The moment she lowered her head, Qianhua found the ill-intentioned grasshopper on her neckline.

"Are you still alive?"

The grasshopper was speechless.

"What's the point of living a few more days?"

While whispering to himself, the grasshopper had already separated its head, brown blood and disgusting smell, and the sky was gloomy and lovely.

Coming here, staying here, becoming a Duchess, the absurd reality, has long been unimportant.

Importantly......

"Grasshoppers after autumn."

Chika smiled to herself - smiled at her boredom.

The book I wanted to read was almost finished, and the outline of this new world was shaped like a plaster in my mind, history was turned upside down, and the world world world changed course, and the future here implied the possibility of ideals, at least, it was possible that it was more valuable than the beautiful new world of the powerful and wealthy people.

So what? What does it have to do with you?

Falling leaves, red leaves, autumn moaning.

The splendor of spring and summer is now in an irrepressible decline...... That person is also ......

The best way to get revenge on him is to lure him to the road to hell, but what does that road to hell look like?

As long as he finds a way to become his closest person, sooner or later he will find the entrance to that road, and when the time comes, he only needs to gently push from behind......

There are more meaningful things than that, but there is nothing more meaningful today.

"Miss, the master told you to go to the study......" Xiao Ling, a maid in a black dress and a white apron, whispered from the side.

"Here it is."

When he got up, Qianhua stomped on the grasshopper's corpse.

Poor grasshopper......

Tianjin, Imperial Naval University, First Higher Teaching and Research Department.

On the blackboard hung a huge map, the right side of the map was marked "French Indochina Military Map", and the map was already marked with large and small arrows.

Under the podium, everyone was sitting precariously, and on the podium, a lieutenant colonel staff officer wearing a golden tassel belt on his chest was talking.

"The purpose of this campaign is to occupy the whole of French Indochina and to annex it directly or restore its former vassal states, in order to expand the influence of the Empire in Southeast Asia and to further improve the defense situation of the Empire...... The operation should have been launched in the last three years.

"The first batch of troops to be mobilized: In terms of the navy, the first task force in the South China Sea should be organized, including 4 warships, 4 large patrols, 12 light cruisers, 24 destroyers, 10 gunboats and 10 transport ships, in addition to requisitioning at least 30,000 tons of civilian ships, all four brigades of the Marine Corps should be mobilized; For the army, at least two standing divisions should be assembled on the borders of Guangxi and Yunnan, and at least four brigades should be assembled along the coast of Guangdong for sea transport. There are more than 220,000 warships and 20 brigades of land combat units. ”

"The second batch of troops that need to be used: In terms of the navy, the main force of the Zhenyang Fleet should be assembled and integrated into the main force to prepare for a decisive battle at sea, and some auxiliary ships should remain in the First Task Force of the Nanyang to undertake patrol support tasks, and a number of civilian ships should be recruited according to the situation; On the ground side, one standing division should be assembled on the border of Guangxi and Yunnan, and four brigades should be assembled along the coast for sea transport, totaling 10 brigades and 110,000 men. ”

"In the first phase of the operation, the First Task Force should destroy the French Far East Fleet as soon as possible, and ensure the landing of the Marines in Haiphong and Da Nang. At the same time, the main force of the army should advance from Lang Son, Cao Binh, Lao Cai and other places, seek opportunities to destroy the main force of the French army, and sweep away the ...... in northern Vietnam as soon as possible."

"In the second phase of the operation, the main force of the Zhenyang Fleet should intercept and destroy the French reinforcement fleet, after which the Marine Corps and Army detachments should quickly seize the remaining ports of French Indochina with the support of the Navy, and use the ports as a supply base to cooperate with the main force of the army moving south to disintegrate the remnants of the enemy and occupy the entire French Indochina ......"

"The above are the main points of this simulated combat plan...... Please comment. ”

As soon as the staff officer on the podium finished speaking, a staff officer in the front row stood up suddenly: "The interference of the great powers should be taken into account. ”

"You can consider co-opting Siam as an ally, and Siam also hopes to recover the land that was ceded by France."

"The uprising of the indigenous people should also be taken into account, after all, the collapse of Vietnam is only a matter of recent years."

"The strength of the French Navy is not to be underestimated!"

……

The people in front spoke generously, but the generals sitting in the back row talked about it privately.

"As far as combat is concerned, there is no big problem with such a plan, there is a Russian precedent there, the possibility of a French naval expedition with a focus on the Mediterranean Sea is not very likely, and the righteousness of helping the Indochinese countries to restore their country must also be echoed by the locals, and we have an absolute advantage in terms of land forces...... The point is the consequences of the war, and Europe will be in trouble if it is forced to unite against our country. ”

The person who said this was the newly promoted admiral Viscount Liu Buyun, who wore a snow-white military uniform with gilded borders and a boat-shaped hat decorated with feathers today, and looked very energetic.

"This time, I heard that the European Bank Syndicate actually has a stake in the United Kingdom...... It is rare for most of Europe to unite to save Russia, and we should always be prepared for war, and the government should not be hot-headed. ”

The newly promoted admiral, Baron Lin Taizeng, replied that, in fact, the naval hero of the Asian-Russian War has always been known for his prudence.

"How about proxy wars?" A term suddenly popped out of the mouth of the newly promoted Vice Admiral Yan Fu.

"Proxy war?" Some people are puzzled.

"If we directly occupy and rule French Indochina, we will inevitably lose our righteous name and become colonists and oppressors no different from France, so our goal should be to establish a pro-imperial Indochina three, which have a long history and have their own cultural heritage, as long as they are agitated, organized, trained and supported to promote the development of the restoration movement in the three countries, and even the outbreak of national uprisings, our country can not send a single soldier and stop supporting them with guns and guns, in the final analysis, we can also achieve the goal of independence of the three countries."

"Rather than relying on such a proxy war, it is better to fight another 'self-defense counterattack war' after the outbreak of the war, under the pretext that France has increased its troops on the border and plotted against it, without the intervention of our regular army, the proxy war in Indo-China is likely to fall into a protracted state, and it is easy to leave room for interference by other countries." Rear Admiral Sa Zhenbing, the current deputy chief of the Naval Staff, retorted.

Lin Tai once held the teacup and shook his head: "In any case, if we stretch out our hands to other powers immediately after fighting Russia, the European and American countries will think that we are too belligerent, especially the European and American colonies around French Indochina. ”

Liu Buyun smiled coldly: "After all, the war against France is still a castle in the air, but the little guy on the side of the army is clamoring to tear up the peace treaty all day long, saying that if you want to fight Europe in one go, if you really let them agree, the empire will never be at peace." ”

"Ahh

In a certain classroom of the Imperial Army University, Colonel Liu Yangbo, the commander of the 4th Cavalry Regiment who created the "Yablonovo Miracle" and who is also a visiting lecturer at the Army University, sneezed heavily.

"I'm sorry about the weather......

After apologizing, the terrifying-looking hero straightened his collar and continued his speech through gritted teeth: "...... Russia is in the midst of a revolution from which it will never recover, and every city is on strike, marching and uprising! The country could collapse at any moment, and then the European powers would not hesitate to chop it up and eat it! If we don't take advantage of this opportunity to get a big piece of the pie, we will definitely regret it in the future! Ladies and gentlemen, Siberia is bitterly cold, but who knows what lies beneath this land? Maybe there was oil, maybe there was coal, maybe there was iron ore, but four or five hundred years ago, wasn't the United States a barren land now? What is the peace covenant, as long as it is beneficial to the country, it can go to war at any time, can a piece of paper stop the millions of heroes in my empire? Ladies and gentlemen, Russia has less than a quarter of our population, but it claims to have an army of 3.5 million, and if our country conscripts according to Russian standards, it can form an army of 15 million people, and it is not impossible to level Europe! Genghis Khan is also beyond reach! Now is the moment of truth! The peace treaty has just been signed, the Russian side has relaxed its vigilance, and our army has not yet withdrawn from its positions, so it is natural to take this opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Russian army in one go, and then pursue the remnants of the enemy day and night with a large force of cavalry as the pioneer, or follow the example of the battle of Yablonovo, seize the key passes with elite detachments, and desperately volley to achieve the situation of encirclement......"

"In addition to the military, it is still possible to provide arms and money to the Russian revolutionaries, especially to support the rebel armies of Finland, Poland, and the Caucasus, so that they can contain the Russian army as much as possible, and the Russian civil war is the great benefit of our country! Now that our army and the allied forces have a total of 1,750,000 troops available in the theater of operations, we should immediately use this strong force to advance the whole army westward to the Ural Mountains, occupy the eastern and northern parts of Asia, and occupy the largest area on the earth! The land occupied, the province of the construction bank, the establishment of a vassal state, there is a precedent of the Yuan Dynasty to follow......"

Speaking of this, Liu Yangbo unfolded a large map that had already been drawn in a colorful manner and sandwiched it on the flip chart line above the blackboard.

"This is my battle plan! The Eastern and Western Fronts merged with the Mongol Front, and the new formation was formed into a three-way army, supplemented by the North and South Routes, each with two reinforced field armies, and the middle route as the main one, with six reinforced field armies, together with reserves, a total of 1.5 million people, to flank the enemy on the Baikal side and ensure the annihilation of the enemy's main force, and then the whole army launched a rapid advance along both sides of the railway line...... After the capture of Teshet, the main force went west to Novosibirsk, and the Southern Route Army took Barnaul to the southwest, striving to join forces with the Northwest Front advancing north......"

The enthusiastic officers and students clenched their fists when they listened, and everyone was immersed in the majestic reverie brought by the red arrows, and the world world became very small here...... A world that can be conquered with only a red pencil......