One wave has not yet settled, and another wave has started again.

As the arms race between Britain, France and the Austrian countries reached its climax, Central Asia was in a storm again.

On July 11, 1887, British Governor-General to India, Liton, suddenly notified the Afghan government that he would send a delegation to visit Kabush.

The weasel greets the chickens with New Year's greetings, so naturally he is uneasy.

Although many years have passed since the last British-Arab War, the British colonial activities in Afghanistan have never stopped, and there has never been so-called friendship between the two countries.

The anti-British sentiment among Afghanistan has always been very serious, considering the insecurity of the delegation and the reaction of the Russians.

In order not to cause trouble, Abdur Rahman Khan-Emir politely declined the British's request.

However, Governor Lidon was not the one who gave up. He made repeated requests, and he would not give up if he did not agree.

Unable to resist the British's entanglement, Emile was forced to agree to the British's request in September.

When the British went, the Russians naturally could not watch their younger brothers be bullied. Then the Tsarist government also sent a delegation.

Franz is not sure what happened later. Anyway, Britain and Russia are starting to compete for Afghanistan.

Franz asked: "How do the Russians want us to support?"

Austria and Afghanistan are thousands of miles apart, and there is a Persian Empire in the middle.

The Vienna government does not like to stretch out its hands randomly. Such a place that has no interests and cannot reach cannot be reached will naturally not have Austrian forces.

In Afghanistan, the only ones who really have the say are Britain and Russia.

Against this background, the Tsarist government wants to gain Austrian support, but no matter how it looks, it seems something is wrong.

Foreign Minister Wesenberg replied: "The Russians hope that we can help distract the British, and it is best to find something for the British government."

After carefully recalling the original time and space competition between Britain and Russia, Franz finally found something was wrong, and the second British-Arab War was gone.

After realizing that something was wrong, Franz signaled everyone to rest for a while, hurried to the secret room to take out the memoirs written by the beginning of the journey, and began to read them.

Soon he understood the causes and consequences. Affected by the Prussian-Russian War, the Russians did not care about expanding to Central Asia in the past few years.

Without the threat from the Russians, coupled with the heavy losses of the First Anglo-Arab War, the British naturally had no strong desire to seize the Afghan area.

By the way, Britain and Austria have also played a key role in competing for the "English-British War" that broke out in South Africa.

The final outcome of spending hundreds of millions of pounds and having nothing was achieved directly affected the British government's colonial policy.

Under many factors, Afghanistan, which has little benefit, escaped by chance.

Now that the Russians have made a comeback and surrendered to Central Asia again, Afghanistan, a small pro-Russian country, is very annoying.

After returning to the conference room, Franz picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then slowly said: "How about we find a way to provoke the Second British-Arab War?"

The sudden reversal of the painting style, everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, all with a confused expression on their faces, and they had no idea what the emperor was selling in the gourd.

Seeing that everyone did not react, Franz ordered to the attendant: "Come on the map of Central Asia."

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"Look at Afghanistan, the Khanate of Central Asia, the south to British India, the east to the Far East Empire, and the west to the Persian Empire. It can be said that it is the heart of Asia.

Whoever controls this will have the strategic initiative in Central Asia, West Asia and South Asia, and is very important to both Britain and Russia.

A few years ago, the Russians were busy with European issues and had no time to take care of Central Asia. Naturally, the British could slowly penetrate into the Afghanistan region without panic.

Now that the Russians turn around and focus their expansion again in Central Asia, pro-Russian Afghanistan has made the British embarrassed.

If the Russians performed more outrageously, after the failure of diplomacy to win over Afghanistan, do you think the British would be relieved?”

Prime Minister Carl: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to let the Russians stimulate the British, and it is not difficult to destroy the British's plan to win over Afghanistan.

But now it is at a critical moment in the arms race. No matter how important the Afghan region is, it is not as important as the hegemony of the Royal Navy.

Even if the British government feels deeply, they will not provoke the Second British-Arab War until the arms race ends."

This is the most realistic problem. Facing the two challengers of France and the AU, no matter how arrogant the British are, they must distinguish between the severity and the urgency.

Franz nodded: "Not bad! Under normal circumstances, the British would not initiate the Second Afghan War in the arms race.

I didn't expect the war to break out immediately, and I could also achieve the goal by dragging the time back.

Now all we have to do is cheer the Russians and tell the Tsarist government that this arms race will last for several years, so that they can feel assured and boldly confront the British.

When necessary, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can directly help the Afghan government strengthen its confidence, such as sponsoring some guns and ammunition.

The two great powers stood behind them and should be able to intimidate people. If it really doesn't work, just send someone to kill the British envoys and intensify the conflict between the two sides."

The bottom line, integrity and other things can be abandoned at critical moments. In order to create conflicts, even Franz came up with the assassination method.

Of course, if it is assassination, the blame will be removed. Either let the Afghans take it on their own or let the Russians take it. Anyway, it has nothing to do with Austria.

Foreign Minister Wesenberg: "Your Majesty, Afghanistan is essentially surrounded by the British. Once the war breaks out, both us and the Russians will be out of reach.

Without our support, Afghanistan's own strength alone may not last long.

If the British occupy the Afghan area and the Russians go south and want to go south, it would not be as simple as it is now."

It has to be admitted that the international situation facing Afghanistan is really bad now.

The south directly borders the British; the Central Asian Khanate in the north is the younger brother of the British; the Persian Empire in the west is also pro-British, or forced to pro-British; the east is safe for the time being, but this line is not easy to walk.

Once the war breaks out, Afghanistan will immediately fall into an isolated situation, and even with international aid, it will be difficult to transport it in.

As an agricultural country, if it loses international aid, the chances of winning are too slim to fight against the British.

But Afghanistan's strategic position is very important. Once the British occupy the place and operate it, it will be difficult for Russia to move south with the easy defense and difficult attack terrain.

Even the British could in turn support a few younger brothers in Central Asia and cause trouble for the Tsarist government.

Franz shook his head: "As long as we want to provide them with support, we will definitely be able to send it in."

At worst, you can send airships to drop supplies for them. If the range is not enough, you can just land in Persia when you return.

Even if the Persian government prefers the British, they can only pretend to see nothing on this issue.

Don’t underestimate Afghanistan. As long as they have enough weapons, they can make the British frustrated, and it will definitely not be over in the short term.

Even if the situation is really out of control and the British really occupy Afghanistan, we can support Russia in fighting along Central Asia.

As long as the British do not give time to run a place, I believe the Russians are still able to defeat the British."

This is the truth. Franz really has confidence in Afghanistan, and the imperial cemetery is not a futile reputation.

Even if the Afghan people can't win, they will still be able to win. If the cities are lost, there will be towns, and if the towns are lost, there will be mountains and forests.

Anyway, people are still alive, and they will fight endlessly.

Several major empires in the original time and space have successively failed in Afghanistan, all of which have been dragged down by heavy military expenses.

Unless the British start killing and genocide is carried out at the beginning, it will be difficult to win.

In contrast, Franz has not had enough confidence in the Russians. The main reason is that the three major battles in recent decades have hurt the vitality of the Russian Empire.

Not to mention anything else, the Russian Empire alone is more than 30 million less than the same period in history, and the proportion of young and middle-aged people is at least five percentage points lower than that in history.

The seemingly powerful Russian Empire is actually in its weakest state. It is okay to have a reckless wave in a short period of time, but the protracted war really cannot withstand it.

If the British really care about the cost, they would not be able to withstand the grey animals between Asan and the Russians.

Franz's lack of confidence in the Russians does not mean that others have no confidence in the Russians, and the cabinet is convincing.
Chapter completed!