"Yes! Keep on the offensive, I'm afraid after we take St. Petersburg. There is no strength to attack Moscow anymore! Schlieffen looked at the map and sighed helplessly.

The terrain of St. Petersburg is so complex that it will be difficult to conquer with the current forces.

"In the future, we in Prussia will continue to send 20,000 troops. You, the Emperor of France, have also promised to send an additional 50,000 men.

And the Danes, who also promised to send 30,000 troops. Spain was willing to send 20,000 troops, and even Portugal was willing to send 5,000 troops. The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg jointly sent 10,000 troops.

All told, we have more than 300,000 troops. ”

"300,000 people, not enough to take St. Petersburg." Grouchy, who had participated in Napoleon's attack on Russia, knew the fighting spirit of the Russians.

"Yes! 300,000 people could not take St. Petersburg, and according to intelligence, St. Petersburg had only 30,000 troops.

But His Majesty the Emperor seems to have forgotten that St. Petersburg is a large city with a population of almost a million.

In such a city, there cannot be only 30,000 young and middle-aged laborers.

If women are counted, they can arm an army of no less than 200,000 men, provided they have enough weapons. ”

"Women?" Schlieffen looked at Grouchy in shock, to be honest, he didn't expect Russia to mobilize women to fight.

"Yes! Woman!

There is no difference between the bullets that come out of a woman's chamber and the bullet that comes out of a man's chamber.

General Schlieffen, times have changed. Now it's not a world where swords attack each other, and everyone has guns in their hands. Bullets can largely make up for the lack of personal physical strength.

In the last war, the Russians used women to organize an army to fight against us.

I have to say that the combat effectiveness of Russian girls is actually not inferior. Grouchy sat down in his chair and lit a cigarette, as if recalling his last visit to Russia.

"If that were the case, the Russians in the city would be able to organize 300,000 men. Damn, how can they arm women. ”

Schlieffen was a standard Prussian soldier, and he always had in his head the motto: war, let women go away!

For a Germanic warrior, fighting with a woman was simply an insult.

But since Grouchy said it, then this must have happened. No wonder the Russians were able to defeat France, which was in full swing.

"So, 300,000 people are not sure of taking St. Petersburg. The Ming people made this plan, which is nothing more than grandstanding. ”

"It's a pity! Our Emperor His Majesty believed it all, and devoted a lot of resources to this operation. ”

The two generals had no interest in talking, and all sat in their chairs and smoked.

In the distance in the port of St. Petersburg, shipwloads of soldiers and supplies were still disembarking. When the battle is like this, everyone is troubled.

It was noisy outside, but time seemed to stand still inside the tent. Only the smoke from the cigarette still changes shape in the air.

This is the blindness of France and Prussia to the war.

If the Ming army was fighting, the time to collect information before the war would definitely be more than half a year. The Ming Dynasty will not launch military operations against areas that it does not understand.

And Napoleon and Frederick, just listened to Sun Zhijie's boasting, and after looking at the map, they hastily used troops against St. Petersburg.

Now a dilemma has been created, and the generals at the front have no choice.

"I've got a way!" Schlieffen suddenly stood up and walked back to the edge of the map.

Grouchy also stood up and followed Schlieffen to the edge of the map.

"You look here, St. Petersburg is bordered by the sea to the west and Lake Ladoga to the east. To the north is the mountainous terrain, where the Finns are stationed.

We only need to build a trench in the south, and we can block the whole of St. Petersburg. "Schlieffen took a pencil and drew several lines around St. Petersburg, forming a huge encirclement.

"What's the use of blockade, there is a lot of food in the city, and there will be no problem for at least half a year. We can't wait here for half a year, and in winter you can't guess how cold it is in Russia.

Winter in Russia is a nightmare for any soldier stationed in the field. Grouchy remembered the last time he had a winter in Russia on the other side, and he felt chills all over his body.

"So, we can't wait until winter.

We have 300,000 men, and the siege seems insufficient, but the trench warfare is still rich.

There are only 30,000 regular troops in the city, and we can set up a front along the southern front to stop the Russians.

Then we held this front with 100,000 men, and with the remaining 200,000 men went straight to Moscow.

The intelligence sent back by the spies shows that the Russian army is now empty. Russia has only more than 10,000 people stationed there, and most of them are recruits. Moreover, our spies have already obtained maps of Moscow and maps of the city's defenses.

It was much easier to storm Moscow than it was to St. Petersburg. Schlieffen spoke with great interest about his plans.

Grouchy's eyes were also shining, and he also felt that it was better to gnaw on the hard bone of St. Petersburg. It is better to bypass St. Petersburg and go straight to Moscow.

Those who hastily organized in St. Petersburg defended the city quite well. It can be used to launch an offensive and tear through the defense line of professional soldiers, which is somewhat insufficient.

The construction of a trench along the southern line of St. Petersburg would effectively prevent the people in St. Petersburg from escaping. The coalition forces can free up their hands and do their own thing.

If Moscow were to be taken, it would be a devastating blow to Russia.

The Russian army on all fronts will be greatly shaken.

Maybe when the time comes, St. Petersburg will not have to be attacked, and they will surrender themselves.

Thinking of this idea, both of them were extremely excited.

Grouchy pulled out a bottle of excellent French brandy, and the two of them perfected the plan as they drank the wine.

After a busy afternoon, I finally got a new battle plan ready. Send someone to the port and hand it over to Li Xiu.

In the world, except for the Ming Dynasty, other countries do not have transmitters.

If you want to show the battle plan to His Majesty the Emperor as soon as possible, you can only ask the Ming people for help.

Li Xiu could not read the battle plan, written in Germanic and French, but he still had a tongue man by his side.

The tongue man translated the battle plan to Li Xiu one by one.

After listening to Schlieffen's battle plan, Li Xiu did not admit it, this is the best way in front of him.

The battle plan was transmitted back to Paris and Magdeburg, and only an hour later it was on the work of Frederick and Napoleon.

The report details the difficulties encountered in the assault on St. Petersburg and analyzes how weak Moscow is today.

Frederick and Napoleon, having weighed it, immediately agreed to the plan of the generals at the front.

In the evening, the telegram returned to the front. This was already quite a remarkable speed, and at this time the cavalry sent by Duke Peter to Moscow was still galloping wildly on the road.

Having received authorization from their respective kings, Schlieffen and Grouch immediately organized their troops to dig trenches.

So Li Xiu saw a scene that surprised him, all the troops, except for the vigilant troops, all laid down their weapons and picked up their heads and shovels.

One by one, like groundhogs, they keep digging in the ground.

"These people are sick!" Chen Laohu put down the binoculars, took a big bite of the beef in flatbread roll sauce, and said vaguely.

According to the habit of the Ming Dynasty, at this time, troops would be sent around to arrest the people, and then let the people complete their work at gunpoint.

The task of the army is to fight, and it is not right to consume the physical strength of soldiers in such a senseless way.

And the peasants who were captured, he was obviously more suitable for the work of digging. If you give a little more material reward, these guys will work hard.

This has been tried and tested in the Ottoman Empire, India and Southeast Asia.

"It's sick! But this Prussian general and the French general are still brainy. Not a single headfirst hit on this stone in St. Petersburg! ”

"Got brains? I don't think it's just two fools, I didn't see the Russians kill so many people in the morning. "As a general of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Laohu now looks down on the generals of any country.

Although, both Schlieffen and Grouch had higher military ranks than him.

"Huh! Cannon fodder is used for sacrifice, and this is the fate of command in the hands of other countries. Even you, I'm afraid, don't care about the lives of those soldiers of the Foreign Legion.

Maybe you also think that it's better for them to die and not have to pay a pension. Li Xiu took a sip of red wine.

The red wine given by Napoleon tastes very good.

"In the Baltic, there can be no more forces capable of being hostile to us, whether to withdraw all the destroyers."

"Nope! As far as I know, Russia has three destroyer-class ironclad ships, and their home port is St. Petersburg. But inside the port, I didn't see them.

This means that they are hiding, looking, and continuing to search. Find those guys, sink them to the bottom of the sea, and we'll really empty the Baltic Sea. ”

In line with the principle of taking people's money and eliminating disasters from people, Li Xiu ordered his destroyer fleet to continue to search the sea area where Russian ironclad ships might be infested.

Daming is the world's largest power, not only because of its strong force, but also because of its good business reputation.

Only dedicated people will be sincerely trusted by customers.

When night came, it was still dark on the sea. It is not too much to describe it as not seeing five fingers.

In contrast to the darkness on the sea, the brightly lit port of St. Petersburg is like a beacon of World War I that guides the way. From a distance, you can see a busy scene.

"Marshal, we only have three ironclad ships, but the Ming army has more than thirty warships. We managed to evade the detection during the day, and we didn't take the opportunity to slip away at night, and returned to St. Petersburg, isn't this a death? ”

Vatutin's orders to Marshal Kuznetsov were very puzzled. This is to stuff the entire Baltic Fleet into the mouth of a tiger.

These three ironclad ships can be said to be the only remaining seeds of the Russian Navy.

Since the First World War in Sevastopol, the Russian Navy has been broken in its backbone. Now the only three remaining ironclad ships will return to St. Petersburg, and the Russian Navy will be completely destroyed.

"Vatutin, I know that this is sending everyone to death. But what can I do? Now, the Ming fleet is searching the Baltic Sea for our whereabouts.

And if you look at the entire Baltic ports, and even the ports of the whole world, they will not be allowed to dock unless we surrender.

Do you want to surrender with all your pockets, or be mercilessly sunk in the sea by the Ming Navy. Or is it a desperate fight to inflict maximum losses on the coalition forces? ”

"This ......!" Kuznetsov's words left Vatutin speechless.

The Ming is too powerful, as long as you don't want to become a pirate, or surrender. Three Russian ironclad ships, which could only be sunk.

During the day today, relying on the familiarity of the sea conditions, he escaped the detection of the Ming army. But tomorrow, maybe that's going to happen.

The only thing that could inflict the most damage on the coalition forces was to approach the port of St. Petersburg in the dark. Before being sunk by the Ming army, give the coalition as much damage as possible.

This is also the only thing that the Navy can do in this war.

It can be said that the moment the war began, the sorrow of the Russian Navy was already doomed.

Under the cover of darkness, the three ironclads approached the port of St. Petersburg at an extremely slow speed.

This is the home port of the fleet, and they are all too familiar with it. Even in the dark, they quietly laid mines.

When all the mines on the ship were laid, the three ironclad ships waited quietly until half past four in the morning according to the prior agreement.

This is the time when people are most sleepy.

While the soldiers on the Ming warship were sleeping, maybe they could fire two more cannons.

The artillerymen completely ignored the requirements of the drill and placed as many shells as possible in the turret.

The captain held a stopwatch in his hand, and when he saw that the hour hand was pointing to 4:30, he immediately gave the order to open fire.

In the hazy light that had just appeared on the horizon, suddenly a few sparks flashed on the surface of the sea.

It was a long time before the sparks flashed before the dull sound of cannon was heard.

The gunners didn't bother to check where they landed, and their task today was to fire as many shells as possible in the shortest time possible.

Killing them could not have imagined that one day they would shell their home port like this.

Kuznetsov's luck was quite good, as one of the shells in the first salvo fell into the ammunition dump that had just been unloaded.

"Boom!" It was as if the entire harbor had been blown up to the sky, and even the sea trembled. The violent swells made the ships on the sea turbulent.

When Li Xiu rushed into the war room with his clothes on, the war room had already woken up from the initial hectic.

The soldiers on the lookout were already holding binoculars to search for the location of the enemy ship. Soon, the coordinates of the enemy ship were transmitted.

It didn't take Li Xiu to give an order, and the gunnery officer had already reported the coordinates to the turret.

The entire Kunlun Mountain Ship, like a huge machine, woke up at once.

"Boom!" A 480-millimeter shell came out of the chamber after only three minutes.