The Sun Never Sets In Spain

"French war is on, Your Majesty." Campos gently knocked in and reported the news to Alfonso.

"Yeah." Alfonso nodded lightly, as expected by the whole world.

In history, the Franco-Prussian War broke out on July 19, and it is now August 14, which is nearly a month late.

The participating parties are also very different. At least most of the Bavarian army is still in the hands of the Munich government. With one increase and one decrease, France equalizes the disadvantage of nearly 80,000 people.

In addition, the Spanish Civil War also helped France train an additional 40,000 mobile guards that can be immediately brought to the battlefield. Add them in pairs, which is not a small number.

The international situation is also biased towards France. In history, France was an indisputable invader, but in this war, because the Munich government was the legitimate government of Bavaria, the invader was considered Prussia.

And objectively, the national war between France and Germany has been turned into a conventional European war that has never happened before.

"Pay close attention." Alfonso exhorted.

This war and the war in his memory have gone fundamentally, and he can't figure out where he will go in the future.

Just looking at the data on paper, Prussia was completely crushed by France, and even its population was crushed.

At present, the total population of Lesser Deutschland is 41 million, but nearly 8 million of them have jumped back, while the total population of France is 36 million. With an increase and a decrease, the population of France is 11 million more than that of Prussia.

The economic strength of France is also stronger than that of Prussia. In terms of GDP, it is about 15% higher.

Of course, if the duration of the war is as short as in history, the population and economy are useless. Just look at the quantity and quality of the army that can be mobilized in the short term. Prussia has a large advantage in this respect, so the result is really hard to say. ...

At the beginning of the internal turmoil in Bavaria, France and Prussia mobilized separately, but France is clearly more than one step behind Prussia.

Until the outbreak of the war, France had assembled only 150,000 troops on the border, while Prussia had assembled 250,000 on the Franco-Prussian border and 100,000 on the Main River.

France is inadequate in mobilization and its military strength is at a significant disadvantage. For the time being, it does not have the ability to support its little brother from South Germany, and can only watch Prussia cross the Main River and launch an offensive against South Germany.

Bavaria is naturally not a vegetarian. Although Wushu is not as abundant as the compatriots in the north, it has also mobilized 50,000 people in a short period of time. This is still affected by the civil strife.

But after all, the number is only half of the opponent, and Bavaria is not prepared for Prussian combat. Even with the buff bonus for local combat, it is difficult to resist France to rescue them.

King Ludwig II saw this situation and decided to ask for help from the nearby Austro-Hungarian Empire.

However, it was rejected by Emperor Franz, South Germany fell into the arms of France, North Germany was completely controlled by Prussia, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire did nothing to gain.

At most, I tried to cut off the thoughts of Silesia, but that was also a matter of the latter part of the war. In short, now the Austro-Hungarian Empire will not participate in the war.

There is no way, Nande can only carry it by himself, only hope that France can gather faster.

Although France is currently at a disadvantage, it has not sent anyone to ask Alfonso for help.

Taking three is also temperamental. I was rejected once before. The current crisis is not particularly big. At least I have to wait for a while.

What's more, France is not without soldiers, but limited by railway capacity and dispatch, some soldiers cannot be transferred to the front line.

After the war lasted for three days, Alfonso did not wait for the French ambassador, but instead waited for the Prussian ambassador.

The development of this war was beyond Bismarck's expectation. He originally planned to postpone the war for a period of time, re-plan the offensive plan against South Germany, and figure out a way to deal with other European powers.

But the changes in the situation did not give him this opportunity, and Prussia went to war without being prepared.

It is not too late to fix the situation. Bismarck sent someone to contact Alfonso, hoping that Spain would remain neutral during the Franco-Prussian War.

"That's it, Your Majesty, as long as you don't interfere in this war, we will support Spain's expansion of Morocco after the war.

If Spain can declare war on France on our side, Spain can make a claim against France-we are very happy to see Algeria change its owner. "The Prussian diplomat said sincerely.

On the surface, the conditions offered by the Prussians were quite generous. It would be good to do nothing, and to participate in the war would also be able to obtain precious North African colonies.

But thinking about it carefully, one is a verbal promise, and the other is a generosity of others. They are all useless things.

And what is the use of Prussian support, and what is the use of Germany's support? Except for Europe, the affairs of all other continents have nothing to do with Prussia. In the United Kingdom, this sentence is almost the same.

Even if France is completely defeated, as long as Britain does not nod, a Spaniard will not even want to walk on the streets of Algiers.

So Alfonso sneered at this condition, and he flatly refused: "Impossible, France is a close brother of Spain."

The Prussian representative agreed with a smile, and did not continue to open the conditions.

They didn't expect Spain to join them-they just accepted help and turned around and stabbed a knife. This is what a republic or a constitutional monarchy can do, and a monarchy like Spain generally has a lower limit.

The purpose of the representative is to test.

The result of the trial is obviously very optimistic. Through these days of inquiries and the attitude of the king just now, the Prussian representative confirmed that Spain did not have the idea of ​​interfering in the war, at least not in the short term.

He has noticed that Spain seems to be preparing for a conflict with another country. Judging from all the signs, this country is likely to be Italy.

"I have to report this to the country in the future." The representative secretly said in his heart.

Spain and Italy are both potential enemies of Prussia. If they can provoke the opposition between the two, the pressure on the motherland will be much smaller.

This is not difficult to achieve-everyone knows that the prisoner-of-war incident has made Spain and Italy feud.

As long as we find a way to make the Rome crisis break out early, we can bring the two countries to opposite sides...

Alfonso still didn't know that the other party was full of bad water, and even though he didn't agree, he still politely sent him away.

He really has no plans to participate in the war in the near future. Although France has a much bigger win than in history, Spain has its own business to deal with and cannot completely follow the pace of France.

Even if you want to participate in the war, you have to do it after the frontal battlefield in France collapses.

Cooperating with the French Self-Defense Forces to save France, the benefits will be greater, the risks will be lower, and there will be a chance to bring the Bourbon royal family to power.