The Second Reich: Beginning with the Prince of Prussia

In the Mediterranean, a huge fleet flying the flag is breaking the waves in the north.

This fleet is the Mediterranean Fleet on which the sun never sets, and they have dozens of large warships, and they are the most powerful in the navy around the Mediterranean, beating Gaul and Italy.

In addition, the sun never sets controls the Strait of Gibraltar, the outlet of the Atlantic Ocean to and from the Mediterranean.

Therefore, their home fleet can support the Mediterranean fleet across the sea at any time, which makes the sun never set on the Mediterranean without scruples, and it can almost be called sideways.

After receiving the order from the Wudu City, Vice Admiral Robert Douglas, commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, personally led the main force of the Mediterranean Fleet to the waters south of Gaul.

Immediately upon its arrival, the Mediterranean Fleet set up a blockade outside the military port of Toulon, an important town in southern Gaul, under the pretext of an imminent live-fire exercise at sea, prohibiting the passage of all ships.

Then they sent out some small boats and pretended to conduct shooting training at sea, giving the impression that they were actually conducting a drill.

But in fact, none of their capital warships participated, and the guns of these capital ships were aimed at the French warships in the Toulon military port.

It is clear that they were coming for the Gallic fleet.

Because the blockade drawn by the sun never sets covers almost the entire port of Toulon, 26 seas, the ships moored here are not able to pass at all.

This made these merchants, who were laden with goods and preparing to sail away, feel very anxious.

If they delay time, their business will be ruined, and when the time comes, not to mention making money, they will even lose money!

As a result, a group of anxious merchants went to the Gallic government to complain against the unreasonable behavior of the Sunset, and demanded that the government send a navy to expel the Sunset's fleet and help them reopen the sea routes.

In fact, long before the merchants launched the petition, the Gallic navy in the Toulon military port was already aware of the seriousness of the matter.

Although the sun never set did not attack, they were in a state of imminent battle.

If the other side really launched an attack, the Gallic navy, which was completely blocked in the port at this time, would be completely a live target for the other side, unable to fight or escape, and the only thing waiting for them was the annihilation of the entire army.

As a result, the navy also hurriedly sent a telegram to the Gallic government in Tower City, asking them for instructions, whether it was war or peace, and the above had to give an explanation, otherwise they would be too passive!

......

After receiving the telegram from Toulon, the Gallic government was shocked.

The sun never sets, and people actually sent troops?

Could it be that they really want to attack themselves?

The stakes were so high that President François did not dare to slack off, and convened senior military and political officials overnight to hold a secret meeting to discuss the matter.

At the meeting, the Minister of the Interior said: "The port of Toulon is not only our most important military port, but also our largest and most prosperous commercial port.

The Admiralty Minister nodded, and spoke:

"Almost all of our main fleet is concentrated in the Toulon military port, and at this time most of them have been blocked in the harbor by the sunset.

If we do it with them at this time, I am afraid that our fleet will suffer very heavy losses under the unfavorable situation of having no room to move!"

The Minister of the Navy's words made the already worried people even more worried.

"You must also know how much resources it takes to build a strong navy, and a large ironclad ship can cost more than 9 million francs, plus the cost of training soldiers, daily training, and the consumption of weapons and equipment.

To build a fleet capable of real combat, it will cost at least half a billion francs!

The total value of the warships in the Toulon military port together is more than our annual revenue.

If they are sunk by the sunset, then it will take at least ten years for us to rebuild them, and this is still the shortest time in the case of gritting our teeth and tightening our belts!"

The Minister of Finance's words gave everyone a new understanding of the value of the fleet in the Toulon military port.

This is no longer a fleet, it is more like a mountain of gold and silver intuitively placed in front of them, telling them how much this fleet is worth!

The person in charge of the overseas colonies spoke:

"The value of the navy is not only that, the rule and management of our overseas colonies all rely on the help of the navy, if we lose the navy, we are afraid that we will immediately lose control of the overseas colonies, so no matter what, we must ensure that the navy is not wiped out!"

Everyone was talking about it, and the opinions that came out of the discussion were very unanimous, and almost everyone was against going to war with the sun at this time.

Because if they go to war at this time, they will suffer huge losses that they cannot bear.

The losses they would incur seemed to be greater than what they might gain through war.

Weighing the two sides, even if they won a great victory in the Rhine region and occupied some lands in the Second Empire, they would not be able to make up for their losses.

What's more, if they really go to war with the sun, their diplomatic and security situation will deteriorate across the board.

With the strength of the Royal Navy, no one can guarantee whether their overseas colonies can be kept!

And if you lose those colonies overseas, Gaul will be completely reverted to its original shape, and I am afraid that there will be no chance to rise again.

Hearing such unanimity, President François rubbed his forehead, sighed, and spoke:

"In that case, then give the army an order to halt their advance after occupying the area west of the Rhine!"

"As for the side where the sun never sets, I will personally explain to them and try to buy more time for the army to avoid war!"

François was ambitious at first, intending to take the opportunity to bring down the Second Empire in one fell swoop and wash away the humiliation of the crushing defeat three years earlier.

740, but now they are experiencing the intervention of the sun that never sets, which makes it impossible for them to accomplish the goals they have set.

As soon as he thought of this, François hated the sun that never sets.

Thinking that he had to be forced to give in to the sun, he felt even more aggrieved in his heart!

One day, when our Gallic Empire sweeps through all the countries and dominates Europe, I Gaul will inevitably land across the sea, crush you who never set the sun, and make you pay for what you have done today!

Due to the threat of the sun never setting, the second group of troops that the Gaul side had originally planned to send did not dare to send out. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

As a result, the French army that invaded the territory of the Second Empire was still only 250,000 men.

What's worse is that in their original battle plan, the later protection work was to be handed over to reinforcements.

However, the second group of troops was suddenly canceled, which caused the first batch of French troops to be caught off guard, and they could only divide part of their forces to go back to protect their logistics supply lines.

As a result, the number of troops they used to attack was much smaller.

And at this time, on the opposite side of them, hundreds of thousands of German troops were already under the command of Old Moltke, ready to unfold a large net, just waiting for their prey to get in!

On March 18, 1788, the French advance met the fleeing Germans on the banks of the Rhine!

The decisive battle between the two armies began!