Nothing came out of Napoleon's expectations, and immediately after the joint sanctions against Ottoman Turkey were issued by Austria-Hungary, Germany and Russia, and at the instigation of the British colonialist Prime Minister Disraeli, the Ottoman Sultan staged a massacre against Christians and Slavs as a retaliation and response to Tsar Alexander II.

Reform is impossible, Osman will not reform in his life. They can't deal with the Christians, and they can only solve all the problems with slaughter.

As a direct consequence of the early outcome of the Holocaust, Franz Joseph could no longer protect the Ottoman Empire in the form of moderate reforms, and he began to consider relations with Alexander II and hoped to allow the Russians to attack Turkey without disturbing the internal affairs of the Austro-Hungarian state.

At this time, Gochakov was full of conviction, and he not only received political promises from the French, but even received arms aid from them, a reinforcement of nearly fifty new machine guns, although the ammunition had to be purchased by himself. At this time, Chancellor Gochakov was back in Berlin, and he wanted to negotiate a new deal with Bismarck.

"We are willing to take the German side on the Alsatian land question in exchange for German support for our attack on Asia Minor. How is it? ”

Bismarck paused for a moment, he never expected that Gochakov would suddenly change his words, and the sudden change made him stunned for a moment. Then I began to think about what was the conspiracy behind Russia.

At this time, the Holocaust broke out, and Bismarck could no longer sit on the sidelines and watch the excitement as before. Count Andrassy made a vague statement to Bismarck that King Joseph would adopt a policy of neutrality when they attacked the Ottoman Empire, as long as Russia was willing to let them annex Serbia.

Tempting conditions...... It's no wonder that Gochakov would rather offend his potential political ally, France, than get involved in the conflict.

However, Bismarck did not know that this was a deliberate act by Napoleon in order to confuse Bismarck's judgment of the situation in Europe.

In the event of a conflict in the Balkans, Bismarck would fall into the trap that Napoleon had already devised when he saw an opportunity to seize Alsace.

"Will you stand firmly on the German side?"

Bismarck didn't know what was going on with the other party, so he asked tentatively, "Your attitude has changed really quickly, it's only been a few days, Prime Minister Gochakov." You have gone from being an ally of France to an ally of Germany. ”

Gochakov squeezed out an embarrassed smile, if Napoleon had not asked him to do this, he would not have dared to offend the benefactor of Paris. It's just that Gochakov was vaguely curious about what kind of calculations Napoleon was having.

"Of course, we will stand firmly on the side of our German allies."

Gochakov smiled a little unnaturally, anyway, if a large-scale conflict really broke out between France and Germany, Russia would have to choose neutrality without offending the financiers. May Napoleon, who made his own promises, not break his promises.

"After all, in the face of national interests, Russia knows who its true allies are."

After the two sides secretly confirmed their alliance, Gochakov's next stop was to rush to Vienna, where the transformation of the French political field gave him an opportunity, and this was the only chance he could start a war with peace of mind.

The change in Gochakov's political position puzzled Bismarck, who could not understand why Russia, saddled with billions of franc loans, was so quick to tear its skin apart.

"Is this really a godsend? Can we take Alsace? ”

Although his reluctance began to spring up again, this time Bismarck cautiously asked King Wilhelm, and he wanted to know what his biggest patron had in mind about the recapture of Alsace.

"It's nice to be able to retake Alsace, but don't forget that there are also British on the sidelines."

"This time the British will not focus on the Franco-German border, but on Ottoman Turkey."

Bismarck's adventurism once again stirred the nerves of the Germans.

"We didn't take Alsace before, largely because of British and Russian blockades. Now that Russia had promised to turn a blind eye to the French in order to conquer the Ottoman Empire, the British were too busy with the interests of the Mediterranean to take care of Alsace. So I think the Balkan conflict has created a far more favorable opportunity for us than the last war. ”

Bismarck even had a premonition that the scales of victory were tilting in favor of Germany, and that those territories that originally belonged to the Holy Roman Empire would sooner or later be snatched back.

Unbeknownst to Bismarck, however, that for nearly five years after the end of the Franco-Prussian War, the French army had been secretly increasing its military spending, and that since Napoleon had taken control of the entire Diet, French military spending had become a mystery. And it was not, as the German intelligence services spied on, that France did not carry out other innovations except for some reforms in the military system.

In fact, French intelligence saw only the tip of the iceberg, and everything Napoleon did was to be vigilant for the second conflict between France and Germany.

"But I think that if Berlin were to declare war on France, it would have to wait until the Russian-Ottoman war began, so that we could make a decision on whether or not to send troops depending on the situation."

After the crisis of the last war, Bismarck was extremely cautious in dealing with the problem of provoking a border conflict, and even if Germany could not send troops in a 100 percent favorable situation, at least he had to win more than 60 percent.

"And what about this time?"

King William asked him rhetorically, "This time we have taken the initiative to provoke the war, and what scale do we want to expand the war?" ”

His subtext was that once a conflict broke out, there would be nothing but a death-or-death situation between Berlin and Paris.

Bismarck was thoughtful, he was silent for a while before cautiously answering King William, "It is impossible to be like the last Franco-Prussian conflict, if you go too far, the British may really fight on two fronts." Simultaneous military dispatch to the Turkish Strait and the northern seas, and even the possibility of landing in France for combat. So we have only one strategic goal. ”

It was also Bismarck's only regret that was not fulfilled in the war five years earlier.

"Recapture Alsace and Lorraine, which belong to the German people."

Bismarck said word for word, "This is the last unfulfilled wish of the German Empire!" ”

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