It is very unreliable to expect the people of Africa to fight against the British invaders. If they really had such a strong fighting force, the colonial era would have ended long ago.

However, the pit still had to be dug, and no matter how useful it was, it could at least delay the expansion of the British.

There are limits to the expansion of any country, and the British Empire, the world's largest colonial empire, was no exception.

Population is a hard wound, and the British Isles together have 30 million people. Ranked last among the four major European powers, the balance of power is changing dramatically with the completion of industrialization in France and Austria.

There is no need to wait for the twentieth century, when the British are now the third in Europe and the fifth in the world in terms of the total economic volume of their homeland.

Of course, they are still the world's number one industrial power. In this era, agriculture still accounted for a very important proportion of the total economy, so much so that the British ranked behind India.

There is nothing surprising that a large number of people does not necessarily have great power, at least a large economic aggregate.

Unfortunately, the total economic volume is not equal to the national strength, and it is industry that determines the strength of the country, and the British Empire is still the most powerful country in the world.

However, they suffered in expansion, as Britain had less than two-thirds of the population of France (including Sardinia) and less than half of Austria (including the Balkans). Among them are millions of alienated Irishmen who want independence every day.

The population is underpopulated, but the colonies of the British are large, with each British having an average colony of more than 1 square kilometer.

After the war in the Near East, the government in London began to avoid war in Europe, which is not difficult to understand.

It was not easy to maintain this colonial empire, with thousands of colonists falling every year. If there were a few more big battles, the British would not be able to hold on.

This was the opportunity that Franz saw as an opportunity to make trouble for the British in the colonies, which were inconspicuous on the surface, but in fact accumulated and slowly consumed their manpower.

The Ethiopian War was a good opportunity. As long as he could inflict tens of thousands of casualties on the British, Franz was content.

There is no such thing as a victory against the British, the British Army is not the Italian Army, and this kind of joke of the century cannot be made.

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On the way of the British army to Ethiopia, the London Peace Conference had changed, and the Russians' diplomatic methods were really not flattering.

Sweden did support them, but not to the Russians, but mainly to the Kingdom of Denmark.

The Kingdom of Denmark is a member of the Nordic Confederation, and Sweden, an old nature, has to take care of their emotions.

From now on, the Kingdom of Prussia had one more enemy, the forthcoming Nordic Confederation.

Of course, the threat of this enemy is very small, and the Danes will not be able to dominate the new government, at best they will be hostile, not to the point of provoking war.

The Federal Reich of Germany, however, felt threatened by Prussia, but to no avail, the Russians were unable to gain their support, and finally chose neutrality.

Needless to say, the rest of the countries are Switzerland neutral, which is what people claim: eternal neutrality, no public relations, and the rest of the countries are supporters of Prussia.

I almost forgot that the Duchy of Montenegro and Greece also supported the Russians. The former has always been supported by the Russians, and the latter is just to hug the thighs.

Prussia is thousands of miles away, and it doesn't matter if it offends. And the Russians are close at hand, and the Greeks cannot afford to offend.

In terms of supporting countries, the Russians are not only numerically inferior, but also incomparable.

In order to keep the Russians from losing too ugly, Wesenberg had to bite the bullet and propose a reduction in the number of negotiators.

Except for the three mediation countries of Britain, France and Austria, only the participating countries were present, and the representatives of the rest of the countries became spectators.

Fortunately, the Russian representative Clarence Ivanov was clever enough to send four Central Asian countries and the Eastern Empire to sign an armistice.

The Russians are still in power, and after satisfying their own interests, these countries decisively choose to remain silent. As for the Prussian allies, sorry, they have never been allied, and naturally there is no obligation to be an ally.

Seeing that the momentum was not right, the Ottoman Empire also retreated. The Russians gave up the territories they had claimed in the Caucasus in the last war and retreated somewhat, and the two countries ended the war. (Note: present-day Georgia region)

By July, Prussia and Poland were left. In Eastern Europe, the attitude of the tsarist government was very different from that of other regions.

First of all, regarding the definition of the Polish region, the tsarist government did not recognize it, and the surrender of the Lithuanian region and part of Belarus was to the limit.

However, the Prussians wanted Lithuania to extend to Latvia, and did not make claims to Estonia, because it was too close to St. Petersburg, and the Berlin government was afraid of irritating the Russians.

Naturally, the Belarusian region wanted to get it all, and Prussia and Poland had agreed that they would divide this region together.

The representative of Poland also has territorial claims to the Ukrainian region, primarily the Volyn region, all the way to the Kiev region. There was no part of Lviv, and at this time Lower Western Ukraine was the territory of Austria.

All that was to be ceded was rich land, which was obviously not acceptable to the tsarist government.

If they agreed, it would mean that the Russian Empire would lose 860,000 square kilometers of land, more than 21 million people, and 30 percent of its industry.

At the same time, the Russian Empire would lose its demographic advantage over Austria, after all, Central Asia was already independent, and both the Far East and the Caucasus paid the price.

With less land, the population naturally decreases. Fortunately, these regions are vast and sparsely populated, with the exception of Central Asia, which has a population of five or six million, and the other two places have only 1.8 million people.

This is not the case in Eastern Europe, which was the heart of the Russian Empire. Any piece of territory is precious, and the tsarist government will not give up easily.

The meeting again reached an impasse, and the representatives of Britain, France and Austria held a secret meeting. There is nothing to be embarrassed about, weakening the Russians is what the Three Kingdoms would like to see.

After all, the Russian Empire was too large, and once industrialization was completed, everyone's interests would suffer.

At the same time, France and Austria did not want to see the Kingdom of Prussia grow bigger, and the attitude of Britain and France was the opposite, believing that Prussia was adding to the obstacles of France and Austria.

The French wanted to prop up Poland, and Austria took the opposite attitude.

On the side of the couch, there is no room for others.

In order to contain the rise of Poland, Austria did not hesitate to support Prussia to obtain the Lithuanian region and block the Poles' access to the sea.

This is also creating contradictions, the problem of access to the sea cannot be solved, and sooner or later the relationship between Pubo and Po will break down.

Of course, they can also do land swaps. Obviously, this is even more impossible, the Poles can't just swap out the Warsaw area for the sake of access to the sea, right?

The Kingdom of Prussia was not fortunate enough to fight hard, and did not reap the last bit of benefit. Expansion was inevitable, and expansion into Lithuania became their only option.

The contradictions between Britain, France and Austria further complicated the negotiations.

In the summer, the smell of gunpowder in Eastern Europe is strong again, and if there is no agreement, war will continue to break out.

Don't look at the Prussians on the battlefield with the advantage, but they don't have money! Once the war continued to break out, it was the British who paid in the end.

The London government is not wronged, they are always calculating the cost. Now that the goal of suppressing Russia has been accomplished, they will not gain much if they continue to kill Russia.

Don't look at Russia and Austria as allies, allies are also dangerous when they are weak. In the unlikely event that the Prussians were lucky enough to win another battle of the General Assembly and the tsarist government collapsed directly, who knows if Austria would fall into the ground?

Paying for their own money and letting their competitors pick up cheap things, the shrewd British will not do it.

Moreover, they had already lent Prussia and Poland a lot of money, and the debts were constantly increasing, and the possibility of them becoming bad debts in the future was also increasing.

To end this war, first of all, Britain, France and Austria must reach an agreement, otherwise everyone will stab each other and fan the flames inside, and a bad war will be ignited again.

For the sake of the pound's face, Resling must also convince France and Austria to join forces to put pressure on them to end the war.

It is not only the British who are worried, but also the French and Austrians. Everyone was a creditor, except that Britain and France mainly lent money to Popula and Poland, while Austria lent money to Russia.

The British have now lent the most, at £320 million, followed by Austria with £240 million, and the French the least, at £120 million.

Whether you admit it or not, this war is actually a game of capital. There is no doubt that the people behind the scenes are the winners, and everyone will be working together.

Even if all these debts are dead, people can still recover their costs elsewhere. Of course, no one wants to do that.

Why should a loan that can be recovered become a dead debt?

Don't look at everyone's collateral, if something happens, these collateral may not be able to be cashed out.

Take Poland as an example, in case the Polish government is finished, who will Britain and France ask for money?

In contrast, Austria has an advantage. The distance is close, and if you can't do it, you can cut a piece of land and come back to make up for the loss.

The French can also hit the attention of the Rhineland, anyway, to pay the debt, which is also a reasonable excuse.

The British were miserable. Even if someone else dares to cut the land, the question is that they dare to do it?

All kinds of taxes, minerals, and right-of-way mortgages, if you want to fulfill the preconditions, you must ensure the stability of the debtor country's regime.

This means that after the war, they continued to lend money to the two countries. Otherwise, these two poor governments will either declare bankruptcy or collapse because of the financial crisis.

Of course, the risk is directly proportional to the profit. In this war, the British made a lot of money.

Not only did he gain the position of world hegemon, but he also had a few more junior brothers, ensured India's security, and completed the strategic layout of the Eurasian continent.

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