The Prussian government was not surprised by Mackellen's refusal, or that the British would be a ghost if they could hand over Ernst happily.
The Prussian government was relieved that it did not insist that Maclaan hand over Ernst, but when he asked if he could leave Brandenburg, the Prussian government refused.
Not only that, but near the British Embassy, a group of Prussian royal guards began to block the neighborhood, a scene that made McLaan miserable.
And Ernst obviously did not feel the slightest nervousness, in his opinion, Prussia was an ally of the British, and although the Austrians seemed to be in-laws with Prussia, everyone knew that the two countries were secretly the biggest rivals, and besides, Karl was not seriously injured, so the Prussians should not take drastic measures against him.
I have to say that Ernst feels really good about himself, and of course his feeling is also based on the strength of the country.
October 1790 can be said to be an eventful year, and the feud between Ernst and Karl indirectly put the contradictions between the countries on the table.
In order to take revenge on the British, Ludovica's mother, without the knowledge of Leopold II, sent a letter to her own brother, King Carlos IV of Spain, in which Ludovica tearfully complained to Carlos IV about the evil deeds of the British, and at the same time, in her capacity as the mother of the Austrian nation, she declared that Austria could send a naval fleet to help Spain fight the British.
Carlos IV was overjoyed to receive Ludovica's letter, and although the Austrian navy was weak and deployed in the Mediterranean, Austria had a great advantage, that is, Austria had incalculable potential as a country with many excellent ports and shipyards in northern Italy.
On the surface, the Austrian navy had only a few dozen warships, but everyone knew that the Habsburgs controlled more than just one Austria, and most of the northern Italian city-states were directly or indirectly under the control of the Habsburgs.
The navy of these city-states is also a considerable maritime force when all concentrated together, coupled with the developed shipbuilding industry in northern Italy, major shipyards abound.
If the Habsburgs were willing to spend their money, then they could pull up a navy with more than 100 warships in a single hand.
Ludovica's letter boosted the morale of Carlos IV, not to mention the current confrontation between the combined fleets of Spain and France and the British navy in Gibraltar, but there was always an inexplicable fear of the British, including Carlos IV.
After all, the British have dominated the seas for a hundred years, and although France has sent a navy to support, Carlos IV still has some doubts in his heart.
But now the news of the possible accession of the Austrians dispelled most of the fears in Carlos IV's mind, after all, the British navy could not deal with the combined French, Spanish, and Austrian fleet, which was more than twice as strong as itself.
Carlos IV immediately replied with a letter to Ludovica, in which Carlos IV acted with great righteousness, and he was indignant at the Englishman's stabbing of his dear nephew Karl, and said that if the British could not apologize for the matter, then he would start a war of revenge against the British as Karl's uncle.
Of course, once the war began, Austria must be helped.
Leopold II was not aware of Ludovica's letter to Madrid, but when Carlos IV's reply arrived in Vienna, Leopold II got the news.
Although Leopold II had the intention to reprimand Ludovica's behavior, he also knew that even if he reprimanded Ludovica, it would not be beneficial to do anything.
Leopold II never thought of his eldest brother as a character, after all, what good could a king be able to play with his queen and the queen's mistress.
Moreover, Carlos IV had a very annoying problem, that is, showing off, and he believed that Ludovica's letters would definitely become Carlos IV's capital to show off when they arrived in Madrid.
But despite this, Leopold II thought that this was not a way to put pressure on the British, the Austrian navy was not there to be watched, and with the servant navy of the northern Italian city-states, Leopold II believed that even the British had to weigh the Habsburg navy.
So after thinking about it, Leopold II decided to acquiesce to Ludovica's actions.
Neither agree nor refute, let the British go for a headache.
As it turned out, Leopold II was not mistaken about Carlos IV.
Soon after Carlos wrote to Vienna, almost all of Madrid knew that the Habsburgs intended to join the Franco-Spanish fleet against the British, and in Carlos IV's somewhat ostentatious words, he claimed that if the British did not retreat, then Austria would send all the Habsburg navy to help Spain against the British.
The news shook the whole of Spain.
The British spies in Madrid also sent the information back to Gibraltar and London as quickly as possible.
Sitting on the throne, George III never felt that he had such a headache as he did today, and just now Winston, the Lord of the Admiralty of the British government, came to meet George III, and he told him very bad news.
That is, in order to guard against the French navy, it is impossible for the British home fleet to send warships to support Gibraltar, and according to intelligence, the number of Spanish and French warships gathered near the waters of Gibraltar has reached seventy, and they are still converging.
This means that in the Strait of Gibraltar, the Franco-Spanish combined fleet has formed an overwhelming advantage over the British navy, and on land, Spain's 30,000 troops are also approaching Gibraltar, you must know that although the British have become a semi-fortified city through Gibraltar, but limited by space, the British army stationed in Gibraltar is only 5,000 people.
Before Winston left, British Prime Minister Pitt Jr. and War Secretary Wolfenthal came to meet George III.
"Your Majesty, Gibraltar's situation is already precarious, and the Cabinet has a dispute over sending reinforcements to Gibraltar, and I ask Your Majesty to make a holy ruling!"
Wolfenthal went straight to the point after saluting George III, and at his words, George III's head grew bigger.
"Pete, how did the cabinet deliberate?"
"Your Majesty, Your Excellency Wolfenthal has requested fifteen thousand reinforcements to Gibraltar, and the Cabinet considers this request unrealistic!"
As soon as little Pete finished speaking, Wolfenthal cried out: "Prime Minister Pitt, it's not unrealistic, the Spaniards have sent up to 30,000 troops near Gibraltar, and our soldiers guarding Gibraltar are only 5,000, even though Gibraltar has been built into a fortress, but in the face of six times the number of troops, how do you let General Valibeg deal with himself!"
As he spoke, Wolfenthal's face turned a little red.
General Waliberg, to whom Wolfenthal was referring to was the supreme commander of the British army in Gibraltar.
For historical reasons, in Britain, the British Navy could be given the royal name, but the Army was stripped of the Royal Army title because it supported Cromwell in the English Civil War in the 17th century.
Of course, some of the King's Guards in the Army can use the royal title, but they can only be called the first battalion of the Royal Musket Regiment of the British Army.
Since then, the British royal family has begun to lean towards the navy due to the need to limit the army and expand the British maritime interests, resulting in the treatment of army soldiers in the British ** team is much lower than that of the navy, and the scale is not comparable to the navy.
Although Britain currently has colonies all over the world, the British army is very limited.
You must know that before the North American War, the regular army of the entire British army was only about 30,000, and the North American war made the British Army pay attention to the British government, but by 1790, the total number of regular troops in the British Army was in the early 200,000s.
First of all, in order to protect the interests of Britain in the New World, the British deployed as many as 20,000 troops in the West Indies, and in the New World, the British originally deployed 8,000 troops, but with the change that France was about to sell its colonies, the British increased their troops to the New World to more than 30,000.
In addition to these more than 50,000 troops, the British government also stationed troops in the Mediterranean, South Africa and West Asia, and because of the existence of the East India Company in East Asia, the British government only deployed 10,000 troops.
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In the Calais area of France, although the main force against the French ** team there is called the British Volunteer Army, everyone knows that those troops are the British regular army, and the so-called Volunteer Army in Calais has more than 10,000 people.
At this count, the British had less than 80,000 troops left on their home turf, and these 80,000 men had to defend Ireland and Scotland, but also be ready to meet the challenge of the French.
Wolfenthal immediately demanded that 15,000 troops be sent to Gibraltar, which was almost a fifth of the troops currently deployed in the British mainland, and Pitt Jr. could not agree.
"Your Majesty, Gibraltar is indeed very dangerous, but the geographical location there is relatively special, and I think that Gibraltar does not need fifteen thousand reinforcements at all!"
"Prime Minister Pitt, you are completely bewitching Your Majesty!"
"Lord Wolfenthal, I think you should know the size of Gibraltar, even if we send more reinforcements in the past, we can't use it at all, I think the five thousand men under the command of General Walibegg can be a good guard of Gibraltar!"