St. Petersburg, the tsarist government, which was an after-the-eye, has now reacted. There is no doubt that this is someone who wants to them.

The Russian Empire, which won the war in the Near East and captured Constantinople, seemed to have unlimited glory, but in fact it also pulled hatred to the fullest.

As losers, Britain and France are unwilling to fail and always want to take revenge; European countries, which are the people who eat melons, are also worried that Russia will be powerful and threaten their own security.

This is not the impetus of everyone, intentionally or unintentionally, which has caused the current situation. Every time a little bit of a family leaks through the fingernails, the Polish Independence Organization grows bigger.

In the Hermitage

Alexander II roared: "These bastards, when will it be their turn to dictate to the great Russian Empire!" ”

The diplomatic intervention of various countries has already aroused the anger of His Majesty the Tsar. It has always been them who interfere in other people's internal affairs, when did anyone dare to interfere in their internal affairs?

As for whether the Polish question is considered an internal affair of Russia, does this question still need to be considered? As long as it is occupied by the tsarist government, it is Russian territory, and it does not matter whether the outside world admits it or not.

No one dared to provoke the angry Tsar, and everyone watched as Alexander II vented his anger in his heart.

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"Has the counterinsurgency army set off, I'm going to hang all these traitors!" Alexander II said through gritted teeth

Hearing Alexander II's inquiry, everyone knew that His Majesty the Tsar had recovered.

War Minister Matthias replied: "The 100,000 counterinsurgency army has set out from the Baltic Sea and will enter Poland the day after tomorrow to suppress the rebellion." ”

Polish independents, not taken seriously by everyone. If the Russian Empire had been so fragile, it would have been torn apart long ago.

Alexander II continued: "What did the Austrians say, did they give a plausible explanation?" ”

Foreign Secretary Clarence Ivanov replied: "The Vienna government has stated that it has no knowledge of these issues, and that they believe that they are the work of Britain and France, and that they are deliberately trying to sow discord between the two countries."

They provided information on some of the rebels, many of whom were not permanent residents of Austria, but who had entered Austria in recent years, and who had served in the British and French armies. ”

There is no doubt that most of this information is falsified. In order to get rid of responsibility, the Vienna government did not mind letting Britain and France take the blame, anyway, it is difficult to find out in this era.

This answer was undoubtedly difficult for the tsarist government to accept, but they had to accept it. Austria is the only one left to support them among the great powers, and it is impossible to turn an ally into an enemy because of this little problem, right?

Alexander II asked angrily: "What about Prussia, do Britain and France also want to sow discord between Prussia and Prussia?" ”

Don't look at him as pro-Putin, this position can change at any time in the face of national interests.

Foreign Minister Clarence replied: "No, the Berlin government says that it is all spontaneous actions of the people and has nothing to do with them.

In order to prevent this from happening in the future, the Berlin government announced that these people would be expelled from their nationality and left to our disposal. ”

This explanation is even more than the Vienna government's claims. The Berlin government also had no choice, and they gave more support to the Polish Independence Organization, and they couldn't cover it up.

Russian-Austrian relations have been very good in recent decades, and the Vienna government can be thick-skinned and put the on the heads of Britain and France, but Prussia will not. Relations between the two countries were not good, and there was no need to stir up trouble at all.

Besides, Prussia is still preparing to attack Denmark next, even if the tsarist government is repaired now, it will be useless.

After pondering for a while, Alexander II connected things together, nothing more than that the countries of Europe did not want to see Russia complete its reforms and become stronger.

Knowing the truth, Alexander II calmed down.

"Regardless of any reaction, the Polish rebellion must be suppressed. The work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is going to be hard, and the European continent has become the enemy of Russia, and where are our allies?

It is impossible to rely on Austria for everything. When one day there is a conflict of interest between the two countries, or the Vienna government feels that this alliance will not bring them benefits, it will be too late to figure it out! ”

The Russian Empire needed new allies, to change its diplomatic passivity.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Foreign Secretary Clarence replied with a wry smile

It's not that they don't work hard, it's that now Russia really can't find a suitable ally. Geopolitics dictates that the countries of the European continent are naturally on opposite sides of them.

Unless the tsarist government abandons its European strategy and never expands in the European region. Otherwise, such conflicts are inevitable.

No European country wants to see the Russian Empire continue to grow, and a strong Russia threatens everyone's survival.

The deterioration of relations between Prussia and Russia was not only due to the Danish problem, but also because the tsarist government wanted to expand in Europe, and Franz only pierced this layer of window paper.

Feeling that its own security was threatened, the Kingdom of Prussia had to move closer to Britain and France. The growth of the anti-Russian faction was due to the fact that the sword of Damocles was hanging in the air in the Russian-Austrian partition of the Kingdom of Prussia.

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The inability to break the situation on the European continent has provided favorable conditions for the United States and Russia to move closer. In the fall of 1864, the tsarist government sent a naval fleet to visit the American Federation.

It was not the best option, but it was the only option for the tsarist government and the American Federation. It is normal for two isolated people to choose to huddle together for warmth.

Franz's butterfly effect only dragged the United States and Russia closer together for two years.

The tsarist government attempted to use the federal government to distract the European nations and relieve their diplomatic pressure on the continent; The federal government, on the other hand, wants to gain Russia's support to counteract the pressure from some of the great powers.

At the end of 1864, at the critical moment when the American Civil War was about to be decided, the Russians sided with the northern government and injected a certain boost into the federal government, which had moved its capital to New York.

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On the West Coast of the United States, this era is still in the development stage. Even the "California" that became famous in later generations is only in its infancy, and it is far from keeping up with the East Coast states.

After the outbreak of the American Civil War, the main naval forces of the federal government were concentrated on the East Coast. This is not the partiality of the Lincoln administration, it is entirely the result of reality.

At this time, the shipbuilding industry of the United States was concentrated on the east coast, and the shipbuilding industry on the west coast was backward and did not have the ability to build warships.

After the outbreak of the Civil War, the Union Navy never had enough warships. The areas of engagement between the North and the South were on the east coast, and because of the intervention of the great powers, the federal navy was not able to gain an advantage, and the federal government naturally had no ability to send warships to reinforce the west coast.

Of course, the navy of the southern government did not appear on the west coast either, and the states on the western coast faced the enemy of privateer fleets, in other words, legal pirates.

After the outbreak of the civil war, both the North and the South issued privateer licenses in order to combat each other's maritime transport.

Because there are few islands on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean and pirates lack supply points, the west coast of the United States is relatively peaceful.

Except for the occasional attack by impromptu pirates, he spends most of his time away from the threat of war. Until a few months ago, the situation changed, and the pirates on the West Coast suddenly increased.

At one point, rampant pirates captured the Channel Islands dozens of miles away from California, often raiding coastal ports and causing misery to the West Coast states.

Everyone knows that the base camp of the pirates is in the Mexican Empire. The two countries have long been at odds with each other, and there is nothing wrong with the Mexican government causing them trouble at this time.

Don't think about exterminating pirates, the federal government has fought very hard in the civil war, and if it provokes a foreign war again, then it will not be able to keep it and walk around.

No matter how weak Mexico is, it is not something that a few West Coast states can eat. There is very little that the federal government can do other than diplomatic protests.

Against this background, the Russian Far Eastern Fleet visited San Francisco and took out a pirate ship. The Russian fleet was immediately warmly welcomed by the people of California, who were threatened by pirates.

Major General Popov, who was originally trying to pull relations, was touted for not knowing the southeast and northwest after a few glasses of wine, and made a promise to fight pirates in a daze.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

It was not only Americans who attended the banquet, but also ministers from various countries in California. Although there are suspicions of bias in the civil war, Americans still have to abide by diplomatic etiquette.

After the banquet, the British delegates appeared at the Austrian embassy in California.

"Carter, don't you think the Russians are too arrogant? Just these few broken ships, they still have to fight pirates, I think it's almost the same to fight pirates! The British representative Rhodes probed

The Far Eastern Fleet of the Russians did not have a few ships in the first place, not to mention only a part of them, and it was not surprising that they could not win the pirates, after all, this was not an ordinary pirate.

If you are interested, you will find that these pirates come from the South and Indian Ocean regions. Appearing on the West Coast, someone must have rigged it.

The main reason for this is because of profits. Pirates also need to sell stolen goods, and there are naturally interests in this.

Perhaps many people think that piracy for nothing is a profiteering industry, but in fact, it is the real profiteering to control the stronghold of selling stolen goods.

The price of the same commodity is only three or four layers at most when it enters the sales point, and it is never the pirates who make the most profits, but the channels behind the scenes.

It is obviously not so simple to be able to open such a channel in Mexico. If there was no protective umbrella, it is estimated that it would have been wiped out by the navies of various countries long ago.

There is no doubt that Rhodes was pulled into the water. If the Russians want to fight piracy, they are cutting off his financial route.

The attitude of Austria was tested by nothing more than the fear that the Austrian fleet in Central America would stand out for the Russians. You can't just finish out the Russians on the front foot, and then you will cause even more trouble.

Carter, the representative of Austria, said very cooperatively: "There is no way, maybe the Russians have always been so arrogant." Maybe they also want to make a windfall by fighting pirates.

You know, in recent months, pirates have looted tens of millions of dollars, and even if only a tenth of them are left, that's a huge amount of money. ”

It's almost like that, it's easy to do things with money. As long as the interests are in place, it doesn't matter even if the Russian fleet is completely destroyed.

It is true that Russia and Austria are allies, but this does not mean that there is no conflict in the interests of Russia and Austria. Now, for example, Austria supports the government of the South, the Russians support the government of the North, and the two sides are on opposite sides.

When this happens, in order to avoid affecting the relations between the two countries, everyone naturally has to avoid each other. Carter and the Russian representatives had no contact with each other except for a courtesy greeting.

In fact, this also shows the position that it is impossible for Russia to get help from Austria in the Americas.

The British fought against the Russian fleet more than just on the surface. Privately, it's because personal interests are compromised; Officially, this is to defeat the arrogance of the Russians.

When the visiting fleet was fighting pirates, it was killed by pirates. Once such a thing happened, the tsarist government would have been ridiculed for at least twenty years.

The diplomatic support that the Russians had brought to the northern government would also be lost for a moment.