Chapter 797: Ice and Fire

With the departure of Prime Minister Felix, Austrian politics is also facing a reshuffle, and Franz has appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl as Prime Minister.
In fact, this is just an excessive appointment. Karl Ludwig von Bruck was born during the Anti-French War and is seven or eight years younger than Felix.
In the context of stability over everything, Franz did not toss. It is entirely in accordance with the government's operating rules that the Prime Minister abdicates in advance and the second-ranking Minister of Finance is the replacement.
The reshuffle of the cabinet, and the end of his term, were all in 1889. In terms of time, Karl's term as Prime Minister is not short.
By the end of this term, Carl is almost at the age of retirement, just to make room for others.
There have been no major changes in Austria's political reshuffle, and the transfer of power has proceeded smoothly, which has disappointed many people.
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Paris, Napoleon IV who closely followed the situation in Austria, was one of the disappointed.
Believe it or not, Faou has become each other's biggest competitors on the continental continent.
Although the two governments have maintained restraint on the surface, in the dark, neither country has undercut each other's knife.
Especially after the Paris Revolution, France, whose strength has declined, has gradually fallen behind in international competition.
In order to stabilize the situation, the Paris government was forced to enter a strategic defensive stage, and Napoleon IV's resentment against Austria was even stronger.
Seeing the excitement and watching the excitement, if he wanted to intervene in the change of Austrian power, he could not do it.
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"Sir, good news!"
People are dozens of meters away, and the sound has arrived first. Looking at the happy Foreign Minister, Napoleon IV's depressed mood was also dispelled a lot.
"Tell me what's the good news?"
Foreign Minister Terence Burkin handed a thin document to Napoleon IV and rejoiced: "The Annan War is over.
We got everything we wanted at the negotiating table. This is the contract sent back by the ambassador to the Far East. "
After hearing this answer, Napoleon IV understood why Terence Burkin was so excited.
It was a miracle in the history of diplomacy to get something not on the battlefield at the negotiation table.
With this achievement, Terence Burkin was fully qualified to compete for the next Prime Minister of France.
This was a change after the Paris Revolution. Napoleon IV needed a conflicting figure. After a period of mental struggle, he decided to restore the prime minister system.
After looking through the contents of the contract, Napoleon IV said: "This is really good news. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has done a great job!"
This is the truth, and the gains from the treaty far exceed his expectations. To know the beginning, he just wanted to end the war decently.
From the beginning of the Paris Revolution, France, a big family and a big business, began to go downhill. Multi-line expeditions have exceeded the affordability of the French government.
Annan is far less important than Egypt. The moment the negotiations were chosen, the French government had decided to temporarily abandon the plan to annex Annan.
The world is so wonderful. When you can't get what you want and you decide to give up, he is back.
The happy time is always short. Just when everyone is happy, the Minister of the Army, Luskinia Haffez, said with a complex expression: "Sorry, everyone interrupted everyone's good mood.
News just came from Egypt. After a lot of hard work, the rebel army led by Governor Adolf finally defeated the main force of the rebels in the Aswan area two days ago. "
Defeating the main forces of the rebels is obviously good news? The crowd fell into a puzzle, staring at Luskinia Hafez in wonder, waiting for the next.
"However, when the battle was won, the despicable enemy blew up the dam upstream, and the rebel army suffered heavy losses under the impact of the flood."
After hearing this answer, everyone's faces looked beautiful, angry, aggressive ... and so on.
A moment later, he joked about the heavy news, and Napoleon IV asked: "How much is the specific loss?"
The Secretary of the Army, Luskinia Hafez, wailed his face and pressed his voice to the lowest level, and replied: "As of yesterday afternoon, there were less than 6,000 officers and men who returned to the regiment with nearly 40,000 counterinsurgency troops. Two-thirds are Egyptians.
Governor Adolf estimates that in the end, the officers and men who can return to the formed system should be around 10,000, and there will be about 4,000 regular troops.
Almost all the heavy materials carried by the army were lost, and more than 80% of the weapons and equipment were lost, especially the artillery.
To avoid unnecessary losses, Governor Adolf is leading the troops to withdraw Cairo.
Now that Egypt is at its most dangerous time, the colonial government wants domestic reinforcements. "
There is no way, no one knows that the rebels will pit themselves together. The main force was decisive against the French, and the dam was blown up upstream.
There were no radio telegraphs these days, and the rebels were not capable of laying wired telegraphs or telephones. The decisive battle came to an end just after the flood.
In terms of time, the rebels blew up the dam during the decisive battle. This means that from the beginning, the main forces of the rebels who appeared on the battlefield were abandoned.
Even more sad is that the "Aswan Dam" was funded by the French government.
Egypt is an important part of the development of France in Africa. In order to protect the downstream areas from flood threats, the essence of the delta is maintained.
In 1875, after the French government decided to restart the African development plan, the first batch of projects started included the Aswan Dam, 23 years earlier than the original time and time British built the Aswan Dam.
The angry Napoleon IV tore the file directly, screaming: "Why do you count, isn't there all in Adolph's head?"
As an experienced general, one should not ignore the dam upstream, and under normal circumstances, even if you march, you should be vigilant.
"Secretly, the colonial government did receive news of the water attack that the rebels were going to use," Army Secretary Luskinia Hafez explained to the scalp.
However, instead of blowing up the Aswan dam, it is planned to blow up an upper peak along the coast to cut off the river in the Isna region downstream, causing the Nile to divert into the downstream delta.
In fact, the Aswan Dam is still a long way from the delta. It is not a flood season yet, and the impact of the bombing on the downstream is limited.
If it wasn't for the decisive battlefield chosen by the rebels, it would be in the low-lying terrain, tempting the rebel army to decisive battles in the past. Even if the dam is blown up, it is impossible for us to cause such a large loss.
According to information sent back from the front line, the loss of the rebels is at least three times ours. No one knows that the rebels will use the main force as bait, so ... "
Luskinia Hafez understood Governor Adolf. This is no longer a mere scam, the enemy is clearly a lunatic.
In times of inconvenient communications, use the main force as bait. In case the French army was not fooled, and the dam was exploded upstream, the same tactics would become a one-way suicide.
The reality is not that, although the number of rebels may be more lost, they have won strategically.
The rebel army suffered heavy losses. In a short time, the Egyptian region was unable to organize a second rebel army and had to wait for local reinforcements.
For at least half a month, the rebels can unscrupulously expand their territory and launch more people to join the uprising.
With this result, the rebels have been enough to make the two gold masters behind them stand out and devote more power to support them.
Napoleon IV interrupted: "Stop saying, no matter how many reasons, failure is failure.
When did the French Army fall to make excuses for failure? "
Facing the erupting emperor, Luskinia Hafiz decisively chose to follow. Deep down, he had mourned for Governor Adolf.
It is God's blessing to set aside this kind of thing and be able to retreat. If it wasn't for the replacement of soldiers, Adolf would now set off for home and go to a military court to make sense.
After calming down for a while, Napoleon IV said slowly, "The War Department has reformulated its counterinsurgency plan. I don't want to hear the news of failure.
I remember that I was able to transfer from the country to go to Egypt to preside over the general rebellion. A stupid such as Adolph need not go. "
The defeated army is the defeated army. No matter how many reasons, the defeat can not be covered up.
Holding back the responsibility of Governor Adolf was not immediately pursued. This was the whole situation of Napoleon IV.
Secretary of the Army Luskinia Hafez hurriedly assured: "Her Majesty, please be assured. This time the War Department will carefully select people, and there will be no more problems."
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