Chapter 615 About Albania (Part 1)

The British did not live comfortably in Albania. The puppet they supported, Doseni Mustafa, raised an anti-British banner after receiving the previously promised weapons and assistance.

The British army's strength of only 3,000 men was really difficult to cope with the situation at this time. Of course, the British were not idiots, and they quickly found the source of the turmoil from their weapons.

After all, the rebels are filled with a large number of Austrian weapons, and anyone who is not a fool can see who is causing trouble.

The British government immediately protested to Austria and also expressed its views to the Ottoman government.

But on the surface, this letter is still a personal letter, written by a teacher to a student.

(Canning once served as Magid's nominal teacher, which made the former feel it was a very honorable thing.)

“Given the current situation in Albania, I have reason to suspect that the unrest within your country was orchestrated by the Austrians.

To prevent further damage to your country's interests, I recommend that your government take back control of northern Albania.

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After this kind of private letter was made public, it immediately caused an uproar. In particular, some small businessmen, petty officials, New Army soldiers in the Ottoman Empire, as well as student parties all demanded war with the Austrian Empire and went to Vienna to unseat their idiot emperor. .

As for why such a confidential letter was made public, anyone who is not stupid can guess it.

At the same time, the British also bribed several senior officials of the Ottoman Empire to help fuel the situation. These people were inextricably linked to the British and naturally would not disappoint their masters.

However, this caused panic among Meguid and the new Grand Vizier Kuja, because they knew very well what the Ottoman Empire was like.

It's good that the Austrians didn't fight, but those "unruly people" actually wanted to fight. You must know that the former is an ally of Russia. According to the alliance agreement, if Austria is attacked, Russia will send troops to join the war within three months.

However, Magid felt that the Russians would not wait three months. They would immediately cooperate with the Austrian attack along the Danube River. By then, it would not only be Albania that would be lost.

Moreover, Magid is very satisfied with the current situation in Northern Albania and does not think it is an invasion at all. After all, the Austrians will pay management fees in advance, and the Ottomans can even station officials and troops.

Of course, Magid is not that stupid and would really send troops into the mountains of northern Albania. After all, local bandits are rampant and it is not impossible to loot the troops.

But he still had the guts to send some officials to live on free wages.

In fact, these officials were sent to Vienna by the Austrian side to entertain them with delicious food and drinks. Naturally, they would not report any information that was unfavorable to Austria to Magid.

As for conspiracy to plot unrest, it is even more nonsense. After all, Albania has been in turmoil for hundreds of years.

In fact, Magid understood that the British wanted to use his hand to put pressure on the Austrians, but the most fundamental problem was that the Ottoman Empire at this time did not have this ability.

Moreover, expelling the Austrian Empire from Albania did not bring any benefit to the Ottoman Empire. Instead, it offended the former severely. In addition, tearing up the agreement was too detrimental to the latter, a weak country.

This is equivalent to tying the ships of the Ottoman Empire and the British together. Once the latter feels that the former has not lost its use value, it may skin and eat the flesh at any time, or even feed it to other beasts.

In addition, the attitude of the Russians is also an important reason for Magid's hesitation. If the former also tears up the agreement and chooses to side with the United Kingdom, it will be easy to drive the Austrians out of Albania.

On the contrary, it would be difficult for the British alone to do it. If Russia joins the battle in compliance with the alliance, the Ottoman Empire will suffer catastrophe.

After all, no matter how powerful the British were, they could not face two land powers at the same time.

However, the national sentiment in the country must also be taken care of. Magid does not want to end up like Louis XVI.

As a result, the Ottoman Empire adopted the procrastination strategy. Magid hoped to wait until the situation became clearer before making a decision. He did not want to become cannon fodder for the British to explore the way.

As a result, the Ottoman Empire only issued a statement that it was about to intervene in the investigation, which made the British very unhappy.

In fact, from the latter's perspective, the former can completely ask the Austrians to withdraw from Ottoman territory, and if the other side refuses, Britain can intervene.

It's just that the former really doesn't dare to let a weak country take the initiative to tear up the agreement reached between the powers bordering it.

"Stupid coward! No wonder the Ottoman Empire has fallen to what it is today!"

Canning, who was in Whitehall (referring to the British Parliament), stamped his feet in anger, but this did not help, because this was already the strongest decision McGide could make.

Robert Peel sighed, "I'm afraid it won't be long after this delay."

At this time Canning had a new idea.

"Your Majesty Prime Minister, maybe we can treat others the same way they are treated."

Robert Peel: "Mr. Canning, you mean..."

"We can also, like the Austrians, transport our British weapons to the mountains of northern Albania, and let the Austrians have a taste of what we experienced in Afghanistan."

This immediately caused discomfort among a certain cabinet member, who happened to have returned from British India.

This resolution still caused dissatisfaction among some people. Is it worth it to waste so much money? Will the Austrian Navy challenge the maritime hegemony of the British Royal Navy?

For now, the conflict between Austria and Britain is far from irreconcilable. Compared with the former, France and Russia are obviously more threatening to the latter.

In today's difficult diplomatic situation, why spare no effort to suppress an existence that may not threaten Britain at all?

This inevitably makes people speculate that Viscount Stratford is taking revenge, which is more annoying than Palmerston's involvement in the Far East War.

(Viscount Stratford refers to Stratford Canning.)

You must know that after that war, Britain did not get the rewards promised by Palmerston. At this time, Viscount Stratford is pushing the British Empire into another abyss.

There are many people in the Tory Party who are dissatisfied with Canning, but Robert Peel played his characteristics as an excellent leader at this time-trusting people and adopting the former's proposal against all odds.

So a large number of British weapons were transported to Albania, and then they found a problem. Although there are many ways to enter the mountains, there is no way to allow these weapons to enter the Austrian-ruled area.

Austria's control over the mountains in northern Albania is much stronger than the British imagined, and the complexity of the mountains in northern Albania is also far beyond their imagination.

In the end, most of these weapons flowed back to the southern part of Albania occupied by the British, and the Austrians also made public the fact that the British were transporting weapons to the rebels.

Of course, Magid is not stupid, and his approach is to continue investigating.