The Sun Never Sets In Spain - Chapter 143

The sudden outbreak in Prussia caught everyone by surprise, and the 200,000 people trapped in Metz were about to end.

No one thought that France was defeated so quickly. It retreated from the border to Paris in just four days. It can only be said that the previous concealment of the balance of power was indeed very effective. It not only concealed domestic politicians, but also concealed foreigners. People eating melons.

The British were still secretly surprised that the French could actually fight the opponent back and forth with less than half of their troops. This combat power is too scary. If the draft law is passed for them, why not?

A few days ago, some people in the House of Commons even proposed to give Prussia some support to avoid the rapid defeat of the North-South Alliance.

Now it seems that supporting the French is almost the same, and the unification of Prussia with Germany to dominate the European continent is also not what the United Kingdom wants to see.

The influence of Metz’s besieged siege continued to ferment. The proposal to aid the French artillery was only a draft, but the British attitude changed in real time.

The most obvious change is that the British no longer emphasize the interests of Italy so much, and the tone about Sicily is also somewhat loose.

According to Edward, they intend to make peace between Western Italy and Italy, and then go to maintain the Franco-Prussian battlefield as soon as possible.

Although the Spanish army does not have as many forces as the Metz Fortress, no one can say exactly how much it can play, but the victory lies in the ability to immediately participate in the battle.

As long as it can be delayed, the force that France can mobilize is quite large. In the absence of organization and patriotic enthusiasm in history, France quickly armed millions of soldiers.

Not to mention that the three emperors have not been captured this time, and the legal government has not fallen.

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In addition to Prussia, Italy is the happiest person. The good brothers finally let them see the hope of victory with such fierceness. They seem to be back in the Italian-Austrian War of 1866. They only need to lie down and win.

But in fact this war was very different from the previous ones. After the victory in the French battlefield, Italy proposed to declare war on France in exchange for Prussia’s declaration of war on Austria, but Prussia ruthlessly rejected it.

For a long time to come, they can only rely on themselves.

The current life in Italy is not easy. The time has come to nearly November. Most factories in Italy have stopped working. In addition to the sharp drop in orders, shortages of raw materials and coal are also important reasons.

The frontline can be stable for a while, but the people in China cannot tolerate such a life for a long time.

On October 22, there were two uprisings in southern Italy.

The cause was that several old aristocrats of the two Sicilian kingdoms who were not recognized by the current government were unwilling to be lonely. They secretly invested and armed more than 50 militias to attack the city government building in Naples.

Attempt to control the army in Campania by controlling government officials.

If all goes well, taking advantage of the tight war ahead and not talking about dreams of fighting for independence, it is still possible to turn Campania into the Autonomous State of Campania.

At that time, these low-level aristocrats who were cancelled because of the excessive number of southern Italian aristocrats will be able to regain their identities, and even go further.

They almost succeeded.

After buying up the guards in advance, they quickly seized the government building. The officials also cooperated very well, and surrendered the control of the police in the city smoothly.

Unfortunately, something went wrong in the process of mobilizing the army.

The first thing the old nobles did when they got the right was to restore their titles. After summoning a battalion of more than 600 people into the city, they directly demanded the army’s allegiance to them in front of everyone, and to Frances who was far away in Rome. Ke II’s allegiance.

However, they did not expect that the officers were not puppets, but had their own ideas, and the appeal of the two old kings of Sicily was not as strong as they thought.

The deputy battalion commander killed one of the nobles on the spot.

This incident was like a signal that dozens of people brought by the nobles were soon captured.

Seeing that the matter was over, the high-level government officials under control became stunned again, and after giving a few verbal praise, they wanted the army to come and go from there.

Perhaps seeing the servants of the officials before, and thinking about the recent wage arrears and deductions due to the shortage of supplies, the soldiers were angry from their hearts and directly put the officials under house arrest for the second time, under the name Garibaldi. Proclaim the Republic of Naples.

It is said that the citizens of Naples are very supportive of this republican idea, and some even spontaneously build fortifications in response to the coming counterinsurgency.

The Italian government’s response to this was not unpleasant, and soon a 3,000-strong counter-insurgency army gathered from the surrounding areas.

However, the rebellion supported by public opinion is not so easy to solve, especially since this uprising has made a good start for the rest of Italy, and there will certainly not be fewer such rebellions in the future.

In addition to the use of force, the government also sought out Garibaldi, and others declared a republic under his name. As long as he could issue a condemnation, the legitimacy of this republican government would be self-defeating.

However, Garibaldi’s attitude on the matter was very ambiguous. Not only did he reject the kingdom’s request, but there was also the gossip that he sent several officers from the Italian Volunteer Army to help.

It has been two days since the news reached Spain, and the time interval between this was because the Italian government was trying to conceal it, and it was unable to conceal it before it announced the rebellion.

This news really makes people feel that Italy is about to collapse.

But this is a good thing for Alfonso.

In recent days, Spain is preparing to “completely fulfill the obligations of allies” while negotiating with the United Kingdom. With this change, their actions will be easier.

Moreover, Alfonso is not interested in the Kingdom of Naples as long as Sardinia and Sicily. If Italy can be divided into several pieces, or even just let local autonomy, Spain can better project its influence…

The plan of fulfilling the obligations will dispatch 30,000 people and seize Sardinia and Sicily at the same time, turning the occupation into an established fact, and then the British will no longer be so stubborn on the issue of Sicily.

As Italy has given up resistance, it is impossible for the plan to land on the island to fail. Compared with this, Alfonso is more concerned about the situation on the Franco-Prussian battlefield.

Since taking the third back to Paris, Eugenie shot him a telegram one day, urging him to send troops quickly.

Alfonso could still ignore Eugenie’s words, but it would not work if he took four. After all, he was one of his few little friends.

After following his father to the battlefield, Nasi is much more mature than before, and the letter sent to Alfonso is also sincere, hoping that he will save France.

To be honest, Alfonso is quite sad, but his personal feelings have to make concessions for the interests of the country, and it is more in Spain’s interests if the popularization of France loses both.

If you really help France stabilize the line now, then the next plot will turn into a million French Superman rushing into Berlin violently, which Alfonso does not want to see.