Chapter 1978: Attitudes of Various Nations

At this time, in Europe.

News of Frederick II's defeat quickly reached the major warring nations, including Tsarist Russia, France, Austria, and Italy.

Tsarist Russia held a firm belief in victory regarding Frederick II's defeat.

The hatred between Tsarist Russia and the German states was already very deep, even though the two countries had once cooperated in history.

But now, they were more like enemies.

The victory of their troops was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the Russians, and the whole country was jubilant.

Dolgorukov, who was always strict and self-disciplined, granted Peter III a day of leave for this occasion.

This should have been a happy event; tilling the land of knowledge by day and tilling the black land by night left him deeply exhausted and nearly collapsed, yet Peter III was filled with anxiety.

This was even more exhausting than his endless tilling.

He urgently wanted to know news of that middle-aged man far away in Prussia who had once taught him.

When he heard that Frederick II had almost been captured alive by the Tsarist Russian troops, he was truly deeply worried.

When he heard that Frederick II had managed to bring his troops back to a level of 35,000 men in just five days.

He felt excited because of this.

This was simply a miracle.

At the same time, Peter III also firmed up his idea of not wanting to continue fighting against Prussia; he even thought that living in the Imperial Palace of Tsarist Russia was a mistake.

Princess Sophia, who was in contact with Peter III every day, knew his thoughts and feelings clearly.

As the Crown Prince of Tsarist Russia, Peter III was actually worried about the emperor of an enemy country; this matter was already an extremely serious act of treason.

But Princess Sophia did not expose this at all, and even condoned these things happening.

Up to this point, Elizabeth I had not noticed anything unusual happening.

And France, upon learning this news.

Louis XV was overjoyed, as they believed this was an excellent opportunity.

Prussia, having just experienced a defeat, was now severely weakened; as long as they stepped up the pace of their offensive on their side, they might be able to take Prussia down in one fell swoop.

He immediately issued orders for his troops to accelerate the progress of the war and crush the Prussian troops as soon as possible.

For Louis XV, the war on the European continent was important, but it still could not compare to the battlefield in Australia.

According to what he understood, Britain had already developed battleships equivalent to the Longyan Supply Ship.

Such ships would pose a great threat to them.

They also needed to research such warships; only then could they continue to maintain the ability to contend with their enemies.

The war situation on the European battlefield had dragged on for too long.

He now urgently hoped to end this war as soon as possible.

France had still lost too many of those colonies at sea; they needed to extricate themselves from the quagmire of the European war as quickly as possible to have any chance of recovering all their overseas colonies.

They urgently wanted to end the war.

But Italy, which had formed an alliance with the French troops.

They had only joined this war due to the call of the Pope of Catholicism.

They wanted to let Teresa inherit the throne of the Holy Roman Empire.

So for them, Frederick II's defeat allowed them to see the dawn of victory.

At the same time, the turmoil on the overseas battlefield also made them drool with greed.

The war on the overseas battlefield was bound to cause a reshuffling of the ownership of colonies.

Italy had not gained much benefit during the colonial era, and its overseas colonies were pitifully few.

Urgently wanting to possess overseas colonies, this chaotic time was their best opportunity to attack.

They believed the time had come.

It was the perfect time for Italy to engage in colonization.

However, they did not have the guts to target the colonies of France and Britain.

As an ancient European country, Italy was very clear about its true capabilities.

Although its status in Europe was that of a great power, if it really started a fight, it would definitely be besieged by everyone.

So it set its colonial sights on the Ethiopian Plateau in East Africa.

The reason for setting its sights on the Ethiopian Plateau was not because there were French colonies there.

In fact, there was a country on the Ethiopian Plateau; ever since the Great Age of Discovery began, this rich region had never been colonized by Europe.

After experiencing the Industrial Revolution, Italy had also built a powerful army and was equipped with muskets; although a few small areas in the entire Sinai Peninsula still did not belong to Italy.

It was also a figure that dominated the Sinai Peninsula.

Italy felt its strength was sufficient, so it marched toward that country on the Ethiopian Plateau that had never been colonized.

Regarding the war on the European continent, since the offensive of the Russian-Austrian Allied Forces was so rapid, it did not want the French troops to achieve final victory either.

So Italy directly announced its withdrawal from the alliance with the French troops.

Regarding this news, the French were quite shocked; they really could not understand why Italy would make such a decision.

But Italy's withdrawal of troops had indeed affected France's offensive plan, and their military strength was sharply reduced.

However, the troops were already on their way to the front line in Hanover, and it was clearly too late for them to order a redeployment at this time.

Although the French were very resentful of Italy's act of backing out, Italy was, after all, a great power dominating the Sinai Peninsula and possessed powerful strength.

No matter how resentful the French were, now was not the time to pick a fight with Italy.

They could only swallow this bitterness.

Their troops attacked Hanover alone.

And after Austria learned of this war situation, General Victor fell into silence.

He deeply admired the bravery of the Puluosi Budui.

What he held in his hand was a heavy piece of paper, on which was written the total losses of this war.

Although they won, they paid a tragic price.

And behind such a price was a stagnant army.

Their alliance with the Russian army had now split apart.

The cooperation between the two sides did not continue.

At this time, the Puluosi Budui took the opportunity to reduce the expansion of this victory.

His army had once again returned to the level of thirty-five thousand men.

The split of the allied forces destined that this war would see things he completely did not want to see.

After thinking of this, Weikeduo sighed deeply.

The current Austria is already in a difficult situation.

After losing Xilixi, their economy has still not recovered to this day.

The loans between them and the Hungarian Nobles are also becoming increasingly heavy; this battle has already tied Austria to a giant wheel that cannot stop.

They are at risk of hitting the rocks at any time.

Perhaps thanks to several projects developed by Longyan in Austria, otherwise, the current Austria might have already hit the rocks.

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