Chapter 125: Pressing Forward
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Bismarck, of course, would not have imagined that this was a conspiracy on the part of Paris, and that Napoleon had ordered the Rhine Corps to start a conflict where the conflict broke out.
At that time, the Prussian army insisted on crossing the bridge to the Rhine fortress and patrolling the other end of the river. At this time, the French patrol troops stationed in the garrison immediately shouted to the Prussian army: "This is the position of France, you leave immediately!" β
The French deliberately shouted in French, so the Germans did not understand and did not want to listen, and continued to march towards the other end of the bridge.
The French immediately sent a report to the inner fort of Metz. When Stottwell got the report, he was very excited and immediately said to the French soldiers on patrol: "As long as the other side fires the first shot, resolutely shoot back!" β
At this time, the two sides were already facing each other in the middle of the bridge, their rifles loaded with bayonets, and they were gesturing in front of each other. One humiliates himself in German, and the other greets the other family's family in French.
In order to drive away the invading enemy guys, and to adhere to the principle of not firing the first shot, the French could only hold bayonets and push each other.
Instead of heeding the advice, the Prussian soldiers kept ramming the French soldiers and trying to cross the bridge.
In the face of the provocation, the commander of the French patrol stepped forward in one step, and with a height of nearly two meters, he instantly knocked one of the thin members of the Prussian army to the ground, and the enemy soldiers saw this, and punched him.
What was supposed to be an ordinary clash angered the Prussian patrols with the arrogance of the French army. A Prussian soldier next to him picked up his gun and aimed it at the captain of the patrol team, and when he was about to shoot, another soldier rushed forward and jerked the barrel of his gun up, and the bullet hit the captain's shoulder, bleeding profusely. At this time, another Vietnamese soldier also opened fire, breaking the bone of the left arm of another French soldier.
As soon as the shots rang out, the French had achieved their goal, immediately retreated and fired back. And the French soldiers also had a way in their hearts, and instead of shooting directly at the Prussian troops, they fired bullets around them and forced them to withdraw from the bridge. After both sides had withdrawn from the bridge, the Prussian shelling began.
Since the French had premeditated their withdrawal from their positions, the Prussian army only carried out a futile artillery bombardment, and the battle seemed to be very fierce, but in fact the Rhine regiment did not suffer actual losses, except for the initial patrol soldiers who were wounded. Proceeding according to the plan, Stockville followed Napoleon's instructions and sent a telegram that did not correspond to the facts and suffered heavy losses.
Sound familiar? Just be familiar with it, the battle of Chigua Reef is like this to provoke disputes, and then the Vietnamese side loses again, because it was the Vietnamese side that fired the first shot, even if it is useless to find the United Nations to comment.
So the Paris Conference was temporarily suspended, and Bismarck had to confirm the accuracy of the information to Prince Frederick. Three hours later he received a definite reply that the German Second Army had indeed fired the first shot that should not have been fired.
The other delegates were still sitting in the conference room discussing the next negotiations, but the British Minister Russell directly covered the notebook in front of him, shook his head and said, "This meeting is over." β
"Isn't it not yet the beginning?" said Count Andrassie. β
Minister Russell narrowed his eyes, looked at Napoleon's back at the door, and said something inexplicable.
"No, I think it's over."
Bismarck stood in the hallway outside the conference room and slammed his fist into the wall, which was not a matter of aggravation for Prussia, but the last nail was hammered into the coffin board.
Prince Frederick's thoughtless actions put Bismarck in an even more disadvantageous position, or even a mess, in this invisible battle.
The truth is within the range of the Krupp cannon, and this statement is true.
But the Junker aristocracy often saw only Bismarck's iron and blood, but did not see the other side's clever political means. When they are not strong enough to take on the continent alone, they should think more about how to use the situation to turn around.
Napoleon's political diplomacy taught the Junkers officers a vivid and wonderful lesson.
Bismarck closed his eyes and muttered to himself, "There's no chance of turning over." β
"Yes, Prussia has no chance to turn over now, and no one expected your defeat to be so dramatic."
Napoleon walked up to Bismarck, and although the difference in height between the two was twenty centimeters, the German Chancellor still had to bow his noble head when he saw him.
"Everyone else will only accuse you of treacherous atrocities, and the other three countries that have taken advantage of France will only point the finger at you, but judging by your attitude at the negotiating table, it seems that you have pushed your last ally, Count Andrasi, to our side. It's ironic that the great Chancellor Bismarck lost to his own pig-stupid teammates. β
Napoleon's sarcasm did not hold back, "so that at the next negotiating table, no matter how harsh you may be, others will only grow more and more disgusted and disgusted." Your prince has personally buried the last bargaining chip in the negotiations. β
Prime Minister Bismarck's soul seemed to be drained, he looked at the initiator in front of him with blank eyes, twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with a painful expression, "Who are you?" β
The other party said calmly, "I am Napoleon Bonaparte." β
"Fart, you're just a liar!"
Napoleon asked rhetorically, "But is it not ironic that a liar wins over a chancellor who is good at diplomacy?" β
Bismarck fell silent and stopped talking.
After a four-hour pause, the meeting resumed, and the German chancellor was at all devoid of his previous domineering appearance, regaining the look he had seen when he had been captured by the French army a few days earlier, and the frustration and chagrin were etched on his face, making it seem as if the other had aged much in a matter of hours.
Russell even looked at the old man in front of him with some sympathy, not knowing what kind of frustration the other party had experienced before such a look emerged.
Before Bismarck could speak, Napoleon had already won.
"The German Second Army tore up the agreement without authorization and launched an offensive against our Rhine Corps, which led to heavy losses for France. Now both France and Germany have confirmed the actual situation and informed the ambassadors present at the meeting in a timely manner. We strongly condemn and protest against this act of sabotaging the European Peace Conference. β
The surrounding representatives all nodded silently, and most of them had the idea of beating the water dogs. Napoleon gave the other countries rich political benefits, but the newly unified Germany could not offer decent benefits in exchange with the other countries.
Chancellor Bismarck, still in his final throes, said, "We will deal seriously with the leaders of the matter, but this meeting should continue, and France should still be responsible for the reparations for the damage inflicted on Prussia, as required in the agreement." β
The Russian diplomatic ambassador Gochakov cast a sympathetic look at him, and Germany laughed at the last bone and did not let go, not knowing that the Great Powers were very disgusted by Germany's backsliding.
Napoleon interrupted with a wave of his hand, and he said in a loud voice, "The delegates have just thought that the two billion franc reparations proposed by Prussia are too demanding and need to be reduced ......"
"Yes."
Chancellor Russell added, "Britain considers that Prussia's brazen repudiation of the armistice has caused great damage to the progress of the Paris Peace Conference." If the German side continues to obstruct the progress of the talks, Britain can only express its great regret. If Prime Minister Bismarck wants to continue the peace conference, he should show due sincerity. And not the lion opened his mouth to make a claim for two billion francs in reparations. β
Bismarck endured the ups and downs in his heart, knowing full well that if he continued to make trouble at this meeting, he might push all potential allies to Napoleon's side, and everyone's attitude was very obvious, and the Germans abandoned the reparations this time, and they said that they would not continue to pursue it.
"That's the terms we came up with after discussions, and if both sides are willing to accept it, then this is the end of the meeting."
Russell presented his leaders with five copies of the papers, proposing the division of Alsace into special economic regions, the symbolic payment of 10 million francs by France to Prussia, and the withdrawal of Prussia from northern France within a deadline.
The subtext of this agreement was that if Bismarck did not withdraw his troops, the British would once again become allies of France.
Russia and Austria also supported Paris politically, and the current four-to-one situation, combined with the political mistakes of Prince Frederick Karl, made it impossible for Bismarck to refute it.
Moreover, Ron sent him a message from Berlin that the recent frequent activity of British warships in the Baltic Sea seemed to be a disguised warning of the rise of Germany.
If it had not been for the intervention of the European powers in the Paris Conference, it would not have become the way it is now.
A pair of cunning and greedy eyes, the shameless face of European politicians is fully displayed at this moment.
He was the only one who couldn't see through the thoughts in his heart from the emperor's expression.
In an instant, he suddenly understood something!
A bold idea suddenly came to mind, looking at the attitudes of the others around him, Napoleon was the real mastermind, just when everyone was smug, but he didn't know that the three countries were just pawns in his hands.
Bismarck tried to speak, but eventually swallowed it back, saying these facts did not change Germany's defeat, but rather attracted criticism from others, and his ambition for revenge against France failed, and he had even seen the war two months earlier as the beginning of the German conquest of Europe.
Napoleon?
Richelieu?
He seemed to see more shadows in this man in his thirties, and he couldn't see through the other party's path more and more.
In the end, Bismarck just sighed and said slowly, "I give up the conditions of two billion indemnities and accept the mediation proposal of the peace conference." "Mobile phone users, please browse m. to read, a better reading experience.
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