Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

William I: "How can we see it?"

German Prime Minister Bismarck: "President Gonzalez of Mexico demanded that the Austro-Hungarian Empire withdraw from the Yucata Peninsula, which had been occupied by Austria-Hungary for more than ten years, before peace negotiations could begin. Knowing that the Austro-Hungarian Empire had the upper hand and that the expansion of the war had ended, Mexico still To dare to challenge the Austro-Hungarian Empire in this way, either this person is crazy, or he has strong support. As the president of a country, I believe he is the latter."

Chief of General Staff Moltke: "I heard that when reporters asked about the current rumors of the Austro-Hungarian Empire shooting and massacring civilians, Gonzalez humorously said in Mexico City that he believed in Emperor Franz of Austria. .Joseph I was an upright and kind-hearted monarch. Although everything that is happening in the Austro-Hungarian Empire is true, he would rather believe that it was Franz Joseph I who could not control his army or his personal short-term. Irrational.

I agree with the Prime Minister's statement that Mexico's support for the anti-British movement is a bit strange. I suggest that our German Empire may have more gains than losses by rashly intervening."

William I's face changed slightly. He didn't know that it might be detrimental to Germany if he fell into it. However, if he didn't do this, the relationship between the German royal family and the Austro-Hungarian royal family might become worse, even worse than before. , even worse.

If Germany and Austria fall out, it will be the neighboring countries that benefit. Tsarist Russia, France, and Britain?

Thinking of this, he thought of the stable Paris that had been suppressed by Berlin for more than ten years. If Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire turned against each other, would Paris unite with Austria-Hungary, test the pressure with Berlin, and let Paris unify the entire France?

And after reunification, will France become Germany's biggest and most direct enemy as before?

However, if there is a full-scale confrontation with Austria-Hungary in Latin America and the Thirteen Latin American Group, numb Germany will become the target of close scrutiny in the Americas. Germany's global status may be subject to suppression by the Netherlands and its allies.

Germany seems to be unable to offend both sides.

Thinking of this, William I looked at Bismarck with a wry smile, "Perhaps, from the beginning, the Netherlands began to prepare us to solve difficult problems."

Bismarck shook his head, "Your Majesty, you have actually forgotten a powerful country that has always been relatively low-key."

William I was stunned for a moment, and then thought for a while before saying, "You mean Britain?"

"Yes, Britain's balanced diplomacy always comes so unexpectedly. This time Britain fully supports the German-Austrian Alliance's march into Latin America. We have been convinced by it, making us believe that the Netherlands does not want to offend our German-Austrian Alliance when it comes to wrestling with Britain. .

If everything is like this, then we can indeed easily do what we want. By then, maybe the UK also hopes to see us become the third pole, the third level between Britain, the Netherlands and Germany and Austria. The weakest pole, but the Netherlands wanted to operate behind the scenes from the beginning, making it difficult for Britain to legitimately win over Germany.

Now the Netherlands is hiding in the background and contributing indirectly, and so far, it seems to be very effective. "

Bismarck said solemnly: "The Netherlands is using force in secret, but the effect is better. We really need to be more cautious."

He raised his head and looked at William I: "Your Majesty, let us first ask for help from Austria-Hungary in the Oval, and then we will make new plans after taking a look at the situation."

William I nodded depressedly.

On September 19, 1881, the Thirteenth Group released a document on the overall defense plan, which was thousands of pages long and detailed how to respond to attacks from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and other countries. Martinas (Dutch), Secretary General of the Group, said that day , Senior military officials at the deputy ministerial level from various countries reviewed the defense plan at a meeting in Kiel, Ecuador, and were close to reaching an agreement.

And what shocked all countries the most was that this meeting unanimously approved a draft that obligated all countries to provide arms support to Mexico. When faced with Mexico's life and death, the twelve member states unanimously agreed to Mexico's request. And with the unanimous approval of the other twelve countries, the twelve countries will send troops to support Mexico in resisting the invasion and driving the invaders away from Mexican territory.

The passage of this draft immediately triggered protests from Australia, Austria-Hungary. But that's it. All twelve countries stated that this was their obligation and responsibility as members of the Thirteen-Nation Alliance, and they all publicly called on Austria-Hungary to immediately leave Mexican territory, including the Yucatan Peninsula.

Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary was also at the International Economic Forum in Vienna that day. The content was about the attitudes of various countries towards the draft resolution adopted by the Thirteen Nations. Franz Joseph I said that he could not accept leaving the Yucata Peninsula. Require.

The Austrian emperor directly stated that Austria-Hungary has sent very serious diplomatic notes and protests to all members of the Group of Thirteen except Mexico.

The Austrian emperor also said that the Austro-Hungarian Empire has made a request for support from the Allied Powers to the German Empire in Berlin. He believed that with the joint efforts of the German-Austrian Alliance, the conflict between Mexico and Austria-Hungary would be resolved soon.

In this regard, the Group of Thirteen countries directly ignored the warnings and protests of the Austrian Emperor in Vienna.

On September 21, 1881, Martinas, Secretary-General of the Group of Thirteen, announced directly in Kiel that the group would launch the largest show in history to demonstrate the organization's powerful military power.

The senior Dutch official told the global "European Times" directly: "Although today is the official approval of all the projects of the thirteen-nation common defense plan, we predict that these plans will all be passed by the end of this month, because Mexico is occupied by Austria-Hungary. Bullied, this is very infuriating to our circle of allies, and all countries are biased towards the adoption of the policies we formulated."

Deputy Ministry of Defense officials from the Thirteen Latin American Group of Countries began to attend a week-long meeting in Kiel on September 19, 1881, to review the first overall defense plan of the organization with the largest number of countries in the world. It was originally difficult to reach an agreement. , because many people suspected that this was the organization's power, the Netherlands, expanding its influence in various countries, so they were resistant in their hearts, especially Mexico and Colombia, which had always considered themselves regional powers. However, as Mexico was launched into war by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Other countries can't help but weigh how much they have.

When the Austro-Hungarian Empire launched a war, the organization took the opportunity to expand its influence, and then effectively allowed the Netherlands to seize part of the power of the military of various countries. This has been difficult for the Netherlands to do in the past.

Many of the plans of William IV and Prime Minister Lyndon actually included this profit.

As for the use of the German-Austrian Alliance to test these small countries to fully move closer to the Netherlands, it was really successful.