"Your suggestion is very feasible! Moreover, you can also use the stabilization of the situation in Indochina as an excuse to explain the reasons for sending troops to the Democratic Alliance forces, which does not violate the spirit of friendship between France and China in the Treaty of Canton. ”

Napoleon III drew an inference to the triathlon formula, nodded, and said: "General Genui, you stay in Paris for a while, I will give you the battleships Brenita and Glory, and the cruiser Banshee, and give you four backbone infantry regiments, and after the European Combined Fleet departs, you will follow and enter Vietnam." ”

The battleship Brenita is a more traditional warship in the French Navy, with three decks, equipped with one hundred and thirty smoothbore guns, but its firepower is very powerful, one hundred and thirty smoothbore guns even if they are not as good as rifled guns, but they are superior in number, it adopts a typical three-masted sail structure, single propeller, composite engine, 81 meters long, 18 meters wide, displacement of 6878 tons, larger than the Duke of Wellington, is the largest displacement warship in the world at that time.

The battleship Glory is the latest French battleship to be launched, with a length of 77.8 meters, a width of 17 meters, a single propeller, a horizontal return engine, and 36 rear-loading rifled guns of 162.5 mm caliber, with a displacement of 5,720 tons.

The cruiser Banshee was relatively small, 76 meters long, 13.6 meters wide, and had a displacement of only 2,784 tons, but its firepower should not be underestimated, and it was armed with twenty-four 163 mm rear-loading rifled guns, which also used single-propeller, composite engines.

The Army's four backbone infantry regiments, each with three backbone infantry battalions, each battalion has a full strength of 960 men, a total of 11,520 soldiers. It can be seen from this that Napoleon III attached great importance to the upcoming great war in the Far East.

The Army is better. France, without the Foreign Legion, had a total of one hundred basic infantry regiments. Sending four is not much, but the navy is a bloody investment, due to the long-term suppression by the British, the French Navy can not build ships at will, except for frigates of 1,000 tons are not restricted, the construction of battleships and cruisers will be subject to pressure from the British side, trapped in the French Navy large and medium-sized sea ships are not even ten, this time send three, plus the original one in Vietnam. The naval power that appeared in the Far East turned out to be close to half the strength of France.

In fact, with the size of France, it is the norm to have twenty or thirty large and medium-sized ships, which is also an important reason why Napoleon III knew that he was pitted by Wang Feng, but he still hesitated to use force against the Democratic Alliance.

After all, international relations are like this, either you cheat me, or I cheat you, and you can't blame others for being cheated, so you can only blame yourself for not paying more attention, and you can't talk about too much resentment. Next time, be careful, and even have a chance to get back on the field.

And for France, China is too far away, and no matter how powerful it is, it cannot threaten France itself. Relatively speaking, Britain, which is separated by a sea from France, is France's biggest rival, and France is a dignified country. The French also have a strong sense of honor, and the most pressing problem facing France is to overthrow Britain!

Genui felt the weight on his shoulders be extremely heavy. Hurriedly bowed deeply: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the Sino-British friendship is a favorable opportunity for the rise of my French Empire. I will not fail to live up to your trust, please rest assured. ”

"General Genui!" Napoleon III nodded with satisfaction: "It must have been very hard for you to come here at the same time, go down and rest first, and I will hold a ball at the Aceli Palace tonight to catch you up." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Genui bowed again, was led by the servant, and walked out.

In fact, according to Genui's thinking, it would be unwise to fight against the NLD, because even if he defeated his limited navy, it would not be able to go ashore and destroy the foundation of the NLD, and it would still develop in another decade or so.

The best way is to recognize that the Democratic Alliance is a pole of the world powers, maintain a high-pressure posture in the Far East, hold high the butcher's knife and hang without killing, force the Democratic Alliance to negotiate with the European powers, recognize the colonies of the great powers in Southeast Asia, and do not allow the local Chinese to stir up independence.

Just like the modern Chinese anti-ship artifact Dongfeng 21D, why has it not carried out live-fire target drills for a long time? It is to let the United States guess whether it can be hit or not, and the guess is restless, clueless, and difficult to make a correct response.

You must know that no matter whether the target is hit with live ammunition or not, as far as the United States is concerned, as long as it hits, the boots will hit the ground, and with its powerful scientific and technological strength, there is always a way to deal with it.

Therefore, in the eyes of Genui, there is no certainty of victory, and it is better not to land the boots, but he can influence Napoleon III, but not the British Empire.

After talking with Napoleon III, it was already noon, Genui did not leave the Elysée Palace, but was led by the servants to the side hall to dine, and in Chinese mainland, it was also dark, and Zhang Lexingfu in Bozhou was putting up lights and setting up a banquet.

Today is the full moon of Zhang Lexing's young son, as a forty-eight-year-old middle-aged man, it is very rare to have another son at this age, Zhang Lexing originally had only one son, and this time he gave birth to another, his old Zhang family's bloodline is equal to double insurance, how can you not be happy? How can I not do a special event?

In addition to the generals at all levels of the Huai Army, even the titular marshal Li Hongzhang will come from Henan to congratulate him personally.

Due to the fact that the great enemy of the Democratic Alliance Army was watching, Li Hongzhang and Zhang Lexing were also at peace for the time being, Li Hongzhang provided food and equipment, and Zhang Lexing was happy to accept it, compared with before being absorbed, it was nothing more than to re-knot the braids, and the clothes were changed back to the official uniforms of the Qing court, and there was no change in other aspects.

The palace brand of Zhang Lexing's mansion has been taken off, replaced with Zhang's mansion, on the street next door to Zhang's mansion, a flowing water seat was set up, and the hungry and dizzy Bozhou people could not drain the water around the flowing water seat, for them, the night banquet of Zhang's mansion had nothing to do with them, all they could count on was to eat a rare full meal on this flowing water seat.

The flowing water seat can accommodate thousands of people to dine at the same time, and the food is the same, steamed porridge, plus a plate of winter melon and braised pork, simple is simple, but in the eyes of the people of Bozhou, this is more abundant than eating in the New Year!

Whenever someone leaves the table after eating, the people behind him immediately fill the position, as long as they kowtow in the direction of Zhang's house, shout thank you Lord Zhang for food, and wish Zhang Xiaogongzi a long wind and good health, life is extraordinary Spring and Autumn, Pepsi is good and sings lightly, and the years of wind and rain become long, you can sit down and eat.

Accommodating thousands of people, tens of thousands of people queue up, there are waitlists outside the alley, and in front of the gate of Zhang's mansion, there are also crowds of people, welcoming guests to walk towards the courtyard, the atmosphere is extremely festive.

"Anhui according to the inspection envoy and Luzhou regiment training envoy Li Hongzhang Li Master arrived!" At this time, a greeter suddenly shouted, and saw Li Hongzhang with a smile on his face, side by side with a foreigner, with a few entourage, walking over quickly. (To be continued......)

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