Make France Great Again

After discussing the armaments situation, Jérôme Bonaparte discussed the issue of the British army's transit with the Minister of War Vaillant and Niel. Jérôme Bonaparte told the Minister of War Vaillant that he had assured Ambassador Cowley Will give "care" to the troops across Britain, and hope that Wayan will "take care" of them.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured! The Ministry of War will do its best to ensure the supplies of the British army in France!" Minister Vaillant seemed not to hear what Jerome Bonaparte meant clearly. He vowed to Jerome Bonaparte. Said: "Our military depots and storage warehouses along the railway are fully capable of supplying the British army with food, clothing, housing and transportation!"

Under Niel's management for several consecutive years, the French Military Station has fully restored its functions before the Napoleonic Wars... No, it should be said that it is much better than the military station before the Napoleonic Wars.

Not to mention providing food, clothing, housing and transportation for the British army, even if hundreds of thousands of troops took the railway to the front line, France could still afford it.

Now Jerome Bonaparte does not need to worry at all. The mobilization disaster of the French Empire in the OTL world will happen in this world.

Seeing that Minister Vaillant had misunderstood what he meant, Jérôme Bonaparte simply opened his arms to Vaillant and said, "Vailant, what I mean is that your Ministry of War can give yourself appropriate relief when the British army arrives. Take a vacation!"

"Your Majesty, I don't understand!" Vaillant was stunned for a few seconds and responded to Jérôme Bonaparte in a slightly dazed manner.

Niel, who was sitting next to Vaillant, obviously understood what Jérôme Bonaparte meant, and he quickly explained to Vaillant: "Minister Vaillant, your Majesty means that we should hide our humiliation properly in front of the British! "

As soon as Niel finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Jérôme Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, what I said is right!"

"That's right!" Jérôme Bonaparte nodded, confirming Niel's idea, "You must create a relaxed atmosphere after the arrival of the British Kingdom!

Let the soldiers and officers of the British Kingdom think that there is not much difference between them and you.

Only in this way can they be paralyzed!

Thus losing the motivation for reform! "

Although the current British army has carried out a series of reforms after the Crimean War, their reforms are obviously not very effective.

The French Empire, driven by Jérôme Bonaparte, continued to reform.

Under such circumstances, the land gap between France and Britain was far greater than the gap between Britain and France in the navy.

However, the current British Kingdom has not yet realized this gap.

Jérôme Bonaparte also did not want them to have such a consciousness.

Because once the British kingdom realized that there was a gap between the two, they would do their best to catch up.

You must know that with the same size (in fact, British industry is currently far stronger than France), the catching up between armies takes much less time than that of the navy.

Britain only needs to figure out the role of the departments under the French General Staff, and it is entirely possible to copy one.

Historically, after the Franco-Prussian War, Britain completely copied Prussia's tactics.

In order to prevent France's military system from being stolen by Prussia, Jerome Bonaparte had to let the army hide its edge.

If Britain is alerted, the relationship between Britain and France may have twists and turns. .

If things go wrong, they will fall into military preparations in advance.

Of course, Jerome Bonaparte did not expect to be able to hide it for many years. As long as he could hide it until the next European war, it would be considered a great victory.

"Understood!" Minister Vaillant nodded and responded to Jérôme Bonaparte.

…

Late July 1857.

An army of nearly 5,000 men set off from London by ship to the French military port of Cherbourg.

After a night of sailing at sea, the British soldiers on the boat finally arrived near the Cherbourg military port the next day.

At the same time, several warships flying the French flag, led by an ironclad ship, left the Cherbourg military port and appeared around the Cherbourg port.

Immediately afterwards, under the command of French warships, troop transport ships sailed into the military port.

General Joe St. Pat Lawrence, who was in charge of commanding the soldiers on the troop carrier, landed at the Cherbourg military port in advance in a small boat specially prepared for him by the French side.

At this time, in the Cherbourg military port, groups of soldiers wearing blue and white military uniforms and carrying Minie rifles stood on both sides of the military port pier, watching the troop transport ships gradually approaching them in the distance.

The person in charge of commanding this group of soldiers was Imperial Marshal Pelissier, commander of the Northern France Military Region. At this time, Pelissier was wearing a blue military uniform (the uniform was covered with medals), holding a marshal's scepter, and silently Watching the boat approaching him in the distance.

As a marshal who rose up in the Crimean War, Marshal Pellissier was able to personally greet British soldiers, which can be said to have given Britain enough face.

General Lawrence, who was sitting in the boat, had a surprised expression on his face after seeing the marshal standing in the port.

He had never thought that one day he would be greeted by the Imperial Marshal in person. This was simply an honor for him.

When Lawrence arrived at the port, he immediately jumped out of the boat, trotted up to Marshal Pellissier, and said respectfully: "Marshal Pellissier, I really appreciate your help!"

"Nothing!" Marshal Pellissier shook his head and responded to Lawrence in a calm tone, "As the commander of the Northern Military Region, I should greet him personally!"

After the two briefly greeted each other at the port pier, at the invitation of Pelissier, General Lawrence and Marshal Pelissier headed towards the Cherbourg military port.

That evening, a grand welcome banquet was held in Cherbourg.

In addition to General Lawrence, the guests attending the banquet also included his staff officers and colonels.

As for the more than 5,000 soldiers on the ship, except for some soldiers who had disembarked, most of the soldiers spent time on the ship, and their food that night was only tooth-hard bread and cold vegetable soup.

Two days later, all 5,000 soldiers finally disembarked under the command of British officers.

(The speed with which they disembarked refreshed the French army’s perception!)

Watching the troop ships leaving the Cherbourg military port, General Lawrence, who had two consecutive banquets, found Marshal Pellissier. He asked Marshal Pellissier when he could take the train to Marseille.

Facing General Lawrence's inquiry, Pellissier also responded, "General Lawrence, we can only make arrangements for you when the train is free!"

"Your Excellency, Marshal, when will your country's train be available?" General Lawrence asked Pelissier again.

"According to the train timetable, a train is expected in two days!" Marshal Pellissier responded to General Lawrence.

"A train?" General Lawrence had a look of astonishment on his face and said slowly: "Marshal, I have a total of 4,896 soldiers. One train cannot meet our requirements!"

Marshal Pelissier shrugged and said helplessly, "General Lawrence, it's not that I don't want to help you!

It’s just that there is really nothing you can do! "

"Marshal Pelissier, you are the hero of the Crimean War!" Lawrence praised Pelissier.

"General Lawrence, first of all, the hero of the Crimean War is not me, but Your Majesty! Any general's contribution in Crimea is far less than Your Majesty!" Marshal Pelissier responded to Lawrence with a serious expression, " Secondly, I am only the commander of the Northern France Military Region and have no ability to direct the train mobilization of the Northern Railway Company!"

Lawrence then asked who would manage the Pelissier Northern Railway Company.

Marshal Pellissier told General Lawrence that the Northern Railway Company was under the direct jurisdiction of the National Railway Administration, which was not under the jurisdiction of the Transport Administration.

"General Lawrence, you'd better communicate this to the British Ambassador!" Marshal Pelissier responded to Lawrence with "kindness".

Seeing that time was dragging on, Lawrence had no choice but to send someone to Paris to seek help from Ambassador Cowley.

After Ambassador Cowley received Lawrence's "asking for help" letter, he immediately suspected that the Tuileries Palace did not want them to suppress the rebellion.

So Ambassador Cowley arrived at the Tuileries Palace to meet with Jérôme Bonaparte.

"Mr. Cowley, why are you here!" Jérôme Bonaparte asked Ambassador Cowley with a smile.

Ambassador Cowley tried to use as tactful a tone as possible to tell Jérôme Bonaparte that their army was now trapped in Cherbourg.

Jérôme Bonaparte was slightly stunned after hearing what Ambassador Cowley said, and then asked Ambassador Cowley what happened.

Ambassador Cowley also dispelled his doubts about Jerome Bonaparte after seeing that Jerome Bonaparte's expression did not look like he was faking it.

Subsequently, Ambassador Cowley told Jérôme Bonaparte that the Northern Railway Administration could only dispatch one train to transport the matter.

After listening to Ambassador Cowley's response, Jérôme Bonaparte immediately realized that Minister Vaillant had overacted.

He asked Wayang to hide his clumsiness as much as possible without shutting down the army directly.

These guys really can't act! Jérôme Bonaparte couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Immediately afterwards, Jerome Bonaparte assured Ambassador Cowley that he would resolve the matter as soon as possible!

The British army would not stay at Cherbourg for long!

"Thank you very much!" Ambassador Cowley bowed to Jerome Bonaparte and left.

After Ambassador Cowley left, Jérôme Bonaparte called Minister of Transportation Baros to his office and ordered him to provide railways to Lawrence's troops as soon as possible.

However, Jérôme Bonaparte also specifically told Baros to send the train slightly later than the original time.

Baros nodded to show his understanding.

The train that Lawrence had been waiting for finally arrived on the fifth day of his stay in Cherbourg.

However, the train arrived nearly two hours later than the scheduled time.