Chapter 403： False, true, true, false, true (1/2)

After careful consideration, the London government still made a decision to block the Baltic Sea. In fact, after the Berlin government agreed to take Russian orders in the UK, opposition to the blockade of the Baltic Sea in Parliament disappeared.

Anti-Russia has always been the national policy of the British. Without jeopardizing everyone's interests, it is natural that no one will oppose the Russians.

On January 11, 1866, the Royal Navy blocked the gates of the Baltic Sea on the grounds of annihilation of pirates.

The blockade of the Baltic Sea does not exist, but in consideration of the safety of passing ships, the Royal Navy recommends that everyone suspend access to the Baltic Sea.

Opinions are given, as for listening, it is voluntary. If you are robbed by a pirate, don't regret it.

The threat of ”pirates” is horrible. After the accident of two Russian merchant ships, everyone wisely chose to suspend this sea trade route.

For a while, the British Foreign Office was full of protest books from various countries. Foreign Minister Sir Resling ordered a cold deal, and then there was no more.

It is in the interests of France and Austria to continue the Russian-Prussian War. Without a big country, what a small country can do is protest.

In Franz's view, fueling tactics is the most exhausting game. The Russian Empire was unable to use its military advantages and directly crushed Prussia, which had failed strategically.

Politicians see problems differently from ordinary people. Winning a war is not necessarily victory, and losing a war is not necessarily a failure.

There are too many classic cases in history. Ordinary people seem to have lost their protagonists and lost their horses. However, if you carefully analyze the gains and losses behind them, you will find that the final winner is actually the loser.

But in recent times, with the awakening of the people, the requirements for the ruling class have become higher, the cost of this gameplay has gradually increased, and it has finally been abandoned.

The most direct benefit of the British blockade was that the trade volume between Russia and Austria increased again. Now the tsarist government has no choice but to be such a seller.

Franz doesn't care how much the price has risen. Anyway, the Tsarist government now places orders directly with the capitalists, and what price is negotiated is what the price is.

Anyway, now that the Tsarist government is rich, bureaucrats will find ways to spend it. As the price of materials rises, capitalists' profits increase, bureaucratic rebates increase, and even the Vienna government's taxes increase.

This is a win-win situation, hello, hello, everyone.

Intelligence chief Tyron handed out a document saying, ”Your Majesty, this is the latest European strategy for the French.”

Without victory in the Crimean War, Napoleon III was still very open-minded, and he always brainstormed when formulating strategies.

The benefit of brainstorming is that it reduces the error rate and also increases the chance of exposure. Anything, once more people are known, is no longer a secret.

Although the French's strategic plan is not well known, there are dozens of people involved in the formulation, and it is not surprising that it was leaked.

Of course, this may also be a smoke bomb deliberately released by the French. True or false strategy, almost every country has a dozen plans.

Before it happened, no one knew which strategy was true, and could only gather as much information as possible and then make a judgment.

Not even Napoleon III himself dare to guarantee which plan will be their true strategy in the future.

There are usually several alternatives, and the strategy that best suits the current situation is generally selected based on changes in the international situation.

This choice is subject to change at any time, except for the long-term national policy, which is less likely to change, and any other strategy is just one option.

After a closer look, Franz had to admit that the French ambition was big enough.

Both wanted to use the Prussian war to pull the Russians from the world hegemony, and in the Rhineland region plotting Prussians.