Chapter seventeen
After the Near East War entered a state of intense heat, the French Civil War was coming to an end.
Since Britain came to mediate the conflicts between the three major royalists, its strength to pull back was greatly reduced, and the monarch faction has gained an absolute advantage over the revolutionary party.
The sphere of influence controlled by the revolutionary government was suppressed to a corner of Paris. Although it was the essence of France, it could not withstand the tossing of war.
After Napoleon IV blocked Paris, the isolated revolutionary government of Paris gradually fell into the dilemma of insufficient supplies.
There were a bunch of factories and there were not enough industrial raw materials. Even if the Paris Revolutionary Government took emergency measures in a timely manner and unified material distribution, it still couldn't stand it.
In addition to the Italian independent organization, the "ally" who was still struggling, the revolutionary movements in other regions of France were basically flattened by Napoleon IV.
On June 29, 1882, the government forces defeated the main force of the Revolutionary Army outside Paris, and the situation became clear.
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The changing situation in France attracted Franz's attention. Although the French made many jokes in later generations, they were still the awesome French Empire these days.
At the Vienna Palace, Foreign Minister Wesenberg analyzed: "From the current situation, under the counterattack of the government forces, the Paris Revolutionary Government could not last long.
Once the Paris Revolution ends, the Italian Independent Organization will not last long, especially after we and the British have given up their support for them.
The French resolved the civil strife and would focus on the international community again. Britain and France are likely to stand on the same position on the Near East issue.
With one more ally, I am afraid that the British government will not be so peaceful in the coming days.
To ensure that there is no accident, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends intensifying its offensive against the Ottoman and striving to destroy the Ottoman before Britain and France take action, creating a certain fact."
Franz shook his head: "This is difficult to do. The potential that an ancient empire can burst out in the face of life and death should not be underestimated.
When the Paris Revolutionary Government failed, Napoleon IV was able to concentrate its forces to suppress the Italian independence movement. It was a miracle that those mobs could last for two months.
This revolution did bring heavy losses to France, but the crisis was accompanied by opportunities. In this civil war, Napoleon IV also killed non-hostile elements, eased relations with the Orleans and the Bourbon dynasties, and consolidated its rule from the side.
If the measures are appropriate, the next period of time will be the most eased time for the internal conflicts in France.
Under this background, the Napoleon IV government will basically stabilize in a year and once again focus on the outside world.
We may have the ability to destroy the Ottoman within one year, but this will leave a lot of sequelae, and later governance will inevitably cost even greater."
From a military perspective, it is natural that soldiers are very fast. Ending the war in the shortest time will cost the least the price.
However, Austria did not want to defeat the Ottoman this time, but to annex the Ottoman.
Albrech deliberately delayed the speed of the coalition forces, leaving enough time for the Ottoman Empire to prepare, not because he did not understand military affairs.
A quick battle can indeed reduce losses, but the losses of both the enemy and us are reducing, and a lot of old and young people will be left after the war.
Instead of dealing with guerrillas after the war, it is better to let the enemy mobilize fully and solve them on the battlefield, and the cost will only be lower.
The more people the Sudanese government is armed, the less hidden dangers left to the local area after the war.
If you hold up the gun, you will be the enemy. During the post-war liquidation, you can also get involved and exil to the whole family.
So from the beginning, Franz made a long-term combat plan. Anyway, the economic crisis had far-reaching impact and could not be ended in the short term, so it just happened to take advantage of the war to divert the crisis.
Prime Minister Felix reminded: "Your Majesty, if the French recovered, our plan to annex the Ottomans would not be so smooth."
Franz nodded: "This is inevitable, but no matter how bad it is, Britain and France cannot support the interference of troops.
The situation in France was not very good. Even if civil strife was suppressed, Napoleon IV did not have the courage to provoke a war at this time.
If the anti-Turkish alliance shares international pressure, even if Britain and France join forces with European countries to put pressure, we can withstand it."
The sequelae are naturally not that simple. With this stimulation, Britain and France will definitely step closer to get closer.
This is a matter of time. Even without the Near East War, as Austria gradually becomes stronger, Britain and France will move closer.
Continental balance is the basic national policy of the London government. France's weakness was exposed, and the balance had been broken, and the British's suppression target naturally became Austria.
They even win over the Russians to form an anti-Austrian alliance and suppress Austria's development. Due to geopolitical influence, the probability of ambitious bears turning to Britain and France is very high.
Since this is the case, Franz naturally had to knock out the Ottomans in the rear in advance before the mentality of Britain, France and Russia had adjusted.
If possible, Franz didn't mind going further, and took the Russians to divide Persia together, and ran to be neighbors with the British.
In the face of interests, anything can happen. For the poor Tsarist government, India's temptation is no less than that of moving westward to the European continent.
This is an open plot. Compared with the European competition, the risk of advancing India is obviously lower. The former is an enemy of the continental countries, while the latter only needs to face one John Bull.
As long as the Russians were introduced into India, the British-France-Russia alliance would lose its possibility of establishment, and the British would definitely not be willing to divide up their own interests and allies.
Without the meat shield of the hairy bear, you will not be afraid to face the British-French League Franz. An Austrian empire spanning the Asia, Europe and Africa continents will be innately invincible.
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Outside Paris, the flag of the Bonaparte dynasty had begun to float, and Napoleon IV was now on the front line to boost morale.
It's not easy. As the monarch of France, its biggest enemy will always be revolution.
From Louis XVI who was on the guillotine to Louis Philippe who fled in a hurry, both dynasties were destroyed in the revolution.
Frankly speaking, after the outbreak of the Paris Revolution, Napoleon IV was also confused.
If he had not given up his character, he would have been persuaded by the queen to escape from the whirlpool of France. Because he was unwilling to give up, he chose to stay to make his counterattack today.
From this point of view alone, he is more than better than Louis Philippe.
If Louis Philip I had not rush to go abroad, but instead organized the army to suppress the rebellion, the Orleans dynasty would not have been so easily destroyed.
In theory, as long as the army remains loyal to the king, any rebellion can be extinguished.
The French people's enthusiasm for revolution is very high, but this enthusiasm "comes quickly and goes faster." Whenever they find that the revolution has harmed their own interests, they will abandon the revolution one after another.
This revolution is a real case. Napoleon IV has pardoned more than five-digit revolutionary parties along the way.
The revolutionary wave quickly turned to a low point, which means that the people discovered that the revolution did not bring benefits to themselves.
The people of Paris are most deeply touched by the economic crisis. Due to the impact of the economic crisis, everyone's living standards have dropped sharply, and some people even couldn't even fill their stomachs, so they got up and became revolutionary.
After the success of the revolution, everyone suddenly discovered that except for driving away the emperor, living standards did not improve, but the quality of life of most people had declined.
The new revolutionary government has no experience in governing, and often causes many people to go out, contradict each other, which makes everyone suffer.
This is nothing. What really leads to the failure of the revolution is that the revolutionaries did not fight out immediately and spread the spark of revolution. Instead, they were eager to form a government, fight for power and profit, and missed the best opportunity.
Of course, this cannot be blamed on the revolutionary government, it was completely misled by the successful experience of its predecessors.
The First Republic and the Second Republic were both the first Republic and the second Republic that once the Paris Revolution was successful, they responded to it in groups across the country, and there was no need to fight all the way.
This wrong understanding made everyone ignore that the Bonaparte dynasty is different from the previous two dynasties that were angry and resentful. They are supported by the peasant class and are not without foundation in the local area.
Thanks to a series of policies formulated by Napoleon III, most French workers had a good impression of the emperor.
Revolutions broke out in many places because of unemployment waves, inflation, price surges, and people lost their income and could not fill their stomachs. It was not for the sake of the emperor's life.
Napoleon IV was able to fight to the outskirts of Paris so quickly, not because he was very awesome in military terms, but because he had the money to help the unemployed people, but the revolutionary government did not.
The roar of artillery fire sounded, and the Paris offensive and defensive battle officially began. Napoleon IV looked at the battlefield with a telescope, and only thick smoke rose up when he saw him.
The chief guard hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, it's dangerous here, so it's better to go into the anti-cannon hole!"
Napoleon IV waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, German. It's five or six kilometers away from the battlefield, and the enemy's shells are not so easy to hit."
German himself was very opposed to the emperor coming to the front line, and he became even more anxious when he saw this scene. If the emperor bumped into each other, his sins would be great.
After hesitating for a moment, German made up his mind and directly pulled Napoleon IV...
Chapter completed!