The establishment of the Asian-European military alliance has made the entire world a confrontation between the two major military alliances. Judging from the strength of the two military alliances, the North Atlantic military alliance seems to be stronger. After all, in the Asian-European military alliance, except for the Chinese Empire and the Prussian Kingdom, the Kingdom of Spain and the Kingdom of Belgium are relatively weak. However, the four member states of the North Atlantic military alliance are relatively stronger.

"Our four countries are considered the founding members of the Asia-European military alliance. However, I hope that we can attract more countries to join the alliance. For example, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Turkish Empire are all the objects we can fight for!" Wei Yuan continued. The empire is the overlord of Asia, but it is too far from Europe to make it difficult to have an impact on Europe. If we can attract more powerful countries to join the alliance, it will undoubtedly stabilize the situation in Europe. This gives the empire enough time to defeat the place after the war begins.

The Empire has no other requirements for other allies in the alliance. As long as they can stabilize the situation in Europe after the war, it will be almost done. At that time, the Empire will use its powerful army to attack Russia, the United States and British India. As long as the Imperial Army wins in these directions, then the Empire will be sure of victory in the entire war.

"Yes, we should win over more countries. However, I think the North Atlantic military alliance will not be idle either. They will definitely win over those countries!" said Leopold I, the King of Belgium.

"The Kingdom of Sardinia should join us. Now, the Kingdom of Sardinia has basically unified Italy. Only the northwestern Italy and the Pope are still under the control of the French. The Kingdom of Sardinia cannot defeat France alone. If they want to unify Italy, they will inevitably join us. The Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia are feuds. If they want to completely destroy Russia, join our alliance. It is undoubtedly a good choice. As for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, although they had close relations with Russia before, now the two countries have gone against each other. We should be able to pull them into the alliance!" He was very confident about pulling these countries into the alliance. Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire was defeated by the Prussian Kingdom in the war, the Prussian Kingdom did not over-weak the Austro-Hungarian Empire, making the Austro-Hungarian Empire not hostile to the Prussian Kingdom. Once the alliance throws an olive branch to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire should accept it.

Although the combat effectiveness of the army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia was quite deceptive. However, if they could join the alliance, it would undoubtedly greatly increase the strength of the alliance. The population of the Austro-Hungarian Empire exceeded 30 million, and the population of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was similar. After the unification, the population of the Italian Kingdom would also be more than 20 million. This would increase the number of alliance troops again. Even if their combat effectiveness was poor, the tactics of the sea of ​​people could still play a certain role, it could still promote the development of the war situation. Not to mention, if the empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire launched a siege on Russia from three directions, even if Russia has recovered a lot, it would definitely be unstoppable. Once Russia perishes, the entire Eurasian continent will fall into the control of the empire.

After Russia was dragged down, the Kingdom of Prussia could concentrate all its efforts to deal with France. The strength of the Kingdom of Prussia is not worse than that of France. With the help of the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of Spain, it is entirely possible to defeat France. Of course, Britain is very likely to support France. However, when British India was attacked by the Imperial Army, would the British still have extra strength to support France?

It can be said that once the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia were successfully brought into the Asia-European Alliance, the Asia-European Alliance could surpass the North Atlantic military alliance and gain an advantage in the confrontation.

After the establishment of the Asia-European Alliance, the opposition between the two camps became even more acute. In order to ensure victory in future wars, the two camps began to win over other countries. The Kingdom of Dutch, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Kingdom of Austro-Hungarian, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which remained neutral in Europe, all became the targets of the two camps to win over. However, the Kingdom of Dutch and the Kingdom of Portugal were obviously inverted to the North Atlantic military alliance. The Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Turkish Empire tended to support the Asia-European Alliance.

However, it is not so easy to make these countries clearly express their position to join. The rulers of these countries are not fools. They want to see the situation when they see it. No one wants to become losers. They hope to become winners and finally share the benefits.

At the same time, countries in the two major camps also began to strengthen their arms. Both the army and the navy began to increase their investment. In the face of competition with each other, the whole world was suddenly trapped in a tense arms race.

In January 1851, the British Navy learned about the service of the Imperial Navy's "Qin-class" battleship. When the news came back to the British Navy, it caused an uproar. Originally, the British were still complacent about their second batch of "Nelson-class" battleships. However, they did not expect that the more advanced "Qin-class" battleships in the Chinese Navy had already been put into service. This undoubtedly hit the British hard on the head, making them feel tremendous pressure.

, requiring the cabinet to increase military spending in the navy. The British Navy must strengthen investment in new warships at the next level to ensure that the British Navy will not be left behind by the Chinese Navy.

When the British Navy built the Nelson-class battleship, the British Navy was also actively designing the next-class battleship. This class of battleship was named the "Rabbit Class" battleship, with a displacement of 9,300 tons and a speed of 14 knots. The artillery is two twin-mounted 11-inch guns, and there are also a large number of secondary guns.

Although the British Navy did not obtain specific data on the "Qin-class" battleships of the Chinese Navy. However, they analyzed that the "Qin-class" battleships would definitely not be worse than the "Rabbit Class". Originally, the British Navy only planned to build two "Rabbit Class". However, the "Rabbit Class" had to build at least four ships. In addition, the next level of "Ajax-class" battleships also need to start construction as soon as possible, and the number of ships to be built is at least four. The next level of "Giant Class" is also of four ships!

Building warships is not about buying cabbage in the vegetable market, and you can get as much as you want. Advanced battleships cost each of them up to millions of pounds. Even with the financial resources of the United Kingdom, it is impossible to build too much. The amount involved is as high as more than 10 million pounds. This made Count Stanley feel tremendous pressure.

However, if the Navy's needs cannot be met, the Navy will not be sure to win in the future war. This made all the things Stanley was originally planning to say back into his stomach.

Earl Stanley and other ministers communicated urgently. After obtaining the consent of Queen Victoria, he urgently allocated 15 million pounds of military expenditure to the Admiralty to build new warships. The British had only one purpose, that is, to continue to maintain the advantages of the British navy and ensure that maritime hegemony is under the control of Britain in future wars.

After Britain began to build ships on a large scale, France followed closely behind. Although France's main enemy came from land, the ambitious Emperor Napoleon III was not willing to let France be just a land power. In the navy, France was still unwilling to fall behind. Originally, the main warships of the French Navy were from the "Western Zhou-class" warships and "Summer-class" cruisers as soon as possible from the Chinese Empire, as well as the "Paris-class" warships and "Orleans-class" cruisers imitated from these two warships. Originally, France also wanted to obtain the design drawings of the "Eastern Zhou-class" warships from the empire. However, as the relationship between the two countries deteriorated greatly, this

The plan eventually went bankrupt. It was avoided and lost. After France turned to Britain, the British immediately supported France to build more powerful warships. Based on the British Navy's "Nelson-class" warships, the French Navy began to build the "French-class" warships. In fact, the "French-class" warships are the French version of the "Nelson-class" warships, and the main parameters are similar. However, the main gun was replaced with a French cannon. The French Navy will build six "French-class" warships at one time. So far, these warships have been launched and are just around the corner.

In addition to the navy, the army is the focus of the expansion of the army. France originally had only more than 500,000 permanent army, but received threats from the rising Prussian Kingdom, France's permanent army increased by 100,000. Moreover, once the war broke out, France could expand the total number of troops to one million within one month. Within three months, France would mobilize 500,000 army to join the battle, making the total size of the army reach one.5 million.

The UK also began to expand its army, in addition to the millions of British and Indian troops and 200,000 troops from British mainland. In the UK, the size of the British army has also increased to 300,000.

Russia and the United States have also increased the strength of the standing army and strengthened their mobilization, so that they can gain an advantage in future wars. (To be continued)

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