With the beginning of the anti-Semitic movement, the atmosphere on the European continent became more and more depressing, and anti-Semitic activities emerged one after another.

This is only the people, and the attention of the top government is not anti-Semitism, but the fact that the tsarist government has taken the opportunity to get out of the financial crisis. The Russian Empire, with money, can only be called an empire.

At the Berlin royal palace, Wilhelm I said he was panicking. However, Wilhelm I was able to become "Wilhelm the Great", and there was naturally no shortage of cities. I was very panicked, but my face looked like I was in control.

The king's calmness reassured the Berlin government. They are not alone in this war, there are a large number of supporters behind them, as long as there are behind-the-scenes bigwigs who are willing to increase investment, they are not without a chance of winning.

At the signal of William I, Foreign Secretary MacKate said: "As a result of our diplomatic efforts, the Swedes have now moved their minds.

As long as we get another big win in next year's big game, they will most likely be on our side.

Now the Foreign Ministry is trying to PR the Ottoman Empire, and both London and Paris have given a clear answer that they will push the Ottoman Empire into the war.

The British also promised to cause problems for the Russians in Central Asia and the Far East.

We are also lobbying the British Parliament for the Royal Navy to blockade the Baltic Sea and cut off sea transport for the Russians.

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It sounds good, but in fact, if you understand it from the perspective of workplace black, it is almost the truth.

The Swedes were moved, but they were just ordinary Swedes, and King Karl XV still had the slightest intention of going to war.

Of course, if the Kingdom of Prussia had won the Russian Empire, then the Swedish government would not mind getting involved when the stone fell.

"Efforts to PR the Ottoman Empire", in other words: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has done its best, but nothing has come of it.

Britain and France were pushing the Ottomans into the war, but the Sudanese government continued to wait and see the situation.

The "promise of the British" has always been a fart, just let it go, don't get too much hope, this war still depends on Prussia itself.

"Lobbying the British Parliament", this is a project of the century, and I don't know when the MPs will pass the proposal.

To sum it up: we have many allies, and as long as the military wins the Russians on the battlefield, these allies will come up to help divide the spoils.

The people who were able to appear at the meeting were all elites of the Kingdom of Prussia, so they naturally understood the meaning behind it, but everyone tacitly chose to play stupid.

If none of the top brass is confident of winning, what will happen to the people below? Whether it's to appease people's hearts or to give it a go, morale can't be dissipated.

The Minister of the Army and the Navy Ron, said: "There is no hurry to win over Sweden and the Ottomans, as long as we continue to win, they will join in sooner or later."

The only way to make the royal blockade of the Baltic Sea must be carried out immediately. Only by cutting off the sea transport routes of the Russians will we have a chance of winning. ”

Rather than enlisting allies to share the pressure, cutting off the Russians' sea transport routes is the most likely way to achieve this. On the issue of striking the Russians, the British have always stood firm.

Cut off from sea transportation, it was difficult for the tsarist government, even if it had money, to obtain enough strategic materials.

By land transport, Russian communications would be Prussia's best allies and limit the number of troops sent by the tsarist government.

At this time, the total length of railways in the Russian Empire was more than 3,000 kilometers, and Spain, the German Confederation, and Prussia all exceeded them.

The more than 70,000 kilometers of railways of the Russians in World War I could not support the needs of millions of troops on the front line, let alone now.

The Junker aristocracy dared to challenge the Russians because they saw that the Russians had limited power projection. If the tsarist government could throw a million troops at the front, no country in the world could withstand it except France and Austria.

Foreign Secretary McSkett explained: "It will take time, the British are still hesitating, they are afraid that the blockade of the Baltic Sea will be ......"

Ron unceremoniously interrupted, "Whatever it may be, the sooner we cut off the Russians' sea lines, we will have a better chance of winning in next year's war."

The British have not moved, or are the capitalists trying to make war money? What is there to say, the order placed by the Russians, we will eat them all.

A direct showdown with the London government, and if they want us to win the war, immediately blockade the Baltic Sea.

If they don't want us to win this war, we won't be able to defeat the Russians anyway, so it's better to compromise with the Russians when we see a good situation.

It's a big deal to sell the Poles, restore the pre-war borders, and surrender to the Russians. The British love as they like, let them do as they want. ”

Ron had nothing to fear, the Kingdom of Prussia already owed hundreds of millions of pounds to the British, and could only afford to win the war.

If the war is lost, the existence of the Kingdom of Prussia is a question, and who to ask for money?

If the British did not want to invest all of their money, then cutting off the sea lines of transport of the Russians was the only option.

The political system in Europe dictates that these people dare to gamble. If you win, you go further, and if you lose, you are still rich.

"That's it!"

William I made a decisive decision and was a gambler at the table. If you want to look ahead, it's better to give up as soon as possible. War is not child's play, and every chance of victory counts.

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In London, Prime Minister John Russell was embarrassed to find that before he knew it, they were actually tied to the Prussians.

Originally, they were only prepared to fight a proxy war, but as time went on, they invested more and more power.

In particular, after the end of the Battle of East Prussia, they sold 30 million pounds of war bonds for the Berlin government, and now all the debts of Britain and Prussia have exceeded 100 million pounds.

Most of the debt holders are ordinary people, and if you don't want to lose the next election, it's better not to let the debt become a bad debt.

Although the Prussians had mortgaged the customs duties, railways, and mines, if the Kingdom of Prussia did not exist, would these mortgages still be cashed?

John Russell did not think that the Russians, the French, the Austrians would admit these debts. Even if it is for its own interests, the Prussian pawn must be saved.

"Sir Edward, is it difficult to blockade the Baltic Sea?" John Russell asked

Admiral Edward replied confidently, "No, the Royal Navy has enough strength to complete this task. ”

It is really not difficult for the Royal Navy to blockade the Baltic Sea, and not to let them rush into the Baltic Sea to kill the Russian Navy.

Foreign Secretary Leslin said dissatisfiedly: "Of course you have no problem, the Royal Navy can kill the Russians ten times, but our problem is big."

As a neutral country, if we venture to intervene in this war, we will inevitably bear tremendous diplomatic pressure and public opinion pressure. ”

Once the Baltic Sea is blocked, the trade of many countries will be affected, and diplomatically they will inevitably bear pressure from European countries.

Just because the Prussians could take orders from Britain and Russia did not mean that they still had the strength to eat orders placed by Russians in other countries.

Not all countries are easy to bully, and if you offend people now, you will definitely be retaliated against in the future. This will bring huge trouble to their next diplomatic work, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will naturally become the backstabber.

Prime Minister John Russell smiled and comforted: "Sir Resling, this is just a minor problem, and I'm sure you can fix it."

As long as the great strategy of weakening the Russians is completed, the price now is worth it. At least compared to the war in the Near East, the cost we paid this time was much lower. ”

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and there was no harm without comparison. In the war in the Near East, the London government not only spent hundreds of millions of pounds on military spending, lost a large number of troops, and most importantly, lost a fucking loss.

A lose-lose war is a defeat for the British. Now the situation is much better, it is the Prussians who are desperately fighting at the front, and the money lent out will have to be repaid.

A two-way victory would have been a great victory for the British, and if Prussia had won the war, they would have made a lot of money.

Foreign Minister Leslin said with some hesitation: "The Minister to the Ottoman Empire has received news that the Austrians are making small moves over there, and they seem to be intent on provoking a war between the Ottomans and the Russians.

We did an in-depth analysis and did not find out what Austria could gain from the outbreak of war between the two countries.

If it is to weaken the Russians, as long as they delay the speed of material transportation a little, it is enough to inflict heavy losses on the Russian army. ”

At this time, the Arabian Peninsula was a desert, with a herd of camels at most, which was not worth the peep of a large country at all.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Agarwal speculated: "Maybe it has something to do with the Suez Canal, the Austrians want to take the lead in the Suez Canal, and they started to lay out in advance." ”

Admiral Edward questioned: "But this is somewhat unreasonable, and many experts in the country believe that the Suez Canal is not navigable."

Even if it is dug through, it will only allow some small boats to pass in the end, and it will not have any strategic value at all. ”

It's all the fault of the experts, the British have long organized specialists to carry out exploration, and the experts have come to the conclusion that the Suez Canal is impassable.

This erroneous conclusion directly affected the decision-making of the London government, and while France and Austria were digging the Suez Canal, the British pounced on the Suez railway project.

As in history, the British did not consider the Suez Canal valuable until it was opened.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Agarwal said indifferently: "Who knows what the Vienna government thinks, they dare to invest a lot of money in the canal, and they will worry about not being able to navigate?"

Of course, it doesn't have to be for the canal. Franz was the king of Jerusanlen, and perhaps they wanted to reclaim the Holy Land. ”

The latter explanation is obviously more plausible than the former, Austria has already taken control of the Sinai Peninsula, control of the Suez Canal is already halfway in, and even if it controls the Red Sea, it is unlikely that it will continue to increase.

In contrast, it is more convincing to take advantage of the war between the Ottomans and the Russians to retake the Jerusalem area.

"The Franco-Austrian expansion on the African continent has been very rapid in recent years, and we need to curb their actions," Colonial Secretary Steve suggested.

The Colonial Ministry's Africa strategy also included plans to occupy Ethiopia, and it happened that the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the gateway to the Red Sea, was also there.

We can preemptively occupy Ethiopia and, by the way, interrupt the Austrians' East African strategy. ”

The "East Africa Strategy" was a smoke bomb released by Vienna, and in order to make trouble for Austria, in recent years, the British have sold weapons to the indigenous countries of East Africa.

However, the plan could not keep up with the rapid changes, and the progress of Austrian colonization slowed down, and instead of rushing into East Africa, it was consolidating the existing gains.

The world has almost been divided, and the British colonial department naturally does not want to be idle, and the African colonization plan has been released.

Foreign Secretary Reslin objected: "It will be easy to block the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but if we do it, let's prepare for an alliance between Vienna and Paris!"

They excavated the Suez Canal at all costs in order to get rid of our control over the Strait of Gibraltar, and their rash intervention was bound to provoke a fierce backlash from the Franco-Austrians.

It is not in our interest to confront France and Austria in advance before we are sure whether the Suez Canal is of strategic value. ”

The butterfly effect is powerful, and there is only one naval power in the Mediterranean, France, and the Royal Navy waited until after the Franco-Prussian War to gain control of the Suez Canal.

Now the situation is different, the combined navies of France and Austria have the strength to challenge the Royal Navy, at least in the Mediterranean, the Royal Navy has lost its advantage.

Moreover, the strait is not the same as the canal, and the difficulty of control is not of the same level. At worst, it is dozens of kilometers wide, and if you want to block the door, the navy will open it.

It may seem tempting to keep France and Austria in a large bathtub in the Mediterranean, but in practice, if it is not done well, it will bury Britain's maritime supremacy.

Colonial Chancellor Steve retorted: "This situation is indeed possible, but as long as it is done well, it may not be against France and Austria."

We're just planning ahead and planning ahead, and we can compromise when necessary. ”

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