Chapter 405 The Great Powers Want to Eat Meat

Paris, Napoleon III has been dazed by this pie falling from the sky.

The diplomatic situation in France has always been bad, and European countries are ostracizing them, and many activities do not take them to play at all.

Among the four major powers in Europe, they have the lowest political influence. With a little outrageous action, the neighbors are like the enemy, and they immediately prepare for war.

After Napoleon III succeeded to the throne, in order to improve the diplomatic environment, a lot of efforts were made, but there was still little success.

Governments of various countries have spoken very well, but in practice they are still strictly guarded against. Especially after the annexation of the kingdom of Sardinia, a joint defense alliance appeared directly.

At the beginning, Napoleon III was still a little worried, for fear of another anti-French alliance. Over time, he got used to it.

Prevention is good, anyway, these countries do not dare to take a step forward. These actions of the neighbors just proved the strength of France from the side.

The emperor has been in office for a long time and has been touted for a long time, and it is inevitable that he will be a little floating.

With the passage of time, Napoleon III's ambition also increased day by day. Fortunately, France did not win the Near Eastern War, otherwise he would float even more.

In the face of the joint defense of various countries, Napoleon III still did not dare to mess around. He still has this little self-knowledge.

In order to break the game, Napoleon III also made a lot of efforts, for example: to maintain a good relationship with Yingao as much as possible.

Coveted the Rhineland region, Napoleon III restrained his desire and did not do anything; he also refrained from eyeing the Italian region.

The lessons left by his uncle told him that the anti-French alliance would really kill people. Without a reasonable excuse, as long as France expands on the European continent, it will lead to a boycott of all countries.

The Kingdom of Sardinia is being courted to death by itself, and no one can say anything. Now, several Italian states are looked down upon by Austria, and there is no room for them to intervene at all.

If there was no telegram for help from Francesco II, and no excuse for intervention, Napoleon III could now just sit back and watch.

Napoleon said in high spirits: "The opportunity is here, which of our troops is free, and send them to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies as soon as possible. If Austria sends troops to suppress the rebellion, there will be no room for us to intervene."

There is no doubt that Gabriel's insurgent army was directly ignored by him. In Napoleon III's impression, the combat power of the Italian army was only 5, and the war power of the rebels was even less than 5.

In the face of the absolute strength gap, even if it is slighted, it is not a big problem.

With the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies so close at hand, the French could put in enough force to annihilate any rebels.

In the original time and space, the Red Shirt Army led by Gabriel also had the secret support of the Sardinian Kingdom. At this time, the Sardinian Kingdom had done ancient times, so naturally they would not support him.

If the U.S. federal government counts, Gabriel also has supporters. It's just that this supporter is still licking the wound. It is when he is low-key, and he has no ability to support them, let alone support them.

The Minister of War, Edmund Leboeuf replied: "Your Majesty, the 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 15th, and 2nd Cavalry Divisions of the Infantry Division can all be mobilized. ."

It can be seen that Edmund Leboeuf is very familiar with the military deployment of France, and he said all the mobile force numbers in one breath.

Now France is in its heyday, and it maintains a large number of mobile troops in peacetime. If war breaks out, they can easily mobilize millions of troops.

To interfere in the civil war between the two Sicilies, one or two divisions are enough, and now the number of rebels in Gabriel is only 30,000 or 40,000.

Napoleon III immediately ordered: "Let the 4th, 7th, 9th, and 15th divisions form an intervention army, appoint Marshal Patrice McMahon as commander, and rush to the battlefield as quickly as possible.

The navy sent a fleet to escort, and at the same time blocked the coastline of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, prohibiting any ships from docking in the rebel-held area. "

The mobilization of four infantry divisions at one time was obviously not just to help suppress the rebellion. The rebels are not worthy of the attention of Napoleon III, and more to deal with the possible outbreak of the Fao conflict.

This time is equivalent to France reaching into the back garden of Austria. It is normal for the Vienna government to overreact.

"Yes, Your Majesty," replied the War Secretary Edmund Leboeuf

As a result, Foreign Secretary Abraham was very hurt. Intervention in the Civil War between the Two Sicilies would not only arouse dissatisfaction with Austria, but also with the British and Spaniards.

The Spaniards ignore it for now, they don't have the energy to manage so much now. However, the London and Vienna reactions cannot be ignored. If a chain reaction is triggered, it will be troublesome.

Foreign Minister Abraham reminded: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that the issue of interfering in the civil war between the two Sicilies will have to be discussed in the long run. If we intervene now, the international pressure we will bear will be very great."

This is inevitable. It is conceivable that as long as the French army enters the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Inossi's protest letter will appear in the French Foreign Office.

What kind of consequences will be caused is still unknown, and there will be no good things anyway.

Under the current international situation, at most, France can spread its influence to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and in fact, the benefits that can be obtained are very small.

annexation is out of the question. Francesco II's telegram for assistance only provided an excuse for France to intervene in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and gave them the possibility of annexing the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

It is very difficult to annex a country on the European continent. Good things like the Kingdom of Sardinia cannot be encountered every day.

Moreover, the same excuse can only be used once, and it will lose its effect if it is used repeatedly.

Napoleon III said confidently: "Don't worry, this time it was Francesco II who invited us to go there, and even if the governments of various countries are upset, they will not force their way in.

We only have to face the Austrians. The Vienna government will not fight us for a mere kingdom of two Sicilies, right? "

The Kingdom of Two Sicilies is the largest state in Italy and the poorest state in Italy. It seems that this is a large market, but in fact the purchasing power is very low.

Food is basically self-sufficient, and the demand for industrial and commercial products is very small. With Austria, the largest trading partner, the annual total import and export trade will not exceed 3 million Aegis.

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies has nothing but strategic value. However, this strategic value is also very tasteless for Austria.

Sicily is right in the center of the Mediterranean Sea, but with all the forces gathered, there is no way for Austria to directly occupy it.

Even leaving a naval base behind would be useless. To the east is the Royal Navy's Mediterranean military base - Machir, and to the west is the French naval base.

Putting the Austrian navy in the middle of the two seems unreliable no matter how you look at it.

Even if you ignore these two naval powers, what can you do? Could it be that Austria still dares to block the Mediterranean Sea, this is something that the British dare not do!

So the Vienna government made the most sensible choice to leave Sicily alone. Now Austria does not have troops stationed in this little brother's country, just a little economic interest.

This little benefit is essentially negligible. Originally a poor ghost, do you still want to fry oil?

Napoleon III thought he had a plan, and dispatched an intervention army to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at the fastest speed. At the same time, the Austrian intervention army also set out.

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On February 11, 1866, the Austrian intervention army was in Gaeta, and the French army had arrived here a day earlier because of the distance.

Before the counter-insurgency war began, the smell of gunpowder between the French and Austrian armies thickened first. If both sides were not exercising restraint, maybe the two forces could fight first.

Francesco II, who had just escaped from Naples and took refuge here, fully felt what a Shura field was.

At the military meeting, the French and Austrian officers did not look good on each other. Sincere cooperation, or do not dream.

Since the two sides hate each other, they will fight each other. Anyway, they don't take the rebels seriously, and each has the strength to crush the rebels.

Francesco II was embarrassed. He was caught between France and Austria. He was walking a tightrope. If he didn't fall, he would be finished.

In fact, when Francesco II asked the French for help, some ministers reminded him. It is a political taboo to waver when standing in line.

I don't know what's going on, Francesco II's head twitched, whimsically thinking that allowing the two countries to contain each other can protect the interests of the two Sicilian kingdoms to the greatest extent.

The reality told him that he was thinking too much. The foreign powers all wanted to eat meat, and it was the same wherever they went.

Franz has always been more careful about eating and eating. The two sides have always been fair trade, and there is no such thing as squeezing the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

The situation is different now, and another Frenchman has come in. It is still unknown how much it will cost in the end, at least the military expenses of the two countries have fallen on the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

At least tens of millions of Aegis started, there is nothing to say, the foreign powers are not here to do charity.

For a big country, that's the same thing. Squeezing military spending will come out. For the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, it was a question of revenue for several years.

The specific number of years depends on the combat effectiveness of the rebels. In case the rebels open up and let the war continue, it will be a matter of time before the kingdom of the Two Sicilies goes bankrupt.

The probability of this kind of thing happening is very high. If only one country intervenes, it may cut the mess quickly.

Now France and Austria are sending troops together, stumbling on each other, and deliberately holding back, it is destined to be indispensable.

When the rebellion can be suppressed depends on the strength of Shuangkeng's teammates.