Albrecht was a soldier with a strong sense of honor, and if someone else could achieve such a brilliant victory on the Hungarian plain, he would be proud.

For Franz, the riots were just an opportunity. As a time-traveler, he certainly understood what kind of crisis the Austrian Empire would face in the future.

An army that is loyal to oneself is very important to the ruler at all times. In order to survive the crisis of 1848, Franz had to do everything possible to plump up his feather coat.

"Hey, don't say such discouraging things, okay?"

Friedrich really couldn't stand the dumb riddle between the two, but he knew well that killing in war was a heavy topic. It's just that as a soldier, Friedrich was clearly not as sentimental as his eldest brother, and he was still at an age where "violence is meaningless if it is not for killing".

"Uncle Friedrich. Do you have any good news that you would like to share with us? "As far as Franz knows, there hasn't been much movement in the Imperial Navy lately, and if anything, it should be that two more battleships have been refitted.

The quality of the Egyptian battleships was so poor that the cost of modification was very high, but it was still very cost-effective compared to the price of building ships.

If the Austrians had built a few warships on their own, although the quality was guaranteed, it would take ten years, at least, which was too long for a thriving power that had to keep up with the pace of colonization.

Speaking of which, thanks to these trophies from the Turkish-Egyptian war, Austria would have had to organize a merchant fleet to colonize Africa.

However, in Friedrich's eyes, it seemed that it was enough to fight the natives with merchant ships.

"Franz, do you know the real culprit who attacked us?" Friedrich pretended to be mysterious.

"Let me think about it. The British, the French, the Portuguese, the Dutch, or the slave traders of a certain country? Franz knew that his attack was not so simple.

"It was actually done by the French and the slave traders in Brazil."

"How did you find out?" After thinking about it for a while, Franz felt that it was necessary to determine the credibility of the source of the information, after all, it was also a common conspiracy used by other countries to divert attention.

Even if the old colonial empires are already saturated and can't eat the leftover dinner, this in no way means that they want other countries to get their hands on their sphere of influence. Provoking war among rivals is also a common tactic of these established empires.

Historically, France eventually conquered West Africa, but that doesn't mean that other countries don't covet this land. For example, England may not have enough strength to pass through West Africa now, so it may want to use Austria to contain France.

From Ashanti in West Africa, to the Cape colony in South Africa, to the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, the ancient countries of the East, and even New Zealand in the distant Oceania and Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean, this new empire can be said to have burned the world with wars, the most tragic of which was the money-burning Spanish Civil War.

The intensity of wars in Europe in this era was much higher than that of other continents. In the face of this English octopus who is unwilling to be lonely and often stretches out its tentacles, Franz has always been on high alert against it, after all, they have planted several nails in the east of the Austrian Empire, and even secretly support Prussia and Hanover

"Recently, our merchant ships transporting ivory to and from Togo have been attacked, which is really too strange, after all, there are British warships cruising in West Africa all the year round, and the pirates who have been operating at sea all the year round are cunning people, they usually only dare to rob some private merchant ships, and they are not stupid enough to take the initiative to attack large and medium-sized merchant ships with national backgrounds."

Listening to Friedrich's words, Franz felt a little unbelievable and blurted out.

"You're saying they hired pirates to attack our merchant ships?"

"Yes, it was a group of outlaws from Portugal. Of course, this information was provided by the French at a supply depot in Morocco, and then I had all the guys who had been connected with them back. ”

Friedrich's words made Franz break out in a cold sweat, and he attacked the supply depots of other countries for no reason, which is not a small crime, and if it is not handled properly, I am afraid that it will become an uncontrollable disaster.

"You can't just send someone to attack them, do you?"

"No, no, no, of course, doing this kind of thing will not leave any leverage for the other party to grasp, and it is the pirates who attack them. You also know that Morocco is a pirate nest, and the French themselves are impatient to build supply depots there. We are innocent, and now those people have been buried in the belly of the fish, and the dead will not speak. ”

After listening to this, he suddenly regretted talking about special operations with the Navy hopeful, because the latter was now addicted to it.

"Is it murder?"

"Not only that, but I also destroyed the corpse." Friedrich was clearly proud of his actions.

"Well done! But don't act so easily next time, it's too dangerous. Franz breathed a sigh of relief, as long as no direct evidence was left, the French did not dare to rashly provoke an incident.

As for the French who died tragically, since they had decided to join the pirates, they should be prepared to bear this wrath.

"Let's get back to the point, what is the fundamental purpose of them? Do they think that just a few indigenous African tribes, or a few pirate ships, can stop us from colonizing? Franz asked, puzzled.

"These guys want to provoke a conflict between us and the British, because the Gold Coast is British territory, and the so-called northern tribes actually refer to the Ashanti kingdom.

Unfortunately, our intelligence on West Africa was poorly prepared, and the indigenous survivors who attacked us did not explain the ins and outs of what they were planning to do, so we would not have linked the attackers to the British.

Then we left Togo and now the French want to evoke our memories in a pirate way. As for the main reason why the Brazilians intervened, it was simply because we had ruined their business.

Since we support the Brazilian government, it is natural that they will look down on us as a separatist force. ”

Franz scratched his head, it seemed that a lack of intelligence was sometimes not a bad thing. Austria's information on West Africa can be said to be extremely scarce, and Franz only knows Ghana, not the Ashanti Kingdom, and the local indigenous people in Togo are also known as the Ashanti Kingdom, which is Cabrinon.

Fortunately, the whole army did not directly crush the past at that time, otherwise the current situation would be difficult to control.

"This can only be blamed on the conspiracy of the French who are so complicated that they confuse themselves, haha." Franz half-jokingly.

"Haha! You're so right. Friedrich couldn't help but laugh.

After Albrecht listened to the cause and effect, he could only sigh helplessly with a solemn expression, this is obviously a conspiracy carefully arranged by an opponent, but how can the two protagonists, one of them lack geographical knowledge, and the other is not fluent in language, but he is outrageously lucky, not only unscathed, but also thwarted the enemy's serial set.

However, the light of Lady Luck will not shine on them forever, and who can guarantee that good fortune will come when something similar happens again in the future?

"The French are really hateful!" This is almost the consensus of all Austrians, after all, the hatred accumulated over hundreds of years as neighbors is not easy to dissolve.

"Do you have any good way to deal with them, Franz?" Friedrich asked, he personally admired the nephew. After all, even if he had plenty of intelligence as a guarantee, he couldn't think of an idea that would raise people's blood pressure more than robbing the entire fleet of Egyptians.

"When pirates attacked a French supply point in West Africa, do you think the proud Gallic rooster will give up?"

"Of course not! They will take advantage of this opportunity to invade Morocco! ”

"Yes, even if there is no such incident, the French will not let Morocco go. So we should remind the Moroccans."

Historically, France has always hoped to turn North Africa into France's backyard. By this time, Algeria had already been invaded, and as long as the resistance of the locals became a little weaker, the French would take over the Moroccans.

"Yes! The French had established so many supply points and trading posts along the Moroccan coast, which must have been a preparation for their invasion of Morocco. According to your meaning, should we let the Moroccans strike first? ”

"Yes, the French cabinet and the military could not draw conclusions so quickly, and they, like the British, stretched the front too long, with their troops everywhere from Africa to the Americas. Although the French had already drawn up a plan to capture Morocco, it was not a wise strategy for them to take the initiative to go to war with Morocco at this time, which was plagued by many wars. ”

(End of chapter)