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Not everyone has a supportive attitude towards the promotion of the executive committee system, and there are quite a few opposition voices within the Blennes Palace, but when the telegram from the front line was fed back to the top of the General Staff, General Le Flow took the telegram and rubbed his eyes in disbelief. It was absolutely inconceivable in the Franco-Prussian War that a reserve force that had not been in the war could defeat the Bavarian Low Rhine Regiment and the Frontier Expeditionary Force to the north.

"Does the commissar really have such influence?"

Such a thought unconsciously popped into the mind of General Lou Lou, of course, he did not know that it was not the political commissar that a reserve could resist for so long, but that Napoleon's new tactics had dealt a painful blow to the other side.

He needed to show this document to General Trochu, the Governor of Paris at the Tuileries Palace, and hurriedly put down everything he had and went to the office of the provisional president of the Tuileries Palace.

At this time, however, Napoleon and the Governors of Trochu were also worried about the situation at the front, and the new troops and fierce resistance only slowed down the Prussian advance, but did not stop it completely. It is estimated that in two weeks the Prussian army will reach Crey, and in three weeks it will reach Faurière, near Paris.

Napoleon looked at the map, pointed out the current situation, and calmly analyzed, "Now that Prussia is still pinned down by nearly one army group in Metz, this is a blessing in misfortune for us, while the Third Army is responsible for covering the left flank, and the Second Army covers the right flank, suppressing the attack on our left and right flanks, and creating opportunities for the First Army led by King Wilhelm." ”

Trochu looked at the map, and soon he understood what Napoleon meant by chance.

"You're saying they're going to take Paris as quickly as possible?"

"Bismarck's old fox did not want to drag on the war for too long, and it is estimated that Prussia was in a hurry to crush all our troops in half a year, and then take the victory to Berlin. If you think about it, he pinned all his forces to French soil, and he couldn't make any small moves behind the scenes of Austria-Hungary. And Britain also has a Prime Minister Gladstone who is not good at diplomacy and is prone to hot-headed things when instigated, do you think Prussia will not take into account the fact that Austria-Hungary, with the support of Great Britain, will launch an attack on Berlin? Regain the position they lost in the Austro-Prussian War? ”

Napoleon stared at Trox's furrowed brows, and said earnestly, "There is a hard battle to defend Paris, and if we can hold out for more than half a year, Bismarck will return empty-handed." ”

"What if you can't?"

Napoleon said coldly, "Because of our fierce resistance, Bismarck has not yet achieved his strategic objectives, and once peace is chosen, the Third Reich will wait for five billion francs in compensation, plus the cession of Strasbourg, Tours, and the fortresses of Valerion." ”

Trochu shut his mouth in a huff. In front of Napoleon, he was always just a general who obeyed his commands.

At this time, the assistant happened to walk in and report to them that General Louflo had asked to see him.

Napoleon and Trochu looked at each other, not knowing what surprise the general would bring them today.

"Let him in," Trochu said. ”

He knew that there had always been a feud between Le Flow and Napoleon, but given the prestige of the other party's army, he was still needed to lead the French army.

He did, however, make an unexpected gift to Napoleon.

"This is your report on the battle of the French Legion, the 3rd Infantry Regiment that you built and established was surrounded and annihilated by an enemy three times the strength of the enemy at Saint-Conlay, and the Prussian army, including their cavalry regiment, lost nearly 1,600 men, while our infantry regiment of less than 1,000 men was completely annihilated."

Hearing the news, everyone present became silent.

Lou Flo sneered and said, "The only glory of this war is that they did not surrender and fought until the last moment. ”

Napoleon bypassed the long oak table, walked up to General Louvlow, looked him in the eye, and pressed the other to question.

"You mean it's a disgrace to the French army?"

Leflow raised the telegram in his hand and said disdainfully, "Only victory is glorious, Your Excellency Napoleon." No matter how heroic they are, the rest is a disgrace. ”

Napoleon held his forehead, he finally understood that the propaganda department of the French army was a bunch of old idiots, and with the mobilization of this group of bureaucrats for war, it was no wonder that the people of Paris rioted the day after the defeat of his nephew Napoleon III.

He pointed at Leflo and said angrily, "Is this a shame? Is this a shame for him? My God, what's going on in your heads? This is an excellent piece of French political propaganda! Compared to the humiliation of the siege of Metz and the surrender of Sedan, the people of Paris have been tired of the bad news from the front for more than a month, and they need a shot in the arm, not despair for the future of France! You know what? ”

Napoleon took the telegram from Lovlow's hand, with only a few very brief sentences on it.

"The 3rd Infantry Regiment of France was besieged by several times the enemy, and fought to the last man, and we did our best, but not a single one of us retreated, although we were defeated. - Political Commissar of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, Bedorion. ”

The last sentence, although defeated, made Napoleon clench his fists excitedly, war does not need great victories and heavy losses to boost morale and people's hearts, and any army that shows valor should be a model and material for propaganda.

Not to mention the French troops who have surrendered one after another in the past month.

History and the world need to remember not only the victors who enjoyed the flowers, but also the heroes who died unsung.

Napoleon turned to Governor Trochu and said, "Your Excellency, this telegram can be taken to the Minister of the Interior as a propaganda material, and I now need the whole country's propaganda machine to be mobilized." We want to let the entire French people know that the Interim Defence Government is not a regime of passive resistance. The French army did not retreat, and even if it was destroyed with the invaders, we had to stop the Prussian army from attacking. The Jacobins, the Blanquists, the Orleans, the Bonamanians, all the newspapers gave me this article, and we were to mobilize the morale of the whole of France against the invaders, and anyone who did not wish to cooperate with the Provisional Government could be arrested directly on charges of treason. We want them to know what if Prussia can raise 900,000 troops? ”

The reason why the historical leader of the main war faction of the French Third Republic was that he refused to organize and lead the spontaneous resistance of the broad masses of the people to the invasion of the guerrilla war, and he only believed that the army he led had the strength to fight Prussia to the death, and those armed 'mobs' could only be hanged after encountering the regular Prussian army, and for this reason, they lost the basis of popular support.

But Napoleon would not, and here he put down harsh words and asked Lovlow to think things clearly.

Integrating the people of the whole country to form a unified line of resistance was the foundation of resistance to the Prussian army.

"Behind us stands the whole people of France!"

"If Prussia dares to invade France, we will drown him in the sea of the people's war!"