Holy Roman Empire

797 Ice and Fire

With the departure of Prime Minister Felix, Austrian politics is also facing a reshuffle, Franz appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl as prime minister.

In fact, this is just an excessive appointment.Karl Ludwig von Brook was born during the Anti-French War and was seven or eight years younger than Felix.

In the context of stability above all else, Franz did not struggle.It is entirely in accordance with the government's operating rules that the prime minister abdicated in advance and the second-ranked finance minister came in as a substitute.

Reorganizing the cabinet and waiting for the end of the term, it was all in 1889.In terms of time, Karl ’s temporary prime minister ’s term is not short.

By the end of this term, Karl is almost at the age of retirement, just to make room for the people behind.

Austria has not undergone major changes in the political reshuffle, and the transfer of power has proceeded smoothly, which has disappointed many people.

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In Paris, Napoleon IV, who paid close attention to the situation in Austria, was one of the disappointed.

Regardless of whether they want to or not, Fau has become each other's biggest competitor on the continental continent.

Although both governments are restrained on the bright side, in the dark, neither country has stabbed each other's knife.

Especially after the revolution in Paris, France, which had fallen in strength, gradually fell into the disadvantage in international competition.

In order to stabilize the situation, the Paris government was forced to enter the stage of strategic defense, and Napoleon IV's resentment against Austria was even stronger.

He can't do it if he wants to intervene in the power change in Austria.

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"Your Majesty, good news!"

People are still tens of meters away, the sound has arrived first.Looking at the happy foreign minister, Napoleon IV's depressed mood was also dispelled a lot.

"Tell me, what good news?"

Foreign Secretary Terence Burgin handed a thin document to Napoleon IV, and replied happily: "The Annan War is over.

We got everything we wanted at the negotiating table. This was the contract sent back by the Minister in the Far East."

After hearing this answer, Napoleon IV understood why Terence Burgin was so excited.

What was not obtained on the battlefield was obtained at the negotiating table. This is a miracle in the history of diplomacy.

With this merit, Terence Burgin is fully qualified to compete for the next French Prime Minister.

This was a change after the Paris Revolution. Napoleon IV needed a contradictory buffer. After a bit of heart struggle, he decided to restore the system of prime minister.

After reviewing the contents of the contract, Napoleon IV: "This is indeed good news. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has done a great job!"

This is the truth, the gains in the treaty far exceed his expectations.To know the beginning, he just wanted to end the war decently.

Since the beginning of the Paris Revolution, France, which has a great career, has gone downhill. The multi-line expedition has exceeded the capacity of the French government.

Annan is far less important than Egypt. The French government has decided to temporarily abandon the plan to annex Annan from the moment the negotiations are chosen.

The world is so wonderful, when you ca n’t get what you crave and decide to give up, he is back.

Happy times are always short-lived. Just as everyone is happy, Army Secretary Luskinia Hafez ’s sullen-faced report: "Sorry everyone, interrupted everyone's good mood.

Just after the news came from Egypt, the rebel army led by Governor Adolf, after many hardships, finally defeated the main force of the rebels in the Aswan region two days ago."

The defeat of the main force of the rebels is obviously good news?Everyone was lost in confusion, looking at Luskinia Hafez in a puzzled manner and waiting for the following.

"However, just when the battle was won, the despicable enemy blew up the upstream dam. Under the flood, the rebel army suffered heavy losses."

Hearing this answer, everyone's face was really pretty, angry, sulking ... and so on.

After a moment of effort, the heavy news was joked, and Napoleon IV asked: "How much is the specific loss?"

The Minister of the Army, Luskinia Hafez, mournfully cried and pressed his voice to the lowest point and replied: "As of yesterday afternoon, nearly 40,000 rebellious troops and fewer than 6,000 officers and soldiers returned to the establishment. Two of them are Egyptians.

Governor Adolf estimated that the final return to the formation of officers and soldiers should be around 10,000 people, and there will be more than 4,000 regular troops.

Almost all the heavy materials carried by the army are lost, and the loss of weapons and equipment exceeds 80%, especially the artillery.

In order to avoid unnecessary losses, Governor Adolf is leading the troops to withdraw to Cairo.

Now that Egypt is at its most dangerous time, the colonial government hopes to send troops home to reinforce."

No way, no one knows that the rebels will pit themselves together.The main force was in a decisive battle with the French, and as a result, the dam was blown up upstream.

There were no radio telegrams, and the rebels were not able to lay cable telegraphs or telephones. The decisive battle encountered floods just after the end.

Calculated from time, the rebels blew up the dam while the decisive battle was in progress.This means that from the beginning, the main forces of the rebels that appeared on the battlefield were all abandoned.

Even more distressing is that the "Aswan Dam" was built by the French government.

Egypt is an important part of the large-scale development of France in Africa, in order to protect the downstream areas from the threat of floods and preserve the essence of the delta.

In 1875, after the French government decided to restart the African development plan, the first batch of projects started included the Aswan Dam, 23 years earlier than the original Space Time British built the Aswan Dam.

The angry Napoleon IV directly tore up the document and shouted: "Why is it a trick, is Adolf's brain full of shit?"

As a general with rich combat experience, one should not ignore the upstream dam. Under normal circumstances, even if it is a march, it should be vigilant.

Army Secretary Luskinia Hafez explained to the scalp: "In advance the colonial government did receive news of the water attack the rebels were about to adopt.

However, instead of blowing up the Aswan Dam, it is planned to blow up a peak and cut off the river in the downstream Isna area, so that the Nile River will be redirected to impact the lower delta.

In fact, the Aswan Dam is still some distance away from the delta. It is not yet a flood season, and the impact of the bombing here on the downstream is also very limited.

If it was not for the rebels to choose the decisive battle location right in the low-lying area, lure the rebel army to decisive battle in the past.Even if the dam was blown up, it would not have caused us such a great loss.

According to the information sent back from the front, the loss of the rebels is at least three times that of ours. No one knows that the rebels will use the main force as a bait, so ... "

Luskinia Hafez understands Governor Adolf. This is no longer a bitter plan. The enemy is clearly a lunatic.

In an era of inconvenient communication, the main force was used as a bait.In case the French army is not fooled, and the upstream dam is bombed again, the same tactics become exhausted, which becomes one-way suicide.

There is no reality in reality. Although the number of rebels may have been more lost, they still achieved a strategic victory.

The rebel army suffered heavy losses. In a short time, the Egyptian region was no longer able to organize a second rebel army and could only wait for local reinforcements.

For at least half a month, the rebels can unscrupulously expand the territory and mobilize more people to participate in the uprising.

With this victory, the rebels are enough to make the two gold masters behind him look at each other and invest more power to support them.

Napoleon IV interrupted: "Don't say anything, no matter how many reasons, failure is failure.

When did the French Army fall to make excuses for failure?"

Faced with the outbreak of the emperor, Lusinha Hafez decided decisively.Deep down, he had observed silence for Governor Adolf.

It is God's blessing to put aside this kind of thing and be able to withdraw from the whole body.If it was not because the change of positions would be a taboo for military strategists, Adolf would now leave for his country and go to the military court to reason.

After calming down for a while, Napoleon IV said slowly, "The War Department re-formulated the counterinsurgency plan, and I don't want to hear the news of the failure again.

Remember to transfer powerful officers from the country and head to Egypt to preside over the situation of rebellion. A stupid like Adolf would not have to go."

A defeated general is a defeated general, and no matter how many reasons there are, he cannot conceal the fact of defeat.

Resisting the failure to hold the governor of Adolf accountable immediately, this is already the overall situation of Napoleon IV.

Army Secretary Ruskinia Hafez hastily assured: "Your Majesty, please be assured. This time the Ministry of Army will choose people carefully, and there will never be any problems."

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