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As soon as he left the meeting room, Hutier and others looked somber.Obviously, everyone does not have a cold about Lieutenant General Jerette's rhetoric.

They didn't show it at the meeting, it was they who spoke lightly.Others are lieutenant generals, and the highest rank in the Austrian delegation is not lieutenant colonel.

Coupled with the fact that the top leaders of the Uprising clearly trusted the British more and directly questioned each other in public, they had no effect except to offend the people.

Back in the camp, the most active major, Botiorec, couldn't help it: "You said, is it possible that the guy collected French money, intentionally ..."

Lieutenant Colonel Hutier interrupted: "Impossible! People are also lieutenant generals of the empire, and no matter how little they would treason for a little money.

In fact, Lieutenant General Jerette is not completely undesirable, at least a bit more reliable than the senior men of the rebels."

advantage?

Unfortunately, Hutier couldn't find it.The military deployment of Lieutenant General Jerette, in theory, is not a problem at all.

Everything was calculated, but the execution ability of the rebel army was ignored.

Including the last ambush battle, there was no problem in theory. It was only because the fighting power of the uprising army was too garbage that the battle failed.

Good can not be compared, it can only be worse than bad.Although Lieutenant General Jarrett was a little rigid, the bureaucracy was a little richer, which was more reliable than the high-ranking rebel army.

Major Portiorek shook his head: "I'm afraid the strong are also limited. Jarrett's combat experience is limited to suppressing colonial rebellion, not instigating colonial rebellion."

No way, Britain hasn't fought in years.In the most recent war, he fought against Austria for South Africa and ended in failure.

After the defeat, there is naturally no future. At that time, the gang of officers who took part in the battle were retired and reemployed.

Now the representative is also the taller one selected by the short man, and Lieutenant General Jellet suppressed the rebellion of the miners in Australia and stood out.

Faginham laughed: "In fact, this is not bad. With Jarrett in charge of the uprising, at least it can guarantee that the rebels will not surrender easily.

According to the battle plan just announced, isn't our mission to pretend to be in Ugsur?Just interspersed past, into the hinterland of Egypt."

"It is not easy to surrender" has become a reason, and this expectation is also speechless.

Hutier nodded: "It's all set. The people who contacted us first, airdropped a batch of compressed biscuits. No one can guarantee to leave the camp and get supplies."

The first taboo for the lone army to go deep is logistics. Nearly 10,000 troops are supplied on the spot behind the enemy. Whether the food collected can fill up the stomach is unknown.

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At the headquarters of the Uprising, Lieutenant General Jarret was staring at the map and worried.Don't look at what he said lightly. In fact, he didn't know anything at all.

Not to mention bringing these gangs together, even if he was to let him command the British Army and the French, Jarrett was not sure.

The French title of "the world's first army" was launched on the battlefield. The European armies are the stepping stones for the French army to reach the top. Anyone who has such an enemy will have pressure in their hearts.

Mahdi asked in a deep voice: "Can General Jarrett send the eighth division to attack Ugsul? Will he send the sixth division too?"

After a moment of silence, Jarrett cautioned carefully: "Your Excellency, it's a feint not an attack.

The French have two regiments in the defending army in Ugsul. If you want to capture this place, do n’t mention an eighth division, even if you add the sixth division.

We just need to make a gesture to attract the attention of the French and fight for time for the main force."

Deep down, Jarrett had a strong sense of distrust of the commanding ability of the Uprising's senior leadership.

If it was not for political reasons, he would not mind joining the Austrians.

In any case, Hutier and others are also from the regular military school, which is more reliable than the "rebel army high-level" who catches the duck.

Otherwise, such an important task, Jarrett will not be handed over to the eighth division.

Regardless of whether everyone's positions are opposed, the British and Austrian interests are the same on the point of adding chaos to France.

...

The war in Egypt began to burn, and the troubles of the London government came.The enemies did not play cards according to the rules at all, instead of directly confronting them, they went to seek the ugliness of the Persian government.

To know that the Persian government is willing to sign a treaty of selling countries, in addition to military threats + diplomatic blackmail, there is also the British government's commitment: to solve diplomatic problems.

In other words, the British gained the diplomatic power of Persia and took over the foreign affairs of the Persian Empire.

Now it is time for Britain to fulfill its promise, but the British government is powerless.The reason why the secret contract is the secret contract is because it is hard to see.

Russia and Austria pretend to be stupid, ignoring the existence of a secret contract, and asking Persia to sign a free trade agreement has embarrassed the London government.

"Free trade" is a flag of Britain. As the biggest beneficiary of the free trade system, the British government cannot jump out and hinder free trade.

It is only a small problem to beat yourself in the face. If the free trade system breaks down, you will lose a lot.

Gladstone asked, "Has the Russians not stopped their small movements in Central Asia?"

Foreign Minister George shook his head: "It's still the same, the Russians have no intention of converging at all. Not long ago, the Cossack cavalry also ransacked a small tribe in the Bukhara Khanate."

Gladstone frowned even more, not only did it not work, but it was getting worse.

If the arrogance of the Russians cannot be combated, the Central Asian countries must start to reconsider the issue of the clan again.

The tsarist government is not just a gangster who only kills and kills. Although there is a lack of diplomatic means, it is also diplomatic.

No one can guarantee that the Russians will support the pro-Russian powers in their localities and adopt a more relaxed way to annex Central Asia.

Especially now that the Russian Empire is in a weak state and is not suitable for provoking wars, diplomacy is even more important.

This can be seen from the power structure within the tsarist government in recent years. The foreign minister ’s right to speak in the government is increasing day by day, only for the finance minister.

After hesitating for a while, Gladstone made the decision: "Showdown directly with the Russians and tell the Tsarist government:

Either stop the small movements in Central Asia and ensure that it will not expand in Central Asia; or just fight in Central Asia!

At the same time, send people to join Russia, Austria and Poland in the tripartite negotiations to destroy as much as possible."

It is even more difficult to solve the problem of Central Asia until the Russians recover their vitality.

In contrast, the interests of Persia are still minor issues.In essence, it was a temptation, and it was too much hatred to swallow Persian interests alone.

...

The plan will never change fast, and without waiting for the British to intervene, the negotiations between Russia, Austria and Poland will come to an end.

On April 28, 1885, due to the diplomatic pressure exerted by Russia and Austria, and the flickering at the negotiating table, the Persian officials in charge of the negotiations signed the "Three Countries Free Trade Agreement".

Perhaps the Persian officials who were not involved in the negotiations were deliberately confused. Compared with the British-Polish secret agreement is full of unequal content, the "Three Countries Free Trade Agreement" will be much more harmonious.

There are not so many additional conditions. On the surface, everyone is a fair trade and does not directly violate the sovereignty of the Persian Empire.

The Persian government is not all a fool. There are also many smart people who can distinguish who is the main enemy and who is the second enemy.

Compared with the idiot who signed the British-British covenant, this deliberately "confusing" Persian official is much smarter.

There is no silly being led by Russia and Austria, directly copying the agreement of the countries in the "free trade system".

It is already a great diplomatic victory for the Persian empire that is in a state of insecurity.

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