In Paris, Napoleon III was already stunned by this pie that fell from the sky.

The diplomatic situation in France has always been bad, and European countries have been rejecting them as if they were nothing, and many activities do not take them to play at all.

Among the four major European powers, they have the least political influence, and if they make the slightest outrageous move, their neighbors will immediately rearm themselves as if they were a great enemy.

After Napoleon III succeeded to the throne, many efforts were made to improve the diplomatic environment, but still with little success.

Governments pay lip service to them, but in practice they are still taking strict precautions against them. Especially after the annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia, a joint defense alliance appeared directly.

At first, Napoleon III was a little worried, for fear of another anti-French coalition. After a long time, he got used to it.

It is good to take precautions, and these countries do not dare to take a step beyond the mine pool anyway. These actions of the neighbors just proved the strength of France from the side.

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

As time passed, Napoleon III's ambitions grew, but fortunately France did not win the war in the Near East, otherwise he would have drifted even harder.

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

In order to break the situation, Napoleon III also made a lot of efforts, such as: to maintain a good relationship with Britain and Austria as much as possible.

Coveting the Rhineland, Napoleon III restrained his desire and did not do anything; He also held back when he was eyeing the Italian region.

The lesson left by his uncle taught him that the anti-French coalition would really kill people. Without a plausible excuse, France's expansion on the continent would provoke a boycott from all countries.

The kingdom of Sardinia was found to die on its own, and no one could say anything. Now several Italian states are regarded by Austria as dead, and there is no room for them to intervene at all.

Without Francesco II's telegram for help, without an excuse to interfere, now Napoleon III could only sit idly by.

Napoleon said in high spirits: "The opportunity has come, which of our troops is free, send it to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies as soon as possible." If Austria had sent troops to suppress the rebellion, there would have been no room for us to intervene. ”

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

In the face of the absolute disparity in strength, even if it is taken lightly, it is not a big problem.

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was within easy reach, and the French were able to devote enough force to annihilate any rebel army.

In the original time and space, the redshirts led by Gapori still had the secret support of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and at this time, the Kingdom of Sardinia had done the ancients, so naturally they would not support him.

If the U.S. federal government is right, Gapori also has supporters. It's just that this supporter is still licking his wounds, and it is when he is a low-key person, he has no ability to support them, let alone dare to support them.

War Secretary Edmund Leboeuf replied: "Your Majesty, the 3rd, 4th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 2nd Cavalry Division, and other units of the infantry can be mobilized. ”

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

France is now in its heyday, and in peacetime it has maintained a large number of mobile troops. If war breaks out, they can easily mobilize an army of millions.

To intervene in the civil war in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, one or two divisions of troops were sufficient, and now the number of the rebel army in Gapoli was only thirty or forty thousand.

Napoleon III immediately ordered: "Let the fourth, seventh, ninth, and fifteenth 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 the convoy and at the same time blockaded the coastline of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, prohibiting any ship from docking in the rebel-controlled area. ”

The movement of four infantry divisions at once was clearly not just to help suppress the rebellion. The rebels did not deserve so much attention from Napoleon III, but more in response to the possible Franco-Austrian conflict.

This time it was equivalent to France reaching into the back garden of Austria, and it was normal for the Vienna government to overreact.

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

This result hurt Foreign Secretary Abraham very much. Intervening in the civil war in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies would not only cause discontent in Austria, but also upset the British and Spaniards.

The Spaniards ignore it for the time being, they don't have the energy to do so much right now. But the London and Vienna reactions could not be ignored, and if they triggered a chain reaction, it would be troublesome.

Foreign Secretary Abraham reminded: "Your Majesty, the question of interfering in the civil war in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies will probably have to be considered in the long run. If we intervene now, we will be under very much international pressure. ”

This is inevitable, and it is conceivable that as soon as the French army entered the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the letter of protest of the British Austrian would appear in the French Foreign Office.

What the consequences will be are unknown, but nothing good will happen anyway.

In the current international situation, the most that France can do is to spread its influence to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and in fact it can gain very little benefit.

Annexation is even more out of the question. Francesco II's telegram for help only provided a pretext for France to intervene in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and amounted to the possibility of annexing the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

It is very difficult to annex a country on the European continent, and such a good thing as the Kingdom of Sardinia cannot be encountered every day.

Moreover, the same excuse can only be used once, and repeated use is useless.

Napoleon III confidently said: "Don't worry, this time it was Francesco II who invited us over, even if the governments were unhappy, they would not forcibly intervene."

We are only dealing with the Austrians, and the Viennese government will not fight us for the sake of a mere kingdom of the Two Sicilies, right? ”

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies is the largest state in Italy and the poorest in Italy. It looks like a big 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. and Austria, the largest trading partner, will not exceed three million Aegis per year.

Apart from its strategic value, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies is nothing. However, this strategic value is also very difficult for Austria.

Sicily is located in the heart of the Mediterranean, but there are so many forces that Austria simply cannot occupy it directly.

Even if you leave a naval base, it's still useless. To the east is the Royal Navy's Mediterranean military base - Macedres, and to the west is the French naval base camp.

Putting the Austrian Navy in the middle of these two makes people feel unreliable no matter how you look at it.

What can we do even if we ignore these two naval powers? Could it be that Austria dared to blockade the Mediterranean, this is something that the British would not dare to do!

So the Viennese government made the most sensible choice and left Sicily alone. Now Austria does not have troops stationed on this little brother's territory, but only a little economic benefit.

This little benefit is essentially negligible. It's a poor ghost, but can't you still fry it out of oil?

Napoleon III thought he had a plan and sent an intervention army to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies as quickly as possible. At the same time, the Austrian intervention army also set off.

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On February 11, 1866, the Austrian intervention forces were in Gaetta, and the French troops had already arrived a day earlier because of the distance.

Before the counterinsurgency war began, the smell of gunpowder between the Franco-Austrian armies first became stronger. If it weren't for the restraint on both sides, perhaps the two forces would have been able to fight first.

Francesco II, who had just escaped from Naples and took refuge here, fully experienced what it meant to be a Shura field.

At the military meeting, the officers of France and Austria did not look good for each other. Cooperate sincerely, or don't dream.

Since the two are disgusted, they will fight each other, and they will not take the rebels into account anyway, and each has the strength to crush the rebels.

Francesco II was embarrassed, caught between France and Austria, he was completely walking a tightrope, and if one of them fell badly, it would be over.

In fact, when Francesco II asked the French for help, he was reminded by a minister. Vacillating when standing in line is a political taboo.

I don't know what's going on, Francesco II's head twitched, and he whimsically thought that letting France and Austria contain each other could maximize the interests of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Reality tells him that he is completely overthinking. The great powers all want to eat meat, and it's the same wherever they go.

Franz has always paid more attention to the appearance of food, and the two sides have always been fair trade, and he has not been involved in the exploitation of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Now the situation is different, and another Frenchman has come in. It is unknown what the final cost will be, but 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 starts, there is nothing to say, the great powers are not here to do charity.

For the big countries, that's just the case, squeezing out military spending will come out. For the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, it was a matter of several years' revenues.

The specific number of years depends on the combat effectiveness of the rebels. In the event that the rebels were to open up and let the war continue, it would be a matter of time before the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies went bankrupt.

The chances of this happening are very high, and if only one country intervenes, it can be cut through the mess quickly.

Now that France and Austria are sending troops together, stumbling on each other and deliberately dragging their feet are destined to be indispensable.

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