At the Vienna Palace, after receiving the news of the outbreak of the refugee flow, Franz was stunned.

There is no way, this news is just too amazing. Remember that Belgium and the Rhineland are the heart of Europe, not inconsequential backcountry.

It is conceivable that once this news spreads, all the diplomatic efforts made by the French government before will be in vain. Including their allies, the British, will also look the other way at the Paris government.

After many years of playing politics, Franz was already very strong inside and quickly recovered.

"Is the news confirmed? The flow of refugees was really created because the French were expelling the local population, not because of the war. ”

The war produces refugees and the expulsion of natives are two very different concepts, the latter being inevitable and the former being a manifestation of French ambition.

Regardless of the fact that the war broke out when the French wanted to seize the territories west of the Rhine, the fact that the French government never recognized the annexation of these regions.

Expanding on the European continent in these years will not only arouse ridicule and diplomatic hostility, but will also be a political taboo.

The legal foundation is an unavoidable hurdle. To sabotage this thing is to shake the European political system. Breaking the rules will inevitably lead to a backlash against the rules.

The French started this war on the grounds that their soldiers were missing, and there are not too many similar pretexts for war on the European continent. For a jar of honey to break out a war, let alone a missing soldier?

There is no public ambition, it is a quiet work, everyone can pretend to be confused, and all countries are happy to watch Austria fight.

Many politicians are operating in the shadows, waiting for both France and Austria to lose, and then jump out to pick peaches and restore the European balance system.

As soon as the French did this, the situation was different. Especially for small countries, the lid has been lifted, and if they don't do something and the big countries follow suit, how can they live?

Of course, this is all theoretical. In a sense, politics is a bitch. In this era of the jungle, as long as the strength is strong, all problems are not a problem.

Prime Minister Karl replied with a gloomy face: "The news has been verified, the French army has carried out devastating plundering of the people in the occupied areas, robbing the locals of their food, burning their houses, and forcing the locals to leave.

In addition, the French army blocked the ports in Belgium and the roads to Switzerland and the Netherlands, apparently preparing to deport all the refugees.

According to the intelligence from the inside, the French army had problems with logistics and was unable to supply the attrition of the front-line troops. The reason was that the coalition forces destroyed local roads and bridges before evacuating, and also burned down granaries and supplies.

If the war continues, the French government will not only have to feed the troops at the front, but also feed tens of millions of local people, which is far beyond the capacity of the French.

Then, there was a plan to expel the locals. With the exception of a few defectors who had defected to the French, almost all of the population was expelled.

If nothing else, we could take in nearly 10 million refugees next, far beyond the government's previous plans. ”

Listening to this explanation, Franz had to believe it. This is no longer a question of whether the French want to do it or not, but it must be done.

If the locals are not expelled, how can the problem of eating be solved?

There are tens of millions of people in the local area, and once the people's grain reserves are exhausted, the French government will have to find a way to support them. Otherwise, these people will rebel if they are hungry.

Food is only a short-term problem, and the trouble behind is even greater. If you look at the Italian region, after all these years, the local area has not completely settled.

It was so difficult to assimilate the Italians, and it was even more difficult to assimilate the Germans, who were fierce in their people.

The former now has no state, and all the problems are internal; The latter was different, and even if France had won the war, it would have been impossible to take out Austria.

Since it can't be digested, leaving these people behind is no longer wealth, but a heavy burden.

Whether in terms of short-term needs or long-term strategy, these locals are a potential threat to France.

Rather than leaving these hidden dangers behind, it is better to expel them and add trouble to the enemy.

As it turned out, the French succeeded in this operation. Much has been prepared, and Austria is not ready to welcome so many refugees.

It's easier to create trouble than to solve it. The French army did not need to pay attention to the loss of civilians, and simply and rudely expelled the locals, a month was enough.

In contrast, the situation in Austria is very different when it comes to housing these people.

Don't say that a month, even in a year, it is not an easy thing to place so many people.

The Vienna government has a wealth of experience in resettlement, but it does not have the capacity to resettle nearly 10 million people in a short period of time.

In particular, the current sea routes are blocked, and Austrian ships can only operate in the eastern Mediterranean, which makes it even more difficult to relocate.

It is certain that due to the flow of refugees, the anti-French alliance will lose the initiative in the Central European theater for a long time to come.

"Now that we've done that, let's do a good job of resettlement of refugees! Since the French have made a move, we have to follow.

The refugees are not all old and weak, women and children, and some young and strong people are arranged to maintain the roads and reduce the number of domestic conscripted laborers.

From Central Europe to Africa, tens of thousands of kilometers of railways and roads should be able to accommodate many people. In any case, the refugees must be given a job and they must not be left idle.

These refugees are similar to our cultural traditions, and it should not be difficult to integrate, but how much these people can stay after the war depends on their ability.

As long as we can keep one-fifth, we will not lose money now.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs should also take action to expose the atrocities of the French to the world and call on European countries to join in resisting them. ”

The resettlement strategy is very simple, but it is a bit of a loss of money. However, compared with the side benefits, Franz is still willing to play the role of the wrongdoer.

Of course, this is based on the premise that there is no shortage of food in Austria. No matter how many refugees there are, they don't have to worry about eating, otherwise the meat will be poisonous.

Foreign Secretary Wesenberg: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already taken action, but I am afraid the results will not be too optimistic.

The French will certainly arouse hostility among the countries of Europe, but it will also affect us. Judging by the current situation, it is not only France that can annex the German region and Belgium, but also us.

The French had already created opportunities, and after the war there were simply not many of them in the Rhineland and Belgium, one might even say Borderland.

As long as we win this war, there will be enough reasons to annex the aforementioned regions. Because of history, it was much less difficult for us to annex these regions than the French.

It is estimated that at this time, the vigilance of European countries against us has also risen to a new height.

Against this background, the sanctions adopted by European countries against the French are mostly thunderous and rainy. The French must have calculated this before taking action. ”

Explanations are impossible, in a sense they are disguises, and no matter what the Vienna government says, no one will believe it.

Moreover, the annexation of the German region was already within the scope of the plan, and the Vienna government had been working hard for decades to accomplish this plan.

If anyone dares to give up, the spittle of the people can bury people.

As for Belgium, it is true that it is not within the plans of the Vienna government, and Franz has no interest in Belgium either.

However, a separate commitment not to annex Belgium would not only be ineffective, but would expose the plan to annex Germany.

Although the plan is almost universally known, saying it and doing it quietly are two different things. There are many things in politics that can only be done, not said.

In this context, all the Austrian government can do is pretend not to know. It can neither be admitted nor denied, and it is left to the outside world to make up for itself.

If your international image is not good, you will pull your competitors to the same level as yourself. Faced with such a helpless trick, Franz could only sigh.

"Do your best, anyway, the key to determining the outcome of this war is still on the battlefield.

As long as Britain and Russia do not enter the war, even if other countries want to intervene in this war, they will not be able to do so.

Since the influx of refugees has delayed our decisive battle, the next stage of the battle plan, the European theater will be dragged out first, and the counteroffensive will be focused on the African continent.

The era of staking on the African continent is long over, and now is the opportunity to redistribute the benefits, and this opportunity should not be missed. ”

I don't know when the world began to have a popular way of reasoning about established facts. For the great powers, as long as they created the established facts, they were basically able to eat the meat.

With the seizure of French Africa, the fall of France was a foregone conclusion. Even if Napoleon is reborn, he will not be able to return to heaven.

Prime Minister Karl reminded: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that the sudden strategic center of gravity is not good! ”

Once a national strategy is formulated, it is almost impossible to make a drastic strategic adjustment.

In particular, this kind of unconventional strategy of first non-Africa and then Europe is simply a refresh of the three views of the European world.

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There is no need to worry about eunuchs, the normal update will be resumed after the trial exam, and it is now a weekly update.

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