Chapter One(1/2)
"Murat, if you are not commanding the defense in the south in Paris, why are you coming to Russia?" Napoleon looked at the sky that had turned gloomy again.
It had just been sunny in Russia for two days, and the snow on the ground hadn't melted yet, and it was going to fucking snow again.
I miss the sunshine in France so much, especially the sunshine in Marseille, Toulouse and Bordeaux.
Napoleon remembered that he still had a winery in Bordeaux.
Drink a glass of wine and enjoy the sunshine with your eyes closed.
That's how people live. How can they be like this, fighting in the ice and snow all day long?
The most annoying thing is that the hemorrhoids on his butt are still tormenting him.
The generals of the Ming army could inspect the troops by airship, but if he wanted to inspect the troops, he could only ride on horseback.
But now, riding a horse is like a punishment for him.
"The Ming army took Sicily, and the next step will definitely be to attack Corsica.
I have no command of the sea and cannot defend Corsica.
You know, no matter how many troops are being sent to Corsica, they are all given to the Ming army in vain.
But Corsica is your hometown after all, I think...!"
Napoleon glanced at Murat. The fiery-tempered Murat was now calm. He looked really stressed!
In the past, when had I ever seen Murat so hesitant to speak but unable to speak like he is now?
He patted Murat on the shoulder and gave his brother-in-law silent encouragement.
"Although Corsica is my hometown, there is no way to defend in this situation.
Withdraw, take away what you can and destroy what you cannot.
Don’t worry about my feelings!”
When he said the last sentence, Napoleon felt a sense of sadness for no reason.
The majestic emperor of the French Empire, the invincible military god across Europe.
You can't even defend your hometown!
"It would be good if the people can withdraw. The destroyers of the Ming Navy have already begun to blockade Corsica.
Our people can only sneak away at night, using the darkness.
If discovered by the Ming Navy, no matter whether it is a person or a ship, they will be sent to the bottom of the sea.
There is no way, the sea belongs to the Ming Dynasty, they not only have ships carrying planes, but also more battleships and destroyers!
We only have a few destroyers, and they have all been withdrawn to the Atlantic Ocean.
There's no way, the disparity in strength is too great."
"Just say what you want to say. This is not your character."
"I want to say, so what if you win here?
The Mediterranean is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and the ocean is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
The entire Mediterranean coast, and even the Atlantic coast, the Ming Dynasty could attack wherever it wanted.
Can we... really win?"
Murat hesitated for a moment, then said what he wanted to say.
Napoleon said nothing, Murat had a point.
No matter what the outcome is in Russia, Ming Dynasty will be able to attack Italy, France, Spain, and even Kiev in the Black Sea in the Mediterranean.
The ocean is in Ming's hands, and victory is also in Ming's hands.
"I have to say that Ming Dynasty's investment in the navy is really...ah!"
"Not only is it a matter of investment, we used to think that battleships were the most powerful battleships.
Don’t we also want to build bigger warships with bigger ships and bigger cannons?
But Ming Dynasty took the initiative to sell battleships to us, so that our French-built battleships were already lagging behind as soon as they left the factory.
Except for us and the United Kingdom, all European countries have given up building battleships of their own.
They all went to buy Daming's, which made Daming earn a lot of money.
But what’s the result?
The Ming Dynasty used the money to build aircraft carriers, and the strike distance on the sea suddenly increased by more than 200 kilometers.
No matter how large the caliber of the guns on our battleships is, they can't hit two hundred kilometers away.
When facing the Ming Dynasty, there is no difference between battleships and scrap metal.
The Israelis regretted it, and everyone in Europe regretted it.
Only the Ming people are covering their mouths and laughing!" Murat's mood was obviously very low.
Napoleon frowned. He had never seen his brother-in-law look like this. Is this still the all-powerful commander of the cavalry corps?
"Even without aircraft carriers, battleships are actually just a pile of scrap metal. Just like Israeli battleships, they can only dock in the port and wait to slowly rot.
No diesel!
If you want diesel, you have to look at Daming’s face.
You don’t know that the oil we use to maintain our airships is all obtained in exchange for gold from the Ming Dynasty.
Gold!
This gold is all obtained from our family assets and increased taxes.
Ming Dynasty is sucking our blood!"
Murat became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally roared loudly.
The guards in the distance looked here nervously, hesitating whether to come over and separate the marshal from the emperor.
Napoleon waved to the guards in the distance!
The guards stepped back warily, but their hands were already on the handles of the guns at their waists.
"Mura!
The war we are engaged in is not for your and my wealth, status and glory.
Not even for France!
We are for European civilization and for the status of white people in this world.
You and I both know the consequences of losing the war. Not only will the Ming Dynasty not let us go, they will also dismember our country and enslave the French people.
Look at what happened to India, look at the Arabs who are killing each other.
Look at the people of the Ottoman Empire who are in dire straits, and look at the Russians who are now being coerced into fighting by the people.
The people of Ming Dynasty are well fed and clothed at home, but what about people in other parts of the world?
A Moroccan hawker committed suicide and caused turmoil throughout the Arab world.
Why?
Because even the most humble existence has become a luxury for ordinary people.
They can't afford to live, they can't survive!
This is what you want the French to end up with?
If the Ming Dynasty had won the war, Paris would no longer be Paris. There would only be a group of people living there who only yearned for the Ming Dynasty and flattered the Ming Dynasty.
Ming Dynasty will lie on France's body, sucking our blood like a leech, ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times more powerful than now.
Not only France, but even the whole of Europe will crawl at the feet of the Ming Dynasty.
Our young men will live like cockroaches, and our women will go to the Ming Dynasty and become the lowest prostitutes.
Can you imagine your Irina becoming a prostitute for everyone?
Ming Dynasty is cruel to the losers, they will not give us any chance. They will only make our descendants and descendants become their slaves."
"Stop talking! I have never thought about surrendering. I just think that if the war continues, we have no chance of winning."
"No!
As long as we win in Russia, Ming's power on land will suddenly retreat by at least two to three thousand kilometers.
Russia returned to the embrace of Europe. Even if the Ming Dynasty occupied the Mediterranean, it could not continue to open the European market.
They can only act like pirates and plunder along the coast.
And sooner or later we will also be able to build airplanes and aircraft carriers.
You may not know that we have shot down more than a dozen Ming Dynasty aircraft.
Two pilots were even captured alive, and I have ordered the wreckage of these planes to be transported back to Paris.
To be continued...