Iron Dynasty

Austria Vienna.

Franz got the news on the seventh day of the Suez Canal, and for him it was the worse news for his army after the setback in France.

Because this means that the empire's warships will appear directly at his doorstep through this canal, and in order to protect its canal, the empire will inevitably increase its presence in the Mediterranean.

Your Majesty, we must stop the war against France. Obviously, we all fell into the trap of the Empire. Taking advantage of the civil strife in Europe, they successfully opened up the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, which shortened the journey of the Empire to Europe by nearly half. Expeditions to Europe will be possible, and if this goes on, Europeans will be slaughtered like the Indians of North America.

Dresser said to his king Franz with concern.

They had declared their opposition to the decision at the very beginning of the war against France, and unlike other short-sighted nobles, Dreyce had surrendered his sights to the increasingly powerful empire from the very beginning.

After years of analysis, he became more and more convinced that empires would eventually colonize Europe in the same way that Europe colonized backward civilizations.

Your Majesty, the rise of a powerful country must be accompanied by a desire for resources and markets. Now the empire controls most of the resource-rich regions. Now the only thing they lack is a huge market. Europe is now very suitable for this condition.

After a pause, he continued; Under the condition of equal technology, civilizations will open their markets to each other, but when the technological generation gap expands infinitely, opening each other's markets by force will benefit the most.

Like all monarchs' desire for land, Franz agreed quickly after Catherine's plan to divide Poland, while his desire for French land ate away at his heart.

In the end he decided to send troops to France, but the defeat in the battlefield made him gradually sober.

Before you know it, Austria's weapons have fallen behind France, Tsarist Russia, and Prussia. When the war is over, the weakened Austria is likely to become the target of Prussia.

Because Prussia and Austria once belonged to the Holy Roman Empire, both Prussia and Austria claimed to be the pure successor of the empire, and both held the idea of ​​unifying each other.

Dress, you may be right. We should stop the war against France and let the careerist of Philip II continue to fight with Henry. Isn't it a very interesting thing for two careerists to fight each other? Franz said with a smile.

Dresser was stunned for a moment, and he said, Your Majesty, what I said is that Europe should unite against the invasion of Europe by the Eastern Empire.

Yes, that's right, so since they are fighting against the Eastern Empire together, do they want to share advanced weapon technology? Why don't you go and persuade Ferrier and Ekarina to share their technology with us? Franz's Looking a little scary.

Dresser opened his mouth, and finally he sighed, now Europe is just a mess of sand, each fighting for itself.

Every country is attacking other countries for its own benefit, and no one will respond to his ideas.

I'm afraid I won't be able to convince Russia, Britain and Prussia to share technology, says Dreich.

That's right, so it's useless at all, but one thing is right, we're going to withdraw from the goddamn France, and I don't want my army to be killed. Franz said.

Are we just indifferent to the Suez Canal? said Dresser.

Franz said lazily: Now who can stop the Imperial Navy from sailing in the Mediterranean? So, does that make a difference? Instead, think about how you can benefit from this canal, such as building a port, To be a transit point for the Empire to Europe, at least we can make a little profit.”

Dresser sighed deeply. It was clear that his persuasion had failed completely, and Europe would not be united before the crisis of extinction.

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Paris.

Henry also got news of the Suez Canal opening, and there is no doubt that the current opening of this canal is a good thing for him, because it means that the Empire will be able to supply him in a faster time without having to travel around Africa. To the southwest coast of France, the future empire will supply supplies directly on the southeast coast of France.

It's just that the Austrian army in the southeast is still confronting him, but he has seen the weakness of the Austrian army during this period of battle.

While resisting the Prussian attack in the north, he prepared to completely overwhelm the Austrian army.

But to his surprise, his plan had not yet been implemented. On the fifth day, he received the news that the Austrian army had withdrawn to the country, and his pressure was greatly reduced.

So he immediately ordered the southeast coastal city of Lordain to build a port, and at the same time dispatched the army of the southeast line to the north to resist the attack of the Prussian army.

Over the next month, news of the Suez Canal's completion reached Spain, Portugal, Prussia and the United Kingdom.

For a time, the whole of Europe was filled with pessimism. After 200 years of plundering the world, they ushered in an incomparably powerful enemy, an enemy that made them feel powerless.

Konigsberg.

Ferrell II is having dinner with Victoria. He is in a bad mood today. Austria has withdrawn, and the pressure on Henry, who is on the verge of collapse, has been greatly reduced. Now the European battlefield has become a war between France and Prussia. This change makes him very angry. .

Feeling the emotions of Ferrier II, Victoria said: Your Majesty, the war with France has no meaning now. It is impossible for Prussia to defeat France in a period of time. In my opinion, it is better to have a truce and officially recognize Henry's rule over France. .

Ferrell II looked at the desolate Victoria, she is the Queen of England, but also the wife of his second son, he said: We have sacrificed 30,000 people in this war, are these soldiers sacrificed in vain? .

Victoria said with a smile: Of course not. This war at least shows the weakness of Austria. Now that Austria has chosen to betray, perhaps His Majesty can launch a punitive war against Austria with Henry, and he will definitely agree.

Fei Lie II's eyes flashed a strange color, and he said: Victoria, you are really a smart woman. Compared with France, I am more interested in Austria.

Victoria smiled bitterly in her heart, she did this just to make Henry break with the empire earlier.

Once Henry has ruled France, he will no longer need the help of the Empire, and Henry will then be reminded of the French colonies that the Empire seized during the French War.