C2605 Cutting the French Emperor's Roots

"War can break out at any time. Every day since April, the number of battles that happen will increase exponentially!"

Inside the secret fortress of Berlin, Xiao Letian was fighting with Bismark and the other researchers over every single detail of the war.

The huge oak table was over forty square meters in size, and on it was an enormous French border sand table. On top of the table, there were real mountains, rivers, and roads restored, and solid wooden statues representing the army were placed on top of the sand table.

Above the sand table, a cross-shaped iron ladder was placed on top, and a secretary in a beautiful dress was moving the chess pieces on the sand table with a long baton, occasionally placing the latest chess pieces in a designated position.

Looking up from Xiao Letian's point of view, they could easily appreciate the scenery under his skirt. But this group of Battle-Maniacs had already sunk into an even more exciting job, so even the most beautiful woman in their eyes was just a skeleton.

Pierre, who had now received the entire intelligence analysis team, kept the meeting up to date with statistics.

"Respected sirs, the latest news from Paris has been delivered. Blanqui has already arrived in Paris two days ago, and he is currently visiting various union leaders, and even went deep into the slums to chat with ordinary workers …"

"The French have sent their best spies to follow the investigation... It looks like Blanqui will not be able to escape from Paris. I just calculated that the probability of him escaping Paris this time wasn't even 4%! "

Bismark held onto the table and stared at the French territory, all of them were slowly heading towards the northern border with their weapons ready, their expressions extremely serious.

"How is Napoleon III's reaction right now?"

Pierre flipped through the intelligence report, "When the news of the leader surviving was spread out, the French Emperor lost control of his emotions for more than 25 minutes, and chaos broke out in the Tuileries' Palace …"

"At this moment, all of the newspapers in Europe are accusing him of being the mastermind, while French Emperor is desperately denying it. His imperial newspapers are retaliating right now …"

"However, our attacks are all over Europe, and their counterattacks are limited to those countries that are pro-French … In the long run, this public opinion battle French Emperor will become more and more vile! "

Xiao Letian looked at the sand on the table. France is having more and more chess pieces, he said with a gloomy face. How many are there now? "

"I'm sorry Führer, we are only concerned with setting up the French domestic legions, the overseas legions are going to prepare …"

The secretaries on top of the sand table quickly got busy, their leather shoes clattering against the iron ladder. In a short while, the blue ocean area on the sand table was filled with model battleships.

"It has been eight months since the order from the French Emperor to mobilize the foreign troops, the French side has transferred a total of 115,000 people …"

"What?" "Only one hundred and ten thousand!" Xiao Letian looked up at the female secretary who was reporting the data in disbelief.

The female secretary knew that the underpants in her skirt were not thick. She did not know about military matters.

"The Führer! "Don't expect anything from the administrative efficiency of the French. It's a bureaucratic excess. To be honest, I doubt even a hundred and ten thousand!"

"Those government departments have probably already counted all the soldiers that had just boarded the colony's ships! Efficiency is something that will never belong to the French. "

Xiao Letian carefully calculated, "Pierre... What we want is the French Emperor to take the initiative and declare war, what about your statistics from yesterday? "

"Here... I made a preliminary judgment based on the data gathered from all the intelligence! France's declaration of war is only 15% likely in May, 36% more likely in June, and 75% more likely in July... "

"The chances of a war breaking out in August are above 94%! This is based on the state of the war preparations in France and the intensity of the internal contradictions! "

"What is the probability that the Workers' Movement that Blanqui is leading can increase his declaration of war?" Xiao Letian asked.

"6% …" This should have been a much higher figure, but the Crown Prince of France performed well in the uprising and, coupled with the country's strong nationalism, the division has weakened the workers' resistance! "

"You can't be like this, you absolutely can't be like this … The French must be thrown into disarray! We must force Napoleon III to declare war early, and definitely cannot wait for France to be fully prepared! "

"July is the deadline. French Emperor must be forced to take the initiative and declare war in July!" Xiao Letian stood up and paced back and forth in the hall.

Everyone knew that Xiao Letian was thinking, so no one dared to disturb him. Even Bismark was looking at him with interest.

After an entire quarter of an hour, Xiao Letian said to himself as he held onto the edge of the sand table and looked at the huge map of the France.

"My friends, we must carefully study this Napoleon III … Just how did he succeed, and where is his legitimacy! "

"Can anyone tell me where the foundation for Napoleon's power lies? Why are there so many people in France who have accepted the Restoration? "

"I think that's the answer to all the questions!"

Xiao Letian pointed to Paris and said, "Napoleon III has no way of retreating, he only has one option, which is to fight … Because he clearly knows that the legitimacy of his rule lies in the glory that the Bonaparte Family brings to the entire France! "

"The French chose Napoleon III for glory! If he is unable to continue to give glory to the The French people, then what awaited him would either be war or revolution! "

"So he will definitely fight. He will definitely take the initiative to fight in order to protect such a heroic figure!"

"The French people are so romantic that they will sink into the illusory glory of victory and forget for a while the hardships of life, and the spiritual opium will do more than bread and milk... Of course it's only temporary! "

"And these scoundrels who knew about usurpation were hoping to extract flesh from Prussia to quell the conflict in the country..."

"In the end, the French Emperor only wanted to use Prussian money to subsidize the miserable lives of the French people!"

"Hehe …" There were even countless commoners in France who had such fantasies and extravagant hopes! They think that their poor life can be changed by robbing others! "

"What a fool! They didn't think that even if there were benefits, the king's nobles would be the ones to eat the meat. What could the commoners eat? "The broth doesn't care about being full!"

"Let's do it!" Prime Minister, let our public opinion machine use its full strength to attack the French Emperor from the moment I say this! "Let's start with the foundation of his rule and dig out his roots!"

"It will be July at the latest. We must force the French Emperor to declare war on our own initiative! We have to start the battle without him being ready! "