It was only after the complete surrender of Louis XIII that he discovered that the attacking French army, including the reinforcements that arrived at daybreak, was only about 20,000 men. It would have been unthinkable for such a force to destroy the royal city defended by three times the number of troops in just one night with their own preparations.

After finally seeing Xiao Xuan silent for a long time, Louis XIII finally said: "The empire of the East is so powerful, but I don't know that in the past one or two thousand years, it seems that it has never reached Europe with prestige... Oh, Great Emperor, this is only a doubt about the strength of your army, and it does not mean to detract from the civilization of the East... ”

After continuous battles, although the Volunteer Left Army led by Xiao Xuan still has decent quality, Xiao Xuan also understands that at this time, he must go through about two or three days of rest to be able to recover his combat effectiveness in the real sense, so he said half-truthfully but seriously: "You are also a king, you must also understand some truths." The East is a large country, with twice the white population of the entire Protestant and Catholic spectrum. The arable land of the East, however, is far from the potential of Christendom, even though the availability of some high-yielding cereal crops does not make up for the gap. At the same time, the East is a country with many mountains and few plains. It's just that in the previous history, because of the lack of culture and education and even the lack of reverence for imperial power under the influence of the subjects of insufficient cultural publications, few emperors in the East dared to fully let the tens of thousands of people around them have been selected and trained to become elite samurai. If that is the case, it is easy for the elite soldiers who have their own force to rebel against them. However, since the spread and popularization of movable type printing in the German states, everything has changed. The local powers and officials in the East also wanted a strong monarch with enough military and military power to conquer the world and bring enough benefits. At the same time, because of the size of the state and society, a strong monarch may not necessarily pose a fundamental threat to local interests, but will also greatly reduce the danger of war and the burden of war preparedness, so that a king like me can test the bravest men with the support of the powerful from all over the world, or by shooting the targets on the heads of the young and strong. Let people choose the bravest warriors by volunteering to fight without much reward, and in this case training in explosives, archery, etc., at any cost. Isn't it normal for a powerful force born in this way to have a clear combat superiority over the armed forces of Christendom in this era? As I marched through the countryside, I saw the wealth of the people of France, which was far different from that of some other places. But perhaps it is for this reason that there is a marked lack of courage in your army compared to the Russians or Poles that I have ever encountered, the courage to fight to the death against the enemy... ”

Xiao Xuan, of course, did not want to tell the truth, nor did he want the French to understand that the combat effectiveness of their army was only due to the mobilization brought about by the social revolution. The fighting power brought about by the revolution lacks durability in the eyes of those who have a little brain. Because people have high and low IQs, and even various contradictions, the combat effectiveness brought about by the social revolution often only has a short shelf life, which obviously gives people wrong expectations. However, if it comes from the combat effectiveness brought about by national strength and training, it is completely different. Xiao Xuan's interpretations are undoubtedly convincing. Louis XIII also felt the kind of confidence that Xiao Xuan had.

"What do you want for this expedition? If you are to rule the West, it is not destined to last long ... ”

Xiao Xuan thought for a moment, but decided to tell a lie: "Of course, the west is too far away from the mainland in the east. If rule is established here, there will undoubtedly be a greater threat to a regime of the same kind. But if you, the French, who are accustomed to a unified regime like the East, bring in the rule of Western Europe, and the Russians or the Turks rule Eastern Europe on their behalf, it will be completely different. Here's how: you order your troops to regroup and attack the Dutch territory, not necessarily the bastions, or the methods I give you how to deal with the Dutch bastions. First lead a large army to contain the Dutch in the north. After our troops had finished recuperating and the follow-up troops began to arrive in a steady stream, they completely swept away the Spaniards to the south. Of course, you can ignore my advice, and after the main force of our army has moved south, we will still gather forces and prepare to unite the various forces of Western Europe to deal with such infidels as our army first, so that the army I lead will be able to confront you in a field battle that is more conducive to giving full play to its own advantages... ”

Xiao Xuan seems to be lying on a large scale for the first time, but because he has been prepared for a long time, he doesn't seem to have revealed any important flaws. In Xiao Xuan's view, if industrial resources are not considered only from agricultural resources, France is the heart of the whole Europe. Historically, the German states and France were divided into two civilizations, but under a unified colonial order, this division would not exist. Paris should undoubtedly be at the heart of the Western European order.

During the Korean War, the U.S. and South Korean armies won a gun-to-bullet loss ratio of about 1:1 by virtue of their advantages such as combat service, more prominent troop sources, concentrated night-vision rifle carbines, and more vehicle-mounted firepower (17% of the casualties were killed or injured by guns, 27% of the U.S. military's statistics, and the loss ratio between the North and the South was about 2:3)

But during the Vietnam War, it was likely to revert back to the point of obvious losses. The Vietnamese army's stronger training, SVD's narrowing of the gap with the U.S. military, the reduction of the gap in gun automation, and the decline in the awareness of the U.S. military may all be important reasons.

During the intensive phase of the Iraq War from 2003 to 2006, the causes of death caused by small firearm attacks and "unknown weapon" attacks each accounted for about 10% of the deaths of the US military, and it is very likely that the enemy sniper factor in the cause of death exceeded the sum of the Iraqi armed aircraft and rifles. However, it is difficult to find examples of the US military losing more clearly in gunfights than in direct engagements. Even if Fallujah takes into account the difference in the ratio of heavy weapons and divides it by 4, it is at least a 1:1 loss ratio.

During the main phase of the Iraq war in 2003, about 10% of US casualties came from grenades

Only about 1.5% of U.S. casualties in World War II came from grenades, compared to 9% in the Korean War

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