v3 Chapter 210： The Awakening of Emperor Joseph I of Austria

The war between the two sides in southern North America has intensified recently, which has attracted worldwide attention.

The Northern Commonwealth's anti-importation of British goods, and the embarrassed British blockade of the east coast of the United States, the two countries staged a confrontation between warships at sea.

On September 10, 1865, the United Kingdom was annoyed at the huge losses in the Battle of Richmond, so it dispatched the Atlantic Fleet to dispatch a large number of warships to execute the blockade of the east coast ports of the Northern Commonwealth of the United States from London and curb the industrial exports of the Northern Commonwealth. , intending to retaliate for the great damage done to Britain.

On this day, as usual, the British first-class sailing battleship HMS London, under the **** of other battleships, continued to conduct blockade-like patrols outside the San Francisco port in the United States.

This time the leader of the team, Major General George.

He was looking at New York City on the far shore in regret.

"Major General George, our mission this time is to really take a look?"

A colonel, who was also on the deck, said dissatisfiedly to George: "Instead of this, we might as well go directly to the Mediterranean Sea and participate in the war against Russia in the Near East."

Hearing this, George was also very helpless.

In fact, he was reluctant to accept the mission this time. Although the navy of the Northern Commonwealth State was not weak, and its tonnage was almost half that of the United Kingdom, it was still not enough in front of the United Kingdom.

And now because of the British blockade, they all went to the port.

Originally, George did not need to come to the west coast of North America. He led a fleet of 1 first-class sail battleship, 3 second-class sail battleships, and 7 sixth- and seventh-class sail battleships. The mission was to support the Mediterranean Sea and The Ottoman navy in the Black Sea is facing difficulties, suppressing the Russian naval power in the Mediterranean.

However, after the Northern Commonwealth of North America blocked the east coast of the United Kingdom, British intelligence ships detected that they were conducting industrial trade and maritime trade on the west coast of the eastern Pacific Ocean.

That's okay. What the UK wants is to completely blockade the Commonwealth of Millikin at sea. How could they be allowed to play the game where the East does not shine and the West shines?

So they approached the principle and transferred them, who had just been allocated from the Indian Ocean Fleet to support the Mediterranean Fleet, to the east coast of the Pacific Ocean.

Hence the present task.

The helplessness of the two represents the new life of everyone in the entire squadron.

"Major General, I understand why the London government has not told us to invade the Far East of the Netherlands with such a huge fleet. I heard that their fleet will not be much larger than ours. If we pull the Indian Ocean fleet again. Come to a few, I believe it is easy to win there.

I really don't understand what's going on in London? It’s better now, fighting for the Confederate States of the South, with heavy losses, I think it’s hard to come to Viscount Palmerston right now.”

Major General George glared at his direct subordinates, feeling a little dissatisfied.

It's really unpleasant to watch other people make achievements and make a career, but they are sent to this place where they don't shit.

His subordinate said: "I heard that the Alexander Islands in the north of our Canadian side now belong to the Netherlands, do you want to?"

George said angrily, "what do you want?"

"Major General, do you want us to take him down, or even take down the entire Alaska? The Dutch should not dare to resist. You know what they know, it's useless to resist."

Is it really useless?

Major General George was heartbroken.

However, he did not listen to his subordinate's advice, because he understood that as a soldier, it is his job to execute military orders and complete tasks, but after completing this task, if he goes north or south to the Hawaiian Islands, it will be another matter. Forget it.

When he thought of the geographical location of the Hawaiian Islands, and the picture of the Dutch fleet, which had lost a head in front of him, needing to give way to his own fleet, George was full of pride.

"Tell everyone to continue the boring blockade, and other things will be discussed later"

His subordinate nodded helplessly.

However, he did think about waiting for the other battleships next door to fight them with golden flowers. This day is too boring.

The conversation between the two on deck ended. However, they didn't see that the sea in the area they belonged to had become much darker, and if they looked closely, they could see a sea of ​​cigars the size of whales living and swimming in the sea.

In fact, even if they saw it, it was just a group of whales in this sea area where whales often haunt, and they didn't care.

But this is the point of not caring, but it brings disaster to them.

On September 10, 1865, William Sherman, the deputy commander-in-chief of the U.S. Northern Commonwealth, led an army of 80,000 troops along the Mississippi River in the event of a victory in the East Richmond War. , With the southern garrison caught off guard, he made a quick shot and captured Memphis on the east bank of the Northwest River of Missy, Tennessee, which had a garrison of 30,000 troops at a cost of less than 3,000 troops.

After losing more than 10,000 people in the south, some of them were evacuated east to Shiloh City.

Others were evacuated down the Mississippi River to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Just as General Sherman was rhythmically laying down the territory of the South in the Midwest in the west, the British did not dare to be laughed at for this, so on the second day after the news came out, they sent 50,000 troops to support here from the mainland, And the place of landing is Louisiana.

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The Tsarist Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire were constantly at war in Bulgaria. Although Austria said that it supported the Ottoman Empire with the United Kingdom, Joseph I was very cautious in his actions and did not shoot the first shot at will.

Because he was afraid that the wrath of Alexander II would suddenly be transferred from the Ottoman Empire to their Austria.

Therefore, this support is said and done, and it is necessary to think about how to start, in order to maximize the interests of Austria.

"Your Majesty, I think we can support the Ottoman Empire with weapons." Foreign Minister Reichberg suggested: "If we send troops, the Tsarist Empire may target us.

Sultan Abdul Aziz I of the Ottoman Empire might really breathe a sigh of relief, thanking us for taking over the war.”

After hearing this, Archduke Rainer Ferdinand, the Prime Minister, frowned and retorted: "This is definitely not going to work, because the Ottoman Empire has no shortage of weapons, and everyone knows that Britain's productivity ranks first in the world, and Britain sells weapons. is what they want most.

If we just give weapons to the Ottomans, not only will we not get the gratitude of the Ottoman Empire, but we will hate the British because it will destroy their chances of making money. Moreover, providing weapons will have little effect on the Russian Empire's invasion of the Balkans. "

"Then tell me, what should we do?" Joseph I was very upset. Suddenly, he was definitely in a better position a few years ago. At that time, Austria could bring a vote of small and medium-sized German countries to the German Confederation Parliament. In a number of positions, they coerced Prussia to make an attitude towards other European powers, so that no countries dared to point fingers at Austria at will.

Now, the followers of Austria are almost disappearing, and these things happened in just one year in the past.

Joseph I was naturally not stupid. When he looked back now, he realized that the Bismarck government used the territory of Schleswig as a bait to guide the Austrian Empire step by step to get rid of its allies in small countries, all the way to the dark.

Especially when they invaded Saxony, an ally that often cooperated with Austria in parliament, and Hannover, an Austrian pseudo-ally Prussian who was regarded as a thorn in the eye by Prussia, Austria was sitting on the wall without solidarity. Chilled.

"In the end, it's your own fault"

In my heart, I sighed that I was greedy for a while, but it actually led to the current consequences.

At the same time, he also secretly hated Bismarck's despicableness.

Therefore, this time Austria must take advantage of the crisis in the Balkans to improve its relationship with the United Kingdom, so that it can effectively check and balance the already large Kingdom of Prussia.

Only in this way can Austria continue to maintain a balance, and the balance with Prussia can continue.

This is also his psychology to capture what the British most want to see.

So he said fiercely: "After ordering the army in the southeast to communicate with the Ottoman Empire, we will support the Ottoman Empire's 30,000 troops from Belgrande, the capital of the Serbian principality of the Ottoman Empire. We will help them defend Serbia."

When Reina heard the words, they both agreed.

Serbia is in the south of Hungary. If it is occupied by the Tsarist Russia, it will be a threatening contest for Hungary, because it will cause Hungary to face the Tsarist Empire in the east and south, in addition to the west and north. Instead of being passive, it would be better to ask for assistance in defending Serbia, and to test whether the Tsarist Russian Empire would take into account the Austrian Empire.

It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

If the Russian Empire attacks, then for Austria, Hungary and Austria in the east need to strengthen their defenses, and a full-scale war may be about to start.

So, the three rulers of Vienna made this decision.

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Amsterdam, inside the Royal Palace.

William IV looked at the map spread on the table, but the pen in his hand was a sign that quickly drew circles.

Even Queen Alexandra, who had a big belly, approached and didn't notice it.

Alexandra walked behind him and gently rubbed his shoulders. As soon as this technique appeared, William IV, who was stunned at first, was startled and tensed, but he showed a smile. .

"Why are you running here if you don't rest?"

Although dissatisfied, but in the words, it shows doting.

Pulled her into his arms.

William IV is more than 1.85 meters tall, but the height of the Dutch is a bar.

And the pedigree of tall Danes also makes Alexandra more than 1.7 meters tall.

Therefore, the combination of these two tall people, no one would think that their descendants would become shorter in height.

"If you lie down too much, your body will collapse. The doctor recommends walking around more."

Alexandra saw that the frown on William IV's face had not disappeared. So after helping him heal, he asked, "What's wrong?"

William IV pointed to the map and said, "The world is in chaos now, am I not looking for a location for the Netherlands?"

Location?