Chapter 1139: God’s Face

  Chapter 1118 – God’s Face

Along with the formation of the two camps, the international situation became increasingly clear. On one side is the anti-British alliance centered on the Holy Roman Empire – the Continental Alliance; on the other side is the anti-God’s face alliance formed by Britain – the Pan-Oceanic Front.

The attack on the Suez Canal tore open the last layer of windowpaper, and the conflicts between the two camps were put on the table.

The escalation of armed conflicts in various places, in addition to being one paper short of a declaration of war, has resulted in a substantial war between Shinra and Britannia.

Most of the main member states of the Continental Union were concentrated in Europe, and with the ready-made organizational framework of the Continental Union, which was now only functionally changed a little, the British-led Pan-Oceanic Front was in trouble.

When the countries initially joined the Pan-Oceanic Front, the situation was not what it is now. The British had only told everyone to form a group to besiege Shinra, but they hadn’t said that the enemy was the entire continent of Europe.

The scope of the enemy expanded, and disputes occurred within the Pan Ocean Front. Despite everyone’s confidence in the Royal Navy, they had no idea what to expect from this war.

The saying, “A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor,” did not apply between countries. Because of history, most countries have conflicts of interest or even long-term hostility with their neighbors.

An enemy of an enemy is not necessarily a friend, but can be an ally most of the time. If Chile joins the Pan-Oceanic Front, for example, the two hostile countries, Peru and Bolivia, are naturally inclined towards a continental alliance.

The fact that they haven’t jumped out to take sides now is just a result of the dominant position of the Royal Navy, which has kept everyone from acting rashly, or maybe they’ve secretly hooked up.

In this context, not only do we all have to participate in the war against Shinra, but we also have to be careful of the surrounding neighbors stabbing the knife.

It’s not that the British government hasn’t thought of ways to solve this, but when it comes to interests, there’s no way to talk about it.

Taking Chile, Bolivia and Peru as an example, it is very simple for Bolivia and Peru to give up their hatred, as long as Chile is willing to give up its gains from the South Pacific War.

If Chile is willing to give up the gains from the South Pacific War, it will be easy to spit out the meat that has been eaten into their stomachs, and naturally, the Chileans will not agree to this, and then there will be no more negotiation.

Britain’s face is no bigger than the interests. Even if the British government was willing to take the colony of Shinra and share it, it would serve no purpose.

A pie cannot be filled with hunger, and although the colonies of the Holy Roman Empire were vast, there were few that could be seized.

If there were more people involved in sharing the spoils, then no one would be able to get enough. Everyone participated in the Pan-Oceanic Front to eat meat, not to starve.

In order to coordinate alliances and consolidate alliance forces, the British government was busy as hell, but the final harvest was very touching.

All countries have their own little calculations, and when the interests of the alliance conflict with their own national interests, it is definitely the national interests that take precedence.

There was no way for the Vienna government to get the continental countries to go all out, and the London government likewise couldn’t get the Pan-Oceanic Front countries to explode their livers.

The allies are not yet taken care of, but the domestic skepticism is incessant. The mouth-breathing parties have come down to attack the government’s foreign policy, as if this situation is all the result of this government’s ineffectiveness.

Casually throwing away the newspaper that gave rise to hostility, Campbell rubbed his forehead and asked, “Has the Navy not found an opportunity yet?”

Unable to break the situation politically, then the only way to seek a breakthrough was to seek it militarily, and war would always be one of the most powerful tools to divert internal contradictions.

Only to see the Navy Minister Swending waved his hand and said, “Whether it’s the enemy’s Southern Ocean fleet, or the American fleet, they are usually scattered in various harbors, and won’t assemble at all without major events.

Unless we split our forces, it will be difficult for us to hit the enemy’s main force at once. However, after splitting the army, the advantage of the Royal Navy will no longer exist.

Even if the enemy occasionally assembles, it’s still operating along the coast, and considering the fact that the enemy can retract back to the harbor at any time, and that we have the air force to provide fire support, we didn’t take any chances.”

The Royal Navy’s strength lay in overall coordination, and if it was just a one-on-one battle of warships alone, they didn’t actually have much of an advantage.

This was the opposite of the Army, the Lobster Soldiers fought well in small battles, but once the scale of the battlefield increased, they immediately shriveled up.

Finance Minister Asquith: ”Since we can’t sneak attack, we should simply seek an opportunity to fight the enemy.

We still have allies to work with, and we can completely take out the enemy’s two oceanic fleets in a short period of time to ensure the smooth flow of the maritime trade lines.

The war is closing in, and there is not much time left for us. That saint of the Vienna Palace is now putting on his final show.

If nothing else, it won’t be long before their findings come out and they righteously declare war on us.”

It was obvious that Asquith was very unimpressed with Franz. Come to think of it, everyone has no image, you’re the only one who does, and it’s only a problem if you’re not hated.

Adam, the Foreign Secretary, said indifferently, “The Foreign Office has already begun to coordinate the issue of joint warfare, but it will take some time.

There are two troubles facing us now, one is the command issue, and the other is the distribution of benefits after the war.

Our allies all have big appetites, what they want is seriously mismatched with their own strength, they still need to be made to recognize reality.”

Since realizing that the enemy had changed from Shinra to the European continent, Britannia’s allies were less reluctant. It was only easy to get on board but hard to get off, and reality didn’t allow them to back down.

At this point in time, even if someone wanted to jump ship, the Vienna government would have to consider the feelings of their own allies first, and it would simply be impossible to accept them.

Neutrality is even more bullshit, the team have stood still want to go back, that is equivalent to the two together offended, after the war will certainly be liquidated.

If you don’t still need the countries to contribute to this group of allies with big appetites, the British government has long been nonchalant.

……

Just when the British were busy forming teams, after a week, the report of the investigation mission finally appeared on Franz’s desk.

Without any surprises, the entire evidence presented in this investigative report of more than thirty pages pointed to the British.

After casually flipping through it, Franz had no interest in reading further. There were too many words, and it was a complete waste of life.

After scanning the crowd, Franz shook his head: ”There is too much content, it must be streamlined. There’s also too much detailed evidence, it’s almost as if it’s a personal experience, it doesn’t stand up to scrutiny at all.

Cut it down and make some ambiguous things to add. When the British confessions are added after the war, it’ll be perfect.

Once that’s taken care of it’s released to the public and the British government is asked to hand over the killers, pay for the damages, and in the process give them a final order.

Never mind, let’s wait a bit longer! Christmas is next week, for God’s sake, let the British have their last Christmas.”

It also took time to track down the evidence, just one week, and a good part of that time was spent on the road.

Whether or not there had been any in-depth investigation aside, to be able to hold back such a thick report in such a short period of time was scary to think about.

This report, on the contrary, was drafted by professionals. Participants in the investigation team, are experts in various fields of criminal investigation, the most sought after evidence of perfection of a group of people.

Theoretically speaking, the evidence listed above is complete, and there are even photos of the joints, all of which are impeccable, completely unable to allow the British to deny.

But fell into the eyes of Franz, but how to see how awkward. This year, we do not feel deep, experienced the impact of the Internet people know, the more detailed the details of counterfeiting is more likely to be overturned.

On the contrary, ambiguous things are the most difficult to be overturned. History books are written by the victors anyway, and ambiguities are perfectly capable of being proven after the war.

Time was most capable of influencing a person, and after decades in this world, Franz had thoroughly integrated into the times, which included: giving God face.

There was no way around it, God’s other family’s face was just too big. Generally speaking, if you don’t give God face at such a festive time as Christmas, you are going against the entire population.

If you don’t believe me, just take a look at the performance of the people present, there was not a single objection, and everyone was a “faithful” believer in God.

Prime Minister Chandler: “Yes, Your Majesty. We will follow up on the investigation report.

However, since the declaration of war will be postponed until after the festival, do you think we should ask the Pope to choose an auspicious date?”

It really wasn’t ironic, Europeans had to pick a date just as much as they did when it came to major events, and certain superstitious lords even sought out witches for divination.

The Anti-British Alliance included the Pope’s country, with the most professional team of diviners in place, so it was natural to take advantage of it.

It looks like a feudal superstition, but it is not. Before and after the outbreak of war, it is easiest for people to feel lost and need to seek spiritual support.

With the Pope as a great god, it would be a crime not to take advantage of it. It would have been temperate of the Viennese government not to label the English as heretics.

Of course, it would have been impossible to withhold it without temperance. There has always been a struggle between monarchical and divine power, that is, in the last two hundred years monarchical power has overwhelmed ecclesiastical power.

Before that, European monarchs were also very bitter. Despite presenting themselves as the most devout followers of God, Franz was not prepared to give the Papacy a chance after the core interests were involved.

“Then let the Holy See know that the date of the declaration of war is set for December 27th, so that the Pope can get ready.”

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(End of chapter)