In the Battle of the Alps, the Italian Old Guard faced the Tang Army, which was far superior to itself in terms of strength and equipment, and was not afraid, fought to the death, and suffered heavy casualties. Throughout the war, www.biquge.info Tang army rarely encountered such an enemy, and most of the opponents often collapsed as soon as the ground forces made contact after several rounds of air and artillery strikes. However, in the face of the Italian Old Guard, the mountain troops of the Tang Army, which were not heavy, tore through the defense line of the Old Guard, and the Old Guards came up again to entangle with the Tang Army, and the Tang Army continued to eliminate groups of Italian troops, and they were quite tired.

In the end, after seeing too many corpses, King Napoleon could not bear it, and announced that the Italian army had laid down its arms and surrendered to the Tang army, and he himself became another king among the Tang captives.

With Napoleon's capitulation, the resistance of the Italian army in various places also became weak. The incoming Don army gradually occupied the major cities on the Apennine Peninsula. Following the fall of Spain and France, Italy also became the ghost of the Tang Dynasty, and the fear of the Tang Dynasty throughout Europe also reached its peak at this moment. Increasingly, no one questions the question of who will win the war in the end.

The Tang Dynasty mobilized more than 5 million soldiers, and now it seems that the main role is actually used to maintain law and order in the occupying country, and most of the soldiers participated in no more than two battles in the entire war, and some of them did not even fire at the enemy from beginning to end.

The attitude of the Tang Dynasty has been very clear, Europe can no longer have its own voice, and the world order must be dominated by the Tang people. The British, Germans, and Russians all understood this, but it seemed that it would not be easy for them to give up like this.

It's just that no matter how they struggle in their hearts, Datang will still do what they have to do.

Due to the severe shortage of materials in the country, Britain is constantly squeezing the economic capacity of the Irish region, and the agricultural products produced in Ireland are forcibly requisitioned by British soldiers and brought to England to relieve the people there. However, Ireland itself was relatively poor, and immediately after being oppressed by the British, there was a severe famine. In just three months, tens of thousands of Irish people starved to death. The Irish have always had a strong anti-British complex, and after the British did such an angry thing, the Irish could not bear it at all.

And Datang also added a fire to Ireland.

In September 1816, the Tang army landed in the south of Ireland, because the British had long abandoned the defense of Ireland, and the local Irish troops had no intention of confronting the Tang Dynasty, so the Tang people occupied Dublin without much effort.

Compared with the bitter and unsympathetic British, the Tang people opened labor relief camps in Dublin and other places, and all Irish who were willing to serve the Tang army could receive subsistence rations and other living materials after being organized. Some Irish even enthusiastically expressed their desire to join the Tang Army and teach the British a hard lesson. However, the Tang Army does not need such volunteers now, for the Tang Dynasty, a relatively obedient Ireland is enough.

The fall of Ireland into the hands of the Don Army made the pressure on Britain even greater, but Britain still did not have much to do about it. British Prime Minister William Jr? Pitt repeatedly demanded peace talks with Datang without preconditions, while Datang President Hu Fakui insisted that Datang would not accept any conditions other than unconditional surrender and occupation.

But William Jr.? Pitt is not an idle person, at a time when King George III cannot handle government affairs, William Jr. Pitt basically held all the power in Britain. The House of Commons also counted on the Prime Minister to sign a peace treaty with the Tang Dynasty, but politicians still wanted to preserve the last dignity of Britain.

Pitt's tactics were very shady, and Pitt mobilized a large number of British civilians, distributed all the weapons that could be used to the British, and made a slogan - the United Kingdom will not accept any invaders to set foot on our homeland, and 20 million British subjects will defend the land with their blood and lives.

This means that the Tang army may land on the island of Britain, or it may beat the British army to the ground, but the Tang army will face 20 million hostile Anglos on the whole island, and they will do everything to make trouble for the Tang people, and it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to firmly occupy Britain.

The Tang Army had amassed more than 800,000 troops on the north coast of France and more than 300,000 in Ireland, and it was impossible for Britain to arm an army that could really rival the Tang Army's nearly 1.2 million troops. Not only is there a lack of weapons and ammunition due to the destruction of industry, but it is also difficult to gather all kinds of daily necessities, a large number of civilians are starving, and crimes are being committed in the streets and countryside.

Datang Defense Minister Xu Daorun said to President Hu Fakui: "In a country where basic needs are not met and morality has been decayed, it is impossible to expect people to use some illusory concepts to fight against an enemy who is a hundred times stronger than them. ”

Hu Fakui still somewhat agreed with Xu Daorun's statement, he nodded, but asked: "How much financial resources and how many losses will it cost us to launch such a landing operation against Britain?" ”

Xu Daorun replied: "You can refer to the situation of the Apennine landing, but the British defense is tighter and more resolute, although we can invest more strike force, but the expected losses will be greater than our losses in Italy, and the military expenditure of 200 million Tang Yuan is also in line with expectations." ”

Hu Fakui still nodded, he thought for a while, and then said: "We have been fighting this war for more than a year, although our losses are very limited compared to our enemies, and there is not much pressure in the country, but including ordinary people, and our soldiers, are tired of such a war, aren't they?" These are some boring enemies, but we need to be patient to deal with them one by one, and if this continues, Britain will be followed by Germany, Russia, and a bunch of second-rate small countries, and it will be very troublesome to fight one by one. ”

Xu Daorun listened to Hu Fakui's seemingly calm speech, but a light burst out in his eyes, Hu Fakui is definitely not a good stubble compared to Bai Nan, which many people know. He looked at Hu Fakui and asked cautiously, "So, activate the 'Final Trial Plan'?" ”

Hu Fakui smiled slightly and said, "It's almost this time, after all, the armory we spent so much money to build is not simply made to expire after its service period. (To be continued.) )