The Rise of the Empire

"Your Majesty, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has already begun operations. They have begun to enrich the forces in the border areas between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Serbia. The Austro-Hungarian Army can launch an offensive against Serbia within 15 days at most!" Nikolaevich said The Russian Emperor said.

  "We have no choice now, don't we?" Nicholas II said numbly. "Serbia is our most important ally in the Balkans. We are a nation. If we retreat today, then tomorrow, anyone will dare to provoke the Russian Empire. The empire lost to Britain and France and to the Japanese. The imperial majesty has been overdrawn, and we can no longer tolerate such provocations."

  Nicholas II seemed to be persuading himself to make excuses for the action he was about to take. But at the same time he was still very afraid of war. "What's the attitude of the French? Should they say something?"

   "The French have stated that all the treaties signed with our country will proceed according to plan." The Minister of Foreign Affairs said.

   "This is not enough," Nicholas II said.

  "French President Raymond Poincaré will visit St. Petersburg in a week. To discuss cooperation between the two countries." The Minister of Foreign Affairs thought for a while and continued.

"So, do the French think it's time to solve the problem? Well, we are going to prepare a grand welcome ceremony for this Excellency, to witness the friendship between our two countries. We can temporarily not announce the mobilization, But some preparatory work needs to be carried out, and we need a longer time than Deo to concentrate our strength." Nicholas II was finally relieved.

According to the Russian emperor, although the Russians did not issue a general mobilization order, a group of troops has begun to move from Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic region, and St. Petersburg to the Russian Polish region along the unsmooth Russian railway line. A torrent of soldiers, horses, and various vehicles travelled across the vast land of Eastern Europe. Russia, the behemoth that once made the whole of Europe tremble, awakens again, whether it is going to the other side of victory or falling into the abyss of decline, only waiting for the test of time.

  On the issue of war, the French are more determined than the Russians. Since the Franco-Prussian War, the beams between France and Germany have been completely forged. For the next half century, the French always wanted to take back the occupied territories. This can be seen from the actions taken by France after the war began. They concentrated on attacking the Lorraine area of ​​Alsace without saying a word.

Moreover, the current situation does not allow the French to retreat. The Russian political environment makes it impossible for them to ignore Serbia, and if Russia and Austria intervene, Germany will definitely help Austria-Hungary, because the Germans have already issued a statement that if there is a third party in the war If you join, then Germany will definitely do it, and this third party is Russia!

  If Germany and Austria knock on Russia together, then Russia must kneel, and if Russia kneels, then France will never have a chance again, so when the bayonet sees red, the French absolutely cannot shrink back! There is no place to go back! Therefore, even the French president is ready to have a good communication with the Russians.

"We can gather 1.5 million troops in fifteen days, and we can leave 300,000 troops to the War Department as the general reserve. The number of Germans cannot exceed ours. We rely solely on our strength. We can maintain a balance with the Germans, and if the British are willing to fulfill their promises, we can completely defeat Germany. At the last time, we can pin the main force of Germany on the Eastern Front and let the Russians stabb them in the back." The parachutist promised this when he met the French president.

   "Then the question is, will the British declare war on Germany as agreed?" The French Prime Minister looked at the Foreign Minister.

   "They will, as long as the British don't want to lose their current status, they will definitely!" The French President said categorically without waiting for the Foreign Secretary to answer.

  The French acted much faster than the Russians. While the Franco-Prussian War allowed the French to taste the consequences of defeat, it also gave the French army a qualitative overflight! In terms of mobilization speed, the French are not much inferior to the Germans. According to the French schedule, they can complete the deployment and assembly of 24 troops in 12 days. More than 1 million people and 400,000 military horses will be transported by rail. In some busy stations, it takes less than 4 minutes on average to pass a train carrying 50 cars!

At the same time, as the French hoped, the British were also actively preparing for the war. Although the British Foreign Secretary Gray also claimed when summoning the German ambassador to Berlin: "The UK will do its best to ensure Europe Peace between great powers.” King George V of England also told Prince Heinrich that he wanted Britain to remain as neutral as possible.

  But under the cover of this ambiguous diplomatic vocabulary, the British have begun a full mobilization, the Royal Navy has begun to assemble, and Prince Louis is about to be replaced because of his German blood. Even the military forces of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have begun to mobilize. The British are preparing enough ships so that they can send a large number of troops to the opposite shore~www.NovelMTL.com~ and Churchill, who has become the minister of the navy, has even asked the navy: "From now on, we will Monitor each of the warships and merchant ships of the Allied Powers so that we can sink or block them as soon as possible when the war begins."

  Churchill naturally knows the situation of the two super-fearless ships built by Germany for Argentina, and he is also very concerned about the ownership of these two warships. "Tell the Argentines immediately and ask them to take the two battleships away immediately, or resell them to us. It is simply unimaginable to have two such powerful battleships in Germany."

  The British Imperial Navy once again brought together his huge fleet. If there was a similar operation last time, I am afraid it would have to go back to Napoleon's time. A huge fleet gathered at the exit of the North Sea. More than 20 dreadnoughts and super dreadnoughts, as well as more than a dozen quasi-dreadnoughts, and dozens of armored cruisers and light cruisers formed a fleet that locks the exit of the North Sea like a long chain. The steel mast like a dense forest symbolizes the most powerful existence of the Industrial Revolution. Jericho took office, he was in charge of the world's most powerful maritime power.

"The splendor of the Royal Navy will surely rise to the next level in my hands. We look forward to bringing this new challenger to the ground! Hope that there will be a naval battle at Cape Trafalgar in the North Sea as our generation of navy. The mark and glory of the soldier!" Jericho wrote in the diary.

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