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Chapter 7 Digging the Austrian Jump

As one of the most powerful countries in Europe, the Kingdom of Prussia is ridiculously unavailable at the Atlantic Ocean. What is ridiculous is that it is not even a single one at the Atlantic Ocean.

It was actually trapped in the Baltic Sea like a pond, and a polar bear Tsarist Russia, which was placed in the pond early on, swims and wants to eat fish. This is a waste of money for the Prussian Kingdom. After all, there is also a large fish that can enter and exit the pond in this pond, which makes Prussia very envious.

Therefore, having a Prussian port on the Atlantic Ocean and seizing a piece of land connecting Prussia to the mainland was the dream of several of them over the years, especially for William I to try it out, and he was obviously moved.

At the same time, he looked at Bismarck deeply, and the latter nodded and said, "The Netherlands not only supports us on the Denmark issue, but also expressed that the Netherlands is willing to give Prussia full support in its actions of prussia's commitment to annexation of Hanover."

What!

"How dare the Netherlands be so daring to make this topic public, and they say so to the Kingdom of Prussia. They are not afraid that Prussia will make this conversation public in the German Confederacy, expose the inappropriate disarray of the Netherlands, and cause attacks from the German Confederacy?"

Moltke obviously couldn't help it and asked loudly.

William I also seemed to be stimulated and looked at Bismarck in confusion.

Bismarck also wanted to ask this, but who knew what William IV in the Netherlands thought, so he guessed: "This is exactly what I don't understand. Our plan is basically the only one that we communicated privately, but from the whole conversation with Pearson just now, I realized that the Netherlands seemed to know our plan very well."

Ignoring the surprise of William I and the others, Bismarck continued:

"I naturally believe that there is no possibility of the three of us leaking, so there is only one result, that is, the new king of the Netherlands is indeed a king with strategic vision. Therefore, I suggest that we, Prussia, might as well form an alliance with him to increase our strength, especially to understand the operation of the sea.

After all, on the Atlantic Ocean, the Netherlands can be said to be more familiar than the United Kingdom. If we can cooperate, our navy can absorb the long-standing experience of the Dutch Navy, especially the valuable experience of winning and losing two times in four naval battles with Britain, it will be more precious to us than others.

This is why we and Pearson added a secret covenant that requires the Dutch Navy to conduct systematic training of the King of Prussian Navy and increase the assistance of the two countries' navies."

William I and Moltke both agreed with this, but the Prussian Navy lacked communication with the naval powers.

Britain ignored Prussia's request because for a major power that has always been a naval overlord, it was just a matter of causing trouble for itself, which was equivalent to shooting itself in the foot and causing trouble.

France now hopes that Prussia and Austria will fight each other. On land, naturally, they don’t want Prussia to focus on the sea. Then the energetic Prussia will make it difficult for France to see this scene happening, especially in the slow evolution of Napoleon III’s secret operation, which made it possible for him to suffer. If the navy participates, it will inevitably be reduced. Bismarck and the others know France’s small moves, but there are not many people. Napoleon III takes it seriously, just watching a clown performing, sooner or later, he will suffer.

Although I do not want to admit it, the relationship between Austria and Prussia this year, as Prussia develops rapidly, has threatened Austria's leadership in the German Confederacy, and the two countries have faced various leadership struggles. This is a fact before us.

Others understand this, and William I even understands that many people, including many experts and professors in later generations, are discussing how Bismarck is so smart.

However, few people really gave the most fair evaluation of William I. They all underestimated the Prussian throne who took over the throne of William IV, who had no descendants at the age of 60 last year. William I began to boldly and boldly reuse capable generals such as Bismarck and Moltke, and began to plan various projects planned now.

William I's eyes flashed with a hint of intelligence, and he became stronger and stronger. He said wisely: "That's why we planned it."

The camera returns to the Netherlands, Amsterdam.

"Since last year, Prussia provoked the status of the two principalities of Holstein and Schleswig, and put pressure on Denmark step by step in order to create an atmosphere, carry out follow-up actions for Prussia, and gain support and understanding from the people and the outside world.

In fact, Prussia's plan was successful. Now Holstein's German Confederate residents are very welcome to integrate into Prussia. At the same time, Schleswig's smoke bomb also bombed the locals very much rejected Holstein. The latter continued to stay in Denmark to attract possible violations from Proruss and even the German Confederate. Therefore, many people in Schleswig hope that Denmark would agree to their idea of ​​joining Holstein to the German Confederate in order to save themselves from war.

But Frederick VII of Denmark was hesitant. Perhaps Bismarck even calculated this subtlety, which was even more powerful to Bismarck's plan, and it actually made Prussia reach the highest level of the need to create an atmosphere."

Foreign Minister Hesbet Feng talked happily, and everyone else was listening carefully.

"In short, Prussia, which began in 1861, has completed the sharp transformation of Prussia under the iron triangle framework of William I, Bismarck and Moltke, and will make Prussia promising future prospects."

"No, there is also Albrecht, von Ron." Prime Minister Thorbeck stood up at this time and said, "This person is William I's real right-hand man, and he is the kind hidden behind the scenes."

William IV ignored the doubts of the others and said to himself: It turns out that ginger is still so spicy!

But Von Ron was William I's follower and the one whom William I trusted the most, no doubt.

Because Prussia and even the future German Empire, the highest training officers, the highest logistics officers, and the instructors most respected by officers and soldiers were von Ron. He firmly controlled William I's influence and loyalty in the army. This is the reason why William I was able to let go and do whatever he wanted to do, and kill him, and to make a fortune together.

In addition to these, Von Rohn's greatest achievement was that he successfully began to reform the Prussian military system during the years of William I's reign and forged the sword of Prussian unification.

With his training over the years, he had abandoned the old reserve army system of pure defense during the Napoleonic Wars that he had just become the Minister of the Army, and instead used a new new armament plan to unify the needs of the German Confederacy.

In 1860, the Prussian army had only 140,000, while Austria, other major powers in the same period had 310,000, France, and Tsarist Russia even reached a terrifying 990,000. Therefore, the Prussian reform at that time became an imminent matter to fulfill William I's ambitions.

In July last year, just half a year after William I succeeded to the throne, the Secretary of the Army (Secretary of Military Affairs) Ron proposed a military reform plan at the opening ceremony of the House of Representatives, requiring the extension of the service life of the army from two years to three years, the abolishment of the National Reserve Army, and the replacement of the equipment of the standing army, and the annual expenditure of 9.5 million tale was used as military expenditure. These measures meant that the recruitment increased from 40,000 to more than 60,000, and the army also increased from 92 regiments to 147 regiments, and the usual 140,000 troops to 210,000.

In order to support Von Ron, William I made a tough statement, believing that command and management are his own privileges. He firmly stated: He would rather give up the throne like William III of the Netherlands than give up the throne, and at the same time he would rather not lose the principle of three years of military service.

But it did not impress the House of Representatives. For this reason, William I secretly directed Von Rohn to use military groups to dissolve the parliament, implement direct rule of the king, and maintain orthodoxism and monarchy unity.

However, surprisingly, in the September election, the progressives received voter support, regained more than half of the 250 votes, and rejected the military system reform case. So at this time, Von Rohn recommended his friend Otto von Bismarck, the ambassador to the Second Empire of France, and cooperated with Bismarck to finally passed the military system reform in a roundabout way. This was also the first time Von Rohn showed his face in front of everyone, and he appeared in such a shocking iron-blooded image, which made him look at him not only in Prussia, the German Confederacy, but also in Europe.

Therefore, after Tolbek said this name, others recalled everything he did after he was confused, and they really deserved it. After all, just recommending Bismarck is enough to make him unique.

"Yes, Hesbet, the Iron Triangle is actually a good idea, but this Iron Triangle is actually Bismarck, Old Moltke, Von Ron, and William I. is hidden behind the scenes and manipulating everything."

He said secretly: King, don’t you all need this?

A king who reports on himself in the morning newspaper every day to grab headlines in order to report it can only be said to be a star, just like those of the American president in his previous life.

This is also the reason why he has rarely seen reports recently. However, occasionally, increasing exposure is nothing, after all, it still needs to show his presence.

For example, he is preparing for his lifelong event recently, and is preparing to start in a sensational form in Europe.
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