After careful consideration, the London government still made a resolution to block the Baltic Sea. In fact, after the Berlin government agreed to take over the order placed by the Russians in the UK, voices in parliament against blockade of the Baltic Sea disappeared.

Anti-Russia has always been the national policy of the British. Without harming everyone's interests, no one will object to the Russians when they attack them.

On January 11, 1866, the Royal Navy blocked the door to the Baltic Sea on the grounds of extermination of pirates.

Blockade of the Baltic Sea does not exist, but considering the safety of passing ships, the Royal Navy recommends that everyone pause their entry and exit of the Baltic Sea.

The opinions were given, and whether to listen or not depends on your own voluntary action. If you are robbed by pirates, don’t regret it.

The threat of "pirates" is terrifying. After the accident occurred between two Russian merchant ships, everyone wisely chose to suspend this maritime trade route.

For a time, the British Foreign Ministry was filled with protest letters from various countries. Foreign Minister Sir Resling ordered a cold treatment, and then there was nothing.

It is in line with the interests of the Prussian-Russian War to continue. Without a big country, a small country can do protest.

In Franz's view, the tactic of adding fuel is the most consuming way of playing. The Russian Empire was unable to exert its military advantage and directly crushed Prussia to death, and it had failed strategically.

Politicians look at problems differently from ordinary people. Winning a war may not necessarily mean victory, and losing a war may not necessarily mean failure.

There are too many classic cases in history. Ordinary people think that the protagonist is stumbled. However, if you carefully analyze the gains and losses behind it, you will find that the final winner is actually the loser in front.

However, in modern times, with the awakening of the people, the requirements for the ruling class have been higher, and the cost of this gameplay has gradually increased and has been abandoned.

The most direct benefit of the British blockade was that the trade volume of Russia and Austria increased again. Now the Tsarist government has no choice, and it is just a seller.

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

Anyway, the Tsarist government is rich now, so the bureaucrats will find ways to spend it. The prices of materials rise, capitalists' profits increase, bureaucrats' kickbacks increase, and even the Vienna government's tax revenue increases.

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

Intelligence chief Tyron handed out a document and said, "Your Majesty, this is the latest European strategy for the French."

Napoleon III was still very enlightened without winning the Crimean War and always brainstormed when formulating strategies.

The advantage of brainstorming is that it reduces the error rate and also increases the chance of exposure. Once more people know anything, it is no longer a secret.

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

Of course, this may also be a smoke bomb deliberately released by the French. Almost every country has a dozen plans for the true and false strategy.

Before things happen, no one knows that strategy is true. They can only collect as much information as possible and then make a judgment.

Even Napoleon III himself could not guarantee which plan was their true strategy in the future.

There are usually several alternative options, and the strategy that is most suitable for the present is generally selected according to changes in the international situation.

This choice may change at any time unless it is a long-term national policy, and the possibility of change is small, and any other strategy is just one of the alternatives.

After looking carefully, Franz had to admit that the French were ambitious enough.

He wanted to use the Prussian War to pull the Russians from the position of world hegemony, and to plot against the Prussian Rhineland region.

This is just the first strategy, followed by a plan to annex the west of the Rhine River in the German Federal Republic of Belgium, and even annex the Italian region.

In my heart, Franz has made a fork for this grand strategic plan. Only if such a strategy can be implemented will there be a ghost. If it were Napoleon's era, it would be almost the same.

Apart from using the Prussian-Russian War to pull the Russians off the European hegemony, there is nothing left to implement.

The "Russia, France and the Austrian" division of Prussia was a fallacy from the beginning.

The Tsarist government invested so much in this war, and Poland alone could not recover the war costs. If the French were allowed to get the biggest cake, could Alexander II feel balanced?

Even if he is open-minded, he can't do anything about investing in the enemy! Dividing the spoils is never a simple task, especially when dividing the spoils with the enemy.

The French won the Rhineland region and their industrial development potential increased by at least twice. The Russian Empire, which won the Polish Russian Empire, was only better than nothing, and it could not increase much strength at all.

Not to mention Austria, the benefits brought about by dividing Prussia were directly negative. Franz chose that he would rather fight with France than accept such a cheating condition for dividing.

From the perspective of income: a mere 100,000 square kilometers of land directly put Austria into a strategic Jedi. The value brought by this part of the territory has not increased the defense expenditure.

Politically: Once you participate in the division of Prussia, it means that Franz gave up his political status as the German Communist Party, and the legitimacy of the throne of the new Holy Roman Empire will be seriously challenged.

This is different from the German Empire in original time and space. They had no title of communist ruler. Therefore, William I did not become the German emperor, and he settled for the second best to become the German emperor.

In terms of law, the German Empire was a republic, and the emperor was just hereditary president. Even if William I got the title of emperor through the "Declaration of the Emperor", his actual identity was still the President of the Federation.

This is also the main reason why William II lost the throne in the battle. You should know that the Habsburg dynasty struggled for a while. If it weren't for the last emperor Carl doing stupid things one after another, he could have saved several crowns.

Legalism is different from others, and once lost, it cannot be restored. Franz's status as a communist originated from the unification of the German region. Once the German region is divided with other countries, can the people still accept him as the emperor?

Even for his own benefit, Franz could not allow this to happen.

"Transfer the information to the cabinet and ask them to arrange for people to analyze the French's previous strategies and see what the French are hiding." Franz ordered

These messy strategies are actually valuable, and no one can guarantee that these strategies will not become reality.

At least compared with Bismarck's German unification plan of the original time and space Bismarck, the French's strategic success rate was much higher, while Bismarck's whimsical plan of the original time and space was successful.

There is also the Italian strategy that Cafur has tinkered with and the Japanese strategy formulated by Hirofumi Ito, which is more likely to succeed than the French plan.

With so many successful cases, Franz naturally dared not take it lightly. After all, the French were strong. As long as Napoleon III did not run to the front line to command blindly, they would be one of the most powerful empires in the world.

In theory, there are so many plans that except for the Rhineland region, Austria cannot compromise, other regions are likely to achieve exchange of interests.

The minerals in the Rhineland region are very important to the French, and they are actually not irreplaceable. Belgium is one of the substitutes.

As long as coal supply is guaranteed within decades, with the development of maritime transportation, shipping costs continue to decrease, and mining mineral resources from overseas colonies are transported back to the local area, the cost is also within the scope of industry acceptance.

The French even found an opportunity to take action first, caught Austria off guard, and seized the Rhineland region from the battlefield.

Franz never doubted this possibility. The Austrian General Staff had hundreds of combat plans to attack France, and it was still increasing. It was not surprising that the French had the same idea.
Chapter completed!