Rise of Australia

Chapter 45 Talk
The negotiation with William II went smoothly, which made Arthur feel much better because of Queen Victoria's critical illness.

Seeing that Queen Victoria can't hold on for a few days, no matter how deep the relationship between Arthur and Queen Victoria is, they have to think about Australia's future.

After losing the asylum and support of Queen Victoria, she basically lost the support from Britain.

Although Crown Prince Edward has a good relationship with Arthur on the surface, he will definitely not bother to help Arthur and Australia rise.

Although Arthur has the handle of Crown Prince Edward, if such a handle is made public, not only the status and reputation of Crown Prince Edward will suffer a huge impact, but even the status of the British monarch and aristocracy, as well as the status of monarchs in all countries in the world will suffer a huge blow. shock.

Born in the British royal family, to a certain extent, Arthur and the British royal family prosper and prosper together, and all lose.

Once the status of the British royal family is severely impacted, Arthur's legal status in Australia may also be affected.

After all, although the monarchy is still the mainstream in various European countries, in fact, the democratic and liberal schools have had a huge impact on the monarchy.

Compared with disclosing these evidence and handles, it is a more appropriate solution to use these evidence and handles to obtain sufficient benefits from Crown Prince Edward.

But on the contrary, after obtaining enough benefits, Arthur will naturally go against Prince Edward. Although it will not break with the British Empire, at least during the reign of Prince Edward, Australia wants to be close to the British Empire cooperation is impossible.

After achieving their satisfactory goals, William II and Arthur were both in a happy mood, so the already beautiful and moving Isle of Wight scenery was even more outstanding in their eyes.

"Arthur, what do you think of the current situation in Europe? Now that the confrontation in Europe has become clear, do you prefer our Triple Alliance or the so-called St. Petersburg military agreement between France and Russia?" On the way back to the manor, William II suddenly asked Ah asked Ser.

"The situation in Europe?" Arthur was taken aback, but continued to answer: "Judging from the current confrontation, I think the strength of the two major military blocs is almost balanced. France and Russia have a large amount of land area and population, while Germany It has a strong army and advanced industry. I think that if there is a short war, the advantage will be with Germany. But if the war lasts for a long time, the advantage will gradually be transferred to France and Russia.”

This is actually the answer in the original history. Although Germany fought bravely in the early stage, after the war turned into a war of attrition, it was completely inferior to Britain, France and Russia, the three countries with large lands and large populations.

Especially when the sea transportation line is interrupted, even if Germany has a huge industry, it will stagnate due to lack of raw materials.

"Hahaha, Arthur, you underestimated one thing, that is the strength of the great Junker nobles and the German army. No matter how large the land area of ​​France and Russia are, they will never be able to support the crazy attack of the German army. Once The war broke out, and all the German troops are confident that, just like the last Franco-Prussian war, they will quickly capture Paris and end this war quickly." William II laughed and directly overturned Arthur's point of view.

The war that William II was talking about was the battle of the founding of the German Empire, which is also the famous battle of popularization of law.

The Franco-Prussian War started with France, and it took less than two months for Napoleon III to lead his army to surrender.

Even if a revolution broke out in France and continued to resist Prussia, it still captured Paris in the successive attacks of the Prussian army, forcing the then French government to sign a humiliating peace treaty.

This war directly defeated the French Second Empire, which led to the outbreak of revolution in France and the establishment of the French Third Republic.

It also recaptured Alsace and Lorraine, which were originally occupied by France and had rich coal resources, and forced France to pay a large amount of indemnity, which caused France to lag behind other powers during the Second Industrial Revolution and lost Central and Western Europe. The supremacy was fully overtaken by Germany.

This is also the reason for William II's self-confidence. The German army captured Paris decades ago. Now that Germany is stronger, why not achieve this great feat?
It can be said that because of childhood physical defects, William II had an inferiority complex and conceited character.

And because he single-handedly kicked the iron-blooded Prime Minister Bismarck from the German political arena, William II gained a huge voice in the German political arena.

All the Germans imagined defeating France in a short period of time after the start of the war. Who would have thought that this war would last for several years and directly defeat the mighty German Empire?

"Cousin William, maybe what you said is right. But France and Russia are independent powers that dominate a corner, but the Allied Powers, apart from Germany, can barely match the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. I I'm not very optimistic about Italy's performance. Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire have direct regional conflicts. Although they are overshadowed by larger conflicts with France, who can guarantee that France will not back down in exchange for Italy's defection?" Arthur said with a smile.

Reminding William II did not mean that Arthur wanted to support the Allies. A more aggressive Europe would also be good for Australia.

The situation of the First World War will really become clear after the United States decides to join the First World War. Before that, the two major military groups have their own victories, and the war is relatively balanced.

So why can't this mess up be Australia?Given ten years of development time for Australia, Arthur is confident of building a good industrial system, and even has the ability to directly affect World War I.

The post-war status of a neutral country and a victorious country is very different, especially during the First World War, there are still a lot of money-making plans. These old powers have been blood-sucking colonies for hundreds of years. Why can’t Australia suck for a while? What about blood?
"Maybe, Arthur. But we don't expect anything from Italy. They just need to remain neutral in the war and not fall to the side of France and Russia. Germany is confident that it will defeat France in a short time and end the war completely."

For an extremely conceited and self-confident obsessive, it was impossible for William II to be persuaded by Arthur so easily.

Of course, Arthur did not think about persuading William II. What is more important for Arthur and Australia now is how to obtain benefits from the two major military groups to make Australia develop rapidly.

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