Make France Great Again

"Adjutant Conrobel! If it were you, which side would you choose to support!"

Jerome Bonaparte did not express his attitude in a hurry, but asked Colonel Conrobert unhurriedly.

Neighbors are unlucky, of course, a happy thing. After being happy, he must consider how to fan the flames to make the conflict between his neighbors more intense.

No one knows better than Jerome Bonaparte that the crisis in France is not in Paris, not in being classified as a republic, but in Germany next door.

If the integration of the German region is completed, not to mention the Greater Germany with 70 million people in Felix Schwarzenberg's grand blueprint, even the Small German Empire with Prussia as the core and excluding Austria is a small German Empire from the population. , the military is slightly surpassed, and the economy is slightly lower than the huge empire of France.

At that time, France will withdraw from the position of the First Army of the Continental Continent as in history, and the German Empire at the crossroads will become the new favorite of Europe.

This is an ending that Jerome Bonaparte could never accept.

In his opinion, the best result is that Prussia and Austria fought each other, one was killed and one was injured (Public death and Austrian injury), and Uncle France, as the guardian of German order, protected the Rhineland and Germany.

Jerome Bonaparte's question made Canrobert stunned for a moment, and then he said cautiously: "Your Majesty! I am a soldier, and I don't know the twists and turns of diplomacy. If there is only a military perspective , I think we should give Prussia some support."

"You agree to support Prussia?" Jerome Bonaparte's tone trembled slightly.

Canrobert thought and did not hear the change in Jerome Bonaparte's tone, he nodded as a matter of course: "That's right! From a military point of view, we must weaken Austria! Austria has the potential and population. It's all something that Prussia can't match, let alone a Prussian army that couldn't have been worse."

Conrobert's expression made Jerome Bonaparte realize that the current French army's sense of Prussia is still stuck in the Napoleonic Wars.

Prussia in the Napoleonic Wars can be said to have lost the face of Frederick the Great. It was able to support the great disadvantage of the French, Austrian and Russian armies with the army of 1 to 3 and the population of 1 to 20 until King Peter III came to power. In less than 30 years, the army degenerated into a "garbage army" that was defeated by Davout's partial division, and then was taken by Emperor Napoleon for two weeks to enter Berlin in a leisurely manner.

Even in order to beg Emperor Napoleon's "forgiveness", the Queen of Prussia had to offer herself a pillow seat to submit to Napoleon, and King Frederick William III of Prussia had a green brilliance on his head.

Know that the Kingdom of Prussia does not agree with an "open" Paris, "hospitable" Parisians never mind that their wives in political marriages cheat, and they even take pride in having a charming wife.

The typical representative here is the "Bank of Nucingen" in Balzac's human comedy. After witnessing the death of Old Man Gao, Rastigne was determined to climb to the top of his power. He climbed to Old Man Gao's daughter, New Zealand. The Baroness of Chingen, under Rastignac's powerful "offensive", the baroness and Rastignac soon became like knees. Of course, all this was seen by the Baron Nucingen, and he was happy His wife was involved with the Knights of Rastignac, and for his sake he tried his best to match his wife and Rastignac, and whenever they were at odds or even about to part ways, Nuchin and the Baron would pretend to be about to find out about their affair. The way they looked, scared the two of them to be reconciled as before.

A counter-example is the hapless King Louis XVI, who became the object of ridicule by the citizens of Paris because Louis XVI loved his wife so much that he had no mistress.

Of course, it is different from the "wonderful" product that Catholicism and Paris have bred together.

As Prussia under Protestantism, the Puritans' conservatism has been deeply rooted, and it is impossible for Prussia to use derailment as a show of capital.

Therefore, the behavior of the Queen of Prussia offering herself a pillow seat is the greatest insult to Prussia.

Under the influence of Emperor Napoleon, the French in the entire German region set off a wave of love for the German sisters.

Wearing French dragoon uniforms, the Guards became the favorite of German ladies, so much so that there was a ridiculing saying "you deserve to marry a German".

Even when Prussia followed the Russian Empire's counter-offensive, Blücher used his powerful cavalry mobility to effectively support the Wellington battlefield "bloodbathed" this two weeks of annihilation stains.

But in the eyes of the French, and even the entire European powers, Prussia is still the last great power that was wiped out by a blitzkrieg.

So much so that Tolstoy openly ridiculed France in "War and Peace" only if it was bullying the Germans.

Jerome Bonaparte knew that the arrogant and conceited French army would become even more powerful after the Crimean War.

It wasn't until they were killed by Lao Maoqi's 800,000 troops to the nest that they realized that they were far behind.

"Bad army? My dear adjutant, we can't look at the new with the old. Prussia also underwent a reform after that battle (Jena). The Prussian army is now different from the The Prussian army before the war.

Don't you think that the Prussian army is too large? Jerome Bonaparte asked tentatively: "Prussia has a population of 14.33 million, a standing army of 145,000 people, and a reserve of 385,000 people at all levels. The annual cost is less than 50 million francs, which remains relatively low in peacetime. It does not take up too much labor, and it can quickly mobilize a large number of fighters during the war. However, our country only has less than 300,000 field troops, and the number of soldiers recruited every year is seriously insufficient. We have to allow others to spend money. Exemption from military service.

Long-term military service makes our soldiers more brave, but the long military service period also makes it impossible for us to recruit more soldiers. One served for 3 years, the other served for 10 years, and once the war started, the 3-year service. The army can easily call up more troops, and once a war is waged, they will call back everyone. What will happen to France by then? "

Jerome Bonaparte gradually extended the topic from supporting Prussia or Austria to the system of France itself, in order to let his adjutant understand that the French military service system should really face a change.

"Your Majesty, please be blunt, do you mean that the Prussian army can already equalize France?" Canrobert looked suspiciously at Jerome Bonaparte, and he even wondered if the monarch in front of him had something abnormal. .

Even Pesini next to him also showed a shocked expression. He couldn't imagine that the "Prussian Threat Theory" could actually be said from the emperor's nephew.

In the face of right and wrong, Jerome Bonaparte is also not good at saying that France's military system has completely lagged behind Prussia next door, he can only reply vaguely: "The Prussian army may be far worse than the French army at present. Yes, but they have a reserve force of nearly a million, and what is the army we have in France?"

"Your Majesty, please forgive my rudeness!" Canrobert bowed slightly to Jerome Bonaparte, and then said bluntly with a hint of arrogance: "How could an army of lawyers and citizens defeat our experience? We only need to put two guns on the battlefield, and they will flee in a hurry.

Rest assured, if one day Prussia does dare to invade us, we will crush them before they are fully mobilized. War is not an arithmetic problem, and no matter how much preparation you have, you may not be able to win on the battlefield. "

"Really?" said Jerome Bonaparte to Canrobert in a questioning tone.

"It's definitely possible, Your Majesty!" Conrobel said sternly: "Please believe in this army created by your uncle!"

It is because of the army that my uncle created that I am reluctant to believe.

Jerome Bonaparte complained a few words in his heart. If his uncle hadn't forcibly dragged the French army to No. 1 in Continental Europe, why would the French army be arrogant? They just wanted to stay on the credits of their uncle. Willing to move, completely forgetting that the differences of the times have gradually transformed the war from an aristocratic recruitment system to a total war.

Of course, a century later, with the emergence of nuclear weapons, total warfare has also gradually come to an end. Especially after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, most of the national troops except a certain major country have returned to the era of the recruitment system.

Especially the military powers headed by the United States and Russia, UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com pushed the scalpel-style attack of the small elite troops to the peak.

Jérôme Bonaparte stopped speaking, and Conrobert was also silent.

Right now, when Jerome Bonaparte and Colonel Conrobert were in an unpleasant situation due to the issue of military philosophy, Persini, who was inclined to Conrobert's theory that "the French army is invincible in the world", hurried out and said, "Your Majesty. , we are not discussing the question of who wins and who loses between Austria and Prussia! How did it become France and Prussia! Adjutant Canrobert, do you agree that Austria can defeat Prussia?"

"Austria wants an adult to beat a child against Prussia, and the result is self-evident!" Conrobel said in a firm tone, and then added euphemistically: "Of course, this is just my military opinion."

In order to help Jerome Bonaparte regain his face, Persini hurriedly said: "Adjutant Canrobert, I have also had a few years of experience in the army! I think Prussia is very likely to go to war with Austria!"

Having said that, Pessini subconsciously cast a glance at Jerome Bonaparte.

This should be the answer Your Majesty wants!