Make France Great Again

“However, a thorough military plan must involve the cooperation of many staff officers and front-line military commanders!

Once they participate in the operation, it will be difficult to ensure that the plan will not be leaked! "Nière raised his concerns with Jérôme Bonaparte.

"This solution is very simple!" Jérôme Bonaparte responded to Niel in a brisk tone: "As long as the General Staff is divided into multiple strategic discussion groups like it was during the preparations for the Crimean War!

Each group is responsible for a different country. Belgium, Sardinia, Prussia, Austria, and even Egypt can become our imaginary enemies!

In this case, we can hide the real goal! "

Niel suddenly felt enlightened, and he quickly told Jerome Bonaparte that he would do what Jerome Bonaparte wanted.

"By the way, another thing is that when setting up imaginary enemies, you must consider multiple aspects, and don't just consider the existing forces of the enemy and ourselves." Jerome Bonaparte warned Niel again: "Take the Kingdom of Prussia For example, when considering the Kingdom of Prussia, we should not only consider the existing 160,000 troops of the Kingdom of Prussia, but also consider the Kingdom of Prussia's first-level and second-level reserves, as well as the railways and telegraphs in the Kingdom of Prussia region.

In the previous Crimean War, I don’t need to go into too much detail about the role of telegraph and railways... By the way, we also need to take into account the tactical changes brought about by the Kingdom of Prussia’s Dresser Rifle. "

Jérôme Bonaparte talked eloquently about the problems of the Kingdom of Prussia. Niel immediately thought that His Majesty the Emperor was not giving an example. He must have wanted to take action against the Kingdom of Prussia.

Otherwise, why would His Majesty the Emperor remind them year after year of the developments in the Kingdom of Prussia?

However, there is a high probability that His Majesty the Emperor will not take action against Prussia in the near future.

The French reserve (actually a semi-professional reserve) system has just been established, and the reserve officers have not yet been fully implemented. It will take a long time to polish it before it can be put to great use.

"Niel... Niel..." Just as Niel was thinking about the reserve system and the Prussian issue, Jérôme Bonaparte's shout reached Niel's ears, and Niel reacted. General El quickly responded: "Your Majesty, I will listen again!"

"Then what did you say I just said?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Niel with an interesting smile on his lips.

"This...ah..." Niel didn't know what Jérôme Bonaparte said, he could only hesitate and couldn't tell.

"Forget it!" Jerome Bonaparte shook his head, and then asked: "Can you tell me what you were thinking just now?"

"Your Majesty, have you already planned to attack the Kingdom of Prussia?" Niel said what he was thinking.

"That's right!" Jérôme Bonaparte said frankly to Niel: "I told you a long time ago that we will inevitably experience a war with the Kingdom of Prussia!

I can tell you responsibly now that the war between us and the Kingdom of Prussia will determine the hegemony of the entire Central and Western Europe!

If we defeat the Kingdom of Prussia, the hegemony of Central and Western Europe will still be in the hands of the French Empire.

On the other hand, if we face failure, then the hegemony of Central and Western Europe will be transferred to the hands of the Kingdom of Prussia! "

Jerome Bonaparte's words made Niel show a surprised expression on his face. He didn't know how Jerome Bonaparte came to this conclusion.

"Your Majesty, is your conclusion too pessimistic?" Niel carefully answered Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Pessimistic?" Jerome Bonaparte snorted and replied to Niel, "I would like to be more optimistic, but reality does not allow me to be so optimistic!

Let me take the simplest one! Do you know what the population of France was in last year’s census? "

Niel was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand what Jérôme Bonaparte meant. Is Germany's hegemony related to population? If Germany's hegemony is related to population, then the population of the Russian Empire may not be the number one in the world.

Although Niel was somewhat disdainful of Jerome Bonaparte's theory of population and hegemony, he still maintained respect for Jerome Bonaparte on his face.

After all, Jerome Bonaparte was the emperor of the empire. Even if he did make a mistake, it was a well-intentioned mistake.

"Your Majesty, I don't know this!" Niel said to Jérôme Bonaparte.

“According to the census, our population in 1855 was approximately 36.6 million people, while the 1850 census was 35.8 million people, which means that it took us 5 years to increase our population by 800,000!

The average annual growth rate is 4%, while the average growth rate of the Kingdom of Britain in these years is 11%, and the growth rate of the Kingdom of Württemberg and the Duchy of Baden is also 10%. It can be inferred that the population growth rate of the Kingdom of Prussia is also the same. Around 10%-11%! Jérôme Bonaparte said to Niel in a solemn tone, "Niel, do you know what this means?" "

"Our population may be less than the German population in the future!" Niel replied tentatively.

"That's right! If we don't make changes, our population will be much smaller than the German population in the future!" Jérôme Bonaparte's tone became more solemn, "Nière, I once told you Having said that, the future war is definitely not a symbol limited to a small group of people!

It was a war involving the whole people, an expanded version of the Crimean War!

Two countries/nations at war will fight with all their strength!

Hundreds of thousands or even a million troops will fight fiercely in an area less than a hundred kilometers deep.

This will test which of the two countries has a larger population and which has stronger willpower.

The extra people in the German region will be dispersed into the army. Niel, let me ask you, do you have the confidence to defeat enemies that are twice ours?

"

As soon as Jérôme Bonaparte finished speaking, Niel fell into silence. He was confident of defeating an army of the same size, but he still had no confidence against an enemy twice the size.

This kind of enemy could only be defeated by the original Emperor Napoleon.

“And our enemies will use railways to quickly support weakly defended areas as quickly as possible!

Trying to replicate the miracles of war during the Napoleonic period will be basically impossible in the future!

What's more, during my uncle's time, the population of France was far greater than the population of other countries! "Jérôme Bonaparte ruthlessly shattered Nière's illusions.

However, Niel still "found" Jérôme Bonaparte's flaw, "Your Majesty, all your assumptions are that Germany is a whole. As long as Germany is not a whole, then they cannot threaten us. !”

"Then who do you think is most likely to unify Germany?" Jerome Bonaparte asked rhetorically.

"Austria!" Niel answered without hesitation, an answer recognized by today's mainstream countries, "They own the largest land in Germany, and they are also the chairman of the German Confederation!

In terms of emotion and reason, they all have the ability to unify! "

"I don't think so!" Jerome Bonaparte shook his head and said to Niel: "Although the Austrian Empire has a large territory, there are too many and too many ethnic groups in their territory!

Rushing to unify Germany will not only not be a boost to them, it may also be a catastrophe for them!

Furthermore, is Austria really willing to unify Germany? What benefits did Germany bring them?

If we talk about a market, the Austrian Empire itself is a huge market, so there is no need for supplies from the German market.

Catering to German nationalism is not okay, they already have enough nationalism in the country!

But Prussia is not the case. They need the German market and the enclave of Prussia!

These are their motivations for unifying Germany! "

"Your Majesty, it seems that the possibility of Prussia unifying Germany is indeed higher than that of Austria!

But if they want to connect Inland and Prussia, then the Kingdom of Hanover will definitely be their target!

The British Kingdom should not care about it! " said Niel to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Why does Britain care?" Jérôme Bonaparte asked rhetorically.

"Isn't that the territory of the Hanoverian royal family?" Niel was stunned for a few seconds and replied to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Nière, in Britain the royal family is the royal family, and the government is the government!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Niél: "The interests of the royal family do not necessarily represent the interests of the government!

If Queen Victoria also serves as the monarch of Hanover, then the British government can hold its nose and fight for the honor of the monarch.

Nowadays, the only relationship between Britain and Hanover is the friendship of the royal family. So why should Britain fight for the friendship of the royal family?

Moreover, allowing the Kingdom of Prussia to occupy the Kingdom of Hanover would also be beneficial to the Kingdom of Prussia's national strength and inhibit the French Empire!

The Kingdom of Britain loves nothing more than to maintain a balance of power in Europe.

Of course, if the Kingdom of Prussia defeats us, then the Kingdom of Britain will be wary of them!

Therefore, we must treat the Kingdom of Prussia as an imaginary enemy and be ready to fight them at any time! "

Niel, who felt a little brain-burning, nodded and replied to Jérôme Bonaparte: "Understood!"

"That's right! I asked you to survey the German area. How did you go?" Jerome Bonaparte asked Niel again.

"Your Majesty, we have currently surveyed part of the territory of the southern German vassal states, Lainland and the Kingdom of Hanover!

We will complete the survey of the remaining areas of Germany in the next three years! Niel responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Very good! Remember to mark their railways and telegraphs on the map. This information is equally important!"

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