The old general's head was spinning, and his blood pressure had soared to 200. If possible, he really wanted to take out his gun and kill this nasty guy.
I used to think that the emperor was a bit cruel in suppressing these leftists, but today it was my turn to stand on the stage, and these people started to squeeze me, and I realized that this feeling was really disgusting.
Napoleon III was also forced. He really couldn't solve the problem without killing people. Maybe the emperor wanted to resolve the conflict gently at first, right?
But there are many conflicts that cannot be adjusted, many people cannot communicate, and there are many hurdles with no way out!
Trochu gritted his teeth and said, "I will definitely fight a war, but as a professional soldier, I must be responsible for the lives of soldiers..."
"I will only order an attack when the possibility of victory is greatest... Otherwise, I would rather bear the infamy than attack blindly!"
Rochefort snorted coldly, "Hmph! It's up to you, but you have to remember that the people can lift you to power, but they can also step you down! Don't make the mistake of yourself..."
After saying that, Rochefort turned around and left. This meeting might as well not be held!
The left and the right had completely broken apart tonight. That night, the committee on Montmartre met overnight and made a decision to expand the army by another 12 battalions in just three hours. This decision was not even reported to General Trochu.
The entire city of Paris spent a sleepless night. The left and the right fought openly and secretly with each other. The royalists had already fled to the city of Versailles.
The whole city celebrated the victory of Orleans with hysterical revelry, while more conspirators hid in the corners and did not know what secret they were doing.
No one knew that on this most dangerous night, Thiers even disguised himself and secretly left the city in Eugene and Andrew's private carriage.
In the steel factory outside the city, Thiers met with Sima Yun and General Luo Huo who were stationed in the north of the city. The meeting in just half an hour allowed Thiers to get a lot of information. The most important thing was that he learned Get the latest information on the city of Metz.
When Thiers returned to the city, he was in a state of shock all the way. The situation was changing so fast that he could not imagine it. When he saw the farce in the city, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Laugh, make fun, your happiness is only for this last night..."
"I won't sleep tonight. Take me to find Satrauman and other congressmen... At this juncture, we must first save our lives and wait for great changes with peace of mind!"
Also sleepless were Bismarck and Old Moltke. The two Prussian army bosses listened to the faint noise coming from Paris, then looked at the latest telegram on the table, and they smiled helplessly.
"Let these Parisians have a happy last night. It will be their time to cry tomorrow... Notify the munitions department to speed up the transportation of artillery shells. I estimate that Trochu will break through to Orleans soon..."
"Once the news about Metz spreads, the national sentiment of the French will be unimaginably high. By then, Trochu will have to fight even if he doesn't fight..."
Old Moltke silently filled his pipe with tobacco, and it took a long time before he said, "The Führer is really unfathomable. I really want to know how his head grows. A plan to activate the royalist party can reverse the entire situation..."
"Everyone in the world thinks that Prussia will definitely win, but in fact they don't know how we are suffering now..."
Only the top brass of the Prussian army understood the current difficulties. On the surface, the whole of Europe was shocked and everyone looked at Prussia with fear, but insiders knew that the Prussian army was already on stilts and could not get up.
Since the peak of the Prussian army reached Orleans and Paris was surrounded, the limit of Prussia's military power was found.
All reserves in the country have been activated. At present, the General Staff can only squeeze the troop reserves of various countries again and again. There are more than 700,000 front-line combat troops scattered in France.
Together with the rest of the auxiliary forces, Germany has mobilized 1.3 million people, which was an unimaginable number in the nineteenth century.
In the Crimean War, the total number of troops mobilized by the four countries was only 1.2 million. In the blink of an eye, Prussia alone mobilized 1.3 million troops in the Franco-Prussian War. This speed of change of the times has dumbfounded military experts around the world.
Such a huge force would put an unimaginable amount of pressure on logistics. At present, all supplies previously stored in Prussia have been exhausted.
That's right, the supplies prepared for ten years of war preparations had been cleared out of the warehouse half a month ago. Now the munitions supplies produced by the German arsenal were sent to the front line directly out of the factory without being put into the warehouse.
The Chinese also provided a large amount of materials for this war, including field first aid kits, individual soldier rations, bayonets, engineer shovels and other materials.
There is a cargo ship from the East in the Port of Hamburg every two or three days, and these arms supplies are shipped to France after disembarking.
The German states were almost squeezed dry by Prussia, and the governments of various countries were complaining. If the aura of victory had not boosted the morale of the people, and just by squeezing private financial resources, the wave of protests would have started long ago.
What's even more frightening is that Prussia has run out of money, and the last coin in the treasury has been squeezed out. The funds raised from the City of London and the Amsterdam stock market have long been replaced by imported arms.
At present, no country other than the Chinese is willing to give Prussia credit, which makes it impossible for them to purchase arms from other European countries.
The money was exhausted, the supplies were exhausted, and at this point in the battle, the artillery reserves in Paris and Orleans were actually insufficient.
Why Orleans allowed Gambetta to take advantage of him was closely related to the serious lack of artillery shells in Prince Carl's troops!
The battle line is really too long. Not only are supplies unable to be supplied, but more importantly, they are simply gone. It’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without straw!
When the news of Metz's surrender came, the fire in Old Moltke's heart was released and he almost fainted. Only senior officials like them understood that the release of 300,000 troops from Metz City would have an impact on the entire war situation. How big.
The city of Metz has been won, and 300,000 people have invested in Prince Carl's team. Then the entire French Southern Army can be suppressed, and the pressure on Paris will be much less.
And the root of all this comes from a clever plan of the head of state, which is to activate the royalist party!
Old Moltke lit his pipe and blew out two smoke rings. Looking at Bismarck, he suddenly said with respect, "Today I really understand why most of the people who change history are civil servants!"
"It turns out that in this world, wisdom is always better than force! A smart man's strategy may save thousands of soldiers from dying and change the dangerous situation of the war!"
"A nation needs such strategic people. It is you people who can reverse the fate of the country!"
Old Moltke had a very high status in Prussia, especially in the military. Bismarck felt a little elated when he heard this comrade's sincere praise.
He coughed twice and quickly changed the subject, "How is the printing of our leaflets going? We need to get rid of the Zeppelin tomorrow to deliver this news!"
