The mountain of corpses and the sea of blood are the true portrayal of the Near Eastern battlefield at this moment. The war has gone on so far, and both sides have killed each other.

Everyone has only one goal - to kill the enemy. In order to win, everyone gave up the bottom line, and various means to refresh the offline line were constantly staged.

The combination of religion and war is terrifying. Human bombs have become conventional weapons, and some have even used children as young as seven or eight as launchers.

Strapped bombs to him, brandished a leather whip to drive them forward, cries and explosions rang out at the same time, and there was no more hell on earth than this.

When compassion is exhausted, the consequences are naturally catastrophic, and the bloodiest places of war have become no man's land after the war.

Looking at the information that came back, the well-informed Franz was also silent. The only reaction was that the Ottomans "went crazy".

Defeat is not terrible, as long as people are still there, there is hope for a comeback, and if people are gone, there is nothing.

It is now the 19th century, and international public opinion can play a role to some extent. Everyone knew that it was impossible for a shameful government like Austria to carry out genocide.

Prior to this, the Vienna government had already drawn up a relocation plan and even selected a place.

A beautiful island in the Arctic Ocean, with a mild climate, more sunshine, less rainfall, and a good living environment, it is very suitable for tourism.

For the island, the Vienna government also compensated the British Canadian colonial government a huge sum of 15,000 pounds to gain sovereignty.

As things stand, Franz felt that the Vienna government would save a lot of money on the cost of relocation.

According to data from the Allied command, by Christmas, the number of coalition casualties had exceeded 117,000, and the number of casualties was as high as 547,000.

The Austrian army alone paid a heavy price of 59,000 killed and 287,000 casualties, and the first wave of cannon fodder was basically wiped out, and the second wave of artillery also suffered heavy losses.

The allied forces have suffered such heavy losses, and as the beaten side, the Ottoman Empire's troop losses are naturally even more serious.

According to incomplete statistics, the Ottoman Empire has permanently lost more than one million troops so far.

There is no way, the Ottoman Empire has not established a perfect battlefield medical rescue system, there are too few medical personnel, and even officers cannot be fully guaranteed in field hospitals.

The losses of the army are so large, and the civilian casualties cannot be counted, anyway, the death toll must be more than the army.

The brutality of the war in the Near East caused an uproar on the European continent, and anti-war once again became a hot topic.

Even Austria had an anti-war ideology, and of course it was the main war faction that had the upper hand, mainly because it was too relieving to beat Ottoman.

As long as you open the history book, everyone has the motivation to destroy the Ottomans. The anti-war faction was only against the war, not against the destruction of the Ottomans.

Just when the melon-eating masses were pointing out the country, on a sunny day, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Kingdom of Hanover completed the confluence.

It's really low-key, although everyone knows that Prussia and Hanover have always hooked up, but no one could have imagined that they would be able to form a federal empire.

On February 14, 1883, Emperor George I of the Federal Republic of Germany was crowned Emperor of the United Emperor of the Hamp Empire, adding another crown to the European world.

Prussia and Hanover formed a dualist empire, and the North German regions were already substantially unified.

Many of the smaller states resisted the troublesome accession of Prussia in the Imperial Diet, but in the end they failed.

De jure Prussia and Hanover shared a state, which was the prerogative of the emperor, and no one could oppose it.

This was the precedent set by the Habsburgs, and the Hungarian region, the Balkans, could become part of Austria as part of the HRE Empire, and now George I is simply following suit.

With the unification of North Germany, the German Federal Empire was now able to claim itself as the "North German Empire", theoretically on a par with the Habsburg Neo-HRE Empire.

In St. Petersburg, Alexander III slapped the table and asked: "Didn't you swear to me that the Vienna government would never allow the Put-German merger?"

Now, as you would expect, Pude has really merged. It's just that the Austrian interference, which you are guaranteeing, where is it? ”

Many European countries were pushing for a Prussian-German merger to counterbalance Austria, but this definitely did not include the Russian Empire.

The Russo-Prussian War was fought so bloody, and the two sides had long been as deep as the sea, and there was no possibility of unraveling it.

The unification of North Germany did make it more difficult for Austria to unify Germany, but it also added a strong enemy to the west of Russia.

This is determined by the volume. Regardless of the fact that the Kingdom of Prussia was broken up, and a number of regions were annexed to Hanover, the second largest position in the nascent empire, it is considered that the anti-Russian forces have weakened.

In fact, no matter how the land is divided, the people above are still those people, and the forces of hatred will make these people stand against Russia.

Population-wise, the number of Russian-hating citizens accounted for more than half of the nascent empire, and the rest were largely unfavorable to Russians.

There is no doubt that Russophobia is the mainstream of this nascent empire. The two sides should not expect reconciliation until this generation dies.

If it was just to add one more hostile country, the tsarist government would not care, there would be many countries in the world that were hostile to Russia, and life would not be the same.

But North Germany is different, this is a strong guy. If it weren't for the fact that Prussia lost too much of its youth, the Prussian-German Union would not be weaker than the Prussian Confederation in front of it after the merger.

Even if Prussia was wounded, the nascent North German Empire still had seven or eight points of strength in the former Pop-Polish Federation, which was enough to create pressure on Russia, which was badly damaged.

The inaction of the Vienna government made the tsarist government very confused.

Scalp tingling from Alexander III's murderous gaze, Foreign Minister Oscar Jimenez, who was directly responsible, could only answer stubbornly.

"Austria's attention was so focused on the Near East that it ignored the changes in Central Europe, so much so that the British took advantage of it.

Suddenly faced with a sea change, the Vienna government may not have reacted, so it was slow to take action. ”

The more he spoke, the lower his voice became, and cold sweat broke out on Oscar Jimenez's forehead. There's no way, I really can't make it up.

He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, not of Austria, and I don't know what was going on; If you do, he's the most formidable diplomatic strategist of the century.

From the bright side, no matter how you look at it, how does Oscar Jimenez explain?

Alexander III sneered: "Nonsense! It's already happened, and you're just telling me this, why did you go earlier?

Do you believe that the Vienna government will ignore Central Europe? ”

No wonder Alexander III was so out of shape, the two Russo-Prussian wars had pitted the tsarist government too badly, and he really didn't want to come back a third time.

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It was not only the Russians who did not want to see the Prussian-German merger, but Napoleon IV was also furious as far away in Paris.

There aren't so many reasons for it, just because it's in the way. The birth of the North German Empire made France's eastward expansion strategy more difficult.

The recent French Revolution was caused by many reasons, one of which was the energy crisis.

In the aftermath, all sectors in France came to the conclusion that there must be a stable source of raw coal to ensure the domestic energy supply.

Until new raw coal sources are found, the eastward expansion strategy is an irreplaceable part.

If it weren't for the fact that France was still recuperating and the anti-war tide had not yet subsided, the domestic interest groups would have taken action long ago.

As soon as the vent passed, Napoleon IV calmed down: "If we intervene now, what are the chances of interrupting the Pud-German merger?" ”

Foreign Secretary Terence Bulkin replied in a panic: "No, this is absolutely not possible!" ”

"Your Majesty, the anti-French alliance seems to have been dissolved, but in fact the European world is still hostile to us, and it will ...... if we are not careful."

Napoleon IV waved his hand impatiently: "Don't be alarmist here, the anti-French alliance is also worth being wary of Britain, Russia and Austria."

Now that the Russians have taken a stand against the Prussian-German union, and the Austrians, though they have not taken a position, I do not believe that they are willing to give up the unification of the German regions.

Pulling Russia and Austria to interfere together, even if the rest of the European countries oppose it together, they can't help us. ”

There is nothing wrong with it, France, Russia and Austria happen to be the three major army powers in the world, and the three countries can sweep the world on land.

Foreign Minister Terrence Bulkin explained with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, Russia and Austria will not join forces with us.

If Austria wants to unify Germany, it must focus on reputation. When it comes to the internal affairs of the German region, they do not join forces with anyone.

The tsarist government may have wanted to intervene, but their finances were so bad that they could not afford to spend on the military for intervention. ”

Listening to this explanation, Napoleon IV was instantly stunned.

The situation in France is not very good now, if before the Revolution, the tsarist government had no money, Napoleon IV could have been generous, and now the Paris government has no pockets.

Unable to pull the allies alone, Napoleon IV really did not dare to try, in case it caused public anger, no one could afford the consequences.

After pondering for a moment, Napoleon IV slowly asked, "Do you know what the Austrians are doing for a long time?" ”

The more unreasonable it is, the more likely it is to arouse suspicion. The Vienna government did not react to the unification of the North German region, and Napoleon IV had to suspect a conspiracy.

Seeing that everyone was lost in thought, the War Chancellor Luskinia Hafiz speculated: "Will the Austrians let the North German region be united because they are afraid of us?" ”

Although he was a little narcissistic, everyone still did not object. Even after a civil strife, France is still the most feared monster in everyone's eyes.