Chapter 405： The powers want to eat meat (2/2)

In the current international situation, France has at most spread its influence to the two Sicilian kingdoms. Actually, the benefits it can obtain are very small.

It is impossible to talk about annexation. Francesco II's request for a telegram only provided an excuse for France to intervene in the internal affairs of the two Sicilian kingdoms, and was equivalent to giving them the possibility of annexing the two Sicilian kingdoms.

It is very difficult to annex a country in continental Europe. Good things like the Kingdom of Sardinia cannot be encountered every day.

Moreover, the same excuse can only be used once, and repeated use will lose its effect.

Napoleon III said confidently: ”Don't worry, this time Francesco II invited us to pass, even if governments of different countries are upset, they will not forcefully intervene.

All we have to face is the Austrians. The Vienna government will never fight for a mere Sicilian kingdom, right? ”

The two Sicilian kingdoms are the largest states in Italy and the poorest states in Italy. It looks like a big market here, in fact, the purchasing power is very low.

Grain is basically self-sufficient, and the demand for industrial and commercial products is very small. With Austria's largest trading partner, the total annual import and export trade will not exceed 3 million Aegis.

In addition to its strategic value, the two Sicilian kingdoms have nothing. However, this strategic value is also very bad for Austria.

Sicily is right in the heart of the Mediterranean, but there are many forces, and Austria has no way to occupy it directly.

Even if a naval base is left, it will not work. To the east is the Royal Navy's Mediterranean military base, Macquarie, and to the west is the French navy base camp.

Putting the Austrian navy in between these two makes people feel unreliable.

What can we do if we ignore these two naval powers? Does Austria dare to block the Mediterranean? This is something the British do not dare to do!

So the Vienna government made the most sensible choice and ignored Sicily. Austria is not stationed in this little brother's land, just a little economic benefit.

This benefit can be ignored in essence. Originally a poor ghost, do n’t you want to explode oil?

Napoleon III thought of himself and sent an intervention army to the two Sicilian kingdoms as quickly as possible. At the same time, the Austrian intervention forces also set off.

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On February 11, 1866, the Austrian Intervention Army was in Gaeta, and the French Army had arrived here a day earlier because of distance.

The counterinsurgency war has not yet begun, and the smell of gunpowder between the troops of the two countries has grown strong. If not both parties were restraining, maybe the two forces would fight first.

Francesco II, who had just fled Naples and took refuge here, fully felt what the Shura field was.

At the military conference, officers of the two countries did not look good at each other. Sincere cooperation, don't dream anymore.

Since the two phases are disgusted, they fight each other, anyway, they have not regarded the rebels, each has the strength to crush the rebels.

Francesco II was embarrassed. He was caught between France and Austria and was walking a tightrope. One that was not good enough would be finished.

In fact, when Francesco II asked the French for help, a minister reminded him. It's a political taboo to waver when standing in line.

I don't know what happened, Francesco II twitched his head, whimsically thinking that letting France and Austria restrain each other can protect the interests of the two Sicilian kingdoms to the maximum.

Reality told him that he was thinking too much. The great powers are all eating meat, and they are the same everywhere they go.

Franz has always paid more attention to eating, and the two sides have always been fair trade, and did not squeeze the two Sicilian kingdoms.

Things are different now, and another Frenchman came in. How much it will cost in the end is unknown, at least the military expenditures of the two countries fell on the two Sicilian kingdoms.

At least 10 million Aegis started. There is nothing to say. The powers are not for charity.

This is what happened to big countries, and crowded military expenditures came out. For the Kingdom of Sicily, this is a matter of fiscal revenue for several years.

For a few years, this depends on the combat effectiveness of the rebels. In case the rebels hang up and let the war continue, the financial bankruptcy of the two Sicilian kingdoms will sooner or later.

The chances of this happening are very high, and if only one country intervenes, it may still be chaotic.

Now the two countries, France and Austria, are sending troops together, stumbling each other, and deliberately holding back, is bound to be indispensable.

When to suppress the rebellion depends on the strength of the Shuangkeng teammates.

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