757 West Wind Flame (3)

"It's the New Year!"

On the street, I don't know who shouted this voice, the city of Beijing seemed to be alarmed by this sound, the child saw that the adults didn't pay attention, quietly opened the red paper envelope, quietly removed a few grains from the coiled firecrackers, secretly stuffed into the pocket and laughed with the friends, ran to the depths of the alley, and after a while, there was a crackling sound. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

After passing through the alley, there is the post office, and the long queue of people almost fills the entire street.

"Third brother, you are ......."

"Hehe, for the New Year, I'm going to send a telegram to my second child to make him feel at ease."

"Little Er, I'm watching grow up now, clever! I remember being a soldier, right? ”

"yes, it's Citigroup."

"Hehe, you're all old calendars, now it's called the United States."

"The United States? Good guy, I've heard that this time we have won a big battle, covering an area of thousands of miles, and defeated millions of American soldiers in one go, but it's beautiful! ”

"Humph! Those American whites deserve to die, don't you see the pictures in the newspapers? We Chinese people were encircled as dogs, and thousands of people died. ”

"Yes, this is evil, these foreign hairs, every good thing!"

"That is, otherwise how could our emperor want them, if I can go to the United States, I will definitely give the president two knives."

"I'm afraid you're worried about the 100,000 reward."

"I call this for the people and the country, and not for myself."

"Haha......."

"It's far away, it's far away. By the way, third brother, your second child has been a soldier for several years, I'm afraid you're an official, right? ”

"Hehe, last month there was a telegram saying that he was promoted to captain, company commander."

"What! It's all company long! Good guy, it's terrible, it's terrible, third brother, you have to invite this drink. ”

"Hehe, what do you say about the New Year, please, come, everyone comes, the wine is enough."

"Yes, I'll switch places with you, and you must send this telegram first. Anyway, we should let the children clean up those foreign hairs for the emperor with peace of mind. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm afraid I'm going to send a telegram to the child today, if you want to say that it's better for our emperor, it's tens of thousands of miles from the south to the north and south, and it's here in the blink of an eye."

"Hehe, yes, then let's wait slowly, anyway, the post office said today, it won't be closed, and it's open to send a telegram to everyone to report safety."

"Yes, when the third brother finishes sending the telegram, we will go to his house together and drink."

"You're small, and you're still worried."

"Haha......."

The slightly open windows not only bring fresh air, but also bring the laughter and chatter on the side of the road into the car, sitting in the car and looking around, although the atmosphere of the New Year in Beijing is still strong, but it is still slightly worse than in previous years, after all, it is now a time of war, and the economy is at a low point, even if the rich people have been tightly calculating in the past two years, let alone ordinary people. 【 I want: super fast update 】

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the battleship to return to Ryukyu to change the barrel, Li Zhen looked around, the last time he left was still in the middle of summer, but now it is the New Year, which also makes him, the emperor, a little homesick, and asked: "Uncle Xiufeng, is my father the emperor back?" Second brother they? ”

"The emperor came back with the chief of staff yesterday, but Mr. Li was infected with a cold when he came back, and the emperor said that you would let you go and see him after the New Year.

The second emperor and the Saudi princess returned a month ago, their marriage has been officially decided, and the two will be married when they reach the age of 20, and Ibn Saud also took advantage of their engagement ceremony to officially announce the establishment of the Saudi kingdom. Li Xiufeng, who was dressed in a Chinese suit, smiled and told him what had happened recently.

"An old fox, taking the opportunity of my second brother's engagement there to announce the founding of the country, is just afraid that we will regret it and use us to blackmail the world!" There were no outsiders in the car, so Li Zhen directly expressed his dissatisfaction. His words also made Li Xiufeng's eyes light up, he didn't expect that more than a year of military training had made the emperor more mature, and he could see this, and said with a smile: "I remember that when I was in Honolulu before, the emperor said to me and Xiuyan that there has never been real friendship between countries, and I didn't understand it before, but now that I have heard your words, it makes me understand." ”

"Hehe, Uncle Xiufeng, don't make fun of me, I think you should have thought of this a long time ago, and your father must have thought of it, but he still asked his aunt to attend on his behalf, just because it was too important to us."

"Yes, it's all oil down there, I heard the emperor say that it is enough for us to use for more than a hundred years."

"By the way, Uncle Xiufeng, what's going on in Germany?" Li Xiufeng has a special status, although he is the head of the royal family, but Li Mo once recognized him as his brother-in-law, so after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was rewarded as an earl, and Li Zhen and his emperors are also called uncles.

"When I came out, I heard the emperor say a few words, and Chief of Staff Wang Shizhen called and said that he was probably going to do it in the next two days." Li Xiufeng's face became serious: "It is said that Britain and France have mobilized no less than 8 million troops this time, almost 60% of the troops have been pressed up, and more than 30,000 aircraft and artillery have been dispatched, and Spain and Italy have mobilized again, although Germany has also taken out more than 4000000, but the prospects are probably not good." ”

"Oh?" Li Zhen raised his eyebrows: "Is it because my father is not optimistic about Germany?" ”

"That's not it. Your Majesty, Chief of Staff Chen and Zhang Zuolin are optimistic about Germany, but the Prime Minister and Speaker are not so optimistic, everyone is worried these days, for fear that Germany will make a mistake, Duan Qirui also asked the armored division and tank troops in Kuwait to make a contingency plan, once there is a big problem, they will immediately return to the army and enter Europe, and the Air Force is also preparing to deploy bombers to the base in the Sinai Peninsula. ”

Hearing Li Xiufeng's heavy words, Li Zhen was not worried at all, and said with a smile: "Uncle Xiufeng, don't worry, although Zhen'er doesn't know who will win, but this battle will not be won or lost if it doesn't last for half a year, it's not that serious, but this time the west wind will definitely overwhelm our east wind." ”

"Hehe, I'm relieved to have your words from the emperor."

After the two chatted a few more words, the car had slowly driven into Huayuan, and Li Zhen's return caused a burst of restlessness, especially Xiaoxiao, who hadn't seen him for more than half a year, his eyes were red, and he almost never let go of holding hands and asking for warmth.

The royal family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is not so mysterious, not to mention that it is now a time of war, and the royal family itself is also caught in the tension of making ends meet, plus Li Mo himself does not like extravagance and waste, so the meals are relatively simple, but the hot pot loved by Emperor Li provoked the children to rob.

Since Li Zhen became a soldier, it is rare for the family to reunite, so he took this opportunity to Emperor Li finally played the role of a loving father, not only carefully inquired about Li Zhen's situation in the army, but also asked a few more questions about the children's studies.

From only a few domestic servants by his side when he was reincarnated, to now becoming an emperor with a group of daughters, Li Mo can't help but feel like a dream.

"Your Majesty."

Just when he drank a few more glasses and felt a little hot, Du Dazhuang suddenly walked in: "The prime minister and chief of staff are here." ”

Although Du Dazhuang said very lightly, Li Zhen's hand sitting next to him was slightly sluggish, and when the whole family was reunited in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the prime minister and chief of staff suddenly arrived, there must have been a major incident, and this matter can be called a major event, I am afraid it must be the Battle of Paris!

"Da Zhuang, after eating in a while, take these few small things to set off fireworks, it will be lively." After coaxing a few children to jump up and almost didn't want to eat, he patted Li Zhen on the shoulder: "Come with me to the study." ”

After arriving at the study, Li Zhen found that Tang Shaoyi and Chen Ping were waiting here one step earlier, pointing at the map, but after following their fingers, they suddenly found that it was not Europe, but the Indian Ocean, and he was a little surprised.

"India? Could it be ......, Grand Fleet! "As a navy, Li Zhen is no longer the little hairy he was back then, plus he has a special identity, and he also knows that the navy has always wanted to pull out the Indian Grand Fleet, just because he must first concentrate all his forces to ensure the success of the landing in the United States, so that Campbell is free until now, can it be said that the navy has begun to act?

It shouldn't be, at present, except for the Second and Seventh Fleets, the rest of the fleets have begun to rotate and rest, even if some of the capital ships of the Second and Seventh Fleets have already docked because of the excessive use of gun barrels when landing in the United States, and it is a big New Year, at least until the end of the month can be relaunched.

Could it be that ......, Campbell accurately seized this gap and broke through! When Li Zhen's mind was turning, after Chen Ping and Tang Shaoyi saw Li Mo and him, the former immediately said: "Three telegrams, almost received at the same time. ”

"Oh? What telegram? Let us not even have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with our wives and children, let's say, see who wants to find us. ”

Listening to the humor of Li Mo's words, the two couldn't help but smile slightly, Tang Shaoyi took the lead and said: "The first letter was sent by Wang Shizhen, an hour ago, the British and French Allied forces began to bombard Orleans, the first line of defense of the German army, 70 kilometers south of Paris, according to the calculation of aircraft reconnaissance and the intensity of artillery fire sent back from the front line, the Allied forces used at least 6,000 cannons of various types!" ”

"6,000 doors!"

This number made Li Zhen subconsciously scream, in his opinion, this scale is really amazing, the previous battle of Huada only used 1500 cannons, but he didn't expect the British, French and Spanish coalition forces to shoot several times.

"Don't be surprised, this is only a part, according to the current intelligence, the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italy, and the United States on the Western Front in Europe have a total of more than 130,000 cannons of various types and 30,000 machine guns of various types, but these are mainly some 57 mm and 75 mm light artillery, and there are only about 5,000 heavy guns above 100 mm, which is not much." Chen Ping immediately walked to the map and explained: "Orleans is an important barrier to the south of France, and it is also the defense department of Germany at present, and its strategic location is very important. After the Germans occupied it a year ago, they immediately began to build a large number of permanent fortifications, and not long ago many buildings in the city were improved and modified.

According to Wang Shizhen, this is only the first line of defense of Ludendorff, there are two more in the back, with a total depth of 58 kilometers, in addition to the east and west sides of Paris There are also relatively complete defenses, and the German army artillery is obviously superior in range and power, the number of heavy artillery is higher than that of the Entente, and the machine guns also have an advantage, and it is a defense, so it is unlikely to collapse at once. ”

"What about tanks? What if we learn to use tanks to concentrate on breakthroughs? ”

"It's not that simple." Chen Ping continued: "Europe began to manufacture a large number of tanks, especially after Britain and France caught up with the total number of Germany, the German army began to study to deal with tanks, the main method at present is to lay anti-tank piles and mines, anti-tank piles are made of thicker logs or cement piers, arranged in front of the main roads and positions to hinder the advance of tanks, as for mines, according to intelligence, the German army has so far laid at least as many as one!" ”

"Hehe, this time the west wind is strong, but the number of burns will be extremely scary!"

"Twist it slowly, and when the flesh and blood are crushed, they will know the bitterness." Li Mo stretched his waist, not only did he not worry, but he was secretly happy, meat grinder! The Verdun, the Somme and the like in later generations simply cannot compare with this earth-shattering, eventual confrontation with a very high probability of nearly 20 million people, and at least in the short term, there is no end in sight.

"Tell Wang Shizhen and the people we sent to learn more from experience, and when we wait until the beginning of spring, we and the United States are very likely to fall into such a bad war, and it is better to think of more ways now than to be at a loss when we face it ourselves in the future."

Chen Ping replied: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have already called Wang Shizhen back, he has already arranged several of them in Wulan into the front line, and the observation group has also gone deep into the command to study." ”

"That'll do." After Li Mo took a sip of tea to relieve his hangover, he remembered that he had just said that it was three or two telegrams, and hurriedly asked, "By the way, aren't there still 2 more?" Where did it come from? ”

"One is from South Africa." Chen Ping handed the telegram to Li Mo: "One of our reconnaissance ships has discovered two Prestige-class battlecruisers and four light cruisers that have just been launched by the British off the coast of Cape Town, and in addition, the South African fleet of the Entente has all left the port of Cape Town this evening and has now been separated from our reconnaissance.

The scouts of the port of South Africa have recounted the remaining warships in the harbor, and according to the current situation, this fleet includes 2 prestige-class battlecruisers, 2 Avenger-class battleships, 2 Spanish-class battleships, and at least 9 light cruisers, in addition to at least one aircraft carrier converted from merchant ships and old warships, and most importantly, I suspect that there may be at least 8 or more submarines around them! ”

Li Mo stood up, flew to the map, looked at it carefully, and asked, "The third telegram should be the news of the Indian Grand Fleet, right?" ”

"Yes." Chen Ping continued: "About 40 minutes ago, several of our intelligence points near the port of Mumbai were destroyed, and according to the surviving intelligence officers, the road leading to the harbor has been completely destroyed since 7pm. ”

"It's finally out!"

Li Mo took a breath, Campbell is one of the outstanding officers of the British Navy, he can withstand domestic pressure and wait patiently to find a big window to start breaking through, and his vision is vicious.

At present, at least 40 warships have rushed out of Mumbai, and there is still a fleet of capital ships in the southern Indian Ocean that is rushing to the rescue, and only one heavy carrier, four Hebei-class battleships and two light carriers are available in their hands.

"How?" Thinking of this, Li Mo simply turned his head and asked.

"The Second Fleet has already departed from Gapo, but from the distance, Gu Junhuo and they should be the main force to intercept, so I have ordered all the cruisers and destroyers operating in the Indian Ocean to maneuver southward, and temporarily incorporate into the Seventh Fleet." The corners of Chen Ping's mouth hooked, and he said confidently.

"We'll let Campbell know that naval battles aren't just about competing with capital ships."

RO！ ~！