Chapter 828: Imperial Alliance Fleet (Second update, please subscribe)
On April 24, 1876, the world headed towards war in an unstoppable way.
On this day, Russia's declaration of war shocked the whole world. While European countries were shocked, in France, in the royal palace in Paris, Emperor Napoleon IV hugged Queen Maria and shouted excitedly.
"Hurray! Maria's time has come to be ours!"
Faced with her husband's excitement, Queen Maria seemed very calm. Even though she had been the Queen of France for almost three years, she had never had any love for the emperor in front of her.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty. This is the moment you have been waiting for."
The Queen's indifferent congratulations made Napoleon IV feel very bored. After the marriage, he had been trying to win the Queen's heart, but Maria always looked like she kept him at a distance.
"Thank you,"
Emperor Napoleon IV, feeling somewhat bored, walked out somewhat bored.
When the door was closed, Maria sighed. She...did not love her husband. After the emperor left, she sat there flipping through the book in her hand as she did in the past. It seemed that everything in the world had nothing to do with her. Since the day she was forced to marry into France and became the Queen of France three years ago, her heart seemed to be dead.
After leaving the Queen's bedroom, Napoleon IV walked silently in the corridor. His steps were fast, but his mood was a little heavy because of the Queen's attitude towards him.
"After I conquer Jerusalem, when I become a hero who recaptures the holy city, I think you will fall in love with me..."
Although he had several lovers as an emperor, and some of them even gave birth to illegitimate children for him, so what? He had never been able to conquer his queen, and even until now, they had no children because they had slept together only a few times.
Soon, Marshal McMahon, Marshal Bazaine and others arrived at the palace, as well as Prime Minister Charles Cousin-Montauban, Foreign Minister Alexander Valinsky and other cabinet officials. The reason they came, of course, was because of the emperor's summons.
"Gentlemen, it is time to reclaim the glory of France!"
When everyone arrived, Napoleon IV's young face was filled with desire for glory.
"Your Majesty, we have just ended the war in Libya."
Montauban reminded in a calm tone.
At this time last year, France rushed into Libya with great momentum. Originally, they thought that only a few thousand people would be needed to end the war, but in the end they deployed more than 50,000 troops, and it took almost all of the time, using all the advanced weapons including airships, to occupy Libya.
Now, Your Majesty is going to declare war on Türkiye again. How many troops will be needed?
"Libya is just a military exercise. We can see that the Turks are weaker than we thought. Now that the Russian Empire has declared war on Turkey, the Turks will definitely use all their strength to resist Russia. We can take this opportunity to seize Jerusalem and their land in the Middle East!"
Prince Joseph Jerome once again revealed their long-planned plan.
"By capturing the Holy City, we will win the next legislative election. Gentlemen, this is related to the stability of the empire!"
The president of the Legislative Council, Duke Morini, echoed. They were all supporters of the royal family. The reason why they had worked with the Ming Dynasty to formulate this plan was to consolidate the throne of Emperor Napoleon IV.
"Of course, it also concerns the glory of the Second Empire!"
As the Queen Mother's confidant, Montauban certainly knew about this plan. In fact, this was also the basis of the "Quadruple Alliance", but he still spoke in an extremely cautious tone.
"Your Majesty, we must consider the British. After all, Britain has now occupied Egypt. Will they tolerate us occupying Jerusalem and occupying Syria and Mesopotamia?"
In response to the Prime Minister's reminder, Marshal McMahon echoed the words.
"Yes, Your Majesty, we did not expect this when we signed the alliance treaty. The attitude of the British is very important!"
“It’s important!”
Foreign Minister Count Alexander sneered.
"But what can they do? They tried to stop us from occupying Libya, but what can they do in the face of our toughness? They just occupied Egypt, trying to stop us by occupying Egypt. Now they have just occupied Egypt, at least in name, it belongs to Turkey, and they are also the party that invaded Turkey."
This is the most absurd scene in history - occupying the land of allies in order to prevent enemy invasion, is this absurd?
But for Britain, it is a normal thing, just like when Britain bombarded the navy of its French ally during World War II. Wasn't it just brazenly saying something to prevent the French navy from surrendering to Germany?
"Your Majesty, Britain may be strong, but it is also weak. Its strength comes from the reputation it built after Waterloo. Now is the time to dismantle Britain's international reputation!"
As the illegitimate son of Emperor Napoleon, Count Alexander could have become the King of Poland, but Napoleon's defeat made everything come to naught. He was deeply disgusted with the British who defeated Napoleon.
Of course, as a member of the Napoleon family, he also knew that only when Emperor Napoleon IV sat firmly on the throne could he keep his current wealth and glory. The Count of the Empire, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, all this was because the French emperor was from the Napoleon family.
Without the Second French Empire, he is worthless!
"But this doesn't mean we have to take risks. We don't know where Britain's bottom line is!"
Marshal Bazin gave a timely reminder.
“What if their bottom line is Egypt?”
Admiral Bernard, the Minister of the Navy, also reminded him in due time that, unlike others, he was very clear as the Minister of the Navy that once a war with Britain broke out, the Navy would definitely be at the forefront. There was no way to avoid it, but the problem was... he had no confidence!
He had no confidence because France's naval power was only three-fifths of Britain's. How could the French Navy, which was far inferior to the British Navy, stop the British Navy?
Strength is the root of all confidence.
"The bottom line is Egypt? General, all bottom lines are related to strength. As long as you have enough strength, it will be enough to make any country retreat!"
Turning his gaze toward His Majesty, Count Alexander continued.
"Now, it's time to send out invitations as planned, inviting the naval fleets of the four countries to come to France! We are going to form our Imperial Alliance Fleet!"
Imperial Alliance Fleet!
This is an agreement they reached secretly in the past two years, which is to concentrate the main fleets of the four empires, form an alliance fleet, and then use its naval power that is no less than that of Britain to deter the British.
"All the glory and power of the Daying Empire comes from their navy. As long as we build our own alliance fleet and our fleet is stronger than theirs, we can intimidate them and force them to make concessions. After all, the British are very realistic."
Nodding, Napoleon IV said.
"Let's do it!"
(End of this chapter)
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