Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1173

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Vienna, Austria.

Franz received the news on the seventh day after the Suez Canal was opened. For him, this was worse news after his army suffered a heavy setback in France.

Because this means that the empire’s warships will appear directly at his doorstep through this canal. At the same time, in order to protect its own canal, the empire will inevitably strengthen its presence in the Mediterranean.

“Your Majesty, we must stop the war against France. Obviously, we have all been fooled by the empire. Taking advantage of the civil strife in Europe, they successfully opened up the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. This shortened the distance for the empire to reach Europe by almost half. From then on, the empire An expedition to Europe will become possible. If this continues, Europeans will be slaughtered like the Indians in North America,”

Delaish said to his king Franz with great concern.

They declared their opposition to this decision at the beginning of the war against France. Unlike other short-sighted nobles, Thales surrendered his sights to the increasingly powerful empire from the beginning.

After years of analysis, he became more and more convinced that empires would eventually colonize Europe in the same way that Europe colonized backward civilizations.

“Your Majesty, the rise of a powerful country is inevitably accompanied by a desire for resources and markets. Now the empire controls most of the resource-rich areas. The only thing they lack now is a huge market. Europe now meets this condition very well.”

After a pause, he Then he said, “Under the conditions of equal technology, civilizations will open their markets to each other, but when the technological generation gap expands infinitely, the greatest benefits will be gained by opening the other party’s market through force.”

Like all monarchs’ desire for land, Franz quickly agreed after Catherine proposed a plan to carve up Poland, and at the same time his desire for French land gnawed at his heart.

In the end, he decided to send troops to France, but the defeat on the battlefield gradually made him sober.

Unknowingly, Austria’s weapons have lagged behind France, Tsarist Russia, and Prussia. When the war is over, Austria’s weakened strength is likely to become Prussia’s target.

Because Prussia and Austria once belonged to the Holy Roman Empire, both Prussia and Austria claimed to be the pure successors of the empire, and both had the idea of unifying the other.

“Deleise, you may have the right idea. We should stop the war against France and let the ambitious man Felix II continue to fight Henry. Isn’t it interesting for two ambitious men to fight each other?” Franz said with a smile.

Delais was startled for a moment, and he said: “Your Majesty, what I am saying is that Europe should unite to fight against the invasion of Europe by the Eastern Empire.”

“Yes, that is true, so since they are jointly fighting against the Eastern Empire, should they share advanced technology?” What about the weapons technology? Why don’t you lobby Fei Lie and Yekarina to share their technology with us? “Franz looked a little scary.

Delais opened his mouth, and finally he sighed. Europe is just a piece of scattered sand, fighting on its own.

Every country attacks other countries for its own interests, and no one responds to the ideas he proposes.

“I’m afraid I won’t be able to convince Russia, Britain and Prussia to share technology,” Delaish said.

“That’s right, so it’s useless at all, but one thing is right. We have to withdraw our troops from damn France. I don’t want all my troops to be killed,” Franz said.

Delaish said: “Are we just indifferent to the Suez Canal?”

Franz said lazily: “Who can stop the imperial navy from sailing in the Mediterranean now? So, is there any difference? Instead of that, you should think about it How can we get benefits from this canal, such as building a port and becoming a transit point for the empire to go to Europe? At least we can make a little profit. “

Deleith sighed deeply. It was obvious that his persuasion failed completely. Today’s Europe will not be united before a crisis of extinction.

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Paris.

Henry also received news of the opening of the Suez Canal. There is no doubt that the current opening of this canal is a good thing for him, because it means that the empire will be able to provide him with supplies faster without having to go around Africa. To the southwest coast of France, the future empire would provide supplies directly on the southeast coast of France.

It’s just that the Austrian army in the southeast is still confronting him, but he has seen the weakness of the Austrian army during this period of fighting.

While resisting the Prussian attack in the north, he prepared to completely defeat the Austrian army.

But to his surprise, his plan had not yet been implemented. On the fifth day, he received news that the Austrian army had withdrawn into the country, and his pressure was greatly reduced for a while.

So he immediately ordered the establishment of a port in the southeastern coastal city of Lordan, and at the same time mobilized troops on the southeastern front to go north to resist the Prussian army’s attack.

Within the next month, news of the Suez Canal’s completion reached Spain, Portugal, Prussia and the United Kingdom.

For a time, the whole of Europe was filled with pessimism. After two hundred years of plundering the world, they ushered in an extremely powerful enemy, an enemy that made them feel powerless.

Königsberg.

Felix II was having dinner with Victoria. He was in a bad mood today. Austria withdrew its troops. Henry, who was on the verge of collapse, was under great pressure. Now the European battlefield has become a war between France and Prussia. This change made him very angry. .

Sensing Felix II’s emotions, Vidomia said: “Your Majesty, the war with France is meaningless now. Prussia will not be able to defeat France for a while. In my opinion, it is better to have a truce and officially recognize Henry’s rule over France. .”

Felix II looked at the downcast Victoria, who was the Queen of England and the wife of his second son. He said, “We have sacrificed 30,000 people in this war. How can these soldiers be in vain? Sacrificed. “

Vidomia smiled and said: “Of course not. Through this war, we have at least seen Austria’s weakness. Now that Austria has chosen to betray, perhaps your majesty can launch a punitive war against Austria with Henry, and he will definitely agree. “

Felix II’s eyes flashed with a strange color, and he said: “Vitomia, you are such a smart woman. I am more interested in Austria than France.”

Vitomia smiled bitterly in her heart, and her purpose for doing this was nothing more. It was to allow Henry to break with the empire as soon as possible.

Once Henry ruled France, he would no longer need the Empire’s help, and then Henry would be reminded of the French colonies the Empire had captured during the French Wars.

(End of chapter)