The war had reached a stage where France had staked everything, victory would establish dominion over Europe, defeat meant falling to secondary status.
With France's historically domineering behavior, they had offended many. When France was strong, no one dared to provoke them, but once they began to decline, it was a completely different story.
Beneath a fallen nest, how can there be intact eggs?
Whether it was Napoleon IV or the French government's top officials, their fates were bound with the country's destiny.
By now, a step back was not a vista of expansive skies, but an abyss.
For their own sake and for the nation's, they had to find a way to win this war.
In the face of life-and-death stakes, reputation had become so worthless it was not worth a farthing, so plagiarism it was!
If the Austrian army had more advanced equipment, then mimic it. Could the great French Empire not do the same?
