v3 Chapter 406： The British Empire that turned against Russia

Although there are always victorious generals in the world, there has never been an empire that has been undefeated for ten thousand years.

And countries in the world are divided into global superpowers, regional powers, medium powers and small countries. There are even many city-states in Europe. Each country covets its own status, but often, the end result is like a wild cloud of smoke. falling apart.

The situation in Europe is currently stable, especially after the annexation of the German Confederation by the Kingdom of Prussia, and the surrounding countries became wary of it.

On June 25, 1868, just as the Netherlands was planning to set up the Americas, an unexpected news came, and some people were happy and some were worried.

It turned out that as early as a month ago, the Ottoman Empire sent a delegation to visit St. Petersburg. After many rounds of discussions, the two countries finally agreed to an armistice between the two countries. The eastern border between the two countries between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea was determined. The mountains are the borders. In fact, the Ottoman Empire is equivalent to withdrawing to the south, making concessions to the Russian Empire.

In the west, the Russian Empire originally occupied the northern part of Bulgaria. After the Ottoman Empire expressed its firmness in St. Petersburg and did not retreat, the Ottoman Empire finally expressed its position to exchange the northern territory of the Greater Caucasus Mountains in the east. The Russian Empire finally agreed to withdraw from the Bulgarian occupation. In the northern part, the Ottoman Empire recognized the status of the Russian Empire in Romania.

So far, the two countries have secretly completed the peace negotiations, and only after the results came out, people around the world knew that this confidentiality agreement was done too well. So much so that the British Empire, the largest stakeholder, stood up against the agreement for the first time.

"I don't know why Constantinople signed such an agreement with St. Petersburg without the participation of our British Empire, but I have stated in advance that the British government will not easily give up our vested interests, let alone give up our principle, and I hope that the interests of the British Empire should not be undermined by all parties, especially without the British Empire’s knowledge.”

British Empire Foreign Secretary Russell solemnly expressed the British view in London. Literally, it is clear that this veteran British diplomatic helm is obviously dissatisfied.

Many people shook their heads secretly.

The Tsarist Empire has always been considered Britain's number one balancer, for decades and hundreds of years. Although the Ottoman Empire is not weak at present, the Ottoman Empire has always been exaggerating the threat of the Tsarist Russia Empire, so it bound the Ottoman Empire in the southeastern part of Europe to help the United Kingdom defend the passage of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Tsarist Russia Empire to the south.

Especially the latter, the United Kingdom is strictly guarding against it. Austria-Hungary is currently suppressed by Prussia and cannot move, but the Tsarist Russia Empire has no such means of containment. Therefore, the status of the Ottoman Empire is very special. Even in recent years, the United Kingdom has In order to win over the Ottoman Empire, they paid a lot of price. The supply of guns alone exceeded 200,000 pairs of guns, ammunition, and ammunition.

At this time, the Ottoman Empire secretly "dated" with the Tsarist Empire behind the back of Britain. The problem was that they also talked about the effect of "love", which was unacceptable to the United Kingdom.

So he immediately put pressure on the Ottoman Empire, intending to make the Ottoman Empire retreat on this issue.

However, no one would take it lightly. The Ottoman Empire would thus "complete" Britain.

Sure enough, it wasn't long before Constantinople came forward to accuse Britain of being wrong and that the Ottoman Empire was a great power. There is no such thing as a so-called diplomacy behind someone's back. They are sovereign states and have the task of improving the surrounding environment of the Ottoman Empire to develop the economy, rather than becoming a source of crisis.

"We are grateful for the UK's help over the years, and sincerely hope that the two countries can continue the previous relationship, but at the same time, we hope that in this atmosphere, we can speak freely and frankly and do things that are in the interests of our own country. Of course, our agreement with the Tsarist Empire obviously does not mean to harm our ally, the United Kingdom, really not."

After Constantinople, St. Petersburg also made a neat rebuttal to the words of British Foreign Secretary Russell. 'And because the relationship between the two countries is not oil friendly, the attitude of the Tsarist Empire is not as friendly as that of Constantinople.

"The British Empire is arguably the most domineering country in all of the world, and it seems to want all the countries of the world to be her slaves, just through warships at sea, and what we don't understand is that Britain's confidence comes from there, despite their recent I have suffered a lot of defeats in many places, but the style remains the same. I will not say anything about meddling in the politics of other countries in my own way. Even the independent foreign policy of each country has so-called 'negotiations'. This is so grand. What makes us dissatisfied is that the object of this British 'negotiation' is the Tsarist Russia i Empire. We will not agree with the British view on this Especially in the two countries of the Tsarist Russia Empire and the Ottoman Empire The accusations in front of a powerful country are even less worth mentioning.”

The attitude of the Tsarist Russian Empire made the British Empire annoyed, but it couldn't be the same as Tsarist Russia, a strong navy and a land power, and that half of the territory was at the junction, and the coastal part was more than More than half of them are on the coast of the Arctic. No matter how powerful the British warships are, it is difficult for them to disrupt the Tsarist Russian Empire there. Moreover, don’t forget that although the Tsarist Russian Empire’s navy is currently one rank behind, it was announced by William IV that the Far East Navy is not weaker than that. The local "insider information" was squeezed to the fourth place after Britain, France and the Netherlands. However, it was only less than three-fifths of that of the United Kingdom, but the United Kingdom was not willing to fight against the Russian Empire in a naval battle in the Arctic Ocean. The position of the super navy empire will likely be removed as a result.

If countries such as the Netherlands and France, who are eyeing the latter, will take the opportunity to rise, it will be even more of a loss.

Therefore, in the end, the United Kingdom just casually summoned the head of the Russian embassy in the United Kingdom to negotiate in London, and let it go.

In this regard, William IV smiled.

This is the confidence of a big country with a large population and a broad depth. The United Kingdom has nothing to do with the Tsarist Empire. In fact, the United Kingdom has always been unable to do anything about Russia. Almost both countries began to rise slowly in the 17th century, and almost all in the 18th century. The transformation of a medium-sized country or even a large country was completed within a hundred years, and in the 19th century, the two countries became a maritime superpower and a land-based superpower after the expansion of the land superpower.

From the previous non-interference to the present, the two countries seem to have been in a tug-of-war. Even in the 21st century, almost the United Kingdom dislikes Russia the most. The United Kingdom almost always rebels against Russia, and it is still the one at the forefront.