C2813 Ready to strike (1/2)
This damned war was bound to be lost. This was already a consensus among all the French Military, but as to how they lost, how to clean up the mess, and how to negotiate with the Prussian, that was the top priority.
French Emperor had long since lost his previous arrogance. He was already mentally prepared to fight to a draw with Prussian on a certain battlefield, drag the war into a stalemate, and then start the peace talks.
In the end, it was just a split of interests, how much money did the Prussian have? A hundred million or two hundred million? As long as it is within a billion, France can afford it.
If it still could not satisfy the appetite of the Prussian, then he could just split a part of the colony to go, Africa? French India? Annan? You, Bismark, just speak your mind, there is nothing that cannot be discussed.
It was impossible for Prussia to swallow the France no matter how big its appetite was. Not to mention you don't have the strength, even if you have all the countries in Europe will not agree.
As long as it was a draw, French Emperor would be able to hold his ground. At that time, he would bring the two hundred thousand soldiers loyal to him and return to Paris to wipe out all the socialists and republicans.
Powerful military suppression followed by political reform!
Napoleon knew very well that the dictatorship would not work anymore. He could only follow the British monarchy in the future and hand over most of his rights to the parliament. It would be enough for him to stay in the military.
If he really couldn't do it, then he would just announce his abdication and let his son ascend to the throne.
In fact, the chaos in the France before was just a matter of the division of power. The French Emperor had to dictate, and the citizens had to establish a constitution. There were, of course, many extremists who wanted to overthrow the emperor's rule. But the constitutional monarchy was not unacceptable.
But French Emperor was a man with a strong desire for power, he would never give up his dictatorial life. He had always been unwilling to accept the constitutional monarchy, and had even abolished Parliament for a period of time.
The late stage Ao Liwei's Cabinet was actually completely his puppet, it was just a smoke bomb he threw out to deceive the common people!
Thinking about it now, French Emperor was also regretting his decision. If he knew that this battle would end up like this, he would have given up his rights and become the symbol of his country.
It was not too late to turn back now, but there was a prerequisite for everything, and that was to level Prussia on the battlefield, or perhaps a small victory.
On one hand, they had to drag the war to a stalemate, and on the other hand, the news of victory could boost the morale of the troops and citizens.
As long as he could reach a truce with Prussia, these hundreds of thousands of veterans would be the last bargaining chip of the French Emperor, returning to Paris to kill all the extremists and then carry out political reforms.
In this way, a game of chess would come to life!
However, it was not easy to defeat the Prussian. Lao Maoqi, who had won consecutively in a row, used his army very carefully. The army had divided into three sides and started to suppress the French Emperor.
What was even more frightening was the ability of the Prussian to mobilize strategic forces. Only now did the French Emperor realize how much he had neglected the power of industry.
The money had been spent on foreign wars. There were not many railways built in his country, and there were no technological upgrades to the existing railways.
The main railway lines of Prussia were already a double standard. The trains could run opposite each other without affecting each other, and at this moment all the railways in France were monorail!