The first update

After the trilateral meeting, which was not very sincere, the leaders of the European countries received a telegram from the diplomatic ambassador. The content of the telegram was also surprisingly consistent, with Prime Minister Gladstone rejecting Napoleon's offer of peace and preparing to declare war on France and Germany. The leaders of the European countries were urged to prepare as soon as possible, and the most worrying thing was nothing more than the buffer between Belgium and other countries between France and Germany, who were always vigilant about the sudden outbreak of war in France or Germany, but they did not expect that the British would be the first to come to the door.

Faced with such a situation, in addition to Frederick III, there were also a number of Junker officers. Ten years ago, they did not enjoy the Franco-Prussian War, and now they have to go to war with the army of the world's first empire, and no one thinks that they will lose. And with France as its ally, it has already crushed the British in numbers alone. Coupled with the successive crushing defeats of the British, everyone believed that this victory belonged to Germany.

Frederick III also had no objection to speculation about the outcome of the war, believing that Berlin would not even need to use 500,000 troops to end the war and end the hegemony of the empire on which the sun never sets.

Anyway, the final victory belonged to Berlin, and they never worried that the British would be able to fight back.

And Frederick III summoned Moltke's Chief of the General Staff for another matter. Regarding this war, whether they can completely annihilate the main forces of the British Army. It's about the next step for Berlin to take and dominate the world.

At this time, Germany's overall strength was rising, and France became its ally. Obviously, now there is no one in the whole of the continent who is their opponent. As for his old friend Austria, Frederick III also had the idea of whether to let the other party return to the German family, and annexed Austria based on the dual empire to further expand the territory of the Second German Reich.

Of course, these practices could only be continued after the end of the war against Britain. He wanted to declare his strength and invincibility to those who had oppressed the German nation.

France, Great Britain has been the European empire for so many years, it's time for their turn.

"I would like to hear your opinion, Chief of the General Staff of Maoji, about the plans of the British to launch an attack on France. From which direction do you think they will attack France? ”

Frederick III had no need to worry now, because he knew that even if the British raid was successful, they would not be able to escape the fate of being surrounded and annihilated.

"Judging by the map, they crossed the Strait of Dovre and attacked France with the greatest likelihood. Because it is the closest to France, and it is also the border with Belgium. But I don't think the Tuileries guys are stupid, they will definitely be in the Calais area and wait for the British to come to their door. ”

"We now have the assumption that the leader of the Tuileries Palace is a military genius that is rare in hundreds of years, so he will try to strengthen the fortifications of the northwestern coastline of France. At sea, the French were no match for the British, but on land it was not easy for the British to get a head start. Every line of their attack was calculated by the French, and it was not clear that there was no military deployment on the surface, but in fact it was a trap that had been dug long ago. The French do this all the time, but the British don't learn their lesson. ”

In comparison with several colonial wars, Moltke was very disdainful of the backward ways of fighting the British, and he looked down on the British army even after civilian reform. I had a mixed mindset about the French, and ten years ago the German iron hooves crushed the French army with almost no pressure, and caused the abdication of Emperor Napoleon III and the demise of the Second French Empire.

However, this time it was different, the man who claimed to be Napoleon's rebirth was able to command an undertrained army to turn defeat into victory under disadvantaged conditions. At this level, even Moltke himself did not dare to pack a ticket for sure. All in all, this time he wants to make France no longer threaten Berlin completely!

"Your Majesty Frederick, I have a bold idea now, but I don't know ......"

"Say it."

Frederick III said bluntly, "Say what you have." Chief of the General Staff Moltke, I also need to consider how far this war is going on in the light of your words. ”

Moltke observed the other party's expressions, and felt that Frederick III did not care whether France lived or died, so he carefully threw out his own opinion.

"If we do defeat the British army, do we need to continue to cooperate with France?"

Frederick III paused as he turned his hand over the battle plan, he looked up at the German exploits, and asked hesitantly, "What does this mean?" If you don't work with France, with whom? ”

"No, no, no, I mean, why can't we replace the world's first and second colonial empires as the new hegemon at a time when Britain and France are both losing? What are Germany's advantages now? Nearly a million troops, but also the baptism of war, well-equipped and tenacious German Iron Army. The victory in the Franco-Prussian War was purely a fluke victory won by Napoleon, taking advantage of the psychology of the European countries to balance the situation. We were perfectly capable of tearing our faces and declaring war on the French immediately after the encirclement and annihilation of the British army. ”

"And once the German army is mobilized, we can afford to occupy the industrial cities of northern France and then force the Tuileries to sign an armistice with us. Originally, we were forcing the French to pay 5 billion francs in compensation and cede the northern territories. But these plans had failed because of the British and Russian turmoil, and now if the French were defeated again, would they be able to compensate the colonies in northern Africa? ”

The atmosphere between the two sides suddenly steamed, no, suddenly there was silence. Frederick III looked at the Founding Father in front of him with half-squinted eyes, as if trying to guess the intention behind the other party from his words.

Being watched by Frederick III like this, Moltke's whole body felt like pins and needles. He planned to retire for the time being, and wait until the Kaiser had really thought it through, and then get out of his full plan.

"Moltke Chief of the General Staff."

Just as he was turning to leave, Frederick III stopped him from behind, and the expression on his face finally changed. He said cautiously, "I don't want a third person to know about this, and I hope that the General Staff can make a follow-up battle plan as soon as possible and hand it over to me before the war begins." In the end, of course, it was necessary to declare war or to attack France. It's still up to me to decide. ”

Frederick III decided to prepare a surprise for the arrogant Paris.

A surprise that made Napoleon instantly change his face!

Moltke's unsmiling face finally squeezed out a smile, and sure enough, everything was according to Bismarck's budget, and Frederick III greedily wanted to swallow all the colonies, so when the real interests were in front of him, he would be ready to kick his teammates out.

After all, the territory of the European continent is so small, and it can only accommodate one overlord. The Tuileries must have had the same plot behind it, trying to wipe out the Germans.

"Yes, my majesty."