320 The request of the British Bismarck
Pierre finally joined Xiao Letian's forces with great regret for his mother country. His choice is actually not surprising, his parents in France have long passed away, and there are not many relatives left, just a free man without care.
What's more, the persecution of those corrupt bureaucrats again and again made him completely cold to his mother country, coupled with his strong love for Fang Guan, it is reasonable to devote himself to Xiao Letian's camp.
Needless to say, the 300,000 gold francs of life-saving money will not be paid back by Pierre in his life...
Eat the king's luck, and be loyal to the king. Since Pierre was determined to take refuge, he would not hide his secrets, and after three rounds of intelligence, he finally determined that the chief of guard who disappeared from Napoleon III's side should be the envoy who went to East Asia to command the battle.
"That's right, it's him, Molière is Napoleon's most trusted chief of guard, and the knighthood is what he personally sealed, don't look at his rank, but he can definitely suppress those fat governors in Asia. You must know that many people bribed him through guò to get the fat ...... of the overseas governor."
"Alright, now please make a list of all the military forces you have left behind in East Asia, let me see how rich your family is, and let me help you calculate what your chances of holding on......
Xiao Letian nodded, and the dragon master beside him opened the information that had been prepared a long time ago, and when Pierre saw the little bit of family information listed on the paper, the gold medal intelligence officer was completely dumbfounded, and he was in a sluggish state for ten minutes.
"Oh God... Are you all crazy? You can send out a corps of 300 officers, I thought you would have to have a modern army of 30,000 in Naha, how could you be so small......"
Pierre jumped up from his chair and shouted excitedly, "You only have a thousand new troops, you bring out three hundred, only seven hundred are left, you only have a dozen artillery guns, and there are only a dozen coastal defense batteries, and there is no cavalry at all, and there is not a single modern warship on the sea?"
"Crazy, you're just crazy... How dare you get involved in the war in Europe with such a small amount of money? Gambler, you are simply a gambler......
Pierre's words made Xiao Letian's face blush slightly, and Xiao Hexin next to him couldn't listen to it, and scolded, "We didn't invite you to listen to your reprimand, what we want is a solution to the problem...... You don't understand how we got down this path, and I don't expect you to understand......"
"But... You kid remember to me that we have come all the way, we have always won more with less, we have always overcome the strong with weak, and we have always pushed us to where we are today with one miracle after another. What's so shocking and lamentable? It's just a matter of blood for blood, and I'm not afraid of ......."
Xiao Letian raised his hand to stop Xiao Hexin, who was excited, and said calmly to Pierre, "If we are a group of people who follow the rules, we will not sacrifice our lives in the mortal place of the Hamburg fire, and we will not fight into France with a small force of 300 people to resist the attack of two cavalry regiments......"
"You have also seen the previous information, how did I liberate the Ryukyus? It was snatched from the hands of 100,000 Japanese thugs by a domineering spirit that would never admit defeat. Not to mention that I fought against the decaying Manchu Qing Dynasty, and I dared to take the camp of tens of thousands of Eight Banners Army with two hundred new troops......"
"On the road to national rejuvenation, how can there be no adventure, and how can there be no big gambles? Look at Prussia now, where Bismarck has squeezed out every copper plate in the country, and how fierce has the conflict between Prussia and Austria become......?
At this moment, Xiao Letian was full of domineering, Pierre couldn't say a word when he was shocked, and Xiao Letian obviously wouldn't let him have a chance to fight back, "You have to remember, you have no qualifications to question the strategy I specified, and the responsibility of pointing out the future direction is always on my back." You're only responsible for tactics, that's your job..."
Pierre was completely overwhelmed by Xiao Letian's momentum, and he couldn't refute Xiao Letian's words at all, if an already backward nation wants to swim against the current, it will have to suffer more and shed more blood. Not to mention the backward medieval agricultural country of the Qing Dynasty, even Prussia had to grit its teeth and squeeze out its last ounce of strength if it wanted to rise.
Pierre took half a step back, and bowed slightly to Xiao Letian with a positive face, "As you wish, Prime Minister... I am speechless for your words, I apologize to you, a country does have to be a bit of a gambler if it wants to rise, and the idea of sticking to the rules and always thinking that all the preparations are perfect before making a move, this kind of thinking is wrong in itself. Who will give the weak the time and opportunity to prepare?"
"Very good, if you can understand, from today onwards this basement is your place of work, I will give you plenty of information, don't let me down, don't live up to your reputation as a gold medal intelligence officer......"
Just when Xiao Letian was unifying his thoughts, Sima Yun hurriedly walked in from outside, "My lord, Mr. Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, has come to visit secretly, and he is waiting in the garden now." ”
As soon as Xiao Lotian heard that the iron-blooded prime minister was coming again, he didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly left the basement to visit him, and carefully guessed the reason for Bismarck's visit along the way.
"The Prussian army has now begun to assemble in the Holstein region, and if history does not change significantly, then in ten days, on June 8, the Prussian army will go to war against Holstein and will easily win......
"And what next? Hanover, Saxony, and Hesse, for it is recorded in history that only on June 16 these three small states will be easily taken, and then on June 17 Austria will officially declare war on Prussia......
"When is this? All the eyebrows are burning, and Bismarck is still free to see me? In less than 20 days Prussia is going to war against you, and you still have time to deal with me?"
Xiao Lotian walked all the way, thinking all the way, but the distance from the basement to the garden was too close, and before he could come up with any answers, he had already seen the classic beard of Bismarck.
"Oh, my dear Prime Minister, what brought you out of your busy schedule? Did you finally agree to my officer corps going to war? If that would be really great, hahaha......" Xiao Lotian smiled and enthusiastically stretched out his hands and shook them tightly with Bismarck.
Bismarck's wise eyes stared at Xiao Letian, and he kept admiring in his heart, this is really a good seedling, he was born to eat the bowl of rice of the political family, and now the only thing he lacks is qualifications, if he has enough qualifications, this is definitely a terrible character.
"Dear Xiao, every time I see you, I am impressed. To be honest, when I saw the public opinion war plan you specified, I didn't believe that you could succeed. But you have created a miracle again, you have really driven the French to a dead end, and I admire Napoleon's nephew in my heart when I look at this unlucky picture......"
"Shaw, please remember, if you don't get enough respect in East Asia, I hope you will consider coming to our Prussia Germany, how about my seat for you in the future?"
"Ahem, cough, cough......" Xiao Letian was still a little tender compared to Bismarck, he almost choked to death with saliva, "Oh, God, don't make me laugh, my ability is still an elite in a country with a medieval structure." But there's no place for me in Europe, I'm nothing here, hahaha, you're laughing......"
The two foxes, one old and one young, always tried each other with jokes, and opened up the conversation, and today Bismarck didn't have much time to detour, and he explained his purpose directly.
"Shaw, the conflict with the French, the loss of your officer corps, the attrition of nearly half of the staff is really a disaster, please receive my condolences..."
"But I'm here today not only to mourn the victims, but also to bring you good news...... I finally convinced the Chief of the General Staff and His Majesty the King. They've agreed to your request to watch the battle......"
Before Bismarck finished speaking, Xiao Lotian almost jumped up with excitement, "Oh, this is very good, please convey your gratitude to His Majesty the King and the Chief of the General Staff on my behalf for giving us this opportunity to learn......"
"Alright, please let me finish. Bismarck subconsciously touched his beard, "Please remember, we are conditional, if you want to go to the battlefield, you can do it, you have to help us train two battalions, don't worry, it's only a medium army battalion, a total of 600 people......"
"What? let's help Prussia train soldiers? You're not kidding?" Xiao Lotian couldn't have imagined that Bismarck would make such a strange request. His expeditionary officer corps came to Europe as a student, so why is it that he is now becoming an instructor?
"It's no surprise that we made this decision for a reason. I would like to admit that when your officer corps first arrived in Europe, we had equated them with the backward armies of East Asia. But a few head-on confrontations with the French have changed our opinion of you......"
"I am impressed by your combat effectiveness, three hundred people can actually defeat the defenders of a battalion of Besançon, and even two cavalry battalions on the border, this is already a miracle that is difficult for strong European armies to do, you must know that during this time, almost all European military theorists have been studying this battle you fought......"
"Your art of war does have a lot of shortcomings, but there are still a lot of highlights, such as your skillful use of grenades, and your genius has created many different types of grenades, which are worthy of our admiration. ”
"And you attach great importance to civil engineering operations, we have carefully studied those individual pits on the Franco-Swiss border, and it is a miracle that we can complete such perfect individual defensive bunkers in such a short time, and there is no ...... in the entire European army that attaches importance to this kind of civil engineering."
"The standardized individual pits show that you have systematically trained these skills, which also shows that you actually have a set of thinking about the future war model, and I am not wrong about what I said, right?"
Xiao Letian looked at the iron-blooded prime minister in front of him, and suddenly felt that this was a devil who had insight into people's hearts, and it was not unreasonable for Prussia to win three battles and three victories in his hands.
Bismarck smiled and said to Xiao Letian, "You still have a lot of clues, didn't you visit the Volkeng shipyard six days ago? Have you forgotten what you said? How can you have so many secrets? Why do you have a mature ironclad design?"
"Pure ironclad ships, completely steam-powered, triple or double heavy guns, and you actually set up a rotating turret, and you asked for a one-piece custom flowering shell...... Tell me, do you have any experience in the Navy, or have you studied shipbuilding?"
Bismarck's eyes stared at Xiao Letian like a sharp sword, as if he wanted to read his heart, "I sometimes really have a delusion, I feel that you are not from this world, you seem to be a messenger sent by God......"
"Of course, this kind of thinking is ridiculous, I can only say that there is a mysterious team behind you that we can't find out at all, a think tank, they have already studied the changes in the shape of future wars, and even the changes in the world pattern, and everything you have done has exposed your heart, and you already have a set of mature plans......"
"There is no mistake, whether it is military, political, economic, or even scientific and technological development, you have your own set of judgments and plans. I always have the feeling that the future is unknown in our eyes, but in yours...... But at a glance, do you really know the prophet?"
Xiao Letian's cold sweat flowed down all of a sudden, and his back shirt was completely soaked.
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