London, United Kingdom.

Robert Peale wasn't much surprised by Canning's defeat, but the split did disgust the former.

Now the opponent has changed from one to three, and it seems that the script should not be like this.

According to Robert Peele's plan, he was ready to make those who dared to challenge the dignity of the British Empire lose both money and land.

After all, the Indian subcontinent is Britain's home turf, where it has defeated countless enemies

No country could challenge Britain on the Indian subcontinent, and he was one step away from unifying India.

However, the number of enemies changed from one weak country (Denmark) to three powerful countries (Austria, France, and the Netherlands), which still made Robert Peel feel the malice of the great powers.

But it didn't matter, after all, after the settlement of the Sikh Empire, Britain had the means and time to drive Austria and France out of the Indian subcontinent.

As for the Dutch, Robert Pierge didn't pay attention to them, and the British developed on the corpses of the Dutch for two hundred years.

The "merchant king" may have been a good hand at economic development, but the domestic politics were in a mess, and religious and ethnic contradictions were continuous, and the method that Wilhelm II came up with was to send all those who opposed him to Austria.

The Dutch fleet was still at the level of the eighteenth century, and it may not even be able to defeat the maritime powers of the time, the ceiling was too low.

The French chose Selombo, which was very close to Calcutta, for the purpose of the opium trade.

At this time, the British were making a lot of money in the opium trade with the East, and Louis Philippe saw that he had established the French Far East Company a few years earlier, but it had never opened the situation.

Now that they have got the Serombo, the French will certainly take the opportunity to send large quantities of opium to the Far East.

But that's not a bad thing for the British, because they can also get a piece of the pie and have one more dealer.

It's just that France seems to be a little too strong now, whether it is the number of 650,000 standing troops that is the first in Europe, or the size of the global colonization makes the British side worried.

(The world's largest Qing Dynasty is 800,000, the second is France's 650,000, and the third is Russia's 600,000.) ）

That former colonial empire seems to be back, especially since France grabbed too much in the Mexican-American War while gaining large tracts of land in North, West and Central America.

In fact, there were conflicts between Britain and France in Oceania and the Far East, but the two were more often united in bullying the "aborigines" in these two places.

According to the current situation, France has surrounded Mexico, and once the former swallows the latter, then France will not only obtain massive resources, but also divide the Americas in two.

Robert Peel did not dare to imagine how strong that France would be, but what led to this situation was that he did not expect Austria to make direct concessions in the Mexican-American War.

To be honest, the battlefield is the same as the table, the more you win, the more you lose, the less likely you are to give up.

Robert Peale was convinced of this, hoping that Austria would engage in a protracted war of attrition to hold Mexico and France.

After all, Austria had won so many victories before, and Robert Peel did not think that the former would back down before engaging the French.

Because both the strong and the powerful have a common characteristic, that is, they will not give up easily.

But the Austrians' approach surprised the British, who chose to stop their losses at the first moment of France's entry into the war, without even symbolic resistance.

As a result, Austria and France ended the war almost unscathed, which made Britain want to make money from the war, and incidentally used the war to maintain the balance of power on the continent.

Austria still retains a strong influence in Europe, while the French are too powerful in North America. Neither the United States nor Mexico could afford to stand alone against France.

So Britain had to suppress France and prevent it from continuing to grow.

As for the Holy Alliance, Britain did not join it at all, and the Holy Alliance countries only cared about whether France was big in Europe, and did not care whether it competed with Britain for hegemony.

Fighting France and the United States abroad, conquering India and the Far East in the East, striking at Austria's power in Central Europe, preventing Russia from gaining access to the sea, preventing the union of Spain and France, invading Brazil, controlling the markets of South America, and continuing to conquer lands and prevent colonial uprisings

According to Robert Peele's plan, Austria and France should go to war in North America, which would both weaken the latter and prevent its further expansion, and reduce the former's international influence.

Then once Austria was defeated, its position within the German Confederation would decline. Prussia would then challenge the German leadership, and the region would return to chaos.

A weak and loose German Confederation was necessary, but Britain would not let it dissolve, because the latter needed the former to block Russia's westward advance.

Therefore, Austria and Germany were greater than or equal to Russia, which was very necessary for Britain, but it could not be allowed to merge, even if it was a stitching monster like the Holy Roman Empire.

But now these plans have all failed, and then Austria has been offended by the Strait of Otranto.

Now the Austrians will travel all the way to buy a fort on the Indian subcontinent, and deliberately choose it near the Pauk Strait, which is completely disgusting.

In fact, Franz is also disgusting, and Trankuiba has very complete defenses, and it is far from the core of British domination.

At the same time, there was a certain depth, and the British could not solve the problem by relying on the navy alone, and whether they sent marines to land or transfer large troops from other regions were extremely risky.

After all, it's not uncommon for double-faced Indians to stab themselves in the back, especially in a war with a great power like Austria, where any variability can be fatal.

In addition, France and the Netherlands cannot all wait to be slaughtered, they will definitely try their best to make trouble for Britain, after all, the lips are cold and the teeth are cold, and this auction makes fools know that Austria, France, and the Netherlands have cats.

But because of its proximity to the Paulk Strait and Sri Lanka, Britain really can't afford to ignore it.

Austria had relatively little interest in the Far East, did not engage in the opium or slave trade, and actually had the least conflict of interest with the British.

But it is undeniable that the country is on the rise, and by this time Austria's influence has reached its maximum after the Congress of Vienna.

At the same time, the level of industry is steadily improving, and even some technologies have surpassed those of the British, plus the colonies are also expanding.

Although the colony area is not as large as that of Britain and France, the colony has developed extremely fast and steadily, and the possibility of it catching up with others cannot be ruled out.

So Robert Peel would not allow Austria's trade in the East to expand further, nor would he allow the Netherlands and France to share their interests.

But the present situation did not allow it, because of a war that had been planned for many years, and the final step of the conquest of India was about to begin at this time.

So Robert Peel had no choice but to make concessions, but as long as Britain united India, it was only a matter of time before the disease of scabies was eliminated.

(End of chapter)