Chapter 407: The price of betrayal

Looking at the increasing number of casualties, Franz also felt a headache. As Carlo Ferengeri expected, Austria also needed face.
If exposed to the French, then a loss of 8,000 would be nothing. The problem is that Austria is not ready to fight the French at all.
Once the window paper was ripped, it was doomed to a full-scale war. If a local war does not exist, neither side can admit defeat, and once it starts, it will rise to the point of life and death.
The arrogant French will not give in, and Napoleon III can only die to the end; Austria has a population advantage and has the upper hand in the potential of war, making Franz even less likely to give in.
This means that it is useless to separate the victory and defeat in a local war. Everyone refuses to give in. The war will continue.
Either for three years and five years, whoever can't stand the first to admit defeat, or both end in defeat, or go directly to the stud battle, splitting life and death.
This cannot be ended in the short term. In this era without planes, tanks, and cars, marching on two legs, there is no blitz.
The overall national strength is to fight. Open the map and you will know that the geographic locations of France and Austria have already been decided. Whoever launches the attack is the one who suffers.
In Italy, most of the Sardinian kingdoms were laid down. This is not the core of the French. The locals are also a group of Italians who cannot be tamed. Occupying here has no effect.
On the contrary, the logistics supply pressure was increased, and Franz did not think that the Austrian army was able to cross the Alps and hit Paris all the way.
The greater possibility was constrained by logistics and then driven back by the French. After all, the French can transport by sea, and they will fight the attrition war with the Austrian army here.
The Central European Region is separated by the German Federal Empire and Switzerland. "By the way" just think about it. What is the difference between this and the invasion?
Unless the French are enticed to send troops, it is impossible for Austria to take the initiative to attack. Franz didn't want to feel excluded, it was definitely not a wonderful experience.
If these can be tolerated, the most unacceptable to Franz is the cost of war, which won France's most war compensation.
Decapitation, Austria is out of reach! Moreover, the French land Franz was really not interested.
The only Kingdom of Sardinia bordering on it is still afraid to do so, otherwise the number of Italians in the country will increase, which is not conducive to ethnic integration, increasing the possibility of explosion.
colony? After Fao has played, how much the Austrian navy will be left in the end is unknown. God can bless the existing site. Where can I expand?
Whether or not war compensation is available is unknown. In case John Bull stepped in, it would be dry for nothing.
Don't count on the Russian-Australian alliance, that stuff can't be trusted. Austria can paddling in the Russian-Prussian war, and Russians can also paddling in the French-Russian war, not to mention that the Russians are still dead with Prussia and cannot help.
With the window paper unbroken, this casualty figure has shamed the Austrian military. Continuing, it is inevitable that the number of casualties will exceed the Osa War.
At present, the smell of gunpowder on the Italian peninsula is getting stronger and stronger. France and Austria are constantly increasing their troops, and only one Mars will detonate.
Napoleon III and Franz felt similar, or more uncomfortable. In the Italian region, Austria was a big deal in vain, and the French Balkans were not protected.
The French navy is strong, the Austrian navy is not weak, at least in the Adriatic Sea, the French navy cannot hold Austria, and the French army on the Balkans was reduced to a lone army from the beginning.
If the war can be won, it is acceptable to lose the French Balkans. The problem is that due to geographical location, the most suitable point of engagement is Italy.
Napoleon III of Central Europe did not dare to touch, otherwise the enemy would not be Austria, but an anti-French alliance.
The distance from Italy to Vienna was enough to crash the French army N times. Austria ’s railways are indeed well-built, but everyone ’s tracks are different and they cannot be docked. The railways cannot be expected at all.
This is still an ideal state. Under normal circumstances, most of the French army will stop in Lombardy. There are perfect fortifications in the local area, which is not easy to break.
During the Osa war, the Kingdom of Sardinia tore through the internal attack to break the line of defense, now there are not so many internal responses.
In this context, even if the French army occupied the two Sicilian kingdoms, in fact, the two sides could only be regarded as a draw.
Want to win the war, unless Franz personally led troops into battle + blind command.
This time is different from the past. If Franz and Napoleon III lead the PK together, no one knows the result. After all, neither is a good master.
In the original space-time Austrian-French war, Napoleon III did not have time to play, so the French army won. If he breaks out with all his strength, the outcome is still unknown.
There have been examples of the Near East War, the Civil War, and the Russian-Prussian War. The Paris government has also been more cautious and has no arrogance in the world.
Different from the time when the country was hit, Napoleon III, who had a great career, was no longer that gambler. His throne was not so orthodox, the French people could not tolerate failure, and any failure would shake his foundations of domination.
This intervention in the two Sicilian kingdoms was only a tentative test of Austria. It was not worthwhile to venture into war for a tentative test.
Neither side wants to go to war. However, the situation in the two Sicilian kingdoms has made it impossible for the two countries to step down. Everyone wants face, and whoever concedes first means conceding.
Although there was no substantial loss in this conceding, but this tone must be bet, in this context, Prime Minister Carlo Ferengeri acted.
Foreign Minister Urdinov looked at the evidence in his hand and questioned: "His Prime Minister, it is too unconvincing for such documents, I am afraid that the Ministers of France and Austria will not believe it."
His heart is broken. Even if he is framed, he must be professional. Holding a pile of documents directly as evidence, any print shop on the street can be wholesale without any convincing power.
"It doesn't matter, you don't need to convince them. Did you think of these things when you saw these things?" Prime Minister Carlo Ferengeri said with a smile.
Urdinov nodded, and he heard the meaning of Prime Minister Carlo Ferengeri. If Americans provoke the conflict between France and Austria, it is estimated that few people will believe it.
The federal government has neither this strength nor the courage, and more importantly, there is not enough interest for them to do so.
It would be almost like changing the British. John Bull has repeatedly recorded the record that the relationship between the two countries was discovered by the two countries. As a recidivist, it is naturally a subject of major doubt.
This excuse has an explanation both internally and externally. The London government denied it was useless, and Paris and Vienna would believe it directly.
The relationship between France and Austria has not been furthered. The main reason is that the British have stumped from it. Otherwise, the two countries might have formed an alliance several years ago.
The common plan to divide Europe originally proposed by Franz was actually the source of the current ambition of Napoleon III. After annexing the Kingdom of Sardinia, it was even more out of control.
In the Fao Mieu, there is a plan to expel the British from the Mediterranean, and it has already begun.
Whether it is Greece, the Ottoman Empire, or Egypt or North Africa, the expansion of the British in these years has not been smooth.
The London government was naturally upset by being tripped by two ground snakes. It's just that these are small actions in secret. On the bright side, everyone is still good neighbors.
The unhappy John Niu naturally took revenge, and provoking relations between the two countries was one of them. Many methods of the British are masculine, even if exposed, they still affect France-Austria relations.
Otherwise, France and Austria are still happily dividing up the European continent. How could it be possible to reach this point?
Soon, the evidence prepared by the two Sicilian kingdoms was passed to Paris and Vienna, but the protagonist was replaced by an Englishman.
Prime Minister Carlo Ferangieri did not dare to provoke the British, and France and Austria were different. The two sides tacitly held the on the British.
This is not an injustice, London newspapers have revealed the truth of the civil war between the two Sicilian kingdoms, and they have written a lot of pen and ink to secretly engage in underworld in France and Austria.
Due to the lack of sufficient film and television materials, the news was naturally denied by the governments of Paris and Vienna.
However, with the impetus of the British, the news quickly spread on the European continent.
There are many people who want to start a war between the two countries, such as the two countries, Russia and Russia, who are at war. They want to see someone unlucky with them.
Only by watching the bustling war between France and Austria will everyone's strength be pulled to the same level again. Whether you wish to admit it or not, both Russia and Russia have fallen behind.
Alexander II had the most say. He witnessed the decline of the Russian Empire with his own eyes. Now he is only a European hegemon in nominal terms. His actual strength has lagged behind that of France and Austria.
This is not just a question of money, but a comprehensive backwardness of overall national strength. The agricultural country cannot win the industrial country, and the gap in times cannot be made up by the number of people.
Vienna
Foreign Minister Weissenberg proposed: "Your Majesty, the conflict between France and Austria must be stopped, and the British fishermen will benefit from continuing.
Now is not the time for the decisive battle between France and Austria. We need time to prepare. "
War is not child's play, especially the war between two great powers. The original World War II is an example. Both sides made sufficient preparations before they started.
Now Austria has nothing to prepare for. What will it take?
Chancellor of the Exchequer Carl objected: "This time the incident was provoked by the French. That's it. Where are we going?"
This is also one of the problems. This conflict must be someone responsible for it. It must not be Austria. The Vienna government must find face.
Prime Minister Felix said fiercely: "Whoever provoked this dispute will be responsible for the incident. Since Francesco II introduced the wolf into the room, he is no longer eligible to continue as king of the two Sicilian kingdoms.
Francesco II has many brothers, and we can completely exchange for a pro-Austrian king. His brother Count Trani is a good choice. "
Francesco II's approach seemed to Vienna to have constituted a betrayal, and the traitor naturally paid a price. It's just that he is a king. It is impossible for Vienna to take his life, but it is still possible to abolish the throne.
This was Francesco II's own death. He had messed up the country and it was very unpopular. He asked Napoleon III for help stupidly. Many people inside the Bourbon family were very dissatisfied with him.
In this context, the Vienna government asked Francesco II to abdicate, and he had few supporters at all.
As for the French? Forget it, Napoleon III was not a charity. The price to keep Francesco II is too great, but the benefits are far less than it is.
The full name of Earl Trani: Luigi Maria, the half-brother of Francesco II, was born on August 1, 1838, and is still less than 18 years old.
This is not the point. What is important is that Luigi Maria is the son of Austrian Grand Duchess Maria Theresia Isabella. His grandfather, Austrian Army God Karl, has the blood of the Habsburgs.
Francesco II was able to inherit the throne, not how strong his supporters were, it was entirely because of European inheritance laws.
As the great aristocracy, both the Bourbon family and the Habsburg family are the defenders of the rules and proceed in full accordance with the rules.
Therefore, Francesco II can grow up safely and inherit the throne, and there is no so-called dog blood plot in the middle.
Everything is treated in accordance with the Crown Prince's standard, and stepmother abuse does not exist at all. The Grand Duchess Isabella is a educated person and will not do these unsophisticated things.
Because he lost his mother at an early age, everyone has a lot of pity for Francesco II. He has been a family who loved to exist from an early age. Compared to a few younger brothers who were strictly required from an early age, he grew up happily.
It has not been a good thing for a king since he was young, and this is one of the reasons why Francesco II did something stupid.
The world will not revolve around a turn, now Francesco II tragedy. The conflict between France and Austria requires an account, and Austria's face needs to be maintained.
As the culprit, Francesco II could not blame him, abdication was the only option.
It was nothing to do with Franz, and Count Trani had no relationship with him again. Grand Prince Carl did not have no son, and Yi Ze did not fall on his grandson. But just in time, the Vienna government just pushed the boat.
Franz sneered and said: "Then Francesco II abdicated, but he couldn't let the French down like this. Since he dared to reach out, he had to pay.
Our strategy for the French can begin to be implemented. Napoleon III is still too busy. We must keep them busy. "
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