"The enemy retreated three hundred kilometers, but their bones were not damaged. An army of more than a million people, successfully retreated.

And because the supply line is shorter by more than 300 kilometers, they can get supplies more easily.

On our side, the entire Tsaritsyn district is finished. So we had to rebuild a bridge somewhere else to connect the two sides of the Volga. ”

Li Xiao pointed to the map and looked at Kutuzov helplessly.

"The Volga is frozen now, it should be solid. For the time being, repairing the bridge is not a top priority. ”

Kutuzov doesn't seem to be very concerned about building bridges, he knows it. The work of repairing bridges will eventually fall on the heads of their Russian troops.

The Ming army is the main force of operations, how can there be time to repair bridges and pave roads.

Brauchitsch, who was in charge of the translation next to him, frowned, but still truthfully translated Kutuzov's words to Li Xiao.

"It takes time to build the bridge, and now it's frozen solid. But it will melt away in a few months!

It is also a question of whether the ice can withstand a truck.

If it is a tractor, the dead weight of the tractor is large. Whether the ice can withstand it is still a question.

In short, we need to find a place to build the bridge as soon as possible.

Even, find a place to build a railway bridge.

In this way, it will be possible to ensure the logistical supply of the troops in the event of an attack on Kyiv in the future.

The reason why we held out in Tsaritsyn for so long was entirely due to the fact that the branch line of the Central Asian Railway, which was directly connected to a hundred kilometers on the west bank of the Volga.

Without so much material support, we would not have been able to fight until now. ”

"And the railroad bridge?

Your Excellency Generalissimo, if the railway bridge is built, it will not be possible for large ships to enter the Volga in the future.

That......! ”

The bridge facilitates land transportation between the two sides of the strait, but it also affects water transportation.

This is an unsolvable problem in many countries!

It is enough to build a road bridge that can be opened to traffic, and it will be demolished when the time comes.

A railway bridge is time-consuming, laborious and expensive to build. If you want to dismantle ......, it's difficult!

"Having lost the war, Napoleon pulled out your intestines and tied a bow around your neck.

Later......! Hehe, let's talk about it later. ”

Brauchitsch's face became ugly, and at Kutuzov's urging, he still translated Li Xiao's words truthfully.

"The war has reached this point, and there is no possibility of peace.

Whether it's the Ming Dynasty or the European coalition!

There are too many dead, and the blood feud has been forged.

As of yesterday, we have eliminated more than 700,000 coalition forces.

The people of Austria-Hungary are eager to skin us and eat our flesh.

The French lost more than 300,000 people in Tsaritsyn, you think Napoleon would have counted it like this.

The warlike Prussians are sharpening their knives in Smolensk.

And the British, who have been expanding their armaments for a long time!

They all want to turn the vast Russian lands into theirs.

Turn the Russians of this land into their slaves.

Do you want your children to be slaves? Brauchitsch, Marshal Kutuzov? ”

Li Xiao looked at the two of them with blazing eyes.

As fellow Europeans, there are some idiots in Moscow who still think that they will negotiate peace if they really can't win.

Those fools can be confused, but Kutuzov is the pillar of the Russian army. He must not be fooled!

Kutuzov must be made to understand that this is a fight to the death. There is no possibility of a draw!

"Your Excellency Generalissimo, I know that the war has come to this point, and the fate of the country and the nation has been gambled.

There can be no peace without a winner.

In the battle of Tsaritsyn, the Russians paid with blood, and the Ming people also paid with blood.

The blood of the warriors flowed together, and we fought side by side, regardless of you and me.

Russia will never make peace with the coalition forces alone, and please rest assured that His Excellency the Generalissimo will be able to make peace with the coalition forces alone. ”

Kutuzov swore that Russia would never make peace alone.

But in his assurances, it does not represent those idiots in Moscow.

This is also the reason why the Ming army stationed 200,000 troops around Moscow, even when the battle of Tsaritsyn was at its most critical, they were not deployed.

"Let's talk about the battlefield, the allies should not be suspicious of each other. We were in a boat, and it didn't do anyone any good if the boat sank.

Do you say yes? Your Excellency the Generalissimo. Brauchitsch was always smiling.

Li Xiao wanted to punch him on his garlic nose!

"Alright!

Say back to the battlefield.

I know your difficulties in Russia, and the Ming will give you more corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

At least keep your soldiers fed!

This assistance is given to you individually, Marshal Kutuzov. The main thing is to ensure that your troops are able to have enough physical strength to cope with the battle. ”

"Oh, thank you so much." Kutuzov stood up excitedly and wanted to hug Li Xiao.

After reacting, he knew that the Ming people didn't like such etiquette, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand.

"Don't get excited, Your Excellency Marshal, we are allies.

If you don't want to go, just take some more prisoners for us.

The Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty are very large, and there are still many areas where there are not enough people to cultivate. ”

"Okay, in the future, all the prisoners we capture will be handed over to Daming."

Kutuzov hurriedly agreed.

Prisoners are a burden for the Russian army, and many times they are executed in private.

But for the Ming army, this is a proper labor force.

Not only in the mines, but also in countless farms where there are few people in short supply.

The mines in Guizhou, Yunnan Province, are filled with Austro-Hung prisoners of war, whom Li Hao says are very useful.

The body is strong and not easy to get sick, and it is easy to manage.

Similarly, Yizhou also needs a lot of labor to grow sugarcane and camphor.

He Kegang asked Li Xiao for a few times, and he was even willing to pay a lot of money to buy it.

After so many years of development, Yizhou has a population of more than 800,000.

At the beginning, 90,000 people entered Yizhou, which has increased eight or nine times in 20 years.

There is still a lot of idle land in Yizhou, and it is difficult to recruit people from other places now.

All over the country is getting rich, who wants to go to the ghost place of Yizhou to open up wasteland.

There was no way, He Kegang started the idea of being a prisoner of war.

Li Xiao also felt that the way to let the prisoners of war run a farm in Yizhou was very good.

It's such a big island, even if you want to, you can't run away.

Unless, go into the mountains and forests to be a wild man.

Yellow-haired and blue-eyed, he is instantly recognized when he runs down the street.

"Although in the past few months, I have wiped out more than 700,000 coalition troops.

However, the combat capability of the Austro-Hungarian army itself is not strong, and its equipment is much worse than ours.

The French army paid more than 200,000 casualties before barely fighting out a little more than 350,000 of them.

This battle loss ratio can show how strong the French army is.

On the northern front, there were even more hardened Prussians. For some time, they have been preparing for war in Smolensk.

The biggest headache was that 400,000 Israelis joined the coalition forces.

The Israelites are not much worse equipped than we are. Moreover, their combat power also surpassed that of the French army.

It can be said that we are now facing a coalition that is much stronger than it was a few months ago.

I'd like to hear your opinion on what to do next. ”

Li Xiao looked at Kutuzov very sincerely.

He really didn't think about how the next battle would go.

Napoleon's retreat had already connected him to the Israelites' front.

The originally planned pincer offensive with armored forces was completely lost, and now there are no obvious salients on the front.

A smile appeared on the old face of the old and spicy Kutuzov!

"Don't be anxious, my Generalissimo, the French are now wounded.

They had to lick their wounds before they could continue fighting.

The Israelis are fighting with your armored legions.

I now feel, before the Prussians attacked Moscow.

We should still have time to fight the French again, tearing their wounds even bigger.

My plan is ......! ”