Chapter 372 The War of the Poor

Vienna, Foreign Minister Weisenberg said: "Although the Polish independence movement hit the Russians, it also ignited the flames of the European continent.

Affected by the success of the Polish uprising, revolutions broke out frequently in the European continent in the recent period, and a new wave of revolution has come.

Since January, uprisings have erupted in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Papal States, Spain, and Portugal, and regions such as Switzerland, France, and Ireland have also experienced chaos to varying degrees.

Most of these revolutionary organizations have recently returned to the European continent from the United States. The preliminary judgment is that the federal government has jumped over the wall. They have this motivation and strength.

The decisive battle that President Lincoln had high hopes for, because both sides could not afford to lose, chose to fight steadily, which directly turned this battle into a war of attrition.

The federal government, fearing that countries will continue to divide the United States, chose this time to create chaos on the European continent in order to distract governments.

It has long been no secret that Americans funded the Revolutionary Party, and their influence on the Revolutionary Party is self-evident. It's just that there was no major movement, and this layer of window paper has never been pierced.

Now that something has happened, it will not be long before all European countries will react. At that time, the Americans are likely to treat these revolutionary organizations as abandoned children in exchange for the understanding of other countries.

If people put enough pressure on it, they might even lose money. However, with such a disturbance, I am afraid that Britain, France and Spain will not be able to increase their investment in the United States in the short term.

With the alliance's strength in the Americas at this time, it is not a big problem to split the North and the South. This is the result of the southern government.

If you want to divide the United States again, you will not be able to. Independence of Indian territories allied with the South at most. However, this does not affect the strength of the federal government. After the split, they are still two middle powers.

In terms of development potential, both the northern government and the southern government have the potential to become a powerful country.

They have no real rivals in the Americas, and the division just delays them becoming a great power. As long as there is enough population, they can develop. "

The American Civil War took many Europeans by surprise. What was originally thought to be a farce in the American Civil War actually broke out with a war potential that shocked everyone.

If there is no split, the strength of the Americans is almost the same as that of Spain, and it is almost invincible to dominate a continent.

At a time when everyone was conspiring to tear the United States apart, the federal government, unwilling to fail, finally fought to the death, disrupting the deployment of all parties.

Prime Minister Felix added: "Not only is there chaos abroad, but there are also many people at home who can't stand it anymore and are starting to move.

These people are in a secret connection, and it is estimated that they will make a big news soon. In order to catch these people in one sweep, we did not scare the snakes.

When the Russian-Prussian War broke out, most of our energy was constrained by the affairs of the European continent. At this time, there were hidden dangers in China, and we were unable to increase investment in the Americas in the short term. "

This is using the conspiracy as a conspiracy. Even if the countries know that the Americans did it, they can't do anything about it now, and they don't even have to worry about the settlement in the autumn.

There are many internal contradictions in Spain, and now the prelude to the revolution has begun, and I don't know when it will be able to subside.

The Irish Independent Organization and the Revolutionary Party are making trouble, and the opposition parties are holding back, and the internal contradictions are enough to keep the London government busy for several years.

Not to mention France, with the style of Napoleon III, I am afraid that it will take the opportunity to penetrate into the southern Italian region, and France and Austria are likely to conflict for this.

Another Prussian-Russian war, and another possible French-Austrian conflict, Franz didn't have the guts to take risks at this time to find the Americans' bad luck.

By the time everyone calmed down, the American Civil War would have ended long ago. If nothing else happened, Lincoln would have been out of the country long ago, even if the countries had to settle their accounts after the fall, it would have nothing to do with him.

Fortunately, the troops of the northern government did not perform very well, and they failed to realize the strategy of quickly defeating the southern government. Otherwise, the strength of the countries in the Americas would not necessarily be able to force them to compromise.

Franz thought for a while and said: "The Italian issue can be postponed, and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies has not asked for help. Even if the French wanted to intervene, they would not dare to do so at this time.

Napoleon III is not stupid. The joint defense treaty between countries against them is still there. Now that they continue to expand their power, the anti-French alliance is not far away.

Now that there can be no problems interfering with the coalition forces, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should coordinate relations as soon as possible, and we cannot wait for the Americans to decide the winner and loser, lest there will be many dreams at night.

At this time, the North and the South have been weakened almost, and the splitting of the United States is the first. Now the British and our position are the same, and the London government must not dare to wait any longer. "

The situation in Europe is changing too fast, and the intervention of the coalition forces is likely to change. Against this background, it is extremely unwise to think about weakening the United States as much as possible.

It’s just a matter of the southern government winning the civil war. The plantation economy has limited potential for development. Unless it can monopolize the world’s food supply, it will never become a world power.

Obviously this is not possible, there are too many areas in the world suitable for growing food. American agriculture does have an advantage, but this advantage is not enough to form a monopoly.

All countries are not fools and will not give their lifeblood to the Americans. At least the exporting countries of agricultural products like Russia and Austria will not buy their grain.

Once the Northern government is victorious, the historical America will be repeated. Franz's layout in the Americas will at most delay the rise of the United States.

Even if there is no war on the European continent, after entering the 20th century, Americans will take the initiative to challenge the world

world order.

With the relationship between European countries, Franz does not think that everyone can cooperate sincerely. At least on the North American continent, everyone is happy to see the British jokes.

Perhaps the second unlucky person is Austria. Central America is now inconspicuous, and Alaska is not worth much. It will be different in a few decades.

The combined benefits of the two are limited to the British. But whether Yingao can suppress the Americans in North America, Franz is not sure.

After all, the social system of the United States does not have full certainty, and it is difficult for them to take strategic risks.

From the history, we know that after the end of the First World War, they had the strength to dominate the world, and they just endured the outbreak after the Second World War.

Domestic conflicts were directly ignored by Franz. The nets are all set, just waiting for the fish to take the bait. If there is still a problem, it means that his emperor has failed.

After this wave, the last obstacle to ethnic integration disappears. No matter how powerful nationalism is, it will take time to spread.

Even if there are survivors, after this wave, they dare to do things in secret, that is the real warrior.

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St. Petersburg, Alexander II's recent anger has become more and more exuberant, and the jars and pots in the palace have suffered.

The poor performance of the Russian army on the battlefield made him utterly disappointed. Fortunately, the Kingdom of Prussia did not undergo a smooth military reform in the early stage due to funding, and a reduced version of the reform was only completed before the outbreak of the war.

Overall, the two sides fought half a catty. This result was enough for the Berlin government, who were ready to drag the Russians to death.

With the backing of Britain and France, there is absolutely no need to risk a decisive battle with the Russians. If they go up to defeat the Russian army in a rash manner, the angered tsarist government will fight them to the end.

For the Russian Empire, the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops was the same thing. The Kingdom of Prussia is different, they really can't afford to lose.

The Russian army is no soft persimmon. As long as the commander does not make fatal strategic mistakes, the exchange ratio on the battlefield will not be too disparate.

The Near East War is an example. The field battle between the British and French forces and the Russians is usually 1.5:1. On the contrary, the situation of 3:1 and 4:1 frequently occurs during the defense.

If you really dare to go up, you will find that it is easy to defeat the enemy, but difficult to wipe out the enemy. In the era of no aircraft, tanks and machine guns, after leaving the fortress, it was almost inevitable for the infantry to encounter the cavalry on the plain.

The current situation is 546,000 Russian troops vs 328,000 Prussian troops + 231,000 Polish rebels.

"Who can tell me what battle is this?"

Looking at the angered tsar, everyone bowed their heads tacitly.

I thought I could easily win this war, but after more than a month of war, not only did the war not burn to the Kingdom of Prussia, but I was forced to withdraw from Poland.

Minister of the Army Nicholas Cage explained: "Your Majesty, Poland is full of gangs of rebels. When we are fighting the enemy, we have to allocate a large number of troops to transport strategic materials.

General Fitzroy chose to shrink the front line because the Warsaw area was not suitable as a battlefield. In order to avoid providing opportunities for the enemy, he decided to place the battlefield in East Prussia. "

Now there are guerrillas everywhere in the Warsaw area, and the Russians fighting here do not enjoy the advantages of local warfare, but are caught in the vast ocean of people's war.

From a military point of view, there is no problem in temporarily abandoning the Warsaw region and directly focusing on East Prussia.

Compared with the Polish insurgents, the Kingdom of Prussia is a serious problem. As long as the Prussians were defeated, the Polish insurgents would not last long at all.

Moreover, the Polish independence movement was launched by several revolutionary organizations, who could cooperate sincerely in the face of crisis, and once the Russian threat weakened, they would fall into infighting.

After the uprising broke out, in order to attract more people to join, the Polish interim government promised to grant free land and implement labor protection laws and other conditions.

These clauses seriously damaged the interests of capitalists and nobles, and they did not gain their approval, and the rebel army was divided from the beginning.

Verbal promises are enough. If these conditions are to be fulfilled, the insurgent army is bound to have an infighting. No matter which faction wins, the strength of the insurgent army will be greatly weakened.

If the proletarian faction fails, these conditions cannot be fulfilled, and the morale of the insurgent army will be demoralized immediately; if the nobles and capitalists fail, the tsarist government will have a leading party.

This is a correct choice militarily, but a political failure. The conservative aristocracy in the country kept jumping up and down, causing trouble for Alexander II, and attributed the defeat on the battlefield to reform.

Alexander II was not a fool who blindly pursued political victory. He knew very well that temporary gains and losses were nothing, and the final result of the war was the key.

"Humph! Tell General Fitzroy, no matter what the price he pays, I must burn the war into the kingdom of Prussia as soon as possible.

If the large force cannot break through the enemy's line of defense, send a small force in to make trouble and reduce the enemy's war potential as much as possible.

The Prussians were supported by Britain and France and wanted to prolong the war, and we cannot give them this chance. "

The war of the poor can only be resolved quickly. As long as the war dragged on, it was a defeat for the tsarist government.

Because of this war, Alexander II had to suspend the next reform plan and make every effort to

to raise funds for the war.

The early defeats of the Russian army were largely caused by lack of money. Fighting against the enemy in the Warsaw area, the loss of material in transit was too great for the tsarist government to bear.

Fitzroy abandoned the Warsaw area under pressure because of logistical problems. The government is short of money and the strategic materials it has prepared are limited. Once it is lost in transit, it will be difficult for the next batch to arrive in time.

Fitzroy had to make the decision after hints from various government departments. Alexander II was very clear about these things, but he could not stop him if he knew it.

The funds raised by the tsarist government are less than half of the funds raised before the war in the Near East, and it is very difficult to keep the war going.