The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 619 About Albania
Compared with Albania, the Indian subcontinent is obviously much more important. At this time, the British government has not received news of Afghanistan's invasion of the Karat Khanate.

Robert Peel only knew that Henry Harding was making slow progress. Although the latter claimed to be making steady progress, the members of Congress and the funders behind them obviously did not buy it.

What those people want is a broader market, more sources of raw materials, and higher profits.

So Robert Peel decided to send some more people to speed up Sir Henry Harding, and by the way, he also warned Austria.

Austria added three thousand troops, England added five thousand, but if Robert Peel had known what was going on in the Indian subcontinent at this moment, he could have sent thirty thousand more.

The Sikh Empire did not surrender, and the Afghan invasion forced Sir Henry Harding to mobilize more troops.

As a result, while the rear was unstable, it attracted a group of sharks that smelled of blood, including Persia and Oman.

Of course, the former is just thinking about it, while the latter is really ready to do it, because Oman actually controls Gwadar, and they can use this as a base to start a competition against India.

It's just that Said the Great was a little scared by the Austrians. He didn't want to repeat the same mistakes and decided to take a look.

At the same time, something even more unfavorable to the British happened. Afghanistan and the Sikh Empire settled their suspicions and formed an alliance to fight against Britain.

It has to be said that Akbar Khan's personal ability is indeed outstanding, and his alliance with the feuding Sikhs was completely beyond the expectations of the British.

In fact, before this, Henry Harding was still studying how to make the Afghans and Sikhs fight among themselves, and then the British fisherman would benefit.

However, as the number one shit stirrer in the world, even if the other party forms an alliance first, it will cause trouble.

After Austria added 7000 troops, Tranquiba's total strength reached 1500, including [-] Austrian troops, [-] Danish mercenaries, and an army of about [-] locals.

Although it was nominally an increase of [-] troops, in fact, besides the army, there were also a large number of craftsmen, officials and missionaries.

Religion may not be useful against great powers and countries with strong national self-confidence, but it is really useful for early civilizations in colonies.

Especially the Austrian Catholic Church, which has accumulated rich experience in "multilevel marketing organizations", they have learned how to "adapt to local conditions", "do as the Romans do", and "flexibly believe in religion" under Franz's transformation.
Franz felt that religious victory was easier than sending troops to conquer India.

And because of the relationship between Hinduism and the caste system, it is naturally suitable for Austrians to preach.Of course, if some missionaries were unfortunately martyred, then Austria would have all the more reason to send troops and demand compensation.

Catholicism, like many early religions, has a strong control over the grassroots, and they can easily form a special political force to control the situation.

In this regard, Protestantism is much worse, and their speed of spreading and control over primitive civilization is far inferior to the former.

The prosperity of the Austrian church made the Prussian church very unhappy. In 1845, the Prussian church hoped to transform the church like Austria and turn it into a subordinate institution of the state.

At that time, the Prussian church cooperated closely with the government, which issued priest qualification certificates, stipulated educational content, and managed church property.

This official church model existed widely in Europe in the 19th century and was called the state church system.

The church in Prussia is obviously not reconciled to this. Some believers and pastors have called for the self-reform of the church, such as improving the quality of education and improving the treatment of pastors.

At the same time, some religious leaders advocated Catholic teachings and traditional theological views in the fields of education, society, and politics. In particular, they liked to compare their neighboring Austria, which made King Frederick William IV of Prussia very unhappy.

However, the reality is that the Prussian Protestant Church has been unable to get rid of the control of the state in the process of modernization. Coupled with continuous religious reforms and no colonies to increase the number of believers, it has increasingly lost its original political and social status and independence. .

Even if the church wants to prevent this from happening, they cannot escape their role as political appendages.

In the end, the displeasure of the church was only blown away by Frederick William IV with a snort.

As a result, some aspiring "magic sticks" aimed at Austria, a country that can "flexibly believe in religion" and is ready to make great achievements.

After learning about the competition between Britain and Austria in Albania, Russia, which was in the north, was unexpectedly calm, and did not rush to express its position, but instead observed the development of the situation.

In fact, it is not that Russia has learned to be smart, but that the intensity and intensity of the Caucasus War are much higher than the same period in history, and the Tsar really has no time to take care of Albania's affairs.

The Tsar has been slow to express his position, and the embarrassment is the others.Austria and Great Britain started a war of words, and the Ottoman Empire needed a longer investigation time.

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Fremont was a little dissatisfied before seeing Friedrich's fleet, because after the Austrian side incorporated this huge fleet with nearly [-] warships, they actually changed those warships into fishing boats and cargo ships.

This is an insult to the Americans who surrendered. Although the warships were originally converted from fishing boats and cargo ships, it was still where they fought.

In fact, this is also a helpless move. It is not a problem to support tens of thousands of navies with the wealth of California, but these navies cannot all be Americans.

Franz didn't believe that the descendants of the British could live in peace forever, so when the fleet was first incorporated, it was diluted with sand, and then after reorganization and reorganization, the number of Americans was finally reduced to Below 40%.

It's just that these people are still proud. They feel that the navy of the Austrian Empire is not good enough. Not only California, but even the entire Austrian Empire needs them as a facade.

However, this pride was shattered when Friedrich's fleet arrived.

Because those huge battleships are not at all comparable to the California fleet. At this time, the largest flagship in Fremont's hands is only 2100 tons, and the smallest of the ten new steam battleships brought by Friedrich is also 4500 tons.

As the flagship, the Prinz Eugen is a monster of nearly 7000 tons. In front of these behemoths, the "battleships" in the California fleet that are less than 1000 tons look particularly petite and cute.

At the same time, the regular army of the Austrian Empire also left a deep impression on Fremont, who had previously thought that the Austrian army that defeated Robert Stockton must be the most elite army in Austria.

However, when the Austrian Navy led by Archduke Friedrich disembarked, these surrendered U.S. troops felt a sense of inferiority.

This was naturally done by Franz on purpose, and the purpose was naturally to shake the mountain and shake the tiger.

(End of this chapter)