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When the news reached the ears of the leaders of the European countries, everyone was very surprised. After all, he had already made a resignation storm in front of two Kaisers, the first time when Wilhelm I forced him to resign in order to ease the political turmoil caused by Bismarck, and the second time when he voluntarily resigned, because Frederick III had forced him to have no way out but to choose to do so.

The parliamentary faction led by Frederick III finally won, and in this political conflict, they forced Bismarck to have no way out with no concession and no compromise, and he could only end the political struggle by resignation in the face of his ministers. At the same time, it was also to tell the British that the "anti-French faction" in Germany had nothing to do, and that they could only ask for more blessings for themselves.

Granville was naturally unwilling to accept such an ending, and it took him so much effort to get through the internal relations in Berlin. In the end, Bismarck's resignation made all his plans fall short. The French made only one move, and forced London to have no way out.

Granville had no choice but to report the situation to Prime Minister Gladstone truthfully, telling him that British foreign policy had failed, and hoped that the Prime Minister would be ready for a war.

Prime Minister Gladstone's face was gloomy, and he looked at Granville's feedback, and involuntarily clenched his fists.

"Does it mean that the whole of Europe is going to turn against us this time? Now that Bismarck had resigned, Frederick III had become firm in his belief in an alliance with France, which was to force England to intervene. ”

Britain pursued a policy of continental isolation, so he had no political allies, and in the event of a conflict of interest, he relied on war to solve the problem. The Crimean War was hard enough to fight the Russians, and there was not much confidence in dealing with the French Prime Minister Gresston, who had just helped a militia group formed by a group of rural peasants to defeat the Transvaal invaders. As a result, the Prime Minister of Gladstone has no way to explain to Parliament why the most powerful British Army is playing at such a level?

"There is no other way but to wage war and defend the dignity of Great Britain. Even if the fabled gold mine did exist, it would have belonged to the British and not to the French. This is South Africa, either France, or a small piece of land. The French volunteers will not be able to hold out for long, and as long as we continue to send troops into the city and block the coastal coastline, the French will have absolutely no chance to move forward. We can use the tactics of encirclement and suppression to force them to surrender. ”

Even if you French have the most advanced light weapons in the world, the British can completely consume them.

"We are going to take the Transvaal before France and Germany have taken a concerted approach to the outside world, and the world's largest gold mine should belong to the British, and if the French take it, then they will be able to rise again. If it fell into the hands of the Germans, Berlin, with its militaristic traditions, would have the opportunity to develop an imperial navy that would be strong enough to re-form a new order on the European continent if they were to unite with the French. ”

Granville was not alarmist, as he would not have believed that France and Germany would have put aside their past suspicions and become allies, but after Frederick III came to power, these impossibilities became a reality.

Napoleon seems to have anticipated how things would turn out, so every absurd move he made had other meanings hidden behind it.

"Now the French government does not recognize those volunteers as soldiers, which means that we cannot directly declare war on France."

Prime Minister Gladstone shook his head in annoyance, and finally said indignantly, "Then I will kill all those French volunteers, and let Paris know that we British are not to be messed with." Now send a fleet to blockade the Gold Coast of South Africa, and never allow a single French or British ship to land in South Africa. ”

In the Transvaal, however, in addition to the French volunteers who had previously landed ashore, a group of Germans were welcomed. They were also volunteers sent directly by Berlin to South Africa to help the Boers resist the invaders. It's just that this group of people did not enter this sea area openly under the banner of Germany. They used the Dutch flag, and the tricolor was exactly the same color as the French one.

And this group of so-called volunteers can recognize them as soldiers at a glance, and their movements are rigorous and meticulous. Compared to the loose French, who were already familiar with the Transvaal, the German army looked more like it had come to war.

The pride engraved in their bones was destined to make the German volunteers sneer at the French. They could not believe that it was such a group of people in Paris who stopped the attack of the German elite and formed an impassable line of defense on the border, which made the German army suffer a lot.

In their eyes, the French are a group of lax and undisciplined people.

Granzvaal did not leave much free time to welcome the volunteers, who had just set foot on African soil, and before they could get acquainted with the situation, the colonial army charged again.

Both sides immediately assembled, and to the surprise of the German volunteers, the French, who had just been very scattered, were instantly assembled as if they were a different person. They jumped out of the trenches, set up machine guns and aimed as fast as they could in the direction of the British advance.

They even loaded their guns with bayonets, ready to engage in a skirmish with the invaders at any moment.

The British colonial army moved very slowly, they had not yet figured out the tactics of the French, in a previous conflict, in the extremely unfavorable situation for the French army, they actually launched a pig charge under the cover of the Maxim machine gun, the British did not figure out what was going on, they suddenly saw a group of desperate French rushing up, the British army without psychological preparation immediately collapsed, and the original situation of fighting more and less became that they were pressed and beaten by a small number of French.

At this time, no one dared to underestimate the French who were as tattered as peasants, although they were covered in mud, but they showed the qualities of an imperial legion.

Since the Franco-Prussian War, it has been engraved in the bones of every French soldier, the spirit of never retreating.

Napoleon recreated the legions of the First Empire, they were invincible, they were invincible.

The sound of the bolt of the gun echoed through the trenches, a silent oath. Every Frenchman aimed at the advancing British soldiers.

Great Britain, are you ready?

The Imperial Legion of 1806, they returned from the corners of history.