Chapter 1112 The Bloody Case Caused by a Cow

At the same time that the British government received the news, the Vienna government also received an emergency telegram from Africa - the outbreak of the conflict between Britain and Austria in South Africa.

According to the telegram, the cause of the incident was: the head of the house of Viscount Aguirre, the South African lord of Shinra, was grazing in the border area and was killed by the British farmer Jorge on the opposite side.

The negotiation for the claim failed, and the angry Viscount Aguirre led people over to loot the other party's farm, and killed a few unlucky people by the way.

It's not surprising that in the colony where the weak eat the weak, similar episodes have long been common.

Colonists these days are all desperados. It is a basic operation to start work if they disagree. The fief aristocrats of Shinra are also violent, and they are all killed on the battlefield. Whoever counsels is the grandson.

Especially when there is a dispute of interests between the two sides, it is even more unbearable. Since we can't reach an agreement, we should follow the colonial rules - force settlement.

Originally, this was nothing. Killing someone in a colonial conflict had long been commonplace in the colony.

It's just that Viscount Aguirre's luck was not good. On the way to retreat, he encountered the British army who came after hearing the news, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.

With his rich combat experience, Aguirre successfully made a bloody path, but his identity was still exposed.

Everyone has always done this kind of thing secretly, as long as no evidence is caught, no one will lift the lid.

It's different now. The British have confirmed the identity of Viscount Aguirre, which is unbearable.

It is naturally impossible to make friends. Shinra is an African hegemon, so naturally he will not care about the protests of the British.

I don't know if it was dynamite or what was going on. After the communication failed, the British army chose a sunny day to send troops to attack the territory of Viscount Aguirre.

According to the British, this is to catch the murderer. Obviously, the Shinra side will naturally not buy this statement.

Viscount Aguirre was not alone. After the territory was attacked by the British army, the surrounding nobles immediately mobilized to send troops to rescue.

After defeating the invading British army, Viscount Aguirre, who felt humiliated, discussed with the noble lord who came to help, and decided to ask the British for an explanation.

Then, everyone started to call friends. After half a month, a coalition army of more than 10,000 people gathered and smashed to the Cape of Good Hope.

At this point, the incident has gone far beyond the boundaries of "armed conflict", and it is obviously more appropriate to use war to describe it.

Shinra's aristocratic private army and the British colonial government fought together. Everyone knew that the matter was serious, and both sides couldn't hide it. They could only let the country come forward to solve it.

It is not because the South African Governor's Office is so slow to respond, nor is it deliberately concealed, it is mainly caused by the characteristics of the times.

With the advent of the colonial era, colonial conflicts became commonplace. Take the Holy Roman Empire as an example. On average, there are more than three-digit disputes with neighbors every year.

As small as a quarrel, or as big as a battle.

In this context, if the central government is required to intervene in every conflict, it is estimated that the Vienna government will not have to do anything, and will be busy with the aftermath every day.

In order to improve administrative efficiency, Franz can only redefine the colonial conflict according to the actual situation.

Anything that doesn't start is ignored, and the local government will handle it by itself, and there is no need to report it.

In the event of an armed conflict, but the number of participants is less than 1,000, and the number of casualties is less than 100, the result is to be reported directly.

Anything that requires the Vienna government to intervene in person must be a large-scale conflict. The central government will only intervene if the local government is really unable to handle it.

It is because of these restrictions that incidents of conflict have been delayed until now.

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Prime Minister Chandler: "The above is the general incident. From the overall analysis of the incident, Viscount Aguirre's excessive performance is the main reason for the outbreak of this conflict.

However, there is a reason for this. Viscount Aguirre is only trying to protect the sanctity of private property. Although the method is a bit extreme, it is understandable to deal with robbers.

If it hadn't been for the British army to invade the border without authorization, which intensified the contradiction, there would not have been a large-scale military conflict that followed.

The government believes that the British bear the main responsibility for the conflict. The counterattack of the noble coalition is only to safeguard the national sovereignty and security. "

It can be seen that Chandler is evading the key points, pushing four, five or six. But politics has always been about pros and cons, black and white.

Not to mention that the noble coalition has just sent troops to retaliate. Even if the Cape of Good Hope has been won, the Vienna government will throw the blame on the British.

The responsibility for the war belongs to the British, and naturally there is no need to pursue it within Shinra. Moreover, the current definition of war is not accurate.

From the beginning to the end, the Vienna government did not participate in it. It was just an ordinary civil conflict. What about war?

Although the scale of conflict is a little bigger, conflict is always just conflict, and war is two concepts.

If you look through the history books of the Holy Roman Empire, you can see that in the past few hundred years, there have been a lot of vassals and foreign PKs, but very few of them have involved the central government.

Not only the Holy Roman Empire, but all European countries have had a similar history. The private confrontation of nobles is not equal to war between countries, but can only be regarded as a folk "friendship match".

There are only 10,000 accounts involved in the conflict now. Believe it or not, in a few months, the number of participants can be increased tenfold?

I can see that Prime Minister Chandler has made up his mind, as long as I don't admit it's a war.

It is civil armed conflict.

As for the opinion of the British government, it can take revenge on its own. It's really annoying, it's okay to declare war directly, and the Vienna government will take it all.

In a sense, this is also the British's own pot. It is tempting to keep a colony of tens of thousands of square kilometers in South Africa. If only a port city is left, the nobles will definitely not have such great enthusiasm.

After all, according to the national conditions of the Holy Roman Empire, important ports and big cities were brought under the central government, while other areas were classified as enfeoffments.

Although it can't be said that whoever wins the land belongs to whoever, it is necessary to take the most fertile piece of cake.

War is a golden beast. If there are not enough incentives, even if all the surrounding relatives are relatives, it is impossible to have such a high efficiency.

It was already coveted by people, but now there is a ready-made excuse to send it to the door, how can it be unreasonable?

The cause of the incident?

Noble Allied Forces: "Sorry, we only saw the British invasion. The troops were sent to defend the homeland and the country, and now they are just chasing the incoming enemy.

As long as the British South African government handed over all the participants, held the relevant responsible persons accountable, and compensated for the losses.

Regrettably, what happened in the past is only one side of the colonial government's words. Based on the integrity of your government, we have every reason to not believe it. "

In short, an uninformed, all responsibility has nothing to do with them. Not only is he irresponsible, but he is a hero who fights the invaders and defends the home and the country.

At least from the standpoint of the Vienna government, it must be defined as such. Regardless of the thousands of reasons and causal factors for the British, it is the original sin of the British army to enter the country without authorization.

At this point, it is obviously impossible to stop. The front line is fighting, even if it is called off now, it is too late.

Besides, given the current international situation, the whole world knew that there would be a war between Shinra and Britain in the near future.

Start a few months earlier, or start a few months later, in fact, there is no essential difference.

At this point, aside from arguing about the cause and effect, it has no practical significance. In any case, they are all throwing the blame on each other, and in the end, the loser bears the full responsibility.

As soon as the words fell, the Minister of War Feslav said indignantly: "Your Majesty, the British army dared to enter without authorization, obviously they did not take the empire seriously, we must give them a head-on attack."

Although the war against Britain was no longer the army, the main force of the colonies was still the army!

Despite the fact that the navy and air force have developed well in recent years, in the colonial movement, they were all little brothers who played soy sauce.

Looking at all the wars in the past few decades, we know that all of them were fought by the army. In this context, most of the nobles under the military meritocratic system naturally came from the army.

Even if it is reduced to a supporting role this time, when it comes to grabbing territory, the main force is still the army.

No one can say for sure about war. If the naval battle is lost, the army will eventually turn things around.

Although it was not said, it can be seen from the actual actions that the army is not optimistic that the Shinra Navy can win.

In response to the adverse effects of the Navy's defeat, the War Department even developed a "plan to turn the sky away."

The content is very simple and rude. The main force sent troops from the Middle East to go all the way to India through Persia, and the division started from Malaysia and attacked India through the Indo-China Peninsula.

To sum it up: take India and knock Britain out of the dust.

As for the turf competition on the African continent, it can only be regarded as a daily concoction, far from being a main dish.

The plan has been made, and the prerequisite for its implementation is naturally: Shinra goes to war with Britain.

Regardless of whether the Vienna government is now focusing on developing the navy, as long as the war breaks out, the only goal to pursue is victory.

As long as the army can win India, then the first hero of the war, the navy and the air force can only obediently follow behind and be younger brothers.

The plan of the army, the Vienna government is naturally clear. Although there is no full support, but there is one more choice, no one can refuse, and the resources invested are still not few.

The main reason is that everyone lacks confidence in the navy and has too much confidence in the army.

Although the army plans to face the same dilemma; but everyone believes that as long as they are willing to invest, they can always be beaten.

Air Force Minister Conrad echoed: "The marshal is right, we must give the enemy a head-on attack. The era of the British is over, now it's our turn to perform."

The Army wants war, and the Air Force wants war even more. As the youngest member of the military, the Shinra Air Force faces the same predicament as the Navy—a lack of record.

The army is a place where the strong are admired. To prove your strength, you can only perform on the battlefield.

In contrast, the Air Force has more confidence. Although it was born late and participated in few wars, the enemies it faced were even more rookie.

The Shinra Air Force still has experience in bombing and flying airships, but the British Air Force is the naked and tender newcomer.

What's more, Shinra's aviation industry started earlier, and its industrial strength is much stronger than that of the British, which is reflected in the military's superior performance of fighters.

With so many advantages, as long as it doesn't kill itself, the Air Force has absolutely no use for failure.

In contrast, the Navy is much more tragic. Although the focus of obtaining government resources is tilted, it is still overwhelmed by the Royal Navy.

Both the army and the air force are number one in the world and have the strength to outshine the others, but the navy can only rank

second.

Before the new dozen or so capital ships were commissioned, the navy did not challenge the strength of the Royal Navy at all.

It's a pity that time waits for no one. The situation has reached this stage, and it is impossible to wait for the navy to be ready to go to war. At least the British on the opposite side are not willing to wait.

Seeing that his colleagues were clamoring for war, the Minister of the Navy Castagni could only bite the bullet: "The Navy is ready, and once the war breaks out, we will use the tactics of breaking the engagement and harass the enemy. sea ​​trade line.

After the new warships are commissioned, we will go out to sea and fight the British to break the sea hegemony of the Royal Navy. "

There was no other way, and at the last moment, I was still discouraged. Originally, Castagni wanted to shout a few loud slogans, but seeing the scrutiny in the eyes of everyone, he chose to tell the truth.

Fortunately, Castagni stopped in time. If he clamored for a decisive battle with the Royal Navy immediately, it is estimated that everyone would be completely cold.

The most important thing is to have self-knowledge, and the army is no exception. It's not scary to beat the enemy, but the most scary thing is that you don't have self-knowledge.

Especially for high-level government officials, a single decision may affect the country's fortunes for decades to come. Accurate self-recognition is the most important thing.

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Glancing at everyone, Franz said calmly: "The navy and air force immediately launched the first-level strategic mobilization, the army launched the second-level tactical mobilization, and all government departments did a good job of coordination and cooperation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested to the British government, condemning the shameless act of the British army entering the country illegally to attack civilians, and ordering the British government to hand over the murderer;

The departments stationed abroad have started the evacuation work. Except for the intelligence department, other agencies in Britain and its allies will try to evacuate all within two months.

The evacuation operation is carried out simultaneously with the British, and can be packaged to neutral countries when necessary.

On the grounds that the international situation is tense, the customs has strengthened the review of the export of strategic materials to ensure that materials do not flow to the British Isles as much as possible.

The domestic economy has shifted to wartime, and the focus of resources is on the manufacture of warships and aircraft. The General Staff will determine the combat plan as soon as possible.

Order the colonial governments around the world to activate a full-scale wartime system and give up some territories when necessary.

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