Chapter Eighty-Five: The Unexpected

Friedrich did not give the order to pursue, because Franz had already given him countless times during his three-month voyage the horrors of jungle warfare.

The negative example is, of course, the US military, after all, they are the ones who fall the hardest in the jungle.

At this time, the Austrian army did not have an advantage in numbers, and the reason why it was able to beat the opponent was entirely because of the crushing of science and technology, as well as the inhumane and indiscriminate bombardment of the Franz trenches. In five minutes, half of Franz's rockets were knocked out.

Of course, such a great result was also due to the fact that the natives had never seen such a weapon, and they lined up in a dense formation, and they had decent armor on their bodies and did not look for cover.

In fact, due to the limitation of the power of gunpowder at that time, even a wooden shield covered with animal skins could play a good role in protecting those steel balls.

After those steel balls pierced the shield, there was not much kinetic energy, and at this time, if you put a piece of leather armor on it, you would only suffer some minor injuries.

At least it won't be like the pile of rotten meat lying on the ground at this time, and there is no possibility of treatment.

However, these natives are not only shields and leather armor, but also not much cloth, and most of them are naked, of course, this has something to do with the local climate, which is humid and stuffy.

Jungle warfare has always been a headache, and in this case, the advantages in technology, tactics, and personnel quality will be greatly reduced.

The results of countless wars in history tell us that jungle warfare is a matter of familiarity and adaptation to the local environment, and the side that is more familiar with the local area can always gain a huge advantage, and the terrain, landform, plants, climate, creatures, and roads may all become part of this advantage.

And for the unfamiliar party, these are all obstacles, even fatal.

Franz didn't want to gamble on such a thing, let alone gamble, and he was thinking about how to calm the restless crowd in the city, how to take over the area, and put them on the "right path".

For this reason, Franz also went to Rome before coming, and bought a letter of help written by the Emperor Yongli of the Southern Ming Dynasty to the Pope at the price of 5,000 florins, and also got several letters of authorization, spending a total of 30,000 florins.

At this time, Pope Gregory XVI was good at this, as long as he had money, he could do things, and everything could be clearly priced. This letter of appeal for help, along with a few letters of authorization that I don't know what to do, are like waste paper in the eyes of the Pope, and even worse than the indulgence voucher he wrote by hand.

Moreover, the reactionary rule of the Pope in Rome depended on the Austrian Empire, the guardian of Catholicism.

Naturally, he has no reason not to sell Franz's face.

On the way to Franz, he also asked Da Yan Yiyin to embroider a big flag, which was used at this time.

In fact, Friedrich and a number of Austrian officers were skeptical of Franz's plan, and they felt that it was unrealistic to avoid a fierce battle with a single flag.

But the flag was raised according to Franz's instructions.

The head of the East Valuare City.

The leaders of the Lanfang Company were shocked by the short but efficient massacre just now. Fight? Inexistent! It's literally a battle between an adult and a baby.

"Shebber, what kind of army is this? Were you sure you could have dealt with them when you were younger? Gu Liubo was already sweating profusely at this time, and he didn't know if it was the hot weather or the terrifying pressure brought by the army in front of him.

Xie Guifang said with a wry smile.

"The general system has promoted me, don't say that I am a small martial artist, even if the martial champion comes, I am afraid that I will not escape death."

Xie Guifang was famous back then, and joining Lanfang was completely like-minded, and when he was young, he was known as an invincible opponent all over the South Seas. But at this time, even Old Man Xie said that there was nothing he could do, and the leaders of Lanfang Company suddenly felt a little discouraged.

Suddenly, someone said, "What should we do if they attack the city?" ”

Everyone was silent, because in terms of the combat effectiveness that this army had shown before, it was afraid that it would be a matter of effort to break through the walls of Dongwanlu.

At this time, the soldiers in charge of defending the city are afraid that they will be beaten into a mess of rotten meat like those natives. At that time, the people in the city of East Wanlu will all be food bait.

At this time, someone said again.

"It's strange, those people don't seem to be Dutch soldiers, they took out a flag."

"What's that!"

Franz felt that he had played the banner of the Ming Dynasty, and he would definitely be able to impress the Chinese people in the city, and then take the edict of the Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty and the fake jade seal, saying that the hatred of the Ming Dynasty was taken over by the Habsburg family, and it should be able to win the hearts of the vast majority of the people, after all, the predecessor of the Jusheng company was the Heaven and Earth Society.

Soon the city was full of people, beating gongs and drums and shouting.

"Wow! Is this broken flag really that useful? ”

Friedrich and the Austrian officers were very surprised, and although they did not believe Franz's words, they still hoped to surrender without a fight, after all, Franz did not like to plunder.

Only Franz's face was solemn, for he could hear what the men on the city walls were shouting.

"Reverse Ming!"

"It's the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty!"

"Life can't be a Qing person, and death can't be a Qing soul!"

"Back then, the old man Luo Fangbo was loyal to the court all his life, but he still stood facing the north when he died, and our descendants must not live up to the emperor's grace!"

"Killing thieves to serve the country is today, the villagers are rushing with me!"

"Daqing! Call! ”

"Retreat!" Franz snorted two words out of his nose.

"Retreat? Didn't they come to welcome us? Friedrich asked.

"Come and kill us, put smoke bombs, and if you don't leave, it's too late." Franz's tone was cold, and he could tell that it was full of murderous intent in it.

Friedrich, although he did not know what was happening, ordered a retreat, after all, Franz had always been right.

The gate of Dongwanlu City was opened, and countless ordinary people poured out like a tide, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

But as dozens of smoke grenades exploded in front of the door, the civilians were slowed down.

At this time, there was a sound in the distance.

"This smoke is poisonous!"

The crowd hurried back into the city.

"Damn the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty, they actually released poisonous smoke."

"Use the child's urine quickly, just enough to block foreign gun bullets!"

When the smoke cleared, the battlefield was empty, and the army was as if it had never come, but the stenching corpses were still there.

"What's going on?"

"It's a ghost soldier!"

"The thief used a demon method!"

"Listen to me, watering the city wall with the blood of a black dog can prevent the thieves from using demon magic. Every family is prepared with child urine to prevent the demon from being recurred."

Gu Liubo commanded the people in Dongwanlu City to strengthen the city defenses, although the natives were repulsed, but something more terrible than the natives actually appeared, and it seemed that they could not relax at all.

Franz sat on the boat back and sulked, he didn't expect that these lonely people still regarded themselves as clean people.

In fact, what Franz didn't know was that Jusheng Company, which first took root in Lanfang, was indeed the industry of Tiandihui, but after Luo Fangbo took over, it carried out several years of de-Tiandihui and drove the Tiandihui elements out of Lanfang Company.

In history, Lanfang Company and Nanyang's Tiandihui organization had many wars, although they defeated Tiandihui, but they also put down cruel words to deal with it, saying that they would definitely come back to retaliate.

In order to maintain its orthodox status, Lanfang Company asked the Qing Dynasty for a seal, and even demonized the Heaven and Earth Society and the former Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, when the people of Dongwanlu see the banner of the Ming Dynasty, they can inspire a super fighting spirit.

As for the Tiandihui, which later established Heshun Company in Pontianak and other places, although it was called Heshun Company, it was actually more appropriate to call it Heshuntang, because they were not like a company, but like a gang.

But in today's war, Franz also saw that these people were either unable to protect themselves, or did not have a common goal and program.

If they could be as brave as fighting Franz every time they fought, it is estimated that Lan Fang would have unified Nanyang long ago.

But it doesn't end that way

Today, I added 1400 words, and it's almost a chapter!

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