As the situation on the battlefield in Afghanistan continues to deteriorate, the perception of the British government's top brass is also changing.

War Secretary Rosario: "The Russians are advancing by leaps and bounds on the battlefield in Afghanistan thanks to the support of France and Austria.

Now we are facing an enemy that is not the Russian Empire at all, but a Triple Alliance in which the Russians send troops and France and Austria contribute money and materials.

Although Britain was strong, it did not have the strength to confront the three major European powers at the same time. To win this war, we must cut off the support of France and Austria for the Tsarist government. ”

The front line has lost the battle, and it is always necessary to give an explanation to the country. Moreover, Rosario did not talk nonsense, the victory of the Russian army is indeed inseparable from the support of France and Austria.

To be precise, Austria supported the French government, and the French government also supported the Russians, but due to the Anglo-French alliance, the range of action was still smaller.

For the War Department, the purpose of expanding the army has been achieved, and the most important thing now is to find a way to win the war.

Rosario is well aware of the strength of the British army and has no ability to turn defeat into victory in the short term. The best way to win the war is to cut off the Russians' foreign aid.

Without Franco-Austrian financial and material aid, and with the strength of the Russians alone, the war lasted for a year and a half, and the tsarist government's finances could not withstand it.

Whether it is to defeat the Russians head-on or to kill them, as long as you win the war. Rosario is a pragmatist, but not so particular.

Foreign Secretary George explained: "The Foreign Office is already working on this, but the results are not encouraging.

Fao's main purpose now supporting the Russians is to make the Russians deplete our strength so that they can reap the benefits of the fishermen.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provoked contradictions on several occasions, but they have been suppressed by the governments of the three countries. It is very difficult to cut off the aid of France and Austria to the Russians in the short term. ”

The current passive situation is actually a legacy of Britain's long-term foreign policy. Both France and Austria have grievances against Britain, and supporting the Russians is a means of retaliation.

Even if there is no benefit, France and Austria will support the Russians. It is not wrong for countries to speak with interests, but people will hold grudges.

In the case of France, normally there is no market for the bonds of the Russians, but the French still buy them.

Many buyers not simply want to speculate, but also want to take revenge on the British and vent their evil anger.

As advertised, every franc spent on bonds was turned into a bullet to the British.

Austria is similar, it has been suppressed by the British government in recent years, and has done little overseas, and the Vienna government has long wanted to retaliate.

In addition to hatred, the use of the Russians to deplete Britain's power allowed France and Austria to gain a great deal of benefit.

If the British are defeated and India is reduced to a battlefield, the sun will never set on the empire.

The supremacy of the Royal Navy is inseparable from the support of financial resources, and once India is defeated, the British Isles and other colonies alone will not be able to suppress France and Austria.

When hatred meets profit, that's the current situation. France and Austria saw their support for the Russians' attack on Afghanistan as a means of pulling the British down from their position as world hegemons.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Childers shook his head: "The matter is not so serious, the French are still our allies, and the anti-British alliance will not appear."

It can be seen from the strength of their support that they support the Russians only a small part of the French government, and do not represent the position of the French government.

Austria is not a fool either, once the Russians occupy India, the pressure on their eastern front will be great, and their support for the Russians will certainly be limited.

If nothing else, Austrian support will end as soon as the Russians win the war in Afghanistan. ”

If France, Austria and Russia really get closer, the remaining wall-to-wall countries know on their knees who they will support, and once the European continent unites, Britain's hegemony will end.

The core reason for Britain to sow discord among European countries is to avoid the unification or union of the European continent and threaten their interests.

After hundreds of years of efforts by the British government, coupled with the problems left over from history, the European continent has long been full of contradictions.

It is true that France and Austria support the Russians, but this does not affect the competitive relationship between Russia, France and Austria, and the position of a European hegemon makes it impossible for the three countries to truly cooperate.

Purely in terms of development potential, the Russian Empire far surpassed the European countries, and even Austria had no way to compare with the Russians before it annexed the Ottoman Empire.

As long as the economic shortcomings are filled, the Russian Empire will be reborn in an instant, becoming one of the most powerful countries in the world.

In any respect, France and Austria have no reason to continue to let the Russians continue to grow.

Especially for Austria, which is a neighbor, the probability of a conflict between Russia and Austria is infinitely close to 100 percent from a geopolitical point of view.

War Minister Rosario nodded: "Your Excellency's analysis is good, and it is indeed the case logically.

But we can't let the Russians win the war in Afghanistan now, not even for a short time, politically not at all.

To win this war in a short period of time, we must get France and Austria to abandon their support for the tsarist government.

Otherwise, even if reinforcements arrive, it will be useless to defeat the Russians. The Russians will continue to increase their troops, just like in the Russo-Prussian War, as long as the financial and material resources can keep up, the tsar will have to be soldiers.

The War Office suggested encouraging the French to expand into Central Europe, or allowing Austria to unify Germany, intensifying Franco-Austrian contradictions, and triggering a continental war. ”

It's not the best way, but it's the most effective. Simply to sow discord between countries, the rulers of various countries are not fools, and they will not be fooled at all.

If you want people to be fooled, the best way is to make profits. As long as the benefits are big enough, the conspiracy becomes a conspiracy, and you can't refuse even if you know that there is a problem.

Foreign Secretary George warned: "Letting the ambitions of France and Austria unleash will indeed solve the problems of the present, but what about the consequences?

Once France and Austria decided the winner, a new continental hegemon was born.

If the winner is the French, we may also incite the countries of Europe to start a new war against France; If Austria had won the war, we would not have been able to start an anti-Austrian war. ”

It's true that the world speaks with its fists, but sometimes there are other factors to consider. None of the countries of Europe are fools and cannot be led by the nose.

The expansion of the French into Central Europe will make everyone have bad associations, just guide it, in order to curb the birth of a second Napoleon, there is a basis for cooperation.

The victory of Austria was different, the Holy Roman Empire itself existed, and now it is reunited, and it is not an invasion.

As long as the Emperor does not kill them all and retains the existence of various states, everyone will not feel sad about the death of the rabbit and the fox.

For small countries, no matter who is the boss of Europe, it will not be their turn, as long as it does not harm their own interests, they will not fight hard at all.

War Minister Rosario said with a smile: "Your Excellency has been thinking too much, France and Austria are both big countries, how can it be so easy to distinguish the winner from the loser."

This war, once started, was doomed to be protracted. No matter who wins or loses, it will be a big loss of vitality in the end.

The winner may be able to become the hegemon of the continent, but the loser will not die. As long as we intervene in time, the vanquished will still be the few great powers in Europe.

Under the power of hatred, the two countries will continue to confront each other for a long time.

The French won the war, and the pattern of the European continent was that of the Russo-Austrian alliance against France; Austria won the war, and the pattern of the European continent was that of France and Russia against Austria.

Paying hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of casualties, only won the nominal European hegemon, where is there any winner.

Besides, don't you think France and Austria are too strong? If it goes on like this, I'm afraid the Royal Navy will ...... too."

This is also the reason why the French and Austrian governments have exercised restraint, after all, it is easy to defeat the opponent, but it is difficult to destroy the opponent.

Neither France nor Austria is capable of annexing the other, and even if the country is destroyed now, a new regime will still be born, and the situation of confrontation between the two countries will not improve.

Unless you play genocide and solve the problem once and for all. Unfortunately, it's the 19th century, and it's okay to do this overseas, but if you play like this on the European continent, other countries will interfere.

Fao doesn't have the ability to fight alone, so he naturally has to maintain restraint. Otherwise, it will only be a lose-lose fisherman who watches the show cheaply.