Since entering the era of ironclads, the Austrian Navy has been very prominent. The continuous expansion of the Austrian navy forced European countries to follow suit.

Had it not been for the outbreak of the Indian rebellion that restrained the energy of the British, the Vienna government would have felt the pressure long ago.

There are people in the London government who are clamoring for a three-strong standard. (Exceeds the tonnage of the navy of the second, third, and fourth naval powers)

Of course, these people are just talking, and in fact the British have never done it.

Now don't talk about the three-strong standard, even if it is the two-strong standard, Franz doubts that the British can do it.

Combined, the total tonnage of the Faw-Austrian Navy is already approaching the Royal Navy. Considering the ironclad factor, the strength of the Royal Navy is no longer able to achieve a pressure advantage over France and Austria.

However, after the Indian rebellion was suppressed, the British should be able to achieve the two-power standard for a long time to come. In the short term, Franz was not ready to blow up the navy, so as not to stimulate the sensitive nerves of the British.

No, it's already stimulated, but I don't have the time to pay attention to it.

If it weren't for the tsarist government's lack of financial resources, Franz would have been ready to help the Russians blow up the navy and stimulate the London government.

This is not a contradiction, as long as the British are stimulated, they will put more financial resources into ironclads. But in fact, these warships are only transitional products, and the more they are built, the greater the losses when they are replaced.

If it weren't for the fact that he was meddling in the Civil War, Franz would not have made so many ironclad ships. In terms of the performance of warships, it will not be long before these warships will be eliminated.

It was in consideration of the possibility that an arms race could lead to war that Franz was not prepared to make a bird now. Since it is Anglo-Russian hegemony, of course the Russians must be allowed to go up.

Before the unification of the German regions, Franz was not prepared for a direct confrontation with the British, which would have outweighed the losses.

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Washington, the election that decided the fate of the United States is over. Franz's butterfly effect did not affect this election, and Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the 16th United States with an absolute majority.

The general appearance of representing the interests of the capitalists of the North caused panic and hatred among the plantation owners of the South. In order to protect their interests, they began to carry out tandem.

On December 20, 1860, representatives of Southern planters met in South Carolina and decided to withdraw from the Union.

It also issued a proclamation to slavery, welcoming the withdrawal of the states from the Union and their entry into the newly formed state, the League of American States.

When the news reached Europe, it immediately caused a sensation. Franz immediately convened a cabinet meeting to discuss countermeasures.

Foreign Secretary Wesenberg analyzed: "The conflict between the North and the South in the United States has a long history, and the results of this election have shown that the planters in the South have lost the political battle.

In order to protect their interests, they had to withdraw from the federation and form a new state.

Legally speaking, these states have the right to withdraw.

But the capitalists in the north would certainly not agree, and they also wanted cheap industrial raw materials and markets. If these states are allowed to run away, all their previous efforts will be in vain.

Unless the Northern government compromised, it was impossible for the plantation owners in the South to return, and Lincoln's call was really just a show.

The North-South split was not only due to the abolition of slavery, but also to the core tariff issue, which he did not mention.

If Lincoln had promised to lower tariffs on farm crops, the Southern planters' resolve to independence could have been shaken. Now both sides can only talk about war.

When the American Civil War broke out, half of our American colonial strategy was realized, and a divided United States was more in line with our interests.

However, there is a big gap in the overall strength between the north and the south, and only seven states have joined the southern government, and I am afraid that they are not the opponents of the northern government. ”

There is nothing to say about the division of the United States, and the Vienna government is absolutely supportive. This is all the more necessary after the start of the Americas strategy.

Home Secretary Wendy Schgretz said calmly: "On the surface, the government in the north is indeed stronger.

But in fact, not all the northern states are willing to participate in this war, and most of the American people do not want a war. We can only rely on the public opinion controlled by the capitalists to fool the people into going to the battlefield.

It was not the same in the southern states, they were driven to a dead end. When it comes to vital interests, the enthusiasm of the people in the south to join the army is much higher.

In the short term, militarily the Southern government is more likely to have an advantage; If the war drags on, then the manpower superiority of the North will gradually translate into military strength.

I think that as long as the commander-in-chief in the South is smarter, they will take Washington as soon as the war breaks out, and then negotiate with the government in the North.

Anyway, everyone likes to see the outburst unlucky, and the European countries will definitely support the division of the United States. ”

Prime Minister Felix questioned: "This is very difficult to do, militarily speaking, it is indeed possible for the southern government to occupy Washington in the first place."

However, there is no way to stop the US government from withdrawing. There are significantly more federal states on the northern side, and military action in the south will stimulate everyone's nerves and get their own neutral states to join in.

The southern government is limited, and if they can't beat a few states, they will become exhausted. The government of the north, which has reacted, will still overwhelm the south by virtue of its strong strength.

In fact, the crux of the issue now is not how the north and the south will fight, but who can get more allies on both sides.

There are a total of 35 states in the United States, 16 of which are slave states, and only 7 have declared independence now, and the next political activities of both sides will be the key to determining the outcome of this war.

If the southern government can win over the 16 slave states to become independent and lobby a few more states for neutrality, then the two sides will be closer in strength.

If the two sides are evenly matched, there is no chance of a peaceful solution to the problem with the intervention of European countries. ”

Foreign Secretary Wesenberg explained: "Your Excellency, I am afraid that this ideal situation will not happen.

The diplomatic work of the southern government is simply not up to par, and I don't know where they got their self-confidence, and they have not asked us for help until now.

I have no illusions about how many states they will be able to convince to join. In public opinion, the capitalists in the north occupy a dominant position, and if they do not work hard enough, I am afraid that many animal husbandry states will fall to the northern government.

After all, the capitalists in some of the slave states were not small. If the response is slow, I am afraid that the federal states that were inclined to them will also be pulled by the northern government. ”

What is the confidence of the Southern government? Cotton, of course!

At this time, about one-fifth of the population of Britain depended directly or indirectly on cotton textiles for their survival, and 80 percent of them were supplied by the southern states.

The London government could not tolerate problems in the cotton supply chain, but they ignored the 1860 bumper cotton harvest and a 50% overstock of cotton on the London market.

This negligence was very fatal, and many capitalists saw the blockade in the north as a good opportunity to deal with the backlog and make huge profits.

With these people pulling back, and the impact on the cotton spinning industry was not fatal, the London government was mired in controversy and did not intervene in the American Civil War in the first place.

Next, he finally reached an agreement with France and Spain and decided to intervene, and was put on the side by the French again. Coupled with the PR of the northern government, the London government again fell into hesitation.

After several hesitations, cotton was grown in India and Egypt. The British capitalists' interest in the cotton of the Southern government was greatly reduced, and international intervention was thus delayed.

By the time the London government made its decision, the southern government was powerless.

In the face of the southern government, which failed in diplomacy, Franz also had a headache. The advantages that I already have, I don't know how to take advantage of them, and I bury the opportunity in vain.

If the governments of the South were more active, whether out of strategic necessity or out of interest, everyone would support them.

In any case, in order to hit the Americans, now Franz can only pinch his nose and admit it, and he still has to volunteer to help the southern government.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs communicated with Britain and France, and we worked together to persuade more of the pastoral states to join the southern government, presumably they would not mind pit the Americans.

Find a few more newspapers to break the news: the news of a bumper cotton harvest and unsalable, and by the way, highlight the news of the skyrocketing cotton production in India, Egypt, West Africa and other regions.

Find a few experts and scholars to analyze the seriousness of the problem, so that the people in charge of the southern government can sober up and know that their cotton weapons are unreliable. ”

In addition to cotton, there are many agricultural products that are the fist products of the Americans, but these things are also produced elsewhere.

Even Franz wondered if he should send someone to burn the British's cotton stocks. This thought was only fleeting, mainly because there were too many cotton warehouses, and it was not possible for a few people to burn them all.

However, most of the cotton in the south has not yet been shipped, and as long as the southern government is vigilant and suspends the transportation of cotton in the future, then the British government will still have to be tied to the southern government ship.

After all, whether it is India or Egypt, it takes time to grow cotton, and domestic factories cannot afford to wait.

Historically, in the early days of the war, the northern government proposed to intercept this part of the cotton convoy and cut off the trade of the southern government.

However, in order not to offend the British, the Lincoln government chose to let it go. Even during the outbreak of the Civil War, the blockade of cotton shipments in the North was not tight.

Otherwise, if the supply of cotton to John Cow was really cut off, the British would have hit it long ago.

There is no doubt that although the British Army is not good, it is okay to deal with the Americans.

Only the Royal Navy can kill the northern government if it blockades the coast of the United States and sends a bunch of Indian GIs to it.

As for logistical supplies, they are far less terrible than imagined. The most important food can be provided by the government of the South, and there is no shortage of these things.

Weapons and ammunition needed to be transported from the mainland, and the ammunition consumption of the war in this era was not large, and the British, as the largest industrial country in the world, could afford it.

To put it bluntly, the government in the north has more than 20 million people. As soon as the war broke out, several states were blown up by the South. The war potential that the northern government can break out is also limited.

The power of the British to suppress the Indian rebellion was enough to rewrite the outcome of the Civil War. The American GIs, who had just picked up the robbery and were sent to the battlefield, had no combat effectiveness at all.