The first update

Bismarck's hesitation in the crisis of the war led to a missed opportunity. Prince Frederick's adventurism after the start of the war, he was supportive, anyway, the German army invaded Alsace, and other problems were slowly consuming time later. However, due to the interference of foreign powers and the defeat of the domestic political struggle, he had no choice but to adopt the means of ceasefire and confrontation. By the time his adventurist thoughts got the upper hand and he wanted to swallow Alsace in one go, there was no chance left, and the French army directly shattered all his illusions.

Napoleon's reaction was the opposite of Bismarck's, and he was determined to fight Germany to the death. In particular, in the lecture to the artillerymen, the will to war was unusually firm.

Among the troops stationed on the Alsace border, the most striking was the French artillery unit. After a year of rectification, the original decline has been changed. Napoleon even let the elite troops restore the glory of the former First Guard.

He inspected the troops, just as he had inspected the Imperial Legions against the French Alliance.

The scene was quiet only for the wind passing through the crowd.

And Napoleon's voice echoed in the wilderness.

In front of him, it seems that he is still the unstoppable division of the year.

"This is a live-fire exercise, and our aggressors are on the other side of the border, and they are eyeing the French border at any moment. The French artillery was the pride of the First Reich, and now, I still hope that you can become the pride of the Third Reich, the French artillery, the troops used to terrify the whole of Europe, this time, I hope you can let Germany know that France is indestructible! ”

"They forgot the nightmare of the Holy Roman Empire."

"They forgot the shame of the anti-French alliance, and they even forgot how I removed the title of the HRE Empire and turned it into the Rhine Confederation under the protection of France."

"They will not remember the European order that was once established by the greatest emperor of France!"

He spoke, and every word was like thunder, smashing into the soldier's chest.

"Artillerymen, do you see the other end of the border?"

All eyes were fixed on Napoleon, who was standing in front of them, and he replied neatly and firmly, "We see it." ”

"Smash the cannon fire at me!"

Napoleon drew his saber, and the edge slashed through the air in an arc, slashing at the body of the steel-cast barrel. He said in an impassioned tone, "With our loyalty and courage, for the sake of the Empire, we are fearless!" ”

"The unstoppable army of the French Empire returns to the continent."

"When all the rebels are dead."

The empire doesn't need to rise, it's just the return of the king.

Bidianfeldt, who had previously predicted that France would never take the lead in provoking, was directly slapped in the face, and the artillery fire was mixed with the anger of the French at Germany's repeated provocations, and fell into the no-man's land on the German border.

Bursting flames dissipated all creatures that had no time to escape into the blazing flames. The icy winter air seems to disappear from the borders of Alsace, except for Mars, which flies like fireflies.

Napoleon's artillery fire was measured, and did not directly hit the German army, he only warned the other side in this way that France was ready for a decisive battle.

A French eagle reborn from the flames slowly opened its sharp eyes and looked at the ants that crawled on its body when it was sleeping.

This was the first time that Bidianfeldt had seen such a fierce artillery fire from the French army, and the flames of revenge burned in the forest on the border for three days, forcing the German troops to retreat nearly ten kilometers to prevent being cared for by the intense artillery fire.

The feedback report from the front line of the reconnaissance unit made Bidianfeldt frown, the scorching scorched earth, the burning forest, the scorching heat that can be felt even when standing on the edge, the air inhaled into the lungs was filled with the smell of gunpowder after the burning of black powder, and in front of the German army, the French artillery provocatively created an impassable uninhabited belt that stretched for more than ten kilometers.

The aggressor's march will end there.

The French army was determined to fight to the death in Alsace, and Bidenfeldt looked at the burning frontier and thought of Bismarck's repeated emphasis on prohibiting the outbreak of conflict, but in the end he suppressed the voices of the other main fighting factions, resolutely refrained from taking the initiative to maintain the dynamic balance of danger.

This group of French people who were as excited as chicken blood seemed to be more terrible than the British army watching from the sidelines......

"Think of it as fireworks......"

"Pass the order, strictly restrain the ministries, and prohibit provocations to the French side."

Bidianfeldt watched helplessly at the bombardment of the French artillery and made a concession. Despite the anger and resentment of the militaristic Junker aristocracy, the stirred national hatred in Germany intensified in the military. But Bidenfeldt was not Prince Frederick who dared to disobey his orders, and the order had been given, and they had no choice but to hope that Berlin would give an order.

But Bismarck had no time to take care of himself, and he should have taken the side of reason and justice at first to teach Paris a harsh lesson, but the reality turned out to be the opposite, and they received the news that the British ambassador Russell had entered Germany, and that he had passed through Alsace in an ingenious way. At this time, Gochakov also arrived in Germany and officially began his visit to Berlin.

Just because the sluggish Slavic bear doesn't have a strong explosive power, not to mention the great white shark that roams silently in the waters of the North Sea.

The southern neighbors, the fanatical Catholics, blindly believed in the flawed lies, mistaking an imposter for a heroic spirit returning from the palace in Wahala.

Traitor to the German people.

The unforgivable wall-to-wall grass.

Perfidious Slavic brute.

Bismarck's indignation against Russia could not be overstated. If he had a hierarchy of trust in his heart, I'm afraid that Gochakov would have been blacklisted by now. He never imagined that the Russians would be so shameless that even London would not dare to call themselves mediators. Gochakov, an ally, dared to visit Berlin in his capacity as coordinator of relations between the two countries. It was like a hammer to Bismarck, slamming it into the chest.

One of the most frustrating questions in Bismarck's mind was, how much did St. Petersburg collect from Paris?

It is as if yesterday they were allies in Berlin who concluded an alliance together to build a new European order, and today they are pretentiously claiming to be mediators. When Bismarck heard about Gochakov's visit to Berlin, he disdainfully rebuked, "A group of pan-Slavists with evil intentions are now thinking about how to suppress Russia?" ”

If it were not for the easing of the dispute between Austria-Hungary and Russia in the Balkans, the settlement of the contradictions between the Slavs and the Germans, he would definitely have included Russia in the ranks of his opponents, and not as a false ally.

Even more unacceptable than the anti-German coalition was the arrival of Gochakov. With a triumphant gesture of mediator, when Gochakov and the Russian Emperor Alexander II stepped into Berlin's soil, it felt like a triumphant victor.

On the other hand, the British, who also traveled from London to Berlin, were much more cautious, and Bismarck learned from Prince Frederick's report that the Anglo-French troops were stationed in Alsace and were shelling the border to put pressure on Berlin.

Bismarck did not dare to act rashly, and before launching the Franco-Prussian War, he was to fix the relations between the parties. This time, the two countries of Britain and Russia were drawn into the game, and the situation was out of control.

Bismarck looked at Gochakov, who was walking towards him, and resisted the urge to punch him in the face.

"This time both sides have come for peace in Alsace, and Britain and Russia have a strong hope that the conflicts and disputes that have erupted in Alsace will be resolved at the negotiating table. Rather than re-influencing the political turmoil in continental Europe. ”

"For this reason, Tsar Alexander II closely followed the matter and hoped to actively solve the problem as soon as possible." ”

Russell glanced at Gochakov and thought of Napoleon's special visit to St. Petersburg before, and some associations seemed to arise in his heart. Although he did not know what was going on behind the conspiracy between the two sides, he was certain that some secret agreement had been reached between Russia and France.

"Napoleon, now it seems that Russia, Germany and Britain have become pawns in your hands, I really didn't expect it. I'm afraid you've even counted the meeting. ”

Russell took a deep breath, he could not change the British national policy for hundreds of years, he could only negotiate step by step according to the arrangement of Prime Minister Gladstone.

"Actually, Germany did not mean to start a war, it was all just a misunderstanding."

In the face of British and Russian pressure, Bismarck could only deny it. And the last bit of adventurism in his heart disappeared at any time.

Gochakov continued, "So can we solve this problem at the conference table? ”

Bismarck endured the anger in his heart, smiled and nodded, and said, "Of course you can, but you have to be the first to meet one of my requests, what does it mean that France deliberately violated the provisions of the Paris Peace Treaty and secretly stationed troops in the Alsace region?" In breach of the agreement, Germany is eligible for international arbitration. ”

He originally wanted to take advantage of this turmoil to revise the content of the contract, and even if it was poor, he would have to demand more compensation from France.

Russell and Gochakov looked at each other and replied in unison, "As far as we know, France does not have troops in Alsace at all. ”

"What do you mean?"

Hearing this, Bismarck's face changed instantly, and he asked, "Aren't those artillery and heavy machine guns the equipment of the army?" ”

"No, no, No, Chancellor Bismarck, you misunderstood."

Minister Russell waved his hand and said with a smile, "Who says that the police department can't be equipped with artillery and heavy machine guns to maintain law and order?" ”