Chapter 187 Objection is invalid (Part 1)

Chapter 187 Objection is invalid (Part 1)

With Palmerston's lesson learned, the British no longer plan to hold a meeting on their own territory, and the purpose of this meeting is to defeat Russia and France, so Paris and St. Petersburg must be excluded, and the only option left is Berlin. , Vienna, and Istanbul.

Among them, Istanbul is considered the British home court, but in order to win over Austria, they can only choose Vienna. Viscount Stratford (Canning) will also go to Vienna to discuss matters related to the convening of the Five Nations Conference with Metternich.

Vienna, Regency Council.

Although Count Korolaf strongly opposed it, within Austria, whether it was the military or the civil servants, most were excited about the possibility of regaining Belgrade.

In history, Austria has recaptured Belgrade three times, and each time represents the highlight moment of the empire, reminding people of great names such as Prince Eugen and Joseph II.

And Friedrich's good news gave great confidence within the Austrian Empire. After all, Austria did not have a real fleet before. Listen to the name of the Austrian main fleet, and you will understand what kind of navy this is.

The Danube Fleet, the Rhine Fleet, there is no doubt that they were originally river fleets. In fact, the Austrian navy has never had a separate organization. They are more like an auxiliary branch of the army.

Even the generals of the navy were once held by the army. In the Austrian Empire, there were very few professional naval generals like Friedrich.

With this glorious victory, the navy has the qualifications to form an independent army.

In fact, Austria began to form a navy after 1756, but its predecessor was the Danube Navy that had been fighting the Ottoman Empire for many years. In 1802, the first and only naval academy was established, but it was not until Archduke Friedrich. Before taking office, the navy was always commanded by the army.

Friedrich also became the first vice-admiral in the history of the Austrian Empire. At Franz's strong suggestion, Friedrich established his naval headquarters in Trieste.

In fact, according to Friedrich, Venice was the best port in Austria at this time.

But Franz knew very well that Venice's development potential was not great, and its throughput was not even half that of the unpopular port of Trieste.

And during the storm of 1848, the city would fall, and the Austrian army, under the command of General Reach, surrendered the city without firing a shot.

The last ones to resist were a group of Italian sailors who refused to surrender. They built barricades on the pier and all died after fighting fiercely for a day and night with the rebels.

In the end, the Venetians captured 90% of Austria's ships, so much so that the Kingdom of Sardinia dared to blockade the Adriatic Sea with only two battleships.

After all, Franz didn't know that Archdeacon Friedrich would dissolve in water just before the storm came.

Historically, Archduke Friedrich drowned in 1847.

The newly appointed naval commander chose to vacation in Belgium to escape the storm of 1848. After the turmoil ended, he was awarded the rank of marshal and lived until he was more than eighty years old.

The original purpose of Trieste was to be used as a military port. The defense here is no worse than Venice, and the troops are relatively loyal. Coupled with the construction of the railway, the potential here is huge.

The nineteen battleships brought back from Egypt can be reborn as long as they are equipped with steam power. Although this fleet is not enough for Austria to dominate the Mediterranean, it is enough for countries such as Britain and France to no longer dare to underestimate Austria's maritime strength.

There is no need for the church's ship to flaunt and deceive under the banner of France and Spain.

In the past, merchant ships of the Austrian Church could fly under the French flag to avoid pirate harassment as much as possible.

With this fleet, Austria can send its original frigates to protect merchant ships.

Although merchant ships have guns and combat personnel, Austrian warships cruising on the ocean can greatly enhance the influence of the Austrian Empire.

Governor's Palace of Bosnia.

Abidal Pasha had just received Magid's order that he could withdraw from Bosnia, and he couldn't wait to pack up his belongings and prepare to run away.

It is said that three years to clear the governor's office and one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. However, Abidal served as governor of Bosnia for three years. Apart from more than twenty assassinations, he received nothing. Even the guards had to pay for themselves.

There are actually only more than 4,000 soldiers out of the 8,000 under his command. This is not because he is on free pay, but because his men often go on strike, and he can only rely on money to solve these problems. Of course Abidal couldn't pay for it himself, so he could only use military pay.

Although this is the territory of the Tianfang Sect, the locals eat pork like the damn pagans (the Tianfang Sect considers pork to be unclean food), which makes Abidal feel disgusted.

The local Bosniaks and Serbs both followed the patriarchal system, and the ethnic groups formed villages and often resisted paying taxes or blocking roads and robberies.

If troops are sent to suppress it, if few people go, they may not be able to defeat the local armed forces, and may be surrounded and suppressed by nearby villages; if too many people go, those people will dig into the ravine, and the army will have no choice but to return without success; and The mountain people are tough and fierce, and they are not afraid of death when fighting. Most of their companions are related by kinship. Killing one of them will lead to crazy revenge from a group of people.

Bosnia is located at the border between Austria and the Ottoman Empire. Although frictions between the two countries continue, trade has never stopped for a day, but only in the form of smuggling.

Smugglers hire a large number of desperadoes to travel between the two countries in order to make huge profits, and the government, soldiers and bandits hope to get a piece of the pie.

As a result, the blood on this land has never dried up for a moment, and even many local young people yearn for the kind of life of fighting, conspiracy and betrayal.

The most direct result of this situation is that the entire Bosnia region cannot collect much tax.

In fact, Magid himself still hoped that Abidal Pasha could resist to some extent, and it would be best to die for his country, so that he would appear heroic and the Ottoman Empire would be better off.

The locals in Bosnia are really not very loyal to the Ottoman Empire. Most of their ancestors were Christians, but they were conquered by the Ottomans in 1463. In order to become true Ottomans and enjoy their rights, they converted to Tianfang Christianity.

Of course, there were also some immigrants from other places in the Ottoman Empire. At this time, Bosniaks were the second largest ethnic group in the area.

After hearing the news that Austria was about to annex Bosnia, a considerable number of them were ready to leave this pagan land and return to the Ottoman Empire.

But the attitude of most people is to prepare to welcome Master Wang, and change their teaching and clothes at the same time.

The local Serbians have their own ideas. Some people think that joining the Austrian Empire is a good thing. After all, they will become civilized people from now on. At least they will be better off than in the Ottoman Empire.

But some people don't think so. They feel that heresy and paganism are all the same, and it is very likely that the land will be remeasured and they will be asked to pay taxes. This is not a good thing for the local gentry with certain strength.

Soon they heard that Austria was preparing to split Bosnia in two and hand over East Bosnia to Serbia in exchange for Belgrade.