With a bang... the entire French army exploded. The officers at the front were all pale, while the soldiers behind them were all open-mouthed and unsure.
Farther back, countless soldiers stretched their necks and failed to hear what they were asking their comrades in front. As the sound was transmitted back bit by bit, the army soon made a buzzing sound like a swarm of flies flying around.
There are currently more than 2,500 French troops surrounding the Governor's Palace, and they are in a confrontation with 3,000 Chinese people. Half of Saigon City outside the Governor's Palace is slowly being blocked by the army.
Of course, there were those Saigonese who were watching the excitement. They wanted to escape at first, but when more and more soldiers gathered, they did not dare to move. They could only huddle together and tremble and pray for the blessing of Bodhisattva.
What Xiao Hexin wanted was to expose the true faces of these French troops. One was to break their morale and morale so that they would not dare to resist.
The other one is putting on a strong look in front of the people of Annan, showing you that even the French are obedient. You are no match for the French. Do you still want to stab the Chinese?
In fact, what Xiao Hexin said was not a lie, but the real chaos in France at the moment!
In Xiao Hexin's speech, a real France and a real Paris political arena gradually emerged before people's eyes.
He was not lying. France actually didn't care about the life and death of these colonial soldiers, let alone Annan, who had no actual benefits in return until now.
Before the Franco-Prussian War, Napoleon III was already in a crisis of governance. All internal and external troubles came to his door, especially the two natural enemies of domestic republicans and workers' left-wing forces, which gave him even more headaches.
The Republicans are demanding to restore the rights of the National Assembly all day long, and they are demanding general elections to amend the constitution every day!
The workers have been demonstrating all day long. If you dare to touch them, it will immediately turn into a riot!
Internally, these opposition parties demand improved welfare, so your government has to give us money, but externally, they continue to promote violence, which makes Prussia a bit disobedient. Instead, these people unite to pressure the emperor and demand war.
This is really a mixture of contradictions. On the one hand, they demand increased welfare for themselves, but on the other hand, they also hope that the emperor will use force to win the war.
I really want it, and I still want face!
There is no such good thing in the world. Increasing welfare for the people and improving medical care, education and infrastructure are all inward investments.
And fighting a national war is a military investment for external expansion!
Don’t you have to spend money both internally and externally? France is very rich, but the money is all stagnated among the people. How much can the government and the emperor have?
The protesters were sometimes confused in their thinking. On the one hand, they scolded the emperor for going militarily and spending all the money in the treasury. But on the other hand, when faced with Prussia's provocation, they became even more violent than the emperor and kept making noises in the streets. If we want war, we must teach the Germans a lesson!
Isn't this a contradiction? How can you scold the emperor for being militaristic and at the same time force the emperor to fight?
This is even more true in domestic affairs. On the one hand, they protested against the blood-sucking capitalists for not giving them higher wages and benefits, but on the other hand, they also angrily cursed that French companies had no international competitiveness at all, and so much business was taken away by the Prussians.
Isn't this another contradiction? If you find more business owners and take away the profits, how can the business owners have money to compete with businessmen from other countries?
When money is given to high welfare, how can one invest in new equipment to upgrade technology or open up new markets?
Protesters are protesters. They just want to protest, but they never think about how to solve the problem or where the money should come from.
It can be said that the emperor was forced to fight such a chaotic war due to civil strife, and finally failed completely!
The colonial soldiers overseas never imagined that the country was already in such chaos that even such important national affairs as war would be coerced and forced to be carried out in a hurry.
In such chaos, Napoleon III still has the mind to deal with the thousands of people you left behind in Annan? Do you really believe such a superficial lie?
All promises are scams!
Well, even if there is some shadow of these promises, why do you believe that the new republic will inherit the orders of Napoleon III?
Why should the Provisional Government of Trochu and Thiers, the official president, follow the promises made by Napoleon III?
Don't! Don't say that you have contributed to France, you have opened up the Annan colony!
There are many people who have made more contributions than you. Those soldiers who died in the Franco-Prussian War, and those troops who suppressed the rebellion in Paris, do they have more credit than you who eat rice in Saigon?
So even if there are good policies, they won’t be given to you. Even the local soldiers can’t tell them apart!
What's even more terrible is that the French national foundation has been shaken by political earthquakes, and it has also directly disrupted the inheritance and rules of the imperial army!
You colonial armies are, after all, Napoleon III’s private army. Do you think the Republic will look good on you? What do you think?
If they trust you so much, why did they use newly formed legions when they first suppressed the Paris Commune? They were all new armies formed by Gambetta in the south.
In the end, I had no choice but to spend money to redeem the empire's veteran army from Prussia!
What does this mean? This shows that the Republic is very afraid of you veterans who stayed from the empire. They are guarding against you!
Do you still want to do good things? Do you still want to work for the empire?
Let me tell you the truth, if you act without permission and start a war with the Chinese here, you will not become heroes of France.
Those in Congress will only think that you are a group of troublemakers who are causing trouble to the Republic, but you have become criminals!
Still want a pension? If I don’t judge you, it would be merciless!
Good guy, what a curse! More than a dozen translators translated the shocking news to the officers and soldiers, and the last fig leaf was removed from the entire French chaos.
The cruel reality made even the most unpolitical soldiers break out in a cold sweat. They looked at each other and pondered carefully, and the more they thought about it, the more they realized this.
Xiao Hexin knew that the critical moment had come and he said loudly, "When the empire collapsed, many people in the military fled. Trochu was under siege before he even had time to sort out the military files when he was ordered to do so!"
"After that, there were constant wars, fighting with the Prussian Chinese coalition forces, fighting with the people of the Paris Commune, and the military department's paperwork was completely suspended..."
"Then General Trochu quit Paris, the Commune completely took over the government departments, and Thiers was elected in Bordeaux!"
"Thiers led an army of veterans to attack the Paris Commune, and the defeated members set fire to the whole city of Paris!"
"Do you know that the Tuileries Palace was burned down, and even the Louvre was almost saved... The Imperial Military Department was also set on fire!"
"No more, your files have been lost a long time ago... You are all black households without household registration!"
"You still want to be loyal? Who are you loyal to? You are loyal, does Thiers know?"
"Stupid!"
