Dominate the Country

In Nanjing in June, the sun is as hot as fire.

The French Embassy in China closed at the end of May, and the tricolor flag was dropped from the sky over Nanjing. Perrier was dismissed from all public offices in China by the new Paris government, although the decree issued was signed in the name of Louis XVI.

At this moment, François Philippe Perrier ended his important role in the history of Sino-French diplomacy. However, he and many staff in the embassy did not set out to return to France, but stayed in Nanjing. Or Shanghai.

In the diplomatic history of France in later generations, François Philippe Perrier was a figure who was often mentioned. His personal relationship with the Taizu of Chen Han and his good friendship with the founding heroes of Chen Han made many people in later generations The envy of European diplomats. Of course, these are all things for later.

After scolding Pierre who wanted to get back together with him, Perrier now lived alone in the Luo family manor at the foot of Qixia Mountain.

Perrier's dismissal also caused quite a stir in the Chinese political arena.

"What's so surprising about this?" Chen Ming was not surprised at all by the Paris government's decision. Revolution, what kind of unbelievable decision can't be made when you are passionate about revolution?

Even though it was the Girondins who now held power in Paris and not the Jacobins who advocated radical policies and high-pressure rule of terror, this news was only sent to Chen Ming at the end of April. The French Revolution was delayed, but it eventually broke out.

The 50 million Chinese dollars in funds did not save Louis XVI, and even the European Office could not verify whose hands the 50 million Chinese dollars in gold and silver finally fell into. Is it Louis XVI, or someone else?

Although the time of the Paris Uprising was different from the days in Chen Ming's memory, what was supposed to come still came. The rioting citizens of Paris overturned the Bourbon dynasty's two-hundred-year autocratic rule in France.

It can be said that France today is like a wild horse running wildly and blindly towards the "monument" of "constitutional monarchy".

However, within the Girondins who held power, there were many factions and fierce struggles. There is also a powerful opposition party headed by Robespierre who is watching covetously from the outside. No one knows how many people can be burned to death by the fierce sparks once the latter breaks out.

——During the short period of Jacobin rule, people were queued up to be sent to the guillotine every day. The guillotine has since become a symbol of the politics of terror and violence.

Except for Chen Ming, the time traveler.

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France, the wild horse that is running wild, is gradually losing its mind. With the royalist political tendencies that Perrier has shown in recent years, it is normal for Paris to remove him from all positions. Whether it was the Girondins who tried to pull the reins to subdue France, or the Jacobins who kept whipping France and urged it to run faster, neither allowed Perrier - a Members of the royal party occupy the position of ambassador to China.

They would rather close the French Embassy in China first than kick Perrier out.

When the news of the French Revolution was sent to Nanjing, it immediately caused an uproar among the powerful and senior officials of Chen Han. Everyone marveled at their emperor. Look, the emperor's 'prophecy' is becoming a reality step by step.

They have a leader with a keen eye and a far-sighted vision.

Countless people have begun to have extremely strong confidence in Chen Ming's next prediction - the great shock and war that will last for decades throughout Europe caused by the political chaos in France.

But no one knew that their emperor was looking at the map of Europe with a sad expression.

His butterfly flapped its wings, and the hurricane it rolled up seemed too violent. Not only did it delay the French Revolution by more than a month, and the North American War of Independence ended a year late, but it also made the traditional war mode - volley shooting a thing of the past. So, how could Napoleon rise as he did in history?

The rise of Napoleon in history relied on artillery. He is very talented in mathematics, so he is also very handy with cannons, and he can always use limited firepower to an extraordinary level.

But can he still play with rockets like this now?

Can he still rise as quickly as in history, and then fight on the battlefield, fighting alone in Europe, majestic and invincible?

Chen Ming was very suspicious.

Although France's capital is very strong, it is not enough for them to challenge the entire Europe.

Unless Chen Ming promotes the Mini rifle, skips the flash cap gun, and directly makes a breakthrough innovation in the individual weapons in the hands of soldiers in this era. Relying on the ultra-long range of the Mini rifle - 900 yards, the effective range exceeds 500 yards, and the shooting accuracy is very high, so that the individual weapons in the hands of soldiers also have the ability to threaten rocket soldiers and rocket groups.

The National Defense Forces are now using snipers to deal with rockets, and that's why.

In the history of the original time and space, the Mini rifle can be said to be the first weapon with overwhelming power in human history. Although it was born at the wrong time, almost when it was installed in the army, the breech-loading gun era also came. Therefore, it is also a very sad weapon.

But in this era, the era of breech-loading guns is still far away. With the power of Chen and Han, they focused on the research and development of breech-loading guns. Over the years, they have made considerable progress. They also created two prototype guns based on the needle gun concept provided by Emperor Chen.

But the back doors of the two sample guns were not tightly closed, not only leaking air, but also possibly burning the shooter's cheeks and eyes. The quality of the gun needle and spring was not up to standard, and the black powder could not be completely burned. The smoke was big, but there were also residues in the barrel, which greatly affected the life of the barrel. The poor practicality was always a big problem.

The overall performance of the sample gun was very poor. The range was not as far as the Minié rifle. The accuracy was the same as that of the breech-loading gun without considering the burning of eyes and cheeks. There was not much advantage. The shooting life was even shorter, and the cost of a single gun was so high that it made people's teeth ache. Even in the laboratory, this could not be considered a successful rifle, let alone large-scale production and equipment for the troops.

So, as long as the mature version of the Minié rifle was taken out, it would definitely change the world's war mode. And it could last for quite a long time!

In the past, the effective range of the flintlock muzzle-loading smoothbore gun was short, with a maximum of only 100 yards, while the range of grapeshot and shrapnel fired by artillery could far exceed it, so that artillery became the dominant weapon at the time. Even after rockets appeared on the battlefield, the long range of artillery was always a great advantage. Now countries around the world are concentrating on researching explosive bombs.

The huge power of rockets made everyone believe in the bright prospects of "explosive bombs", and solid bullets were considered by the global military to be something that was destined to be abandoned.

The effective range of the Minié rifle was at least 500 yards, which was much longer than the range of artillery firing grapeshot and shrapnel, and even rockets were not as good as it. So the tactics on the battlefield naturally changed dramatically. Artillery must retreat behind the infantry, from the front-line weapons of the same nature as "machine guns" before, to a supporting weapon, not an offensive weapon.

Although the Wehrmacht had long been accustomed to putting artillery behind the infantry line.

Field artillery was counted within the firing range of rifles, and artillery and its front vehicles and horses were all large targets. Infantry with accurate shooting could use Minié rifles to shoot at artillery targets at a distance beyond the range of rockets.

Chen Ming really couldn't imagine how Napoleon, who was a muzzle-loading smoothbore musket, could sweep across Europe and achieve his reputation as a generation of war god when facing unreasonable weapons such as rockets.

And if he released the treasure at the bottom of the box, such as the Minié rifle, would it be possible for the war mode to change back to offensive warfare? In this way, the war would no longer be a trench warfare and a war of attrition. After Napoleon rose as expected, there would be a 20% chance that he could sweep across the European continent. Otherwise, trench warfare and war of attrition would squeeze out the last penny of France, and it would not take 1814 to drag down France as a whole.

It's just that the influence of the French Revolution is weakened again, and it is definitely possible to bring down France, a European power. The Gallic rooster in history has been in chaos for a full 25 years. Now Chen Ming can't say for sure how many days France can be in chaos.

But I believe that Paris now must be passionate.

And as long as Paris is in chaos, China can take advantage of the opportunity when France is too busy to take care of it and swallow up the entire Louisiana reasonably, that would be great.

After being emperor for so many years, Chen Ming's character has changed to a certain extent. Since he has such ambitions, Chen Ming must also have the determination and confidence to challenge the whole of Europe.

To dominate the world and dominate the earth, war is the best way to seize the "crown", and iron and fire are the most solid foundation for establishing the supreme status.

Really.

As China becomes stronger and stronger, and as Chen Ming becomes emperor for a longer time, his confidence becomes more and more sufficient.

At first, he regarded the single powers such as Britain, France, Prussia and Russia as opponents. But now, Russia and Prussia alone are no longer in his eyes. France is still worth paying attention to, and Britain is worth a little vigilance. I don't know when, what he sees in his eyes is the whole of Europe!

If Europe is still in chaos, then he will not be embarrassed to take the opportunity to seize America, and Chen Ming will be more relaxed. And if Europe is not in chaos, it is not impossible for China to challenge the whole of Europe and directly break down the pride of the white people!

Chen Ming then gave Perrier the title of state adviser. It has been a month now, and he has only been summoned twice. The discussions were all about French affairs. For example, the life stories of Girondists Jacques Pierre Brissot, Marquis de Condorcet, Roland and his wife, Pierre Victougnant Vergneaud, Marguerite-Elie Gardet, Armand Gensonnet, and their previous deeds.

Even if the European Office and the Military Intelligence Bureau have collected a lot of information in France, some secrets in the aristocratic circles are not something they can easily find out.

Although Perrier has not returned to China for many years, and his personal political stance is different from these people, he must have uninterrupted contact with the country, and it is hard to guarantee that he does not know about these people.