War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

"." Franz was speechless for a while. It seemed that the hero had a hard time being a beauty.

Franz looked at Thalia and saw Thalia's head shaking like a rattle.

Franz originally wanted to tell Friedrich that Thalia was going to be the president of the Royal Academy for Women in Vienna, but he did not want to consider such a thing for the time being.

But then I thought about it, wouldn't this be a target again? The kid opposite clearly regards me as a competitor. If I speak for Thalia again, I am afraid that this kid's misunderstanding will be deepened.

Although it may be a bit cruel, Talia must face it on her own, and Franz does not have much energy to devote to her.

"As long as Miss Talia agrees, she is free to stay or leave after her term ends."

Franz kicked the ball back to Thalia. Thalia herself did not yearn for aristocratic marriage, and even scorned the aristocracy's view of love. She did not want to be anyone's lover.

She would rather be the principal than be the lover of a nobleman. Thalia understood what Franz meant, which was to give her the opportunity to make her own choice, while also giving both parties a cooling-off period to think.

Franz's approach was very rational and considerate, and there was nothing wrong with it, except that Talia felt a little disappointed in her heart.

Friedrich looked at Thalia expectantly, and Thalia responded with a very standard smile, but she didn't look at him.

Friedrich was not a man who loved his children. He quickly got into the role and brought the topic to the conflict between Turkey and Egypt.

"Franz, you said that the Egyptians are expanding their military and preparing for war, and are ready to take action? Why didn't the empire's intelligence department notice it? I am also a naval staff officer after all, but there is no news at all. Could it be that Count Tural deliberately concealed it?"

Franz shook his head.

"The Treaty of Kutahya allowed Egypt to obtain a large area of ​​Ottoman Empire territory, but Ali Pasha still had to surrender to the Ottoman Sultan and had to pay symbolic taxes every year. At the same time, the Ottoman Sultan always regarded it as a shame and always Want to take revenge on Egypt.

In short, in a word, the "Treaty of Kutahya" is not a peace agreement, but an armistice agreement, and the deadline is when one of the parties feels that the time is ripe. "

Friedrich knew the contents of the Treaty of Kutahya, but this treaty was signed at the urging of the five major European powers. Do Egypt and the Ottomans really have the courage to challenge the order set by the Europeans?

"Does anyone really dare to break the order? Don't they know the consequences?"

"But now Britain, France, and Russia all have their own agendas. The French are now flirting with the Egyptians. The Egyptians received their technology from the French. At the same time, France is also the largest financial backer of the Ali government in Egypt.

The Russians are busy appropriating the legacy of the Ottoman Empire. As long as the Egyptians do not touch the Russian bottom line, they would like the Egyptians to continue to weaken the Ottoman Empire.

Only Britain wanted to keep the Ottoman Empire intact in order to maximize its own interests, but in this way Britain would have conflicts with Russia, France, and Egypt.

Will we and Prussia really pay a huge price for the Near East problem?

Theoretically, the Egyptians have the opportunity to take advantage of the conflicts and interest distribution issues among European countries to fish in troubled waters. "

However, historically, the European powers did not give the Egyptians a chance and directly united to impose sanctions on Egypt, completely withdrawing Egypt from the historical stage of competition for hegemony.

"But Franz, you know that our Austrian Empire has almost no interests in Egypt and West Asia. Why do we want to get involved in this kind of thing?" Friedrich asked.

"But the Austrian Empire is the maker and defender of order. If the Austrian Empire retreats, then of course the empire's face may be lost, and even its original status may be deprived." Franz replied.

"But this is just your guess, or your wishful thinking. Even if you are the future heir to the throne, if I send what you said to the Ministry of War, I'm afraid I will only be laughed at."

"As you said, this is just a child's guess on my part, but I can give you some data. These are all documents from Prime Minister Metternich's office."

Thalia took out a box and opened it, which contained a thick stack of documents.

The Egyptian government has taken tough economic measures, controlling 95% of export goods and 40% of imported goods. Among them, the trade volume of cotton has increased 256 times compared with before the last war. This alone can provide the Egyptian government with annual Earnings of nearly a million pounds.

The Egyptians built their own arsenal in Cairo, using technology that the French had eliminated, and could produce four cannons and 700 rifles every month.

The total strength of the Egyptians is as high as 210,000, and they are trained by French instructors.

In terms of the navy, two large shipyards can add considerable combat power to the Egyptian Navy every year, and have purchased dozens of warships in France, and their strength has far exceeded that of the past.

What shocked Friedrich most was that there were actually nine first-class battleships under construction in the Alexandria Shipyard in Egypt.

There is an element of exaggeration in this, because most of the battleships sold by the French to the Egyptians were scrapped and refitted. The Egyptians' shipbuilding technology was not up to par. The first-class battleships they built were equivalent to the level of European third-class battleships.

Just reading the report, Friedrich's palms were filled with sweat. After all, according to naval intelligence, the Egyptian ships were mainly light gunboats and sloops.

What Friedrich didn't know was that the naval intelligence he was seeing had been compiled ten years earlier.

Perhaps it was due to the huge contrast between before and after. Friedrich's hands were shaking a little at this time. Franz was also thinking about whether he had gone too far in modifying Prime Minister Metternich's government report. After all, the real strength of his opponent was far greater than previously expected. .

At this moment Friedrich laughed loudly and tapped the information in his hand.

"Interesting! If we can block the Egyptian navy in their dock and annihilate them all, then our navy of the Austrian Empire will definitely become famous."

As expected, a man is not rude in vain. In just a few minutes, Friedrich not only decided to eliminate the Egyptian Navy, but also formulated a set of tactics for this purpose, and even envisioned the battle process and results.

"If the existing naval ships of the Austrian Empire are modified, how soon will it take to achieve combat effectiveness?" Franz suddenly asked.

"One to three months, the modification is not difficult, but the soldiers need to be familiar with the operation. The Austrian Imperial Navy has always been insufficient in military expenditures. Many departments of the navy usually have no personnel, and they only hire them in times of war." Friedrich explained .

"So how long does it take to gather the troops needed for an ocean battle?"

"Ocean combat? Since its establishment, the Austrian Imperial Navy has never conducted a true ocean voyage."

"What? Are you scared?"

"Such a clumsy method of provoking generals, do you think it will be useful to me?"

"What do you mean?"

"Where is the enemy? Is it Mexico?"

The Mexican rebels, with the support of the United States, blocked the ports of the Mexican government forces. Mexico asked France for help, but was rejected. The vice president of Tasan Anna smuggled to Vienna on a small boat, asked for help from the Austrian Empire and asked to see Fran. Archduke Karl.

However, it was ruthlessly delayed by the Regency Council. Count Korolaf supported helping the Mexican government forces fight the rebels, while Metternich opposed intervening in Mexican affairs. After all, the Austrian Empire did not have enough troops and financial resources to fight for others.

"No, it's Zhenla," Franz replied.

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Due to the low evaluation of the plot of Zhenla, a lot of content has been omitted, but it is time to recycle the main plot.

However, depending on the opinions of book friends, if there are more objections, then I will briefly mention it, but I will mention the naval battle.

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