Chapter 722

The Vienna Conference is still going on, and the refugee issue, which should have received much attention, has been subconsciously ignored by everyone.

The Russian representative did not mention it, the Prussian representative pretended to be stupid, and no one asked for help. The international community naturally regarded the matter as over.

I don't know where it started, but the main task of the troops on the border between Prussia and Russia changed from fighting to suppressing refugee riots.

Since April, the number of refugees fleeing to Austria has dropped sharply, and by May almost no border crossings have occurred.

What happened during this period, Franz did not know and did not dare to ask.

According to estimates collected by the Vienna government, the Russo-Prussian War resulted in at least four million deaths and over six million displaced.

Including local troops and guerrillas, the Prussian army killed about 1.768 million and disabled 382,000; the Russian army died about 1.433 million and was disabled 671,000; the direct civilian casualties were about 800,000, most of which were in the Commonwealth.

It is not surprising that the battle losses between Prussia and Russia were so close, a large part of which was contributed by Polish local troops and partisans.

Bandits and bandits may also be counted. There is no way to distinguish this thing. The Russian army counts all the resistance armed forces.

After abandoning the Warsaw area, Poland became an enemy war zone. Naturally, there was no such thing as a disabled person. The Russians would not rescue the wounded of the enemy.

Simply calculating the kingdom of Prussia, the number of dead should be around 566,000, plus 382,000 disabled people, approaching the million mark, plus civilian casualties, it has passed.

With a population base of more than 10 million in the Kingdom of Prussia, this war has wiped out a generation of them. Because of the massive loss of young people and the sharp decline in the labor force, the development of the Kingdom of Prussia after the war was not optimistic.

In comparison, the Russian Empire was much better. Although they also suffered heavy casualties, compared to the Russian Empire's population base of 80 million, the losses on the battlefield were less than 3 percent.

In theory, the loss of this part of the labor force can be made up in the next five to ten years.

Of course, the account cannot be calculated in this way. The large losses of young and strong will also affect future population growth. This is a persistent problem.

In war, it is always the civilians who suffer the most, and this time is no exception. Because of the Russian scorched earth program, an additional number of refugees was added.

Just because six million people are displaced, doesn't mean they're all refugees.

Those with better economic conditions have taken refuge in other countries early, and this group of people may be at least less than 100,000.

Another about 200,000 people passed the Austrian immigration application and settled in the colonies.

Before the fall of Warsaw, the Berlin government was still helping refugees, and some of the lucky ones found jobs and built new homes.

The number of these people is about 300,000, and most of them are Rhineland immigrants resettled by the Berlin government. They have skills and strong survival ability.

Apart from these people, the rest are genuine refugees.

When this 5.4 million is a theoretical figure, it is definitely not that many in reality. Many frail and sickly people met God at the beginning of their escape, and the most they could escape would be 4.78 million.

Before and after the outbreak of the Russian-Prussian War, Austria received a total of 1.436 million refugees. According to the current situation, it is difficult to exceed 1.5 million.

The protests of the Vienna government played a role. Prussia and Prussia did not have the courage to drive the refugees over. Franz's most feared refugee flow did not occur.

It has been more than four months since the refugee crisis broke out. After so long without relief, there are actually not many left.

This means that the death toll caused by the refugee crisis directly exceeds the combined death toll of Prussia and Russia.

It's not ignorant, but I was startled. Adding up all the data, the direct population loss caused by the Prussian-Russian war exceeded 8 million, and the indirect population loss was even more than 10 million.

There are 15 countries in the world with a population of more than 8 million. There are only 15 countries on the European continent: Austria, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, the West, Germany, Prussia, and the Nordic Commonwealth.

Among them, the Nordic Federation has a population of only 8 million, and the German Federal Empire has a population of only more than 13 million. It is unknown whether the Kingdom of Prussia can maintain a population of 8 million after the war.

Needless to say, this kind of shocking data must be released. If we don't let everyone know the horror of war, how can we appreciate the value of peace?

Looking at this rich statistical table, Prime Minister Wesenberg sighed: "The Russian-Prussian War is the pinnacle of human warfare. After this campaign, the era of the Continental War is over!"

Looking at the cautious Prime Minister, Franz doubted that he was frightened, otherwise how could he come to this conclusion?

Glancing at the crowd, Franz found helplessly that he, the emperor, did not respond, and everyone else was immersed in the big data of "eight million deaths".

Looking at the expressions of everyone, Franz was very suspicious that after the release of this data, an anti-war wave would break out in Europe.

Especially for many small countries, whose total population is less than 8 million, what can they use to fill the bottomless pit of war?

Franz interrupted: "Okay, everyone. No matter how much the losses in the Russian-Prussian War may be, we shouldn't have to worry about it.

Whether a war will break out on the European continent is still up to time to verify. Now we need to think about the next international changes.

The brutality of the war has exceeded our previous expectations, and the impact has also exceeded expectations

, and now it has to be re-planned. "

No way, international politics is so changeable, it is impossible to follow the plan. The international situation has changed. If you don't keep up with it immediately, you will be doomed to be eliminated.

After a pause, Foreign Minister Weisenberg said: "Your Majesty, the Russian-Prussian war has made everyone aware of the cruelty of war, and everyone will be more cautious when making decisions in the future.

Under normal circumstances, everyone will deliberately avoid launching wars on the European continent, and future international competition will gradually shift from the European continent to overseas.

The world has almost been divided up, and the competition for overseas colonies and markets will probably become unprecedentedly fierce. "

This is an inevitable result. The cost of launching a war on the European continent is too high, and it is easy to cause public anger if you are not careful.

For details, please refer to the Prussian-Russian War. The tsarist government finally won the war, and the spoils it harvested were not enough to make up for half of the war losses.

In this context, unless it is necessary, everyone will definitely avoid the outbreak of war.

In a sense, the Russian-Prussian War also increased Austria's international influence. The Russians killed the Pubo Federation by relying on human sea tactics, which refreshed everyone's three views.

Before that, in the outbreak of the European war, it was always only necessary to consider whether there was money or not. Now it is different, and everyone must also consider whether there is anyone.

As the scale of the war becomes larger, the traditional idea of ​​having soldiers with money has been eliminated by the times.

In terms of number, Russia and Austria are undoubtedly in the first grade, and after the overseas territories, Austria's war potential is still higher than that of the Russian Empire.

It is followed by Grand France, with a total population of nearly 60 million, leaving other countries far behind.

The Russians have proved their strength with numbers and are firmly seated as the fourth most powerful country on the European continent. The political structure of the three major European countries has a tendency to develop towards the four major countries.

On the ocean, the Royal Navy has a very stable pattern of one superpower and two superpowers. Britain's maritime hegemony is as stable as Mount Tai, and the two pursuers of Fao can only watch from behind.

On land, France and Austria stood side by side, followed by the Russians.

Before the Russian-Prussian War, everyone agreed that the French Army was more powerful, but now the ideology has been impacted, and the views have also changed.

The French Army's record is even more brilliant, but Austria can break out in more numbers and stronger comprehensive national strength, giving people a feeling of equal strength.

Everyone can't beat the British at sea, and everyone's strength on land is very close. In a fight, both sides suffer.

In this context, it is unrealistic to expect the UK, France and Austria to pk. The Big Three with the largest share cannot compete with each other, so they can only go overseas to bully the weak.

Franz nodded: "That's right. Most of the next international struggles will take place overseas. After the borderless land is divided up, it is the turn of the small country to be unlucky.

If nothing else, the naval feast is about to begin again. But as long as no one challenges the British maritime supremacy, this naval feast will not last long.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can have a secret contact with France and Russia to see if they can sign a treaty to limit the size of the army and prevent the outbreak of a continental war. "

Frankly speaking, Franz also wanted to challenge the British maritime hegemony, but his strength was poor and he had to reluctantly give up.

This is not just about building ships. In terms of the shipbuilding industry, Austria really has a chance to compete with the British, but it will not work in other areas.

The Austrian Navy has never encountered any decent opponents, and naturally has no chance to accumulate war experience. The best war experience is to destroy pirates.

If the shortage in this area can be made up by the number of warships, then the lack of money is a real flaw.

Austria's financial income is not low at all, but on the premise of maintaining the Continental Army, it can't be roaring to play for hegemony at sea.

The army is different from the navy. Even if the size of the army is limited, it can be mobilized quickly in times of war.

Fiddling with arms limitation treaties is more comforting in mind than binding in substance.

Of course, something is better than nothing. Before the war broke out, it was indeed able to save a lot of financial expenses. Save money on the army, and everyone has more money to invest in the navy.

Even if it doesn't move the British's maritime supremacy, it is a great victory to narrow the gap in strength with the Royal Navy.

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