Rebirth of the Spanish Empire.

Chapter 43 Deal with the Russians

At this time, the Russian Embassy also welcomed a special guest.

"Your Excellency Gorchakov, on behalf of His Majesty Alfonso, I would like to recommend to your country the weapons and equipment produced by the Kingdom of Spain."

Paracides' mission to the Near East this time was to sell weapons, and the Russian Empire, as the instigator of this crisis in the Near East, was naturally the customer with the greatest demand for arms.

"Didn't your country disagree with selling your weapons and equipment to our country before? Why did you agree to it again now?"

Prior to this, Pavlovich had gone to the Kingdom of Spain to discuss the purchase of weapons and equipment.

Although Pavlovich received courtesy in the Kingdom of Spain, he did not receive a positive answer from them at all.

Now the Kingdom of Spain is actively seeking arms cooperation from them, leaving Gorchakov confused.

“The Kingdom of Spain now supports the British and the Ottoman Empire in this JD crisis.

Because of colonial expansion overseas, we in the Kingdom of Spain have to act based on the British's face.

That's why we rejected your country's arms order in this Near East crisis and instead supported the British.

However, this does not mean that we, the Kingdom of Spain, are willing to be enemies of your country. After all, we have no conflict of interest with your country.

Moreover, there are too many British eyes and ears in the Kingdom of Spain. What we did before was a last resort. "

Paracides' tone was full of helplessness.

In fact, in this Near East crisis, the Ottoman Empire had absolutely nothing to do with the Kingdom of Spain, just as Paracides said.

But before, Paracides said nothing about the territorial transactions with the Ottoman Empire, the sale of old warships, and the transportation of large quantities of machine guns and artillery to the Ottoman Empire.

"That being the case, why are you now willing to risk offending the British by selling weapons and equipment to our Russian Empire?"

Gorchakov asked slightly confused, but he did not deny what Paracides said before.

Because now their Russian Empire really urgently needs this batch of weapons and equipment from the Kingdom of Spain to fight against the Ottoman Empire's army on the Balkan Peninsula.

“Our Majesty Alfonso believes that your country’s current situation will definitely change.

Moreover, the British will definitely change their attitude towards your country in the next few months.

Because His Majesty Alfonso is very confident in his judgment. Therefore, we will risk offending the British during this period and conduct arms transactions with your country. "

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In the original historical trajectory, in early 1877, a new round of war crisis broke out between Germany and France, which would sweep the entire European continent.

Because of the power that the German Empire unleashed in this war crisis, the arrogant British Empire finally had to compromise with the Russian Empire.

The Russian Empire seized this god-given opportunity, allowing it to have almost no opposition during the war.

If not in the end, because the Treaty of Santo Stefano proposed by the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire was too cruel.

This caused all European countries to oppose the treaty almost simultaneously. Due to the huge pressure from European countries, the Russian Empire had to spit out almost part of the fruits of victory.

In the "Treaty of San Stefano", the Russian Empire not only requested the establishment of a Great Slavic State on the Balkan Peninsula and brought it into the sphere of influence of the Russian Empire.

The three countries of Montenegro, Serbia and Romania were also required by the Russian Empire to be completely independent and included in its sphere of influence.

Even in the early days of the Near East War, the Bosnia and Herzegovina region promised to the Austro-Hungarian Empire was retained by the Russian Empire in the Ottoman Empire in the name of autonomy, which directly played a trick on the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

In addition to toying with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Russian Empire also requested from the Ottoman Empire that Russian warships could pass through the Bosporus.

But in the end, because of the alliance between Britain and Austria-Hungary, the Russian Empire only recovered the land lost in the Crimean War.

Tsar Alexander II also lost all his money due to his own hand.

And because in the Tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Russian Empire did not achieve much results.

This also caused the rise of forces within the Russian Empire that opposed the rule of Alexander II.

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"I don't know why your Majesty Alfonso can be so certain?"

Gorchakov asked curiously. Because until now, the Russians have not thought of any way to break the situation.

“The key to resolving this Near East crisis lies between Germany and France.

According to the latest news our country has received, anti-German sentiment in France is now extremely serious. In addition, Germany has continued to provoke France over the years.

Therefore, once a new round of war crisis breaks out, the British will inevitably win over your country and jointly sanction the Germans. "

Although the British adopted glorious isolation as their national policy. But on the European continent, the British are not willing to see any country become powerful.

Once France was completely defeated by Germany, there would be almost no country on the European continent that could rival the Germans.

Although the Russian Empire is known as the "Steamroller of Europe", facing a German Empire that has lost all checks and balances, it can only avoid the edge for the time being.

But this news is undoubtedly great news for the Russian Empire today.

Because this meant that the British Empire, which needed the support of the Russian Empire in a war crisis, had to compromise on issues related to the Ottoman Empire. “In this case, let us wait and see what happens.

If it is as expected by His Majesty Alfonso, then our Russian Empire will very much welcome this cooperation. "

Today, the Ottoman Empire's armies in the Balkans receive a large number of weapons and equipment from the Kingdom of Spain.

This made the Russian Empire with backward equipment, even if it won in the end, it would pay a huge price in casualties.

"It would be better for us to sign an arms purchase treaty between our two countries, and the effective date of the arms purchase treaty will be the day when the British change their attitude.

Before that, our Kingdom of Spain will prepare this batch of weapons and equipment.

After the arms purchase treaty comes into effect, we will quickly transport this batch of arms to your country's battlefield in the Balkan Peninsula after your country pays the payment. "

At this time, what Paracides said was what Alfonso had told him.

Because in this case, it will not have a great impact on the diplomatic environment of the Kingdom of Spain, and this batch of weapons and equipment can be safely transported to the battlefield in the Balkan Peninsula.

"In this case, I will sign this arms purchase treaty with you here after consulting the Tsar."

Gorchakov naturally had no objections to this. But Gorchakov does not have that much right to decide on this matter yet.

Although he was the Prime Minister of the Russian Imperial Government, the final decision on this matter still rested with Alexander II.

"That is natural. I hope His Majesty the Tsar can accept the conditions of our Kingdom of Spain."

Paracides shook hands with Gorchakov with a smile on his face.

However, detailed negotiations are still required on the sales price of the weapons, but this can only be carried out under the prerequisite that Alexander II can agree.

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Unlike the friendly atmosphere of the Russian Embassy, ​​the Ottoman Prime Minister's Office at this time had nothing to do with the friendly atmosphere.

“Your Excellency Ambassador, we want to know what your country really means.

Is your country ready to let the greedy Russian Empire occupy the entire Balkan Peninsula? "

At this time, Midhat Pasha, the prime minister of the Ottoman Empire, questioned Elliot angrily.

Now regarding the performance of the British, no matter what their intentions are, this has put the Ottoman Empire in a difficult position.

"Please calm down, Prime Minister.

Salisbury has been summoned back to the country by our country, and what awaits him will be sanctions from the Supreme Court.

Moreover, at this meeting, he acted without authorization, which did not represent the meaning of the British Empire. "

To this, Elliot answered unhurriedly.

In this matter, it was indeed the British's own fault. But in the final analysis, it did not cause any serious losses to the British Empire.

The only result of this incident was to put the Ottoman government in an embarrassing predicament.

“The Prime Minister of our country hopes that your country can include provisions for good treatment of the Slavs in the Balkan Peninsula in the constitution you are writing.

Come and fabricate a survey result about the Batak town for European countries, and at the same time promulgate a new constitution, so that the Russian Empire will have no chance to interfere in the affairs of the Slavs in the Balkan Peninsula. "

Although Elliot's words are indeed feasible, Midhat Pasha's treatment of minorities is undoubtedly cruel.

"But our country, Sudan, is not so urgent about constitutional reform."

In this regard, Midhat Pasha said slowly.

He attempted to postpone or even abolish the matter. Because as a nationalist, he maintained a hostile attitude towards ethnic minorities in the Ottoman Empire.

Midhat Pasha would never allow provisions for good treatment of the Slavs in the Balkans to be included in the Ottoman constitution.

"I believe that the Prime Minister will be able to convince His Majesty Muhammad.

If you cannot convince His Majesty Muhammad, then our country may have no excuse to provide more help to your country. "

Elliot sneered and said to Midhat Pasha.

Now, for the Ottoman Empire, losing support from the British would be the biggest bad news.

So, this excuse is old-fashioned though. But it's very useful, and Elliot believes that the top officials of the Ottoman Empire will definitely take it seriously.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will try my best to convince Your Majesty."

Midhat Pasha, the inspiring reform leader who brought the Ottoman Empire to revival, once again felt the pain of being controlled by others.

If the Ottoman Empire was strong enough, it would not rely on the British for help in this Near Eastern crisis, and would be able to resist the attack from the Russian Empire on its own.

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(End of this chapter)