Chapter 359： The Second Vienna System Collapses (1/2)

The sudden outbreak of the Putin war made the situation in Europe suddenly grim.

The Danish government requires that countries intervene in the war in accordance with the Putin Armistice Treaty and agreements reached with the countries of the Vienna system, and sanction the kingdom of Prussia, which violates the rules.

Theoretically, the Danish government's request was supported, and the Kingdom of Prussia was jointly suppressed by European countries, and even had to pay huge war reparations or punishment for cedement.

There is no doubt that the Danish demands are difficult to meet due to the complex relationship between Britain, France, Russia and Austria.

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After the lessons of the Near East War, isolationism prevailed within the British government, and they advocated avoiding being involved in European disputes as much as possible.

The official residence of the Downing Street Prime Minister is discussing how the London government should handle itself in the changing situation in Europe.

Foreign Minister Raslin analyzed: ”The Prussians suddenly provoked this Putin war, mainly because the three countries, Russia, France and Austria, put too much pressure on them.

At the same time, it borders three major countries, and the mainland is separated by two places. The Berlin government has always had a strong sense of distress, for fear of being divided up by the three countries without attention.

As early as the Paris Conference in 1853, regarding the division of the German region, we had proposed the exchange of land between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Federal Empire of Germany. As a result, the two sides did not succeed.

The Kingdom of Prussia lost a chance to merge its homeland and had to maintain huge armaments to ensure the security of its territory.

Now the French are peeking into their Rhineland region, the Austrians want to take back Silesia and the Saxony region, and the Russians are ambitious about the city of Poland.

The three countries did not take action, mainly because of mutual restraint, and their interests could not be reached.

There has been no compromise on the ownership of the Rhineland region between Austria and France, and the ownership of Silesia between Russia and Austria is also controversial.

Taking advantage of the contradictions of various countries and their own strength, the Kingdom of Prussia was temporarily preserved, but the crisis has not been resolved.

In fact, as early as 1853, some people in the country proposed to support Prussia, merge the German Federation and the Kingdom of Prussia, and make the European continent go all out.

This plan died before it even started. The cost of supporting the Kingdom of Prussia was too great, but its role was very limited.

Even when this country is established, it will be destroyed. In order to guarantee the leadership status in the German region, the Vienna government is likely to compromise with France and Russia in exchange for incomplete German regional unification.

Both: the French acquired the German territory west of the Rhine, and Austria abandoned the Italian region; the Russians acquired East Prussia, West Prussia, Pomerania, Posen, Silesia, etc. and parts of Austrian Poland; Under the German region.

In order to avoid the worst situation, we chose the German region to be divided into three plans, and promoted the establishment of the second Vienna system, which created a situation of peace and stability in the European continent for more than ten years.

After the French annexed the Kingdom of Sardinia, everyone realized that the Vienna system was about to end, and the Kingdom of Prussia had the deepest sense of crisis.

They chose to take military adventures when the Russians were the weakest. Whenever there is turmoil on the European continent, they will be involved.

Now the Berlin government wants to take advantage of European countries, including us, and does not want to see the opportunity of the Russians to complete the reform, serving as a weapon for everyone to fight the Russians. ”

”It is impossible to support the Kingdom of Prussia. Now is the industrial age. Where shall we go to find a market for them?

But supporting them in their fight against the Russians seems a bit viable. If we can take this opportunity, we will join forces with European nations to interrupt the Russian reforms and even split Russia. ”Treasurer Agarwal said

This is a real problem. If you open the history book, you know that the British have supported many countries. But in fact this support is very limited, always generous to others.

Now that there is no such injustice on the European continent, the neighbors around Prussia will not have any trouble, and they will be divided up before they grow up.

To put it plainly, now that the cake has been divided up, the rise of the new country can only grab food from the old empire, and Russia and France will not give them this opportunity. The greater the British support, the sooner Prussia died.

Navy Secretary Edward objected: ”It is not so easy. If the Russians collapse so easily, they are not worthy of our worst enemy.

Whether it is the Polish Independence Movement or the Kingdom of Prussia, they can only give the Russians a little trouble, and they must defeat this great empire unless the two countries go to battle in person. I don't think it's time to persuade France and Austria to join forces to suppress the Russians.

The Austrians have always maintained the Russian-Australian alliance, fearing to become the object of Russian invasion, and even hesitating to put the Russians into the Balkans.

They border too many areas with the Russians. Unless the Austrians can be convinced that the Russians can be beaten to death, it is impossible for the Vienna government to take risks.

I suggest a limited investment, just add chaos to the Russians. It is unrealistic to solve the Russian problem at one time, and we do not need to take risks. ”