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Napoleon III's war effort can be said to be very successful. He cleverly turned ethnic conflicts into conflicts between countries, and even helped Austria. Austria's multi-ethnic problem has always been a very serious problem. But now everyone has only one idea.

Just beat Prussia, which took away Schleswig from Austria, but this incident alone may not unite the various ethnic groups in Austria, and Austria did not act at the beginning and let other ethnic groups die. This is shameless. This behavior actually succeeded in making those nations that were originally unhappy with Austria turn their attention to the great power that might threaten the Austrian Empire.

It was true that they were doing good things out of bad intentions, but that was also the problem. Many people wanted to fight Prussia, and it would be best to get all Schleswig and Upper Silesia back.

Auguste deployed many spies in Austria and France to detect domestic public opinion and the latest news. The incident of France's war on fire soon reached Auguste's ears, which made her feel very unhappy.

Why do French people like to make fire? Moreover, Napoleon III's talent for arching fire was even more unique. There was no other monarch in the entire European continent who could compare with Napoleon III in arching fire. August even felt inferior in this regard.

He knows that Austria has great war potential, but the domestic ethnic groups are complex and there is no commonality between regions. This has compressed Austria's war potential. So since there is no way to make all the ethnic groups in Austria happy, then he might as well make everyone unhappy. Be happy.

He had been trying to make small moves at the London Conference. Originally, he wanted Austria to get nothing and intensify the conflict between Austria and Prussia. However, Austria still got Holstein, although it was somewhat deviated from the plan. But the current results are as expected.

It's just that now it's just a war, and there is no intention to take action. As long as Prussia can spit out Schleswig, then the war may be avoided, but this is meat that is on the lips, and it is almost swallowed. How can it be spit out? reason.

Although France did not dare to attack Prussia directly because it was afraid that the British would get involved, Prussia and Austria would first fight to the detriment of both sides. Then France would find a way to support several pro-French regimes in the German Confederation, optimistic about the situation, and rise up to restore the Napoleonic Empire. territory, and then turn back to fight the British decisively.

The abacus is very loud, but all his budgets can only be realized if Austria can defeat Prussia, or Austria can fight Prussia in a lose-lose situation. If Prussia can crush Austria at a small cost, even He also annexed Austria. At that time, the clown became Napoleon III, but from all aspects, his strategy was basically impeccable.

Everyone thinks that Prussia may not be able to defeat Austria, but it is definitely nonsense to say that it does not have to pay a big price. How is it possible? Even though Austria is weak, it is still a great power. It is not something that Prussia can touch.

So Napoleon is really awesome. The entire French newspapers are praising him and making him a little arrogant. Now he compares himself to his uncle Napoleon the Great.

It's just that he is too arrogant. The people who play games with him are all masters, and they can still see through his thoughts. Moreover, the unobjective evaluations around him have indeed made his strategies gradually become more radical and less cautious. Well, non-objective evaluation will cause a person to have a wrong self-perception, and Napoleon III's self-perception has become increasingly deviated from the correct track, and this cognitive error will bring serious consequences. disaster.

Although according to the current situation, the possibility of Prussia annexing Austria cannot be said to be impossible, it can only be said to be completely non-existent. At least before the Franco-Prussian War, Prussia did not have the ability to annex Austria.

But the news in Austria is exaggerating this matter. Prime Minister Reina was even impeached because of the treaty. He may step down in the general election next year. If it is Tina, she will be a little reluctant, because at least Reina can lead Have some fun.

According to the latest information collected by the intelligence department, the next prime minister is most likely to be Richard, the former Austrian chancellor who supports the war. He has been encouraging war against Prussia since he entered politics and established a Greater German Empire with Austria as the core. , allowing the population of the German nation to occupy a dominant position in the Austrian Empire.

Richard seemed to be an extreme war fanatic. He believed that the war should be launched against Prussia earlier so that he could contain the rapid rise of Prussia and maintain Austria's leadership position in the German region.

There was another thing that made Prussia quite annoyed. Austria blocked the passage from Schleswig to Berlin. Its area within the German Confederation should follow the German Customs Union, but Austria directly broke the contract.

Not to mention Prussia, other members of the German Customs Union also felt that Austria was too unkind to do this, and Austria's response was that in order to prevent the Danes from entering the German areas, people from Schleswig were not allowed to enter. Enter the Holstein region.

Because of this incident, Tina repeatedly called on Austria not to act irrationally because of other countries' instigation, but Austria did not listen at all, which made the people in Prussia excited.

"The Austrians act selfishly, and all cooperation is insincere. They even directly signed treaties and said words. It can be said to be a shame for Germany. In a rising German Empire, there should be no Austrian Empire!"

When Tina said this sentence in her speech in Congress, everyone applauded. After Tina's speech, her reputation as an iron-blooded prime minister was established, and her support rate among the people was not high. High, only [-]%, but in parliament, her approval rate is [-]%, and more than half of the members support her continuing to serve as prime minister.

Part of the reason for the low public support rate is Tina's radical policies. She carried out drastic reforms as soon as she took office and participated in many wars. Although she gained many allies, she also became the target of criticism from many media. According to Rheinische Zeitung The editor, Karl, said of her, "She is a prodigy in the political world, but she is too young and her policies are too aggressive. If August is lost, she will not hesitate to tie Prussia to the battlefield of the war." The car was smashed to pieces."

But in the eyes of the middle class and the Junkers, Tina's image is much better. She improved workers' pensions on the basis of August, created social insurance and medical insurance, and returned a large number of benefits to the Junkers. The benefits allowed them to have the opportunity to transform, and Juncker was also given preferential treatment in the army. These conditions allowed her to gain higher support among the wealthier people.

But at present, it seems that the conflict between Prussia and Austria has reached an unsolvable point. Both sides are ready to attack, thinking of completely defeating each other in the next round of confrontation.