Franz looked at the war reports coming back from Pressburg and casually threw the British propaganda books into the trash.

The Anglo-Saxon propaganda offensive was indeed powerful, and in just a few days, all kinds of leaflets, pamphlets had already reached the Franco-Austrian border.

This is obviously not because the British are too capable of transporting, but because there are internal ghosts on the European continent.

At the same time, in a printing house outside Paris, an obese middle-aged man had his hands tied behind his back in a chair.

Ten of his fingers and ten toes had been severed in unison, and the blood from the wound had begun to coagulate into a dark red blood clot.

A few people were talking in Russian, and they had already identified the boss behind the scenes, and the next target was the boss from England.

The Russians had been in France for five years, and their original mission was to assassinate Queen Victoria of England.

However, due to the failure of the mission and the unwillingness to be killed, they chose to kill the cleaners of the third lesson.

After that, they were scattered all over Paris, until they were approached by a great man, who was regrouped and regrouped to get back to his old ways.

Franz did not look for these Russians because of how good they were, but because they were relatively easy to deal with and easy to lose.

At the same time, because of the way Nicholas I acted, people also preferred to believe that this was what the Russians did.

For the Russians, it may be a more difficult diplomatic environment, but for Austria, it will make the Austro-Austrian alliance more solid.

After all, the Russian-Austrian alliance was the core and foundation of Austria's diplomacy at this time, and the reason why Franz dared to go to war with the great powers was the confidence.

It is precisely because of the existence of the Russian-Austrian alliance that no country dares to really expand the war without limits.

Comparatively speaking, Russia poses a much greater threat to the Western world than Austria. Regardless of the status quo, conventional wisdom is not so easy to change.

It may sound incredible, but it's the reality.

That night, fires broke out in several apartments and printing houses in Paris. However, this did not attract the attention of the Paris police, after all, there seems to be no connection between the men.

Moreover, it is normal for dry weather to cause fires in May, and it is normal to have fires more than a dozen times a night.

In fact, the Paris police have many more important things to deal with, such as popular rebellions, workers' strikes, peasant tax resistance, and lingering spectres.

Not to mention that some foreigners and small workshop owners were killed by fire, it is not surprising that tomorrow all the parliamentarians sent by the National will be shot in the street.

In fact, if it weren't for the near collapse of the French police at this time, the Paris police would have easily discovered that similar incidents had occurred in many parts of France.

If Interpol had it, they would have found that the same was happening in Germany and Italy.

As a later generation, he is well aware of the power of intelligence warfare and public opinion warfare, so he will no longer let the British easily stab him in the back.

In this era, it is not difficult to establish intelligence organizations in other countries, but if you want to form a unified structure, you will not be able to do it in three or five years.

Tyrol, Innsbruck.

Returning to the Hungarian question, in fact, Archduke Karl did not understand Franz's strategy, and in his opinion this was the best time to deal with the Hungarians.

After the settlement of the Italian and Bohemian problems and the suppression of the rebellion in Vienna, Franz should have been crowned in Vienna and declared war against the Hungarian rebels.

Archduke Karl did not shy away from the topic that Franz would become the new monarch, or that he was a staunch supporter of Franz.

Ferdinand I's reign as emperor was a disservice to the country and to the Habsburgs.

Now everyone in the Austrian Empire is hoping that the new emperor will change the situation, and Hungary is a perfect whetstone.

Hungary, although it appeared to be very powerful, actually had only a quarter of the regular army of the Austrian Empire.

The economic gap between the two is more than 30 times greater, and there is a large number of opposition and careerists in Hungary.

As soon as Austria attacked Hungary, these people would become active, and the Hungarians would face internal and external difficulties.

In addition, the Hungarian Great Plain was undefendable, and its major cities were all built along the river, and Austria could transport supplies through the Danube, which greatly reduced the risk of war and the logistical pressure.

According to intelligence from the Austrian Empire, the Hungarians were conscripting new troops, who needed three to six months of training to become qualified soldiers.

Intelligence also showed that the Hungarians lacked weapons, and the production of guns, artillery, ammunition, and even sabers was grossly insufficient.

Undoubtedly, this was the period when Hungary was at its weakest.

"Franz! What are you waiting for? There is no bloodless war! As for the external environment, the French did not dare to declare war on the entire German Confederation, and the British had just signed an armistice with us. ”

Franz had no choice but to get a new copy of the British Times, and Archduke Karl was a little confused, but when he looked up, he immediately became angry.

"The British actually want to tear up the armistice? Or for peace and justice?! ”

Although the old man was old, he was still shocked by the shamelessness of the British.

Franz was actually quite surprised, not surprised by the shamelessness of the British, but by the so-called spirit of contract, and the foundation of the Anglo-American statehood that later generations have been known to have been promoting is integrity.

The spirit of the Anglo-American contract is so great that even what is owed to the enemy will be repaid in time of war.

How did it get to Franz that the peace agreement was like toilet paper?

But it's reasonable to think about it, after all, according to Palmerston.

"There are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests."

The British demanded that the Habsburgs renounce the title of German Emperor, which was equivalent to making the Austrian Empire abandon the Greater German Plan.

Franz could not accept the "crown lost in the stinking gutter", but Austria and the Habsburgs could not be forced to abandon the Greater German project.

"Grandpa Carl, a new alliance of blasphemy has been born with the help of the British. Not only the French, but also the Ottomans began to act. ”

"Ottomans? Why do they think they can still go west? ”

Hearing this, Archduke Karl seemed to have heard some big joke.

At this time, the Ottoman Empire was the sick man of West Asia, and even if the country was weak, it was full of traitors.

Austria's deployment and movement of Ottoman forces were clear, and even the Saccharity Alliance was reversed from the strength of the army.

"Grandpa Carl, this evil neighbor of ours still hasn't put him in his place."

(End of chapter)