Chapter 403: False, true, true, false, true

After careful consideration, the London government still made a decision to block the Baltic Sea. In fact, after the Berlin government agreed to take Russian orders in the UK, opposition to the blockade of the Baltic Sea in Parliament disappeared.
Anti-Russia has always been the national policy of the British. Without jeopardizing everyone's interests, it is natural that no one will oppose the Russians.
On January 11, 1866, the Royal Navy blocked the gates of the Baltic Sea on the grounds of annihilation of pirates.
The blockade of the Baltic Sea does not exist, but in consideration of the safety of passing ships, the Royal Navy recommends that everyone suspend access to the Baltic Sea.
Opinions are given, as for listening, it is voluntary. If you are robbed by a pirate, don't regret it.
The threat of "pirates" is horrible. After the accident of two Russian merchant ships, everyone wisely chose to suspend this sea trade route.
For a while, the British Foreign Office was full of protest books from various countries. Foreign Minister Sir Resling ordered a cold deal, and then there was no more.
It is in the interests of France and Austria to continue the Russian-Prussian War. Without a big country, what a small country can do is protest.
In Franz's view, fueling tactics is the most exhausting game. The Russian Empire was unable to use its military advantages and directly crushed Prussia, which had failed strategically.
Politicians see problems differently from ordinary people. Winning a war is not necessarily victory, and losing a war is not necessarily a failure.
There are too many classic cases in history. Ordinary people seem to have lost their protagonists and lost their horses. However, if you carefully analyze the gains and losses behind them, you will find that the final winner is actually the loser.
But in recent times, with the awakening of the people, the requirements for the ruling class have become higher, the cost of this gameplay has gradually increased, and it has finally been abandoned.
The most direct benefit of the British blockade was that the trade volume between Russia and Austria increased again. Now the tsarist government has no choice but to be such a seller.
Franz doesn't care how much the price has risen. Anyway, the Tsarist government now places orders directly with the capitalists, and what price is negotiated is what the price is.
Anyway, now that the Tsarist government is rich, bureaucrats will find ways to spend it. As the price of materials rises, capitalists' profits increase, bureaucratic rebates increase, and even the Vienna government's taxes increase.
This is a win-win situation, hello, hello, everyone.
Intelligence chief Tyron handed out a document saying, "Your Majesty, this is the latest European strategy for the French."
Without victory in the Crimean War, Napoleon III was still very open-minded, and he always brainstormed when formulating strategies.
The benefit of brainstorming is that it reduces the error rate and also increases the chance of exposure. Anything, once more people are known, is no longer a secret.
Although the French's strategic plan is not well known, there are dozens of people involved in the formulation, and it is not surprising that it was leaked.
Of course, this may also be a smoke bomb deliberately released by the French. True or false strategy, almost every country has a dozen plans.
Before it happened, no one knew which strategy was true, and could only gather as much information as possible and then make a judgment.
Not even Napoleon III himself dare to guarantee which plan will be their true strategy in the future.
There are usually several alternatives, and the strategy that best suits the current situation is generally selected based on changes in the international situation.
This choice is subject to change at any time, except for the long-term national policy, which is less likely to change, and any other strategy is just one option.
After a closer look, Franz had to admit that the French ambition was big enough.
Both wanted to use the Prussian war to pull the Russians from the world hegemony, and in the Rhineland region plotting Prussians.
This is only a first-step strategy, and there are plans to annex Belgium and the west of the German Federation west of the Rhine, and even prepare to annex Italy.
In his heart, Franz has already struck a cross for this ambitious strategic plan. Such a strategy can only be implemented if there is a ghost, if it was Napoleon's era.
Except for using the Pu-Russian war, it is more reliable to pull the Russians off the continental hegemon, and the rest of the strategy can not be implemented.
"Russia and Austria" divided Prussia into three countries, which was a fallacy from the beginning.
The Tsarist government has invested so much for this war, and Gwangpowg will not be able to recover the cost of war. If the French had the biggest cake, would Alexander II be able to balance it?
Even if he is open-minded, he can't do the business of enemies! Dividing the loot is never a simple task, especially when sharing the loot with the enemy.
The French acquired the Rhineland region, the industrial development potential doubled, and the acquisition of the Russian empire, which belongs to Poland, can only be regarded as better than nothing.
Not to mention Austria, the benefits of dividing Prussia are directly negative. Let Franz choose. He would rather fight against France than accept such a pit-up condition.
From the perspective of income: the 100,000 square kilometers of land directly put Austria strategically into the Jedi. The value brought by this part of the territory has not increased much defense expenditure.
Politically: Once participating in the division of Prussia, it means that Franz abandons the political status of the German Commonwealth, and the legitimacy of the new Holy Roman Empire will be seriously challenged.
This is not the same as the original German and German empires. They did not have the title of common owner. Therefore, William I did not become the emperor of Germany, and secondly he became the emperor of Germany.
Jurisprudentially, the German Empire is a republic, and the emperor is just a hereditary president. Even though William I won the title of emperor through the "Emperor Declaration", his actual identity is still only the Federal President.
This was also the main reason for the failure of World War I and the loss of the throne by William II. You have to know that the Habsburg dynasty has struggled a bit. If it wasn't for the last emperor Carl to do stupid things in succession, he could still keep several crowns.
Jurisprudence is different from others. Once lost, it cannot be recovered again. Franz's sovereignty position is derived from the unification of the German region. Once the German region is divided up with other countries, can the people still accept his emperor?
Even for his own sake, Franz couldn't let this happen.
"Transfer the intelligence to the cabinet, and let them arrange for an analysis of the strategy of the French before, to see what the French are hiding." Franz ordered
These messy strategies are actually valuable, and no one can guarantee that these strategies will not become reality.
At least compared with the original Bismarck's German unified plan, the French had a much higher success rate in this strategy, and the original bismarck's whimsical plan succeeded.
There is also the Italian strategy tinkered with by Gafur, and the Japanese strategy formulated by Ito Bowen. In terms of odds, the success rate of this plan is lower than that of the French.
With so many successful cases, Franz naturally dare not take it lightly. After all, the French are very powerful, and as long as Napoleon III did not rush to the front to blindly command, they were one of the most powerful empires in the world.
Theoretically, with so many plans, except for the Rhineland region, where Austria cannot compromise, it is possible to exchange benefits in other regions.
Minerals in the Rhineland region are important to the French, and in fact they are not irreplaceable. Belgium is one of the substitutes.
As long as the supply of coal is guaranteed for decades, with the development of maritime transportation, shipping costs continue to decrease, and mining resources from overseas colonies are transported back to the homeland. The cost is also within the industrial acceptance range.
Even the French simply found a chance to get ahead first, beating Austria by surprise and seizing the Rhineland from the battlefield.
Franz never doubted this possibility. The Austrian General Staff has hundreds of plans to attack France, and it is constantly increasing. It is not surprising that the French have the same idea.
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