Chapter 797

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, it was just an over-appointment. Karl Ludwig von Bruck was born during the war against France, seven or eight years younger than Felix.

In the context of stability above everything else, Franz did not toss. Completely in accordance with the government's operating rules, the Prime Minister abdicated ahead of schedule, and the second-ranked Chancellor of the Exchequer took the bench.

The reshuffle of the cabinet, and the end of the term, was all in 1889. In terms of time, Carl's term as interim prime minister is not short.

By the end of this term, Carl will also be almost at retirement age, just to make room for the people behind.

There have been no major changes in the political reshuffle in Austria, and the transition of power went very smoothly, much to the disappointment of many.

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In Paris, Napoleon IV, who closely followed the situation in Austria, was one of the disappointments.

Whether they like it or not, Fao has become each other's biggest competitors on the European continent.

Although the governments of the two countries are exercising restraint on the surface, in the dark, neither country has stabbed the other side less.

Especially after the Paris Revolution, France, whose strength was declining, gradually fell into a disadvantage in international competition.

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

Watching the fun is watching the fun, and if he wants to intervene in the change of power in Austria, he still can't do it.

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"Your Majesty, good news!"

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

"Tell me, what's the good news?"

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

We got everything we wanted at the negotiating table. This is the contract sent back by the ambassador to the Far East. "

After listening to this answer, Napoleon IV understood why Terence Bourgin 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 achievement, Terence Bourgin is fully qualified to compete for the next French Prime Minister.

This was a change after the Paris Revolution. Napoleon IV needed a conflict buffer. After some inner struggle, he decided to restore the prime minister system.

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 from the treaty far exceeded his expectations. In the beginning, he just wanted a decent end to the war.

From the beginning of the Paris Revolution, France, a big family and a big business, began to decline, and the multi-line expedition has exceeded the capacity of the French government.

Annan's importance is far less than Egypt's. From the moment it chose to negotiate, the French government has decided to temporarily abandon the plan to annex Annan.

The world is so wonderful, when you can't get what you want and decide to give up, he comes back.

Happy times are always short-lived, just when everyone was happy, Army Minister Luskinia Hafez reported with a livid face: "I'm sorry everyone, for interrupting everyone's good mood.

News just came from Egypt that the anti-rebel army led by Governor Adolf finally defeated the main force of the rebel army in the Aswan area two days ago after going through untold hardships. "

Defeating the main force of the rebels is obviously good news, right? Everyone fell into confusion, looking at Luskinia Hafez in confusion and waiting for the following.

"However, just when the battle was won, the despicable enemy blew up the dam upstream, and the counter-insurgent army suffered heavy losses under the impact of the flood."

Hearing this answer, everyone's faces were really good-looking, angry, confused... and so on.

After a while, laughing at the heavy news, Napoleon IV asked: "How much is the specific loss?"

Army Minister Luskinia Hafez grimaced, lowered his voice to the lowest level and replied: "As of yesterday afternoon, the nearly 40,000 people in the counter-insurgency army, only less than 6,000 officers and soldiers have returned to the establishment, of which there are 30,000 soldiers. Two-thirds are Egyptians.

Governor Adolf estimated that the number of officers and soldiers who can finally return to the establishment should be around 10,000, and the regular army will have about 4,000.

Almost all the luggage and materials carried by the army were lost, and more than 80% of the weapons and equipment were lost, especially the artillery.

To avoid unnecessary losses, Governor Adolf is leading his troops back to Cairo.

Now Egypt is at the most dangerous moment, and the colonial government hopes to send troops to reinforce the country. "

There is no way, no one knows that the rebels will pit their own people together. The main force was in a decisive battle with the French, only to blow up the dam upstream.

There was no wireless telegraphy these days, and the rebels were not capable of laying wired telegrams or telephones, and the decisive battle was met with floods just after the battle.

Judging by the time, the rebels blew up the dam while the decisive battle was underway. This means that from the very beginning, the main rebel forces who appeared on the battlefield were all abandoned sons.

What is even more distressing is that the "Aswan Dam" was funded by the French government.

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

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Five years after the French government decided to restart the African development plan, the first batch of projects started including the Aswan Dam, which was 23 years earlier than the original time and space British built the Aswan Dam.

The angry Napoleon IV directly tore up the document and roared: "Why did he get caught, is Adolf's brain full of shit?"

As a general with rich combat experience, you should not ignore the upstream dam. Under normal circumstances, even if you are marching, you should be vigilant.

War Minister Luskinia Hafez explained: "The colonial government did receive news of the water attack that the rebels were going to use beforehand.

But instead of blowing up the Aswan Dam, in the downstream Esna area, it is planned to blow up an upper peak along the coast to cut off the river, diverting the Nile River to impact the downstream delta.

In fact, the Aswan dam is still some distance from the delta, it is not yet flood season, and the impact of blowing up here is also limited downstream.

If it weren't for the decisive battle location chosen by the rebels, it was just in a low-lying area, to lure the counter-rebel army to the past for a decisive battle. Even if the dam was blown up, it would not have caused us such a loss.

According to the information sent back by the front line, the loss of the rebels is at least three times that of us, and no one knows that the rebels will use the main force as bait, so..."

Luskinia Hafez understands Governor Adolf, this is no longer a bitter plan, the enemy is clearly a lunatic.

In the age of inconvenient communication, use the main force as bait. In case the French army was not fooled, the dam was bombed upstream, and the tactic of perishing together became a one-way suicide.

In reality there is no if, and although the rebels may have lost more in numbers, a strategic victory has been won.

The counter-insurgency army suffered heavy losses. In a short period of time, the Egyptian region was unable to organize a second counter-insurgency army, and could only wait for local reinforcements.

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

With this victory, the rebels are enough to impress the two gold masters behind them, and invest more power to support them.

Napoleon IV interrupted: "No more, no matter how many reasons, failure is failure.

When did the French Army fall to the point of making excuses for failure? "

Facing the outbreak of the emperor, Luskinia Hafez resolutely chose to follow his heart. Deep down, he had already held a moment of silence for Governor Adolf.

Putting this kind of thing aside, it is God's blessing to be able to retreat. If it weren't for the fact that it was a big taboo in the military to change generals, Adolf would have to leave now to return to China and go to the military court to reason.

After calming down for a while, Napoleon IV said slowly: "The Ministry of War has redrawn the plan for counterinsurgency, I don't want to hear the news of failure again.

Remember to send competent generals from China to go to Egypt to preside over the overall situation of suppressing the rebellion, and there is no need for idiots like Adolf. "

The general of the defeated army is the general of the defeated army, and no matter how many reasons there are, the fact of defeat cannot be concealed.

It was Napoleon IV who had taken care of the overall situation by holding back and not immediately pursuing the responsibility of Governor Adolf.

Minister of the Army Luskinia Hafez hurriedly assured: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. This time the Ministry of War will select people carefully, and there will never be another problem."

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