During the preparation and convening of the Vienna Peace Conference, the Spanish Army did not attack the French forces entrenched in the northwest. However, the movement of troops has not stopped. The mobilization of the Spanish War Department is also proceeding in an orderly manner. A large number of school-age youths were conscripted into the army, taking up guns and defending their homeland. In addition, after the naval blockade of the British Navy was breached, the Empire provided Spain with a number of weapons and equipment, which made the expansion of the Kingdom of Spain very smooth.

So far, the army of the Kingdom of Spain has gathered more than 300,000 troops in the northwest. Moreover, there are many more people who are going to the front, and in terms of troops, the Spanish Army has completely gained the upper hand.

It's just that it's just how to stuff it. Morality. As Salamanca said, the Spanish Army was mobilizing, but the French were not idle. France also carried out mobilization, and France was above the Kingdom of Spain in terms of population and industrial strength, which made France's mobilization capacity far greater than that of the Kingdom of Spain. If the Kingdom of Spain continues to increase its troops, it is certain that France will not send more troops into Spain. In this way, the scale of the war will continue to expand, and even directly lead to the outbreak of war between the two major military alliances.

"Your Excellency Salamanca, the Kingdom of Prussia can continue to increase troops to the border and drag down part of the strength of the French!" Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia Albrech. Feng. Ron said. Even if there was no war with France, if the army of the Kingdom of Prussia were to go to the border, it would be enough to deter the French and force them to keep more troops on the border. Otherwise, as soon as the Kingdom of Prussia launched a surprise attack. The French army could not withstand the attack of the Kingdom of Prussia at all. In this case, France will lose a lot.

"The Kingdom of Belgium will also send more troops to the border!" Belgian Prime Minister Charles. Rozhye also said. The Kingdom of Belgium has now become a die-hard supporter of the Chinese Empire. Because the Kingdom of Belgium is less powerful, their security is more vulnerable to threats. Therefore. In the league, they are more active. Only in this way will other countries come to the aid of the Kingdom of Belgium when its security is threatened. This also ensured the security of the Kingdom of Belgium in a certain way.

"The Kingdom of Sardinia can also send more troops to the border!" The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Cavour, also said.

"Your Excellency Salamanca, in that case, the Kingdom of Spain has nothing to worry about! There are several allies in favor of it. Even if the French mobilized more troops, they would not be able to send many to the front. The Spanish Army will have a great chance of winning! Wei Yuan said.

"Okay. Your Excellency Wei Yuan. I will do my best to contact the country and ask the country to launch a counteroffensive on the battlefield! "Jose. Morality. Salamanca said. Although, the overall strength of the Kingdom of Spain was inferior to that of France. However, with the support of numerous allies. The Kingdom of Spain could have fought France with all its might. After all. Although France was strong, it had many enemies to guard against, and it was impossible to throw all of them into the Kingdom of Spain. In this case, the odds of victory for the Kingdom of Spain would be much greater.

In early May 1851, the armies of several European countries of the Eurasian Military Alliance began to move intensively, and the Kingdom of Prussia, Belgium, and Sardinia all moved more troops to the border. This made the French* army on the opposite side feel like a great enemy.

At the Vienna Peace Conference, the representative of France, Foreign Minister Count Wallewski, issued a strong protest. Protest against the Asia-Europe military alliance's redeployment during the negotiations, claiming this negotiation. It is simply a pretense that the Asia-Europe military alliance deliberately uses negotiations to paralyze France and the North Atlantic military alliance, and also mobilizes troops, and then launches a surprise attack on France.

As for France's accusations, the Asian-European military alliance will certainly not agree. Countries have said that this is nothing more than a normal military move. Of course, no one will believe that this is a normal military move. There is no country that directly deploys half of its army on the border with France in a peaceful world. This is clearly an attack on the French conspiracy!

The French Emperor Napoleon III was furious, but, having no choice, he had to send more of his borders to the front against the armies of the kingdoms of Prussia, Sardinia and Belgium. Although France's strength is not weak, if these countries join forces, France is still invincible. As a result, France was able to send far fewer troops to the Kingdom of Spain.

Austria-Hungary, as the host of the peace conference, was also very dissatisfied with the sudden tense situation. Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz. Joseph I, Prime Minister of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Prince Felix, summoned representatives of the Asia-Europe Military Alliance and the North Atlantic Military Alliance, asking them to exercise restraint and avoid further escalation of tensions. It's just that it's useless at all.

Originally, the TAsia-Europe military alliance still had more or less illusions about Austria-Hungary. Joseph I was also polite. But now, since Franz . After Joseph I had already revealed his intention to join the North Atlantic Military Alliance, the countries of the Eurasian Military Alliance naturally did not need to be polite to him. Instead of wasting time and energy on Austria-Hungary, it is better to spend time on strategic layout.

On May 8, 1851, the Spanish Army gathered more than 200,000 troops to launch a fierce attack on the French army entrenched in the northwestern part of the Kingdom of Spain, with another 100,000 in reserve. If France were to send further troops to the Kingdom of Spain, then these 100,000 men would be responsible for holding off the French army and buying time for the decisive battle that followed.

The 200,000 Spanish Army and the 100,000 French Army fought to the death in a small area. This time, the Spanish Army was very scrappy and desperate. In addition, the equipment of the Spanish Army is not worse than that of the French Army at all, and it has an absolute advantage in terms of troops. The shape of the battlefield began to show a one-sided situation, and the Spanish Army had completely gained the upper hand.

After receiving the relevant information, the French side was shocked and hurriedly prepared to send reinforcements into the Kingdom of Spain. However, the main force of the French army has been dragged to the border by the allies of the Kingdom of Spain, and there are not many land forces that can be sent to the Kingdom of Spain. In the end, the troops of 4 infantry divisions were just pieced together. However, as soon as this support force crossed the border, it was blocked by 100,000 Spanish troops. The huge disparity in strength made it difficult for the French army to reverse the current unfavorable situation.

Napoleon III wanted to draw troops from the northern and eastern borders to return to the Spanish battlefield. However, they were afraid that after the troops were deployed, they would be attacked by several other countries. In that case, France will have to pay an even bigger price!

On May 12, 1851, the Spanish Army won the Battle of Victoria, in which the Spanish Army invested three infantry corps with a total of 105,000 men, while the French Army invested four infantry divisions with more than 60,000 men. As a result, the Spanish army wiped out more than 40,000 French troops at the cost of 20,000 casualties, and the remaining nearly 20,000 French troops retreated in the direction of Santander, preparing to join the French troops who remained there. This put the French army at an absolute disadvantage on the Spanish battlefield.

After the capture of Victoria, the Spanish army would be able to reach the Cantabrian Sea by continuing its offensive northward, which would encircle all the French forces remaining in northern Spain. In this way, it will undoubtedly allow the Spanish Army to achieve another victory.

It was in this situation that the French panicked. In order to resolve the current predicament, Count Vallewski, the originally tough French Foreign Minister, also relented at the Vienna Peace Conference.

"France is willing to withdraw its troops from northern Spain and to bring Don. Prince Carlos handed over to the Kingdom of Spain in exchange for peace! During the talks, Count Valewski uttered these words almost through gritted teeth. It was a shame for France to be defeated by the Spaniards.

"In addition to the above two points, France also needs to pay 100 million Chinese dollars in compensation to Spain!" Spanish Foreign Minister José. Morality. Salamanca was determined by the problem and refused to give up. After all, the war that broke out in northern Spain cost Spain dearly. Not to mention anything else, military spending alone and tens of thousands of casualties have already cost Spain a lot.

"Not a penny in compensation. Although Spain paid the loss, however, the loss of France was not small! Count Valevsky shook his head in refusal. If France were to pay reparations to the Kingdom of Spain, France's reputation would be greatly affected. As for Don. Prince Carlos, that was originally just a pawn, even if it was returned to the Kingdom of Spain, it would not be a big deal.

Of course, the Kingdom of Spain will not do anything about this. On this issue, the two sides are once again at a stalemate. Even if Austria-Hungary came out to mediate again, it would not have played a big role.

On May 18, 1851, the Battle of Santander began. The Spanish Army fought a bloody battle here with 4 infantry corps, 100,000 men and more than 60,000 French troops. However, the French navy rushed to help, which made the Spanish navy pay a lot of price, but it was not able to completely annihilate the French army. It's just that the war has reached such a point that it is impossible for France to win with such a small number of troops.

On May 19, 1851, at the Vienna Peace Conference, France and the Kingdom of Spain once again compromised and retreated, so that the two countries reached an agreement, and this time the peace conference was finally able to end successfully! (To be continued......)

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