News of Napoleon's landing on the Bay of João quickly reached Paris, and the newspaper Parisian carried a sensational headline: "Monsters from Corsica have landed in Puerto Joan." ”

Napoleon did not see the newspaper, he was facing the soldiers who had been ordered to come and arrest him.

"Shoot! Shoot at the Emperor who has led you through victory after victory, you bastards. The nobles of the Restoration in Paris are waiting for you to kill me.

But what awaits you is not a reward for meritorious deeds, but a reproach from all the French. Because I am the only one who can make France raise his head, and without me, you can only grovel before the noble lords.

Foreigners will run rampant in France, bully your children, and molest your wives.

Are you really willing to live like this? "Napoleon was in a state of speech, impassioned as a mad dog, dancing like a cramp.

He said as he unbuttoned his shirt to reveal his shaggy chest. Fingers poked at the location of the heart, signaling the soldiers to shoot here.

No soldiers fired a shot, because there were Ming troops with general-purpose machine guns in the back. Behind it, there is the muzzle of the black hole. In the distance, the warship, as tall as a mountain, pointed at itself from afar.

From commanders to ordinary soldiers, everyone understands one truth, they really dare to kill Napoleon, there will not be a living person here.

Napoleon accepted the surrender of the French soldiers with a smile, and he now had the first army.

And then soon there was a second, third, fourth.

Batch after batch of French troops were ordered to conquer Napoleon, and then batch after batch were absorbed by Napoleon. The larger the size of the army sent, the more troops Napoleon had at his disposal.

Old subordinates kept coming down to defect, and when they saw Napoleon, they all burst into tears and shouted: Long live His Majesty the Emperor!

The report of the newspaper Parisian is even more interesting!

"The unspeakable cannibal king is closing in on Glas."

"Despicable and shameless thieves have entered Gellenoble."

"Napoleon Bonaparte occupies Lyon."

"General Napoleon approached Fontainebleau."

When Napoleon arrived on the outskirts of Paris, the Parisian newspaper reported even more respectfully.

"His Majesty the Supreme Emperor arrives today in his faithful Paris."

"Our great Emperor Napoleon had a magnificent coronation this morning at Notre-Dame, blessed is the great France ~ Long live the Emperor!"

Soon, news of Napoleon's successful restoration spread throughout Europe.

The old aristocrats of Europe were terrified, for whom Napoleon was a beast of prey. Let him out, and he will bite the aristocracy of Europe, and will eventually overthrow the existing order in the whole of Europe.

Hardly much effort was wasted, and in just one month, the Seventh Anti-French Coalition was immediately formed.

In addition to the traditional Austro-Hungarian Empire, Prussia, Great Britain, Russia, there were Sweden, Denmark, and Poland. Almost all of the European powers participated in this anti-French alliance.

One interesting thing is that none of the southern European countries are involved.

Italy, Spain, Portugal, one more honest than the other. None of them came forward and responded to the anti-French coalition.

Everyone noticed, but no one cared.

Cowardly Italians, who behaved a lot like clowns in the war.

The Spaniards, since the fall of the Armadada, they have had their backbones broken.

Portuguese, the Portugal of today is not the Portugal of a hundred years ago. Today's Portugal has become synonymous with ignorance, conservatism, and backwardness.

They don't participate in the anti-French coalition, who cares.

War clouds are forming in full swing over Europe, and the anti-French coalition is actively mobilizing people. The Russian army is the shortest distance, and of course they arrive the latest.

The British and Prussian armies were the first to arrive on the battlefield, and they assembled in the territory between Brussels and Liège, and succeeded in convincing the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and other countries to join the anti-French alliance.

The first thing Napoleon did after regaining the throne was to loot every franc in the French treasury to buy Ming weapons.

Li Xiu was very generous this time, except for howitzers and general-purpose machine guns, Napoleon's requests were almost universal. Moreover, he made an exception and sold ten airships to Napoleon, and more than 100 rocket launchers were directly sold.

Ships carrying arms almost filled the port of Marseille. There were even ships that stopped directly in Bordeaux. The British warships only dared to watch from afar, and no one dared to come and intervene.

Even if they knew that it was a ship carrying munitions, they did not dare to do anything.

There is no way, now the whole of Europe can't afford to provoke the behemoth of Daming. A Napoleon is enough of a headache, if there is another Da Ming, then don't fucking play it, just surrender.

Both sides were intensively preparing for war, but no one noticed that the Ming was also quietly concentrating their troops.

"The whole of Europe is busy, and we can't afford to be idle. We were going to attack Gibraltar, which was Spanish territory, but the British troops were stationed.

How can such a strategic point be in the hands of the British. Li Xiu pointed to the map and said viciously.

"Second master, you can speak. It's just a broken camel, and I'll leave it to me. "Yuan Keli has the most subordinates in the Mediterranean, and the islands of Cyprus, Rhodes, Crete and Malta are all under his control.

"Second master, it's our turn to say whatever you say this time. The brethren were all idle, and they were always making trouble all the day, and the people of Egypt were dying. "Li Dingguo's division headquarters is located in Port Said, and the whole of Egypt and the Suez Canal are his sphere of influence.

It's been a long time since I've been fighting, and this time I have to grab a chance to fight. Military merit is a good thing, that is, silver, and everyone wants a position.

But if you don't fight, you won't have military merits, and the Liao army is very strict on this point.

Zuo Liangyu did not speak, and his subordinates were to be distributed in a vast area of the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. It is difficult to assemble in seven days, and this time he has already made a plan to be a spectator.

"Don't move the troops of the three divisions, as long as you guard these islands, we can control the entire Mediterranean.

It's better to let the troops of the 2nd Division do this, Egypt has been too calm lately. The Arabs have no tradition of making trouble, and there is no one in the Suez Canal Zone. The troops of the Second Division were temporarily withdrawn, and I don't think there is a problem. ”

With only three divisions on hand, they have to deal with so many places.

From the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean. With only 90,000 people stationed in such a huge area, Li Xiu is also overstretched.

Fortunately, the common people in many places are very honest, and a dozen Ming soldiers with guns can control a city.

It's not a joke, that's what Alexander is. Li Dingguo sent a platoon to wander around the street, and Alexandria surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

For the city named after Alexander the Great, it made no difference whether it was ruled by the British or by the Ming. It's just that the object of tax payment has changed, and it is easy for them to accept that who to pay tax is not to pay.

Perhaps the Ming people were better than the British, at least the goods that the Ming brought to Alexandria were cheaper.

As a state of bondage, they enjoy the price of goods that can be treated as allies.

Li Xiu spoke, and Yuan Keli could only listen.

The Marine Corps was created by Li Xiu, and his prestige in the Marine Corps was unparalleled. Li Dingguo was Li Xiu's old subordinate, and when there were only two regiments in the Marine Corps, he was the commander of the second regiment.

Moreover, the 2nd Division was indeed somewhat wealthy in defending the entire Suez Canal Zone.

"Intelligence says that Gibraltar has 2,000 British troops stationed. Li Dingguo: You put together a regiment as an attack force, and you prepare two more battalions as reserves.

With so many troops drawn out at once, there is no problem with the defense of the Suez Canal. Li Xiu is still worried about the Suez Canal Zone, which is now the busiest waterway in the world.

If something goes wrong with the Suez Canal, the victory in the Battle of Gibraltar will be overshadowed.

"No problem, in fact, the main defense of the Canal Zone is now done by the hired Arab police. I have only 30,000 men under my command, which is not enough to control the entire canal zone.

I'm just keeping my forces in a few points, and the Arab police do the day-to-day patrols and policing. Li Dingguo reluctantly reported to Li Xiu.

Li Xiu pouted, there was no way to do it if the troops were insufficient. That's all the money allocated to the navy in a year, and it is necessary to build airships and build airships, and the Marine Corps also has to buy new equipment.

It's money everywhere, and Li Xiu can't help it.

"How's the police weapon?" Li Xiu asked with some concern.

"Most people are revolvers, which we used to make a lot of, and now it's good to use them to equip them.

There were also some old-fashioned revolvers, about ten people each. It is enough to have these weapons in the Canal Zone, and the Arabs only need to make trouble, fire two shots into the sky, and there will be no one in the streets. ”

"Hmmm! Pumping out so many of your troops this time, are you sure you won't have a problem? Chen Laohu asked with some concern. He is now Li Xiu's deputy, and he is in charge of all the boats floating on the sea.

"There will definitely be no problem, if something happens, I will see Li Dingguo." Li Dingguo patted his chest.

Seeing Li Dingguo say this, Chen Laohu couldn't say anything. I could only say to Li Xiu: "Second master! The opponent only had 2,000 British troops, although there were Makqin and mortars or something, and one regiment and two battalions could be used to attack, which was really a bit of a killer.

I think that a few more warships will be sent to the sea for fire support, and one regiment is enough. ”

"Tiger, I'm afraid this won't happen. Gibraltar is not only a difficult place, but also the British have been operating there for many years.

Not only are there various fortifications, but there are even artillery batteries that can be attacked by the sea. Please report that the guns on the batteries are 300 mm in caliber.

Mount Kunlun is still on its way, and it will take at least a little more than a month to reach the Mediterranean. Changbaishan returned to Singapore and entered the dock for repair, and we can only use Yuanzi-class ironclad ships for fire support.

That is, there is a great risk for the Navy in this battle. If you don't get one right, you risk being sunk. ”

"The airship ......!"

"Not to mention airships, according to intelligence. The British probably already had anti-aircraft guns, and several anti-aircraft guns were lost on the battlefield in India, two of which disappeared.

I think it is quite possible that these anti-aircraft guns ended up in the hands of the British.

After all, they have ruled India for more than 100 years, and there are still many people who are dead set on them. ”

"Holy shit! Isn't our Ming airship dangerous? Chen Laohu's face changed, the airship was too important to Daming. Now, this is the only air strike force of the Ming Dynasty.

"There is no problem for the time being, although the British have anti-aircraft guns, but they dare not attack the Ming airship. If I really dare to shoot down our airship at will, I will send two ships, Kunlun Mountain and Changbai Mountain, with 460 mm cannons to block the bombardment of London.

At that time, it was necessary to see who suffered the most losses. ”

The 460-millimeter cannon blocked the doorway, and there was no need to think about it, London must be in ruins.

But this is only limited to peacetime, and if you use an airship to bomb people in wartime, they will definitely beat you.

"This time we're just attacking Gibraltar, and I don't want to make it too big. First, we don't have enough troops, and we need to discuss with my big brother to attack the UK.

Second, the Ming Dynasty currently does not have the energy to attack a country with a population of 10 million.

Thirdly, Britain is a-stirring stick in Europe, and my eldest brother thinks it's better to keep them and continue to stir. Only when Europe is divided, will our Ming Dynasty profit. ”

"Then will the British send a large army to counterattack because of the fall of Gibraltar?"

"Absolutely not, now the attention of the British is on Napoleon. Right now, they don't have the energy to fight us. If you want to fight us, you have to at least solve Napoleon.

However, with our support, Napoleon should not fail easily. ”

"Does anyone have any objections?"

"Nope!"

"Nope!"

"Nope!"

"Nope!"

Li Xiu gave the order, and the 2nd Marine Division immediately moved.

According to Li Xiu's idea of killing chickens with a knife, Li Dingguo directly sent the most powerful regiment to attack, plus two battalions of the second regiment as a reserve.

The troops set out, and as usual, a large number of commercial steamers were recruited.

The external excuse is that the Ming wants to help the French.

When the news spread, Europe immediately exploded. The anti-French coalition rallied in Hamburg and decided on a motion to quickly defeat Napoleon and leave the Ming without a chance to intervene in the war.

In order to defeat Napoleon quickly, the anti-French coalition could no longer wait for the slow-moving Austria-Hungary, as well as the Russians and Poles.

The British army, with Wellington as the commander, directly commanded the 100,000 British expeditionary force and launched an attack on Napoleon. On his flank, Marshal Blucher, with 120,000 Prussian troops and 300 cannons, assembled between the fortresses of Charoix and Liège.

The belated arrival of 300,000 Austro-Hungarian troops as reserves, and 500,000 troops will destroy that damned Napoleon in half a month.