Chapter 937: Bad Neighbors

Franz looked at the war report sent back from Pressburg and threw the British propaganda materials into the trash can.

The Anglo-Saxon propaganda offensive was indeed powerful. In just a few days, all kinds of leaflets and pamphlets had reached the border between France and Austria.

This was obviously not because the British had strong transportation capabilities, but because there were traitors on the European continent.

At the same time, in a printing factory outside Paris, an obese middle-aged man had his hands tied behind a chair.

His ten fingers and ten toes had been cut off, and the blood at the wound had begun to coagulate into a dark red blood clot.

Several people were talking in Russian. They had found the boss behind the scenes, and the next target was the boss from Britain.

These Russians had been in France for five years. Their initial mission was to assassinate Queen Victoria of England.

However, because the mission failed and they were unwilling to be silenced, they chose to kill the cleaners of the third lesson.

After that, these people were scattered all over Paris until a big man found them and they were reorganized and resumed their old business.

Franz looked for these Russians not because they were so good, but because they were relatively easy to deal with and easy to blame.

At the same time, due to Nicholas I's style of doing things, people were more willing to believe that it was the Russians who did it.

For the Russians, they may face a more difficult diplomatic environment, but for Austria, this will make the Russo-Austrian alliance more stable.

After all, the Russo-Austrian alliance is the core and foundation of Austria's diplomacy at this time, and the reason why Franz dared to go to war with the powers.

It is precisely because of the existence of the Russo-Austrian alliance that no country dares to really expand the war without limit.

Relatively speaking, Russia poses a much greater threat to the Western world than Austria. Regardless of the current situation, traditional concepts are not so easy to change.

All this sounds a bit incredible, but this is the reality.

That night, many apartments and printing houses in Paris caught fire. However, this did not attract the attention of the Paris police, after all, there seemed to be no connection between these people.

Moreover, fires are normal in May when the weather is dry, and it is normal to have more than a dozen fires in one night.

In fact, the Paris police have many more important things to deal with, such as popular rebellion, workers' strikes, farmers' tax resistance, and those lingering ghosts.

Not to mention that some foreigners and small workshop owners died in the fire, it would not be surprising if all the members of the National News were shot in the street tomorrow.

In fact, if the French police were not almost collapsed at this time, the Paris police should have easily discovered that similar incidents had occurred in many places throughout France.

If there was Interpol, they would find that this scene was also constantly happening in Germany and Italy.

As a later person, he knew the power of intelligence warfare and public opinion warfare, so he would not let the British stab him in the back easily.

It is not difficult to establish intelligence organizations in other countries in this era, but it is impossible to form a unified structure without three to five years.

Tyrol, Innsbruck.

Back to the Hungarian issue, Archduke Karl actually did not understand Franz's strategy at all. In his opinion, this is the best time to deal with the Hungarians.

After the Italian and Bohemian issues were resolved, the rebellion in Vienna was suppressed. At this time, Franz should be crowned directly in Vienna and then declare war on the Hungarian rebels.

Archduke Karl did not shy away from the topic that Franz would become the new monarch, or he was a staunch supporter of Franz.

Ferdinand I as an emperor was a harm to both the country and the Habsburg family.

Now everyone in the Austrian Empire is looking forward to the new emperor's accession to the throne to change the current situation, and Hungary is an extremely suitable whetstone.

Although Hungary looks very powerful on the surface, in fact, its regular army is only one-fourth of that of the Austrian Empire.

The economy of the two countries is more than thirty times the huge gap, and there are also a large number of opposition and ambitious people in Hungary.

Once Austria attacks Hungary, these people will be active, and the Hungarians will face a situation of internal and external difficulties.

In addition, the Great Plain of Hungary has no strategic location to defend, and its major cities are all built along the river. Austria can continuously transport supplies through the Danube, which will greatly reduce the risk of war and logistical pressure.

According to intelligence from the Austrian Empire, the Hungarians are recruiting new troops, and these people need three to six months of training to become qualified soldiers.

Intelligence also shows that the Hungarians lack weapons, and the production of guns, artillery, ammunition, and even sabers is seriously insufficient.

There is no doubt that this is the weakest period of Hungary.

"Franz! What are you still hesitating about? There is no war without bloodshed! As for the external environment, the French dare not declare war on the entire German Confederation, and the British have just signed an armistice agreement with us."

Franz had no choice but to get a new copy of the British Times. Archduke Karl was a little confused, but he immediately became furious when he looked up.

"The British are actually going to tear up the armistice agreement? Or for peace and justice?!"

Although the old man was old, he was still shocked by the shamelessness of the British.

Franz was actually quite surprised, not because of the shamelessness of the British, but the so-called spirit of contract. The foundation of the establishment of Britain and the United States that has been promoted by public intellectuals in later generations is integrity.

The great spirit of contract between Britain and the United States is that even debts owed to enemies will be repaid during wartime.

Why is the peace agreement the same as toilet paper when it comes to Franz?

But it makes sense when you think about it, after all, according to Palmerston.

"There are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests."

The British asked the Habsburgs to give up the title of German emperor, which was equivalent to asking the Austrian Empire to give up the Greater Germany plan.

Franz could not accept the "crown thrown into the stinking ditch", but Austria and the Habsburgs must not be forced to give up the Greater Germany plan.

"Grandpa Karl, the new blasphemous alliance has been born under the matchmaking of the British. Not only the French, but the Ottomans have also begun to act."

"Ottomans? Why do they think they can still march westward?"

Hearing this news, Archduke Karl seemed to have heard a big joke.

At this time, the Ottoman Empire was the sick man of West Asia, and the country was weak, and there were traitors everywhere.

Austria knew all about the Ottomans' deployment and movement of troops, and even this sacrilegious alliance was deduced from the troops.

"Grandpa Karl, our evil neighbor still hasn't put himself in the right position."