The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1255: Watching from All Sides (Part )

It was too difficult for the Austrian Empire to blockade Spain's entire coastline. Instead of doing so, it would be better to concentrate its forces for an attack.

Cadiz, Valencia and Barcelona are Spain's three most important ports in the Mediterranean and the main bases of the navy.

Among them, Barcelona was the main offensive target of the Austrian Empire. As the center of Catalonia, controlling it could cut off the supply of materials to the eastern coast.

In addition, Catalonia is also the main activity area of ​​​​Carlists.

The news that the Austrian Empire declared war on Spain also caused a stir in the German region, and most courts of various countries fell into panic to varying degrees.

Especially the Netherlands, Denmark, Hanover and other countries, they were afraid that the Austrian Empire would force them to send troops. If they did not send troops, they might offend Austria.

The Austrian Empire was the chairman of the German Confederation, and even the headquarters of the German Confederation was in Vienna. If they rejected Austria's request, would the Austrian Empire retaliate?

If we send troops, regardless of whether we can gain an advantage over Spain, will we offend Britain and France?
Now the conflicts between Austria, Britain and France are well known in Europe. If we help Austria fight Spain, does that mean we are standing on the side of the Austrians?
These coastal countries just want to remain neutral and don't want to get into trouble. Even though the Netherlands has become a thorn in the eyes of the British, the Dutch government is trying its best to avoid conflict with Britain.

However, King William II of the Netherlands is now very conflicted. His biggest trump card against Britain is Austria, and his biggest reliance to stay away from the German Confederation is the British.

William II sat in the armchair in despair. There was no one in the entire government whom he trusted, and he felt that all his men were traitors.

The rebels wanted not only his power but his life.

"Caroline, what should I do?"

Caroline rolled her eyes in her heart. The fact that the Kingdom of the Netherlands had fallen to this point was inseparable from this incredibly stupid king.

If you are still thinking about not offending anyone at this point, the only result is that you will offend both parties at the same time.

However, since no instructions were given from the Austrian side, she could not interfere too much.

"Your Majesty, you are the King of the Netherlands. You should know what is best for the Netherlands. But the British have always wanted to split our country. You can't be fooled by their sweet words."

"And the Austrians?"

"The Austrians are just trying to make money like you. In all these operations of the Austrian Empire, which one did you not make a lot of money from?"

William II nodded and fell silent again.

There is no need to elaborate on the relationship between Hanover and Britain. It is unlikely that they will draw a clear line between themselves and the British.

It is unlikely that Hanover, which is in the German Confederation and has gained huge benefits from it, will want to draw a clear line with Austria and Germany.

Denmark and Britain have a blood feud, but as the gateway to the Baltic Sea, Denmark will inevitably bear the brunt if a war breaks out.

Therefore, Denmark has been trying its best to avoid conflict with Britain, and even did not hesitate to offend Russia by deliberately allowing the British to enter the Baltic Sea.

The courts of other countries did not support Franz's war, or rather, no small or medium-sized countries liked war.

No matter how much benefit the war brought them, they could lose everything with just one defeat.

However, the exception is Luxembourg, a less monarchical country that regarded all the countries of the German Confederation as its brothers.

It is natural to help a brother in need. Luxembourg may not be able to fight, but it can contribute money and manpower. Luxembourg became the first country to openly support Austria and was willing to provide two brigades of soldiers and supplies to the Austrian Empire.

As a small country with a population of only 680,000, the two brigades are almost all it has.

Berlin.

William IV has been having a headache recently. In addition to the Archbishop of Cologne in the Rhine region who is always jumping up and down to give him trouble, the Prussian Parliament is also causing trouble for him all day long.

In fact, Prussia originally had no parliament, but when the storm came in 1848, William IV was forced to form a parliament.

However, it was the delaying tactic of that year that led to the disastrous consequences of today. The Prussian Parliament has extremely great power and has a deep hatred for the Prussian government and William IV himself.

The parliament was singing against the king all day long, causing the political situation in Prussia to be extremely chaotic at that time.

Austria declared war on Spain, and William IV didn't know whether to be happy or cry. It was a good thing for Austria to fall into the quagmire, but would the parliament push Prussia into the quagmire as well?
If it is rejected, will Parliament take the opportunity to stir up trouble and repeat the tragedy of 1848?
At this time, support for the war against the Austrians was very high in Prussia. William IV really couldn't understand why his own people cared so much about the war against the Austrians, which made him a little sad.

In fact, it was not just Prussia. The entire German region had a surprisingly consistent attitude towards Austria's declaration of war on Spain.

The top leaders oppose it, but the bottom leaders support it.

The conflict has never been so intense, and senior officials of many countries even believe that the events of 1848 may happen again.

Therefore, it became a very reasonable choice to ask these fanatics to leave their own country. In addition, due to the relationship with the German Confederation, almost no country prevented its citizens from moving out.

Franz has always been very welcoming to immigrants, but whether they can go to the front line requires training first, and even after completing the training, they may not be sent to the battlefield.

It was common to be sent to the border to stabilize border defense. It didn't matter if you wanted to retire. The Austrian Empire would arrange re-employment for retired soldiers.

The guns in the hands of many passionate young people were inexplicably replaced with hoes or hammers, and in the blink of an eye they had a fortune that they could not take away.

The vast majority of people chose to settle down and spend their lives, but for a few natural adventurers, the Austrian Empire still had large colonies waiting for them.

Madrid.

Isabel II slapped Princess Luisa Fernanda hard in the face.

"Useless bitch!"

Princess Luisa Fernanda curled up on the ground, covering her injured face and whispered in protest.

"It was my sister and mother who went too far. That's why the Austrians are so angry. It's not my fault."

Isabel II grabbed Luisa Fernanda's hair, and the latter instinctively grabbed her wrists with both hands to reduce the force of the tearing.

"You're a worthless bastard who's not even worth four million, and you still dare to quibble?"

Isabel II kicked Princess Luisa Fernanda in the abdomen, causing the latter to roll on the ground in pain. King Isabel then stepped on her head without mercy.

"I'll deal with you first, you bitch, and then I'll deal with those cunning Austrians!"

Screams of agony echoed through the Madrid Palace.