Chapter 217(1/2)
As the top leaders of the coalition forces have their own secrets, the battlefield slowly begins to become weird.
The French and German armies changed from the boss style of charging forward in the past and became a coward.
When the Ming army attacked during the day, they put the troops of other countries in the coalition in front to provide a symbolic resistance.
There is no need to push back the Ming army. Anyway, as long as they persist until dark, the Ming army will retreat on its own.
The Germans do it, the French do it too.
The armies of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden were pushed to the front line and were beaten by the Ming army and complained incessantly.
Their own equipment and training level are not as good as those of the French and German troops.
The armies of these two countries are no match for the Ming army. How could they defeat the Ming army?
Many times, we have to rely on our flesh and blood to defend our positions.
However, every night when I switch defenses, I see heartbreaking scenes.
The battlefield was full of broken corpses, and only 30% of the soldiers who were able to walk down on their own were what they were when they entered the battlefield.
The officers' treatment is slightly better, and they will be carried down on stretchers.
The treatment of those soldiers is ruined. If they are lucky, they will be pulled by groups of mules and carriages.
Those who were unlucky were simply left on the battlefield to die.
What is even more tragic is that those who are new to the battlefield cannot bear the screams and wails of the wounded soldiers.
One by one, they were shot in the forehead. After a while, the position was clear.
There were no more screams, no more wails, but morale was horribly low.
These soldiers often need a supervisory team to watch from behind. Otherwise, if one is not careful, they will all run away.
After all, although Nordic people are honest, they are not stupid!
Everyone knows that after spending a night, they may be just like them tomorrow morning.
The Nordic legions had stronger combat capabilities and could barely withstand the Ming army's attack.
But the Italians on the southern front were finished, although the Ming army opposite them was not large in number and their offensive intensity was not very strong.
But the Italians' performance was quite stable, with entire companies, entire battalions, and even entire regiments often surrendering.
One company had a very strange reason for surrendering. They had no crowbars and could not open the boxes containing ammunition, so they were forced to surrender without ammunition.
Forced to surrender!
Napoleon was so angry that his nose twisted when he saw the telegram, but there was nothing he could do.
You can't say that you rescue people from Ming army prisoner-of-war camps and then shoot them.
The Italians can no longer use it, otherwise the Ming army will be able to reach Paris within one year, let alone two years.
Napoleon had no choice but to push the Spanish and British, who were smaller in number in the coalition, to the front line.
Putting them on the front line would directly result in a rapid increase in the number of Spanish and British casualties.
London!
Number 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British Prime Minister.
"Winston, what do you want from me?" Old Rothschild walked into the office and found that the Secretary of War, Marshal Charles, was also in the office.
He nodded to Charles as a greeting.
"Let Charles speak!" Prime Minister Winston Churchill pointed at Charles.
"Recently, the number of casualties in our expeditionary force has skyrocketed.
The telegram sent back from the front said that recently, the French army had used the excuse of rest and recuperation to hand over the defense of most of the front to us and the Spanish.
Behind us are the unreliable Italians."
"The Italians, probably because our troops were still fighting, they escaped." Rothschild said with a smile.
The Italian army is famous in Europe, and many jokes are related to the Italian army.
Rothschild alone knew many such jokes.
"yes!
The Italians can run faster than mice, so our troops can only stand in front, resulting in heavy casualties."
"Why did the French retreat?" The old man was still hot-tempered, and the old Rothschild quickly asked the key.
"I sent a telegram to Napoleon. Napoleon said that he would organize a large-scale counterattack and push the front across the Northern Donetsk River again.
So during this period, let us fight with the Spaniards first.
He also did not believe in the fighting power of the Italians, which was also a helpless move, and said that it would be best if we could send another 100,000 expeditionary troops to the Russian front."
Winston held a telegram in his hand and placed it in front of old Rothschild with a solemn expression.
"Send another 100,000 people to the Russian front...!" Old Rothschild picked up the telegram and took a look.
"This is impossible!" Winston said firmly.
"Yes, this is impossible. It is impossible for us to sacrifice the lives of British gentlemen for this war." Charles agreed with Winston's statement.
"Judging from the current situation, it is difficult to win this war.
The Ming army's combat effectiveness is getting stronger and stronger, and the most important thing is their air force, which is becoming more and more organized.
At present, we lack weapons to restrain the Ming army, especially tanks on the ground and aircraft in the sky.
These two deadly weapons take the lives of many excellent soldiers every day."
"Yeah! It's hard for me to win the war. Doctors from Oxford and Cambridge have not succeeded in replicating a tank yet." Winston shook his head helplessly.
Old Rothschild asked with some confusion: "Didn't you say that there are already some clues, and Cambridge has even made a sample?"
"We have made a sample, but the stability is too poor. It's either bad this way or that bad.
I can't even open the gate of Cambridge, let alone go to the battlefield." Charles said a little discouraged.
"According to captured Ming army officers, the Ming Dynasty studied tanks for ten years.
We are now two years old at best, although we have destroyed samples.
But there are still many technical problems that we need to overcome one after another.
Ten years!
When tanks are developed, I'm afraid the Ming army will also attack London."
"hehe!
I am afraid that within two years, the Ming army will be able to reach London.
If the Ming army was willing to leave France's Mediterranean coastline and attack Gibraltar directly.
And we only have three divisions there, so we definitely can't hold it.
Once the Ming army re-captures Gibraltar, their huge fleet can attack the Atlantic Ocean.
Maybe one morning, Ming warships will sail into the Thames Estuary."
Churchill and Charles sang in harmony, both releasing pessimistic and negative emotions.
"What on earth did you come to see me for?" Old Rothschild blinked and looked at Charles and Winston.
"The prospects for war are already very pessimistic, and both the French and Germans are thinking of a way out.
Intelligence shows that they are all setting their sights on America.
The French are eyeing the mouth of the Amazon, while the Germans are eyeing Buenos Aires." Winston said helplessly.
"Oh, if there is such a thing, then the Portuguese are in trouble.
As far as I know, there are not many of them in South America. At most, there are only 20,000 to 30,000 people. They cannot be the opponents of the French and Germans.
But South America is big enough, let alone millions of people, even if tens of millions of people invest in it, it won’t be a big deal.”
Old Rothschild still didn't understand why Winston was looking for him.
"Since they are all looking for a way out, we have to leave a way out." Winston looked at old Rothschild and stated his purpose.
"The retreat you are referring to is...do you mean you also want to go to South America?"
"Come on, Mr. Rothschild.
Although South America is large, it is still a wilderness and unsuitable for our English gentlemen.
We are going to North America, and we originally had territory in North America.
I know that your Skull and Bones Society is very powerful in North America.
The emerging city called New York was picked up by your Skull and Bones Society." Winston said, looking at the old Rothschild.
Old Rothschild said nothing and looked back at Winston.
This guy is a member of an old British family, the Winston family. They are so powerful in England that even the Queen has to concede three points.
To be continued...