Chapter 981: The Difficult Provisional Government
Chapter 961 The Difficult Provisional Government
Putting down the telegram in his hand, Marshal Patrice McMahon sighed deeply. Looking up at the window, he turned his back to the crowd and said, “Restore normal supplies to the troops, no matter what, we can’t let the soldiers go hungry.”
“Marshal, we don’t have much food left, and the domestic supplies can’t keep up, if we don’t have a limited supply ……”
Without waiting for the middle-aged officer to finish his sentence, McMahon interrupted, “Don’t worry, the problem of supplies has been solved domestically. The government has raided the grain merchants who were hoarding, and there is no longer a shortage of food.”
Upon hearing this news, the crowd broke into long-lost smiles. There was no way around it, the French army was having a really hard time recently.
Not only were they being pressed by the allies on the battlefield, even their logistics were having problems. With the decline in support from the British, the French government was no longer able to raise enough strategic materials.
Now is the home defense war, can not allow everyone to retreat, the French army with a passion to hold out. Everything else can be sustained, except for the lack of food.
The front line lost too quickly, did not have time to grab back the previous hoard of food. Domestic supplies did not keep up, only with local support obviously can not support the army to fight.
In order to reduce consumption, from half a month ago, Marshal McMahon took the lead and began to cut rations. Except for the frontline combat troops who could barely fill their stomachs, the rest of the people could only eat a nickel’s worth of food.
Everyone was naturally happy to hear that the problem of food had been solved. Except for a few few people who noticed McMahon’s unnatural look, the rest of the people were immersed in joy.
After a pause, McMahon added: “Well, the problem of food is solved. The other logistical supplies, which were also solved at home, will arrive at the front in a week, so now you can rest assured.
The remaining problem is how to fight the defense of France. Behind us is the homeland, now we have no way back, do not want their families in the chaotic world of displacement, give me a good fight this battle.
Now I order ……”
Hastily ending the military meeting, only a few close friends, or rather the Bonaparte dynasty’s direct officers in the army, were left in the command headquarters.
“Marshal, the enemy’s air force is getting more and more rampant, the stations and bridges in the country are severely damaged, even if the government solves the problem of food, there’s no way to ship it over in a short period of time, right?”
McMahon didn’t answer directly, and casually handed over the secret telegram, “Read it yourself, after reading these contents, you’ll know why.”
After a half a second of work, the middle-aged officer’s hands trembled, “This…this…how…is this possible?”
McMahon replied bitterly, “I wish it were false, but it did happen. The chaotic party in the country colluded with the enemy and stabbed the empire at the most crucial time, and now the situation can’t be changed back.
No matter what, we can’t cheapen the rebel parties. Since they dared to stab us while we were fighting the enemy, it would be better to leave this mess to them.
We’ve paid too much for this war, and if we hold out any longer the young men will be exhausted. Now all we have to do is to end this war as soon as possible and preserve the vitality for France.”
There was no way around it, the Bonaparte dynasty was going down. As a full-fledged force, it was natural that they would not be kind to the revolutionaries.
Whether it was to preserve the vitality for France or to pit the revolutionaries against them, they had to surrender as soon as possible to let the anti-French alliance in.
Although the European continent is not popular dead carry to the end, but the surrender is also to have skills, there must be a suitable reason, otherwise the people’s spittle will be able to kill them.
The “food shortage” is undoubtedly one of the best excuses for surrender, no one can expect a hungry army to go to war. In this respect, the French people were very open-minded.
In order to strengthen the determination to surrender, Napoleon IV even prepared a way out for them. Along with the secret telegram, there was an open telegram that solved the food problem.
As to why the food supplies promised by the government did not arrive at the front, that would be a question for the revolutionaries, after all, the Bonaparte dynasty did not even exist by that time.
Anyway, theoretically speaking, as long as there was no revolutionaries to mess up, the food could reach the front. The revolutionaries could not get rid of this black pot.
Without having to take responsibility, they were able to get away with it. For the people, apart from being emotionally unacceptable, they did not reject this result.
After all, the war had gotten to this point, and defeat was only a matter of time.
Everyone’s insistence on resisting was nothing more than wanting to fight for an honorable way to end this war for the empire. Now that the empire was going to be gone, there was naturally no need to persist.
After a moment of silence, a bearded veteran general slowly said, ”Even if we liberalize the restrictions, our food will still be able to support us for most of a month. If we want to reach our goal earlier, we still need an accident now.”
If people don’t take care of themselves, the sky will kill them. It was conceivable that the Bonaparte Dynasty was finished and hostile forces came to power, what would happen to them as defeated generals.
If you don’t want to end up with a miserable evening, then you can only preemptively strike. Can be restored is naturally the best, even if it can not be restored, then we must first get the enemy down.
McMahon shook his head, “There’s no need for that, the Austrians will do it for us, you guys just need to find a chance to expose the location of the granary.”
Taking the initiative to expose the location of one’s granary to the enemy, it was unbelievable to think about it, but there was no way around it, reality was such bullshit.
In this world of the weak and the strong, if a person is not ruthless enough, they will not be able to stand firm.
Undercover hacking can only be considered child’s play, without directly colluding with the Antifa alliance, they are already considered to have integrity.
Not only in the battlefield of Central Europe, but also in other battlefields, almost the same story is being played out. With Napoleon IV’s order, officers loyal to the Bonaparte dynasty began to take action.
For a time, the French army’s morale was greatly boosted, and the originally decadent battlefield situation seemed to have been reversed, violently stabilizing the battle line all of a sudden.
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Paris, originally fell into a disadvantage of the rebels, looking at the end, the revolutionaries are ready to run, actually happened a miraculous turnaround.
An insurrectionary army that did not know where to come from, actually captured the Palace of Versailles and reversed the situation.
Unfortunately, they let Napoleon IV get away, but that didn’t hurt, anyway, they won the victory, and they didn’t have to cut off the emperor’s head to get out of anger.
Even the capitalists who hated Napoleon IV with all their teeth did not have the guts to commit regicide now. There was no other reason, the Anti-French Alliance had already hit the door.
This is already a difficult situation to clean up, and if there is a regicide tragedy, the Antifa Alliance will be able to take them down, in order to re-establish the monarch’s majesty. At least the Viennese government would be happy to do so.
This, the revolutionaries and the capitalists were convinced of. The conservative concentration camps of the European world are no joke.
The thousands of fiefdom aristocrats alone were enough to make Austria, along with Russia, the home of the “feudal hardliners,” and to be reviled by all.
Unfortunately, no matter how much they scolded, but no effect. It is not possible to do so, because the power of the two hardliners is so “billion” that it takes courage to point a finger at them.
Well, defeating the stubborn monarchy was a matter for the future, and the priority now was to find a way to elect a boss to preside over the big picture.
At this point, the already disparate revolutionary groups were officially split. After all, there was only one leader, while there were dozens of revolutionaries.
In order to fight for the fruits of victory, they all showed their own skills, and even localized firefights took place. All in all, Paris was thoroughly lively.
The provisional government was difficult to produce, but the parliament was born first. Regardless of the legitimacy of the parliamentarians, it was better than nothing, and we were finally able to sit down and discuss the issues.
Looking at the bickering parliament, socialist party member François scolded: “Gentlemen, calm down first. The issue of the presidential election, we can discuss it later.
Don’t forget that France is at war. And is still at war with the entire continent of Europe, the Bonaparte dynasty has been overthrown, and now we are needed to fulfill our governmental duties.
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the telegrams for help from the front are piling up. There is a lack of reinforcements, a lack of food, a lack of ammunition, a lack of artillery, a lack of medicines, a lack of winter cold supplies ……
In short, what is needed on the battlefield, we are now short of everything. If we don’t find a way to solve these problems, it won’t be long before the Antifa allies are in Paris.”
François’ warning pulled the crowd out of their power frenzy. If they couldn’t hold off the enemy, it wouldn’t matter who was in power.
“Is there any need to consider this, of course it’s to end the war immediately. We’ve already paid too much for this war, even the empire is lost, how can the people live if we keep fighting?”
From the tone of his voice, he knew that this was a royalist member of parliament, or perhaps a supporter of the Bonaparte dynasty. In other countries, this would be unthinkable, but here in Paris, anything is possible.
Don’t look at the revolutionary party is the main force to overthrow the Bonaparte dynasty, but after the formation of the parliament, most of the members of the parliament is the royalist party people.
For no other reason than the fact that the Revolutionary Party was too shallow and did not have enough prestige to rule, it had to rely on these “highly respected” guys.
If it were not for the royalists, there would have been no republicans at all. After all, the idea of republicanism had not yet taken root in people’s hearts, and most of them still had fears of the two previous failed republican movements.
François immediately sarcastically said: “Honorable Count, you think we have to pay what price, to be able to end the war?
It’s hard to wait for this opportunity, in your place the Austrian government, would you show mercy at this time?
Even if Austria is bribed with benefits, will Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, the German Confederation and other countries participating in the war be able to rest assured?”
Three consecutive questions, as if the soul of a heavy blow, directly rendered Count Glenn speechless. It is not that there is no answer, just this answer everyone is not willing to think, more not willing to face.
The international situation was just so stormy and changeable. Only a few months ago, most of the European countries are hoping that France can save energy, in order to be able to continue to hold Austria; today’s times are different, and now these guys are turned into the death wish of France.
Unless France becomes weak enough to lose the ability to threaten everyone, it is impossible for the neighbors to be reassured.
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(End of chapter)