Nicholas scratched his head, "I didn't think much about it. I just think that a soldier's duty is to fight, and other things are not what we should consider!"
"Although gold is good, is it the duty of soldiers to make money? No! Isn't making money what businessmen and tax collectors should do? Farmers and craftsmen can also make money..."
"This guy just needs to do his job well. I'm stupid and can't pretend to be too many things. I'm a soldier, so I only have one thought in my mind to fight! Winning the enemy is everything to me..."
"Carrying ten kilograms of gold to fight? Isn't this a joke? Let alone fighting. Even if you carry such a heavy thing across mountains and ridges, you will die from exhaustion. Once you encounter the enemy, will you still have the physical strength to fight? Let alone everyone. I have been tired all night..."
The road is simple! This is a sentence that Aikeson heard from a teacher in his family. This is a famous saying of an ancient Chinese philosopher. Now Nicholas's words have given a vivid footnote to this sentence.
The real truths are actually simple and not complicated at all. The right choice is often right in front of people. Nicholas's simple emotions don't have much, but he can grasp the core of the problem.
Aren’t soldiers supposed to fight? It's enough to fight your battle well. Do you need to worry about other things? You have to worry about diplomacy, you have to worry about imperial finances, you have to worry about geopolitics and the distribution of interests among East Asian countries.
Why do you need diplomats when you have everything to worry about? Why do you need a Chancellor of the Exchequer? Why do we need the Imperial Bank?
Aikeson sighed. He finally understood where they went wrong this time. In fact, the mistake lay in the positioning error caused by greed.
Ever since the information about the Golden Treasure Island was transmitted to the ears of the generals of the expeditionary force, everyone's hearts were in confusion. Once the door is opened, people will be lost.
Soldiers have forgotten their bounden duty. The 30,000-strong army actually started to worry about other things. They have to worry about the financial crisis of the empire, so the army wants to sneak attack on Shirayi and attack Amami Oshima. The Tsar wants to flex his muscles in Asia, so the fleet has to Rush to the mouth of the Minjiang River to show off your power.
Aikeson wanted to give himself two slaps. Does the empire's financial crisis have anything to do with the military? Who gave you the order to solve the imperial finances?
If His Majesty wants to show influence in Asia, he will naturally have diplomats to negotiate and communicate with him. Is it necessary for the entire fleet to flex its muscles by rubbing the coastline of the Qing Dynasty?
These are great. They showed off their muscles and went to the mouth of the Minjiang River to get a beating from the Zhiyuan and the new imperial guard army. They wanted to make a fortune, but the whole army fell into the trap of the Chinese.
The root of everything actually lies in the extremely simple words Nicholas said: "Do your job well and think less about things you don't need!"
Great simplicity is the golden key to solving all problems, but an ordinary low-level officer understands it, but these high-ranking noble generals are confused.
If there was a regret medicine in the world, Aikeson would be willing to spend all his money to take one, but there are some for sale!
"Nicholas...if we can successfully break through this time, you can work with me from now on! I will transfer you to my command, will you?"
Nicholas scratched his head again, "Oh...oh...I'm still saying the same thing, I'm just a soldier, just do my job well. Isn't the bounden duty of a soldier to obey? You said you would transfer me with military orders. , what can I say?”
Seeing Nicholas' honest and honest look, Aikeson was so coquettish that he wanted to slap himself in the face. He sighed in his heart, "I'm confused. I'm completely confused. Why do I always talk nonsense, why do I always say incompetent words!"
The mountain road was rugged. Under the protection of the soldiers of the guard company, Aikeson quickly arrived at the first circular position where the attack was launched. In the original minefield, a regiment of troops was ready to go, and they were waiting for Aikeson. Set off immediately.
At this moment, the sound of artillery and shouts of death in the east were getting closer and closer. People could see the billowing smoke of explosions coming from the direction of Seto Inland without using telescopes to the naked eye.
"The whole army sets off! March urgently into Setouchi! Raid the enemy's artillery camp to withstand the Chinese attack and buy time for the large troops to retreat... Let's go!"
With an order, the whole army began to run wildly. The soldiers' heavy backpacks contained ammunition, supplies, and the ten-kilogram gold ingot, which made a muffled sound on their backs as they ran.
The mountain road was rugged and difficult. After running for more than 20 minutes, some soldiers retreated to the roadside because of sprained feet. At this time, there were no medical soldiers to care about them. These lagging soldiers could only wait to gather with the next wave of teams to go down the mountain.
After a night of bloody fighting, the physical strength of the soldiers has been exhausted. All the tired soldiers of this difficult march are sticking out their tongues like dogs. No matter how strong the war bears in the north are, they are living people and not machines. They are also exhausted. When they are tired, they also know that they are tired.
What's more, these people are still carrying ten kilograms of burden, which intensifies the physical exertion.
Those with sprained legs, exhausted, dehydrated, and unconscious... There were 1,500 people in a group, and after only 40 minutes of running, large areas fell behind.
"What can we do? What can we do? Nicholas..." Aikeson yelled and called Nicholas to his side. "You take the guard company and search the surrounding area quickly. Amami Oshima is the most important sugar producing area and Lang in Ryukyu." Rum-producing area, it would be great if you could find some sugar or wine..."
"It's really hard to find a few sugar cane fields. We must let the soldiers replenish their strength, otherwise they will all die of exhaustion..."
"Yes! Sir... the guard company is divided into half, follow me to search the area..."
Nicholas led more than fifty soldiers to search the dense forest at full speed. Now Exxon could only rely on Nicholas, because they were the only ones in the army who could advance lightly.
However, Aikeson underestimated the viciousness of Xiao Letian's plan. How could these Chinese soldiers let these tired soldiers go? Not long after Nicholas entered the dense forest, he heard a sudden burst of gunfire in the forest, which was like fried beans, mixed with There was a booming grenade explosion.
After a while, Nicholas retreated in disgrace, "There is an ambush! There are Chinese sharpshooters wandering in the dense forest! They are as elusive as ghosts, we can't rush through..."
As he was speaking, there was a sudden burst of gunfire, and the four soldiers in front of Aikeson were immediately shot in the head, the Tianling Cap was overturned, and white spray was sprayed everywhere.
"Counterattack! Counterattack quickly..." The panicked soldiers opened fire blindly into the dense forest, but the enemy's counterattack was of no use at all.
Aikeson felt a chill running from his lower back to the top of his head. "Quickly... attack with the whole army. Don't get entangled with the enemy! They just want to drag us to death while we are tired!"
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