Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

() Wilhelm II, who was far away in Berlin, changed his expression, and the hand holding the phone trembled, almost losing his grip.レ♦思♦路♦客レ

The German Empire worked hard to acquire island colonies like the Suravel Islands and the Marshall Islands. However, although they were relatively small, it still made William II feel a sense of accomplishment. However, compared with Spain, he I almost have the urge to vomit blood out of anger.

Not to mention Spain's presence in Western Australia, but in exchange for the Hassa region on the Arabian Peninsula and the country of Siam, plus the basic ice and snow islands in South America and Northern Europe, these are easy for him. It was extremely easy to get it, and it was obtained by peaceful means without any soldier casualties. Increased Spain's land area and strategic position deployment around the world. ..

This made William II envious, and he even thought that Spain today is only the third or fourth strongest country. It is so powerful now. If it takes the position of the German Empire in the advancement, wouldn't it be even more powerful? It's awesome. Thinking of this, William II frowned a little and realized that Spain seemed to be a threat to the international status of the German Empire in Europe and the world.

"It's very enviable, but I think the French will be so angry that they will vomit blood if they find out by then. And I have to remind you that it seems that Vittorio III is very important to Libya. I have been greedy for a long time, and now that you are interfering like this, be careful that this natural quasi-ally of yours in Spain will do something annoying."...

"That's true. Thank you Your Majesty for your concern. However, I think they also know that this is a matter of national interest. Therefore, on such an issue, I think even if I want to make concessions, the people will not be willing." Although Afang It was put politely, but very firmly.

The Kingdom of Italy is indeed a quasi-ally of Spain, but due to the rapid growth of Spain in recent years, this has aroused the vigilance of other countries, especially in the Kingdom of Italy, which is almost the same size. The reason why the two are so friendly. Naturally, equality has been established, but since Spain is already the third most powerful country in the world, it even has the potential to become second or first in the future. Although Italy has also developed under the leadership of Vittorio III in recent years, it can never keep up with Spain under the leadership of Alfonso.

This has caused a huge gap between the two countries in terms of economy and military. People's minds naturally changed accordingly. Just like a very good friend. But suddenly a good friend of many years suddenly became my friend. One becomes a boss and the other becomes a subordinate. The intentionality of the two people will therefore mix other things into it. Then the friendship was challenged.

The Italians began to look at the Spanish nationals with equal eyes, but now they naturally need to look up. After all, the current standard of living of the people is one of the best in the world. Naturally, life is very good, but the Italian people can only make it into the top ten in the world at most, and it is not even comparable to the national life of Spain's little brother Portugal.

This naturally caused them to become separated.

When it comes to discussing the reasons for the comparison, Vittorio III will naturally become the same victim as Zheng Fu, because the Italian people's view is that Spain has Alfonso XIII. Because of the leadership of this great king and the strong implementation of effective policies by the Spanish government, Spain, which was originally far inferior to Italy more than ten or twenty years ago, is now far ahead of them.

As a victim, Vittorio III will naturally leave complaints in his heart. So Alfonso clearly felt that since Spain, Italy and the Ottoman Empire chose locations to build small free trade zones, Italy began to become hesitant when facing Spain, especially when it recognized that Antarctica was Regarding the issue of Spanish national territory, when the world's major powers recognized it one after another, they remained indifferent, and finally began to reluctantly acknowledge it. Naturally, Spain was dissatisfied from the government down to the citizens. That's it. There were cracks in the originally friendly relationship between the two countries. Of course, it was not the kind of falling out, but there was no longer the natural sense of mutual assistance that they had before.

In this case, Alfonso naturally didn't mind lighting a fire inside. Burn this more vigorously, so that you can achieve your goals, especially in Alfonso's original view, although Italy has a long-standing national sentiment towards Spain, it is because of the inner feelings of its citizens and the government. The wavering hesitation in China is at work. Therefore, it is difficult for them to firmly support Spain to gain any recognition.

The main reason why Spain has rarely taken any action in North Africa for more than ten years is that there is a strong supporter in Spain, from the government to the people, who wants to have a good relationship with Italy. Therefore, Spain did not think about occupying too much territory in the Mediterranean to arouse Italy's dissatisfaction. Maybe Italy thought the same way, but it did not expect that the French would benefit. They actually took advantage of the fact that Spain and Italy were politely giving in to avoid suspicion. They took advantage of the opportunity and quickly occupied so many colonies. Although some of them had already been laid down by the French, they were still unstable. Now it is Benrei who has firmly occupied them.

It can be said that it makes people from all walks of life in Spain regret it. Then Italy's hesitant attitude towards Spain's ownership of the Antarctic territory completely ignited the anger of the Spaniards.

This was the background why Alfonso had no hesitation. In this case, instead of restraining Spain from staying, it is better to directly take practical actions to obtain the greatest benefit for Spain.

Libya is one of Spain's next moves. Of course, before that, it is better to deal with William II who comes to give gifts.

William II understood Alfonso's words very well. As a king, it is definitely a very bad thing to abandon the interests of the people.

"What you said makes sense," Yu said with an appreciative tone.

Alfonso naturally heard the change in the other party's tone, and he would not have any thoughts of pride. If he was still alive when he first came to this world, but now even Edward VII, the king of the world's largest country I have met him several times, and he has become his nominal uncle-in-law, and William II is equivalent to his cousin. After doing the math, he really found that he was also involved in world history. World War I was a battle between Queen Victoria's descendants to fight for the world's colonies. Although they were not related by blood, his son was, and he, his grandson-in-law, was not related by blood. Becoming a member, and also a warrior among them, if Queen Victoria, an old European grandmother, knew that she had made such comments, I wonder if she would scold herself in heaven.

Thinking about it, Alfonso found his idea funny.

Now that he knew the purpose of William II, Alfonso also knew that the other party was definitely thinking about it. He just wanted to open a hole in North Africa, so that the German Empire could have another chance with France, just like the Moroccan crisis a few years ago, and finally be strong. The German Empire only allowed France to retreat to gain other benefits.

Even Alfonso remembered that the German Empire also launched the second Moroccan crisis in history. It was when the French controlled Morocco because tribes launched an uprising. At this time, the German Empire took the opportunity to stand up and declare its support for Morocco. Recognizing the dominance of those two tribes over Morocco, the German Empire even sent warships to Agadir, Morocco, a port city originally controlled by the French.

After the German Empire made this move that shocked the world, France quickly made a compromise, and finally gave part of the Congo to the German Empire in the form of a territorial compensation deal, thus appeasing the German Empire. It can be said that it can be seen from this that the German Empire has quickly set its sights on Africa. Of course, in Alfonso's view, people including William II and his government should also have seen what happened in France. After the steady flow of supplies arrived in Africa, the German Empire felt that it was increasingly threatened by the French. Therefore, we want to open up the situation in Africa, and then curb the French and even British methods of expanding their own energy.

"If your Majesty agrees, I am willing to exchange the part I just mentioned for the colonies of the current German Empire. The Sanaga River in Cameroon is the dividing line between the north and the south. Spain is in the south and the German Empire is in the north. In this way, Nang En is Rule separately, Your Majesty William, what do you think of my suggestion?"

William II couldn't keep up with Alfonso's gaze. He was still in his seniority, but he suddenly jumped to Central Africa. This span is too big.

But fortunately, he still cared about that colony of the German Empire, so when Alfonso talked about it, he quickly found its location and its value in his mind. Finally, an evaluation was conducted, and the result was that it seemed that such an exchange was also a good choice. Not only has the position of the German Empire in the Pacific been preserved, but although some colonies have been reduced in West and Central Africa, aren't there still some preserved here? And he is still opening up battlefields in North Africa. This business is not a loss for the German Empire. Of course, there is still some regret in giving Yaounde, a large town in Cameroon, to Spain.

In this way, before the condolence meeting of Edward VII, the kings of the world's second and third largest countries carried out a profit distribution plan.

Second update. (To be continued.)