Chapter 477： British plan (2/2)

Take Austria as an example. In the annual military budget, the army usually takes 55% to 60%, and the rest is the navy's military expenditure.

France is almost the same. Unless it is a naval arms race, it is difficult for France and Austria to exceed the navy's military spending.

In this context, the maritime supremacy of the Royal Navy has been consolidated. The Army wants to expand its forces by either increasing military expenditures or squeezing its share of the Navy.

Neither of these points is possible. The military expenditure has been greatly increased. The London government cannot afford the budget. Reducing naval military expenditure is a chronic suicide.

Once the advantages of the Royal Navy ceased, the good days of Britain were over. Whenever a little bit of decadence is revealed, European countries will swarm up and divide up their colonial empire.

Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli knew that the Army's problems could not be solved, and before Brandt continued, he simply covered the problem.

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Foreign Minister Macleans took over the topic: ”Austria is already very strong, and it is absolutely impossible for them to unify the German region.

The military pressure in the Kingdom of Prussia is too great, and it needs to face military pressure from Russia and Austria. I propose to continue to strengthen the Kingdom of Prussia and, if necessary, allow them to annex the Kingdom of Poland.

However, this time should not be too early. The Russian Empire has not yet recovered. If they had annexed Poland in advance, they would probably join forces with Austria to kill the Russian Empire first.

We need a balanced European continent. It is not a good phenomenon for such a large country to appear frequently. If this situation is not changed, the European continent will sooner or later reunify.

Therefore, Greater France must also be separated. Otherwise, when it becomes a habit for the strong and the weak to merge, it will be very troublesome. ”

The result of the ”unification of continental Europe” is too horrible. A unified continental Europe would really kill Britain.

John Bull's sense of crisis has always been very serious, and once a country on the European continent showed a trend of unifying the continent, they were immediately suppressed by them.

In the later stage, it has developed to the point where anyone is strong will suppress everyone. A dozen years ago, the Russian Empire bullied and coerced the European continent, and then John Bull worked hard to suppress the Russians.

Now that the Russians have gone down, France and Austria have risen again. One enemy and two are not their style. After an initial attempt, they have decisively selected the strategy of whoever comes first.

The London government had chosen Austria as the target, and plans were being made to implement it, and the French took the lead.

Not only did they take the lead, they also forced their forces out of the Mediterranean after annexing Italy.

This could not be tolerated, and the London government had to change its goals. However, the plan could not keep up with change, and Austria did not cooperate. John Niu, who did not fight, looked at the French and couldn't get started.

Prime Minister Benjamin said solemnly: ”Italian revolutionary leaders Garibaldi and Mazzini have both arrived in London, hoping to get our support to restore our country.

They had met with former Sardinian royal family Vittorio Emmanuel II, and the two sides reached an agreement and decided to unite against the French rule.

In addition, some Italian nobles contacted us, hoping that we could convene an international conference to stop the French aggression.

It's just that these forces are too scattered, and even with our support, it will be difficult to shake the French rule in Italy in the short term. We need more allies to support it. ”

Having said that, he set his sights on Foreign Minister McLean, hoping that he would give a satisfactory answer.

Without disappointing, Foreign Minister McLean gave the answer: ”This time the European countries are standing on the opposite side of the French, but they are just a shock to the French. No one wants to offend the French too much.

Even if the Austrians did not want to see the French eat Italy so smoothly, they may not interfere on the bright side, but secretly the Vienna government did not mind creating trouble for them.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has contacted countries and everyone is willing to support the Italian independence movement and break the French ambition to dominate the European continent.

Austria is an exception. They are worried that the Italian Independence Games will spread to Lombardy and Venesia and refuse to support the Italian Revolutionary Party.

The old fox, Felix, suggested that we contact the French Revolutionary Party and encourage the French people to rise up against the colonial invasion.

By the way, he also offered to support an anti-French king of Spain, which caused chaos to the French.

In theory, these are all feasible. The only problem is to grasp this degree, otherwise the French will fall and Austria will be the largest. ”

Everyone is playing Yang Mo, and they add chaos to the French. It was just that Austria was reluctant to take the lead this time and pushed everything to the British.

Knowing and knowing, things still have to be done. If Austria is a potential threat, the Greater French Empire is a real threat.

If action is not taken as quickly as possible, the Mediterranean will not have a British foothold. In the future, Britain's overseas trade to the Indian Ocean will be subject to the French.

Prime Minister Benjamin sneered and said: ”First let the Austrians be proud for a few days, and they will cry in the future. Regardless of their calculations, they will first suppress the French according to the original plan.

After breaking up France, we are slowly accounting with them. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has used anti-law to cover up secret contacts with other countries and prepare for the establishment of an anti-Austrian alliance. ”

The Anti-Russian Alliance, the Anti-French Alliance, and the Anti-Olympic Alliance were carefully prepared by the British for the three competitors of Russia, France and Austria.

At present, the anti-Russian alliance has succeeded, and in the recent war, the anti-Russian alliance defeated the Russians in one fell swoop and buried the European hegemony of the Russian Empire.

This is not the first time that the anti-French alliance has been changed. Only Napoleon III changed the foreign policy of the world in the Napoleonic era and chose to repair it with European countries.

Now that things have changed, the establishment of the Greater French Empire has laid the foundation for the establishment of an anti-French alliance.

If it were not for the crucial part of Austria, it is estimated that at this time the anti-French allies had flagged openly. In the face of this alliance, it was difficult for Napoleon III to compromise.

The Anti-Olympic League, which has been diving, was actually prepared by the British early. When you open the map, you will find that Poland, Prussia, and Switzerland around Austria all have anti-Austrian tendencies.

If the situation changes, it is not impossible for the Russian Empire to stand on the opposite side of Austria; if Italy succeeds in independence, this new country will naturally be a member of the anti-Austrian camp.

It can be said that as long as the Vienna government is not careful, it will fall into the trap set by the British and become isolated.

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