Chapter Thirty-Nine: Final Decision, Final Battle
"Has Your Majesty woken up?"
In the Yongtai Palace, after the end of the meeting, Yang Qi and Meng Gu looked at Zhu Shoufu with a bitter face.
Zhu Shoufu sighed lowly.
"I woke up, but I was in a coma intermittently, and I couldn't see anything at all."
He replied in a low voice, adding a trace of unspeakable sadness to the faces of the two important ministers of the Emperor [***].
"You guys......"
Zhu Shoufu looked at the two of them, and even glanced at Yang Qi a few more times, he looked at Yang Qi reproachfully, and shook his head helplessly.
"Yang Guogong, can't you let Your Majesty be a little more angry? At this time, I also went to quarrel with de Gaulle, can you quarrel with the result? Don't you know that Your Majesty has been overwhelmed by the war reports ahead? ”
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"How do I know...... I just don't like that de Gaulle, if he hadn't been blindly commanded in the early stage, the Western Continent would not have been so defeated, and the empire would not have lost blood for them. Relying on the fact that he is a star to dictate everything, it is really ...... I really didn't know it would happen. ”
Yang Qi lowered his head, like a schoolboy who had done something wrong, and he muttered lowly.
"I understand your feelings, in fact, that de Gaulle did like to take power. But now that he has learned to be smart, don't worry about his previous mistakes. Especially now is not the time for a war of wills, the Far North is in danger, the Empire is in danger, and humanity is in danger. ”
Zhu Shoufu said bitterly.
Meng Gu nodded, and also looked at Yang Qi reproachfully: "Moreover, old Yang, it's not the old brother who said you." No matter what, we have to think about the present first, as the deputy chief of the military department, you must not only look at the front line and look at the army, but also look at the empire and look at the overall vision of everyone. ”
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"yes......"
Zhu Shoufu suddenly sighed when he heard this.
"Your Majesty is such a person, but he is too ......"
He whispered.
"You know what? For more than two years, Your Majesty hasn't had a good night's sleep, and I'm still only worried about the political axe, and Chief Meng is only in charge of military affairs. But Your Majesty has to take care of even if the food grows too little and grows more, and which soldier dies again. He's exhausted himself......"
He sighed faintly.
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"yes...... Otherwise, the first emperor would not have chosen His Majesty to ascend the throne - His Royal Highness King Qi is a star, and His Majesty is only a star until now. ”
Meng Gu also sighed lowly.
"The question is what do we do now?" He looked at Zhu Shoufu again.
Zhu Shoufu sighed and shook his head: "Your Majesty needs to recuperate, the doctor said that in the short term, you can't let him worry about state affairs, at least let him recuperate for a while." Otherwise, Your Majesty may be in danger. The empire has sacrificed enough, and if it loses His Majesty, I am afraid it will be even more unsustainable. ”
"Now, let the eldest prince temporarily regent the country - among His Majesty's preferred successors, there are only three princes and the eldest prince, and the three princes cannot be separated lightly on the front line, and only the eldest prince is left."
Zhu Shoufu thought about it and said.
"Well...... It's good. Meng Gu nodded with a deep groan.
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"Your joint meeting is over? What is the result? ”
Zhu Shoufu asked again.
"What else can it do?" Yang Qi said indignantly.
"Barely squeezed 100,000 people into us, just a drop in the bucket. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the group of people in the Shang Alliance, I estimate that it is probably even more unbearable than that of the Western Continent. What if it ......," he said in a low voice.
"It doesn't matter if we die, but what about so many people who see us as the Great Wall? What about our children? ”
He looked up, and his eyes were full of unwillingness.
"There's no way, the battle situation is like this, what can I do?" Meng Gu let out a long sigh.
"But we ...... I really can't hold on, the front line is really dangerous! ”
Yang Qi said in a low voice.
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"Hold on, you can only hope for someone to be faster......"
Meng Gu smiled bitterly: "I can't imagine that we have just competed with the barbarians to see who won faster, and now, we have to compete with them again...... But Lao Yang, de Gaulle's strategy this time is indeed correct, and I guess it is not that he is blindly commanding, but the idea given to him by the two little guys in the Western Continent - in the case that the early war has been eroded to this point, and Longer is so cunning that he has used everything that can be used, we cannot afford to delay, this is a major premise. ”
"We can only continue to maintain the front if reinforcements are coming, but on the Western Continent, what if there is really no reinforcements?"
He said in a low voice, and looked at Yang Qi even more, with a look of persuasion on his face.
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"But I really don't believe them."
Yang Qi nodded with a bitter look on his face.
"Me too......" Meng Gu sighed again: "So, for the sake of the overall situation, if you can give them more chips, let them have more chips......
He sighed faintly: "Old Yang, don't worry so much. Think of your compatriots, think of your children. Go back to the front line, lead the sons, and one more day is a day......"
"I'm really unwilling......"
Yang Qi's eyes were full of unwillingness, he sighed lowly, but in the end he could only nod helplessly.
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"Sir, is this really good?"
On the returning fighter plane, Gianna also looked at de Gaulle with a worried face.
"The Huaxia people are really in trouble this time, the Fifth Legion Garoner, I'm afraid this is not one plus one in the east. And they have always been inferior forces. We...... It really doesn't have to ...... Is it really so reassuring to them? ”
"Didn't you give them a hundred thousand? They can. De Gaulle's face was also extremely hesitant, but in the end he nodded heavily.
"Why?" Gianna asked.
"Because that's all it takes......"
De Gaulle sighed lowly.
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"Don't you know about General Saar's military analysis? Most of what he said was right, although Longer is gone, it is likely that he has also left a back hand on our side, and we have to guard against it. Moreover, we only have such a chance, since Long'er, who will win if he fights slowly, dare to fight, and we will die if we continue to fight, why don't we dare to fight? ”
"And, what do you think of the performance of the Chinese during World War I?"
He suddenly looked at Gianna strangely.
"This ...... Indescribable, unimaginable. Gianna groaned, but finally shook her head slowly.
"Yes, this is the Chinese people."
De Gaulle smiled bitterly.
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"They have always been a people who are good at creating miracles, especially good at the explosion of power in desperate situations. Yes, every time they face a desperate situation, they will always explode with several times their strength, unbelievable power, and this is the real reason why they rose in World War I! ”
"I sometimes even think that there must be something in the soul of this nation that we don't have, and that is incomparably powerful."
Charles de Gaulle exclaimed with admiration.
"yes...... In the last war, the performance of the Chinese people was really ......"
Gianna's eyes also showed a strong look of reverence: "No one expected that they would turn over, but they also saved us, maybe the barbarians also valued them because of this characteristic......"
She muttered.
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"Yes......"
De Gaulle also nodded, and a trace of remorse suddenly appeared in his face.
"Actually, in this war, it is indeed us who have dragged down the Chinese people......"
He sighed lowly.
"Our people don't have their unyielding civilization, and they don't have a little blood. And we, at the beginning, too...... A little arrogant. If we lose this war, we may be very responsible, and we will have nine points. The Chinese people are at most responsible for being human beings...... As for me...... I'm probably a lot of weight in the nine. ”
A slight hint of embarrassment appeared on his face.
"But your Excellency, that's all in the past, aren't they? It's not too late for us to make amends. Gianna thought about it, but said comfortingly.
"But...... Chinese ...... I finally understand now that the Huaxia people bullied the Shang Alliance, but we will only turn a blind eye - if it were me, I would rather fight with Longer and the barbarians than fight with Huaxia. ”
A hint of solemnity appeared in her face, and she said.
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"Yes."
De Gaulle sighed: "Otherwise, do you think that several generations of the presidents of the alliance in peacetime had such a good temper and did not give birth to the idea of teaching a lesson to the Chinese people?" Maybe it's for what you said at the beginning, in order to show respect and repentance. ”
"But on the other hand, it's really not that you don't want to, but that you don't dare." He said with a low sigh.
"If you want me to say, those stupid Shang League people deserve those lessons-large-scale robbery of the refugees of the Chinese Empire? Looking for death? And you can see if you look at their performance at the front, they have the combat effectiveness of one army or even only one of our divisions, and this is still a situation when they are extremely dependent on us for obedience. ”
"I think their blood has been tarnished by those short-sighted natives of the South Seas who only have wealth and profit in their eyes!"
Gianna nodded suddenly, and said with some disgust.
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"Maybe...... But my general, let's get back to business. ”
De Gaulle also nodded, looking at the female general in front of him with great anticipation.
"We can't afford to waste the sacrifices of the Chinese people anymore, without them in front, we may be doomed. Now, it is time to cherish the power of our precious and powerful allies, whose blood has also been shed for humanity to the point that it can barely be shed anymore. ”
"When the reinforcements from the Shang Alliance arrive, General Gianna, you will work with General Sal to command the final assault battle! This time, I want a decisive battle, a decisive battle that must be won! When the time comes, I will be the first to charge for you, and if you are lucky enough to come back alive, and if you are more fortunate enough to win, I will personally celebrate your achievements! ”
"If we win...... The winner is king, and later history may not record the efforts of the Chinese people, but it will definitely record our victory! The Union needs this! The West Continent needs this! All Western Continents need this! ”
"Our hundreds of millions of sacrificed people are looking at us, looking at us with suspicion - we must not be compared to the Chinese people this time! Do you understand? ”
He said passionately.
"Yes, Your Excellency, I will use all my strength and do what I can! If you don't win, you won't give up! ”
Gianna nodded solemnly, and she replied generously. (To be continued.) )