Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

"What kind of cooperation?" Tirpitz also asked with great interest.

"The German Empire wants to have more influence in the world. The best way is to expand its influence on the European continent and at sea. However, these are not easy tasks. Therefore, it can only open up the power of those old empires. Only within the scope can it begin to have its real influence. At sea, although the German Empire has developed more rapidly after decades of development, especially in the early 20th century, it is still far behind the United Kingdom. Far inferior, especially after Britain vigilantly raised its shipbuilding ratio and engaged in a naval competition with Britain and Germany at a ratio of 2:1, Britain is still an insurmountable mountain range compared to the German Empire."

Heinris said with a smile: "Moreover, even if Britain was defeated by the German Empire, there were other countries blocking it. For the German Empire, I even think that this is not a problem for the Austro-Hungarian Empire." The best clear policy, how should I say it? It should not be one of the German Empire’s most prioritized offensive policies.”

Tirpitz finally understood the various meanings of the other party. The other party wanted the German Empire not to put all its energy into competing with Britain, France, or even Spain and other countries in the west and south.

Tirpitz's heart moved, and a look of excitement appeared on his face unconsciously.

Heinris was a little nervous. In fact, although it was a great honor to enjoy the reception of the Kaiser's most beloved minister, there was a problem. The disadvantages here are also very obvious. For example, as the real helmsman of the German Empire's navy, he directly persuaded the other party to give up the empire's focus in front of his eyes. Instead of wasting more manpower, energy and money on building ships, the country should change its approach and pay more attention to the east. The consequence of this is that the navy may reduce investment and will invest more in the army in the future. etc. focus on policy. This is for the Lord of the Admiralty. Can it be tolerated? Heinris even thought in his heart, if it were him, maybe. Maybe he really just left.

Unexpected. Tirpitz did not fall out. In addition to the sudden change in his face at the beginning, it was because of Yun Qingfeng's calm demeanor. It seemed that the other party's eyes looked at him with more content than before, but under the black eyes, he didn't know what it meant.

"The problem is, we agree with this view, but what is the use of paying attention now? Countries all over the world are revolving around Britain. These countries do not really buy into the German Empire. This is natural and also the previous paragraph. As shown in the Spanish program, in fact, compared with France, although the German Empire has relatively friendly relations with several surrounding countries, such as the Kingdom of Italy and your Austro-Hungarian Empire, they can form an alliance, and there is also Bulgaria, which is in Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The current German Empire is not much different from France, which is economically lonely and helpless.

Even compared to French diplomacy, the German Empire was still far behind in this regard. "

"So we decided to form an alliance with the German Empire. This is also an opportunity for our Austro-Hungarian Empire." Seeing that Tirpitz didn't know whether he was really confused or just confused, Heinris secretly despised him in his heart. He clearly knew what the two were talking about, but he still continued to pretend that he didn't know what he was talking about. This was something only those sanctimonious people could do.

However, as the closest countries to the Austro-Hungarian Empire now, both in terms of blood and geography, the two countries actually have the potential to be allies.

"But, what is the current alliance between Austria-Hungary and Spain?" Tirpitz pointedly said, "Now that Austria-Hungary has formed an alliance with us, it seems that there is a different crisis of trust."

"However, I believe that Spain should be able to understand the situation we are facing now, and I believe that the other side will continue to support us in doing this."

"But if I'm from Spain, we definitely don't want this kind of thing to flourish. The prime minister will die because of his love for gravity. With all due respect, if you, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, are betting on both sides, be careful not to please both sides."

Heinris didn't understand this truth in his heart. The whole world knew it, but who told them that the Aoji Empire was so unlucky that the two partners they formed an alliance with seemed to be very cowardly beings. I originally thought that the German Empire was out of consideration for its surroundings. Therefore, we cannot directly send troops to Tsarist Russia like Austria-Hungary, but what is the final result?

The Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolved the alliance in anger, and then turned to the south. It has been strategically compressing Tsarist Russia. However, since the Austro-Hungarian Empire joined, Spain was belatedly announced that their country would adjust its diplomatic strategy. , reducing disputes with the other party, etc. have become the mainstream of Spanish diplomacy.

In this way, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was embarrassed in front of such a free man, because the reason for breaking up with the German Empire was that the German Empire did not help Austria-Hungary. However, Spain's current adjustment has made it just another Austria-Hungary. The empire is coming again, but now the Austro-Hungarian Empire finds that it is different from the time when it was allied with the German Empire. Now its status is ranked second.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was not able to ride on the coattails of Spain's many allies and face the rest of the world. On the contrary, these countries came closer to Spain. Instead of what the king and others wanted to see, these countries came closer to win over them. relations, and then occupy the second position among these Spanish allies, and one day even replace Spain.

The ridiculous thing is that although Spain has begun to accept the Austro-Hungarian Empire, what makes the Austro-Hungarian Empire unbearable is that when it formed an alliance with the German Empire, its status was almost equal to that of the German Empire, but now Joseph I and Ferdinand The Grand Duke frowned because it seemed that, not to mention Portugal, Spain's most valued and trusted ally, even the four South American countries were far inferior. Even to a certain extent, the Austro-Hungarian Empire seemed not to have Spain's support for the Hide on the Arabian Peninsula. The Kingdom and the Nanjing government are powerful in the four Caribbean countries, but they have the same status as the Ottoman Empire and are ranked within the outer circle of Spain's allies. Even at this time, there was a rumor coming from Spain, which seemed to say that among Spain's diplomatic allies, There is a promotion function. If one of these allies contributes more to Spain, the country will receive more support from Spain.

What did this become? He became a slave-like helper of Spain. This behavior of Spain completely jealous of the hawks headed by Crown Prince Ferdinand. It is precisely because of this that, with Archduke Ferdinand and him, the sea The hard-liners headed by Reese finally took a step forward. At first, Tian Ping, their inner ally, slowly took action and fell to the German Empire. They began to fall into the arms of the German Empire.

But the problem is that now the Austro-Hungarian Empire can actually stand up and announce the news more clearly. However, there are also many doves in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In particular, although they also agree to use troops against Tsarist Russia, they do not agree to fall again. To the German Empire, at least, don't harm the relationship with Spain.

Thinking of this, Heinris cursed in his heart. The interests of these people have colluded with Spain, especially Transletania led by Hungary. The Hungarian government headed by János Hadik has clearly stated that it is not prepared. Repair relations with the German Empire at the cost of damaging relations with Spain.

Even in the previous secret meeting of the House of Lords, the House of Lords, headed by their respective speakers, reiterated their respective positions in a tough manner. Although the restoration of relations with the German Empire was finally approved under the intervention of Joseph I, Joseph I For the sake of his dream of being an emperor, he can only compromise in some aspects. One of them is that in the payment of goods from Spain, Transletania will receive the application rights of 150 million pesetas, while in Spain In terms of relations, Hungary will have the right to continue independent economic and political exchanges without the consent of Joseph I.

Heinris felt very uncomfortable when he thought that those Transletanians had obtained such rights. He was originally dissatisfied with the huge rights of those people. After all, he was under the pressure of the king and the crown prince. Janos had the right to operate independently, but this time it was better. In addition to the military, the other party actually became the government of an independent country. This made Neletania officials, including him, dissatisfied. . Isn't this a naked attempt to make oneself and others feel inferior to others when comparing their status?

Tirpitz had no idea that Heinris had to go through so many twists and turns at this moment. He said:

"We agree with this suggestion, but the problem is that if it is of strategic significance on the mainland, there seems to be a certain degree of dispute with your country, especially strategically. We have been very close to each other. If the two sides are at this time If our country continues to have no clearly defined interests in its territory, the final result will be that Britain and France will be our future."

"Before I came, I had received instructions from the king. The Austro-Hungarian Empire would actually use a ratio of three to one in future war results, as long as

A quarter of the territory occupied by the war, and the territory that the Austro-Hungarian Empire wanted was mainly around the Black Sea and the Balkan Peninsula..." (To be continued...)

ps: The first update, there will be another update later.