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"Our contacts with the British have been very smooth, and London has been very supportive of our actions. Prime Minister Gladstone told us that no matter what happens, the UK is on our side."

In the Prime Minister's Office, Gambetta, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, was reporting the latest progress to Prime Minister Ruferi, and there was General Laurent, the Minister of the Army representing the military.

"What about Germany?"

Ruferi, who received this good news, was not satisfied and continued to inquire about the attitude of the German side. At present, only England and Germany can influence France's entry into Tunisia, and he needs to rule out these two factors that may cause disadvantages.

Facing the Prime Minister's question, Ruferi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, said. "We haven't contacted the German side yet. Only yesterday Special Envoy Romonk sent a telegram. He plans to take the train to Berlin today. However, based on what we know about this Prime Minister, he should be very happy to support us."

Pi Simai's attitude has been figured out in France over the years, and he pays attention to a balance. Of course, the balance is also dominated by German interests. The prime minister, who has made great contributions to Germany, has done one thing over the years, and that is to avoid Germany's diplomatic isolation. Therefore, whether it is to win over Austria-Hungary, or to stabilize France, Russia, and the United Kingdom, it will win time for Germany to develop.

Of course, other countries are not fools, but this method is so good that they can always find conditions that satisfy both parties.

Of course, his career is not perfect, and it was not his will for William II to retire later. But after the development and growth of German capital, the reason why his set is not popular is also among them. But now, under its leadership, the big ship of Germany is going forward bravely.

Ru Feili is not clear about this, of course, some things have to be recognized by people.

After the reunification of Germany, its population, territorial resources and other aspects are higher than France. He is not a reckless man like Clemenceau, who only knows how to shout slogans of revenge. If France's national strength can't overwhelm Germany, what can it take to get revenge, just rely on slogans.

In his opinion, France currently has less potential than Germany in terms of territorial people and economy, so it needs to find another way and find a solution from the colony. Competing with Germany is completely unfavorable to France. Only by relying on the colonies can France's strength be rapidly enhanced.

Moreover, compared with Europe, the Asia-Africa region is not only weak and conducive to colonization, but also lacks those restraints. It is simply the best choice to enhance the strength of France. As long as there are enough French colonies, even if only one-third of them can be mobilized, it will be enough to deter Germany.

By that time, it would not be too late to talk about regaining Arthas and Lorraine. A qualified statesman must be patient enough. How can such a reckless act as Clemenceau directly trigger hostility between the two countries? This is not what a wise man does. Therefore, Ru Feili pays attention to planning and then moving, and one strike is fatal.

Either don't activate it, and once activated, it must kill the enemy. This is what he learned from the Franco-Prussian War. Fortunately, the iron-blooded prime minister at that time misestimated France's strength and took only 5 billion francs, which did not cause any fundamental damage to France. Otherwise, France would still feel breathless now.

Of course, he couldn't forget such hatred, unless Germany provided enough benefits to resolve this grievance, but as far as he knew, the Germans had always been immersed in the pride of defeating France, and there was no such idea at all, so there was no reason to do so. France is hostile to it.

Since the era of Louis XIV, France has been the No. 1 army in Europe, and it has never been afraid of anyone in land warfare. This is recognized by all European countries from Louis XIV to Emperor Napoleon. Therefore, the temporary defeat will not hit the French people, and they will surely once again rectify the name of France as the No. 1 Army in Europe.

Of course, this kind of hostility is best buried in your heart, and don't talk about it.

Having said so much, we must pay attention to the present moment, and Ruferi now needs to pay attention to his actions against Tunisia first.

So after Foreign Minister Gambetta finished speaking, he immediately asked the military representative, General Laurent, the Minister of the Army. "How is your military plan to prepare?"

"We are already ready."

Facing the Prime Minister's question, General Laurent, the military representative, answered immediately. And what he said is also true. As early as after the Berlin Conference, the French military made plans to invade Tunisia. Of course, the plan at that time was not suitable for the current situation. But it still has great reference value.

After the Prime Minister made it clear that he was ready to invade Tunisia, the military immediately prepared a battle plan that was in line with his ideas. After the military's sleepless work, the current plan has been initially completed.

I saw that General Laurent took out a combat map with various military symbols marked, spread it out and said. "At present, our country has prepared a military plan, and this is the operational map of the plan."

"Prime Minister, please see, this is a 50,000-to-1 military map. At present, our plan is to use the terrain of the western coastal plain of Tunisia to gather 30,000 troops and divide them into two routes, all the way from the city of Ambala on the Algerian border to Tunisia. The other road from Tersa in the middle crosses the Tebessa Mountains, captures the city of Sousse in the middle and cuts off Tunisia. In addition, the navy also expressed its willingness to provide 8,000 marines to land in Binzet to prevent the enemy from escaping ."

Although Ruferi didn't know much about the military, he still learned from General Laurent's explanation that the military's battle plan met his expectations. Encircle the enemy on all sides without giving them a chance to escape.

Only in this way can the Tunisian problem be quickly resolved without giving the Italians a chance to intervene.

"It's very good that the people implemented this plan according to this plan. By the way, who is the leader this time?"

After complimenting that the military plan was good, Ru Feili asked who the general was leading the troops.

"It's General Pelissier."

"It turned out to be him."

In the face of the commander given by the military, Ruferi also knew. Of course, this General Pelissier is not simple at all. He experienced the Franco-Prussian War before, and was later transferred to North Africa to be stationed in North Africa. In this area, he has excellent fighting ability for public security. He has successively calmed down many riots and rebellions of Algerian natives. A battle-hardened general~www.wuxiamtl.com~Algeria's population decreased by 500,000-1 million during this period, but Algeria's total population is only 3 million)

Of course, this alone is not enough to make Ruferi remember that this General Perlisier still caused a lot of trouble in Paris. Back in Paris on vacation, he was fighting a journalist who was dissatisfied with what he had done in Algeria. After this incident was reported in the newspapers, his reputation in France was not very good, but it was also appreciated by Ruferi.

In his opinion, this General Perlisier is a general who is taking advantage of France and cannot be hurt intentionally.

Since the military has given this candidate, it means that he hopes to use his ability to solve Tunisia as soon as possible. Ruferi is quite satisfied with this candidate, and the next step is to wait for the news of the meeting with Germany.

The news from Germany did not make them wait any longer, and a telegram was sent from Berlin a few days later. Envoy Romonk has already met with Prime Minister Pesmer, the German prime minister who expressed his support for France's actions in Tunisia, he told Envoy Romonk. "France should occupy Tunisia without thinking about Italy!"

Although Pismart expressed his support, Ruferi, the French Prime Minister, knew that this was just the strategy of the German Prime Minister in order to promote the "Continental Policy". But it's good for France, isn't it?

And Germany, under its leadership, was not interested in colonizing colonies at all, which was just cheaper for France. As for who has the right path in the future, let time prove everything.

After receiving the support of Britain and France, Ruferi asked the French troops stationed in Alnigeria to start secret preparations.

Of course, everything needs excuses and excuses. France is a civilized person, how can it invade other countries at will. It happened to be a love killing involving tribes on both sides, which was used by France.

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