Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

The confrontation between Britain and France is something that Franz is very willing to see, after all, when the cannon goes off, it is ten thousand taels of gold, and it is the most profitable to be a middleman and a second-way dealer, and I don't believe that you can look at the history of the United States.

In order to bring Britain and France to this situation, Franz spent a lot of effort and a lot of financial resources, but more than that, he just created a gap between Britain and France, so that the two sides could no longer easily reach cooperation.

After all, Britain was too powerful at this time, and it gained many fans around the world, resulting in many high-level pro-British factions in many countries.

This exaggerated political influence gave Franz a lot of headaches, so he had to weaken his influence, otherwise there would be no need to fight at all, and Britain would have a five-point chance of winning as soon as it came to the negotiating table.

For this reason, this war must be fought, otherwise Britain and France will discover an "objective law", that is, as long as they reach an agreement, they can divide the world.

At this time, the world America was still too far from its time, Russia was still trapped in the bathtub of the Black Sea, and the Prussian navy was like a toy.

The navies of Portugal and the Netherlands, although they started early, had too low a ceiling and were already in decline. As for the size and location of the Kingdom of Sweden, it was always a theoretical power.

The Ottoman Navy used to be the hegemon of the Near East, but after two heavy losses, it was already sunset, and the concept was even more behind the times, and it was one of the few countries that continued to develop sail battleships in this era.

The Austrian Empire had the money, the technology, and the experts in naval warfare, but the Adriatic Sea limited its ceiling to a very low level, and the British Mediterranean Fleet could block it whenever it wanted, and all that remained was a matter of cost.

In order to avoid this dichotomy of the world, Franz had to think hard about how to break it up. Although there has never been a situation in history in which Britain and France carved up the world, at this time, in terms of objective strength, they do have this strength.

Divide the world? It sounds ridiculous and absurd, but in fact, as early as 1493, Spain and Portugal formulated the "Papal Meridian" under the witness of the Pope, and signed the "Treaty of Tordesillas" and "Zaragoza", and the two teeth successfully divided the world.

Although they all eventually went into decline, leading to the failure of the agreement to divide the world, it also proved that it was not impossible to divide the world.

Colonization and industry were the two major themes of this era, and if Austria had abandoned its overseas routes, neither the outcome nor the ceiling would have been much better than that of the historical Central Powers.

Buenos Aires, Doge's Palace.

The warm morning light shines lazily on people.

Buenos Aires, the most developed city in the Viceroyalty of La Plata, is now less soot.

Juan Manuel raised the banner of opposition to Rosas (the current president), Juan Manuel was very popular in southern Argentina, and Rosas's brutal rule had long since made him lose his heart, and soon there were rebellions in some northern provinces except the seven southern provinces.

Argentina had a total of 24 provinces, but the population at that time was mainly concentrated in the southeastern coastal provinces.

Rosas first sent a force of 2,000 men to try to defeat the rebels, but the long-term non-payment of military salaries led to the defection of the sent army.

Then Rosas was thrown into confusion, and he issued a series of contradictory orders, on the one hand, that the troops besieging Montevideo must settle the war within a week, on the other hand, that they return to Buenos Aires within three days, and at the same time sent a letter to Uruguay asking for help to put down the rebellion.

Rosas also sent letters of help to many countries, including Britain and France, Spain (former suzerain), Brazil (sworn enemy), the United States, Mexico, and even Austria.

In Buenos Aires, the Orb trees are in the wind, and the peach blossoms in full bloom and the orange kapok are in full bloom.

The inhabitants of the city were gathered in the square, and the crowd was silent, because this was the fifth group of people to be hanged by Rosas in three days.

At first political prisoners and robbers, then family members and relatives of the rebels, then friends, neighbors, colleagues, and partners of the rebels were also put on the gallows, and in the end anyone with the same name or surname as the rebels was thrown to the gallows, and now it was those whom Rosas felt might defect to be hanged.

Some people must wonder how such a brutal ruler could have soldiers die for him, after all, if he is not careful, he may die.

But in reality Rosas treats his firing squad very well, and these people have complete immunity in Argentina, and any questioning of the leader's orders will be seen as a betrayal and end up as a traitor.

So naturally there will be a large number of people willing to die for Rosas, and the square is full of gallows, and groups of people are hanged, and everyone in the audience is silent, for fear of confronting the terrible ruler.

The bodies of the deceased were thrown together haphazardly, then burned by the fire and drifted out of the city along with the kapok.

In the makeshift command post of the rebels outside the city, the Eighteenth Route Anti-King was discussing the issue of dividing the spoils after winning the battle against Rosas.

Some people are ready to go into the city for seven days to celebrate, some people think that the city should be slaughtered first so that Rosas will not rise again, some people propose to restore the imperial system and go to Europe to ask for the king, and some people advocate that Saint-Martin be invited back from Paris to preside over the overall situation.

Of course, there are people who want to be kings or presidents, but the rebels at this time always lack an absolutely powerful force, that is, there is no political strongman or military strongman, so before the city enters, their own people quarrel first.

At the same time, the French and British troops met off the coast of Buenos Aires, and there was no fighting, but a wave of muscles was displayed a few kilometers apart.

Eventually, the French landed at St. Matthias, choosing to avoid a head-on confrontation with the British Royal Navy, and the generals on both sides were not all insane, they both knew very well what would happen in the event of a war.

A soldier may not be afraid of death, but no one wants to find it.

The fishermen of St. Matthias Bay watched the well-equipped French soldiers flee as if they were dying, or they hid in their homes and knelt down in prayer.

This hurt the self-proclaimed "liberators" of the French officers and soldiers, and the French official explanation for the war was to free the people of the Viceroyalty of La Plata and return them to its true owners (Spain).

Rosas has been a dictator for more than ten years, and has also forced French expatriates to death, so there is no need to spread rumors at all. Playing against such people, the French soldiers, of course, felt that they were on the side of justice.

At the same time, France and Spain were under the rule of the Bourbons, and King Louis Philippe's youngest son Antoine would marry Queen Isabel II of Spain, so the French still had a high level of approval for this war.

It's just that the French officers and soldiers were still very injured by the "incomprehension" of the local civilians.

Outside Buenos Aires, counting the French reinforcements, the total strength of the rebels has reached 13,000. Roses had only 9,000 men, but the port had a 3,000-strong British expeditionary force.

(End of chapter)