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No one could have imagined that the secret collusion between France and Russia had already affected the political situation in Europe, including that the Tsar's willingness to send troops to attack France was also instigated by Napoleon. By this method they tried to arouse the burning ambitions of the main war faction in Germany.

This time Berlin is not alone, they have a group of Slavic gray cattle behind them, known as the steamrollers of Europe, so that the French are no match at all, and the British also focus their attention on Ottoman Turkey, their own interests and territory, and do not care who the French land falls into.

Russia's playfulness brought Bismarck's inflated ambitions to the peak at this moment!

"War, now is the best opportunity to wage war against France. Even five years have passed since the Franco-Prussian War, and Germany has not slackened its armaments! As we have seen, France has been stagnant since the end of the Franco-Prussian War, and there has been nothing to be done except for the addition of tens of thousands of standing troops five years ago. They have already confessed to being cowardly in international affairs and do not dare to participate in any political incidents. Only war, now only war can bring France to the brink of France! Putting pressure through diplomacy will not achieve the fundamental goal, we are going to dismember the French so that they can no longer stop the development of Germany! ”

Bismarck's determination to invade France was unshakable, and there was a group of people in the military department who supported him, and now even Tsar Alexander II had spoken, and Wilhelm I had no reason to refuse.

After a long silence, he finally spoke, "Okay, I see. You'll be in charge of this matter, and as for the Imperial Congress, I'll be in charge of dredging it. But Chancellor Bismarck should have known the consequences of the war. ”

Chancellor Bismarck nodded very confidently, "Of course I do." ”

"If you lose, you're going to get out of the prime minister's position. And then it will put Berlin in an awkward position, and our hard-won advantage will be broken. ”

Wilhelm I, despite his son's dissuasive looks, agreed to the request of Prime Minister Bismarck.

Crown Prince Frederick sighed, knowing that war was inevitable. The expansionist ambitions of the military even influenced German politics as a whole.

Crown Prince Frederick suddenly had a bad premonition,

I'm afraid that in the end, success will be iron-blooded, and defeat will also be iron-blooded.

What Germany did not know was that at this time, the Tuileries Palace was also anxiously waiting for the follow-up, and Napoleon used all means to lure Bismarck into the bait, so that Alexander II announced that sending troops to support the German invasion of France was the last resort. The top brass of the Palais du Ileries issued a public statement asking Berlin to make a move on Paris;

Tsar Alexander II was not stupid, they threw all their forces into the Turkish battlefield, and there was excess military force to help Germany, so the so-called Russian reinforcements were nothing more than a blank check to make Bismarck happy, and only Napoleon knew how much water was in it.

The two questions that Trochu asks the most these days are: first, will Germany really attack France as expected? The second is whether Russia will betray his secret ally and carve up France with the Germans.

And Napoleon, based on the deduction of the facts, came to a negative end.

It's not that Russia doesn't want to attack France with Berlin, it's that they simply don't have the ability to start another war. The Ottoman Turks performed slightly better in the 10th Russo-Turkish War, relying on advanced weapons and defensive tactics to hold off Russia's ambition to eliminate the Ottoman Turks as quickly as possible, allowing them to drag on in this campaign for a year and a half.

At this time, all the countries of Europe believed that if Russia really started a war, the British would definitely come to the rescue. But the fact is that it is useless, everything that the British side has done is really limited, they are only for their own benefit, to ensure that the Turkish Straits will not fall into the hands of the Russians. As for how Turkey ended up, it has nothing to do with the British.

Therefore, if Germany tried to attack France, then it would definitely not be able to bypass the British, because Napoleon's efforts had already established an agreement with London to ensure that both sides would advance and retreat together in this event, and that German ambitions would never be allowed to succeed.

In fact, the British side has already seen the impact of the Three Emperors Alliance on it, and the fact that Russia attacked the British chassis and that Austria-Hungary and Germany actually maintained a tacit attitude has fully illustrated the problem. This alliance actually affected his control of the situation in Europe, and although the Three Emperors Alliance was also full of contradictions within it, they chose to share the same hatred in the face of common interests.

"This was one of the most important battles in France, and the British might help Paris, but their help was limited. The most important thing is ourselves, on the surface France has only expanded the regular army by tens of thousands, but in fact, counting the internal affairs forces of the secret police, although there is a certain gap, it is much smaller than the Franco-Prussian War five years ago. Add to this the fact that we are now armed with new guns, machine guns, and countless barbed wire, trenches and machine-gun bunkers that crisscross the French and German borders, and I do not believe that the Germans will be able to break through our lines this time. ”

It was a standard World War I battle, with Napoleon building a simple version of the Maginot Line to stop his advance.

However, the Germans, who had not yet fully replaced their equipment, would have tasted the hardships of this war, allowing them to truly see that in addition to their numerical superiority, the French were far more advanced in weapons and tactics than them, and they were the standard for future wars, and they were fighting this new war.

What Napoleon wanted most was that Bismarck would be iron-blooded and defeated.

Napoleon's painstaking efforts were not disappointed, and while the Tuileries Palace was waiting for war to break out, the information that Napoleon most wanted to hear came from the front.

Germany is mobilizing troops, and it is quite possible that it is ready for an undeclared war!

He was so excited that he wanted to jump up from his chair and shout "God bless France!" ”

The French army had long been prepared and waited for Berlin to unilaterally provoke a war.

"It's coming, it's coming. The Germans were eventually fooled. ”

"We finally have a chance to take revenge on the Germans," he said excitedly, "and this time I will make them never dare to fight the French again!" This time, France wants to show the whole world that we are truly strong! ”

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