On February 1st, despite the heavy rain, the French national celebrations were still held. The next day, "the emperor and empress entered Paris with great pomp and solemnity". 36 magnificent carriages pass through the main gate of the Arc de Triomphe. After the rain, the heavy rain made the mighty wedding guards more gorgeous. The team passed the Champs Elysees, passed through the former palace of Louis XV, and headed for the Tuileries. "There is nothing more exciting and perfect than this," Fouche commented, "what a day, what a joy!" On this day, the emperor issued a general amnesty, and 6,000 soldiers received special military pay, waiting for Soldiers who married their daughters also received a dowry; thousands of gold and silver medals with the heads of Napoleon and Louise were distributed among the crowd; The world feasts in the city. On the day of the wedding, the bell tower of the Paris church rang the bell, and the salute was fired. Napoleon wanted to let the world know that Europe was on his side, and that he would continue to mold the lives of all French and Europeans according to his imagination.
After a short break, the grand wedding continued. The wedding procession marched slowly in the Diana Promenade of the Louvre, heading for the spacious Apollo Salon. The bride's long wedding dress was made by Queen Julie of Spain; Queen Hortense of the Netherlands, Queen Catherine of Westphalia, and Princesses Elisa and Polina (Caroline declined to attend), surrounded by more than 400 carefully selected guests. Napoleon's uncle Fischer also attended the wedding, as he had attended Josephine's wedding many years ago. Only 11 of the 32 cardinals attended the wedding. Napoleon was furious. After the wedding, he ordered the arrest of the cardinals, freezing their properties, and not allowing them to wear red robes in the future. Became known as "black cardinals (lackardinals.
Napoleon, soon distraught by the tedious ritual and ensuing festivities, he and his bride then appeared at the sundial pavilion, where thousands of mighty imperial guardsmen in shining armor stood Courtyards marched by.
There were many distinguished guests in the palace, most of whom were upstarts of the Napoleonic dynasty—they attended the wedding feast at the Grand Theater of the Tuileries Palace at 6:00 pm. After the wedding banquet, a concert was held in the Marshall Oaks Hall, and colorful fireworks illuminated the buildings of Paris and the water of the Seine River.
At 10 o'clock in the evening, all the celebration programs ended, and Xiao Jie was able to drag his tired body back home like everyone else. From the beginning to the end, Xiao Jie watched the wedding with cold eyes. As the crown prince of France, He also naturally received a lot of attention, so naturally he couldn't slip away in advance. Besides, he knew very well that Mary Louise, a woman who was a year younger than him, was now his aunt, even though it made him look very awkward. If nothing else happens, it is estimated that by the end of this year or early next year, Mary? Louise will give birth to a son for Napoleon, and Xiao Jie's position will be more embarrassing by then. In the past, Napoleon was named crown prince because he had no son, and Xiao Jie was very talented. If Napoleon had a son, only he would know what he would think.
Marie? Louise is actually a very nice, very beautiful woman, but she's a little bit more jealous. Napoleon wanted his ex-wife to see the bride, but Marie-Louise expressed jealousy and sensitivity to this, and she demanded that Josephine be exiled and take back the Malmaison castle that Napoleon had given to Josephine. Josephine wrote a letter full of fear to Napoleon: "Napoleon, you have sworn never to abandon me, I need you to guide me! You are the only friend I have left...I have Completely exiled from Your Majesty's memory?"
And Napoleon just replied flatly: You need to take care of yourself and find the courage to be happy, especially take care of your body, because this is also very precious to me. If you still care about me and love me, you must take good care of yourself. You should never doubt the friendship between me and you. If you think that you will make me happy if you don't love me, you must know very little about my true love for you. Adieu, monamie (goodbye, my love), good night.
While he was looking for an excuse to leave Paris, on February 7, someone from Iberia reported that Admiral Lord Nelson of the British Royal Navy led a fleet consisting of two first-class battleships, five second-class battleships, and eight third-class battleships. A huge fleet of battleships, 15 gunboats and 20 three-masted clippers bombarded the northern Iberian city of Gijon on February 2. The high-intensity bombardment lasted for an hour. When they withdrew, Gijon had become a ruins. 10,000 people were killed or injured, and 60,000 people were left homeless. At present, Nelson's fleet is sailing south along the coastline, and it is estimated that it is selecting targets for bombardment.
After getting the news, Xiao Jie cursed secretly: "The revenge of the **** British is coming." He hurried into the palace and proposed to return to Iberia immediately on the grounds that the British invaded. With this justification, Napoleon There was no way to force Xiao Jie to stay, so he had to be allowed to leave and told him to defeat the British. When the British chose his wedding for the war, he was of course very angry. Xiao Jie naturally agreed, promising not to make things easier for the British.
Due to the urgent military situation, Xiao Jie asked Angel and the others to return to Madrid slowly, while he himself rushed all the way to Madrid under the protection of the guards. On the way, he asked all the current Iberian artillery to move to the west and south coast, especially the big cities such as Lisbon, Cadiz and Malaga, because they will definitely become the main targets of British naval bombardment and must be done as much as possible. Good defense preparation. At the same time, bad news came one by one. On February 5, Nelson's fleet bombarded La Coruiani, causing 20,000 casualties and more than 100,000 homeless. On 8 February Vigo was bombarded by Nelson's fleet, and on 12 February Matosinhos was shelled. The large and medium-sized cities on the west coast of Iberia were reduced to ashes one by one under the bombardment of the British navy, which made Xiao Jie very angry. And they paid little, or none at all. For so many days, only one gunboat and a three-masted clipper were sunk in Nelson's fleet. This is mainly inseparable from the coastal defense guns in each city. Since there are too many coastal cities in Iberia, each city needs at least dozens of coastal defense guns of various calibers. Larger cities can’t afford it. There are so many that until now, Iberia still lacks a large number of coastal defense guns.
However, there was no such resistance in the past few days, which also contributed to the arrogance of the British fleet, so that it suffered a big loss on February 13. Porto is a city close to Matosinhos. When the Nelson fleet bombarded Matosinhos on February 12, the running regiment and heavy artillery battalion of the 3rd Division of the 88th Army arrived. The destroyed Matosinhos launched an artillery battle, but secretly entered Porto, built a concealed artillery position, and waited for the Nelson fleet to come to the door. On February 13th, the Nelson fleet arrived in Porto without any precautions. While they were preparing for shelling, the artillery regiment and heavy artillery battalion of the 3rd Division opened fire, with a total of 100 75mm field guns and 8 105mm howitzers Unleashing their fierce fury on Nelson's fleet, several cities were destroyed, making them already suffocated. Nelson's fleet was stunned at once, and within a few minutes, one third-tier battleship and two gunboats were sunk, but they quickly responded, hitting the hull one after another, and the artillery of the 3rd Division They engaged in a fierce artillery battle.
The 3rd Division has always been a newly formed unit, and the shooting level of the artillerymen is still not comparable to that of the veterans who have been edified by war, and it is even worse than the well-trained British Navy. Although the French 75mm field artillery The range and power of the 105mm howitzer and the 105mm howitzer are much greater than those of the British Navy~www.mtlnovel.com~But the number of artillery in the British Navy fleet is more than ten times that of the artillery of the 3rd Division. The balance slowly tipped in favor of Nelson's fleet. In the end, after losing more than 30 75mm field guns and 5 105mm howitzers and thousands of casualties, the artillery of the 3rd Division had to withdraw from the battle. But they also caused huge losses to the Nelson fleet. In this artillery battle, the Nelson fleet had a total of two third-tier battleships, three gunboats and two three-masted clippers were sunk, and another first-tier battleship , 1 second-tier battleship, and 4 gunboats were damaged, with more than 1,000 casualties. In the end, Porto was also destroyed by the enraged Nelson fleet. But from then on, Nelson didn't dare to be as unscrupulous as before, and he had to test every time before he dared to attack. However, since World War I, the artillery of the 88th Corps has been present in all major cities. There have been artillery battles between the two sides, and each has its own outcome, but the initiative is always in the hands of the Nelson Fleet.
On February 15th, Xiao Jie finally rushed back to Madrid. As soon as he arrived at the office, he received a loss report. In the past few days, 6 cities in Iberia have been destroyed, causing 70,000 casualties and more than 400,000 homeless. However, the direct economic loss was 120 million francs, Xiao Jie was so angry that he extorted 50 million francs from the UK, but now he has lost 120 million francs, but he has no regrets. Will find a way to get it back.
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