Chapter 941: Mao's Strange Things

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After Aube took charge of the Admiralty, the French Navy almost completely stopped building capital ships and turned to the development of new naval weapons with avant-garde shapes, such as fast cruisers, torpedo boats, and submarines. So far, the French Navy has built a total of 36 cruisers, as well as more than 120 torpedo boats and small high-speed ships.

Perhaps influenced by the Franco-Prussian War, Napoleon IV had an instinctive fear of war, but as the emperor, he also understood the importance of a strong army to ensure the security of the empire, so after his accession to the throne, he vigorously supported the reconstruction of the French army, which was greatly lost in the Franco-Prussian War, so that it quickly returned to the pre-war level, and at the same time, he also attached great importance to the development of the French navy, which was distinguished in the Franco-Prussian War, and at his request, the parliament passed a bill to increase the French naval budget. This brought the budget of the French Navy to 4/5 of that of the British Navy (the highest in history was 2/3).

However, Napoleon IV did not fully agree with the ideas of the new school of the French navy.

He endorsed the basic theories of the "New School" set forth in Aube's book, Naval War and the Ports of France: torpedo boats were used to defend the coasts and ports of France and repel blockade fleets; The French cruiser flotilla broke free from the blockade and attacked the enemy's sea lines of communication, waging a "harassing war". But he also believed that the traditional "decisive battle of the fleet" was indispensable.

As the emperor of the "Free Empire", he could not simply impose his will on Obey and his supporters.

And Lin Yiqing's arrival gave him a good opportunity to correct the prejudices of the new school.

"When will that envoy of the Qianguo country be able to reach France?" Napoleon IV asked his courtiers.

"As far as we know, Your Majesty, the envoy of the Qianguo State has left Berlin and is accompanied by Marshal Moltke to the French border." One of the courtiers replied, "I expect to arrive in Paris in ten days." ”

"Alright, let's go back to Paris." Napoleon IV took one last look at the barracks in the distance and said.

On the westbound train, Helmut? Johannes? Ludwig? Feng? Moltke was listening intently to the conversation between his uncle, Marshal Moltke and Lin Yiqing.

In fact, Uncle Moltke Sr. was a particularly dull and boring man, who never liked to talk much, and he was skinny and weak, so some people thought that he was more like a scholar of classical philosophy than a military commander who threatened Europe. He likes to listen to Mozart quietly, read quietly, smoke quietly, write quietly (Moltke Sr. not only wrote military things, but also wrote many novels), and walked quietly.

But this time, on the order of Emperor Wilhelm I, he sent Lin Yiqing to the Franco-German border, but he seemed to be a different person, and he not only spent a lot of time talking with Lin Yiqing, but the topics involved were not limited to military aspects.

"You know, I'm sensitive by nature, but I'm not easily excited. My imagination is also very rich, but I don't think it's likely to be about imagination. "Old Moltke was telling Lin Yiqing about a strange thing that happened to him.

"After breakfast that day, I was alone, took my dog, and walked in the mountains south of the estate. This mountain has a majestic name, Kou Kou T

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