Plans never change as quickly as reality. Faced with the French who were all noise and no action, Franz could not deny that his judgment was flawed.
The table had been overturned, yet without French participation, the situation had not developed as Franz had anticipated.
It seemed that the Paris Government had staged a farce, but in reality, it was precisely the most strategically beneficial choice for France.
What France needed now was to keep a low profile, to diminish its presence as much as possible. If it were to make a move for the Rhineland region now, England and Austria, currently at odds, would immediately set aside their differences and jointly suppress them.
France's formidable strength, conveniently adjacent to the Rhineland region, dictated that geopolitics would inevitably involve the French. The Paris Government's lack of a clear stance, on the other hand, had led to its courtship by various parties.
