Chapter 494: ,Special Guest

After the fall of Dublin, the British in the remaining coastal strongholds in Ireland also quickly retreated. Now all of Ireland is liberated. After roughly arranging affairs in Ireland, President Russell is about to formally establish an Irish government.
Regarding what form the Irish government should adopt, most of the members of the federation agree to copy French operations directly. That is to say, a ruling government is created in a cuddly fashion, and then five parliaments are established-anyway, France is so advanced, so developed, and people's lives are so good, that means that the French system is good.
But Russell disagreed. He felt that in this French system, the power of the first ruling party was still too great, and in fact it far surpassed the previous kings. It makes sense for the French to do this because it is very efficient. Revolutionary France is almost the thorn in the eyes of the reactionary forces in Europe. In order to defeat the great alliance of reactionary forces in Europe, the most efficient system must be adopted.
But the situation in Ireland today is not the case. Ireland is not the center of the world, nor does it face the dangers of France at the time. Now it is not necessary to adopt a French-style system for efficiency.
However, the federation is democratic, and everyone opposes his opinions, so President Russell naturally reserved his opinions and respected the organization's decision.
Then there are various detailed arrangements and some diplomatic matters. The first is to inform friendly countries of the intention to establish a nation. Well, there are really many friendly countries in Ireland today. Basically, the countries that have declared war on Britain along with France are all Ireland’s de facto allies. Even those countries that remain neutral are considered friendly countries.
The Federation sent special envoys to these friendly countries to discuss the establishment of diplomatic relations.
In France, the Napoleon family has already discussed how to deal with Ireland.
"Generally speaking, there are four allied countries," Joseph said.
Generally speaking, Joseph only gives principles and specific operations for political matters. He is really not good at this. In fact, apart from scientific matters, especially mathematics, Joseph really doesn't care about details.
"Otherwise, how could he have the name'Joseph Who Never Makes a Mistake'?" It is said that Napoleon once complained about his elder brother. However, vomiting is returning to vomiting, but Joseph's style, in fact, still likes Napoleon. On the contrary, if Joseph intervened in everything, any trivial matters, and any specific operations, it would be really intolerable.
"Which four?" Napoleon asked.
"Let's use four animals as an analogy." Joseph said.
"The first type of animal is a pig. I live with this animal. What do you keep and protect it for? Of course, it is to kill and eat meat during the holidays. There is a type of "allies", in addition to money and resources. , It’s useless. Such allies are pigs. What it means to us is to kill and eat meat when necessary."
"Well, I know you are talking about Turkey, Northern Italy, Austria, Prussia and Spain." Napoleon smiled brightly. These few big fat pigs have fed France quite a bit over the years. The free labor, resources, and markets in Austria and Prussia have benefited France a lot. Of course, the big fat pigs are more unlucky. The loss of labor, the loss of resources, and the market They are all French products. These few European powers are not so good today.
But life is not good, but the position of the king or emperor of these countries is still quite stable. (Austria has reconciled with the Holy See, and the Holy See has admitted that His Majesty Fritz has been wronged, but the Roman emperor’s The hat could not be returned to him, so he became the emperor of Austria.) Because although they were traitorous and exploited, they were almost compradors with crowns, but fortunately, France absorbed a large amount of labor, plus the Americas. Large, many immigrants can be accepted. Therefore, although the people's life is not good, but because there are few young people in the country, it is not easy to cause too much trouble.
"The second animal is the cow." Joseph continued, "For us, these countries are our core allies. We protect them, and they work hard to support our cause. They are part of our industry chain. The beneficial and indispensable part plays a very important role in our economy. Their economy is completely integrated with us, almost a part of the empire."
"I know, you are talking about the Rhine Union, the Netherlands and Northern Italy." Napoleon said.
"This type of country is now both prosperous with us, and we will lose everything. We must love them and protect their interests, which is to protect our interests, because..."
"Because in fact, the big capital of these countries is our periphery." Lucien interrupted.
"Farming cattle is not the same as pigs. It is better to raise and work than to kill and eat meat. Of course, when it is a last resort, it is like a great famine. If you don’t eat anything you can’t get through tomorrow, let alone the new year. I don’t care so much. I hope we will never encounter such a time in this life." Joseph continued.
"You mean, our younger generation might encounter such a time in the future?" Lucien asked.
"Ah, there is no permanent empire in the world." Napoleon replied, "Just like the stock market, no stock can rise forever. There will always be a crash. Maybe within a week, it can collapse several times. ."
"The third type of allies is dogs. This type of country has limited economic help to us, and there is not much meat to kill them. But they have a great advantage, that is, they can bite. The power that can replace us to bleed and drag the enemy is like a hound in hunting, playing a key role in destroying prey. But the question now is, if the prey dies, how should we treat the hound?"
"I know who you are talking about, the Irish. But the prey is not dead yet. As for after the prey is dead—England is not so easy to die. It is always a threat. Keeping Ireland can be used to suppress England. Besides, in Ireland, what else can you do besides planting potatoes? There is no meat at all, and you can't eat him."
"The last category of allies is the wolves. They are only with us temporarily, and more importantly, they have their own ambitions, and they may compete with us for benefits in the future. For example..."
"For example, the United States." Napoleon said, "but now, the Americans have no room for development. We are in Louisiana to the west, and Quebec will soon be in the north. But it is better to find a chance to dismember it. So as to guarantee our interests."
"What about Russia?" Lucien asked.
"Russia, Russia is different from all these countries." Joseph said, "Russia is not our ally, nor is it our enemy at the moment, um...they are now barbarians. In the long run, Russia is vast. With abundant resources and a large population, they are naturally a powerful country. However, there are many ethnic groups within them, which is a weakness that can be exploited."
After doing this kind of strategic research, the next research direction is how to deal with the issue of Irish nation-building. The Irish envoy has arrived in Paris and has visited Napoleon and Joseph on the establishment of the country.
Joseph and Napoleon naturally expressed their support for the founding of Ireland. The question now is what etiquette France should use to attend the founding ceremony of Ireland. According to the idea of ​​Ireland, they very much hope to invite Joseph to attend their founding ceremony and give a speech on behalf of advanced European countries at the founding ceremony of Ireland.
Joseph retorted: "You said I am a retired general, a scientist, what kind of speech did I go to a political occasion to give?"
And Joseph was not a member of the Federation, so the envoy could not tell him "this is an organizational decision", so the envoy found his student Carol. Carol is a member of the organization, or even a named member of the Central Committee.
The envoy found Carol and said: "Carol, the organization has a glorious and arduous task for you."
Carol laughed as soon as he heard it: "Jimney, do you want me to persuade my teacher to attend the founding ceremony? Well, this thing is not easy to handle. You don't understand my teacher's character, he is very unhappy. He likes to show his face in public. Well, it’s strange, isn’t it? After all, the teacher has been a general, he has given a speech to soldiers more than once, he has lectured to many people in various classes, he has never seen People blush and can’t speak. But, he really doesn’t like standing in front of a large crowd. Just like his defensive position, no one can be seen under normal circumstances. However, I can try my best. test."
With Carol's persuasion, Napoleon also said that since Ireland is still a very useful dog, Joseph, you can do it once. So Joseph had no choice but to say that although I don't like doing these things, as long as it is good for the country, then it should be a personal sacrifice. Where can I stop going because I am afraid of seasickness? However, when I'm away, don't take the opportunity to mess around in the Academy of Sciences!
In this regard, Napoleon was very unhappy and said: "You are the tyrant in the Academy of Sciences. Academicians have been suffering from Joseph for a long time. But those academicians are all bullshit. Even if you are not there, few guys dare to follow me. It's a mess."
Considering that the British Navy still maintains a presence at sea, it often takes action. So Napoleon sent the battleship "Caesar" and the super cruisers "Free Trade" and "Common Market" back from North America, as well as two armored cruisers named to participate in the review of the founding ceremony of Ireland. More importantly, Responsible for ensuring Joseph's safety along the way.
Speaking of which, the British Navy is indeed full of fearless spirit. Even in this unfavorable situation, they are already working hard. At this time, the British navy could no longer guarantee its own sea dominance, so their combat goal became to destroy others' sea dominance.
For this reason, the British made bold improvements to their cruisers. They realized that for a long time to come, their success or failure will depend entirely on the high speed of the ship. So they dismantled all the armor of the armored cruiser, and only kept part of the armor in the boiler and ammunition depot. In other words, the British took a streaking approach to increase their speed and attacked various maritime targets in European countries other than modern warships.
After the armor was removed, the ship was much lighter, which made the British cruiser count as the sailing age, and for the first time faster than similar ships in France. And their practice of not armoring and streaking actually achieved another unexpected effect.
One evening just a few days ago, a British cruiser encountered an old-fashioned Rhine Alliance armored cruiser while attacking a Dutch merchant ship. At that time, the British were controlling the captured merchant ship, but the sea was foggy. Then the two warships suddenly encountered each other very close, only about 300 meters away. Then everyone engaged in a brief and fierce exchange of fire. Eventually, the armored cruiser of the Rhine Alliance was severely injured. If it weren't for the cover of sea fog, it might be sunk by a British warship.
As for this British cruiser, he also suffered more than ten shells. But these shells have a serious problem-over penetration. Because there was basically no armor on the British cruiser, the shells aimed at the armor basically penetrated directly from the port side to the starboard side after hitting the British cruiser, shooting the cruiser three times and six eyes~EbookFREE.me~ but None of them exploded successfully.
And because of the heavy sea fog, the naval soldiers of the Rhine Alliance couldn't see clearly that their shells passed through. As a result, they all changed to: They were at such a close distance. It should have hit a lot of guns, but these shells were all blocked by the armor of the British cruiser.
The news even blinded the French. For a while, the French really thought that the British had made some technological breakthroughs, so that their warships not only surpassed the French in speed, but even had stronger defenses than French warships. To this end, Marshal Treville also specifically ordered the French warships to avoid fighting with British warships without a quantitative advantage.
As for the British, they naturally knew that their warships were completely running naked. As long as they noticed and exchanged ammunition, they would be able to hit their cruisers full of fire and fangs all over the sea. Therefore, they also issued the same order, which led to the result that until now, the French thought that the British had new armor technology.
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