Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

()Chapter 309: The world’s largest chain?

"Russia's geographical location in the world is that of a superpower no matter how you look at it. As you said, the relationship between Spain and Russia may not actually be a source of much tension between the two countries. There are many sources of tension between the two countries. Everyone is wondering why Spain bought Norway's Svalbard Islands even though it knew it would offend Russia. After all, everyone knows that Russia has only two major seaports, one is Vladimir Putin in the Far East. Vostok is a semi-freeze-free port, but because it is in the Far East, in terms of importance, it is definitely not as important as another seaport in Europe, which is the Port of Murmansk on the Barents Sea. , this is the only maritime passage from Russia to Western and Southern Europe. ..

In the past, it was because Norway had the Svalbard Islands and the mainland on the other side. Due to Norway's low national power, this was not as dangerous to Russia, so Russia did not oppose Norway's rule of the Svalbard Islands. But now it is different. Norway It actually gave up Svalbard to Spain, a world power in southern Europe. This is definitely very angry for Russia, which originally regarded the Barents Sea and even the entire Northern Europe as its sphere of influence.

Spain has the Svalbard Islands, and Spain can dock warships at major ports in Norway to effectively maintain the security of the Svalbard Islands. It can even conduct a large number of naval patrols in the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. This allows Russian warships to It became exposed in front of Spain, allowing Spain to supervise Russia's actions in the Barents Sea in disguise, which compressed the sea where there was not much sea area for the Russian navy to squander. This is why Nicholas II and the entire Russian government were very angry, and then it evolved into the final result of using direct commercial suppression of Spain. However, the result was unexpected and reasonable at the same time. Russia In the end, it obeyed and apologized and compensated under the full suppression of Spain. Spain gained fame and Russia's snowy northern archipelago Franz Josef Land.

But now it seems that although Spain has won the outcome of the conflict with Russia, and even with the United States, which has allowed Spain to consolidate its position as the third largest country in the world, the same negative situation followed. For example, the current battle with France, the fourth largest country in the world, has already brought Spain to a difficult moment."

"Oh? You mean Russia and the United States?" Alfonso pretended to question.

Einstein said: "Yes. It seems that France still has little way to deal with Spain. But don't forget that Russia is France's close ally against the German Empire. Although during the last showdown between Western Russia and Spain, the French For his own benefit, he did not speak on the side of the Russian man. Russia also had grievances because of this. But don’t forget. Russia is not France. Russia relies more on France. Tebie is the franc, which is more important to Russia’s payment for goods. .As long as Russia continues to appear in the world with a backward economy, France will continue to let Russia have illusions about this.

Russia succumbed to Spanish pressure when it was unable to cope with it, but it does not mean that Russia is willing to really see France succumb to Spain in line with them, although that would be more comfortable in their hearts. However, the psychological effect of dissatisfaction made Russia more willing to see the defeat of Spain rather than its ally France. In addition, the reason why the United States has strengthened its foreign relations, initiated by Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, has made the United States, which has been looking for a "connection" to Europe or a world power, perhaps also want to break away from Spain and establish a relationship for the United States. With the shackles of the Spanish Empire, it is possible to suppress the current forces in Spanish America and the Pacific. After all, they have long wanted to expand. If it is true that the three countries are united to fight Spain for their own interests, it is not impossible."

"This possibility does exist, but" Alfonso shook his head, and then followed up with a 180-degree turn and said: "However, this possibility is definitely flying very low, and it is even said that it is absolutely not like this. possible"

"Why?"

Looking at Einstein's disbelieving expression, Alfonso gestured to him to drink coffee. After seeing that he felt relieved after drinking it, Alfonso said: "Do you think that the leaders of the French government and the American government will Are you a fool?" Seeing that he still didn't understand what he was referring to, Alfonso was not angry. It would be strange if everyone knew what he was thinking.

He said directly: "If the United States, Russia and France unite, plus the interaction between Russia and France over the years, coupled with the current alliance of the world's largest economy, Alaska will be connected to the Far East of the United States. Together, it is equivalent to mutual defense with the United States starting from the Far East of Russia and moving north to east. Then there are forces from other countries in the ocean north of Hawaii. Japan, the big country in the Far East, will definitely resist, and Canada's Who is the suzerain country? It is the United Kingdom. Is the United Kingdom willing to see its subordinate country living happily between the United States and Russia, which are also allies?

Of course I don't want to. That will definitely cause a backlash from the UK, the world's largest country. After all, even the UK had to admit at that time that even the UK could not match the alliance of France, Russia and the United States, and it had to avoid its edge. , How could the UK allow such a force to appear and "endanger" itself? Even if it appears again, they should take the lead in forming it. So the UK will definitely try to prevent them from appearing.

As the second largest country, the German Empire is even more unwilling to see that among the world's three major countries that are unfriendly to the German Empire, another alliance has been added to the alliance of the United States, which originally did not exist and was neutral. Therefore, compared to the British, the German Empire's response will never be more conciliatory. The two countries' unanimous stance will definitely make France have to treat it with caution. After all, Britain was originally afraid that the German Empire would endanger Britain's position as the largest maritime power. France also lobbied to carry out the encirclement and suppression of Russia and Germany, and now it is not inferior. France, who was part of the German Empire, actually formed an alliance with Russia, a country that straddles the Eurasian continent and that Britain was not very fond of. Originally, the United Kingdom, whose purpose was to endanger the German Empire, still agreed to Russia's joining, even though it knew that Russia and France were more likely to join. 'Friendly', but in the UK's view, the two countries still do not threaten the UK's status. The alliance between the two countries is far less serious than the alliance between Spain and the German Empire, so the UK still does not take it to heart. , of course, the more important reason is that Russia's traditional backward agricultural economy and France's economy, which is much lower than that of Britain, prevent Britain from feeling the danger. However, if coupled with a developed industrial economy and a navy that is not much behind France, In the United States, the situation is absolutely different.

The potential for danger runs deeper than the union between Spain and the German Empire. Alfonso looked at Einstein, then at Eugene who was somewhat understanding, and then asked Einstein: "How do you think it will develop next?" "

Without giving Einstein a chance to speak, Alfonso continued: "According to what I said, if France, Russia and the United States forcibly unite, it will even have the effect of reducing the tension between Britain and Germany. relations, if Spain does a good job, it will serve as a go-between to unite the two of them to deal with France, Russia and the United States. The world's number one, number two and third country will jointly deal with the world's fourth, fifth and sixth largest country (the United States with its economic influence) Judging from the strength, it should be able to be ranked sixth) The result is of course that the latter is definitely not defeated by luck. After all, the United States is surrounded by Britain and Spain in Canada and South America, and France is in danger from three sides. At this time Italy will definitely not be able to help but join in to jointly attack France, and then it will seize French colonies with the consent of the three countries of Britain, Germany and Spain after having long-standing territorial desires in their hearts.

After that, they all turned their guns. Spain's ally Ottoman Turkey launched a general attack on Russia in the south of the Greater Caucasus Mountains and the Black Sea. The German Empire and their ally the Austro-Hungarian Empire launched a rapid attack on the former Ukraine and Poland, while the United Kingdom launched a general attack on Russia. With the coordination of allies such as Norway, Sweden and Denmark, they attacked Russia's vassal state Poland and Russia's capital St. Petersburg in the Baltic Sea and the Norwegian Sea to the north. Britain also attacked Russia in Central Asia in its colonial India and the 'friendly' country Persia to the south of Russia. The place of power.

Spain also launched a forceful attack on Russia's territories in China and the Russian Far East in the Far East. With the support of Japan, it is definitely not that difficult for Spain to "defeat" Russia there. After all, after defeating the United States, Spain is definitely the real hegemon in the Pacific, and even Britain is far behind. This is a series of chain reactions that may be triggered after the alliance between France, Russia and the United States. Don’t think that this is not true. I firmly say that if they really deal with Spain in this way, the city gate will be on fire. Britain and the German Empire would absolutely support such an alliance against each other. "

Einstein thought for a while, his face wrinkled unnaturally, and then he had to nod and said: "Your Majesty, your speech was wonderful."

Alfonso was stunned, and then quickly recovered, "You guy, how did you know? No, you already knew my identity from the beginning."

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