Use talents instead of minions! This is Xiao Letian's motto for employing people. Subordinates who are too obedient are servile and can only stick to the status quo but not develop, so they must be used carefully.
As for subordinates who are too ostentatious and too individualistic, although they are talented, they are capable and wild-minded. Such people must be beaten and used. Xiang Ying is obviously the latter.
Cai Bixia can understand the master's painstaking efforts, and she will never let go of this opportunity. "Master... Xiang Ying... no, no, no, it's all the officers and soldiers of our Zhiyuan, collectively submitting our wishes to you!"
"In this Franco-Prussian War, let us go to sea! We are really not willing to compete with the French navy!"
"Would you like to fight?" Xiao Letian said thoughtfully!
In this Franco-Prussian War, the general strategic idea was to abandon naval warfare and rely purely on land warfare to win! The entire Prussian coastline is completely on the defensive!
The official issued a warning to the merchants of the empire a long time ago. Once a war breaks out, all merchant ships must stay in the harbor and not leave!
There is no way to calculate economic losses. War is a process that consumes wealth. Who dares not to sacrifice the entire nation for victory?
According to war chess deductions, the outcome of this war can be decided within a month. Prussia can still hold on after one month's losses!
It is not that Prussia does not have a navy. In the First Schleswig War, Prussia, which had no navy, suffered a big loss from Denmark. After that, it worked hard to catch up and spent nearly 20 years of struggle to finally form a small fleet for offshore operations.
Although this fleet did not have a brilliant record of victory in the Prussian War, it successfully contained the Danish navy and eventually allowed the army to win.
However, such a fleet is really incomparable compared to France. According to the latest intelligence, the total tonnage of France's warships at the moment has reached 470,000 tons.
Although some of them are old sail warships, the total tonnage of the new steam ironclad ships is also close to half, reaching a huge 250,000 tons.
It can't compare to Britain, but it's no problem to torture and kill a weakling like Prussia!
No matter how arrogant Xiao Letian is, he would never think of using one Zhiyuan to compete with the entire French fleet. Only a madman would think so.
But he also thought of the silence of all naval officers in today's meeting. This silence contained silent protest!
The navy is using their silence to express protest against their suppression. This is a silent demonstration!
Beating and beating the disobedient subordinates is a method that a commander must know, but if the beating is too hard, it will directly damage the morale of the military and plant the submissive gene in the hearts of these future Chinese navy seeds. This is no longer Xiao Letian's original intention.
"Okay! I allow you to leave the port, but I don't allow you to fight France!"
"Cai Bixia, you have to listen clearly. I know that the navy believes in the law of giant waves and rocks. The enthusiasm in your hearts to dare to fight is higher than anyone else. But the Zhiyuan is the hope of our Chinese navy in the future. I will never allow this. Any accident occurs to a battleship!"
"You have to remember! Our navy has just started. In Ryukyu and Prussian shipyards, the keels of new warships have not yet been completed! If something goes wrong with the Zhiyuan, we will not have the strategic weapons to suppress the enemy! "
"You can leave the port to conduct escort and patrol missions in the waters of Hamburg! But once you encounter the main force of French warships, you must retreat honestly. Do you understand?"
"What if we encounter scattered French warships?" Cai Bixia asked.
"If it's one or two lone ships... then what are you waiting for? Knock him out!" Xiao Letian ruffled Cai Bixia's hair affectionately.
"Go! Tell that bastard Xiang Ying and those monkey children on the Zhiyuan! Go out and get some fresh air. Don't say I've trapped you all, but no one can cause trouble for me!"
"Yes! Head of State!" Cai Bixia saluted excitedly, then grabbed his hat and turned away. As soon as he left the door, he actually started running.
Xiao Letian shook his head, "Navy! The navy... just takes twice as much care as the army!"
The last mobilization meeting before the war finally ended. Cai Bixia brought the military order from the head of state, which was met with excited roars from everyone on the Zhiyuan. People everywhere in the dormitory threw their hats to the roof!
"Long live the Führer! The Zhiyuan attacks!"
"Let's go back to Hamburg! Let's go now!"
Xiang Ying showed a rare smile and hugged Cai Bixia, "Thank you! Without you to clear the gap between the master and me, I really don't know how I would have spoken to the master!"
"Don't thank me, thank yourself! If you hadn't given a very satisfactory answer to the master's question today, the master would not have let you go!"
"Master said today that you are a piece of beautiful jade, but too brittle! You can't always be so proud! You can't always have so much anger in your heart..."
"I know, I know...I'll change it, I'll definitely listen to you, I'll change it!"
Fifteen minutes later, all the officers and soldiers of the Navy gathered on the lawn outside the window of the head of state's office and collectively saluted the head of state and bid farewell!
Xiao Letian did not show up. He hid behind the curtains and watched them secretly. He knew that if he showed up at this moment, these angry youths would probably become three times more fanatical!
The Navy left Berlin early and took a train straight to Hamburg, where the Zhiyuan was waiting for them at the Hamburg naval port.
The army's departure was much slower than that of the navy. It was not until ten o'clock in the evening that all two thousand special forces members were assembled and boarded the special train that had been waiting for them in the dark!
In the iron container, the special forces members sat on hay, leaning against each other and closing their eyes to meditate. Some soldiers looked at the dark night outside through the gaps in the container.
Wang Chen didn't sleep all the way. His head was leaning on the container. There was a gap in front of him. Through this, he could clearly see the unique Prussian night.
The train is speeding on the tracks, and the forests, buildings, and mountains in the dark night form groups of black light and shadow with different shades. Only after a long period of adaptation can you see their outlines clearly.
Villages and towns appear in front of you from time to time, and the scattered light of candles and oil lamps is like stars in the dark night!
Suddenly, a bright light appeared before his eyes, and Wang Chen closed his eyes in excitement. It was the light of a busy train station, lit by torches and kerosene lamps, as bright as day.
All the stations were busy, and the unloading workers were so tired that they were sweating profusely loading and unloading various materials on the trucks!
The soldiers waiting for the military parade sat in a neat line on the platform. There were more than a thousand people!
The dirt road along the railway was lit by torches, and an endless convoy of mules and horses was rolling forward pulling unknown types of supplies!
"Get excited! This is called war! This country has gone crazy and is mobilized!"
"When will the Chinese people be so united? When will we Chinese be able to mobilize so well..."
In a state of envy, the soldier gradually became sleepy and fell asleep leaning on the carriage!
