readx;?“ Your Majesty Caesar, you also know that now Germany is almost single-handedly defending the Western world, and the slightest carelessness could make it possible for the Russians and Chinese to sweep across Europe, which would be an unimaginable disaster. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

In a country house on the outskirts of Berlin that belonged to the royal family of Württemberg, Bismarck, the current chancellor of the German Empire, was talking to the visiting Mathilde with a sad face.

Even in his chair, the helmsman of the German Empire still looked very muscular, and his gaze at Mathilde was extremely sharp, and although he was over sixty years old, he still seemed to be full of energy. He had a mustache on his lips and a shiny beard, which had obviously taken some effort to maintain. Although he had never served in the army, he still sat up straight, and his gestures always carried a kind of military toughness.

Although it was noon, the sky in Berlin was obscured by thick dark clouds, which blocked most of the light, so that the room was a little dark, giving people an inexplicable sense of pressure. Coupled with Bismarck's melancholy tone, Mathilde almost believed that the German Empire was being crushed by Russia.

But Mathilde knew very well that it was the Russian Empire that was not going well. Before leaving the Americas, Juan had already analyzed the situation on the Eastern Front in Europe for her. Russia, with its vast territory, large population, and fierce people, was a difficult object to conquer. This country is not afraid of the enemy's long-term novel, because the winter in Russia is the best weapon, and the army of Napoleon in the past is defeated by winter. In that war more than 20 years ago, the Chinese would have had it not been for the logistical support of the Mongols, who were also accustomed to cold climates. Most of them will also lose because they can't stand the Siberian winter.

Of course. The victory of the Chinese in Eastern Siberia is also related to the fact that the Russians are too few there. If the Germans were going deep into the same cold. And there are tens of millions of fighting peoples living in the western hinterland of Russia, and the end will certainly not be much better than that of Napoleon I.

But the Germans fought smartly this time, not rushing to attack Moscow or Petersburg, or even to get involved in Russia itself, but to entangle the Russians on the western lands of Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine. Use the method of a war of attrition to deplete Russia's vitality little by little.

And the battlefield chosen by the Germans for this war of attrition is also extremely unfavorable to Russia. Among them, Lithuania and Poland were originally united countries, and they were annexed by Tsarist Russia in the process of three partitions of Poland. It has always been more anti-Russian. Latvia was originally the birthplace of the Germanic Livonian Knights, where there are many Germanic descendants, who have always been relatively pro-German, and it is also a land forcibly occupied by Russia, which has only been incorporated into Russia for more than a hundred years. As for the Belarusians, they have always been the grass on the wall, whether it is Poland, Lithuania or Russia, they can easily rule there, and now there is no problem in changing to Germany.

Relatively speaking, it is the Ukrainians who are more loyal to the Russian Empire (in fact, the Ukrainian nation has not yet been formed in this era. The Ukrainians were in fact an offshoot of the Russians, and the Tsar's policy was to Russify them. This seriously hindered the formation of a Ukrainian national consciousness), but there were still quite a few Ukrainians who were willing to cooperate with the German (Polish) occupation authorities. Moreover, the policy of equal land division and agricultural cooperativeization pursued by the Republic of Poland (subordinate to Germany, with Wilhelm I as king) in Western Ukraine also won the support of many Western Ukrainian peasants. So that the German army did not fall into the "vast sea of people's war" in Western Ukraine.

There is a certain degree of support from the people of the occupied territories, but it does not penetrate much into Russia, and it occupies most of the most prosperous and rich lands in Russia. As a result, the German army's logistical supply was very relaxed, and the winter of 1875 was also very peaceful. However, the German strategy of steadily encroaching on Russia's western territory step by step has caused the Russian high command to fall into the predicament of constantly losing troops and territory, so it has been attacked by domestic public opinion. Since the spring of 1876, the Russian army has abandoned the old tradition of "not fighting for one city and one place" and began to fortify everywhere in the western battlefield, and the scale of army mobilization has also risen all the way, and it is estimated that it has exceeded 4 million! The resulting logistical pressure has exceeded the limits of production in Russian society, and agricultural production in Russia is shrinking dramatically due to the large number of young and middle-aged conscripts and the occupation of wealthy western regions. The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.

After giving Mathilde a general introduction to the situation on the German-Russian battlefield, Bismarck's expression was a little more solemn than just now, "Your Majesty Caesar, I think the intelligence agencies of the Roman Empire should have access to Franz. Joseph I was ready to withdraw from the intelligence of the war...... I think this would not only mean that Germany would have to fight alone against the mighty Russian Empire, but that Austria would probably be in alliance with Russia! When the time comes, the German Reich will be under double pressure from the east and the south! We're going to fight on two fronts! This is a taboo ......"

"Nothing like this is going to happen!" Mathilde smiled faintly at Bismarck and interrupted the German Prime Minister, "Mr. Chancellor, don't forget that I am half German, and I am still the Duchess of Württemberg, and I am very familiar with the intricacies of German internal affairs, especially Austria. In fact, I still have a little bit of Habsburg-Lorraine blood. ”

Caesar smiled sarcastically, "Poor Austria has long since decayed to the point of no return, it has become a zombie, lifeless and hopeless, and its current monarch Franz. Joseph is still an idiot who thinks he is smart, the existence of this country in Europe is simply a disgrace to Europe, it is better to let it die sooner......"

"To die earlier means ......," Bismarck looked at Mathilde with a look of surprise.

"Hah! Mr. Prime Minister, don't pretend to be confused in front of me! Mathilde burst out laughing, "How could the famous iron-blooded chancellor not have a great plan to unify the German Empire?" Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, and perhaps Hungary...... Why not annex all these rich lands to Germany? In this way, the German Empire would become a truly great empire. Become a great country like the Roman Empire, the Russian Empire, and the British Empire. ”

This blunt statement can be regarded as piercing the window paper between the two, and Bismarck fully understands Mathilde's intention - she has not come to discuss with Germany how to deal with Russia, but with Germany how to divide up the Holy Roman Empire! Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, and Hungary were owned by the German Empire, and the rest were incorporated into the Roman Empire. Such a partition is almost a good thing that Bismarck did not dare to think of in his dreams!

However, even so, Bismarck remained unusually calm.

"Your Majesty Caesar, is this what His Majesty Augustus and the Roman Senate meant, or is it your personal opinion?" Bismarck looked at Mathilde and asked lightly.

"It was my own will, but I still had a way to get the whole Roman Empire to accept the reality of German unity." Mathilde didn't have much time to test Bismarck, and she had to rush back to New France before the start of the new North American battle, so she opened the skylight and said something. "The future strength of white European civilization can only be built on the unity of Rome and the Germans. A strong Germanic empire was in the fundamental interests of the Roman Empire. Most Romans have not yet recognized this, but I am one of the few Romans who recognize this reality, and I am very fortunate to be Caesar of the Roman Empire, the ruler of the Western Empire! Without my support, Augustus would not have been able to wage a war against the German Empire, because he could not defeat the entire German Empire with half an empire.

And a powerful Roman Empire is also in the interests of the German Empire, Mr. Chancellor...... I think you get the idea, right? ”

"Of course, if the Roman Empire collapses, white Europeans will lose their only world empire...... Because the British Empire was obviously going to be very difficult to sustain. And we, the German Empire, need a powerful white world empire. Bismarck said what Mathilde wanted to hear with all sincerity - of course, Bismarck did understand it, and Wilhelm I knew it.

Although the Roman Empire was hated. But cursing in circles behind the back and crushing it are two different concepts, and once the Roman Empire is broken, the German Empire is now incapable of replacing it. When the time comes, the overseas part of the Roman Empire may well turn into a Mathildian Empire! Everyone knew that Mathilde had such prestige, at least all the kingdoms that had originally belonged to the Mexican Empire would be more than happy to see Mathilde as their empress again. Jujuan, the king of Donghua, had enough troops to help his mother build a great empire in the Americas...... And then become the heir to this empire!

When the time comes, the whole New World will never again belong to Europe!

"It's great that you understand that!" Mathilde looked at Bismarck very seriously, "I support the unification of Germany and the German claim to Russian territory on the condition that the Balkans, Constantinople, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine and Egypt, the birthplaces of the Roman Empire. Also, I need a really reliable alliance, an alliance between Rome and Germania, and the Germans must support the Roman Empire! If you betray this alliance and bring down the Eastern Empire in my lifetime, I will leave the entire Western Empire to Juan......"

In the last sentence, she dragged out her voice, then stopped and stopped talking. (To be continued......)