"The Russians want to buy aircraft?"
Having just awakened from sleep, Franz received the news. On second thought, it was hardly surprising. In recent years, the Tsarist Government had been buying, buying, buying.
Perhaps they had tasted the benefits of purchasing, or perhaps the bureaucrats simply wanted to make a fortune. Whenever the Austrian Army began equipping a weapon on a large scale, the Russians would soon follow suit.
Seeing aircraft shine brilliantly on the battlefield, the Tsarist Government naturally had to keep up. Especially with the Anglo-Russian War in Afghanistan still ongoing, the Russian Army urgently needed a weapon capable of suppressing the British airship force.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"The Tsarist Government has just decided to launch a Christmas Offensive, planning to seize the Afghan region before Christmas on the Russian calendar."
Foreign Minister Wessenberg explained with a smile. There was no doubt that Austria had played no small part behind the Russians' Christmas Offensive.
At this point in the European war, the British had barely participated. It was not that the London Government had suddenly changed its nature; Afghanistan had simply dragged them down, leaving them with little energy to spare.
Judging from the current situation, unless the balance of power between France and Austria was completely overturned, the British would certainly prioritize the Afghan battlefield.
Having received this answer, Franz sank into thought. Whether to sell aircraft to the Russians was also a vexing question.
In theory, once the Russians obtained aircraft, it would be tantamount to gaining control of the skies in the Afghan War, greatly increasing their odds of victory.
That was what Austria wanted to see. Occupying the Afghan region would not mean the end of the Anglo-Russian War; on the contrary, it would mark the beginning of an all-out war between the two