The night was filled with stars; under the bright moonlight, a train with the Hohenzollern family logo spewed white steam and slowly drove into the Berlin Railway Station. The whistle sounded and the cabin door opened. A tall young man walked slowly off the platform, then boarded a small car that had been waiting here and galloped away.

After half a month, he returned to Berlin, where tall buildings were high-rise, and Qingying, who had experienced the gorgeous buildings in Vienna, had no reaction to these old-fashioned and solemn lines. Neon lights flashed and the evening breeze blew; after a while, a magnificent palace suddenly appeared in the building. The carriage did not reduce its horsepower and entered directly. After a few moments, Qingying stood in front of William's familiar study room with lights. He climbed up the steps and pushed the door into it.

Then Qingying was surprised to find that the dry and thin Schlieffen actually appeared in William's room. He sat upright and was talking to his cheap father in a low voice. As his lips opened and closed, a little sharp look appeared on his thin face. He heard the sound behind him, Schlieffen turned his head slightly. When he saw the person clearly, a sharp look suddenly appeared in his turbid eyes under one-sided glasses.

Seeing Qingying appear, a hint of joy appeared on William's face; however, he soon remembered something, and his sudden bright eyes gradually became dull. Qingying was not surprised at the unusual performance of William and Schlieffen. The reason why they had this reaction was entirely due to a report he sent back to Berlin a few days ago.

During this trip to Vienna, the Qing and British originally planned to solve the language problems within the Austro-Hungarian Army and accelerate the dreadnought process of its navy. However, when he met with Hetzendolf, he unexpectedly discovered a serious problem that was almost impossible to solve within the Austro-Hungarian Army.

At present, even if Vienna knew that the mobilized army would be difficult to fight normally due to language communication, they could not promote its current Austro-Hungarian army command system to other ethnic minorities, otherwise there would be turmoil and national divisions. In this way, the Austro-Hungarian Empire could really recruit soldiers in wars, only the Germans, Hungarians, and a small number of Czechs loyal to them. The total number was no more than one-half of their total population, and this number was even worse than that of the British Army and the Italian Army. In fact, even these people could not be recruited with confidence!

Due to the huge gap between the rich and poor due to its top-heavy and light industrial proportions and the severely imbalanced economic development rate, many poor and poor people have a heart-wrenching resentment towards the rule of the Habsburg Dynasty. Behind the prosperous and rich and rich scenery of Vienna, there are also countless wandering poor people living in bridges and sewers. The degree of poverty and number of people are all very different from the current German society. (PS: The Head of State was also a member of the homeless people in Vienna back then.) If these people were signs and fired and fired, it would undoubtedly be an extremely unstable factor. They may at any time become an angry resentment towards the status quo, and fight back against the rule of the Habsburg Dynasty. Therefore, the actual combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian Army was only one-third of the previously imagined by the German General Staff!

The news of such a super tragic story was sent back to China, and Emperor William and Chief of Staff Schlieffen stayed in place on the spot. He did not recover for a long time. Although Schlieffen had noticed that the complex ethnic composition of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy might have greatly dragged down their war ability, he was immersed in the formulation of his "Canny Battle-style March" combat plan, and did not investigate the situation in Austro-Hungarian, and did not expect that the decline in combat power caused by ethnic issues would be so severe. The tragic situation of the Austro-Hungarian Army directly caused them to suddenly fall from a very powerful arm to a second-rate scumbag in Schlieffen's heart, and the chips owned by the allies shrank sharply. It is difficult to maintain the previous favorable situation in the game between the British and French Agreement.

In the face of the weak and weak situation of the Austro-Hungarian Army, the Qing and Ying-English successfully accelerated the dreadnought process of the Austro-Hungarian Navy and became dull. After all, the main battlefield of the German-Austrian alliance is still on land. No matter how powerful the Austro-Hungarian Navy is, it will have to use a series of indirect effects of 70% to 70% to 80% change to have a beneficial impact on Germany's form in war. What's more, France is not a vegetarian role, although their overall strength is quite different from that of Germany.

But Gaul Chicken said there was no problem in dealing with Austro-Hungary in the Mediterranean; the previous decline of the French navy was all caused by the random tossing of Ober and his new school fans, which caused them to point the wrong technology tree. At present, the decision-making level of the French navy has returned to the right path of the fleet's decisive battle. With their financial resources that are far better than Austro-Hungary, shipbuilding power and the domestic environmental background of the world's second navy back then, it is completely stress-free to build a powerful modern fleet.

Originally, William was quite happy because of the recent start of construction of new German battleships. After receiving the report sent by Qingying, he was as depressed and disgusting as if he had found a dead fly in the delicious fresh soup that had been drunk. Therefore, when he saw the second son who had been away from Berlin for half a month, he still had an ignorant expression on his face. After a while, he reluctantly waved to the initiator in front of him and let him sit next to Schliffen.

"This is a visit to Vienna. Although you have been sightseeing around with Sonia the previous week, it has greatly damaged the image and reputation of the Hohenzollern family; however, in view of your excessive discovery of the ills of the Austro-Hungarian Army, I will not be investigated for the time being." In the Qing-English protesting eyes, William snorted faintly. His words were full of unchangeable arbitrary intentions. Speaking of this, William's expression gradually became solemn, and he slowly said, "However, it was a coincidence that you came today. Just ten minutes ago, the Count just reported to me a piece of news that was not good for Germany."

"According to the news sent by our ambassador to St. Petersburg, Russia has accepted mediation from the US government and announced a temporary ceasefire in Manchuria to negotiate with Japan. The Japanese side has also responded to the mediation of the US side with an unexpected positive attitude, saying that it is willing to resolve the current dispute between Japan and Russia in the Far East in a peaceful way. On the surface, they seem to have completed the gorgeous transformation from a bloodthirsty demon to a kind angel overnight. If I hadn't known the virtues of Nicki and the group of yellow-skinned monkeys, I almost thought they would hold hands and sing praises together." William said lightly, but there was a hint of mockery and loss in his eyes.

"What, the war between Japan and Russia has subsided like this? When I got up half a month ago and went to Vienna, weren't they all still preparing to brew the third Battle of Fengtian?" Qingying was stunned by the sudden news for a moment, and then asked in an incredible tone.

"Indeed, both sides had already gathered more than 1 million troops in the Manchuria area, and the world was waiting for a new shocking battle like lightning and thunder. However, the dramatic twist a week ago changed all this." Schliffen, who was sitting next to Qingying, spoke softly, with light in his eyes flowing, and then, with Qingying's inquiry, he used his unique hoarse voice to tell him the whole story.

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It turned out that a week ago, a sudden outbreak of riots throughout Europe broke out in Russia. The tremendous wave of serfs, servants, hard labor and civilians in all walks of life almost overturned the rule of the Tsar; countless independent regimes of all sizes were spreading across every city and township in Russia, and a large number of capitalists and Tsar officials were executed, robbed, arson, bloody battles and killings were seen in Russia anytime and anywhere, and the entire Russian giant was almost paralyzed. Even a large-scale bloody conflict between the army and the people broke out in St. Petersburg. The Tsar dispatched a cavalry brigade of the guards to finally completely quell the riot. Faced with such a harsh situation, Russia could no longer continue to push their Far East War, and the only way out was to cease the war with Japan. Otherwise, the Tsar would face the huge danger of the crown landing.

Hearing Schlieffen's explanation, Qingying nodded slowly. When the Tsar decided to continue the war after a meeting with William on Bjork Island, he realized that the continuous wave of revolution in Russia would sooner or later push him, Nikola, who intended to solve all problems with violent means, to the table of the truce negotiation between Japan and Russia. However, what he did not expect was that this riot that prompted Russia to be as truce as in history was more important than his plan.

It came much earlier; the fierce deaths and huge expenses of the battle had not yet begun, and the Russian war machine collapsed in a moment like a rock monster that suddenly lost its core. At this point, Qingying felt a little regretful. The battle that had been brewing for a long time ended hastily, which was like a strong force for Russia. The situation Germany most wanted to see was tantamount to Russia's last drop of blood and the last ruble on the Far East battlefield!

"What about the Japanese side? Faced with such a god-given opportunity, how could they give up taking advantage of the situation and use victory on the battlefield to increase the chance of negotiating chips in their hands?" After pondering for a moment, Qingying asked again.
Chapter completed!