Germanic Empire: Please call me Wilhelm III

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As the year 1714 progressed, tensions became even greater.

This is especially true in the Balkans, known as the powder keg.

After two successive victories in the Balkan Wars, the Kingdom of Servia has become one of the smaller Balkan countries. Not only that, but they actively encouraged the Slavic provinces under Austria-Hungary to secede from Austro-Hungarian rule and form a Slavic state with the Kingdom of Serbia.

In fact, the Kingdom of Serbia itself had only been free from Ottoman colonial rule for a long time. However, with the support of the Russian Empire, they had already begun to arrogate.

The Slavs living in the Balkans are actually the same people as the Slavs living on the plains of Eastern Europe. It’s just that after the former migrated to the Balkans, he got used to living in the mountains and forests.

Originally, the entire Balkan Peninsula was a colony of the Ottoman Empire. However, in the wars with the Russian Empire again and again, the Ottoman Empire won more and lost less. Especially after losing the tenth war, they were forced to cede the Balkans. It was at this time that the kingdom of Servia gained independence.

You know, they have been colonized by the Ottomans for nearly five centuries.

Although the country of Servia is small, its population is only more than three million, less than four million. However, their ambitions are not small. Or rather, they want to regain the glory of their heyday.

During the Selvia Empire, they dominated the entire Balkan Peninsula. Unfortunately, it was later destroyed by the Ottomans.

For the kingdom of Serbia to be strong, it must have a sufficient population. A large part of the people living in the Balkans were under the rule of Austria-Hungary, and the other part established the Kingdom of Borgaria.

Therefore, after defeating the Kingdom of Borgialia in the Second Balkan War and gaining a large amount of land and population, the Kingdom of Selvia also began to target Austria-Hungary.

They began to actively provoke the Slavs under Austria-Hungary to rebel against Austro-Hungarian rule and secede from Austria-Hungary.

If their ambitions succeed, they can become a powerful nation of fifteen million people. Although it is far from being comparable to those top powers, it is at least a first-class power.

Especially with the full support of the Russian Empire, they will become the hegemon of the Balkans and even the entire Mediterranean region, and it is just around the corner!

And the Austro-Hungarian Empire was naturally very dissatisfied with the behavior of the Kingdom of Serbia.

Austria-Hungary also had great ambitions for the Balkans.

When the Ottoman Empire controlled the Balkans, Austria-Hungary was at the forefront of the entire European struggle against the Ottoman Empire last night.

It finally resisted the attack of the Ottoman Empire until the decline of the Ottoman Empire, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire naturally wanted to expand into the Balkans.

However, the Russian Empire supported the rise of the Kingdom of Serbia and wanted to prevent the expansion of Austria-Hungary, which naturally made Austria-Hungary very dissatisfied.

Although Austria-Hungary was full of internal contradictions, their willingness to expand abroad was still very strong. Although the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I was already old. However, Archduke Ferdinand, as crown prince, has been pushing the expansion of Austria-Hungary into the Balkans.

Especially after the defeat of the Russian Empire by the Eastern Empire, it gave the Austro-Hungarian Empire hope.

The battered Russian Empire could no longer take care of the Balkans. Moreover, although the Tsarist Empire had begun to reform the army. However, until the reform of the army was completed, it was clear that the Russian Empire could not use troops on a large scale.

In addition, the Germanic Empire, a staunch ally of Austria-Hungary, has always supported Austria-Hungary. This naturally made the high-level of Austria-Hungary already have a sense of ambition for Serbia.

In addition, the sun never sets and the Gauls are also supporting the kingdom of Serbia. Naturally, they wished they could support a country in the Balkans to contain Austria-Hungary.

Although the strength of the Kingdom of Serbia is obviously not enough, it is better than nothing.

Even the sun never sets and the Gauls guarantee Serbia’s safety. Under such circumstances, the Kingdom of Servia is naturally even more arrogant. Even, they were not afraid of Austria-Hungary at all.

Of course, the population of Austria-Hungary already exceeded 50 million. In all of Europe, it was second only to the Russian Empire and the Germanic Empire. Moreover, it is also very strong in industrial strength, second only to the Germanic Empire, the Sun Never Sets Empire and Gaul in Europe, which can be regarded as the fifth in Europe and the sixth in the world.

From the industrial output value of last year, that is, 1713, the lighthouse country accounted for 35.8% of the world, the Germanic Empire accounted for 15.7%, the Sun Never Set Empire accounted for 13.6%, the Russian Empire accounted for 8.2%, the Gaul State accounted for 6.1%, the Austria-Hungary Empire accounted for 4.4%, the Caesar Kingdom accounted for 2.4%, and the Eastern Empire 2.0%.

In comparison, Selvia is simply insignificant.

If Austria-Hungary were to deal with the Kingdom of Serbia, they would not be opponents at all, only crushed.

It’s just that Austria-Hungary is worried about the Russian Empire, the Sun Never Sets Empire and the Gallic State that stands behind Serbia. Otherwise, they would have crushed the kingdom of Serbia long ago.

But even so, by 1714, Austria-Hungary could not stand Serbia.

In other words, the ambitions of Austria-Hungary to expand into the Balkans could no longer be contained. They can’t wait to do something to the Kingdom of Serbia.

Before that, however, they needed the full support of the Germanic Empire.

Otherwise, Austria-Hungary would never have had the courage to attack first.

In May 1714, the Chief of the General Staff of the Germanic Empire, General Moltke the Younger, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Marshal Baron Herzendorf, had a meeting. Discuss plans to wage war against the Kingdom of Serbia.

At the same time, it was also a warm-up for the meeting between the Germanic Emperor August and the Archduke Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary.

With the international situation becoming more and more tense, and even the imminent war, it is also very necessary for the emperors and crown princes of the two countries to meet and discuss a series of plans for the next war!