15 February, Grand Duke, Vienna.

Emperor Lucia was also the nascent Eastern Roman Emperor Nicolai.

The King of Italy was also the King of Sardinia, Vittorio Emanuele.

King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich Wilhelm.

Three predetermined new generations of Roman emperors gathered at the former Habsburg Palace.

Discuss the next cooperation and spoils sharing plan.

The goal of the Italians was quite simple: to seize French lands on the Mediterranean coast, as promised by the Prussians.

The subsequent direction of the Italian attack was also to attack west along the Mediterranean coast.

This goal did not conflict with Prussia and Lucia, so it was quickly recognized by both countries.

The focus of the conference was on the cooperation and distribution of Germans and Lucians.

At present, the main target of the three countries is France, but France does not have a direct border with Lucia.

The Lucians were willing to pass through German territory and divide the French land together.

It doesn't mind acquiring land directly on the Atlantic coast, even if it's an enclave separated from the mainland by Germany.

But the Germans did not want to see such an outcome.

The Germans saw the Lucians as a potential final adversary.

Of course, I didn't want to be caught between the Lucians.

Thus, the German King Wilhelm directly expressed his opinion:

"Intersecting enclaves are prone to contradictions, which is not conducive to the subsequent cooperation between our two sides.

"At the same time, we, Germany, are capable of settling the French on our own.

"The idea was that the Lucians could temporarily set their sights on Spain, or the struggle for colonies.

"Arrange for the navy to seize the colonies of Austria, the Ottomans, Spain, and France in Mexico.

"After Lucia solves Spain and Germany solves France, we will jointly attack the British mainland and start the confrontation with the Ming Dynasty at the same time."

Emperor Nicholas of Lucia couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this:

"Among the colonies of Mozhou, the most valuable ones are basically in the hands of our two countries.

"The remaining colonies are of little value, and the point is that none of them are adjacent to our colony land.

"The cost and cost of simply using a naval landing operation are very uneconomical.

"Moreover, colonies are, after all, colonies, subordinate to the nations of Europa proper.

"When the war on Europa soil is over, the problem of the colonies may not need to be solved by force.

So Lucia meant not to deal with the colonies for the time being.

"At the same time, there is the same problem with a direct attack on Spain and Portugal across France.

"It is better to attack Spain by land after the capture of France.

"If Prussia ...... Germany does not want Lucia to gain an enclave in western Germany, and we can do an exchange of occupation zones.

"Lucia exchanged the lands occupied by France for the Prussian lands in the Balkans.

"For example, Hungary in the western Carpathians and the surrounding lands."

Nikolai also brought a map of the continent of Tessie, and compared the area he said on it.

It is a valley surrounded by mountains in the center of Hungary.

It included the western part of Romania, the northern part of Serbia, and the core areas of Hungary and Slovakia.

The proportion of Germans in these places was not high, but there were a large number of Slavs.

But the Germans, of course, did not want to give up these lands either.

It was once the land of the Austrian Empire, long ruled by the House of Habsburg, who in turn was the monarch of the HRE.

The Germans, in the name of Shinra, continued to rule the people of these lands, which were relatively stable.

It's just that Lucia is basically idle now.

It would be better for Lucia to participate in the battle to continue westward, which would be tantamount to encouraging him to covet Germany itself.

So William thought about it for a long time and finally accepted Nikolai's suggestion.

However, the exact amount of land to be exchanged depends on how much land Lucia has seized in France.

At the same time, the land exchange was to begin in the southwest, starting with the Hungarian and Slovak regions as far as possible.

The additional conditions of the Germans were reasonable, and the Lucians directly approved of it.

The main thing is that now the battle for France has not yet begun in full swing and has not yet occupied French lands, and now everything is just a simple memorandum.

Moreover, both countries actually see each other as future adversaries.

They instinctively thought that after the settlement of France, it was almost time for a decisive battle between the two countries.

Whether the territorial exchange can be realized is actually unknown.

So both sides are happy.

As for the possibility that France could never be defeated, none of the three countries considered it.

In less than a year, the three countries have solved the three small and medium-sized countries of Norway, Sweden and Denmark, as well as the two major countries of Austria and Ottoman.

Received great feats that their ancestors had not been able to achieve for hundreds of years.

Now they are all in a state of complacency.

The decisive battle between each other, and even the final battle of Yu Daming, has been relatively officially on the agenda.

The three monarchs continued to discuss the details of the subsequent cooperation.

Five days later, on the 20th of February of the second year of the Archduke, Lucia's troops began to travel by train through the German region to the front line of the war with France.

The Germans officially launched a national mobilization.

In addition to the Germans, other ethnic groups, such as Hungary, were also required to join the army according to a certain percentage.

The current purpose is to execute France, the next stage is to fight Lucia, and even has the idea of trying the power of the Ming again.

At the same time, the Germans issued an ultimatum to the Dutch.

Ask the other side to surrender within a month, pledge allegiance to the House of Hohenzollern, and return to the Holy Roman Empire.

If the Dutch refused, the Holy Roman Empire would declare war on the Netherlands a month later.

At this moment, the French are also extremely nervous.

After France declared war on Prussia-Germany, it has been more than half a year since Austria began to enter the war in earnest.

The French army attacked the Rhine valley through the valley of Luxembourg.

Although it cannot be said that it has not achieved an inch, it is true that it has not actually occupied much land.

The French army and the Prussian-German army were in a tug-of-war several times, and the battle line was barely pushed to the banks of the Rhine.

Both southward and northbound encounters were met with unusually stubborn resistance.

Especially after Prussia was officially renamed Germany, the local defenders even launched an unusually ferocious counteroffensive to push the front back again.

These were only the German guards, not the main army used for the offensive, and they were already able to fight back and forth with the main French Janissaries.

King Louis XVII of France finally believed that there was indeed a big gap between the fighting will and combat effectiveness of the French army and the Germans.

When Austria collapsed completely, the French were at their most dangerous.

Next, France will inevitably face the joint attack of the main armies of Germany, Lucia, and Italy.

They are all sharp divisions that have won several battles and destroyed several major powers.

The French themselves could not have resisted.

So while the French accepted the Austrian Emperor Franz into the country, they had also arranged for the Prime Minister, the Duke of Richelieu, to go to England in person.

It was demanded that the British Army must also be engaged in the Continental War at once, no matter what.

More than half a year ago, after Britain and France declared war on Prussia, the British did mobilize although they did not end up directly.

The British organized legions totaling nearly a million men, some of whom remained on the mainland, and the other crossed the sea to France.

It's just that the whole process is very slow, and the procrastination is still "preparing" until now, and has never participated in the battle on the front line.

The gradual defeat of Austria made the French more and more anxious, but the British did not seem to care much.

Now the French can be said to be completely anxious.

The Duke of Richelieu roared directly to the King and Crown Prince of England and the Prime Ministers:

"Now the situation has reached its most critical moment, and Lucia and the Germans, as well as the Italians, will soon launch a full-scale offensive.

"The British army must go to the battlefield immediately, otherwise France will be cut off from all supplies to the British army in France, including water and electricity.

"For these armies, which will not have any practical effect, are not entitled to continue to be fed by the French people."

British Prime Minister Jenkinson smiled and reassured:

"Your Excellency, don't worry, we know that the current situation is urgent, but we have a lot of problems in the United Kingdom.

"We will definitely complete the rearmament as soon as possible and go to the front line in the German region to participate in the war as soon as possible."

The Duke of Richelieu said directly and loudly:

"The British army and the troops on the front line are well supplied, and the British army does not need to make any other special preparations.

"Therefore, we demand that the British troops must be marched to the front by ten days, or go back to the British Isles.

"This is the direct meaning of His Majesty the King of France, and it is also the obligation that you, as allies, must fulfill!"

Jenkinson was not easy to decide, so he looked at King George IV with some confusion.

George IV looked at his daughter Charlotte.

Then he turned back to the Duke of Richelieu and said:

"Your Excellency Richelieu will go and rest first, and let me discuss it with the ministers."

Richelieu still said with a sense of anger:

"I have to get an accurate response by six o'clock this afternoon.

"Because it will affect our strategic planning for the future."

George IV could only agree, and after a few more reassuring words, he asked the servant to lead Richelieu to the lounge first.

Then George IV looked at his daughter:

"What should we do now? Do you want to withdraw from this so-called agreement? Anyway, Austria is gone now. ”

Charlotte was silent for a moment:

"My idea is that Britain can now go to war."

George IV was a little surprised:

"Why? Are we really going to help the French against the Germans? ”

Charlotte smiled wryly and said:

"It is not necessary to help the French against the Germans, but for the sake of the future reputation of our English in history.

"What would the history books say about it if we were to sit back and watch our ally France fall under German occupation now, and be completely indifferent?

"Even if the official history books can be avoided, the various civil records can never be completely erased.

And now the photo, audio and video equipment is very mature, and the Ming people have also arranged special personnel in various countries to record.

"In this war, what the courts, ordinary people, and soldiers of various countries have done will be recorded by the Ming people.

"If we don't want to be the target of ridicule by the whole of Europa in the future, we must at least really participate in the war, so that we British people can be seen in all kinds of records on the battlefield.

"Of course, the audio and video recordings are always limited and cannot really show the details of the entire battlefield.

"So we don't really have to use all our strength, we just have to fight normally with the French.

"When the French fight, we will fight, and when the French retreat, we will retreat, and if the French surrender, we will surrender.

"When necessary, when there are war correspondents and maintenance personnel from the Ming Dynasty and the League of Nations, just show it a little."

George IV and Prime Minister Jenkinson were speechless when they heard this.

But this also seems to be true, there is no need for the British to participate in the war on the mainland, but since they have become allies, they can't really sit back and watch their allies die.

It's more or less a show.

So the three of them came to an agreement.

In the afternoon, George IV summoned the Duke of Richelieu again and gave a very clear and unambiguous response.

Within five days, the British army would begin to march to the front lines of the German War, hoping that the French would provide the necessary support and cooperation.

Richelieu was a little surprised, but he also took it for granted, and immediately expressed his gratitude.

He also said that France would do its best to cooperate, and that the two countries would jointly defeat the most evil Germans and Lucians on the continent of Europa.

At the same time, the sixty-eight-year-old Talleyrand went to Spain to try to persuade Spain to join the Anglo-French alliance.

The current Spanish royal family, which also belonged to the Bourbon dynasty, was theoretically a distant relative of the King of France.

The current king, Fernando VII, was the former Prince Fernando and had only succeeded to the throne two years earlier.

Talleyrand explained the current situation to the king of Spain very directly:

"Your Majesty must have understood the ambitions of the Germans and Lucians, who want to completely carve up the entire continent of Europa.

"Your Majesty should understand the truth of cold lips and teeth.

"Once France collapses and is divided between Lucia and Germany, their next target will obviously be Spain.

"What Spain can do now is to join the alliance between England and France and start a confrontation against the Germans and Lucians on French soil.

"If your Majesty still has any doubts, you may contact the Germans and Lucians and express their wish to join their side.

"I think they're probably going to politely refuse, because there's no place for other countries in their camp.

"Even the current Italy is likely to be carved up by them in the battle liquidation.

"I could wait here for a few days to contact and verify."

The Spanish royal family and the court basically understood and agreed with Talleyrand's statement.

The record of Germany and Lucia in destroying five countries in one year really frightened the rest of the rest of the continent.

However, the current sense of crisis of the Spanish monarchy is not as high as that of the French.

After all, France is still in front of itself.

But the truth of the cold lips and teeth does require serious consideration and preparation.

The verification method proposed by Talleyrand is really worth trying.

So Fernando told Talleyrand to rest first, and then arranged for the diplomats to actually send a note to the Germans, asking to join their allies.

(End of chapter)