"Understandable."

The black-robed priest owed, stretched out his hand and said, "Sir, please come in, the house is shabby, let the honored guest smile." ”

Zhang Huaisheng walked into the house and looked around.

Although it was dark, it was not dirty, and everything was neat and clean, and it was obvious that someone cleaned it up often.

Killian was already sitting on the couch with a fruit bowl in his hand, filled with green fruit that resembled dates.

He threw one and caught it with his mouth, chewing it crunchy: "Jinyu, do you want to taste it?" It tastes pretty good. ”

Zhang Huaisheng shook his head and refused, but he didn't reprimand Killian for his casualness.

The black-robed priest went downstairs and looked at Zhang Huaisheng carefully: "Mr. Zhang, you are a Donghua person, look at your name." ”

Clifford's letter had Zhang Huaisheng's name on it.

"That's right, I'm from Donghua."

The black-robed priest let out a long sigh, "I have to say, you made a wise decision to change the location. ”

"I should have wondered why the Patriarch would give a part of the Order to an Eastern Chinese, but the fact that you can make such a decision is enough to show that the Patriarch is right."

"Has the situation in Boston been bad lately?"

The black-robed priest nodded, "That's right, it's bad. If it weren't for the existence of some kind of supernatural power in Iris Street, without the guidance of the map, I would have subconsciously ignored this place, and I am afraid that I would have been overtaken by the transcendents sent by the British. ”

"What is this Iris Street?"

"It was built here by the exiled Bourbon royal family after the French Revolution to escape the hunt – and when I left Scotland, the Patriarch gave me a map of the place."

Zhang Huaisheng didn't ask why the Bourbon royal stuff fell into Clifford's hands, and he didn't care about it.

Britain and France have different dreams in the same bed, and it is normal to bury some nails for each other.

It's just that the current situation of the order is not good, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to support them.

Zhang Huaisheng asked, "Sir, haven't asked you what to call it?" ”

The black-robed priest was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "It really makes you laugh." I'm so old that I've forgotten even basic etiquette. Mr. Zhang, you can just call me McCartney. ”

"Mr. McCartney, since the situation in Boston is so bad, why don't you go with us to Texas, although the conditions there are also very bad, but at least the British can't track them down for a while, and safety is still guaranteed."

This Mr. McCarney is very strong, and he should be at the level of Sequence 7, and if he is in charge, he can rest assured that he will be the shopkeeper.

"Texas..."

McCarney was silent for a moment, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I am still needed here, there is a large part of the Order's forces in Massachusetts, and I need to coordinate it in Boston." ”

"Besides, now that the world war has broken out, where do the British still have the heart to pay attention to us."

"Britain has nearly 40 million square kilometers of land, even if we put Scotland independent, how big is it? To use your Donghua proverb, it's just a drop in the bucket. ”

Mr. McCarney said optimistically.

But Zhang Huaisheng shook his head: "After all, Scotland is a native land, not a colony. In addition, Britain is in the process of strategic contraction, and Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa have all become self-governing. Their eyes are now on the continent, and the Scottish Defence Committee is certainly a thorn in their side. ”

The Church of Texas, if he had not acted cautiously, would have been approached by the British.

Scotland is not the same as Ireland, and the British people clearly value it more.

McCarney was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Yes, or with the slow reaction of the British Parliament." Nor will our cause be destroyed so quickly. ”

He raised his head, looked into Zhang Huaisheng's eyes and asked, "Mr. Zhang, do you think that in this war, the Allies will be able to defeat the Entente led by the British?" ”

Zhang Huaisheng was slightly stunned, why does every Gaelic ask me this question?

It seems that the Gaels have really given up the possibility of successful independence on their own.

It's all counting on the Germans.

There is no way, who made the British now the undoubted world hegemon.

Even if Scotland were united, it would not be possible for them to win against the British.

What's more, they are far from being able to unite as one.

Zhang Huaisheng sighed: "I also hope that the Allies can win." Who let my home country Donghua also participate in the war? But obviously, it's hard. ”

"Why?"

McCarney was a little stunned: "On paper, Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Donghua, the four major powers must be stronger than the British, French, and Russian alliance." Moreover, the Ottoman Empire also had a tendency to fall towards the Central Powers. ”

Although Bulgaria, one of the members of the Central Powers, had just fought a war with the Ottomans, the core interests of the Ottomans did not conflict much with those of the Central Powers.

On the contrary, there was a major conflict with Britain and Russia, which were part of the Entente.

The Russian-Turkish War has been fought hundreds of battles, large and small, and for more than 200 years, almost every few years.

Egypt, occupied by the British, was also an important territory for the Ottomans.

In addition, some of the Ottoman army was heavily influenced by German officers, and the only possibility for the Ottomans to turn to the Allies was almost the only one.

Everyone thinks that the Ottomans are like a broken house, and if you kick it twice, it will collapse with a bang.

But the rotten ship still has three points of iron, and the Ottomans can still do it by mobilizing millions of troops.

"Because the United States will support the Entente."

Zhang Huaisheng pointed to his feet.

"Just that pocket army of the United States?"

Zhang Huaisheng was silent for a moment, shook his head and said, "Of course not." ”

Don't look at the fact that the United States now has a population of more than 100 million, developed industry, and abundant resources, in fact, the United States at this time has almost no army.

The army directly under the federal government is probably not as good as the state militias.

World War I was not World War II.

The participation of the American Army in the war actually had little effect.

Zhang Huaisheng's U.S. military in that world, when they really participated in the war, they caught up with the tail of World War I.

It can be regarded as the last straw that breaks the camel's back, but it is by no means the decisive factor.

Zhang Huaisheng said: "The resources of the European continent are too poor, and once it falls into war, the sea will become the world of the British." At that time, the powerful industry of the United States will be infused with blood to Britain and France - this is certainly not unconditional, and the United States will also receive a lot of wealth. ”

In the previous life, the Yankees hollowed out the whole of Europe by making war money.

"But the Germans and their allies, even if they wanted to, could not buy American goods."

"Unless their fleet can break through the blockade of that British armada."

"I see."

McCarney sighed.

Because Britain had the right to control the sea in the Atlantic, the goods transported by the United States could only be sold to the Entente, and even if it did not enter the war, the terror industry of the United States would become a strong backing for the Entente.

Industrial products have the United States.

Agricultural and sideline products, industrial raw materials, and also colonial blood transfusions.

As long as it dragged into a war of attrition, the Allies were definitely no match for the Entente.

"Unless the Germans can quickly defeat either France or Russia, after all, the British army has proved to be very strong in the Gaelic War, but the number is still a problem."

"At a time when the British had not yet mobilized enough troops from overseas, the main forces against the Allies were only France and Russia."

Russia, in particular, has a vast territory, occupies the most fertile region of Ukraine, and is rich in mineral resources, so as long as the Allies carve up Russia, it can basically lock in the victory.

But where is Russia so easy to defeat, whether it is General Winter, or the terrifying number, known as the "gray cattle", which is comparable to a hundred mobilized soldiers in the game.

will be a huge obstacle to the victory of the Allies.

The Italians, the Ottomans, the Austro-Hungarians, and the three sick men combined, may not be worthy of a Russia.

If you go according to the words of the previous life, it is four sick men.

However, in Donghua in this era, there are still martial virtues, even if the **** and the equipment are backward, they are still worthy of the name of the great powers in the Far East.

"It's really hard."

McCartney's face was full of loss.

Zhang Huaisheng thought for a while, but still said: "But wars are always full of chance, and Donghua's participation in the war can attract the power of the British Tianzhu, East India, and Australian Dominions. It can also involve Russia's Far Eastern powers, and as long as it does not fall into a war of attrition, the Allies still have the possibility of victory. ”

Donghua's problem was that its industrial strength was weak, its weapons and equipment were backward, and the British could not even equip the weak Tianzhu servant army with the same Lee Enfield rifle, and Donghua could not do it under any circumstances.

As for****... Donghua's army is the average level of this world.

Even a little stronger than Russia, the Ottomans.