Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

The confrontation between Britain and France is what Franz is very willing to see. After all, when the cannon is fired, it is worth ten thousand taels. Being a middleman and second-hand dealer is the most profitable. If you don’t believe me, you can go to the history of the United States.

In order to bring Britain and France to the situation they are in today, Franz has spent a lot of effort and financial resources, but more of it is just to create a rift between Britain and France, so that the two sides can no longer easily reach cooperation.

After all, the UK at this time is too powerful and has gained many fans around the world, resulting in many high-level leaders in many countries being pro-British.

This kind of exaggerated political influence gave Franz a headache, so he had to weaken his influence, otherwise there would be no need to fight, and Britain would have a five-point chance of winning as soon as it came to the negotiating table. How can this be played?

For this reason, this battle must be fought, otherwise Britain and France will discover an "objective law", that is, as long as they reach an agreement, they can carve up the world.

The world at this time is the United States too far out of its time, Russia is still trapped in the bathtub of the Black Sea, and the Prussian navy is like a toy.

Although the navies of Portugal and the Netherlands started early, their upper limit is too low, and they are already on the decline. As for the limited population and location of the Kingdom of Sweden, it can only be a theoretical power.

The Ottoman Navy was once the overlord of the Near East, but after two heavy losses, it has already set in the sunset, and its concept is even more behind the times. It is one of the few countries that continue to develop sailing battleships in this era.

At this time, the Austrian Empire has money, technology, and naval warfare experts, but the Adriatic Sea has limited its upper limit very low. At this time, the British Mediterranean Fleet can block it at any time as long as it wants, and the rest is just A question of cost.

In order to avoid this kind of dichotomy, Franz had to think intensively about how to break it up. Although there has never been a situation where Britain and France carve up the world, in terms of objective strength at this time, they do have this strength.

Carve up the world? It sounds ridiculous and absurd, but in fact, as early as 1493, Spain and Portugal successively formulated the Pope's Meridian under the witness of the Pope, and signed the Treaty of Tordesillas and the Treaty of Zaragoza. The tooth successfully carved up the world.

Although they all declined in the end and caused the agreement to divide the world to fail, it also proved that it is not impossible to divide the world.

Colonization and industry are the two major themes of this era. If Austria abandons the overseas route, the ending and ceiling will not be much better than the historical allies.

Buenos Aires, Governor's Palace.

The warm morning sun shines lazily on people.

Buenos Aires, the most developed city in the Viceroyalty of La Plata, is now less smoky.

Juan Manuel raised the banner of opposition to Rosas' current president. Juan Manuel is very popular in southern Argentina, and Rosas' brutal rule has long since made others heartbroken. Soon, in addition to the seven southern provinces, rebellions broke out in some northern provinces.

Argentina has a total of 24 provinces, but the population at that time was mainly concentrated in the southeastern coastal provinces.

Rosas first sent a 2,000-man army to try to defeat the rebels. As a result, due to the long-term lack of payment of the army, the sent army defected.

Then, Rosas fell into chaos. He issued many contradictory orders in succession. On the one hand, he ordered the army besieging Montevideo to settle the war within a week, and on the other hand, he asked them to settle the war within three days. Back to aid Buenos Aires, and at the same time sent a letter of appeal to Uruguay, asking the other party to help him put down the rebellion...

Rosas also sent letters of appeal to many countries. In addition to Britain and France, it even included the former suzerain of Spain, the sworn enemy of Brazil, the United States, Mexico and other countries. Even Austria received his letter of appeal.

In the city of Buenos Aires, the orb tree flutters in the wind, and the blooming peach blossoms and the orange kapok complement each other.

The inhabitants of the city were assembled in the square, and the crowd was silent, for this was the fifth group of people hanged by Rosas in three days.

At first, some political prisoners and robbers, then family members and relatives of the rebels, and then friends, neighbors, colleagues, and partners of the rebels were also hanged, and finally anyone with the same name or surname as the rebels was executed. They caught up with the gallows, and now the ones who are going to be hanged are those who Rosas thinks might rebel.

Some people must have doubts, such a brutal ruler, how could there be soldiers working hard for him, after all, he might die if he is not careful.

But in fact Rosas treated his firing squad very well, and these people have complete immunity in Argentina, and any questioning of the leader's order will be regarded as a betrayal and end up in the same fate as a traitor.

So naturally there will be a lot of people willing to sacrifice their lives for Rosas. The square is full of gallows, and batch after batch of people are hanged. .

The remains of the deceased were randomly thrown together, then burned by fire, and drifted out of the city along with the kapok.

In the temporary command post of the rebels outside the city, the Eighteenth Route Anti-kings were discussing the issue of dividing up the loot after defeating Rosas.

Some people plan to grab seven days to celebrate after entering the city, some people think that the city should be slaughtered first to prevent Rosas from making a comeback, some people propose to restore the monarchy and go to Europe to invite the king ~lightnovelpub.net~ Some people advocate that Saint Martin be invited back from Paris to host big picture.

Of course, there are also people who want to be kings or presidents, but the rebel army at this time always lacks an absolutely powerful force, that is, there is no political or military strongman, so their own people started to quarrel before they entered the city.

At the same time, the French and British troops met off the coast of Buenos Aires. There was no battle between the two sides, but a wave of muscles separated by a few kilometers.

In the end, the French army landed in St. Mathias Bay. They chose to avoid a head-on conflict with the Royal Navy. The generals on both sides were not all lunatics.

Soldiers may not be afraid of death, but no one wants to die.

Seeing the well-equipped French army, the fishermen in St. Mathias Bay either ran away desperately, or hid in their homes and knelt down to pray.

This made the French officers and soldiers who claimed to be "liberators" feel very hurt. The French official explanation for this war was to rescue the people of the Governor-General of La Plata and return it to its true owner, Spain.

Rosas has been in dictatorship for more than ten years, and even killed French expatriates, so there is no need to spread rumors because of his bad deeds. Against this kind of person, French soldiers certainly feel that they are on the side of justice.

At the same time, both France and Spain are under the rule of the Bourbon dynasty, and King Louis Philippe's youngest son Antoine will marry Queen Insabel II of Spain, so the French still have a high degree of recognition for this war .

It's just that the French officers and soldiers were still very injured by the "perplexity" of the local civilians.

Counting the French reinforcements outside Buenos Aires, the total strength of the rebels has reached 13,000. The strength of Rosas is only 9,000, but there is a British expeditionary force of 3,000 in the port.