Daming 1805

Chapter 549

The Germans were quite surprised to receive the news from the Spanish.

King William asked Prime Minister Stein directly:

"What are the Spaniards thinking? Why do they suddenly ask so bluntly to join us at this time?"

Stein thought for a while and said:
"The Spanish may be testing us, otherwise they wouldn't have contacted us like this at this time, and they wouldn't have asked so directly."

William felt that what Stein said made sense:

"It is indeed possible, so what should we do? It is best not to refuse directly, otherwise they may directly join the French camp."

William's meaning is obvious. Both Deutschland and Lucia dislike Italy as redundant, and they don't like having Spain in this circle.

Therefore, Spain cannot be allowed to join the current camp to carve up the world. Spain will be the target of carving up.

Stein thought for a moment and said:

"My suggestion is to delay, or even sign a non-aggression treaty, until the war between us and the French is over."

William nodded slightly:

"Then please ask your Excellency to make arrangements."

Stein said goodbye to Wilhelm, returned to his office, and wrote a response himself.

Claimed that Germany had no intention of becoming an enemy of any other country.

The reason for the war that the Germans participated in was just to unify the entire German region and to destroy the Habsburg dynasty, which no longer had the legitimacy to rule.

The ongoing war between the Germans and the French was also caused by France's unilateral interference in Germany's internal affairs.

It was France that took the initiative to attack the German country, and Germany is still on the defensive.

Germany's next goal is to drive the French invading forces out of Germany, completely defeat the opponent and sign a peace agreement.

The Spanish were willing to assist the Germans and jointly defeat the French invaders, and the Germans were grateful for this.

The Kingdom of Germany was willing to sign a non-aggression pact with Spain.

The Kingdom of Spain can keep in touch if interested.

King Fernando of Spain was a little confused after receiving the reply.

What the other party said does seem to have some logic.

The relationship between Prussia and Austria at the time was indeed well known to everyone, and France did intervene in the war between Prussia and Austria as an outsider.

But what happened to the whole annexed Denmark?

What about what the Lucians did?

Could the allies of the Lucians, who had completely annexed Norway, Sweden, and the Ottomans, be innocents who passively fought back?

After discussing with his ministers, King Fernando of Spain concluded that the Germans' words could not be fully believed.

But I am also a little unsure of what the Germans' intentions are.

In other words, with a bit of fantasy.

Imagining that peace can return to the European continent, the Germans will cease after driving the French out of the country.

But he was still somewhat calm after all.

So Fernando summoned Talleyrand again and explained to him the Germans' reply.

Talleyrand said directly without any hesitation:
"Now that His Majesty knows the true attitude of the Germans, should he officially join our camp against the Germans and Lucians?"

Fernando was a little confused when he heard this, and almost asked directly:
What attitude?When did I know that?

But he held back the words as soon as they came to his lips.

He realized that asking directly like this would make him look stupid.

Because I did not understand the judgments that others took for granted, nor did I make normal judgments.

When Fernando was silent, Talleyrand continued to take the initiative to continue the topic:

"We all know that the Germans have listed Spain as a target for the next stage of their attack.

“That’s why he didn’t consider admitting Spain into their alliance.

“No lambs allowed among wolves.

“The current excuses and excuses, and even the invitation to sign a non-aggression pact, are just stalling for time.

"It's all just to prevent Spain from immediately joining the camp against Germany.

"The only right choice the Spaniards can make now is to go against the German ideas.

"Join our camp immediately and jointly resist the German invasion."

Fernando found Talleyrand's words interesting.

The statement "We all already know" comes directly at the beginning, which implies that Fernando has understood and accepted these views.

Rather than a questioning sentence of "You should know, right?"

The purpose seemed to be to avoid embarrassment to Fernando, by repeating things that he should understand but had not yet understood, using premises that both parties knew.

But it is actually guiding Fernando's thinking in the same direction as his.

But this technique does indeed work to a certain extent.

Fernando has indeed begun to think in this direction, whether to officially join the French camp.

After all, the Germans did refuse

Talleyrand looked at Fernando's hesitation and gave another final blow:
"Your Majesty, we all know that the French royal family and the British royal family have a special relationship with the Ming royal family.

"Even if we completely fail and our France is fully occupied by the Germans, the Ming Emperor will take action to restore the country to His Majesty Louis XVII.

“It’s just that we may not be able to maintain complete independence after that.

"We also all know that the Lucians have had a rift with the Ming Dynasty because of the issue of oil development.

"The Lucians have just won two great victories in foreign wars, and now they are extremely proud and complacent.

“After they continue to defeat France, there is likely to be a direct conflict with Ming Dynasty.

“Seize the Xianbei Principality that they once ceded and the oil fields that were occupied by the Ming Dynasty.

“This will basically lead to the Ming Dynasty joining the war on the continent of Europa.

“The key is to definitely be on the opposite side of Lucia and Deutsch.

“That’s our side.

"In other words, we have the minimum guarantee, and the worst result is that it is just a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty.

"But if you choose to stay out of it now, or even join the German side, the final result is likely to be the complete destruction of the country."

After Talleyrand carried Daming out, Fernando finally couldn't bear it anymore.

After discussing with his ministers for a while, he announced the agreement to join France, Britain, and Austria.

While Talleyrand was dealing with Spain, the French diplomatic system, along with the British, sent a proposal to the King of the Netherlands.

It is hoped that the Netherlands can join its own agreement as soon as possible. At the very least, it should open its borders to Britain and France as soon as possible and allow troops from the two countries to fight through Dutch territory.

Otherwise, the Netherlands would have to fight the German invasion alone.

At this time, the Germans had also issued an ultimatum to the Netherlands, requiring them to pledge allegiance to the Hohenzollern within a month, otherwise they would directly launch a war.

The Dutch were finally cornered.

After careful consideration, the Dutch believed that not joining the French and British camps and allowing the troops of the two countries to cross the border to fight against Germany was the stupidest choice.

That would inevitably lead Germany to regard itself as an enemy, and France and Britain had no obligation to protect themselves because there was no agreement between the two parties.

Joining the French and British camps and attacking Germany with the two countries is also a very stupid choice.

At that time, the coalition forces led by Britain and France will use their own Dutch territory as a battlefield to fight the German and Lucian coalition forces.

The key is that, based on the previous occupation situation, the French did not have the ability to quickly defeat the Germans.

On the other hand, if the Germans and Lucians transfer the main armies of Austria and Ottoman, they may quickly defeat the main force of the French.

So in the end the Dutch thought of directly merging into the Holy Roman Empire that they had joined.Letting the German and Lucian troops go directly through the Netherlands and go to France to fight the French and British coalition forces is the option with the least impact on the Netherlands.

So, after suffering for more than ten days, the Dutch finally decided to pledge allegiance to the new HRE Emperor.

The Germans were overjoyed after receiving the news, and the Dutch immediately completed the temporary procedures as quickly as possible.

Then immediately send the main army waiting in the mainland into the Netherlands.

The negotiations and actions between the Germans and the Dutch were not completely kept secret, but they did not take the initiative to disclose them to the outside world.

The Germans' action efficiency was unusually high.

In just two days, the first batch of mechanized corps had arrived at the border through the developed road network in the Netherlands.

By the time the French realized something was wrong, German soldiers were already swarming on the border.

After the auxiliary services and supply lines are pulled up, and Lucia's troops are in place, they can launch an attack.

At this time, the Netherlands included the Belgian region where Zhu Jingyuan lived in his previous life, and the southwest border was less than [-] kilometers away from Paris.

The French were really shocked.

Fortunately, France has already deployed a defense line here, and the additional French and British coalition forces are also rapidly adding troops to the defense line.

Both sides are making final preparations for battle.

On April [-], the second year of the Archduke's reign, the armies of Germany, Lucia, and Italy launched simultaneous attacks on four fronts.

The Italians attacked westward along the coastline of the Great Qinhai Sea.

The Lucians cooperated with the Germans to launch attacks in Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

Through the platform of the League of Nations, Ming Dynasty arranged military reporters within the armies of both sides, who were official and public records and observers.

There are also all kinds of information that Xichang obtained in the dark through its own informants.

News related to the war on the western continent was basically sent to the Ming Dynasty without any delay.

Every few days, Emperor Zhu Jingyuan of the Ming Dynasty would receive a report and analysis compiled by the Military Aircraft Department.

According to the views of the veteran generals in the Military Aircraft Department, the French and British are really useless.

Although the armies of the two countries did not collapse on the battlefield, the French and British could not push forward at all.

Most of the time, the Germans and Lucians were attacking, while the British and French were retreating intermittently.

In just two months after the war began, all the land outside the central Swiss mountains had been occupied by the German and Lucian forces.

The salient on the Rhine River was also pushed back by the efforts of everyone in Germany, and was pushed back to the Luxembourg Valley.

The fastest progress was made in the direction of the Netherlands, where the Germans had already reached the city walls of Paris.

The slowest progress was made by the Italians in the far south.

In the border area between Italy and France, there is a large area of ​​relatively rugged mountainous land, with only the coastal areas being relatively flat.

This kind of place is relatively easy to defend and not conducive to offense.

The Italians' fighting will is relatively weak, and there is a strong sense of speculation in it.

Therefore, the Italians themselves simply cannot push the show.

As the Spanish joined the agreement between Britain and France, the main forces rushed to the battlefield in southern France and even launched several counterattacks.

However, this kind of place is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although the French and Spanish coalition forces won several battles, they were unable to move forward.

Zhu Jingyuan was quite satisfied with the performance of the British and French armies.

After all, France, which had fought in World War II in its previous life, had been destroyed by Germany in just over 40 days.

It has only been two months since we reached the gates of Paris.

France in this world did suffer a lot in the world war, but it should not be as big as the First World War in its previous life.

However, the Germany of this world is also stronger than the Germany of the previous life.

Behind the key there is Lucia to help.

The current French and British are indeed unable to withstand the attacks of the two continental army powers.

Therefore, on June [-], the second year of the Era, Zhu Jingyuan once again arranged for Da Zongbo Shen to come forward and make an appeal through the platform of the League of Nations.

Once again, it reiterates the declared harm of war to the people and the destruction of everyone's property.

We call on relevant countries currently in a state of war to stop the meaningless fighting as soon as possible.

Ming Dynasty can discuss suitable peace agreements with various countries through the League of Nations platform.

Diplomats from the relevant countries felt a little confused when they received the news from the Ming Dynasty Honglu Temple.

Now both sides participating in the war are really fighting...

Lucia had crossed German soil to fight the French.

The Spaniards also made war with Italy.

The British also surprisingly participated in the war.

It is really inappropriate to call them to stop and accept the alliance's mediation now.

The key is that the alliance has tried to mediate several times before, but it has had no practical effect.

Germany annexed Denmark and then completely annexed Austria.

Lucia conquered Sweden and Denmark and then completely annexed the Ottomans.

The trust that ordinary people and scholars have in the League of Nations has now dropped very low.

The Germans and Lucians, who had unprecedented self-confidence, did not pay much attention to Ming's will.

Gneisenau said directly to his king:
"It seems that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty really has a strong fear of war.

"Also trying to stop Europa's final unification war in this case.

"But this is no longer possible."

Stein also said directly:
“The prestige of the League of Nations has hit rock bottom, and simple appeals without coercion have no practical meaning at all.

"Now I go back and look at what His Majesty the Ming Emperor said at the time. The so-called pursuit of peace but not the pursuit of completely avoiding war is actually a weak statement.

“If the League of Nations strictly prohibits war between member states, then when a war breaks out between member states, Ming, as the leader of the League, must intervene.

"The Ming Dynasty was unwilling to personally intervene in any war, so it left such weak regulations."

The proud King William also felt that what his most important advisers said made sense:
“Just arrange the representatives to the League of Nations and be as perfunctory as possible.

“Our focus continues to be on conquering Paris as quickly as possible.

“Paris is the largest city in France and the only megacity that far exceeds the size of other towns.

“Paris is of exceptional political and economic significance.

"Once we truly capture Paris and completely defeat the French's self-confidence, the subsequent battles will be much easier."

On the other side, the people in Britain and France who knew the people of Ming Dynasty best had new conjectures from another angle after seeing the news about Ming Dynasty.

King Louis XVII of France said directly to his ministers and generals:
"There is a proverb among the people of the Ming Dynasty, which appeared many times in the mouth of His Majesty Emperor Guangwu, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. This sentence is 'again, again, twice, never three'.

"There is another sentence in the ancient Ming Dynasty classics, 'If you punish someone without teaching, you call it cruelty; if you teach but don't change it, if you punish someone, it's called the king's way.'"

"Before the war between Austria and Prussia, Ming Dynasty had publicly made a mediation, affirming the destruction of people's lives and property by the war.

“Now, for the second time, the destructive role of war has been reiterated and the demand for mediation between the warring parties has been reiterated.

"This is the stage where the Ming Dynasty is 'civilizing' the German and Lucian people.

“This time, the already crazy Germans and Lucians will definitely refuse without hesitation again.

"That is to say, there will inevitably be the result of 'teaching but not transforming'.

"After such a result, Ming Dynasty can openly implement 'kingly punishment'.

“So, when Ming Dynasty publicly expresses its attitude towards war again, it will be time for Ming Dynasty to directly participate in the war.

"The end of the Germans and Lucians!"

(End of this chapter)