"Dear Colonel, I wish our army had some kind of armor against that kind of steel crossbow...... According to later statistics, the serfs with crossbows were the most killed and injured soldiers......"

Colonel Wang Ding shook his head when he saw this, it was obvious that this guy's way of thinking about problems was still European, and he did not fully understand the characteristics of the army of the Federal Empire......

The military uniform of the Federal Empire has no armor and does not need it at all!

What we need is a fierce and precise strike in the medium and long range, and who will fight the opponent face to face like a beast?!

Besides, if it's just a plot, a sharpened wooden stick can kill people just as well, so how do you defend yourself?!

The bayonets of the Imperial army were used only when they were last resort...... Colonel Wang Ding clearly remembered that Bao Wei, the supreme commander of the Imperial Army, once said: If any officer does not use bullets, he prefers soldiers to charge with bayonets...... I'll give him a dagger and let him fight the tiger!"

This is, of course, an angry statement, but if something similar is found in the battle report, then the commander will be dismissed on the spot...... This is an undoubted sanction!

The guy who wrote the report was obviously not from an aristocratic background, so he was a small citizen in the first place...... He may not be able to understand the difference between plate armor, scale armor, and chain mail and the defensive capabilities, and even the history of the evolution of armor is confused, and there are many misstatements...... But none of that matters.

He will at least think of his own federal empire army from other people's battles, and rush to this point, and when he comes back, he will definitely give him credit!

Prisoners of war were also mentioned in that report.

The defeated army may not be as good as the organized civilians and peasants.

The Count of Quy is indeed of great fame and is very popular with the people...... In many places, people spontaneously organized themselves to stop Philip IV's army.

They finally counted the number of prisoners...... In total, more than 800 knights were captured, and more than 60 of them had knighthoods.

There were about 2,700 cavalry and more than 5,000 infantry.

Of the 30,000 troops that Philip IV managed to muster, less than half fled back.

This is a rare major loss in the western part of Europe!

Count Quy burst into tears of excitement, he kept his territory!!

The people of Flanders were also in high spirits, and they were finally not being squeezed by the guy who was always collecting taxes like crazy.

Perhaps only a few nobles who secretly supported Philip IV were depressed, and they did not expect this to be the end of the day.

The Count of Quy was wealthy enough, but his military strength was not comparable to that of Philip IV...... Isn't there any common sense in this world?!

Later, they heard that they had won the war because they had bought Oriental weapons from Eastern arms dealers...... So they also devoted their energies to the so-called Eastern arms merchants.

The Count of Quy feasted his guests in his own home.

Many nobles had to attend, each with their own thoughts, some genuinely happy for Count Quy, and some happy on the surface but uncomfortable in their hearts...... However, they all took the initiative to contact the so-called Oriental arms dealers from the East who spoke with an Orleans accent.

The guy couldn't get busy for a while, and his face turned red with excitement.

But he knew in his heart that the respect and enthusiasm he received were actually given to him by the Federal Empire!

At this banquet, he became the second protagonist after the Count of Quy.

In fact, the report he sent was followed by a number of matters that Count Quy wished to cooperate with the Lesser Governor of Liberty Island...... For these, Colonel Wang Ding was not interested.

He hurriedly asked people to send this report to the Governor of the Second Junior Governor.

After reading the letter, Colonel Wang Ding felt quite uneasy and enthusiastic.

He doesn't need a division, as long as he is given a mixed regiment of various arms, he is confident that he will defeat all the kingdoms on the European land one by one!

And not here to watch others fight!!

But...... He had to change his mind in his heart, he could only use the method of killing and burying, could he still use the methods of Tatar robbers, to rob, to massacre, to rape?!

Even if he wins outright...... And what is the benefit of the Federal Empire?!

Colonel Wang Ding became excited, and simply informed his officers to go to the shooting range to practice revolver marksmanship...... I can only find a 50-meter target to vent the fire!

The second half of the report was of great interest.

As it turned out, he was right in secretly supporting the choice of Count Quy, and the man was indeed a man with a business spirit.

Europeans were not all barbarians like Philip IV, but more business-minded than Edward I the long-legged.

Obviously, the guy sent by Colonel Wang Ding was very caring, and he must have had a deep conversation with Count Qu Yi, and he had a very close relationship.

Because, that fellow, even the little things that Count Quy liked to wear silk robes, wear Oriental moccasins, and eat Oriental-style fluffy bread.

Moreover, the Count of Quy would not have known in such detail the technical characteristics of Liberty Island, as well as the basic situation in the Nankai region.

The Count of Quy wanted the two sides to have more ties in the sugar and salt industries, as well as in the spice industry.

He generously set aside a four-square-kilometer piece of saline land for Liberty Island in Port Flanders for no charge, and offered to provide building materials and plasterers and stonemasons to help develop and build ...... As long as the Minor Governor can bear the general costs and labor costs.

In return, he hoped to have access to oriental-style sugar beet seeds and the technology to grow and extract sugar...... It is best to buy a larger piece of land suitable for growing dry land in the Nankai area.

Count Quy could also provide a large number of free peasants, the gender and age of which could be determined by the Lesser Governor of Liberty Island.

Of course, they do not have long-distance transport capabilities now, and hope that Liberty Island will be able to dispatch sea vessels.

Seeing this, the little second governor smiled, he put down the report and looked at the world map, and immediately found the Flanders region located in the northeast of the Kingdom of France, which seems to be only suitable for growing wheat, oats and the like, and not very suitable for growing sugar beets.

He drew a circle there with a bronze colored pen.

Colonel Wang Ding sent a good guy...... He also knows where to grow sugar beets.

Beets prefer places with a large temperature difference between day and night, which will greatly increase the sugar content in the rhizome.

This business cooperation or exchange is very fair, and there is nothing to find fault with.

White sugar, sea salt, and spices are in infinite demand on the European continent today...... They differed from goods such as silk and porcelain, and could only be purchased and used by the aristocracy.

However, the guy who sent out may have only been engaged in agricultural training when he was in military training, and he did not mention the industries that were more needed...... Cotton cultivation and weaving!

Cotton requires far more labor than grain and oilseeds, especially in the process of picking and finishing cotton, which requires far more manpower than harvesting wheat...... Spinning and weaving are not counted in it.

It would be great if Count Quy could provide a large number of qualified peasants.

He imagined the excitement of Director Huang Poluo......

The Count of Quy was clearly interested in the Eastern methods of salt production...... However, his realm does not apply.

The best place to dry salt is the Liberty Island islands...... You'll have to buy ours......

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