Chapter 811 French Attack

In the evening, four or five officers were surrounded by a bonfire, and no one spoke for a while, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

This is Hutier and others. From the scene, we know that this is a lost battle. Busy escaping for their lives, otherwise there will be no temporary headquarters.

The most active Potiorec was the first to break the silence: "You guys are talking, everyone is crying and grief-stricken, making it seem like someone has died in the family.

Isn't it just a defeat? From the beginning, we all planned to fight and run, but this time we were a little embarrassed. "

Among the rebels, the only ones who really belonged to them were the few who were sitting here.

Sad and uncomfortable, certainly not because of the heavy casualties of cannon fodder. To put it bluntly, as long as everyone is willing, the eighth division can continue to supplement it later.

What really frustrated everyone was the defeat, and it wasn't just an ordinary defeat.

In order to achieve greater results, the insurgent army made full use of the first-mover advantage and ambushed the French vanguard halfway.

Everything went very smoothly. The French were caught off guard and plunged into the encirclement.

However, Hutier and others expected the beginning, but not the end.

Even if the ambush was successful, the French were caught off guard, and the insurgent army still had absolute superiority in force, it still did not avoid the fate of failure in the end.

If you fail, you will fail, and it is normal to have wins and losses on the battlefield. Regrettably, the French chased the routed soldiers until they reached the camp of the insurgent army. The Eighth Division, which had been prepared for a long time, was still defeated.

Seeing that the situation was over, Hutier and others resolutely chose to run away. Fortunately, there were a large number of defeated troops, and the French did not notice them, so they escaped.

After getting out of danger, the uprising army of more than 200,000 troops at its peak is now out of ten.

The rest were either killed on the battlefield or captured by the French, and of course, more of them fled to the countryside after the defeat.

Lighting a cigarette and taking a deep breath, Hutier said slowly: "This is my responsibility, I know that the French are not easy to mess with, but I am not greedy enough to run to take advantage.

As a result, the insurgent army suffered heavy losses, lost its morale, and lost its ability to continue fighting the French. "

Naturally, Hutier is not the only one who is greedy enough. The smooth progress in the early stage made everyone overestimate their commanding ability.

Ambush the French vanguard was a decision made by everyone, but in the face of absolute strength, any battle tactics are not worth mentioning.

Falkenham: "Lieutenant Colonel, there is no need to blame yourself. We made the ambush plan together, and we must be held accountable, and all of us here have a share.

Before he sent us here, Governor Frederick had clearly told us that we should learn to save our lives first, and then cause trouble for the French.

The country has never had confidence in the insurgent army, and has not asked us to save the insurgent army.

In fact, the situation has developed to this point, we have completed the task, and there is no so-called responsibility.

As for this loss, we had already expected it, but we didn't expect to lose so badly, and we didn't have time to make a difference.

But it is normal to think about it. Two months ago, the main force of the uprising army ambushed the French vanguard, and the ending was a little better than ours.

Considering that this time the main force of the French army was transferred from China, the combat power is stronger than that of the colonial army, in fact, we..."

Although the truth is good, it is not easy for everyone, including Falkenham himself.

This and Waner stock encountered three daily limit in a row, and was preparing to sell and cash out. As a result, the lack of greed stayed for a while, and then ushered in a plummet, and then reluctantly shot.

The income you get has shrunk, no matter how you console yourself: you have earned it anyway, and you will still feel uncomfortable.

It didn't take long for the older Hutier to recover: "Okay, this is the end of the matter, it's useless to talk more.

What they encountered this time were only the French vanguard troops. Their limited strength seemed to have won the victory, and they had no way to stop the rebel soldiers from running around.

Everyone knows the destructive power of the collapsed troops. Of the hundreds of thousands of defeated soldiers, there will always be a part of them who have a bloody feud with the French. They can't beat the French from the front, so can't they destroy it from behind?

Originally, we were still thinking about leaving some soldiers here to fight guerrillas, but everyone's fighting spirit was not enough to be assigned. Now the French have completed the plan for us.

Next..."

This is not pure self-consolation. Since failure is unavoidable, you can only find the favorable side from failure.

...

In the temporary palace in Paris, since the news of Egypt's victory was received, the haze on Napoleon IV's face was swept away.

Recently, he has been under too much pressure. A bunch of grain exporting countries in the world are looking for trouble for him every day; the people in the country don't worry too much, and they come to demonstrate every now and then.

Although the news of Egypt's great victory in the battlefield cannot solve the international troubles, it is enough to appease the domestic people.

Terence Burkin, Foreign Secretary: "Your Majesty, Anglo-Russian relations have deteriorated sharply as a result of the British food self-sufficiency plan.

Not long ago, the Tsarist government threatened to withdraw from the free trade system in an attempt to force the British government to make concessions. The opportunity we have been waiting for has come. "

The alternative life is not easy. As the only country in the European continent that is outside the free trade system, France has taken too many strange eyes.

Although bright

The Paris government made a disdainful look, but the sadness and pain in it are only clear to them.

Tariff barriers also need to pay a price. While restricting other people's products from entering the mirror, it is naturally inevitable that they will be restricted by others.

Affected by this, France's total import and export trade has dropped by almost three-quarters.

A return to a free trade system is impossible, at least not considered by the Paris government until French industry gains an advantage.

Then the only way is to bring down the system, bring everyone back to the era of tariff barriers, and then gain a relatively fair chance of competition.

Napoleon IV wondered: "The British are still discussing in the parliament and have not made a decision yet. Are the Russians in such a hurry?"

Foreign Secretary Terence Bulkin explained: "Your Majesty, the Russian Empire is the world's number one exporter of raw grains.

Our farm plan has already cost them a lot. If the British market is lost again, Russian agriculture will be severely damaged.

Moreover, after losing the financial resources of grain export, Russia's finances will soon fall into the predicament of making ends meet, and it is normal for the tsarist government to sit still. "

After pondering for a while, Napoleon IV said slowly: "Do you mean to take the opportunity to win over the Russians and disintegrate the free trade system?"

Terence Bulkin shook his head: "Not only the free trade system, but also the Russian-Austrian alliance.

As long as the British plan becomes a reality, the Austrian-led grain exporting alliance will collapse immediately, and the major grain exporting countries will fall into brutal competition.

No matter how good the relationship between Russia and Austria is, Austria itself is a grain exporter. Against the background of the shrinking international market, they have no way to consume the huge production capacity of the Russians.

At this time, we extended an olive branch, and the tsarist government had no way of rejecting it.

Anyway, our big farm plan can't be completed in one day, and the big deal is to reduce part of the later projects.

We can reach an agreement with the Russians to import a portion of the grain from the Russian Empire every year in exchange for domestic industrial and commercial products to enter the Russian market.

Problems arise in the common chain of interests. No matter how good the Russian-Austrian alliance is, problems will arise over time.

As long as Russia-Austria relations are alienated, the strategic crisis we are facing will cease to exist. "

The Paris government's big farm plan actually sounds good. If it is to be implemented, a lot of human and financial resources will be needed.

With the financial resources of the Paris government, it is simply unable to start this big plan in the short term, which is doomed to shrink the big farm plan.

Using a plan that would have shrunk, to alienate Russia and Austria, or even dismantle this alliance, to get rid of the strategic crisis of France's isolation on the European continent, is undoubtedly a big profit.

Napoleon IV nodded. He really couldn't find a reason to refuse this kind of thing.

"However, how to convince the British? The prerequisite for all this is that the British government is willing to cooperate and create enough pressure on the Russians."

The crux of the problem is coming. Betraying the Russian-Austrian alliance also requires paying a heavy price. If it is not a last resort, the Russians will definitely not do this.

Foreign Secretary Terence Bulkin replied calmly: "Your Majesty, the Russian-Austrian alliance is not only a threat to us, the British are also uncomfortable.

Don't you think Russia and Austria are too close to India?

In the eyes of the British: India is the best colony, and any country will be tempted.

In order to dismantle the Russian-Austrian alliance, the British government can do a lot. Now the opportunity is upon us, and I don't believe the British government will turn it down. "

Even if the Russian-Austrian alliance is not a common enemy of Britain and France, it is a common threat to the two countries, and everyone's interests are the same on this issue.