Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

() "What happened today? Why did the Prime Minister Gaston Dumelo come in just now, then the Finance Minister Raymond Poincaré also came, and now the Interior Minister Louis Bardo also came in, and who is that, The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Edouard Herriot, is also here. Wait, who are those two people? Oh my god, they are the Minister of War, Alexander Millerand, and the Minister of the Navy, Camille Pelletin.

Today is Wednesday, so many people are wondering. Every Wednesday is a cabinet meeting chaired by the president. This day is held at the Elysee Palace. This is the day when cabinet members come to the Elysee Palace. Why are they all here today on Sunday? . But if you don’t understand, you don’t understand. They can only keep these doubts in their hearts, and even if they are ten times brave, they would not dare to ask the reason.

"Damn, how could things develop like this? It's really not as bad as it is now. What a fucking bastard."

"Okay, where is this place? It's the most sacred place in France. It's not the army headquarters. That's where you can shout and kill. Don't miss the ears of the president, the prime minister, and everyone else. " . .

"Well, Peletan, I didn't talk about you, but you talked about me first, and you really thought I was easy to bully."

"What's wrong? What do I have to say?"

"I'm sorry to say that if your navy hadn't been able to defend the enemies brought by the sea, our army would have been outflanked by the Spanish army from the sea and directly destroyed in Madagascar, as well as the Mediterranean. Someone originally said Except for the damn British guys in the Mediterranean, all other countries standing in front of the French navy have to squat down to greet us. But look at whose world the Mediterranean belongs to now, not to mention the Atlantic Ocean, where even France The navy accounts for less than a quarter. In the Indian Ocean, it is evenly divided between Spain and the United Kingdom. In the Pacific, it is said that the South Pacific has become an inland sea for Spain, and the Western Pacific has become an inland sea.

The United Kingdom and Spain are in charge of Japan. In the North Pacific, the four countries of Britain, America and Spain are in charge. In the East and Central Pacific, the United States and Spain are competing for the world. Tell me. What can your navy be proud of? After working on it for a long time, there is no place that is under the control of our French navy."

"Okay, Millerand. You really said you were addicted. Then how do you talk about the failures in the territories of Gabon, French Congo and French Central Africa in Africa? Don't you have to be irresponsible? You must know that at that time you In the army, you are the deputy minister, so don’t shirk your responsibilities.”

"You were not the Deputy Secretary of the Navy at the time."

Paul Dume said nothing. But several other people saw his deep face that was about to burst into tears. They all looked pitifully at Alexander Millerand and Camille Pelletin, who were quarreling and about to turn white. Although Paul Dume is usually very amiable and seems to be very friendly, people who are familiar with him, especially those who have been members of the House of Representatives in the past ten years, know very well that this is definitely not the case. , because when Paul Dume got angry, even the previous presidents and prime ministers had to lower their heads and choose to retreat when facing him.

Gradually, Millerand and Pelletan also looked around with awareness. After seeing the eyes of those people, especially after seeing the deep face of Paul Dume, they chose to remain silent, but they all Didn't give the other party a good face.

"Have you quarreled enough? I thought you were going to argue until tonight." Paul Dume stared at the two of them angrily. After waiting for a long time, he said: This is a place that serves the people, not a personal grudge. Location, I know that as the leaders of your respective subordinates, you have the right to help your subordinates appeal, but that should be done without harming the unity of the government, especially now when the enemy is facing us, you are like this If you do it, do you know how bad it will affect people outside? Also, how much confidence do those in the German Empire give them who are currently talking about launching a preemptive strike against us?

You understand, and I believe you all can understand, that what the great France needs at this time is not internal quarrels, nor our domestic differences, but unity in dealing with the outside world.

Well, I won’t pursue this matter for the time being. Also, about the matters of the previous government, I hope that our cabinet members will no longer have disputes because of these. The cabinet meeting has officially begun. I will preside over it. Dumelo, you will start to make announcements. Today’s schedule,” Paul Dume looked at Gaston Dumelo next to him.

Dumelo nodded and said: "Our first meeting topic today is what Germany calls preemptive strike. I originally thought it was just a trivial opinion, but now it is becoming more and more important to the citizens of the German Empire. The consensus seems to be getting stronger and stronger, so I have raised this to the first question today, which requires everyone to discuss it."

"Yes, this is a very serious problem. Just look at the opinions of other countries. Without using data from other countries, our country's media conducted media interviews secretly and got the same results. Almost, obviously, these years of confrontation. There are also changes in the situation brought about by Germany and Britain, Spain and Japan working together to deal with Russia some time ago. The current German Empire has become more confident. Of course, this confidence is in the special When dealing with Russia in the external sector, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs analyzed it. The most important reason for Germany is that it has continued to maintain a strategic partnership with Spain and continued its silent diplomacy in these years. Therefore, this has reduced the confrontation between a powerful country in the German Empire. Just look at Spain's special treatment of BMW, Germany's largest company, and you will know that the German Empire at that time only mentioned a few words and one stroke in the press conference.

Obviously Germany does not want to offend Spain, which foreshadows the current confrontation between Spain and our team. The second reason is the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom has felt a little unnatural about us getting too close to Russia in recent years, because this has had an effect on the country's governance strategy that has always been dominated by skepticism, that is, it is afraid of Germany's collapse. After the war, Britain became the next target of Russia and France, so it was reluctant to directly deal with Germany. With the strong rise of Spain in recent years, although Britain was a little scared at first, it finally chose I believe that Spain has now become the last country in continental Europe with the most stable relationship with the United Kingdom. At least now it seems that it has surpassed our relationship with the UK.

In this way, we can discover a very interesting diplomatic pattern, that is, before the establishment of the German Empire in the last century, Britain was a supporter of the German Alliance and supported the German Alliance in dealing with Russia in the east and France in the south on the European continent. Later, Britain He was a supporter of Prussia. He supported Prussia in depriving Austria of its leadership position in the German Union, becoming the leader of the German Union, and then directly established the German Empire in 1871. At that time, we happened to be the weakest and Austria was weak. when.

The rapid growth of the German Empire directly pressured Russia and France. At this time, Britain was still very happy, but when Russia and France faced the German Empire, the originally balanced German Empire actually pulled the Austro-Hungarian Empire to its side. , when this balance had been broken, a crisis was felt, so later we, Britain, France and Russia, jointly dealt with Germany and Austria.

However, under the strong pressure from our three countries, Russia became a little impetuous. Under such circumstances, the British had many conflicts of interest in the Middle East, the Balkans, and North India. The final result was that Britain and Russia The existing fundamental conflict of interest directly ignited the threat to British interests from Russia in the Far Southeast, which repeatedly hit the psychological bottom line of the British government. In this way, compared with the fact that Britain, France, and Russia could not gain tangible benefits by working together to deal with Germany. , it seems that the British feel that it is better to directly relax the restrictions on the German Empire at this time, let the German Empire deal with our two countries, and then tie our hands and feet in Europe, so that we will have no energy to display elsewhere. .

We can also maintain Europe. France and Russia can be more balanced when facing Germany. Don't forget that with the departure of Austria-Hungary from the embrace of Germany, Germany is now under our pressure. It is obviously difficult for Italy to join the Austro-Hungarian Empire to truly fill the gap. Therefore, perhaps because of this, and coupled with concerns about the alliance between our two countries, it would be better for the UK to quietly withdraw from our alliance. Got it. "

Dumelo glanced at Herriot with admiration. Herriot was the Minister of Public Affairs who was a member of the former prime minister's cabinet. He had a good impression of this minister at the beginning, and the two of them were also very skilled, so this time he formed the cabinet. First The person I was looking for was him. Fortunately, the relationship between the two was wrong, and more importantly, this Edouard Herriot was a southerner, a native of Marseille. It can be said that he was an important figure in the Southern League. character, so he believes that as long as he joins, the future relationship between him and Paul Dume will definitely be easier to control.

"Herriot is right. In reality, I think Spain has become the most important factor affecting Britain's judgment in the world situation. I don't know if you have noticed that since Queen Victoria and her young daughter-in-law met more than ten years ago. After Alfonso XIII's letter diplomacy, Spain began to receive strong support from the United Kingdom. Although it was secretly, we can still trace it, such as a large number of territorial exchanges, although the United Kingdom seemed to have taken advantage at the time. , but seriously speaking, the British were so cheap in trading with other countries in the world at that time, but Spain was such a country at that time, and the British only had such a small benefit. If there were no other things in it, it would be very incredible to think about it. things"

Gaston Dumelo's words made everyone sitting there fall into deep thought. What they didn't see was that while they were meditating, Gaston Dumelo quietly exchanged glances with Paul Dume.

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