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The Franco-German negotiations set off a chain reaction, including Disraeli, who had not been able to benefit from the deal, and began to secretly put pressure on Berlin. 【△網. Because of the mistakes of Ron and King William, Bismarck had to make concessions to England.

"Berlin promised London to support Russia again, whether or not Russia ultimately wins. At the time of the signing of the treaty, Berlin would side with Britain and vote against any agreement made by Alexander against Britain. ”

This agreement was suspicious of a communiqué for personal vendettas, and Bismarck's previous actions at both ends of the Russian Tsar Alexander had finally annoyed him, and he intended to make the smug Tsar pay the price for his deception and betrayal of his allies.

After making a series of small actions behind the scenes, Bismarck temporarily put Germany into a state of recuperation, no longer easily provoked a conflict on the border, and his original determination to take France in one go has also disappeared, he knows that in the face of a monster like Napoleon, what he does is futile to do, so he simply stands still in the end and quietly looks for opportunities. Anyway, the contract of the Three Emperors Alliance is still valid, and although France has won Berlin twice in partially, it will take him a longer time to open up the situation.

This was enough time to turn Germany from a nascent empire into a giant of war.

After the end of the Franco-German war, Berlin began to collect comprehensive intelligence, including the so-called Maxim machine gun and smokeless gunpowder, as well as the change of the French army's combat methods, Bismarck even proposed to convert the advantages of the French into the advancing strength of the German army, and persuaded the conference to increase the military expenditure, mainly for the replacement of rifles, machine guns, gunpowder and artillery.

The far-sighted plan laid the foundation for the next change in the German army, which would give Bismarck five to ten years to completely crush the French army militarily. And the opportunistic behavior of the French by relying on armament innovation and tactical reform can only be used once, and there is absolutely no second time.

While the Germans were in full swing on the Maxim machine gun and smokeless gunpowder, Paris was not caught in the same arms race, and many generals had proposed to continue developing new single-shot rifles, but Napoleon rejected them one by one.

These generals saw the advantages of the Maxim machine gun and the new Shasebo from the defensive battle, and boldly predicted that the dawn of the new war was coming, but in order to meet the dawn, they had to be fully prepared.

Napoleon, however, said that he would not develop a new rifle for the next three years.

This is tantamount to adding insult to injury for light weapons research and development factories.

In this regard, some hoped to be able to persuade Napoleon through Trochu to continue their research and arms race.

Even Trochu got the answer no. 【△網. 】

"As I said, France's focus in the next period of time is not the military, so there is no need to intercede with me, I will not be involved in the bottomless pit of the arms race."

Napoleon waved impatiently at Trochu and said, "If you are going to come here as a lobbyist, then you have chosen the wrong person." ”

"But the Germans are racing against time, and they have announced that they have made a major breakthrough in smokeless cotton, and we believe that it will not be long before they can develop the same smokeless powder as we do. At that time, it will also mean that Germany's armaments will be completely replaced, and the advantages that France has so hard won from equipment will be gone. Your Majesty Napoleon, listen to my advice. Now is not the time for France to stop and enjoy the scenery, but to speed up the upgrading of armaments, we are inferior to Germany, but we can make up for the shortcomings with superiority in weapons. ”

"Are you done?"

Napoleon took a map and said calmly to Trochu, "General Trochu is the one who knows best what I am going to do, and when I come out of Les Invalides, you are the only one who is convinced of my identity." I saved the whole of France, so you should also know that everything I do must have its own considerations behind it. ”

"Yes, but this time."

Before Trochu could finish speaking, Napoleon spread out a map directly on the table and showed it in front of the other party. This is a road map of transportation in France, and the dense lines overwhelm Trochu standing in front of him.

"It's ......"

"This is a map of the traffic in France, do you see it?"

Pointing to the northern part of France, Napoleon said, "If you are aware of one thing, you will find that most of the railways need to be transferred to Paris, and there are too few branches elsewhere." Although significant improvements have been made over the years, it is still far from enough. What we need to do is to make the northern route twice as dense as it is now, so that we can make rapid deployment in future wars. There are also these places, which require us to pave the roads for measurement, and the cost of this project is huge, even if the eight million marks obtained from the German side are invested, it is only a drop in the dime. And these public works will account for a significant portion of the French government's financial expenditure in the future, and the jobs provided by the works are expected to feed millions of people. ”

"What is this for?"

Trochu really did not understand Napoleon's routines, and instead of developing armaments, he desperately built communication routes in the north, which is simply unreasonable.

"For the renewal of armaments."

Napoleon replied succinctly, "Now the French army has enough weapons that it does not need to be updated in a short time." What is the most important thing in war, logistics and transportation, this is the key to constraints. If there were no bullets, no matter how perfect the new Shasebo rifle was, it would not be just a burning stick. ”

"Only when the supply to the front line can be fully guaranteed in terms of logistics, can rifles that can be fired in bursts have the possibility of mass popularization, and only when our shells can be continuously transported to the front line, can soldiers launch an attack without obstacles, understand? It is at least two or three times more than the train and road routes on the current map, so that it can truly lay a solid foundation for war. ”

Trochu paused, for the limitations of his time, he understood part of Napoleon's thoughts, and the rest seemed to understand the rest.

The importance of the railway is self-evident, otherwise Sun Cannon would not have put forward an unrealistic railway plan to catch up with the United States in the future.

Napoleon continued, "Not to mention the commander-in-chief of the three armies, the French president must at least play the role of the captain of the transport brigade, the logistics cannot keep up, everything is not to be discussed, the most important thing in logistics is to ensure the smooth flow of transportation, so that the army can arrive smoothly." ”

"Isn't there enough logistics in France right now?"

"Our war seven years ago was not lost by logistics, but by errors in intelligence and command by generals. ”

Napoleon shook his head, he pointed to the railway route on the table, and continued, "Judging by the current deployment of railways and roads, it is indeed enough to fight a Franco-Prussian war. ”

Then he said with a serious expression, "But to fight a real war?" Far from enough! "Mobile phone users, please browse m. to read, a better reading experience.

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