There was a dead silence in the temporary headquarters. The shouts of killing from the Russian troops outside were earth-shattering. The Marines who fought back were also fighting extremely hard. To be honest, what Xiao Letian said today was really difficult for them to accept.
The Chinese army is a proud army, which has been accompanied by victory after victory from the moment of its birth. The uprising of 100,000 Han people in Ryukyu set off the Chinese army's founding. Since then, this young army has been fighting every year, all the time.
On the French-Swiss border, the new army resisted the French cavalry battalion. On the Prussian-Austrian battlefield, the whole of Europe was dumbfounded when they resisted more with less at Shiqiao Heights.
Not to mention the militia reserve forces that blocked the sneak attacks of the French elite regiments, and the amazing defense of Tanggu and the capture of the capital, all of which proved to the whole world the power of the new army.
Fighting along the way, the New Army fought most hard battles in which the small defeated the large and the weak defeated the strong. Who in this world were they afraid of? Every soldier in this army is proud, and their belief in victory is unbreakable.
This kind of pride is undoubtedly valuable, but in Xiao Letian's eyes, this kind of pride is also dangerous. The world is far more dangerous than the new officers and soldiers thought.
The current so-called invincibility of the New Army is actually just the result of the cleverness of Xiao Letian, the strategist. Xiao Letian carefully walked among the great powers, looking for allies and figuring out the bottom line of a powerful country. Always stop the powerful enemy quickly before he is about to get angry, and then put on a harmless appearance.
Established friendly commercial relations with the United States, established a paramilitary alliance with Prussia, bowed in front of Britain, and willingly served as Britain's pawn to contain Russia.
It is always a matter of fighting one family to win over another, fighting a small war and then discussing two big wars at the negotiation table. It is only by crossing the river by crossing the river by feeling the stones so carefully that the biggest worry in Xiao Letian's heart is that the UK has not done anything to him.
Xiao Letian cannot describe the significance of Britain to the entire earth in this era. This country that controls the entire ocean, the Royal Navy is indeed invincible. Even if Xiao Letian has the Zhiyuan with more than thirty years of black technology, he is no match for Britain.
Industrial strength cannot be made up by words. Even Xiao Letian can guess at this moment that in the British Royal Dockyard, countless engineers are replicating the battleship in detailed ways based on the limited intelligence about the Zhiyuan.
The more beautiful the Zhiyuan is, the more money Britain will invest in those engineers. These massive funds and sufficient talents will eventually build a new warship that is far better than the Zhiyuan.
As long as it passes the test at the proving ground, and as long as the Queen or Prime Minister of England is willing to invest in this kind of warship, then the terrifying British industrial strength will explode.
Launching a warship like a dumpling is not an exaggeration at all, it is an ironclad fact!
The gap in strength cannot be completely made up by spirit. If the Chinese rashly start a war with the British without being prepared, then no matter how capable Xiao Letian is, failure is doomed.
In fact, it is not just the United Kingdom, France is the same, and the United States is the same. The productivity of those countries that have been baptized by the Industrial Revolution is a hundred times that of the Chinese people in front of them. This cannot be caught up by relying on ideals and spirit.
Xiao Letian carefully found a balance among the great powers. He would rather die to help Prussia fight the European war. He didn't have enough money at home, but he used tens of millions of silver reserves to help Prussia rise and support the revolution in France. strength.
This was not a matter of having enough to eat, but the only opportunity for the Chinese to get ahead in the international situation at that time. When the Chinese nation is just starting out and is at its weakest, it is absolutely impossible to try to go it alone without relying on several forces to develop together.
However, ordinary officers and soldiers do not have the deep vision to see through history like Xiao Letian. They have long been immersed in the joy of victory after victory and raised their tails. Everyone thinks that they are invincible, the Chinese are invincible, and the Chinese are invincible. The new clan army is invincible!
But tonight's night battle gave these proud teenagers a slap in the face. They finally knew the background of the so-called great powers. It was not just that they had many ships and artillery, and it was not just that they had a high level of industrialization. The Western powers themselves had His fighting spirit has already left them speechless.
The New Army fought against Western armies more than once, and their repeated victories made them think that Europe's powerful armies were nothing more than this. However, no one realized that in the conflict on the French-Swiss border, the French were actually afraid of causing diplomatic disputes and did not attack. Dead hand.
On the Prussian-Austrian battlefield, in the bloody battle at Stone Bridge Heights, the opponent the new army encountered was actually a young master regiment from Austria. They were a group of noble boys who went to the battlefield to gain qualifications. The real elite had long since collided with the Prussian regular army. together.
As for the French expeditionary force that was later beaten up, it was just a colonial army on the Indian subcontinent, far from being an elite local army.
Xiao Letian understood the secret behind this, but others did not understand. They foolishly thought that they were fighting the most powerful enemy in the world. It was not until the Tsarist Russian army taught them a lesson that thirty thousand land troops were allowed to fight. The team members were completely awake.
A basin of cold water in the pocket makes them feel chilled! After the Russian Expeditionary Force came out of the initial chaos, and after they recognized the reality and began to give up all thoughts of underestimating the enemy and regard the Chinese as life and death enemies, the powerful War Bear Legion finally broke out to the level they should have. .
Crazy, bloody, strong, and fearless of death! One after another, the assault teams hit the Chinese defense line like hammers, and each hammer could fly hundreds of millions of sparks.
The proud young man was caught off guard and was knocked unconscious. It was not until Xiao Letian revealed their inner demons that Luo Huo and others suddenly realized.
Luo Huo clenched his fists tightly, and his bones and joints began to crack, as if he was making a huge determination. With a bang, Luo Huo Iron Fist hit the table and roared, "I understand, it's all because we underestimated the enemy! Today is a crucial lesson for us, I understand!"
"Oh? You understand! What are you going to do?" Xiao Letian asked coldly.
"Please, Prime Minister, sit down at the headquarters, and I will personally go down and supervise the battle! Since the enemy dares to fight in the field and take the initiative to charge, we Chinese young men are not cowards!"
"They want to use a killing to stabilize the morale of the army, and we also want to use a killing to stabilize our proud confidence! They dare to counterattack, and so do we!"
"Since tonight is a battle of wills between the two armies, we must not lose! Regardless of casualties or consequences, the death squads will press forward! If we don't suppress the enemy's arrogance, then these Rakshasa ghosts will become our inner demons!"
"If we don't crush them to death today, how can we confront them head-on in the future! The morale of the battle between thirty and twenty thousand people has been suppressed. How can we fight with hundreds of thousands of millions of troops in the future?"
"Don't be afraid when you encounter a wild beast! You have to fight for it!"
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