When Hong Tiancheng tested the power of the Miney rifle, King Louis XIV of France also got the results he wanted, and with the full support of the Kingdom of France, French military experts used the obtained 12-pound mountain howitzer shrapnel to successfully imitate it.

The stability of the shrapnel imitated by the French is not as stable as the original load, but it is also equivalent to the early mature flowering bomb, which has been proved in experiments that it can be applied to actual combat.

The Anti-Han League did not have much time to waste, and naturally it could not improve and correct the stability problem of the flowering bomb little by little.

In the anti-Han alliance, Louis XIV used the imitation of the flowering bomb technology to exchange a large amount of financial support with his allies, making up for the financial deficit caused by the large-scale expansion of the French Kingdom.

In addition, the export of flowering technology also gave Louis XIV a political advantage, and the Spanish Habsburgs in the anti-Han alliance had tacitly acquiesced to the Kingdom of France as the leader of this alliance.

After the successful imitation of the flowering bomb, the offensive time of the anti-Han alliance was delayed again, and the countries of the anti-Han alliance began to manufacture imitation flowering bombs in large quantities for use in the next war.

Sometimes, science and technology only lie in a source of inspiration, the invention of many things, only in a thought, the blossom shell is actually a special hollow shell with a fuse, through the explosion of black powder, the small metal device or shrapnel in the shell is dispersed, killing and injuring the enemy, the stability is extremely poor, and it is very dangerous.

This is the reason why the French succeeded in copying it, and they continued to have accidents, and they were able to blow up their own people during experiments, so you can imagine how low the security on the battlefield was!

However, no matter how low the security is, it will not make the generals of various countries ignore the efficient lethality of the flowering shell to the infantry, and the person hit by the flowering bullet may not die, but will definitely lose its combat effectiveness, and this is enough!

Because of the success of the imitation of the flowering shell, the offensive originally scheduled for the middle of 1666 was again delayed for a whole year.

This is not a big problem for the anti-Han League, but it costs more money, and it can also use a year of peace to train more line infantry.

But for Bavaria and other member states of the German Confederation, each with its own evil intentions, it is a catastrophic consequence!

The Mini rifle given by the all-out war system can be directly used in actual combat, and Hong Tiancheng can start the war as long as he prepares the logistics materials needed for the war after a simple reorganization.

It's just that the perennial war of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has long overdrawn its national strength, and although it has grabbed a large amount of materials through foreign wars, it also takes a certain amount of time to digest.

At this moment, Zhang Juzheng found Hong Tiancheng alone.

"Your Majesty the Heavenly King, the ministers don't dare to say much about the war, but this time they are facing the anti-Han alliance united by the entire European continent, with the military strength under your majesty's control, once you win a comprehensive victory, how does your majesty plan to deal with the anti-Han alliance?"

After Hong Tiancheng heard this, he couldn't help but fall into silence, all he was thinking about before was how to defeat the opponent, the comprehensive strength of the anti-Han alliance was too strong, and it was not something that could be shaken in a short period of time, but after having the main force of the Mini rifle array, Hong Tiancheng was confident that he was already very close to the goal of victory, not to mention that with the support of the all-out war system, it was completely possible to nourish the war with war.

However, what do you do when you win?

Even if he wants to occupy the entire European continent, Hong Tiancheng doesn't have enough troops!

In the course of the rise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the long-term law and order war has buried tens of thousands of Taiping soldiers, according to past experience, even if it bursts out with double military strength, it will not be able to truly occupy the entire European continent!

After all, Hong Tiancheng's throne and position are quite incompatible in the eyes of European countries, and there is no sense of identity at all!

Now Hong Tiancheng can control these territories, completely relying on the war step by step, even so, there are still a large number of regular troops of the Taiping Army stationed on the territory for a long time, and even the relatively clean territory of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has the Kiev Guard Division and the Warsaw Guard Independent Regiment, a total of more than 15,000 troops to defend it.

On the other hand, the Cossack United Emirate and the Russian Empire, because of the integrity of their independence and sovereignty, did not need to be guarded by Hong Tiancheng, and they could also help the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to keep the enemy out of the country.

In contrast, it is clear which is better and which is inferior......

This is why Hong Tiancheng allowed Czechoslovakia and Hungary to keep their own countries when he treated them.

A simple and crude direct occupation will not work, at least for the time being, it will be unattainable for Hong Tiancheng, so what needs to be done after the fight is down?

Hong Tiancheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he was silent for a long time against the map of Europe, and then said: "Depending on the situation of the war, we can allow the weak countries to continue to exist, and resist the stubborn countries, but we must greatly weaken or even directly send troops to occupy them, following the examples of the Kingdom of Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of Hungary." ”

"Your Majesty, can you tell us about the countries? The subordinates had to prepare in advance, now that the country's stall is big, many places need to be prepared in advance, otherwise, it will be like the current German Confederation, obviously we have an absolute advantage, and there are still a large number of rebels who have left Germany secretly! ”

"Well, you're right." Hong Tiancheng recalled the poor historical knowledge he had learned in his mind, combined with the current sphere of influence of the countries on the European map, and calmly analyzed:

"The Kingdom of France, as the leader of the anti-Han alliance, must be completely weakened after the war, and even if we cannot directly send troops to occupy it, we must dismember the Kingdom of France as much as possible.

The Habsburgs of Spain looked up to the performance of Leopold I of Austria, and if Leopold I had been willing to swear allegiance to me, the Habsburgs would have survived.

As for the countries of the Italian peninsula, the direct occupation of troops means that with the fighting power of the Italians, even if there is a popular uprising, there is no need to worry.

The Nordic countries, leave it to the Russian Empire, where the environment is too harsh, and it is not close to the mainland, so it is inconvenient for us to control.

This part of Central Europe, as much as possible, should be integrated into the German Confederation, which will be the direct territory of the future Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers don't understand one thing, the Italian Peninsula is very far away from the Heavenly Continent, and if we directly send troops to occupy it for a long time after the war, I'm afraid we will be powerless."

"Hehe, Zhang Juzheng, you overestimate the Italians, they are very good at making noodles, but their ability to fight is only used for fun."