Chapter 1135: Being Acted Out

  Chapter 1114: Acted Out

The Netherlands was forced to take sides, and the Nordic Confederation wasn’t much better. Despite the fact that the family is a little bit more powerful, but that also depends on who it is compared to.

Continental countries are Vienna government was pulled on the chariot, the light of the Nordic countries, even if the federal family can remain neutral, but also to consider the aftermath of the liquidation ah!
If you can’t do it, then go into the mountains and fight guerrilla, that’s just lip service. Who has enough to eat, put a good day not, to go to the mountain ravine.

Moreover, even if you want to drill the ravine, there must be a mountain first. Norway and Sweden do have the potential to use the terrain to resist and fight a war of attrition, but Denmark can not ah!
The flat Jutland Peninsula, simply does not have the conditions for long-term defense. The specific reference might be to World War II, where the battle was over in just four hours.

It’s a bit of an exaggeration, but facts are facts, even if they are mixed with other factors, they can’t be changed.

The current situation is not as good as the original time and space, at least at that time, the European battlefield there is the Soviet Union to support, although the anti-German alliance is in the lower echelon, but the comprehensive national strength is still more dominant.

Now it is very different, at the moment the European continent as far as the eye can see all the members of the anti-British alliance. Look at let a person daunted, not to mention confrontation with it.

In the face of the Vienna government’s final disk, the central government of the Nordic Confederation has not yet made the final choice, the Danes will help them make a choice.

There was no way out, it was all forced by reality. For the Nordic Confederation, the threat that the Holy Roman Empire could bring to them was obviously much greater than that of the British.

As one of the smallest powers on the European continent, the Nordic Confederation was not weak in terms of territory and military power.

There was only one reason that limited them from becoming a great power – insufficient population.

Nearly 900,000 square kilometers of land, only living less than 10 million people, naturally can not support a power.

This was one of the reasons why the Nordic Confederation wanted Finland back. Although the economy of the Russian-run Grand Duchy of Finland was not very good, adding a few million people to the population would mean a great deal to the Nordic Confederation.

But where the Nordic Confederation had a population of 20 to 30 million, it was not so passive. Vienna government can force a small country to stand, but the treatment of the Great Powers or pull together the main.

Unfortunately, the reality is not if, harsh climate, limit the local population growth.

After all, not all peoples are as resilient as the Russians, who maintain a high fertility rate in the cold, icy country.

Scandinavian populations are quite Buddhist when it comes to fertility. The population base itself is small, and the birth rate has not been able to keep up with the world average for many years, and the outflow of population is also serious.

The population limits the strength of the Nordic Confederation, and when facing the Holy Roman Empire as a behemoth, it naturally does not have the strength.

……

London, South Africa war clouds, not waiting for the British government to react, ushered in the bad news that countries have gone down.

The situation has changed so quickly that it is overwhelming. It should be noted that only a week ago, the most popular movements in Europe were the “anti-war movement” and the “neutrality movement”.

In addition to Russia and Austria, all the countries of the European continent are member states of the “anti-war movement”, the anti-war call went straight to the sky.

In order to avoid being drawn into the war, they even agreed to hold an international conference in Madrid after Christmas to form a “neutral front”.

Naturally, the British government was instrumental in this. The rule of law is not only applicable to individuals, but also applies to international politics.

With the participation of all European countries, it is impossible for the Holy Roman Empire to pursue this issue, no matter how strong it is.

For Britannia, if it couldn’t pull itself together, having the countries remain neutral was also a good choice.

In order to strengthen the countries’ determination to remain neutral, the British government was even considering whether to give up its plan to completely blockade the European continent and just target the Holy Roman Empire alone.

Facts have proved that they are completely overthinking. Wallflowers are always wallflowers, and it is simply impossible for them to face the gale without bending over.

Don’t look at the neutrality movement is the Dutch people take the lead in launching, but the clamor is the most powerful but not the Dutch government, on the contrary, Belgium, Sardinia and other countries show the most intense.

Trying to substitute roles, Campbell believes that the main reason is that these countries have experienced the pain of war, anti-war is the right thing to do.

The reality, however, is very comedic, and as fast as they clamor in the front, they get off their asses and take sides in the back.

The news of the outbreak of military conflict in South Africa has just come, the countries can not wait to show their loyalty to the government in Vienna, there is no time left for the British government to react.

Before it was clear what was going on, a giant “anti-British alliance” that gathered all the countries of the European continent appeared in front of everyone’s eyes.

Although some of these countries were taken hostage and did not want to participate in this storm, the final result was that they did participate.

“Fighting the European continent alone” was a joke used by the Foreign Ministry to scare the parliamentarians in order to get the parliament to allocate funds for the implementation of the policy of balancing Europe and the continent, but it never occurred to me that it would really come true.

Foreign Minister Adam said with a sad face: “We were fooled by the European countries, they have long been colluding with the Holy Roman Empire.

The anti-war movement that broke out in the front is just a cover for their collusion, the purpose is to lower our vigilance.

I propose to take immediate action and carry out a full retaliation, letting them know that Great Britain is not easy to bully ……”

It’s impossible not to be angry, Adam’s political career was already over and now he’s caught up with this.

“The worst Foreign Secretary the British Empire has ever seen” is really solid this time. The ancients have been missing from the front, now it’s up to the back to see if there are any more to come.

Estimating the possibility of being surpassed by those who came after is also unlikely. After all, Britain’s hegemony is only once, and once it falls down and then wants to get it back, the basic disk of the British Isles is far from enough.

If nothing happens, Adam Winjard’s name will be accompanied by the history of Britain, as an antithesis to be immortalized.

Of course, Adam was not the only unlucky one. After such a big incident, the cabinet members present, one for each, no one would be able to escape.

As the saying goes, “Analyze the mess beforehand, but see everything afterward.” The international situation has changed dramatically, and what was once the right thing to do has now become a sin.

Campbell interrupted: “Sir, there is no point in talking about this now, prepare to be questioned by the parliamentarians!

Those lords, they don’t consider the actual situation. They only see a dozen or so countries conspiring against Britain in collusion with each other, and we actually know nothing about such a big thing.

But don’t worry, before the end of our term of office, I believe no one will steal our rice bowls. Now that this is a mess, it’s too late for them to avoid it, so how could they take the initiative to get into it?”

Hindsight is 20/20, and anyone is capable of doing it. As Prime Minister Campbell said, a dozen countries conspired against the UK, why did the government know nothing about such a big deal?
There will even be people who will go deeper into kernel analysis and interpret this incident from deep political logic.

For example: the Holy Roman Empire has a restoration favor to Belgium, the Italian states were liberated by the Holy Roman Empire itself, the Holy Roman Empire supported Spain to recover ……

A favor owed always needs to be repaid, especially if it is owed to a great power.

Now it is time to repay the debt, there is nothing wrong with the countries supporting the Holy Luo.

Ordinary people can think of the problem, the government actually knew nothing about it beforehand, that must be malfeasance.

If this had happened at another time, it would have been enough to cause Campbell’s cabinet to collectively roll over.

Keeping them in office is not because people are merciful, it’s mainly because no one wants to take over this mess.

Asquith, Minister of Finance: ”Your Excellency the Prime Minister, I think the core issue right now should not be these things that have happened, our eyes must look forward.

The emergence of the Anti-British Alliance has signaled that the war has entered the countdown. It is imperative that we still find a way to win this war.

For example: first stabilize the mood of our allies and make them believe that the ultimate victory must belong to us. Or perhaps striking first and catching the enemy off guard ……”

There was no way around it, the Foreign Minister was clearly devastated right now, he was simply out of it at the moment, and someone had to be reminded of what to do next.

Prime Minister Campbell: “The outline of the battle plan, I have already reported it to the King. Because of the flaws in the plan, His Majesty is not very satisfied.

Especially the program to strike the core of the Holy Roman Empire is missing. Just some targeting of the enemy ……”

(End of chapter)