Chapter 180

With the announcement of Prince Frederick Karl of Prussia, Vienna, Austria, sent the strongest diplomatic note in history to Berlin.

Emperor Franz Joseph I of the Austrian Empire addressed directly to William I of the Kingdom of Prussia, asking him to explain his nephew's words, and to hold a meeting of all members of the German Confederation in Vienna.

At the meeting, Austria and its ally Bavaria and other members of the Southern German Confederation criticized the actions of the Kingdom of Prussia, which violated the interests of the internal members of the German Confederation, and demanded that Prussia stop this destabilizing move within the German Confederation.

Many members of the German Confederation in the north defended Prussia. In the end, Prussia and Austria did not reach a compromise agreement.

This disappointed the rest of Europe, and it also set the stage for a conflicting start for future relations between the two countries.

And Prussia has won the support of other members of the German Confederation on par with Austria, which has made Prussia once again prove that he has reached an equal level with Austria in the German Confederation.

This further makes the Austrian Empire, the central hegemonic power, feel its status is declining.

On August 15, 1863, it was supported by Prince Frederick Karl of Prussia and the news of the feedback from Europe.

Twodros II, consciously had the confidence to rebel against the Austrian Empire.

So the Ethiopian king, who had been holding back his anger, began to anger the consul of the Austrian Empire.

He was going to kidnap a small team of Austrian foreign teachers to attract the attention of Franz Joseph I.

In the process, he also felt something that made him very angry.

An Austrian missionary from Franz Sturt, who lived in Ethiopia for a long time.

Without anyone noticing, he published a book describing the local customs of Ethiopia.

This not only exposed the tragic childhood of Tewodros II, but also evaluated him as an out-and-out tyrant in the book.

When Twodros II found out, he felt doubly insulted.

Because according to the Ethiopian tradition, the county masters are all derived from the noble blood of the ancient King Solomon, and it is impossible to have a down and down experience.

Franz Sturt's writings are telling the Western world that not only was he born humble, but he also managed the country in a way.

So he ordered the missionary couple to be imprisoned together with Austria, and ordered their servants to be killed.

Things quickly reached Austria, which led to a diplomatic note from Austria.

However, King Tewodros II wanted to bargain with this, but found that the other party asked for an unconditional release.

But Twodros II naturally refused.

So the enraged Austrian Franz Joseph I gave an order and directly asked Prince Olsperger to speed up the invasion of Ethiopia.

Due to the ruggedness of the mountainous region of Ethiopia, Vienna soon ordered to gradually learn from the British in the formation of the Corps of Engineers.

In Vienna, an expeditionary force was also formed, and they went to the Ethiopian mountains without hesitation.

After Prince Olsperger got the support of the Corps of Engineers.

So the previous troops took on the task of fighting.

In order to deal with the Ethiopian fortress, the experienced Prince Olsperger also started from the navy, so that the Austrian naval fleet stationed in Djibouti also sent artillery detachments and land teams to carry heavy artillery disassembled from battleships to participate in the war.

When Prince Olsperger was planning his battle, he found that the biggest difficulty was dealing with the poor traffic in Ethiopia.

The long-term war and remoteness have made the country's Djibouti port smaller, and there are no qualified roads in the interior.

Coupled with the strong rule of Tewodros II, who had been ruled by local warlords before, many unexpected factors were added for no reason.

Therefore, Austria was prepared to open the way with the Austrian Corps of Engineers, to build ports, camps and roads locally. There is not enough human and animal power for the logistics supply.

On October 20, 1863, with the landing of the Corps of Engineers, they expanded the port of Djibouti more than five times in just one month. It has become a medium-sized temporary port in Europe.

By the end of November 1863, the Austrian sappers completed the railways in the three places occupied by Austria, such as Ali Sabieh and Dikil, and built 8 large iron bridges for these places. They also built a special surrounding tower. Highway in Jura Bay.

In addition, a highway from Dikil to the northern city of Merkle is about to be built.

As these roads were perfected step by step, it was confirmed that Austria's looming dominance was consolidated.

These measures in Austria made everyone extremely dignified.

Unlike Italy's previous operations, this Austria is clearly building a solid rear, and is not eager for a quick result of a temporary war.

Instead, the Prince of Olsperger likes to nibble a little.

Italy, headed by Emmanuel II, was waiting for a joke, but suddenly felt the seriousness of the situation.

Because according to the current Austrian model, even if it fails in the front battlefield, with the construction of these transportation network facilities, Austria, with its huge mobilization ability of troops, with the completion of these transportation network facilities, it can enable them to rapidly deploy troops. Ability.

This is something that Italy did not have before.

The emergence of this result makes it difficult for Austria to withdraw from Ethiopia after its defeat in the future. If so, how will Italy have another chance to invade Ethiopia?

European countries are also closely watching Austria's military operations there, trying to assess Austria's combat power. In particular, the military experts in Berlin quickly analyzed all the actions of Austria. The analysis results were presented to the desk of the highest level in Berlin and provided to William I, Bismarck, Moltke and others.

William IV of the Netherlands, who had been married for three months, also set up his own think tank of the Ministry of Defense to analyze the battle reports of various countries.

In this think tank, William IV is divided into various groups for this purpose, such as the British group, the Tsarist Russia group, the Austrian group, the Italian group, the U.S. group, etc. Almost all countries above medium and large countries have formed analysis groups. Only the numbers vary.

This was made by William IV from the influence of think tanks of later countries.

Not only the Ministry of National Defense, but also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance have formed their own teams to analyze the policies of various countries. These teams have one or two members from small countries, and 10 members from large-power teams such as Britain and France.

The purpose of these think tank groups is to analyze the military, foreign and economic policies of various countries, to obtain the latest information for the Netherlands and to gain benefits for the Netherlands to quickly make corresponding policies in the new policy.

"Austria's engineering corps has done a good job, and the Netherlands should also have its own engineering corps, so that it can carry out faster and Far East development, as well as African domination."

William IV said to Chief of General Staff Mark Lude: "This engineering corps is very important. In the future, the Netherlands will need to use it for both internal construction and external use of troops. The rapid construction is very important for the Netherlands. Alaska cannot be close to the capitalists. Only when the military expands roads and facilities can attract them to invest, and people will go there to live there."

Mark Rudd nodded.

After William IV had just finished the Privy Council meeting, two people were left alone, one was the military chief of staff Mark Rudd, and the other was naturally the Prime Minister of the cabinet government, Tolbeck.

William IV asked Tolbeck: "What about the control on the African side?"

Tolbekton paused, then sighed: "The ethnic groups there are very complex, and we are implementing a high-handed policy, so these ethnic groups are conducting silent resistance."

William IV frowned. This involves ethnic matters, which is the most complicated. The identity of the Dutch white people makes these African future nations naturally disgusted.

"Is there any way for them to change their senses of the white Dutch without so much resistance"

Tolbek shook his head, "They all think that we are foreign invaders, so they all have the same position."

"Oh? You mean the convergence of positions?" William IV thought of something and asked again to confirm.

Although Tolbeck didn't understand why William IV had to confirm again, he still nodded and said, "Yes."

Mark Lü De also said: "It is indeed the case. Our troops have also received a lot of hostility there~www.mtlnovel.com~ The Congo is okay, at least we have used the influence of the King of Gang to change our image, It left our army with little resistance, but on the Kenyan and Tanzania side, it was a bit bad."

William IV: "How many native East Indians have we emigrated to Tanzania and Kenya?"

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Although I don't understand why William IV suddenly turned to this topic, Tolbeck still said it well: "At present, there have been 300,000 immigrants in Kenya and 500,000 in Tanzania."

William IV again asked about the local population.

"The total population is around 800,000, with Kikuyu 17%, Luhiya 14%, Kalenjin 11%, Luau 10%, Kamba 10%, and some other ethnic groups.

As for Tanzania, it is more complicated. The total population is about 5 million. The Uganda region at the northern end of Lake Victoria in Bugugou has 700,000 people, mainly Hutu people occupy 70% and Tutsi 30%.

The difference is even greater in Burundi, with 80% Hutu and less than 20% Tutsi.

However, on the Lake Victoria side of the Congo, the Tutsi occupy a lot of this position. He has always cooperated closely with the King of Congo, so his status in Congo is very high. "

When William IV heard the words, his frowning furrowed, and after hearing it, he suddenly loosened up in the surprise of Thorbeck and Mark Rude.

Has Your Majesty thought of a solution?