The establishment of the Asia-Europe military alliance has turned the whole world into a situation of confrontation between the two major military alliances. Judging by the strength of the two military alliances, the North Atlantic military alliance seems to be a little stronger. After all, in the Eurasian military alliance, apart from the Chinese Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Belgium were relatively weak. However, the four members of the North Atlantic Military Alliance are relatively stronger.

"Our four countries are the founding members of the Asia-Europe Military Alliance. However, I hope that we will be able to bring more countries into the alliance. For example, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire are all objects we can fight for! Wei Yuan continued. The empire was the hegemon of Asia, however, it was too far away from Europe to have an influence on Europe. If more powerful countries can be drawn into the alliance, the situation in Europe can undoubtedly be stabilized. This gave the empire enough time to defeat the place after the war began.

The Empire has no other requirements for the other allies in the Alliance. As long as they can stabilize the situation in Europe after the war, it will be about the same. When the time comes, the Empire will use its powerful land forces to attack Russia, the United States, and British India. As long as the Imperial Army wins in these directions, then the victory of the entire war for the Empire can be assured.

"That's right, we should win over more countries. However, I think the North Atlantic Military Alliance will not be idle, and they will definitely win over those countries as well! Said King Leopold I of Belgium.

"The Kingdom of Sardinia should join us. Now, the Kingdom of Sardinia has largely unified Italy. Only northwestern Italy and the Papal States remained under the control of the French. The Kingdom of Sardinia could not defeat France alone. If we want to unify Italy, they will inevitably join us. Austria-Hungary and Russia were feuding if they wanted to destroy Russia completely. Joining our alliance is undoubtedly a good choice. As for Austria-Hungary, although they had a close relationship with Russia before, now the two countries are at odds with each other. We should be able to pull them into the league! "Albrech, Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Prussia. Feng. Ron said. He is confident in bringing these countries into the alliance. Although, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was defeated by the Kingdom of Prussia in the war. But. The Kingdom of Prussia did not weaken Austria-Hungary too much, so that Austria-Hungary was not hostile to the Kingdom of Prussia. If the alliance had offered an olive branch to Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungary would have accepted it.

Though. The armies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia were all relatively poor in combat effectiveness. However, if they can join the alliance, it will undoubtedly increase the strength of the alliance. The population of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was more than thirty million, and the population of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was about the same. Kingdom of Italy after unification. The population will also be more than 20 million. This will allow the number of troops in the alliance to be increased once again. No matter how bad their combat effectiveness is. However, under the condition that the tactics of crowds can still play a certain role, they can still promote the development of the war situation. If nothing else, if the Empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire launched a siege on Russia from three directions. Even if Russia has regained a lot of strength now, it will definitely not be able to resist it. Once Russia is destroyed, the entire Eurasian continent will fall into the control of the empire.

With Russia held back, the Kingdom of Prussia could concentrate all its efforts against France. The strength of the Kingdom of Prussia was no worse than that of France. With the help of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Spain, it was entirely possible to defeat France. Of course. It is highly likely that Britain will support France. But when British India was attacked by the armies of the Imperial *. Do the British still have extra forces to support France?

It can be said that once the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia are successfully drawn into the Asia-Europe Alliance, the Asia-Europe Alliance will be able to surpass the North Atlantic Military Alliance and gain an advantage in the confrontation.

After the establishment of the Asia-Europe Alliance, the confrontation between the two camps has become more acute. In order to ensure victory in future wars, the two camps began to woo other countries. The Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which remained neutral in Europe, were the targets of the two camps. However, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Portugal are clearly in favor of the North Atlantic military alliance. The Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, on the other hand, favored the Eurasian Alliance.

However, it is not so easy to get these countries to make it clear which camp they will join. The rulers of these countries are not stupid, they want to see how the situation will be. No one wants to be a loser, they want to be a winner and get a share of the benefits in the end.

At the same time, the countries of the two camps have also begun to strengthen their armaments. Both the army and the navy have begun to increase investment. In the case of competition with each other, the whole world was suddenly plunged into a tense arms race.

In January 1851, the British Admiralty learned of the commissioning of the Imperial Navy's 'Qin-class' battleships. When the news reached the British Admiralty, it caused an uproar. Originally, the British were still complacent about the commissioning of their second batch of 'Nelson-class' warships. Unexpectedly, the more advanced 'Qin-class' battleships of the Chinese Navy have already entered service. This was undoubtedly a blow to the head of the British. They felt a lot of pressure.

British Admiralty Chancellor Charles. Sir Adam immediately approached the Prime Minister, Earl Stanley, and asked the cabinet to increase military spending on the navy. The British Navy must step up its investment in the next level of new warships to ensure that the British Navy will not be left behind by the Chinese Navy.

At the time when the British Navy was building the 'Nelson-class' warships, the British Admiralty was also actively designing the next class of warships. Named the 'Ravage' battleship, this class of battleships had a displacement of 9,300 tons, a speed of 14 knots, two twin 11-inch guns, and a significant number of secondary guns.

Although, the British Admiralty did not get the specific number of the 'Qin-class' battleships of the Chinese Navy. But they analyze that the 'Qin-class' battleships will definitely not be worse than the 'ravage-class'. Originally, the British Navy planned to build only two 'ravage-class' ones. But now Charles. Sir Adam proposed that at least four of the 'ravage' class should be built. In addition, the 'Ajax-class' battleships of the next class also need to be started as much as possible, and the number of ships to be built is at least four. The next level of the 'Giant Class' is also the size of four ships!

Building a warship is not like buying cabbage in the vegetable market, you can have as much as you want. Advanced battleships, each costing millions of pounds. Even with the British financial resources, they could not build much. Charles. Sir Adam's shipbuilding plan involved more than 10 million pounds. This made Earl Stanley feel a great pressure.

However, Charles. Sir Adam suggested that if the needs of the navy could not be met, the navy would not be sure to win in future wars. This caused Stanley to swallow all the words he was about to say.

The Earl of Stanley and the other ministers communicated urgently, and after obtaining the consent of Queen Victoria, they urgently allocated fifteen million pounds of military expenditure to the Admiralty for the construction of cutting-edge warships by the Admiralty. The British had only one aim, and that was to continue to maintain British naval superiority and ensure that maritime supremacy would remain under British control in future wars.

After Britain began to build ships on a large scale, France followed suit. Although, the main enemy of France came from land. But the ambitious Emperor Napoleon III was not willing to let France be a land power only. In the navy, France is still not far behind. Originally, the main warships of the French Navy were the 'Western Zhou-class' and 'Xia-class' cruisers from the Chinese Empire, as well as the 'Paris-class' and 'Orleans-class' cruisers copied from these two types of warships. Originally, France also wanted to obtain the design drawings of the 'Eastern Zhou-class' warships from the Empire. However, as relations between the two countries deteriorated dramatically, the plan eventually went bankrupt. After France fell to the British, the British immediately supported France in building more powerful warships. On the basis of the British Navy's 'Nelson-class' warships, the French Navy began to build the 'France-class' warships. In fact, the 'French class' is the French version of the 'Nelson-class' battleship, and the main parameters are almost the same. It's just that the main cannon has been replaced by a legal cannon. The French Navy will build six 'France-class' warships at one time, and so far, these warships have been launched, and it is just around the corner from entering service.

In addition to the navy, the army is the focus of military expansion in various countries. France's original standing army was only more than 500,000, but under the threat of the rising Kingdom of Prussia, France's standing army increased by 100,000. And, as soon as the war broke out, within a month France was able to expand the total number of troops to a million. Within three months, France will also mobilize 500,000 troops to join the fighting, bringing the total size of the army to 1.5 million.

Britain also began to expand its army, in addition to the millions of Anglo-Indian troops in British India and the 200,000 troops from British mainland China. In Britain itself, the size of the British Army was also raised to 300,000.

Russia and the United States have also increased the strength of their standing armies and strengthened their mobilization capabilities, so that they can have an advantage in future wars. (To be continued......)

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