The Vienna Conference continued, and the refugee issue, which should have attracted much attention, was subconsciously ignored by everyone.

The Russian representative did not mention it, the Prussian representative played dumb, and no one asked for help, and the international community naturally thought that the matter was over.

I don't know what to start with, but the main task of the army on the border between Prussia and Russia changed from fighting to suppressing refugee riots.

Since April, the number of refugees fleeing the famine to Austria has decreased dramatically, and by May there were almost no crossings.

What happened during this period, Franz did not know and did not dare to ask.

According to estimates gathered by the Vienna government, at least four million people were killed and more than six million were displaced by the Russophobic War.

Including local troops and guerrillas, the Prussian army suffered about 1,768,000 killed and 382,000 disabled, the Russian army killed about 1,433,000 and disabled 671,000, and suffered about 800,000 direct civilian casualties, most of which were in the Pop-Po Federation.

It is not surprising that the war losses of Prussia and Russia were so close, and a large part of them were contributed by local Polish troops and partisans.

Bandits and bandits may also be counted, there is no way to distinguish between them, and the Russian army counts all the resistance forces as their achievements.

After the abandonment of the Warsaw area, Poland became an enemy war zone, naturally there is no talk of being disabled, the Russians will not rescue the enemy's wounded, and the number of disabled Prussian troops comes from the soldiers of the Kingdom of Prussia.

Simply counting the Kingdom of Prussia, the number of war dead should be around 566,000, plus the number of disabled people of 382,000, approaching the million mark, plus civilian casualties.

With a population base of more than 10 million people in the Kingdom of Prussia, this war has already destroyed their generation. Because of the large loss of youth and the sharp decline in the labor force, the development of the Kingdom of Prussia after the war was not optimistic.

In comparison, the Russian Empire was much better. Although they also suffered heavy casualties, the battlefield losses were less than 3 percent compared to the population base of the Russian Empire of 80 million.

Theoretically, the loss of this part of the labor force can be made up in the next five to ten years.

Of course, the account cannot be calculated in this way, and the large loss of young and strong people will also affect the future population growth, which is a continuous problem.

In war, it is always civilians who suffer the most, and this time is no exception. Because of the scorched earth plan of the Russians, the number of refugees was additionally increased.

Just because six million people have been displaced does not mean that they have all become refugees.

Those with better economic conditions have taken refuge in other countries early, and this part of the population may be at least less than 100,000 people.

In addition, more than 200,000 people passed the Austrian immigration application and settled in the colonies.

Before the fall of Warsaw, the Berlin government was still providing relief to refugees, and some of the lucky ones found new jobs and established new homes.

The number of these people is about 300,000, and most of them are Rhineland immigrants who were previously resettled by the Berlin government, and they have a skill and a strong ability to survive.

Except for these people, the rest are real refugees.

When this figure of 5.4 million is theoretical, in fact it is certainly not that much, and many frail and sick people have just begun to flee to see God, and the maximum number that can escape is 47.8 million.

Before and after the outbreak of the Russo-Russian War, Austria received a total of 1.436 million refugees, and it is difficult to exceed 1.5 million according to the current situation.

The protests of the Vienna government played a role, and the Prussians did not have the courage to drive the refugees over, and the wave of refugees, which Franz feared most, did not happen.

More than four months have passed since the full-scale outbreak of the refugee crisis. After such a long period of no relief, there are actually not many people left.

This means that the number of deaths caused by the refugee crisis directly exceeds the number of deaths in Prussia and Russia combined.

It's not that I don't know, I'm shocked, adding up all the data, the direct population loss caused by this Russo-Prussian war is more than 8 million, and the indirect population loss is more than 10 million.

There are no 15 countries in the world with a population of more than 8 million in those years, and there are only eight countries on the European continent: Austria, Russia, France, Britain, Spain, Germany, Prussia, and the Nordic Federation.

Among them, the population of the Nordic Federation is only 8 million, and the population of the German Federal Empire is only more than 13 million, and it is unknown whether the Kingdom of Prussia can maintain a population of 8 million after the war.

Needless to say, this kind of shocking data has to be released. If we don't let everyone know the horror of war, how can we appreciate the preciousness of peace?

Looking at this gold-filled statistical table, Chancellor Wesenberg sighed: "The Russo-Prussian War is the pinnacle of human warfare, and after this battle, the era of the European War is over!" ”

Looking at the cautious Prime Minister, Franz was very suspicious that he was frightened, otherwise how could he have come to this conclusion?

Glancing at everyone, Franz reluctantly found that he, the emperor, did not react, and everyone else was immersed in the big data of "eight million deaths".

Looking at the expressions of the crowd, Franz was very skeptical that after the release of this data, there would be an anti-war wave in Europe.

Especially for many small countries, whose total population is less than eight million, what can be used to fill the bottomless pit of war?

Franz interrupted: "All right, everyone. No matter how big the losses in the Russo-Prussian war were, it should not be a headache for us.

Whether there will be a major war on the European continent or not, or whether it will be left to time to tell, now we need to think about the next international changes.

The war was more brutal than we had anticipated, and the impact was too much to predict, and now it had to be replanned. ”

There is no way, international politics is so changeable, it is impossible to follow the plan. The international situation has changed, and if it does not follow immediately, it is doomed to obsolescence.

After a pause, Foreign Secretary Wessenberg: "Your Majesty, the Russo-Prussian War has shown everyone the cruelty of war, and everyone will be more cautious when making decisions in the future."

Under normal circumstances, everyone would deliberately avoid waging war on the European continent, and in the future, international competition will gradually shift from the European continent to overseas.

The world has almost been divided, and the next overseas colonies and market competition may become unprecedentedly fierce. ”

This is an inevitable consequence, the cost of waging war on the European continent is too high, and it is easy to arouse public anger if you are not careful, and the benefits you have seized may not be able to compensate for the cost of war.

Specifically, you can refer to this Russo-Prussian War, the tsarist government finally won the war, and the spoils harvested were not enough to make up for half of the war losses.

Against this backdrop, the outbreak of war would have been avoided unless it had to.

In a sense, the Russo-Prussian War also increased Austria's international influence. The Russians relied on crowd tactics to kill the Pop-Po Federation, which refreshed everyone's three views.

Before that, the outbreak of the European war, there was always only a need to consider whether there was money or not, but now it is different, everyone must also consider whether there is anyone or not.

As the scale of warfare has grown, the traditional concept of having money and soldiers has been eliminated by the times.

In terms of numbers, Russia and Austria are undoubtedly in the first grade, and after the overseas territories, Austria's war potential is still above the Russian Empire.

It is followed by Grand France, with a total population of nearly 60 million, leaving other countries far behind.

The Russians proved themselves numerically and firmly established themselves as the fourth most powerful country on the European continent. The political structure of the three major European countries has a tendency to develop towards the four major powers.

On the ocean, the Royal Navy's superpower and double power pattern is very stable, Britain's position as the sea supremacy is as stable as Mount Tai, and the two pursuers of Fau and Austria can only watch from behind.

On land, France and Austria stood side by side, with the Russians not far behind.

Before the Russo-Prussian War, everyone agreed that the French Army was more powerful, but now the ideology has been impacted and the perception has changed.

The French Army had a more brilliant record, but Austria was able to burst out in greater numbers and with a stronger overall national strength, giving people the impression that they were equal in strength.

Everyone at sea could not defeat the British, and the strength of everyone on land was very close, and it would be a defeat for both sides in a fight.

In this context, it is unrealistic to count on PK from Britain, France and Austria. The big three, which have taken the lion's share, can't grab each other, so they can only go overseas to bully the weak.

Franz nodded: "That's right. Most of the next international struggles will take place overseas, and after the partition of the borderlands, it will be the turn of the small countries to be unlucky.

If nothing else, the naval feast is about to begin again. But as long as no one challenged the British supremacy at sea, this naval feast would not last long.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs could make secret contacts with France and Russia to see if it could conclude a treaty to limit the size of the army's armaments and avoid a continental war. ”

Frankly speaking, Franz also wanted to challenge the British maritime supremacy, but he was not strong enough and had to give up.

This is not just about building ships, and Austria really has a chance to fight with the British in the shipbuilding industry, not in other aspects.

The Austrian Navy really did not encounter any decent opponents, so naturally it did not have the opportunity to accumulate war experience, and the best war experience was to exterminate pirates.

If the lack in this area can be made up for by the number of warships, then the lack of money is a real hard injury.

Austria's fiscal revenue is not low at all, but on the premise of maintaining the Continental Army, it will not be able to play the battle for hegemony at sea.

The army is different from the navy, and even if the size of the army is limited, it can be mobilized quickly in times of war.

Tinkering with arms limitation treaties is more comforting than binding.

Of course, something is better than nothing. Before the outbreak of war, it was indeed possible to save a lot of financial expenses. By saving military spending on the army, everyone will have more money to invest in the navy.

Even if it could not impress the British with their maritime supremacy, it would be a great victory to be able to narrow the gap in strength with the Royal Navy.

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