Vol 3 Chapter 609 Netherlands and France break diplomatic ties

At 12:00 am on October 7, 1869, when William IV’s delegation arrived in Gibraltar, British, the world was startled by a piece of information from the Franco-Prussian War. Out, the French army in Namur province was caught off guard, and the army was defeated like a mountain. In the end, most of the 130,000 people in the Xialong army were wiped out, and the remaining 60,000 people escaped alive and were surrounded by Sedan.

After the news broke, it shocked Europe and the world.

On October 8, 1869, Bazin, who was in charge of the Rhine Legion in the Lorraine region, was horrified when he heard that most of the Xialong Legion supporting him had been annihilated.

He had never imagined that the Principality of Luxembourg would become a way of attack for the sudden appearance of the Prussian army.

It is estimated that no one in the whole of France would have thought of this possibility.

He was thinking about the Xialong Group

“Marshal Bazin, it’s not good, it’s not good, we are surrounded”

When Marshal Bazin heard the words, his face changed greatly, he stepped forward and pulled the person in front of him, and hurriedly asked, “What did you say?”

The man said terrified: “In the morning, when our scouts went to scout around, they found a dense number of Prussian soldiers. Now they don’t pretend to force the Prussian side in the east, and the Alsatian army in the south also camped out to our army. pressure.

In the west and north of our Rhine army, Prussia was suddenly full. Marshal, we are besieged by the Prussian army”

Besieged by the Prussian Army?

North and West?

At this time, his staff couldn’t help but said: “Marshal Bazin, at this time, it is not clear where the Xialong Legion was annihilated, and it was a surprise attack by the Prussian army from the Principality of Luxembourg. And we are obviously facing the same situation now. , it’s just that the Xia Long Army was facing a joint attack by the First Army and Second Army of the Prussian Army, and now we are facing the Third Army and Second Army, which may be the Prussian Army, or the Third Army. Joint Operation of the Corps and the First and Second Hybrid Corps”

He raised his head nervously and persuaded: “Marshal, if I don’t have time, let’s break through quickly.”

Yes, breakout.

Bazin’s talent is not outstanding among many generals in France, but he is very loyal to Napoleon III, which is why he is so incompetent but used.

In response to that sentence, the boss likes to reuse the loyalty of the incompetent more than the arrogance of the talented.

Unbeknownst to this man, he was very timid.

Hearing the advice of the staff, where else would you consider other things.

At 15:00 on October 8, 1869, General Bazin, the Marshal of the Rhine Legion of the French Empire, led the 110,000 French troops surrounded by the fortress of Metz in the Lorraine region to break through. Unfortunately, it was too late. Although General Bazin struggled for a long time with 110,000 French troops, he finally failed to break through the siege. In addition to escaping less than 5,000 people, 70,000 others were killed and injured. The number of French troops who followed General Bazin to surrender unexpectedly reached more than 30,000. , the battle became the deadliest since the French-Prussian war.

In addition to the 60,000 losses caused by the raid on the Xialong Legion, the French army lost more than 130,000 people in the past three days, which is similar to the number of a French legion.

If the previous Xialong Legion was raided and annihilated and the Europeans turned pale, then now Bazin’s Rhine Legion is also besieged and annihilated, which really shocked the world.

The most surprising thing is that the reason for the two besieged and annihilated all came from one, that is, the Principality of Luxembourg unexpectedly chose to support Prussia, and the Principality actually became a springboard for Prussia to conduct raids. Let everyone in France and the world be taught an unpredictable lesson in vivid warfare.

At this point, I still don’t understand where the Principality of Luxembourg, a neutral country, is no longer neutral.

What about the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which governs it above?

No one will think that this is just the meaning of the Principality of Luxembourg, but it has been 24 hours, and the Netherlands has not issued any explanatory statement for this. It seems that the Netherlands has nothing to do with it.

However, the French Empire does not think that the Kingdom of the Netherlands is innocent because of this.

On October 9, 1869, Queen Eugenie, Regent of France, gave a speech on national mobilization at the French Parliament in Paris.

“As one of the most powerful powers in Europe, we, the French Empire, have never been bullied like this. During Napoleon I’s time, we were the strongest of all European countries, and we used our right to raise our heads in Europe and look down on other countries.

But you see, although the French Empire still has strength, it is facing the peeping eyes from surrounding countries.

Prussia intends to replace us as a hegemonic land power in Western Europe. Therefore, after the Prussian War and the Prussian-Austrian War, after eating the sweetness, the greedy hand of evil reached us. It is ridiculous that many of us are still fighting for William I of Prussia. And Bismarck’s hypocrisy thought they were gentlemen, but they didn’t expect that they were singing double reeds.

In the current situation, it is no longer a question of whether we choose war or not, but a question of how to choose war.

For the safety of Paris, our great His Majesty Napoleon III is currently stationed in Reims between Paris and Sedan, for the defense of Paris.

Even His Majesty is so devoted to guarding the French Empire, it’s time for you to do your best…”

Under the lively speech of Queen Eugenie, the French parliament passed the bill for general mobilization in France proposed by the French cabinet government. At the same time, the French Parliament also passed a bill that would withdraw 150,000 French troops from North Vietnam and Siam Cambodia back to 80,000 to support the mainland, leaving only 70,000 French troops for defense.

Since it was conducted in the French parliament, all parties soon received these intelligences from within France through channels.

Although the Paris government vigorously promoted the propaganda~www.readmtl.com~, the fiasco of the Xialong Army and the Rhine Army made the French people uneasy, and they were afraid that the Prussian army in eastern France would suddenly enter the hinterland of France, despite the fact that the Prussian army is now occupying French territory is only 5%, but war is easy to cause panic.

Therefore, the discipline of the French army has deteriorated since then. At the same time, the war between the Franco-Prussian army and Sedan to encircle and wipe out the 60,000 people of the Xialong Army is also underway. The eyes of European countries are all there, because they know that if the battle of Sedan fails , then it means that the Xialong Legion has also been destroyed following the Rhine Legion, and two of the four local regular legions of the French army (the fifth legion is the South Vietnamese Legion in the Far East) have been destroyed. How difficult it will be to guard against the invasion of the Prussian army.

On October 9, 1869, the Prime Minister of the French Charles summoned the Dutch ambassador to France, Jefferson Breen, and asked the Kingdom of the Netherlands to explain the issue of Prussia’s attack on French territory from the Principality of Luxembourg.

However, the Netherlands may have no reply.

As a result, the French border guards on the French-Dutch border in the north dispatched 30,000 people to Tournai, the capital of Hainaut province in French Belgium. At the same time, 10,000 French militia troops were stationed in Lille, where the north of France entered the West Flanders province of Dutch Belgium.

On October 10, Prime Minister Charles of France stated that in view of the bad attitude of the Netherlands, the French government announced that it would expel all personnel from the Dutch embassy from the country. And said that France and the Netherlands cut diplomatic relations.

At the same time, the French army advanced 20 kilometers in front of the Dutch-French border and reached the Dutch border.

When the failure of the Franco-Prussian War loomed over the French nationals, it seemed that Paris wanted to take the Netherlands as a better choice when Prussia could not make a profit. However, can France really succeed?

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