Chapter 313: First Chop and Then Play
The second one, there is one more
Eventually, Charles York took half of George's advice and opened a second landing line at Roscoff and Pembrol, the most traffic-efficient, ad-free site. At the same time, the number of fleets on the surface of the sea was strengthened. Prevent the Northern Fleet of the Germans, posing a threat to its landing operations.
The British were already in a dilemma, so they simply fought to the end, and even if they were not able to open the way to Paris in Cherbourg, they could at least occupy a base and disgust the French. The battle for the capitalist imperial world, which was destined to be documented by Marx, is heating up.
Everything is going in an uncontrollable direction, and the Tuileries will not allow the British and German conspiracy to succeed! They will hold out until the moment they fight back.
At this time, Frederick III was also anxiously waiting for the battle report from the front, originally according to the established plan, now the German army has accepted the invitation of Paris, crossed the French border to suppress the British soldiers of the landing operation, but they did not. Krupp's steel artillery remained near the border, and the Germans were impatient, and they even kept asking the Berlin General Staff when they could start the offensive.
Moltke's Chief of the General Staff was also very embarrassed, because the British troops did not land on the northern coast according to their predetermined plan, but chose the central part of France. The sensitive question of France was at the heart of the matter: whether the Germans would take advantage of this aid to capture most of the northern part of France. The Tuileries Palace has been carefully guarding against the pressure of the German army, and they even did not hesitate to deploy the elite of the Rhine Army on the northern border, ostensibly to defend the British, but in fact France and Britain together.
Moltke didn't know what conspiracy was behind France's back, and they must have thought of countermeasures while they were on guard against Germany. I am afraid that this is also the reason why the battle plan was handed over to the Kaiser, but there has been no follow-up and no movement.
Today is the third time he has entered the Kaiser's palace, and it is obvious that His Majesty has lost his former composure and calmness, and he keeps asking Moltke why he has not received a plan to assist in the battle from the Tuileries Palace.
"Are the French going to take on the British? It's different from the plot we said in advance! ”
Frederick III was really angry, and the battle plan he had agreed upon was now completely unimplemented. The Tuileries Palace directly turned them away, and did not let them go deep into Orleans at all, just like the Franco-Prussian War of that year, Germany's footsteps only stopped at Orleans.
The muscle show originally prepared for Germany was no longer useful, and without landing on the northern coastline, they would never let the British know how the invincible black torrent could crush the British army.
Moltke carefully comforted the enraged Frederick III, and he tried to get the Kaiser to think about the good side of things, "But Your Majesty, it is also a good thing that the French are singled out against the British." If France is defeated, then we have a justifiable excuse to march into French territory under the pretext of helping our allies. If France had won, a crushing victory awaited them, so that Germany would have had no trouble removing two powerful rivals, and His Majesty should be deserving of joy. Whether this war is won or lost, we are on the side of the advantage. ”
"Yes, yes."
Frederick III turned his head and said in a mocking tone, "Can Moltke's Chief of the General Staff be a little shorter?" Don't you know that this war was given by heaven to Germany to become the hegemon of the European continent? ”
"This is a once-in-a-century meeting, and the German dismemberment of France is imminent, and if we don't grasp it well, it will be difficult to wait for such a time. We can retake Alsace and Lorraine, seize the important industrial cities of northern France, and even make their map half so that the French will not be able to rise again for a century. Is there anything that excites the whole of Germany more than the inability of the French to rise? What is it to let France decline? As long as a political strongman appears, they will be able to rise! Dividing France will never restore the present picture, dismantling the vast colonies of Britain and France, and leaving them to Germany, which is the most important thing in all our plans. This is the real rise! And not what you call a petty fight! ”
"The greatest power of Western Europe, not a decaying Russia. What if Russia has a vast territory? Not all blind national leaders can see that they are gradually declining, but Germany is constantly rising! ”
Sitting in the position of Kaiser, Frederick went from being an enlightened monarch to an authoritarian tyrant.
Moltke wiped his forehead, shocked by Frederick III's enormous appetite. The Kaiser is thinking about it in the long run, and he clearly wants to become the No. 1 empire in Europe in one step, and even wants to reach the peak of the First French Empire, the only sword-wielding man in Europe!
From the Holy Roman Empire to the present, the German nation has been loose for too long, and they have even lost many rising meetings, and this time, Frederick III will definitely not miss it again! Even if he gambled everything, he would become the great monarch of the German Empire comparable to Frederick the Great.
However, this plan was always thwarted by various factors in reality, and Frederick III's original intention of forcibly declaring war on France and Germany was unanimously rejected by the General Staff, because they feared that Britain and France would immediately freeze their old suspicions and carve up Germany as compensation for each other.
At that time, the Kaiser was so angry that after returning to the palace, he scolded that the staff was a bunch of incompetent fools!
"That being said, but not every meeting, we can grasp it. The situation is very complicated now, and we don't know if Paris is waiting for our attack after staying. ”
Frederick III slammed his fist on the table, and everyone else around him couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts.
The Kaiser was furious.
It was obviously a good situation but could not be unfolded, and the anger of the Kaiser can be imagined! He ordered Moltke to intervene in the conflict at all costs.
"If there is no meeting, I will create a meeting, this is the moment that will change history, and the prosperity and prosperity of the Second German Reich for a hundred years will continue in one fell swoop!"
"From now on, the Germans will keep an eye on every move of France, and intervene as soon as there is any turn. In the right situation, you can cut first and then play, without the affirmation of Berlin! ”