions. Regrettably, ambition needs strength to support. Spain does not have the strength to become the fourth pole, even with the support of various countries.

In fact, the Spanish government cannot do it without a clear head. The European countries are urging them to take the lead in leading the "neutrality movement", but secretly they are constantly collaborating with the Vienna government.

For the time being, other countries, Sardinia, Belgium, Tuscany... These little brothers helped by Shinra also came to participate in the "neutrality movement". Are you sure they didn't come to make trouble?

In case he just got out of his way, the younger brothers below ran to stand in line, wouldn't it be a tragedy.

This kind of thing is not impossible. Regardless of the current "neutrality movement", there are not many people who really participate in it.

Many countries that have no choice but have to stand in line are all just making fun of it.

Now I jump out of the noise, mainly to brush up my sense of existence and enhance my impression in the boss's mind, so that I can sell it at a good price.

Countries that really want to be "neutral" are the Netherlands, the Nordic Federation, and other countries facing the North Sea, worrying that they will become a battlefield.

For more countries, the war between Shinra and Britain had little impact on them.

Although overseas import and export trade will be affected, they are not a major maritime trade country, and the impact is quite limited.

The most important thing is the geographical location. From the very beginning, it was decided that they must stand in line, and even those who support them were selected in advance.

The direction of the team is determined, and what kind of posture should be used to stand is also a question worth pondering.

With the turbulent international situation, the diplomatic game is still going on, but this is no longer the focus of Franz's concern.

The competition for hegemony between Britain and Austria is, in the final analysis, a competition for overall national strength. Had it not been for the national strength of the two sides to widen the gap, Shenluo would not initiate a challenge at this time.

Vienna Palace, from Franz's serious expression, you can see that the documents in his hand must be unusual.

After a long time, Franz the Great, who had read the documents carefully, slowly said: "Since the three generations of large merchant ships have been completed, they will be delivered to shipping companies as soon as possible.

The situation is now tense and war is about to start. We must strive to grab strategic supplies from the colonies as much as possible before the war breaks out.

The six berths that were vacated were all mounted on super battleships. After these materials arrive in the colony, the news will be announced.

In addition, submarine formations can also start. Although I don't know when the war will break out, it is always right to prepare in advance. "

There is no doubt that the "three generations of large merchant ships" here are definitely not large merchant ships in the true sense.

If it were just a pure merchant ship, no matter how superior the performance was, it would not make Franz the Great so nervous.

Especially at the critical moment of the arms race, it is even more abnormal that merchant ships can still grab docks with battleships.

Not normal is not normal, but these big guys are indeed merchant ships. If you don't believe me, you see, these merchant ships are still pulling cargo out.

Mo said it was the intelligence personnel who couldn't figure out the situation, and even many people in the Vienna government couldn't figure it out.

"Strategic fraud" is obviously wrong! If you don’t go all out to build warships when you have reached this point, you will suffer a big loss if you really fight.

If you can't figure it out, you can't figure it out, and Franz couldn't explain it anyway. In order to keep secrets, only a few people know about the aircraft carrier disguised as a merchant ship.

Not all members of the cabinet know about it, let alone other people.

Since the beginning of the project, the state-owned enterprises that have taken the route of ordering merchant ships have not received financial allocations at all, and have nothing to do with military spending.

Until the completion of the construction, the engineers of the shipyard did not know that they built the aircraft carrier themselves, at most they just felt that the design of this merchant ship was a bit different.

In the history of the development of the shipbuilding industry, there are so many alternative and exotic designs, and everyone does not care about adding another one.

In fact, the history of the development of aircraft carriers in the Holy Roman Empire is some years old. It’s just that it has not become mainstream.

Prior to this, the aircraft carrier built was mainly based on carrying aircraft for reconnaissance intelligence, and it was not considered for combat at all.

There are many reasons, mainly in two major aspects. On the one hand, the performance of the aircraft this year has not kept up, and the hit rate when bombing moving targets is moving; on the other hand, the sea winds and waves are strong, and the aircraft carried are prone to collision.

With the advancement of science and technology, the aircraft has overcome the technical difficulties of dive bombing, the hit rate has been greatly improved, and the actual attack power has been greatly improved.

Although the issue of aircraft carrier resistance to wind and waves has not been completely resolved, it has also been greatly improved. Ten-level winds and waves can't stand it, but at least it won't sink in the face of eight- or nine-level winds and waves.

Technology can achieve this step, and it has full practical value. There are always very few severe weather with squally winds and waves. If you really encounter it, you can only think that you are unlucky.

In most of the time, aircraft carriers are able to exert combat effectiveness. As long as you don't go to the windy seas, the combat effectiveness of the combination of aircraft carrier and battleship should not be underestimated.

In contrast, the confidentiality of submarines is not so high. The whole world knows that Shinra has a submarine formation, but no one has ever known the specific scale.

The outside world does not really value this assassin hidden in the deep sea, or even ignores it.

On the one hand, because of the limited range of submarines, it is difficult to participate in the main naval battle; on the other hand, the seabed situation is complicated and inherently daunting.

In the past years, the two countries that spent a lot of money to develop submarines were mainly France and Austria. With the defeat of France, all these technologies fell into the hands of Shenluo.

Based on the principle of low-key and cautiousness, Shinra's submarine force has rarely appeared for a long time, and the impression left to the outside world has always been mysterious.

If it were not for the technological breakthroughs in the power system in recent years, and the submarine's cruising range has greatly increased, it is estimated that this mysterious force will continue to be mysterious.

Needless to say, the water cruising range is no worse than ordinary warships. The key is the underwater cruising range.

At present, the Sea Wolf equipped by the Shenluo Navy has an underwater cruising range of nearly one hundred nautical miles, and can stay underwater for a week.

Such data, compared with the near-infinite battery life of later generations, is naturally not worth mentioning for nuclear submarines that are only affected by the psychological factors of officers and soldiers.

But now, it is a qualitative breakthrough. Already possessed the actual combat effect, especially when used to attack merchant ships, it is never disadvantageous.

"Okay, I'll implement it later."

After a pause, Frederick asked: "It's just father, are our preparations really useful?"

It's no wonder that Frederick has doubts. The aircraft carriers and submarines that Franz has spent a lot of money to build are different from the mainstream of the contemporary navy.

There is no way. The combat effectiveness of aircraft carriers and submarines has not been proven in the military. Instead, battleships have crossed the ocean for many years.

If the money for the development of aircraft carriers and submarines is spent on battleships, the Shinra Navy can add more than a dozen capital ships.

Franz shook his head and said: "I don't know! But it is better to be prepared than not. The Royal Navy has such a great advantage, how can it surpass it without some new things?

You don’t know how closely the British are staring at us. It can be said that every additional capital ship will cause a storm. "

This is not a complete lie, Franz does not know whether these preparations will work.

If the Shenluo Navy is lucky enough, it will do a one-off turn in the decisive battle.

Royal Navy, these preparations are useless.

These preparations can only play a role if the final battle is lost. By attacking the British maritime trade lines, Britain's war potential was weakened.

Of course, these words fell into Frederick's ears and they were interpreted differently.

After all, it is not a traverser, and no one can accurately judge the future direction of the navy. The aircraft carrier and submarine that have not proven themselves in naval battles naturally cannot give people enough confidence.

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London

Although he had been mentally prepared, the news that the Tsarist government had decided to stand in line with Shinra made the atmosphere in the British government tense.

At this moment, Prime Minister Campbell's mood is just like the weather in London-"Looking out the window, there is smog."

Since ascending to the throne of prime minister, Campbell has sighed more times than in the past few decades combined.

"I don't know how much firewood, rice, oil, and salt are expensive if I'm not in charge; if you don't be prime minister, you don't know how bad the British Empire is."

In the eyes of the outside world, the British empire is so "rotten" in Campbell's eyes.

There is no way, too many people are concerned about the advantages of Britain; as the prime minister, Campbell can only care about the defects of this country.

It's not that Campbell is biased, it's mainly the responsibility. "Finding problems and then solving them" is the government's function in itself.

The main reason for thinking that Britain is "bad" is because Campbell found a problem but was unable to solve it.

In order to avoid the situation from continuing to deteriorate and to preserve Britain's world hegemony, he can only take the most extreme measure-war.

For a politician, making such a choice is undoubtedly a failure. But the reality is before our eyes, and Campbell cannot tolerate hesitating.

The curtain of the arms race has been opened, and the longer it drags on, the worse it will be for Britain.

"The situation in Europe has become clear. With the Russians standing in line, the neutrality movement we have fought will soon be shattered.

Next, we can only speed up the pace, or wait for Vienna to settle the European countries, we will have to fight the entire European continent.

Where is the progress of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Once a war breaks out, which countries will support us? "

The heavy voice told of Campbell's inner unrest.

The topic of war is too heavy, especially when it comes to a war with a big country, no one dares to take it lightly.

As the foreign secretary, Adam is even more depressed at this moment.

It is expected that the Russians will stand in line with Shenluo. After all, their division strategy is only halfway through, and they have not had time to break the relationship between Russia and Austria.

Even if it is to be held accountable, it stands to reason that the former should be held accountable, or the former. Because of their inaction, the Russian-Austrian League continued.

However, politics is cruel. Whether it is the predecessor, the former predecessor, or the former predecessor, they have all landed safely, and he is back with this scapegoat.

If it's just this, the problem is that the Russian squad brings a chain reaction, which directly affects the squad of various countries.

With so many pots smashed down together, no one can bear it on his body. Adam only feels that his life is "no bright future."

At this stage, Britain still has the hope of winning the war, but as Britain's foreign minister, Adam has absolutely no room to stand up.

Accidentally became the most unjust foreign minister of the British Empire, Adam now has regrets left.

Obviously, the letter of resignation was submitted long ago, but unfortunately the parliament did not approve it and just pressed him. Knowing it had come so soon, he had adopted extraordinary means.

Look at the former Secretary of the Army who proposed the war. He was injured when he fell a horse while patrolling the barracks a few days ago. Now he is a deputy on duty.

No matter how sad it is in my heart, work is still going on. Even if it was for the rest of his life to be stable, Adam had to let go and wash himself off with merit.

After adjusting his emotions, Adam slowly said: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has successively signed secret agreements with eight countries, including Japan, the United States of America, the Republic of Colombia, and Chile.

If necessary, we can form a coalition of nine nations to deal with the Austrians together.

In addition, we also have contacts with the Russian Empire, Spain, the Netherlands, the Nordic Federation and other countries.

Although we were not able to win them over, we still separated the feelings of nations and the Holy Roman Empire. At least it can be guaranteed that after a war breaks out, countries will not fully support the enemy. "

This result is obviously not satisfactory to everyone. But to achieve this step, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs really did its best.

Regardless of what you said, when making strategic choices, countries always give priority to "interests" and "strength."

Britain has the advantage of sea power, and naturally it has no disadvantages in its overseas diplomatic actions. However, there are also contradictions among overseas countries. Once one is drawn, one cannot be drawn to another.

Otherwise, even if the alliance is pulled up, it is also an alliance with many contradictions, and it is busy with internal friction every day.

When it comes to Europe, let alone, not to mention that they have a limited say in the mainland. There are people everywhere who have enemies with Britain.

Pulling the enemy to fight another enemy, such a **** operation, really can't be done by ordinary people.

Especially now that the enemy we are facing is also a diplomatic power with a wealth of experience in pulling allies, it is even more difficult to operate.

As an insider, Campbell will naturally not deliberately create difficulties at this time and undermine the unity of the leadership team.

He opened his mouth to ease the atmosphere and said: "The work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is still good, and this step is enough.

The next step is to look at the performance on the battlefield. As long as the navy can show its prestige in the early stages of the war, I believe European countries will choose again.

The holy Roman Empire threatened by force and threatened the unrighteous behaviors of various countries, and will eventually be punished by God..."

"Ding Ding Ding..."

Before Campbell finished speaking, the phone rang suddenly, and everyone's eyes were attracted.

You should know that the cabinet meeting is strictly confidential, and any disturbances such as messengers are forbidden during the meeting.

Unless there is a particularly important matter that needs to be contacted, outside staff can call the dedicated line on the desktop.

There is no doubt that such coincidences rarely happen, and even if there is an urgent matter, they will not wait for an hour.

So this dedicated line phone is almost a display, and it may not ring once a year.

It is precisely because this phone seldom rings, so every time the bell rings, it is accompanied by earth-shattering events.

Picking up the phone casually, Campbell's indifferent voice sounded: "This is Campbell, what can I say."

"Your Excellency, something happened in Africa..."

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