Chapter 671 Some Are Happy, some Are Sad (Part 2)

In fact, a considerable number of American students still want to return to the United States to carry out military reforms, because they see the gap and think that the US military must change to keep up with the trend of the times.

However, what these people don’t know is that most of their careers have been cut off, and it is difficult to be reused even if they return to the US Army.

This is of course not only because of Franz’s obstruction and James Polk’s suspicion, but also because the US Army at this time is a place to accumulate experience.

In short, if you want to stand out, you must have seniority first. This group of people studying abroad will obviously cause a serious lack of seniority and naturally miss the chance to become a high-ranking official.

In fact, in addition to this group of American students, Belit and Ulrich Salis, two students from the Swiss Orthodox Alliance, are also very worried. The longer they stay in Austria, the more they feel that their country’s army is not up to par.

In fact, the evaluation given by the Austrian Imperial Military is similar. They think that these students are not up to par and do not think that these people have the potential to become excellent commanders.

But what these arrogant Austrian old professors don’t know is that the Austrian Empire will be in a shortage of generals in the future.

Historically, after the old generals of the Napoleonic era left the stage, the Austrian Empire's military talents quickly withered, and in the later period, they could only take some officers from the military band as generals.

This behavior of forcing ducks to climb the shelves will naturally lead to one defeat after another.

In Franz's plan, if these people are really unusable, they can be sent back to the United States, at least to help the Southern Army for a while.

In fact, most of the American students recruited by Franz were generals of the Southern Army. So this is also a double insurance. Even if the Austrian Empire can't use them, they can be sent back to disgust the Northern Army of the United States.

Some people are happy and some are worried, at this time on the island of Great Britain.

Robert Peel, who was in Whitehall, was worried about his hair turning white, with letters of help from India and excuses used by all parties to shirk responsibility.

In fact, Britain still faced many challenges at this time. I won't talk much about Russia as an old rival for world hegemony. It will be talked about frequently in the future, and Russia was in the swamp of the Chechen War at this time. The two can be said to be brothers in distress.

However, the most direct problem is the Near East hegemony. The Russians have always been eyeing the Ottoman Empire, and the British will never let the polar bear go out to sea.

In addition, Britain's colonial hegemony has also been challenged. At this time, France is expanding wildly in America and Asia, supporting its own forces everywhere, and has a tendency to regain North American hegemony.

France is the country with the most direct conflicts with Britain in colonies, from the feigned cooperation in Central America, West Africa, and Oceania.

Then to the tension in the Viceroyalty of La Plata and the crazy expansion of North America, even directly bought the Serenbo Colony in the British Indian colony, seized Vietnam, got involved in Far East affairs, and also took on the colonial affairs of Spain.

Facing this old rival, Robert Peel has a headache. In the future, if France successfully unites with Spain, then the French Empire will come to the world again.

By that time, Britain will face greater challenges, but in the final analysis, the reason why the French can turn the tables is to blame the former themselves.

After all, the Treaty of Vienna has almost bound France, but in order to weaken the influence of the Holy Alliance, Britain acquiesced to France's expansion and attacked Austria's power at the same time.

The result is that France is now unruly, and the Austrian Empire is frantically consolidating its influence in its own circle.

At this time, the French are frantically building warships, intending to restore the glory of the colonial empire. In the foreseeable future, Britain and France will compete for colonies around the world.

This refers to vassal and enslaved kingdoms, or horse racing and land grabbing, but the powers in this era still do not have the ability to go deep into the interior.

What annoyed Robert Peel the most was that Britain's economic hegemony was also challenged, but it is better to say that it is technological hegemony than economic hegemony.

Due to technological advances, the Austrian Empire has already surpassed Britain in some fields and began to export goods to Britain in reverse.

This made Britain's economy even worse. Although it was known as the world's factory and the first power at this time, its industrial capacity was a bit excessive compared to its market.

Economic crisis, yes, it is an economic crisis. In British history, an economic crisis broke out almost every ten years.

In fact, this is mainly because the liberalism pursued by Britain has led to the frequent over-concentration of capital, which not only causes a waste of resources, but also greatly increases the risk of financial crises.

The result is that the profits of some commodities and industries in Britain have skyrocketed or plummeted in a short period of time, which in turn caused economic turmoil in the entire country.

Secondly, Britain's own market is limited and it is heavily dependent on external markets. Franz has always been very reluctant to have a direct conflict with Britain, but in the eyes of the latter, the former has become a major threat.

Those capitalists in Britain have demanded to punish the Austrian Empire, and the easiest way to deal with it is to blockade the Adriatic Sea.

This is not difficult for the British Navy to do, but now they have drawn too long a front line, and wars and major events around the world are involving their energy.

Especially the war between Uruguay and Brazil in South America. If Britain can take the opportunity to control Brazil, then South America can be turned into its own backyard.

At that time, Britain can create another India from the Western Hemisphere, and two "Indias" are enough to make the British Empire reach the top of the world.

At the same time, it will also truly make up for the regret of losing the North American colonies.

Whether it is sending troops to southern Albania or giving the Pacific Ocean outlet to the United States, it is to weaken Austria's overseas competitiveness.

However, the above two attempts obviously failed. Not only did they not have any effect, but they also fell into the quagmire of Albania and renewed the life of the United States.

At this time, British capitalists asked Robert Peel to take more direct and effective ways to guarantee their interests.

The Prime Minister naturally knew what that meant, but India was already in danger at this time, and these people were still blaming each other and fighting for power.

Now Robert Peel didn't want to care about those idiots who could only see the immediate interests, nor did he want to care about anything else. He just wanted to keep Britain's foundation on the South Asian subcontinent.

So, Robert Peel issued twelve orders in a row, ordering all the troops and regions that could support India to defend the most dazzling pearl of the British Empire at all costs.

In this era, in this world, only the British can "shortly" (relatively) send more than 200,000 troops from the sea.

Robert Peel's behavior seemed crazy, but in fact he had his reasons. At this time, India was almost in the pocket of Britain. Its contribution to Britain was not only raw materials, but also a relatively broad market.

At the same time, the Indian subcontinent was also a springboard for Britain to manage the Far East. It is no exaggeration to say that if India was lost, Britain would sooner or later become a second-rate country.

In order not to gamble on Britain's future, Robert Peel could only choose to gamble on himself.

With Britain's national strength at this time, India could definitely be saved.

However, wars in South America, policies to block Russia, plans to weaken Austria, and deployments to slow down the pace of French colonization may all give way to the war to defend India.

And what impact these six months of back and forth will have on the future of the world is still unknown.