3144 Versailles Celebration
The news of General Prim's assassination was like wings and began to spread rapidly over Europe. If there were any social survey companies in this era that analyzed the public opinion support rate of the Chinese and Spanish, Xiao Letian would have been able to see that his support rate had a great impact and began to loosen and decline!
Assassination has a long history, very simple, violent and effective, but it is also very despicable!
The people's tolerance for assassination is very low. Generally speaking, except for those chivalrous and righteous men who kill evil bad people, other assassinations are intolerable.
You say you are reasonable and have any evidence to analyze it on the surface, even if it is a pure exchange of interests, it is okay. Anyway, business negotiations in life are just the same.
What's going on with direct physical destruction? This means that you have no reason at all, and you're too rude to say nothing!
For a moment, the public opinion trend changed drastically, and the voices of doubt began to walk, and the quarrels in public places in countless cities became higher and higher.
However, Xiao Letian was too lazy to fight back all this because the focus at the moment was not on the public opinion war, but on Paris!
On January 18, 1871, Versailles, a small town in the southwest of Paris, France, had become a sea of celebration!
In the cold north wind, countless rose petals floated along the street. The beautiful French girl stood on the balcony of the second floor, carrying a flower basket in one hand, which was filled with rose petals planted in the greenhouse.
The fragrant rose petals are transported from southern Spain and Tunisia and other places. Only the greenhouses there can plant fragrant red roses in the cold winter.
The streets were filled with Prussian soldiers with pointed helmets. Their leather boots were polished with shiny hair, their military uniforms were not wrinkled at all, their chins were raised high, and their faces were flushed with excitement.
These soldiers were five steps per post, ten steps per whistle, and even the rifles were newly transported from China, without any new scratches.
Behind these soldiers were the French leaders, that is, the welcome crowd organized by the royalists. The nobles' sons and ladies were crowded in front, and behind them were many confused and stupid French farmers.
They didn't know what was going on, and they didn't know who to welcome them. Anyway, the nobles gave me a few coins and hired me to welcome them on the platform, so let's come!
The main road of Versailles was almost covered with petals, and Prussian flags were filled with roofs of buildings. This street led directly to Versailles Palace, and the knights wearing classic European armor at the entrance of the palace were also ready.
The palace musicians blew the trumpet of welcome, and the bands spread all over the city began to play joyful sonata!
"Here! Come! Come..." Amid the cheers of the crowd, the sound of cheerful horse hooves came from afar, and then a pair of flag-holding cavalry began to appear in everyone's sight.
Yishui's tall horse was pitch black and solid, not even a single hair. The cavalry on the horse's back was as straight as a javelin, holding various military flags in his hands steadily, and a giant flag formation appeared on the street.
"Long live!" The French leaders began to cheer first, just as they welcomed Napoleon III.
The flag formation is followed by the gun formation, with cavalry holding classical knight guns holding their heads and chests raised, then rows of cavalry phalanxes holding knives, and finally the cavalry phalanxes carrying modern rifles.
Four large square formations marched forward in a uniform rhythm of the snare drum, and a British dwarf suddenly appeared behind them!
The pony is more than one meter shorter than the cavalry around him. On the horse's back is a child in military uniform. It seems that he is only eleven or twelve years old!
The little guy's chin was raised to the sky, and his proud little eyes could pierce the sky!
I saw him holding the reins in one hand and the hilt of the sword around him with the other, looking at the surrounding soldiers and civilians with a defiant look!
There had been a singular slut in the crowd. When they saw the child suddenly appear, the French leaders cheered!
"Long live the crown prince! Long live Prince William Victor!"
This child is nothing else, but William Victor, the grandson of the Prussian emperor who had just arrived from England, and that is, the German emperor William II who launched the First World War in later generations!
Today is the day when his grandfather officially ascended the throne. Prussia is officially merged into the German Empire, and his grandfather is about to become the emperor. How can he not come to celebrate as a grandson?
This kid has indeed seen the world in London. How could the child raised by his grandmother Queen Victoria not be excellent? He burned Emperor Tongzhi's braid last year. How brave is this guy!
Facing the long live voice like a tide, if the children of ordinary families would have been shocked, but the royal family had such good psychological qualities. It was just as natural that he listened to Wanmin shouting to him.
He suddenly pulled out his sabre and shouted in a tender voice, "Long live the Emperor of the German Empire!" Then he looked back and looked at his grandfather in the convertible carriage.
William I was about to fly with a smile. He was very happy to be the emperor, but he didn't see his grandson happy either!
Behind William I's carriage were a series of carriages, Prince Carl, ambassadors of the kings and ambassadors of other states of the empire, senior commanders of the Pu army, Xiao Lotte and his generals... They were all guest convoys participating in the coronation ceremony at a glance.
Behind the convoy, there were several cavalry platoons and infantry platoons!
The entire marching queue is three kilometers long, and it is impossible to see at a glance!
When William I's carriage gradually approached the main entrance of Versailles, alternative soldiers suddenly appeared on both sides of the road.
Like the Prussian soldiers, they were on guard at both sides of the long street, and every whistle was ten steps, but their military uniforms were completely different.
Large-brimmed hat, lapel tweed military uniform, wide cowhide belt, short-groun military boots... This is the standard formal dress of the Chinese army! Among them, the sea blue military uniform is the formal dress of the Chinese navy.
This was the Prussian Allied Forces who also came to attend the ceremony. William II, who was riding a horse, expressed enough respect to the Allied Forces. He held a knife in front of his chest to pay tribute to the Allied soldiers.
Later, he even saw Chinese soldiers wearing wartime camouflage equipment. This was a completely strange style. The helmet was semicircular and had net ropes on it. The military uniform was covered with patches. I felt a little dizzy after watching it for a long time!
But no one dared to laugh at such a military uniform. In this war, all the senior Prussian generals knew the power of this camouflage military uniform!
The special combat soldiers infiltrated by the Chinese people rely on this body of camouflage equipment to deal with the French army in the dense forest!
William I also became serious. He originally sat on the sofa with his back on his back, but now he sat upright and saluted the Allied soldiers!
Chapter completed!