Steering Disaster Southward

Chapter 757: Steering Disaster Southward

As the Near East War entered its most intense phase, the French Civil War was also drawing to a close.

Ever since the United Kingdom stepped in to mediate the conflicts among the three major royalist factions, the forces dragging them down had been greatly reduced, and the monarchists gained an absolute advantage over the revolutionaries.

The territory controlled by the revolutionary government had been squeezed into a single corner of Paris. Though this was the heart and soul of France, it still could not withstand the ravages of war.

After Napoleon IV blockaded Paris, the isolated Paris revolutionary government gradually fell into a shortage of supplies.

They had a heap of factories but not enough industrial raw materials. Even though the Paris revolutionary government promptly adopted emergency measures and distributed supplies centrally, it still could not endure simply consuming its reserves.

Other than the "ally" known as the Italian Independence Organization, which was still struggling on, the revolutionary movements in the rest of France had basically all been crushed by Napoleon IV.

On June 29, 1882, the government army defeated the revolutionary army's main force on the outskirts of Paris, and the situation became clear.

The rapidly shifting situation in France drew Franz's close attention. Though the French of later generations made plenty of jokes of themselves, at this time they were still the formidable French Empire.

At Vienna Palace, Foreign Minister Wessenberg analyzed, "Judging from the current situation, the Paris revolutionary government will not be able to hold out much longer under the government army's counterattack.

"Once the Paris Revolution ends, the Italian Independence Organization will not last much longer either, especially after both we and the British abandon our support for them.

"After the French resolve their internal turmoil, they will