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No one would believe that the Tuileries Palace had declared war on the British, who had only wanted to threaten each other with war, and the Prime Minister of Gladstone did not want to break the situation hastily - they even tolerated the provocations of the French, despite the Duke of Cambridge's repeated insistence that war must be waged.

Now that Egypt has changed, they don't know if the French are ready for all-out war, or if, like the Franco-Prussian War before it, Napoleon III hastily launched an unequal war. However, his intuition told Prime Minister Gladstone that it was not as simple as he thought.

In order to challenge the world order, France put down their dignity and hatred at all costs, and went to great lengths to concentrate their firepower on the British, just to win over Germany, and the small means they never cared about before have finally worked. Once Britain declared war on France, they were not confronted with a single country. Rather, it involves the interests of the entire Mediterranean, as well as those who are eyeing the Mediterranean. The wolves are looking around and rushing into a tiger, and everyone will focus their fire on the British.

This is also why Prime Minister Gladstone does not want a full-scale war, preferring to limit the conflict to Egyptian soil, thus avoiding unnecessary trouble. In fact, the passage of the detachment through the Strait of Gibraltar has already aroused the fear of other countries.

But all he thinks about now is that France has declared war on him, and it seems that the French have forced him to go this way, and they are convinced that it was the wrong choice.

Prime Minister Gladstone became more and more unable to understand the approach of the Tuileries Palace, and the leaders of other countries seemed to them to be an act of death, and unless Napoleon had lost his mind, or his intelligence was not good enough to sit in the position of leader of the country, it was impossible to provoke war against the British.

Since ancient times, they have been indifferent to the situation on the European continent, indifferent to everything that happens in this land. Because London is powerful and does not take the initiative to provoke any country.

But now someone jumped out of that game of chess and pointed the sword at their group of chess players. That's what surprised Gladstone the most.

"If war is declared, it will be fought. Anyway, the French have been fanning the flames of Europe lately, just like Napoleon III at the beginning; If we had defeated each other in the Egyptian War, we might have gone as far as the Franco-Prussian War, when Napoleon's painstakingly built cabinet collapsed and the French people re-established a new government. ”

Gladstone guessed one thing wrong, Napoleon III was fanning the flames throughout Europe. And now President Napoleon did everything to guarantee the neutrality of other countries, to co-opt Germany, to target Great Britain. Since ten years ago, he has been planning for today's situation, and it is not a temporary cramming on a whim.

Therefore, despite the conclusion that London would defeat France, the Tuileries Palace was still determined to regain the position of European hegemon, and Napoleon was not as unproductive as his nephew, and he fought a rookie war with Russia, and he directly chose the difficulty of the hell start.

Challenge the dungeon of Sunset.

Long before the declaration of war, Napoleon personally went to Berlin. Even if he dared to challenge the British order, he would need the help of an ally to increase his chances of victory. Frederick III was the best candidate for this ally.

And Napoleon never dragged his feet, he said straightforwardly, "France is ready to declare war on England." ”

Frederick III, who had been drinking tea, almost spit out all the tea in his mouth, and his panicked appearance seemed a little embarrassed and even ridiculous to Napoleon.

Indeed, it took a little courage to take the initiative to declare war on Britain in this day and age. No one would want to provoke such a formidable adversary, but Europe itself was constantly in internal trouble, and there was no time to declare war on Britain.

But from now on, everything the French did was to provoke the upper echelons of London and finally be able to justify a war. They don't seem to have a particularly strong desire for colonies, but simply want to win over their opponents.

Behind these superficial factors, however, lurked Napoleon's enormous ambitions.

Unless it was a devastating war, they could only dampen the spirit of Great Britain, rather than directly obliterate the other side.

"Your Excellency President Napoleon, what you say is true? France is going to declare war on Britain? ”

Frederick III's head is a little bigger, which is different from what he said before. They pretended to cooperate with the Egyptians and justifiably took the colony. When the time came, he wanted to blackmail Britain to withdraw its troops, but now it has become a direct war with Britain?

No matter how the colonial issue is, it is still a private contest and competition, and once the skin is torn, the problem will be big.

"Yes, we are ready to go to war with them in the colonies. It would take another seven or eight years to prepare at sea, and it would not be until at least 1890 that France and Germany would be able to defeat each other's naval forces when they joined forces. ”

Frederick III was also surprised, and he asked, "But why declare war now?" ”

Napoleon turned his head and asked with a smile, "Does His Majesty still think that we have a peaceful way to solve the Egyptian problem?" The Egyptian question could not have been avoided from the very beginning. ”

He pointed his finger at the Kaiser and said word by word, "You want to replace Britain and gain benefits in Egypt, which in itself violates their bottom line." Coupled with the fact that the Duke of Cambridge and Wolseley and a group of pro-war factions were determined not to back down and tried to threaten us with war, then we had to preemptively start the war. In this way, the British were forced to accept the situation they least wanted to see. ”

"Challenge France and Germany at the same time."

Frederick III had some clues, and he said hesitantly, "You mean that the English, who took the initiative to declare war, would force the British to sit down and negotiate with us?" ”

"No, they don't sit down to talk to us right away, and they won't tactfully ask for peace talks until the British have suffered enough."

Here Napoleon concealed another circumstance, that is, Gladstone and their think tank were aware of the disparity in power between France, Germany, and England. Instead of choosing to lose his mind and block all his national power on a colony of little significance.

Napoleon took every situation into account, and yet every situation was gambling.

"So I need the support of the Germans now to put pressure on Prime Minister Gladstone. They will not be able to take advantage of the battlefield in Egypt, and we can drag on this war until finally the other side has no choice but to negotiate peace. ”

"If we challenge the UK's bottom line, will it really happen?"

Frederick III also knew that if they did not unite, a single nation might not win against Great Britain. But both countries have far outstripped each other in strength.

"We are not probing Britain's bottom line, but preparing for a war. With the current strength of the two countries, it is not a problem to fight against the British Army. By the time the German naval forces were able to turn the tide, it was the end of the road for the British. ”

Napoleon sneered and said, "Then will be the time when France and Germany will control the world." ”