Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 210 The Awakening of Austrian Emperor Joseph I
The fighting between the two sides in southern North America has intensified in recent days, attracting the attention of the world.

The Northern Federation's anti-importation of British goods, and the British blockade of the east coast of the United States out of embarrassment, led to a naval confrontation between the two countries.

On September 1865, 9, Britain was angry at the huge losses suffered in the Battle of Richmond, so it dispatched the Atlantic Fleet and dispatched a large number of warships to block the east coast ports of the Northern Commonwealth of the United States from London and curb the industrial exports of the Northern Commonwealth. , intending to retaliate for the great damage done to Britain.

On this day, as usual, the British first-class sailing battleship London, guarded by other battleships, continued to patrol like a blockade outside the Port of San Francisco in the Northern Commonwealth of the United States.

The person leading the team this time was Major General George.

He was looking regretfully at New York City in the distance on the shore.

"Major General George, our mission this time is just to really take a look?"

A colonel was also on the deck and said dissatisfiedly to George: "Instead of doing this, we would have gone directly into the Mediterranean and participated in the war against Tsarist Russia in the Near East."

When George heard this, he was also very helpless.

In fact, he was unwilling to accept this mission. Although the Northern Federal Navy was not weak, with a tonnage of almost half that of the United Kingdom, it was still not enough in front of the United Kingdom.

But now because of the British blockade, they have all gone to the port.

Originally, George did not need to come to the west coast of North America. The fleet he led consisted of one first-class sailing battleship, three second-class sailing battleships, and seven six- and seven-class sailing battleships. The mission was originally to support the Mediterranean and The Ottoman Empire's navy faced difficulties in the Black Sea and suppressed Tsarist Russia's naval power in the Mediterranean.

However, after the British blocked the east coast of the Northern Federal States in North America, British intelligence ships detected that they were conducting maritime trade in industrial products on the west coast of the eastern Pacific.

That's okay. What Britain wants is to completely blockade the Commonwealth of America at sea. How can it possibly let them play the game of keeping light in the east and light in the west?
So based on the principle of proximity, they, who had just been allocated from the Indian Ocean Fleet to support the Mediterranean Fleet, were transferred to the east coast of the Pacific.

So the current mission came.

The helplessness of the two people represents the new life of everyone in the entire squadron.

"Rear Admiral, I understand why the London government didn't ask us to invade the territory of the Dutch Far East with such a huge fleet. I heard that their fleet there will not be much larger than ours. If we pull the Indian Ocean Fleet again, Come with a few ships, I believe it will be easy to win there.

I really don’t understand what the London side is thinking?It’s better now. We fought for the Confederacy and suffered heavy losses. I think Viscount Palmerston is not feeling well now.”

Major General George glared at his direct subordinates, feeling a little dissatisfied.

It's really annoying to watch others make great achievements, but you are sent to this place where nothing matters.

His subordinate said: "I heard that the Alexander Islands in the north of Canada now belong to the Netherlands. Do you want it?"

George said angrily: "What do you want?"

"Major General, do you want us to take him down, and even take down the whole of Alaska? The Dutch should not dare to resist. You know what they know, in fact resisting is useless."

Is it really useless?
Major General George was moved.

However, he did not listen to the advice of his subordinate, because he understood that as a soldier, it is his job to execute military orders and complete the mission. However, after completing this mission, if he went north or south to the Hawaiian Islands, it would be a different matter. Never mind.

George was filled with pride when he thought of the geographical location of the Hawaiian Islands and the scene where the Dutch fleet, which had lost one end in front of him, needed to give way when facing his own fleet.

"Tell everyone to continue with the boring blockade and talk about other things later."

His subordinate nodded helplessly.

But he really wanted to wait for the other battleships next door to compete with them for the golden flower. This day was too boring.

This ended the conversation between the two on the deck.But what they didn't see was that the sea in their area had become much darker, and if they looked carefully, they could see whale-sized cigars swimming in the sea.

In fact, even if they saw it, they would just think it was a group of whales in this area where whales often hang out, and they wouldn't care.

But not caring about this would bring them disaster.

On September 1865, 9, William Sherman, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northern Confederacy of the United States, led an army of 10. With the victory of the Battle of Richmond in the east, he led this army south along the Mississippi River. , with the southern defense unable to guard against it, they quickly took action and captured Memphis on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Tennessee, which was guarded by 8 men at a cost of less than 3000 men.

In the south, after losing more than [-] people, some of them evacuated eastward to Shiloh City.

Others were evacuated south along the Mississippi River to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

While General Sherman was steadily conquering the southern territory in the Midwest step by step in the west, Britain did not dare to be laughed at, so the next day the news came out, it sent 5 troops from the mainland to support here. The landing place is Louisiana.

The Tsarist Empire and the Ottoman Empire were at war in Bulgaria. Although Austria said it was supporting the Ottoman Empire with Britain, Joseph I was very cautious in his actions and did not fire the first shot casually.

Because he was afraid that Alexander II's wrath would suddenly shift from the Ottoman Empire to Austria.Therefore, this support needs to be discussed and implemented in order to maximize the interests of Austria.

"Your Majesty, I think we can support the Ottoman Empire with weapons." Foreign Minister Reichberg suggested: "If we send troops, the Tsarist Empire may target us.

Sultan Abdul Aziz I of the Ottoman Empire might really be able to breathe a sigh of relief and thank us for taking over the war ourselves."

After hearing this, Prime Minister Archduke Rainer Ferdinand frowned and retorted: "This will definitely not work, because the Ottoman Empire has no shortage of weapons. Everyone knows that Britain's productivity is the best in the world, and Britain sells weapons is what they want most.

If we simply give weapons to the Ottomans, not only will we not receive the gratitude of the Ottoman Empire, but we will also offend the British, because this will destroy their opportunities to make money. Moreover, providing weapons will actually have little impact on the Russian Empire's invasion of the Balkans. "

"Then tell me, what should we do?" Joseph I felt very unhappy. Suddenly, he was absolutely in a better situation than the previous few years. At that time, Austria was able to bring a vote of small and medium-sized German countries to the German Confederation Parliament. With a few statements, Prussia was forced to make a positive attitude towards other European powers, so that no country dared to point fingers at Austria at will.

Now Austria's followers have almost disappeared, and these things happened in just the past year.

Joseph I was certainly not stupid. Looking back now, he realized that the Bismarck government used the territory of Schleswig as bait and gradually guided the Austrian Empire to abandon its allies in small countries, all the way to darkness.

Especially when they invaded Saxony, an ally that often cooperated with Austria in the parliament, and Hanover, which was regarded as a thorn in Prussia's side as a pseudo-ally of Austria. When Prussia attacked, Austria sat on the sidelines and showed no support. This made even more countries Chilling.

“In the end, it’s all your own fault.”

I secretly sighed in my heart that my momentary greed had actually led to the current consequences.

At the same time, he also secretly hated Bismarck for his despicability.

Therefore, this time Austria must take advantage of the crisis in the Balkans to improve its relationship with Britain so that it can effectively check and balance the already powerful Kingdom of Prussia.

Only in this way can Austria continue to maintain a balance and the balance of power with Prussia can continue.

This is also his psychology of capturing what the British want to see most.

So, he said harshly: "Order the troops in the southeast. After communicating with the Ottoman Empire, we will support the Ottoman Empire's 3 troops from Belgrand, the capital of the Serbian Principality of the Ottoman Empire. We will help them defend Serbia."

After hearing this, both Renner and Renner agreed.

Serbia is in the south of Hungary. If it is occupied by the Russian Empire, it will be a threatening conflict for Hungary, because this will cause Hungary to face the Russian Empire in the east and south in addition to the west and north. Instead of being like this, rather than falling into passivity, it is better to take the initiative to ask for help in defending Serbia, and also to test whether the Tsarist Empire will take the Austrian Empire into consideration.

It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

If the Tsarist Empire attacks, then for Austria, Hungary and Austria in the east need to strengthen their defenses, and a full-scale war may start.

So the three rulers of Vienna made this decision.

Amsterdam, inside the Royal Palace.

William IV looked at the map spread on the table, but the pen in his hand was rapidly drawing circles.

Even Queen Alexandra, who was pregnant with her big belly, approached but was not noticed.

Alexandra walked up behind him and gently rubbed his shoulders. As soon as this technique appeared, William IV, who was stunned at first, was startled and tensed, but he smiled.

"Why are you coming here if you don't want to rest?"

Although he was dissatisfied, his words showed doting.

Pulled her and put her in his arms.

William IV is over 1.85 meters tall, but the Dutch are very tall.

The tall Danish ancestry also makes Alexandra over 1.7 meters tall.

Therefore, no one would think that the combination of these two tall peoples would make their offspring shorter.

"Your body will collapse if you lie down too much. Doctors recommend moving around more."

Alexandra saw that the frown on William IV's face had not gone away.So after smoothing him down, he asked, "What's wrong?"

William IV pointed at the map and said: "The world is in chaos now. Am I not looking for a place for the Netherlands?"

Location?

(End of this chapter)