The government is taking action, and the people are not idle either. The fastest reaction is the capital market. The prices of strategic materials in the futures market continue to rise, and the stock market is also in a state of ice and fire.

One company engaged in overseas trade is counted as one, and all of them are doubting their lives. Instead, the military industry sector has risen rapidly.

For their own interests, capitalists engaged in overseas trade quickly took action and launched a massive anti-war activity across Europe.

Especially in small European countries, almost the whole nation participated together, submitting petitions to the embassies of Britain and Austria abroad, calling on the two countries to calm down and use negotiations to resolve the problem.

Unfortunately, it is useless. Britain and Shinra's chariots have been started, and they are not something that can be stopped just by trying to stop.

It’s not that Franz disrespects public opinion, but on the contrary, the war was launched because of public opinion. Although the voices of anti-war among the people are high, the voices of the main war are even louder!

Apart from those who have suffered losses in China, there are only idealists left. There is no doubt that compared with the whole society, the voices of these people are simply insignificant.

There is no way, the British deer is too fat. If the British Empire is still at its peak, even if everyone has ambitions, they can only hold it in.

The reality is very cruel. The British missed the Second Industrial Revolution, which directly led to their own disadvantage in international competition.

Although everyone originally doubted the strength of the British, they were shocked by the reputation of the Royal Navy and did not dare to act rashly for a while.

However, as the British announced their withdrawal from the free trade system, they suddenly leaked their bottom line, and everyone suddenly discovered that the world's factories in the past are now declining.

Once the weakness is revealed, it is obviously impossible to have the previous deterrent power.

There are still many smart people in this world. Franz can think of killing British people with numbers, and naturally some people among the people can think of them.

With the advantage of industrial size, Shinra could do it: for every warship built by the British, they would build two of them to compete with them.

The navy is a technical branch, and even more so. No matter how elite the Royal Navy is, it is impossible to fight two at sea.

At least when the performance of warships on both sides is almost the same, it is impossible to fight against two.

Then the question is, even though our overall national strength is stronger, why should we let the British be the boss?

This is not a dispute over false reputation, and it is accompanied by a lot of benefits. The biggest dividend is naturally monetary hegemony, which is almost bound by world hegemony.

In the past ten or twenty years, the British have not had a stable hegemony, and the currency hegemony of the British pound has been separated by the Aegis.

But no matter how much you share, it is not as good as eating alone. No one can refuse to be able to kill the British and enjoy monetary hegemony alone.

Not only that, the British also had the most fertile colonies, which were a great temptation for both the nobles and the civilians.

It is no joke to turn over once. According to Emperor Franz's usual style, the most fertile land must be enfeoffed, and everyone cannot be moved.

Everyone is looking forward to the moon, but it is difficult to wait until the British Empire declines. If they don’t take action quickly, what will happen if the British people revived later?

This is a precedent. The old-fashioned empire of the Holy Roman Empire is a typical example of rebirth from the ashes, and no one can guarantee that the British cannot do it.

No matter how you look at it, Britain is much stronger now than the split Shenluo that year, and the difficulty of reviving is much lower.

As long as they make up for the internal adjustments and make up for the homework that was left in the Second Industrial Revolution, they will still be awesome empire that will never set.

There is no need to crush Shenluo's strength. As long as the strength of both sides is close, the Vienna government will not be able to launch a challenge that is doomed to lose both sides.

Perhaps Britain will decline even further in the future, but everyone's patience has almost been exhausted and they are unwilling to continue waiting.

Besides, the British would not sit still and wait for death. If the reform was really that simple, Campbell would not have stopped.

It is precisely because everything that can be changed has been changed, and when it is time to "reform", it suddenly becomes stuck. It is forced to suppress its competitors to consolidate its hegemony.

As a result, when you look back, your competitors have become giants. Not to mention suppressing your competitors, it would be good not to be suppressed by your competitors.

Without willingness to give up hegemony, the British would naturally be no exception. Driven by interests, the British Empire couldn't help but activate the chariot.

In St. Petersburg, since the intensification of the contradiction between Shinra and Britain, Nicholas II has had an unknown premonition.

Although he dreamed of provoking a war between Britain and Austria in order to act as a fisherman and make the best interests from it.

But the time is wrong now! The Russian Empire is deeply trapped in the quagmire of the Far East, and before solving the Japanese, there is no time to distract him from taking care of him.

Not to mention that the fisherman has benefited, even the battlefield in the Far East requires the help of the Vienna government to support it.

In this context, it is fortunate to say that the fisherman has benefited, and it is not a disaster to the fish in the pond.

When a war broke out between Britain and Shinra, the entire European foreign trade would be affected, and the Russian Empire would naturally be no exception.

If it were just a simple trade damage, Nicholas II would naturally not mind in order to make Shinra fight with Britain.

The problem is that the logistics of the Russian army on the Far East battlefield were transported from the European continent.

Except for a small number that traveled through Siberia to the Far East, most of them were transited through the Far East Empire through land and then smuggled to the front-line troops.

When the war between Shinra and Britain broke out, the maritime traffic line would inevitably be affected. Especially the ships transporting strategic materials were the focus of the two sides' attacks on each other.

Inadvertent injury is inevitable. It is okay to encounter the Shenluo Navy on the way, but I will not seize my own ship. If I encounter the Royal Navy, it will be a tragedy.

Nicholas II did not think that his own face would allow the British to open up their own eyes. You should know that Britain and Japan are alliances, and there was always only hatred between Britain and Russia.

Once the supplies were deducted on the way, the Russian officers and soldiers on the front line were about to have a tragedy. Without enough logistics supplies, they would have no way to fight.

Thinking of this, without hesitation, Nicholas II immediately ordered: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent someone to urge us to order our previous orders, and at the same time, it added orders to the major military factories of Shinra.

At all costs, we must also send strategic materials for at least one year to the Far East before the war between the two countries breaks out."

If you don’t hurry, time will not wait for anyone now. Anyone who is slowing down may lead to the failure of the war.

Fortunately, the smuggling network has been opened, and only the materials need to be sent to the Far Eastern Empire were needed, and someone took over and was responsible for transporting them to the front line. The Tsarist government just needed to give money.

Foreign Minister Mikhairovic: "Your Majesty, is this too hasty? It is necessary to pile up a large amount of strategic materials in the Far East Empire and prevent the Japanese from causing trouble, which can easily cause changes."

This kind of worry is not redundant, who has offended many people? In recent decades, I have been sucking the wool from the Far Eastern Empire, and the seeds of hatred have long been planted.

The smuggling trade can proceed smoothly. In addition to the senior leaders of the Far Eastern Empire who hope that both Japan and Russia will suffer losses, more importantly, the Shanxi merchants who only recognize money are responsible for transportation.

If it falls into the hands of nationalists, even if there is no fire, there is no hope to be delivered to the destination safely.

You should know that the Japanese are not idle, and are carrying out anti-Russian propaganda day and night, and are stronger than the Russian propaganda department and have been stronger than at least a hundred streets.

Nicholas II shook his head and said, "I can't take care of that much now, and it will be too late to go to the end. I will send the supplies to the Far East Empire first and entrust them to the Austrians for custody.

Their relationship with the Far East Empire is good. In order to avoid affecting the relationship between the two countries, the Far East government will not attack their products.

As long as the Holy Roman Empire is not defeated in the battle for hegemony, no one dares to act rashly."

It can be seen that Nicholas II is in a very contradictory mood now.

On the one hand, he needed the support of Shinra to win the ongoing Russo-Japanese War; on the other hand, he hoped that Shinra would be defeated, and only when Shinra was finished could the Russian Empire return to the center of the world.

No matter how conflicted the heart is, the Vienna government must stand together politically. The golden signboard of the Russian-Austrian alliance cannot be lost just like that.

As for the British's enlistment, Nicholas II never took it seriously. The hatred between Britain and Russia was too deep, and even the Tsar dared not give up easily.

If you form an alliance with the enemy and turn around to fight your allies, you don’t have to think about it. If you really want to do that, you have to change to a Tsar.

There was only one Peter III, and there was only one forever. The same loss was the Russians would not take it for the second time.

Army Minister Yevgeny said, "Your Majesty, the enemy has increased the patrol density in the air. In order to ensure the safety of the airship, we must increase the escort efforts.

The Army Department hopes to increase its efforts to purchase aircraft to seize air superiority on the Far East battlefield.”

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Chapter completed!