Holy Roman Empire

France is weak, but this does not affect their use as cannon fodder.Even if it can't help you on the frontal battlefield, it can consume Shinra's resources if you make a fuss, that's good.

Britain and France have been feuds for hundreds of years, and Lloyd George did not have any psychological pressure to cheat the French by the way.

With a heart to try, Lloyd George came to the Palace of Versailles.

When I revisited the old place, what I saw before my eyes changed dramatically.Not only has the palace changed its owner, but even the interior decoration is not as good as before.

As a French folk song sings: "The Palace of Versailles, the city of Paris, the city of Paris, France..."

Since its construction, the fate of Versailles has been linked with France.In the past few hundred years, countless major events involving the history of France have been staged here.

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Before Lloyd George could finish embarrassingly, Carlos interrupted first: "Sir George, it's meaningless to talk about it.

France has fallen to the present situation, and your country has also contributed a lot.Without the cooperation of your country, we would not have lost so cleanly in the European war.

Now talking about the friendship between the two countries, sorry, I really can't feel the friendship of your country.All my eyes see is the betrayal of my allies.

At this point, it's useless to say anything.France can no longer stand any toss. Instead of wasting our efforts here, your country should think about how to deal with the challenge of the Holy Roman Empire! "

Anglo-French friendship itself is a false proposition.In the past few hundred years, the two countries have been hostile for dozens of times than they have been in alliance.

Even so, in the only few alliances, France suffered a lot.

Feng Shui turns, and now it is the turn of the British to continue the challenge. Carlos has not made trouble, so it is already very face-saving.

Wanting France to take up arms again to fight the Holy Roman Empire for the benefit of the British is simply an insult to Carlos' IQ.

Lloyd George was not surprised by the refusal.He was even mentally prepared to be kicked out, and now he can still sit here and talk, which is already a very good result.

Although it was done by the previous government, it is still an indisputable fact that Britain pitted France.

Being pitted so miserably, it is normal to have resentment, and there is a problem without resentment.

It's just that on this issue, Lloyd George can't say much.

In the eyes of the French, it was Britain's betrayal that led to their defeat; but from the standpoint of Britain, it was because France was too useless, and they lost the war before they were ready.

"Your Majesty, France used to be a great country, but now what I see is depression and the people are in dire straits, don't you want to change all this?

As long as the Holy Roman Empire exists for a day, your country will never even think about crossing the mountain of the Anti-French Alliance.

Now is the last chance. If your country does not want to sink like this, the best way is to join us.

As long as the Holy Roman Empire is defeated, your country can immediately regain everything it once owned and once again stand on the top of the world. "

It would be a lie to say that you are not moved.It's just that the blueprint drawn by Lloyd George, no matter how magnificent it is, can't make up for the weak strength of the Anti-Shinra Alliance's army.

Joining in now, it is a replica of the last European war, and France still has to single out the European countries.

The only difference is that they were capable of doing this back then, but doing it now is a proper cannon fodder.

But if you don't participate, the reality is indeed as Lloyd George said, this is France's last chance.

Once you miss it, you may not even think about turning around in the next century.Whether it is the victory of Britain or the victory of the Holy Roman Empire, they are all targets of suppression.

After hesitating for a while, Carlos said slowly: "You don't need to say any more, no matter how great the benefits are, the Holy Roman Empire can't be eaten until the Holy Roman Empire is defeated.

With your country's military power, even if we are added, there is still no chance of winning on land.

Your country has the Royal Navy, and the big deal is to carry out strategic contraction, and you are not afraid of revenge from the Holy Roman Empire. We do not have such conditions. "

Make up your mind, refuse?

That's totally overthinking.Anyone in Carlos' position would want to turn the tables.

Not agreeing to form an alliance with the British, on the one hand, it is really not sure of winning, on the other hand, it is purely distrustful of the British.

If these two problems can be solved.Then joining the Anti-Shira Alliance is not a big deal.

Obviously, this is unrealistic.Unless the British can win over all European countries, otherwise there will be no general trend of anti-Shira.

Chapter 1 Falling Expectations

Without being able to achieve his goal, Lloyd George could only sigh: the world is changing too fast, and the French government is not easy to fool around.

Unlike the pro-British Bonaparte dynasty, the Bourbon Restoration has nothing to do with the British government.Even in order to avoid suspicion, the Carlos government deliberately kept a distance from the British.

The facts are in front of us, no matter how much benefit Lloyd George promises, it cannot cover up the extremely high risk of participating in the war against the Shinra.

France is now seriously injured, and the wealth accumulated by the colonial empire for hundreds of years has also been consumed. There is no capital at all to fight against Shinra.

The country can't stand the toss, and the king can't stand the toss even more.Although the Bourbon dynasty was orthodox, it was intervened by strong dragons several times in the middle, and the ruling foundation was far less stable than what the outside world saw.

If it weren't for the previous government's fuss and the scourge of the Russians, the people of Paris would have changed their colors when they heard of the "revolution".

Otherwise, based on the current economic situation in France, it is estimated that the Carlos government would have been ousted long ago.

I have to admit that social beatings make it easier for people to mature.After a series of failures, the second-year middle school boys in France are almost extinct.

Without these main forces of cannon fodder, the revolutionary party fell silent.There is no way, now is precisely the time when the people are most disgusted with revolution, and there is no basis for rebellion at all.

No one is a fool, and the troops of the Anti-French Alliance are still stationed in France.The rebellion at this time is not only a rebellion against the Carlos government, but also a rebellion against the "Anti-French Alliance".

Smart people can see that it is meaningless to rebel now except to lose their lives.

As for the idiots who don't understand the current situation, they have long since died, even if they escaped by luck, they will not be successful.

The most important thing is that after Carlos came to power, although the domestic economy did not look too good, the population of France has been greatly reduced.

As the population decreases, the resources allocated per capita will naturally increase, and everyone's life will be able to live on.

Only after going through the war did they know the value of peace. The French people, who were frightened by the toss, now want to live a peaceful life for a few days.Even if life is bitter, it is better than being displaced.

Against the background of a stable society, the domestic situation in France stabilized quickly.

Lloyd George was very disappointed not to have fooled the French, but he had no time for sentimentality now.This trip to Europe is not just for France.

Except for the Holy Roman Empire, which is [-]% sure to be the enemy, all European countries are the targets of the British government.

Although affected by geopolitics, it is unrealistic to pull people over, but it is not bad to play "I am in Cao Ying and my heart is in Han".

It is a huge victory for Britain not to ask all countries to stand on its side, but to keep everyone neutral in the battle for hegemony, or to be passive and sabotage.

It is not without hope that this can be done.European countries are now attached to the Holy Roman Empire, which does not mean that everyone is really willing.

No one likes to have a "mother-in-law" on their head. If possible, everyone is more willing to return to the era of multi-power coexistence.

If the Holy Roman Empire really seized world hegemony, it would be a "dominant family" in the true sense, and all countries could only crawl under this behemoth and tremble.

The Vienna government pays attention to eating appearance now, which does not mean that it still pays attention to eating appearance after the dominance of a family. No one wants to bet on the integrity of the Vienna government.

After all, the government needs to change.The era of Franz had a special social background, so people had to pay attention to eating and keep the basic morals, but this does not mean that the next era will also have morals.

If it hadn't been for being too slick in front of it, by leaping into the anti-French war, it is estimated that the anti-Austrian alliance would have been established long ago.

From this perspective, the Holy Roman Empire was able to rise, and France also contributed a lot.

If it weren't for the fact that they were so awesome to push the hatred in the front, which affected the judgment of all countries, the rise of the Holy Roman Empire would definitely not be so smooth.

Perhaps Lloyd George was born to work hard, his name all began with "Lau", and now he is running around the world as a special envoy of the United Kingdom.

Unlike the convenient transportation of later generations, although there are planes these days, politicians are basically afraid to take them.

The average speed of the most luxurious trains cannot keep up with the green leather trains of later generations.The fastest and most comfortable train is naturally the special train, but unfortunately Lloyd George still does not enjoy this level of treatment.

The status of the UK's foreign plenipotentiary envoy can scare a lot of people overseas, but in continental Europe, there are many people who don't like him.

Every country has a special train waiting for it. If Edward VII visits in person, it will be more or less the same.

Staying in the car for a long time is obviously not a kind of enjoyment.Fortunately, most of the European countries are small countries. If all of them are like Shinra and Russia, Lloyd George will be driven crazy.

The front is fighting for the cause of the British Empire, and the rear is not idle.For the issue of military budget, the British Parliament has held seven meetings.

So far, the total tonnage ratio of the Royal Navy and the Shinra Navy has remained at 10:6.5, and the tonnage ratio of battleships is as high as 4:3, but there is no advantage in super battleships.

Now that the Vienna government has increased the budget of 1 million Aegis (equivalent to 5000 million pounds), the Royal Navy wants to continue to maintain its current advantage, at least an increase of 7000 million pounds.

This number doesn't sound like much, but it's actually pretty damning.You must know that the annual fiscal revenue of the British Isles is less than 1 million pounds.

Even if the colony income is calculated, this is still an astronomical figure.Once the military budget is passed, nothing else can be determined. The British government will definitely run a fiscal deficit this year.

If the original military budget is added, the military budget of the Royal Navy this year will directly exceed [-] million pounds, catching up with the time when the arms race in space and time was the most intense.

Of course, now is also the time when the arms race is the most intense. The only difference is that there is no previous warm-up, and the finals are directly transitioned to.

This kind of gameplay without preliminaries and directly competing for the final championship, the British are obviously not used to it, at least the parliament did not react.

Many people are wondering whether this is the Royal Navy and the Shinra Navy singing "double reeds" to defraud huge military budgets.

Similar things have not happened.Although the British and Austrian navies have never really colluded, they both tacitly held up the "threat theory" when asking for military expenses.

Once, twice, three times, four times...it happens more often, and it is no longer a coincidence if it falls into the eyes of someone with a heart.

In the past time and space, there were news that the British and German navies jointly defrauded military expenditures, and now there are rumors that the British and Austrian navies jointly defrauded military expenditures, it is not a big deal.

Under normal circumstances, everyone would not believe it, but there are abnormal situations, right?

Although the British government has a lot of money, it doesn't mean that their funds are unlimited.If we spend too much on military expenditures, we will inevitably reduce expenditures in other fields.

Behind every congressman is the support of interest groups.Some people will benefit from the increase in the navy's military budget, while others will suffer.

Interests are mindless, opposing for the sake of opposing is completely normal operation.

What's more, Shinra's shipbuilding plan has been covered up, and everyone has every reason to suspect that it was deliberately created by the enemy to trick them into being fooled.

You must know that the increase in the navy's military budget has never been a one-time investment.After the warship is in service, the maintenance cost will increase every year.

Similar tricks have been taken by the British government more than once.Anyway, the Royal Navy did not dare to enter the Mediterranean Sea, and the Vienna government was not afraid of collapsing at all.

Just look at the comparison of the total tonnage of warships. For a long time in the past, the total tonnage ratio of the navies of the two countries has remained at 10:7, but now it has become 10:6.5.

It seems that the ratio has not changed much, but in fact all the money is spent.In particular, the Royal Navy has sealed up a large number of legal warships, otherwise the difference in total tonnage between the two sides will be even wider.

Originally, it is a good thing that the total tonnage is leading, which means that the hegemony of the Royal Navy is unbreakable.Unfortunately, with the advent of the "Super Battleship Era", all this has changed.

After seeing the combat effectiveness of super battleships, the Royal Navy suddenly realized that "warships are outdated."

Overnight, the revolutionary technology of the navy broke out. In front of super battleships, all kinds of traditional battleships have become children's toys.

With the reshuffle of the navy, the overwhelming advantage of the Royal Navy over the Shinra Navy has gradually disappeared.

Seeing that the Secretary of the Navy was sprayed bloody by the MPs, Prime Minister Campbell couldn't sit still.According to the current situation, if the quarrel continues, it is estimated that the enemies are coming to the door, and they have not made a decision.

"quiet!"

"Members of Parliament are requested to abide by the order of the meeting, and personal attacks are prohibited."

The speaker's voice sounded, and order was temporarily restored in the venue.It can be seen that everyone is still very self-respecting, and finally it has not turned into a "shrew cursing the street".

But this is all temporary. Basically, every meeting needs to be reminded several times by the speaker.

This is still the House of Lords. The members are all of noble origin, and most of them are able to restrain their emotions. The House of Commons is even more lively.

Quarrels can only be regarded as pediatrics, and martial arts are staged from time to time.

There has always been a saying in the British folk: "To be a qualified MP, one must not only be eloquent, but also have a good body."

Seeing the scene quiet down, Prime Minister Campbell: "Everyone, the situation is already very critical.

The Parliament of the Holy Roman Empire approved the increase in the naval budget last month, and now all major shipyards in Shinra have started construction.

According to the information we have collected, there are as many as 13 super battleships currently under construction.

What this means, presumably everyone knows.Ordinary warships have no vitality at all in front of super battleships.

If we do not follow suit immediately, the Royal Navy's advantage will be lost once the enemy's warships are commissioned.

With Shinra's ambition, he will definitely not miss this opportunity and challenge us.

Although I have full confidence in the Royal Navy, even if the performance of the warships is backward, our officers and soldiers can still defeat the strong with professionalism.

However, this requires paying a very painful price, which will give other countries an opportunity to take advantage of it.

As an island country, we must always ensure our sea power advantage, and we must not slow down for a moment. "

Mentioning the "Shenluo Empire Council", Campbell was secretly envious.The same is the parliament, the difference between the two is too great.

It only takes a few hours for the Shenluo Empire Council to make a decision at the fastest, and it will not exceed half a month at the slowest.

Such efficiency is absolutely impossible for the British Parliament to achieve.

If it weren't for the failure of the parliament, Campbell wanted to follow the example of the Holy Roman Empire and add an efficiency clause to the "Parliament Act", mandating that the parliament must make decisions within a certain period of time.

Just think about it, there is no comparison between the number of members of the Shinra Empire Parliament and the number of members of the British Parliament.