Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

When the news reached Paris, the Napoleon III government first directly condemned it and at the same time sent troops to increase the defense of French colonies such as Algeria and northern Malibu Kina Faso.

As for the original plan for Britain to win over the French Empire to bring together the Netherlands and Portugal, and negotiate in London on April Fool's Day, April 1, it was postponed by the French Empire, and Britain also expressed its helpless approval.

What a joke, the French Empire has been attacked, how can Napoleon III still have the mood and thoughts to care about other people's affairs.

On April 2, 1864, the French government in Paris announced that it would conduct a demonstration outside the Strait of Gibraltar to simulate blocking enemy navies from entering the Atlantic to prevent damage to French interests.

Anyone with a discerning eye can understand that this is pointing to Austria.

Joseph I was very distressed. He had issued an order to expand, but instead of invading France's territory, he was going to invade. Shouldn't he select the old, weak, sick and disabled?

Forget about the British on the Sudan side, wouldn't the Prussian Army of Cameroon in the south and the Swedish Army in the west be better choices?

Austrian Prime Minister Archduke Rainer Ferdinand and King Franz Joseph I were dumbfounded.

"After this incident, the governor of Nigeria should be changed," Franz Joseph I said sternly.

The Prime Minister, Archduke Rainer Ferdinand, nodded and said: "Yes, but Your Majesty, the top priority is how we should deal with this incident. It is said that Napoleon III is very angry now. According to the news coming out of Paris,"

Archduke Rainer Ferdinand said solemnly: "It is said that France is going to block our entry and exit in the Atlantic Ocean. It seems that Britain has also acquiesced to this move."

Franz Joseph I was shocked and said in surprise: "Really?"

He didn't expect the matter to be so serious. Logically speaking, a barren land like Niamey should be nothing to France, which has such a large colony. There are also many fertile lands that Napoleon III could use. Is it so serious?

But what he didn't know was that since Napoleon III became the Emperor of France, his diplomatic investments have been ridiculed by many people in the country for his investment failures, making him very sensitive to status issues. He had previously helped Italy defeat Austria. It didn't take long for him to boast, but he was snatched as an ally by the British, which made him well-known in the country as a wedding dress for others.

Now that they have finally taken Niger and subdued the natives, Austria wants to take it away by force. For Napoleon III, this is simply an offense against him, and he will naturally be furious.

Archduke Rainer Ferdinand nodded and said: "Yes, it is said that the size of the warships dispatched is no less than 50,000 tons."

"Fifty thousand tons is almost a quarter of the dispatched volume."

Joseph I was surprised, "It seems that France is going to make things big this time."

Austria's invasion of Niamey made many European countries unable to understand what this operation was.

France's size is there, and Austria dares to provoke it so easily. Is there anything it can't rely on?

It makes Vienna feel mysterious all of a sudden. Especially in the Ethiopian battlefield, it was beneficial to Austria.

But many people soon realized that they were wrong. Austria is still the same Austria.

On April 5, 1864, Austria announced that it would dismiss the current Governor-General of Nigeria from his position and would prosecute the other party for war crimes. The new Governor-General of Nigeria had arrived in Nigeria.

Vienna also sent a strong delegation led by Prime Minister Archduke Rainer Ferdinand, consisting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense and members of Parliament. They arrived in Paris on April 7 for a visit, and began to follow up on the 8th. French Prime Minister Olivier conducts negotiations between Austria and France to resolve recent African disputes.

The United Kingdom welcomed this, and countries such as the Netherlands also recognized Austria's approach.

One wave comes after another.

Matters between Austria and France are still being negotiated, but the war between Portugal and the Netherlands has been fought and stopped.

During the negotiations between Austria and France, Portugal sent a steady stream of troops to Angola. The number of Portuguese troops in Angola exceeded 50,000, and in Cabinda at the mouth of the Congo River, the number also exceeded 20,000.

There are only 8,000 Dutch troops in Cape Noire here.

The military pressure faced by the Dutch army was very severe.

Louis I was extremely proud of this.

He seemed to be able to imagine the sad look on William IV's face now.

But when he thought about the situation in Mozambique in southeast Africa, he couldn't be happy.

"One win and one loss, we are not considered a loser." Portuguese Prime Minister Barreto seemed to see Louis I's worry, "Your Majesty, we can't count on Brazil now. We originally thought it was a coup, but no one found it. To think that Argentina unknowingly has such a close relationship with the Netherlands makes it difficult for Brazil to play its role."

Louis I said: "Yes, Argentina was the leader of South America during the war of secession from the Kingdom of Spain, but Brazil was incompatible in South America because it belonged directly to us. Although in the end Pedro I successfully integrated into Brazil, we My cousin became Perode II of Brazil. However, the power of Brazil’s parliament now checks and balances the king, and the parliament has close contacts with other South American countries, which has hindered my cousin’s support for Portugal.”

This is the helplessness of most kings now. Since 1848, many kings have been like this. Although he is a little better, he is only better than the King of Denmark, the King of Sweden, and the King of Greece. After Joseph I, Queen Victoria, and Napoleon In front of King III, William IV, etc., his power was weakened too much.

He was too envious of the status of William IV's royal family in the Netherlands.

It can be said that positioning by doing whatever you want is not bad.

Just when he was about to continue thinking about it.

The voice of the captain of the guard came from the door.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent message from Angola"

To the surprise of Prime Minister Barreto, the captain of the guard walked in.

"Your Majesty, Angola sent a telegram back. Suddenly, a Dutch army with no less than 30,000 troops suddenly appeared in Matadi, a large city on the Congo River, and launched an attack on Mbanza Congo, which is approaching our Angola. Due to the freedom of 3,000 People were stationed there, and telegrams showed that Mbanza Congo had fallen. Three thousand people were killed, two thousand were killed, and nearly a thousand were captured."

"What, this is impossible, where did the Netherlands get 30,000 troops?"

Louis I quickly ran over and picked up the translated telegram. As it went by, his face became darker and darker, and his eyes suddenly popped out.

Barreto came closer and Luis I gave it to Barreto.

The latter's expression changed drastically after reading it.

The army from the Netherlands?

What did the two of them suddenly think of?

Picked up the previous telegram about the war situation in Mozambique. It shows that just after March 25, Mozambique began to enter a tug-of-war, and the Dutch north of the Zambezi River stopped making fierce attacks to the south.

It turned out that Louis I thought that the reconciliation between Britain and France had played a role in making the Netherlands no longer dare to disobey the two countries. However, he did not expect that the Netherlands secretly moved an army fighting in Mozambique to the Congo.

King Louis I and Prime Minister Barreto finally knew one thing, that is, Angola and the Portuguese army that invaded Cabinda at the mouth of the Congo River were in danger.