Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

Chapter 1017. Concerns about assassinations among Berlin’s top brass

Not only is the UK worried about the Seven Eyes Alliance, but the German Empire across the North Sea is also currently engaged in a frightening intelligence dispute, feeling frightened by the Seven Eyes Alliance.

"The German Empire is besieging us. Will the Seven Eyes Alliance become the Eight Eyes Alliance?"

This time Crown Prince Frederick attended a meeting between William IV, German Iron Triangle Prime Minister Bismarck, Chief of General Staff Moltke, and Military and Political Minister Ron. This time, Little William did not participate.

William I said dissatisfied: "Recently, the Seven Eyes Alliance, led by the Netherlands and other seven countries, has frequently attacked our German Empire. They have issued messages to Germany that we are the largest source country for collecting their national intelligence, and It began to issue a ban on many transportations in the German Empire. It only allowed entry into various countries but not return routes to Germany. It grossly interfered with the upper limit of the number of our diplomatic embassy and expelled our so-called suspected embassy candidates. Now it has expanded its targets, such as the Tsarist Russian Empire. , members who are trying to expand their intelligence eyes. Everyone, if you don’t recognize the truth about this organization, we will really have various images fabricated by others.”

Crown Prince Frederick's words made everyone present look very embarrassed. Even Bismarck, who had always been confident, felt a little powerless at this moment.

It can be said that only a few countries can compete with the strength of the German Empire at present. Although it is weaker than Britain and the Netherlands at sea, after development, it is not much more competitive than France. It can almost be said that under the stimulation of the Netherlands, the German Empire It is now firmly established as the third largest navy in the world, at least not worse than the Second French Empire.

As for the army, the five people in front of them only recognized that the Russian Empire could compete with Germany only because of its numbers, and it could even complete the confrontation because of its huge area and depth. Old Moltke was most impressed by this, but no one would think that Now is the best time to attack St. Petersburg and even the entire Russian Empire.

Because there are too many opponents around the German Empire, and the whole country is afraid that Germany will become food for others.

Old Moltke: "With the intensive introduction of a series of policies by the Seven Eyes Alliance to suppress Germany, the figure of this organization began to enter the public eye and became an object of much international attention."

Military Minister Ron also said: "The past and present of the Seven Eyes Alliance, the length of time since its creation is an intelligence sharing organization composed of seven countries, including the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Ecuador, the Kingdom of Siam, Greece, and Spain. Its predecessor It is an independent multi-national monitoring agency formed through a number of secret agreements through cooperation between the intelligence agencies of the three countries of the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark."

In 1864, when Prussia launched the war against Schleswig and Holstein, the Netherlands and Sweden supported Denmark and formed this organization, which changed the situation of the three countries fighting alone. From there, the three countries formally formed an alliance and realized peace. Strengthen communications and intelligence cooperation among allied forces. In 1865, the three countries formally signed an agreement to establish a mechanism for information sharing and personnel exchanges to jointly deal with their opponents, the four neighboring powers, Tsarist Russia, Prussia, France and the United Kingdom.

In 1867, we launched the Seven-Week War against the Austrian Empire. The Austrian Empire was defeated by us, and the German Confederation was integrated. Our strength shocked the three countries, and the German Empire began to be recognized as a new threat by the three countries. To this end, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark decided to continue their previous cooperation in strengthening intelligence cooperation. In 1868, a trilateral defense agreement was signed, and the Nordic Alliance was established soon after. The three countries will jointly collect and share intelligence information from the four neighboring powers, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and other countries around the world as part of their cooperation.

Since then, in order to increase the weight of bargaining and expand its global power and strength, the Netherlands has successively won over Greece, Ecuador, and the Kingdom of Siam, the only ally of the Netherlands in the Far East where Dutch troops are stationed in South America, becoming the fourth, fifth, and sixth country. Intelligence eyes.

After the wedding of Crown Prince Frederik of Greece and Princess Louise of England in 1870, Spain held talks between Isabella II and William IV, and in 1871 Spain became the tenth member of the Nordic Union. The seventh intelligence eye of the Eye Alliance.

At this point, the Intelligence Alliance of the Seven Eyes Alliance was officially born."

Old Moltke's simple introduction from the military made everyone present feel depressed.

Especially when Old Moltke talked about the regional sectors that the seven countries were responsible for keeping a close eye on, Bismarck even changed his face.

"These are intelligence information collected by our military secret personnel in various countries. Our German Empire is currently being watched by Denmark, Sweden and even the Netherlands, and every move is happening under their eyes," Old Mao said.

Crown Prince Frederick said worriedly: "According to this, the bigger things that happen in our countries every day cannot be hidden from the other seven countries. The Netherlands knows us well, so many of our intelligence personnel deployed in various countries will not have been The other party must have known about it, it’s not very dangerous, why don’t you call them back?”

"No." Bismarck's firm rejection made Crown Prince Frederick look at each other dissatisfied. The conflict between the two was well known, and others were not surprised. Even William I watched calmly, but secretly sighed in his heart about how the conflict between Bismarck and Frederick, the heir, would keep Germany moving forward after his death in the future. This was what he was worried about.

Bismarck did not know William I's concerns. He said: "I have analyzed that because the Seven Eyes Alliance intelligence is not only marked as secret information, but also marked as 'secret - limited to certain countries, etc., the intelligence of these seven countries is very detailed. Every time the intelligence changes and the people being followed change. So as long as we slightly change the intelligence personnel there, there may be a risk of being discovered. Therefore, I think it is better to be quiet than to move."

Afterwards, Bismarck also exclaimed: "If it hadn't been for the collective attack of the Seven Eyes Alliance to deal with us this time, we wouldn't have known that the Netherlands had built such a large intelligence network. This dense intelligence network is amazing. I’m surprised. I think London and Vienna will be scared to death. It’s better that we communicate with these two countries and then take countermeasures.”

Bismarck had no choice. He couldn't help but worry: "It would be fine if the Seven Eyes formed by the seven countries only collect political intelligence, but I am afraid that these countries will have division of labor and collaboration while sharing the international intelligence alliance. , and they are afraid that the scope of their information collection is very wide, not only involving national security, competitors, but also business data of other countries. Industrial technology information and even personal information, including some of the country's top figures, will become their seven If we are the target of surveillance by the country, then we are a threat to other countries?"

As Bismarck finished speaking, several people present changed their expressions slightly, because they knew what Bismarck meant. Everyone couldn't help but think of Tsar Alexander II who was killed during a visit to the Russian Empire. If these seven countries also tried this trick, would everyone here be in danger?