"France will choose safety!"

Walking on the extremely flat lawn of the palace, feeling the grass like a thick carpet, and breathing the faint fragrance of grass in the air, Zhu Yifeng's tone, which was in a very good mood, seemed a little calm. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Now he is not worried about the problem of war at all, according to the information currently available, the British have no strength to deal with the Chinese attack on all fronts, neither their army nor navy is ready for war.

The countries of this era, unlike the countries that have gone through the baptism of two world wars and the decades of confrontation in the Cold War, once the war is over, they will immediately shrink the standing army, they do not know what long-term confrontation is, nor do they know what "fighting at any time" is, almost every European country needs to go through a long period of preparation before entering the war, and in contrast, with the view of being ahead of the times, Zhu Yifeng has always demanded that the army must maintain 30% The troops are in a state of readiness ready for battle, and other units can be put into battle within two weeks of receiving orders. As for the navy, it is always ready for combat.

This kind of thinking of war preparedness that transcends the times has enabled the Chinese army and navy to strike the enemy with several heavy blows before he has completed his preparations for war, just like Japan during the Russo-Japanese War.

And this is what China needs to do in this war, but for the people of this era, they have never understood the characteristics of "mental calculation and unintentional", what they see is only the gap in national strength, just like the Louis of France? Bonaparte, like them, saw only the power gap between China and England, so they made what now seemed to be the most advantageous option for them - wait and see.

"Louie, who is ready? Bonaparte would choose to be safe! ”

In the past, because of his ignorance of France, Zhu Yifeng was full of contempt for the Third Majesty who lost the Franco-Prussian War, but now, he is full of sympathy for the Third Emperor, and he also understands his helplessness, which is completely rooted in his own domestic reality.

"Napoleon III's foreign policy was generally short-sighted, improvised, and visionless, but this weakness did not come from his lack of ability, but because of the chaotic domestic environment and political strife, which made him only take a contradictory and short-term line in foreign policy, unable to focus on the long term, which is what distinguishes us from them."

More importantly, China is dictatorial compared to France, and Zhu Yifeng, as emperor, is essentially a traditional Chinese emperor, although he advocates learning from the West.

As for the constitution, how many people in China in 1861 understood the constitution and understood constitutionalism. In another time and space, it took 22 years from the beginning of Japan's Restoration in 1868 to the formulation of its constitution in 1890. before it was completed from the constitutional.

As far as Zhu Yifeng is concerned, at least in the next 20 to 30 years, he will not consider the matter of constitutionalization, and without two to three generations of education, the end of hastily formulating a constitution is nothing more than another Manchu Qing. And this also means that in the next two or three decades, he can be an absolute monarch, in the country to implement the so-called "enlightened autocracy", compared to Napoleon III, this autocracy allows China to avoid many political disputes, especially after the Chinese scholars experienced the "taming" of the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially the "enslavement" of the Qing Dynasty, those officials naturally could not oppose the emperor's opinion.

Because of this, Zhu Yifeng was able to operate some things according to his own ideas, such as whether to go to war with Britain and the scale of the war, everything was carried out in accordance with his "will". This absolute power was by no means possessed by Napoleon III.

"So, at this time, neither France nor Napoleon III, even those soldiers in France who aspire to military merit, they are not willing to get involved, and to be honest, we should be grateful for the Crimean War, because the French did not get the benefits they hoped for in the war, which directly led to their indecision after the outbreak of the war between us and England now!"

"Your Majesty, at least those soldiers who are eager for military merit are not willing to sacrifice for the British again in vain, so they will hesitate, and this is our opportunity!"

Li Ziyuan agreed, as a foreign minister, his understanding of France is that the French military has a great influence on the government, which is completely different from that of China and even other major powers.

For Li Ziyuan, through the study of the modern history of France, we can draw a conclusion that from the collapse of the First French Empire in 1815 to the military coup d'état of Charles de Gaulle as the president of the Fifth Republic, for a whole century and a half, France has not had a strong enough national leader, and in terms of system, the army has not been effectively restrained, similar to the United States and Britain and other countries The civilian military system has not been effectively implemented in France, but is a relatively independent force entity.

"The collapse of the First Empire until now, the French army has ensured the survival of all dynasties, if Paris will come to the barricades every few years, if the army will suppress it, the dynasty can survive, if the army does not suppress it, then the dynasty will collapse immediately, so for Napoleon III, who has an unstable foundation, currying favor with the army is an essential act."

Zhu Yifeng continued to walk forward, talking about his understanding of France as he went.

In this case, he is the only one who starts wars again and again, and then uses his victories to revel and buy off the generals who want to be prosperous and rich, and only then will the generals support him and help him maintain his rule. If he can lead the army to victory again and again, then the army, to be precise, the generals will always support him, and his country will be very stable, but if he experiences a defeat. ”

After a pause, Zhu Yifeng thought of nine years later, just as France lost to Prussia, he lost his empire.

Then his dynasty would lose the support of the military and fall into collapse. Now the French are hesitating, Napoleon III himself, and those generals, they are hesitating, and this hesitation is not only because of the Crimea, of course, the Crimea is a cause, and more importantly, the defeat of the British fleet by our fleet at Cologne, which makes the future war full of uncertainties, in this case, wait-and-see is undoubtedly the best option! ”

Again, Zhu Yifeng mentioned the victory in the "Battle of Cologne". It can be said that it was the complete victory in that naval battle that made the whole of Europe look at the Chinese navy with admiration, and it also made them full of uncertainty about the future war between China and Britain, which was the real reason for the hesitation of the French.

"The experience of the Crimean War in which France received little in return, combined with our great victory at the Battle of Cologne, all adds up to the fact that France would not have been involved in the war at the beginning of the war, and that means we have a chance!"

"Opportunity?"

His Majesty's words made Li Ziyuan stunned, he didn't see where this opportunity was, in his opinion, this uncertainty was undoubtedly dangerous, and it might even lead to the defeat of the war in a critical period in the future.

"Your Majesty, I think that the French may choose to speculate in the future, and if they send hundreds of thousands of troops to Africa, as they did during the Crimean War, then we will most likely suffer defeat in Africa, where our military power is relatively limited......

Africa is a weakness in all battlefields, even if he is not a soldier, Li Ziyuan knows very well that it is difficult to defend there by relying only on the defense forces there, of course, this premise is that Britain sent a large number of troops to Africa as it did during the Crimean War.

"Even if we mobilize all the immigrants and expand the defense force as much as possible, our military strength there is only a few hundred thousand, and the troops are extremely dispersed......

In Li Ziyuan's words, Zhu Yifeng just walked silently, of course he knew that Africa was a weakness.

"Indeed!"

Nodding, Zhu Yifeng said affirmatively.

"It is precisely because we all know that Africa is the biggest weakness of the entire battlefield, so we have to seize the opportunity, the reason why Africa is a weakness is because our defensive strength is insufficient, once we turn to defense, then the British can tear our African colonies apart from all directions, and when the time comes, even if we win Nanyang and Australia, the price we pay is to lose the whole of Africa, which is not in our interests, so ......"

Walking to the lake in the palace, stopping, Zhu Yifeng looked at a few water birds in the lake,

"We are going to attack, and by constantly attacking, we will force the British to go on the defensive, to force them to use their forces on defense, not on offense, and when they are on the defensive, we will win half the war, because ......"

Looking at the waterfowl that were foraging in the lake, Zhu Yifeng sneered.

"Because when the time comes, the whole world will see it, see Britain on the defensive, see the reality of Britain's weakness, and when the time comes, they will naturally get involved in this war, and the French, Russians, they will not give up the opportunity to tear a bite of flesh off the British!"

Zhu Yifeng knows very well what the imperial powers of this era think, among these countries, there is no so-called friendship at all, they have always put interests first, and they will never let go of any opportunity to take advantage of the fire.

No country will give up such an opportunity, the British colonial empire is too large, too tempting, they occupy the largest colony in the world, and the same environment is the best, in this case, they are naturally the most suitable target, of course, when the British power is strong enough, no one will challenge him, but when the British paper tiger shows its weakness to the outside world, especially when the countries see that they can tear off a piece of meat from it, Who can control themselves?

The Enlightened will be more helpful - as long as there are enough interests, the French, Russians, and even other countries will be happy to participate in the division of the British colonial empire with China, of course, this has a premise, that is, China must first tear the tiger skin of the British, so that all countries can see the hope of victory!

His Majesty the Emperor's words made Li Ziyuan's expression become solemn, and he tried to ask.

"That's why Your Majesty will order the army to attack Australia?"

Now, all the confusion has been explained, the reason why the army attacked Australia was not because of Australia's anti-Chinese incident, not for revenge, but for attack, in order to show the world that China is attacking on a large scale, to put Britain in a passive defense, not to attack China's soft underbelly.

"Attacking the Australian ......"

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Yifeng nodded and said.

"Attacking Australia is not just for the sake of British power to drive out of the Pacific, nor is it just for the colony ......"

Although Australia's iron ore has been coveted for a long time, it is unlikely that it will be shipped back to China for at least the next 60 years, and the reason why Australia is being attacked now is for another reason, a political reason.

"It was to show the French that the British were now powerless to defend their vast colonies under the attack of China, and that it was not only the French who were now watching......"

Staring into the distance, thinking of the seemingly weak neighbor, thinking of their hostility to Britain, Zhu Yifeng continued.

"And the Russians, they're also watching, they're watching to see where we're going to go in the war, how much strength we're going to put into this war, and of course, they're all waiting to take advantage of the situation, so we need to tell them through Australia that if they don't take the opportunity, then the British colonial empire is very likely to fall into our hands, and when the time comes, they will never miss this opportunity. Now, all we need is offense! Constant attack! ”

When he said this, Zhu Yifeng's whole person seemed a little excited, and even his breathing became short, because this war will be different from any war in Chinese history, this war will sound the clarion call for China to carve up the world, and more importantly, this war is likely to completely destroy an empire!

Likewise, witness the rise of an empire!

"Only through continuous attacks can Britain not know how to respond, but it can also put Britain in a dilemma, whether it is a colony or a homeland!"

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