When the prince came to see Bismarck, he made a special trip to discuss the Dakar incident, and the two of them went directly to the topic without greeting each other.

"Carl, I think we should give Xiao Lotian a wake-up call, it's too dangerous to take such a risk, we don't have the strength to confront the whole world, Britain's industrial, economic, and military strength is not something we can confront against, this is playing with fire!"

Carl shook his head slightly, "It's not so serious, those young people who study abroad are just the age of impulsiveness, and it is understandable to be provoked to make such an overreaction...... I think it's better to give some help!"

Bismarck lit his pipe and took a deep breath, "Overreact? I think they are all a group of war maniacs, starting from the Marshall Islands to attack merchant ships, is that also legitimate self-defense?

"Karl, you have to remember that if we want to compete with France for supremacy on the European continent, we must endure for a while, our arsenal is in full swing to produce weapons and ammunition, our farms are preparing war rations for the army, and our steel mills are working day and night to provide steel ...... for the Empire."

"And our huge government, which is trying to raise every mark for the war effort!"

"Don't underestimate France, we must use sufficient preparation to crush the lax France in an instant, and we must use absolute strength to deter the French top in the early stage of the war and make them fearful!"

"What we need to do now is not to challenge the dignity of France in advance, so that they can also join the arms race, if France begins to prepare for war in an all-round way, then with their strong capital strength, we Prussia will not be able to get any benefits at all!"

Karl was speechless, he knew that every word the Prime Minister said was a wise quote that was impossible to refute. France is already a unified nationalist country, and has a large overseas colony, both the government and the people have strong financial resources, and the industrial and military strength is even stronger.

Looking at Prussia again, the whole of Germany has not been unified until now, there is not a single overseas colony, the financial power is almost drained by military planning, and the civil wealth is on the verge of exhaustion.

This is a big gamble, a big gamble to describe in Chinese terms, a military gamble, and the only advantage Prussia has over France is actually just a national character.

The strict Prussians were united in their determination to fight this fateful battle, and the romantic French were still basking in the tantalizing aromas of candlelit dinners and wines, and the beauty of the new Paris was like a fairy tale, and the extravagance had softened their bones.

Facts have proved that in the centuries-old rivalry between Germany and France, France has generally the upper hand. The simple reason is that France's geographical position itself is superior to that of Germany, and its vast coastline facing the Atlantic Ocean allows him to evade the British naval blockade and thus join the global colonial plundering army.

Moreover, France was unified much earlier than Germany, and its accumulated national strength and cohesive nationalist spirit were also stronger.

In real history, several major battles in which Germany defeated France were fought quickly and slowly, and when they were prepared, they were unprepared. The Franco-Prussian War was like this, and in the midst of Bismarck's repeated deceptions, France did not use all its national strength to prepare for war.

To put it simply, Prussia concentrated 100 percent of the country's forces for armament, while France at that time used only one-tenth of its strength for armament. This is why France, which had more troops than Prussia, was not mobilized at all at the beginning of the war.

Then there was World War II, Hitler's blitzkrieg was even more jaw-dropping to the world, and the mighty France resisted for only six weeks before being completely crushed into slag by the torrent of Nazi tanks.

But once France and Germany enter a stalemate, or the flames of war reach Germany itself, then Germany will inevitably lose in the end. It's a curse, but it's also an inevitability.

During World War I, the British and French forces and the Germans were stalemate on the Western Front, where countless steel and flesh were piled up, and after the war fell into a protracted and bitter battle, the old problem of Germany's economic weakness was naturally committed.

There was also Napoleon's conquest of Prussia, when the war burned to Germany proper, and the Germans could not effectively mobilize their national strength, the defeat seemed to be accidental but was actually inevitable.

And, of course, in the end of World War II, when Nazi Germany's resources were divided into various fronts and the war entered a stalemate, the eternal nightmare of national power began to torment them again.

The root of everything is national strength, and everyone understands that war is to burn money, France has more money than you Germany, and Germany cannot refute this, and the final result of a protracted war must be the victory of the side with more money, and this gap in national strength is far from being made up by a few military geniuses.

So Prince Karl has to sigh, he knows very well the prime minister's plan, Bismarck is to use provocations again and again and then show weakness, keep repeating to make France angry but not feel a serious threat.

Bismarck was completely touching Napoleon III's temper to formulate the general strategy, this old fox knew the other French fox too well, he had to make Napoleon III angry with not simple small provocations, and only when he was angry would he make a stupid move.

But anger cannot be transformed into power, and this anger should be concentrated on Napoleon III personally, and must not be felt by the bureaucrats in the cabinet.

The reason is simple, if the French emperor and the executive cabinet ministers are angry, then the whole of France will definitely enter the fast lane of preparing for war, and once the general mobilization of France's military potential begins, then Prussia will not have the slightest chance of victory.

Because of this, after successfully making Napoleon III angry, Bismarck will quickly show weakness, just like this Spanish heir crisis, which started to make a lot of trouble but finally had to give in.

It's like teasing a dog, first teasing the anxious eye, and then quickly throwing the flesh and bones to let him dissipate his anger, and repeating it again and again, until the dog becomes a mad dog.

Prince Carr sighed, touched a cigar from the Prime Minister's table and tried to smoke it, but the Prime Minister snatched it away, and the Prime Minister said sternly, "The doctor has told you not to smoke and drink too much, your throat can't stand it!"

This was a very rare signal of Bismarck's warm concern to Karl, and the prince suddenly said with great emotion, "Dear Prime Minister, of course I know your plan to provoke the French emperor, but not the entire French bureaucracy and the capitalist elite, let alone the British ......."

"I am well aware of your strategy, that you are trying to ensure the suddenness of the war and to paralyze France from large-scale armaments...... These Chinese kids really disrupt your plans!"

Karl was silent for a moment, "However, I still have to plead for these children! What they did cannot be completely wrong, and I think there are still some shining points in the seemingly bad results!"

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The writing is slow, because there is too much information to be consulted and analyzed, just like today's chapter, which seems to be just a simple conversation between Prince Karl and Bismarck, in fact, this chapter has already named the strategic core of Bismarck in the Franco-Prussian War.

In real history, the Franco-Prussian War was won in this way, and the cunning of such politicians like nine-tailed foxes in history is unimaginable, and their analysis of the enemy's psychology can be described as incisive.

As future generations, we analyze these big figures in history, and it seems that we can comment in a ridiculous tone, but if you are really born in the same era as them, and you don't have these predicted historical knowledge and experience accumulation, do you want to play games with these people?

I'm afraid that there won't be even a little scum left in the dead world!

Brothers, follow the footsteps of the hidden dragon! Although this is only an online article, the original appearance of history has not been destroyed much, and it will take a long time to read it a few more times.

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My efforts can be regarded as having a little bit of positive energy.

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