The French's five-pronged strategy soon appeared on the table in the underground command room of Wiesenstein Castle.

"Are the French crazy?"

Albrecht asked, somewhat shocked.

"It's a reckless tactic of war, but it's also very bold, isn't it?"

Carl spoke openly that he felt that his eldest son was thinking too much and sometimes not being pure enough.

"Yes, father."

"Albrecht, we are soldiers. All I need to know is the enemy's forces, deployments, and strategy, and then make the most reasonable decision. ”

"Hmm"

Albrecht was thirty-one years old and had led armies on several occasions and even commanded large-scale battles involving tens of thousands of men.

At this time, he was somewhat reluctant in the face of his father's preaching.

However, the five ways came out together, which really surprised Franz.

Because it seemed to him that the Second French Republic was already in turmoil at this time, they should try to stabilize as much as possible, and at most put some pressure on the German Confederation and Austria in Belgium.

It would be in the best interests of France that the fighting between the two sides would be confined to Belgian territory, leaving the British and Ottomans to fight each other.

Even if you want to make a desperate bet, you should gather your forces in one place and attack a little, either Belgium or Alsace-Lorraine.

Belgium was the trigger at this time, especially after Louis Philippe handed over the protection of Belgium to the German Confederation.

Not only did it lose Belgium, a colony on the European continent, but it also became the side of the aggressor.

However, at this time, the aggressor will not be condemned too much, as long as he can win on the battlefield, he will still be a praised winner.

Franz, however, would not allow the Anglo-Saxons to occupy the propaganda front, and the Austrian newspapers made a concerted effort to promote the emancipation of the Germans in Belgium, even contrasting it with Greek independence.

Compared with the fabrications of the British media and the out-of-context quotes of the French, the reports of the Austrian media are more detailed and comprehensive.

The most important thing is that there is a picture, there is the truth!

The development of the photographic industry made the influence and dissemination of the Austrian imperial propaganda machine not at the same level as that of its competitors.

No matter how fanciful his opponents say, none of the real photographs are more impactful, and what is even more murderous is that Austrian artists have made the most of their strengths.

Prints, postcards, and various derived poems, music, and repertoire were created in a short period of time.

The history of engaging in public opinion warfare may not be as good as that of the British, but when it comes to artistic creation and imagination, those media people in London can't catch up with Vienna, the capital of art.

In fact, the artist is never short of imagination, so there is an endless stream of secondary creations of the original works.

At first, under Franz's organization, these people still had a bottom line, but as time went by, the influence of the event continued to expand, and those folk masters also participated.

Their baseline is much lower than Franz's, and it can almost be regarded as a picture of the opening game, and the rest is all up to the editor.

Of course, what they say is often what the people at the bottom are more willing to believe and more down-to-earth, so their influence is no worse than that of the official media.

However, the positioning of the two is different, one is for the country and the other is for the people.

In short, in the war of public opinion, the British suffered an unprecedented defeat, and even the image of Britain as a country was affected in Germany.

During this period, the influence of the British on the European continent was still very strong, and all the good words such as progress, democracy, equality, freedom, wealth, greatness, peace, and security were closely associated with it.

But anyone who has traveled a little bit will say that the life of the British workers is worse than that of the Russian serfs under the Tsar, but no one will believe this nonsense, because England is so rich, powerful, and civilized

Soon the photographs, postcards, prints, and pamphlets and "storybooks" reached England.

But there was something Franz didn't expect, and that was that the British reacted much faster than he had imagined.

After all, there was no telephone in this era, and even the telegraph was not popular, but the British police took action almost immediately.

They confiscated a considerable number of propaganda props, arrested a large number of people involved, and quickly began related investigations.

However, the British were not able to stop the Austrian propaganda offensive, because it was nothing more than a smoke bomb thrown by Franz, and they would have lured the British in an even more wrong direction - Russia.

Back in the underground command room of Wiesenstein Castle, the father and son of Archduke Karl and Archduke Albrecht were almost in a fight.

The two had a serious disagreement over the issue of dealing with the French Five-Way Army, and both father and son agreed with Franz's theory that it was better to cut off one finger than to hurt the enemy.

But Archduke Karl presupposed the main battlefield to be within the territory of the German Confederation, and Albrecht's idea was to concentrate the main forces directly to take Paris before the enemy reacted.

First of all, Albrecht's tactics must have been too aggressive, attacking Paris directly, which made Franz smell a strong Prussian wind.

However, Albrecht also had a reason, in his opinion, the military technology of the Austrian Empire at this time completely crushed France, and the traditional defensive means of the past did not pose a threat to the Austrian army at this time.

No matter how strong the fortress is, no matter how high the walls are, it can't stop the threat from the sky.

Flesh and blood can't stop steel, no matter how hard you train and how strong your will is, in the face of a fundamentally unequal firepower gap, it is only a matter of time before you collapse.

And judging from the experience of the previous encounters with the French army, the French army, which was like a demon god in the mouth of the state army, was nothing more than a chicken and a dog in front of the Austrian army.

What's more, the Austrian army at that time had not yet come up with the treasure at the bottom of the box, and the two sides were still in a relatively equal position.

However, by this time, the main forces of the Austrian Empire had been equipped with new rifles and artillery, and all kinds of new weapons were emerging one after another.

Other things such as the training of soldiers, physical fitness, and supplies were not inferior to the French, and Albrecht had never seen an army with such a high fighting spirit in terms of morale.

Franz's media, churches, nationalists, militants, and Austrian loyalists jointly propagandized and agitated, coupled with adequate military salaries and a relatively fair promotion, reward and punishment system, the Austrian soldiers were full of war spirit at this time.

Especially the soldiers who traveled from place to place, they knew very well how hard their lives were, and the Austrian Imperial Government really did a lot.

If the country collapses, the nobles will have food left, and the merchants will be able to become good citizens of other countries.

But what about them? Ordinary people, as well as their families, will only be like those homeless people they see along the way, who will be knocked down and then stepped on again.