readx;?“ If let Franz. Joseph annexed Serbia, let Alexander II annex Greece, France had to withdraw from the Balkans, and it would become the territory of Russia and Austria! ”

Napoleon the Younger exclaimed that if it weren't for the will of the Third Emperor who prevented him from taking power before his 24th birthday, he would have brought France and the Roman Empire and the German Empire into battle by now. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info===But neither his mother, Empress Eugénie, nor his aunt, Empress Mathilde, agreed to take the risk.

"France does not need the Balkans." "The French already have enough room to live, and it is not worth shedding blood for the Balkans or Turkey." ”

"Eugène, just give it up to the Austrians and Russians." Empress Eugénie added that she was more afraid of war than Mathilde. "As long as we win over the German Empire, we can live in peace......"

Napoleon IV exclaimed: "But the Russians, after getting Greece, will seriously threaten the hegemony of France in the Mediterranean!" ”

"Two old Warriors?" Mathilde sneered, "We already have three 10,500-ton Napoleon-class ironclads, and the fourth and fifth 'Napoleon' will also be completed this year." The design of the 13,000-ton 'France' class has been completed, and the keel of the first ship will be laid within the year. When the 'France' was completed, France would be the most powerful sea power in the world. The Russians are not worth mentioning! ”

"Then why don't we stop them from attacking Greece?" Napoleon IV asked rhetorically.

"Why stop?" Mathilde shrugged, "One got Greece Russia and one got Serbia Austria...... I don't believe these two robbers will live in harmony! The Russians have always flaunted 'Pan-Slavism'. And the Austrian rulers thirty or forty million or even more Slavs! ”

She looked at Napoleon IV: "Eugène, we will be patient for a moment. Wait for the two robbers, Austria and Russia, to carve up the Balkans. We're going to woo one of them...... I think we can woo Austria. Jean Franz. Joseph went to deal with Alexander II. Wouldn't it be better to let them lose both? ”

Mathilde suddenly felt that he was about to become an Englishman who played with balance. But if you want to maintain the empire at the lowest cost, that's all you can do. Franz. Joseph, if he had a bit of brains, should have been able to imagine that he and the Russians were ultimately inextricably linked. If Greece and Serbia are still there, there is still a buffer between Russia and Austria, but once the last cake of the Balkans is also eaten. The honeymoon in Russia and Austria is also over. This gave France an opportunity to win over Austria...... Austria and Germany contain each other, and at the same time work together to block Russia's westward advance. The good life of France can go on forever!

"Germany would be the next target," Napoleon IV whimsically suggested another possibility. "Friedrich. Wilhelm was terrified, fearing that the German Empire would be besieged by the Holy Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman-Russian Empire, and the British Empire! ”

Friedrich. Wilhelm is the grandson of the German Emperor Wilhelm I, which is the history of Wilhelm II, who is only 17 years old this year, and Napoleon IV, who is 20 years old. Some time ago, he participated in the invasion of Spain with the army and made friends with Napoleon IV. In the eyes of Napoleon IV, the heir to the German throne, who was three years younger than him and had a somewhat disabled left arm, was like a little brother. How could Napoleon IV, as the eldest brother, allow the country of his little brother Wilhelm II to be divided between the evil Russians and Austrians?

Mathilde thought to himself, Franz. Joseph is crazy to do that. Still, she vowed: "We must defend Germany!" This was the bottom line of the French and Roman Empires. She looked at Empress Eugénie, "Once Germany falls, the superiority of the French and Roman Empires on the European continent will be gone. ”

Eugenie nodded as well. "As soon as the German Empire was violated, the French and Roman Empires immediately entered the war!" She looked at her son. "Eugène, can you rest assured now?"

Mathilde also added: "If Britain dares to participate in the invasion against Germany, then the Mexican Empire and the Kingdom of Donghua will also enter the war!" Even if there was a world war, France would have to fulfill its obligation to defend Germany. ”

"Is it possible to enter into a binding agreement?" Napoleon IV asked.

"A public statement can be made." "The French and Roman Empires will defend the territorial and sovereign integrity of the German Empire at all costs," Mathilde said. ”

Well, now Germany is going to test France and Italy for protection! However, the bayonets of the German Empire in this time and space have not really seen blood. Except for Zhu Jishi, probably no one knows how powerful the millions of heavily armed German devils are. Even they probably don't know this fact.

"And the Republic of Poland." Napoleon IV also referred to Poland, a so-called "socialist" country that had been living a good life for more than a decade under the guidance of the teachers of GCISM. However, because of Bakunin and other Russian revolutionaries, the Eastern Roman-Russian Empire had always been extremely hostile to Poland.

"The geographical position of the Republic of Poland is extremely important, and once occupied by Russia, the German region of East Prussia will be semi-encircled by Russia, and the connection with Berlin will be severed at any time." Napoleon IV said his reasons. "So once Poland was attacked, Germany had no choice but to come forward."

Mathilde and Eugenie exchanged glances. Neither woman was willing to fight, but some had to fight.

Mathilde said: "Well, Poland, like Germany, is the bottom line of the French and Roman Empires!" ”

This should frighten Alexander II, the Russian tsar, and France would do well not to go to war with Russia. Mathilde thought to himself that Britain could not support the Russians in their misdeeds. China alone has left London scrambling. If France is added, Britain will definitely be defeated.

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"Mathilde declares that he wants to protect Germany......" The Empress deliberately dragged out her voice with some disdain. Germany has a population of more than 40 million, and its steel production will soon surpass that of France (including Italy), and unlike France, Germany basically does not develop a navy, they are all on land. According to the analysis of the Reich General Staff, the most powerful army in Europe is actually not the French Army, but the German Army!

"Dear Albert, do you think it is possible for us to bring Germany over?" The Empress put down the newspaper in her hand and asked her husband with a smile.

Germany and France are not without contradictions, after ten years of development, Germany's national strength is unprecedentedly strong, but under the suppression of France, let alone the acquisition of large overseas colonies, even the annexation of Austria and Bohemia, it is impossible to achieve Greater Germany. And if Britain wants to get out of the current dilemma of being subject to the Franco-Ming alliance (in fact, it is the alliance of Mathilde and Zhu Jishi), the only way out is to win over Germany, at all costs! And because the Empress of England is the mother-in-law of Crown Prince Frederick of Germany, the exchanges between Britain and Germany are actually quite close.

"Not only Germany, but also Austria!" Prince Albert smiled faintly, "As far as I know, Franz. Emperor Joseph was obsessed with the land of Italy. ”

"And what about Russia?" Empress Victoria frowned, "Will Alexander II be on our side?" He must still want to recover Eastern Siberia and Central Asia, right? ”

"It's hard to say." Prince Albert took a sip from his coffee cup, then muttered, "His army is obviously not able to defeat the Ming army...... The difference in strength between the two sides is too great. The Chinese already had 2 million tons of steel in 1874 and about 2.5 million tons this year, while Russia has less than 100,000 tons of steel. I don't think Alexander II would have done such a stupid thing. The most likely option for the Russians is to be neutral, stay out of the way, and wait and see. If we win, then Russia will advance to Asia Minor and the Arabian Peninsula and swallow Turkey. If we fail, the Russians will march on the Balkans. (To be continued.) )