With the departure of Prime Minister Felix, Austrian politics is also facing a reshuffle, and Franz appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl as Prime Minister.

In fact, this is just an over-the-top appointment. Carl Ludwig von Brück was born during the war against France, seven or eight years younger than Felix.

Against the background of stability above all else, Franz did not toss. In accordance with the rules of the government, the prime minister abdicated ahead of schedule, and the second-ranked chancellor of the exchequer was replaced.

The reshuffling of the cabinet had to wait until the end of the term of office, and that was in 1889. In terms of time, Karl's tenure as interim prime minister was not short.

By the end of this term, Carl will be about the age of retirement, just in time to make room for those who will follow.

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

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

Whether they like it or not, Fau and Austria have become each other's biggest rivals on the continent.

Although both governments are exercising restraint on the surface, secretly, neither country has stabbed each other with a knife.

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

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

Looking at the excitement, looking at the excitement, 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!"

The person was still dozens of meters away, and the sound had already arrived. Looking at the foreign secretary with a happy face, Napoleon IV's depressed mood was also dispelled a lot.

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

Foreign Secretary Terence Bulkin handed a thin document to Napoleon IV and happily replied: "The war in Annam is over."

We got everything we wanted at the negotiating table, a contract from the Minister in the Far East. ”

Hearing this answer, Napoleon IV understood why Terence Bulking was so excited.

What was not obtained on the battlefield was obtained at the negotiating table, which is a complete miracle in the history of diplomacy.

With this achievement, Terence Bulkin is fully qualified to compete for the next Prime Minister of France.

This was a change after the Paris Revolution, and Napoleon IV needed a contradictory buffer, and after some psychological struggle, decided to restore the prime ministership.

After reading the contents of the contract, Napoleon IV: "This is indeed good news, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has done a great job!" ”

This is true, and the gains from the treaty far exceed his expectations. You know, in the beginning, he just wanted a decent end to the war.

From the beginning of the Paris Revolution, France, which had a great family, began to decline, and the multi-front expedition had exceeded the capacity of the French government.

Annan is far less important than Egypt, and the French government has already decided to temporarily abandon the plan to annex Annan from the moment it chose to negotiate.

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, and just when everyone was happy, the Minister of War, Luskinia Hafez, reported with a grim face: "Sorry for interrupting everyone's good mood.

News has just arrived from Egypt that the counterinsurgency army led by Governor Adolf has finally defeated the main rebel force in the Aswan region two days ago after a lot of hardships. ”

Defeated the main force of the rebels, this is obviously good news, right? The crowd was confused, and looked at Luskinia Hafez in confusion and waited for the next step.

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

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

After a few moments, laughing at the heavy news, Napoleon IV asked: "How big is the specific loss?" ”

The Minister of War, Luskinia Hafez, replied with a sad face and a low voice: "As of yesterday afternoon, of nearly 40,000 counterinsurgency troops, less than 6,000 officers and soldiers have returned to the establishment, and two-thirds of them are Egyptians.

Governor Adolf estimated that the number of officers and men in the army who could finally return to the formation should be about 10,000, and the regular army would be about 4,000 men.

Almost all the baggage and materials carried by the army were lost, and more than eighty percent of the weapons and equipment were lost, especially the artillery.

In order to avoid unnecessary losses, Governor Adolph was leading his troops to withdraw to Cairo.

Now that Egypt was at its most dangerous moment, the colonial government wanted to send reinforcements from within the country. ”

There is no way, no one knows that the rebels will even pit their own people. The main forces were engaged in a decisive battle with the French, and as a result, the dam was blown up upstream.

There was no wireless telegraphy, and the rebels did not have the ability to lay a wired telegraph or telephone, and the decisive battle was met with floods just after the battle.

Extrapolating from time, the rebels blew up the dam while the decisive battle was underway. This means that from the very beginning, the main forces of the rebels who appeared on the battlefield were all outcasts.

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

Egypt was an important part of the development of France Africa, protecting the downstream region from flooding and preserving the essence of the delta.

In 1875, when the French government decided to restart the African development program, the Aswan Dam was one of the first projects to be launched, 23 years before the British built the Aswan Dam.

The enraged Napoleon IV directly tore up the document and roared angrily: "Why did you fall for the scheme, is Adolf's brain full of?" ”

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

War Secretary Luskinia Hafez explained: "The colonial government did receive the news in advance that the rebels were preparing to use a water attack.

However, instead of blowing up the Aswan Dam, it is planned to blow up an upper peak along the river in the downstream Isna area, diverting the Nile to hit the downstream delta.

In fact, the Aswan Dam is still some distance from the delta, and it is not yet a flood season, and the downstream impact of blowing it up will be limited.

If it weren't for the rebels, the decisive battle site chosen by the rebels happened to be in the low-lying area, luring the counterinsurgency army to the decisive battle. Even if the dam were blown up, it would not have caused us such a big loss.

According to the information sent back from the front, the losses of the rebels were at least three times that of ours, and no one knew that the rebels would use the main forces as bait, so ......"

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

In the era of inconvenient communications, the main force was used as bait. In case the French army was not fooled, and the dam was blown up upstream, the tactic of ending up together would have become a one-way suicide.

There are no ifs in reality, and although the rebels may have lost more in numbers, they were strategically victorious.

The counterinsurgency army suffered heavy losses, and in a short time Egypt was unable to organize a second counterinsurgency army, so it could only wait for reinforcements from the mainland.

At least for half a month, the rebels can expand their territory with impunity and mobilize more people to join the uprising.

With this result, the rebels are enough to impress the two financiers behind them and invest more forces to support them.

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

When did the French Army become so reduced to making excuses for its defeat? ”

In the face of the outbreak of the emperor, Luskinia Hafez decisively chose to follow his heart. Deep down, he had already observed a moment of silence for Governor Adolf.

God bless you to be able to get out of this kind of thing. If it weren't for the fact that changing battles would be a taboo for soldiers, Adolf would have left for China now and went to a military court to reason.

After calming down for a while, Napoleon IV said slowly: "The War Office has reworked the counterinsurgency plan, and I don't want to hear about the defeat again."

Remember to send capable officers from China to Egypt to preside over the overall situation of counterinsurgency, 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.

Unable to hold Governor Adolf accountable immediately, this was already Napoleon IV's concern for the overall situation.

The Minister of War, Luskinia Hafiz, hurriedly assured: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. This time, the War Department will carefully select personnel, and there will be absolutely no more problems. ”

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