As a veteran, Bernard has gone all the way from the earliest times to today, so today's naval battle mode has touched him the most.
He witnessed the rise of the Tang Empire with his own eyes, and also personally buried enemies that once seemed extremely powerful.
In the last era, when all countries were frantically building battleships, he still felt that his opponents could still fight with their huge numbers. Now in the era of aircraft carriers and the era of catapult aircraft carriers and jet carrier-based aircraft, his so-called opponents
Not even a decent battleship can be found.
The battleships that were a threat ten years ago were still those battleships, and the radars whose performance was not stable ten years ago were still those radars.
If it weren't for the charity from the Tang Empire, if it wasn't for the purpose of squeezing the last penny out of these people's pockets, they wouldn't even be able to get decent weapons and equipment.
Although for more than twenty years, the Tang Empire has been frantically exporting various technologies, pulling the world forward, looking back, it seems that all countries except the Tang Empire are still
Staying where you are.
Even though the Tang Empire was supporting them, these countries still had not fully integrated into the trend of technological development. They stubbornly stayed where they were, unwilling to take a step forward no matter how much the Tang Empire pulled them.
It seems that they do have a lot of advanced technologies, but after taking away these technologies, the essence of these countries is still the same. They are no different from twenty years ago. They are still declining dynasties with no hope.
There is no cure for them! Bernard sighed in his heart. From his point of view, perhaps the unification of the world by the Tang Empire is the only choice for the world to continue to move forward.
In fact, the so-called competition did not exist from the beginning. Those monarchs who seemed to be wise, powerful and ambitious were actually a group of useless people who were lying flat.
This world has never had any choice. It has only one way to go, and that is to become the Tang Empire! Under the leadership of the great monarch, we will keep moving forward on this path!
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In the headquarters of the 2nd Army of the Yangmu Empire in Saint-Lo, Van Kruse was looking at the reports sent by his subordinates. His troops had not yet recovered, and the defeated troops who had lost their way had not yet been collected.
Now he only has less than two divisions of troops, and almost no heavy weapons and equipment. If he hadn't obtained some dwarf artillery in Saint Luo's warehouse to decorate the facade, he would not even be embarrassed to say that he was an army here.
The dwarves also have some troops in Shengluo, but these troops are not field armies, but only second-line troops such as city guards.
Their fighting power is not strong, and they have no backbone, so they just hang around with the elves' troops.
But Van Kruse knew that such a force could not defend Saint-Lo. Soon the Tang army would come along the coastline. If he still wanted to survive, he would have to continue retreating south. This time he did not want to leave.
He was so embarrassed that he had to leave calmly, at least without losing any more supplies.
Of course, it's better not to leave if possible. Because the last time he left, he made a big mistake for the friendly 3rd Army.
At least two-thirds of the troops of the 3rd Elf Army were surrounded. At this moment, the Tang Army was solving the problem of 200,000 coalition soldiers in the encirclement. For the time being, it could not take care of the 2nd Elf Army that had fled to Saint Luo.
is Van Cruz's only chance.
He could only take advantage of this moment to collect the defeated troops and reduce his guilt, and then he could return home with dignity and give an explanation to His Majesty Emperor Yangmu I.
The Marquis of Lourdes has been found. He ran all the way and escaped from the encirclement. Now this poor guy has returned home. I heard that Yangmu I was very angry and was going to take action on this unlucky guy who lost the entire army.
When things have reached this point, Van Kruse has become very clear that there is almost no way to reverse the situation in the Ice Empire.
The elves who have already participated in the war have to seriously consider a very real question: if the war continues, what can they do?
First of all, the first thing to do is to stop the war outside their own borders! In other words, the elves hope to end this war within the territory of the dwarf empire.
Secondly, the Yangmu Empire wants to sue for peace decently and limit the dangerous Tang Empire to a small area at the northernmost tip of the Eastern Continent as much as possible, so that the dwarves can continue to stand in the way!
In order to accomplish these goals, no matter which direction you look at it, the elves must mobilize more troops and go to fight in the Ice Empire.
Therefore, Van Kruse hoped that he could regroup a force in Saint-Lo, where they could at least hold on for about half a year and make meritorious deeds to stabilize the war situation.
However, this wish is completely contrary to what he can do: the strength in his hands and the experience of failure tell him that he should retreat quickly, but the war situation requires him to stick to Saint Luo until the last moment!
Although it is very contradictory, this is the reality: Van Kruse did get a request telegram from the dwarf emperor Binghan I, or an order: ordering the 2nd Elf Army to defend Saint Lo and not allow a step back.
But after all, this is the order of Binghan I, and Fancruz can throw it aside as waste paper. But he must give an explanation to Yangmu I. If he abandons Saint Luo and retreats south, he must return to Rewind Port.
It's time to fight the home defense war.
Obviously this must not be accepted by Yang Mu I, which is why Van Kruse hesitated here for so long and did not continue to flee south: he was also hesitating, or waiting. He was waiting for his broken troops to gradually gather and gather reinforcements.
The follow-up troops came and then pieced together a lineup that seemed to be able to fight.
He was also waiting for the reaction of the Tang Army. If the Tang Army did not go south quickly, then he could continue to live a comfortable life in Shengluo for a few days. But if the Tang Army went south quickly, he would not care about anything else and could only bring
If the remaining troops are defeated, they will continue to retreat south.
"General, we have found some more soldiers. They are the remnants of the 2nd Armored Division, more than 150 of them." An officer opened the door and excitedly reported the good news.
After hearing the news, Van Kruse also broke away from his negative emotions and forced out a smile: "Great, let's go and have a look together! Thanks to them for being able to retreat all the way here."
Another company of troops has returned to its original form, and this kind of joke-like thing happens every day. As the commander of an army group, Van Kruse has to accept this reality...