Chapter 928 The Tangled Japanese Government

There is no way, the strategic position of the Egyptian region is too important. As long as France wants to win the war, it must stop the emergence of giants across Asia, Africa and Europe.

After pondering for a while, Napoleon IV sighed and said: "The Ministry of War has come up with a plan to send troops to reinforce the Egyptian theater as soon as possible. Don't seek to defeat the enemy, just stabilize the front line."

Reinforcing Egypt is easier said than done. Not only does it have to squeeze out troops, but more importantly, the scale of the Egyptian battlefield expands, and the strategic materials that need to be consumed will also increase.

There is no doubt that French Egypt alone cannot afford such a large consumption.

Originally, the Paris government planned to share a part of the Algerian colonial government, but it is now impossible.

While detaining reinforcements, the demand for strategic materials in Algeria also increased. Not to mention supporting the Egyptian region, it is estimated that they themselves have to reach out to the country.

Today is different from what it used to be. The war is going on, and France is no longer so rich and powerful. Suddenly there was a large amount of material consumption, which was also a test for the French government.

After some thought, Prime Minister Terence Burkin's forehead began to sweat.

"Your Majesty, it is easy to send reinforcements. The newly mobilized domestic troops are about to complete their initial training. It's not a big problem to get rid of 20 or 30 divisions. The trouble is logistical supplies.

Up to now, we have not only undertaken the logistics of nearly five million troops in Europe, but also supported a large amount of supplies in the colonial battlefield. Domestic industrial production has long been unable to keep up.

Reinforcing the Egyptian battlefield now consumes a lot of strategic materials. In a short period of time, it is difficult for us to raise so many materials.

Unless we can fully support the British, or within half a year, we will not be able to complete the support for the Egyptian battlefield. "

The war is about the speed of the soldiers. If you wait for half a year, you will not be able to keep up with the collection of corpses in the past. But the problem is that the expedition of hundreds of thousands of troops and divisions will involve tens of thousands of tons of logistical materials, which cannot be prepared in a day or two.

Don't look at the accumulation of strategic materials in France, but they all go out. Both the Central European battlefield and the Southern European battlefield are very important, and there is no possibility of misappropriation.

Of course, if your own production is insufficient, you can still buy it, but it takes time to buy strategic materials.

The production time is nothing. France has already placed a bunch of orders, and most of the companies in Europe are French arsenals.

The real trouble still stems from politics. While making money, countries do not forget to hold them back.

Most of the time, French imports of strategic materials are delayed. The endless checkpoints and messy procedures are all means of restricting France.

In order to break these restrictions, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has made no less efforts. It's just that no matter how hard the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tries, it can't keep up with the speed of France's hatred.

"It is not difficult to convince the British to support it. No one wants to see a giant across Asia, Africa and Europe appear. If Austria really connects the mainland with Africa, the blow to Britain will also be fatal.

It's just that when we ask the British for help at this time, they will definitely open their mouths, and we are bound to pay a heavy price. "

Foreign Secretary Karel Kadlets said embarrassedly.

As a century-old enemy, the French are naturally clear about the style of the British. If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to be delivered to your door, it will not be John Bull.

In essence, France started the European War for profit. If it was robbed by the British, how much the final profit would be is unknown.

If you open the history book, you will know how many teammates who cooperated with the British have been pitted for nothing, including France.

Now to ask the British for help, the operation is good; if the operation is wrong, maybe France will have to work for nothing in this European war.

At a critical moment, the young Napoleon IV still showed the decisiveness of a monarch: "Talk to the British immediately, no matter what the cost, we must win this war."

I have to admit that Napoleon IV was very rational at this time. The interests of the gods and horses are all based on winning this war. If you lose the war, there will be nothing.

The essence of international politics is strength. As long as France's strength is strong enough, the promises to go out now can be ignored. Anyway, they are not without breach of contract.

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When Britain and France were negotiating intensively, the Far East was also not calm. Seeing that the four major powers in Europe were all caught in the flames of war, the Japanese government, which had just completed the Meiji Restoration, was gradually unable to hold back its ambitions.

After more than 20 years of reform and development, Japan has become a regional power in the Far East and the second largest comprehensive national strength in East Asia.

Of course, this ranking doesn't make any sense. Asia is almost divided up, and there are only a few independent countries in East Asia.

The olive branch handed out by the French still affects this new country. Whether it is going south to capture the South Seas or going north to attack Korea has become a hot topic in Japan.

As the leader of this military-ism country, Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi has had a hard time recently. The voices of the people clamoring for war are getting louder and louder, and the situation is about to get out of control.

At this time, the opinions of the top Japanese government also diverged. Some people advocate going north to seize North Korea, while others advocate taking the opportunity to go south to attack the South China Sea.

Even those who advocated the invasion of Southeast Asia also proposed three plans. The combat targets are: the French Indo-China Peninsula, the Spanish Philippines

The Philippines, as well as the Austrian Southeast Asia and the German Malay Peninsula.

It is not surprising that although the French only invited Japan to attack the Austrian Southeast Asia, there was also a large wave of Austrian blows in the Japanese government, who were not optimistic that France could win the war.

No matter how high the bellicose sentiment among the people is, the Japanese high-level officials have not yet floated away. They know very well that their family can only follow the trend, and they have no ability to change the outcome of the European War at all.

At this time, the team is very important. In case of standing with the loser, then there is no need to say, it will definitely be liquidated after the war, and the vast sea will not be able to stop the forces of the foreign powers.

For details, please refer to the naval strength of various countries in Asia. The British Far East Fleet is naturally the boss. The French and Austrian fleets deployed in Asia are of equal strength. With the addition of several ships from the German Federation, the Anti-French Alliance still has a slight advantage.

After the three major powers, it is the Far East Empire and Japan, then Spain, the Netherlands, and Portugal.

A squadron surpasses the entire wealth of the Japanese navy, and when calculating the comprehensive strength of the navy, the gap between everyone is ten times more.

This is determined by the overall national strength, and it is not something that Japan can catch up with in a short period of time. With only the few ironclad ships they bought, they could only give away their heads in front of the former dreadnoughts.

Against this backdrop, it is normal for politicians who want to speculate to disagree. Even Ito Bowen himself wanted to take the opportunity to give it a shot, but in the end, reason prevailed.

On the surface, at this time, whether the Japanese government is in favor of the French or the anti-French alliance, it can determine the strength of the two sides in the Asian region. Faao should be the first to win over Japan.

In theory, as long as the Japanese government keeps the balance, it can take advantage of both Fao and then bet on the winner at the last minute.

It is a pity that the French extended an olive branch, but Austria ignored them. Even Japanese officials took the initiative to ask questions, but they did not receive the desired answer.

This ignorance, of course, made the Japanese government look ugly, but it also made them aware of the strength of Austria.

Human psychology is complicated, and sometimes the more you ignore it, the easier it is for people to think more.

In the eyes of many people, although the conditions offered by the French are attractive, France is fighting alone in Europe, while Austria still has a group of allies in Europe.

Many ants killed the elephant, and the Napoleonic era did not complete the great cause of sweeping the European continent. Can the current French Empire complete it? There is no bottom in everyone's heart.

Unable to determine who Fao will be the ultimate winner, the Southward faction throws out a strategic plan to capture the Philippines.

If you look at the map of Asia, you will know that Japan cannot spare the Philippines if it wants to go south, or it may be cut off at any time. It can be said that as long as the strategy of going south is launched, there will be a war between Japan and the West.

The most important thing is that compared to the two giants of Fao, the declining Spain is undoubtedly a soft persimmon.

Of course, this soft persimmon is still too powerful for the current Japanese Empire. Taking the Philippines from the Spaniards also required taking great risks.

However, compared with the risk of participating in the Franco-Austrian War, the safety factor of bullying the Spaniards is still much higher. Even if the plan fails, Spain has not liquidated their strength.

Before the outbreak of the European Continental War, the contradictions between the great powers did not intensify, and the Japanese government would never dare to think of such a thing.

After all, "white phobia" is prevalent these days, and everyone has no confidence when it comes to European countries. Seeing that the ministers of various countries often act together, many people even think that European countries are a group.

In the palace, Emperor Meiji asked a little tiredly: "Ito-kun, these are the strategic plans reported below, what do you think?"

It can be seen that Emperor Meiji was also influenced by the outside world, and he was lost in strategic choices. Taking this step out is the difference between heaven and hell, and Emperor Meiji cannot be careless.

Emperor Meiji relied on the military to support his superiors. In the Meiji government, the military's influence was very large. In order to limit the strength of the military, after taking power, Emperor Meiji instinctively chose to rely on Ito Hirobumi as the first party.

Especially when it comes to national fortunes like this, Emperor Meiji is even more afraid to let the military with a single muscle in his head decide.