Chapter 135: The Underestimated Napoleon IV

No matter what the Russians' true motives were, the impact of the Andehui defense battle was terrifying.

A bunch of experts who were not even as good as Franz kept popping out to instruct the world, as if the war would reach India by tomorrow.

The advent of the telegraph had brought the world closer, and the pessimistic European public opinion similarly affected the UK, putting significant pressure on the British Government at once.

"What has happened on the front lines, why was Andehui lost, what was Patrick doing?"

Three consecutive "whys" were enough to prove that Prime Minister Gladstone was in a very bad mood.

Afghanistan is not small in size, and Andehui is not a core strategic location; just losing the tens of thousands of square kilometers surrounding Andehui was negligible in the grand scheme of the battlefield.

Similarly, losing cities and land just after the war started, as opposed to after prolonged fierce battles, are entirely different things.