The time for the operation is tentatively scheduled for the spring of 1716, because spring is the dry season in Central and Eastern Europe. If it is not a big river, the river water will be very shallow, which is conducive to the advancement of the Ming Army's armored forces.
It will definitely be too late this year. The other three companies will have to mobilize troops and generals from their respective territories, especially Karl, who will have to deliver troops and equipment to the southern coast of the Baltic Sea by sea.
For Zhu Cixiang, Augusta is just an annoying mosquito. All he needs to do is team up with his friends to swat it to death. He is not interested in the flesh on the mosquito's legs.
After realizing that this guy's territory contained the largest copper mine in Europe, the eyes of Leopold, Frederick Jr., and Karl naturally revealed a strong green light...
Initially, these three were not optimistic about the mining industry. Even after visiting the mining areas of the Ming Empire, their reactions were not very enthusiastic. On the other hand, it was also because the mineral resources in their respective territories were not abundant.
Until a reference appeared, that was the Inca Empire!
Relying on the ancestral craft of mining, the economy of the resurrected Inca Empire took off in just twenty years!
Today, the empire has become the world's third largest economy after the Ming Empire and the French Empire.
In terms of wealth and metallurgy, it is ranked second in the world after the Ming Empire, which has to be impressive.
The originally barren and desolate Coast Mountains area suddenly became a hot spot due to copper mining.
As long as a giant copper mine is discovered, within three years, the local area will transform from a small village to an industrialized city with a population of hundreds of thousands.
The food and livestock produced in La Plata Province can be continuously transported to the mining areas to feed the hard-working miners.
Coupled with the advantage of having two oceans, the Inca Empire's aquatic fishing volume is increasing year by year.
As a result, even if the empire started the process of industrialization, there was no famine.
On the contrary, after industrialization, it has stimulated the rapid development of agriculture, animal husbandry, and aquaculture.
Another point is that Poirot wisely chose the order model dominated by the Incas.
White people in La Plata Province can also enjoy the same treatment as sub-mins and have certain rights to take care of themselves locally.
In general, as long as the local interests of the white people are ensured, Poirot has the final say in other aspects.
Except for the province of La Plata, the civil and military officials in other places are held by indigenous people appointed by the cabinet.
This arrangement means that Poirot listened to Zhu Cixiang's advice, which can ensure rapid economic development and ensure the stability and security of the empire.
Externally, there was the bilateral military alliance between the Inca and the Ming Empire to ensure it, and internally there was the cooperation of the Inca army and advisory groups.
Whether they are foreign enemies or internal thieves, they can be resolved through bilateral relations.
Unlike Leopold's Holy Roman Empire, the Inca Empire had never fought a major war since it defeated the Spanish counterattack.
Joining hands with the French army to carve up Brazil was considered the second large-scale war in which the Inca army participated.
The servants who had previously served the Spanish began to surrender to Poirot in an organized manner after their masters fled.
These servant armies have little combat effectiveness, they are just a bunch of people who can only fight with the wind.
Even without the help of the advisory group, Poirot's army alone can defeat it.
The Holy Roman Empire had just emerged from the flames of the Second European War, and Leopold wanted to recuperate and then pass the empire to his Joseph.
I didn’t expect that this guy from Augusta was really stupid. Not only did he offend Sweden, he also took the initiative to offend the Ming Empire. Now it’s better...
From the end of the meeting to the start of the fight, the preparation time left for the three parties was actually only half a year.
The prey is kept secret and everything is done methodically beneath the surface.
It was not difficult for Karl and Frederick the Younger to send 30,000 troops, and Leopold could only use most of his standing army for this operation.
Of course, there is also a premise, that is, the Ottomans cannot invade the north again, otherwise the empire's main force will have to be used to defend the security of Vienna.
The main reason for seizing Hungary was to come into contact with the threat posed by the Ottoman army to Austria, especially Vienna.
But now everything has to be considered in the long term...
Friday, April 10, 1716!
The Ming army troops from three armies and eighteen brigades were divided into three groups. Under the cover of nearly 500 armed helicopters, 2,000 fighter jets, and 400 bombers, they launched a blitzkrieg against Bo Li, who had frequently invaded Ming Dynasty territory before.
The Poli Air Force opposite had accumulated more than a hundred "Albatross" fighter jets over the years. However, due to the pilots' lack of technical ability and actual combat experience, coupled with their absolute disadvantage in numbers, they were wiped out at the beginning of the war.
The Ming army's aircraft fleet covered the sky, and the nearly three hundred "Black-footed Albatross" flying at the front were used to seize air supremacy and also take care of ground strikes.
Encountering the "Albatross" of the Poli Air Force is the happiest thing for these "Black-footed Albatross" crews, because they can hunt and kill their targets at will.
There was no suspense about the outcome of the air battle. Even the airport built by the Polish army near the border was destroyed. The fighter planes that were too late to take off were all turned into burning wreckage.
It is reasonable to seize air supremacy in one day. Even this task cannot be completed, that is, the weather is bad, or there is even a problem with the Ming Air Force...
The armored troops on the ground are moving towards the hinterland
^0^ As they marched forward in a mighty manner, the sky was filled with dust. Each tank carried a squad of infantrymen.
This is the second large-scale military operation of the Ming army in the Western Military Region after going south to clean up the dog Tatars. The scene is almost the same as the last time.
Each corps includes two armored brigades, two cavalry brigades, and two infantry brigades, which can either attack all the way or launch a pincer offensive.
This was the first time for the Polish cavalry to encounter such a large-scale armored force. They had never even experienced it when fighting side by side with the French army.
Facing the strong advance of the Ming army's tank group, the Polish cavalry troops were beaten and unable to parry.
Usually they didn't even reach the distance of hand-to-hand combat, and even the men and horses were beaten beyond recognition.
There were also people who were not afraid of death. A cavalry battalion of about three to four hundred people launched a charge against a tank company of the Ming Army.
Twelve tanks, along with their infantry, opened fire, wiping out at least two hundred men in less than five minutes.
The rest were naturally frightened, and regardless of their injured companions, they turned their horses and ran for their lives...
The opponent's firepower was completely unstoppable to them. No matter how fast their horses were, they couldn't beat the opponent's bullets.
In addition to the machine guns on the tanks, each infantry squad of the Ming army was also equipped with four submachine guns.
These submachine guns can come in handy when facing enemy cavalry.
In addition, individual rocket launchers have also been equipped with infantry squads.
They are divided into armor-piercing projectiles that destroy fortifications and tanks, and grenades that deal with cavalry.
The individual rocket launcher has never been sold to the outside world. It is considered one of the core technologies of Ming Dynasty.
It was impossible for Zhu Cixi to sell this weapon to potential competitors, such as France, and then ask Louis XIV to give the rocket launcher to Augusta as a gift, and then the Polish soldiers would launch it to destroy the Ming army's tanks.
Tank guns, machine guns, submachine guns, rocket launchers, magazine-fed rifles, grenades!
When the Ming army soldiers used these weapons to deal with the enemy, the Polish cavalry was confused from beginning to end...
After this battle, some of the Polish cavalry who survived by chance even thought that their spears might never be used!
The firepower of those yellow-skinned monkeys was almost the strongest they had ever seen.
So powerful that once the two sides encounter each other, they may immediately pay the price with their lives!
Not only the ground, the Polish army was also overwhelmed by the fighter planes overhead.
Unless you run into the dense forest and hide, you will face circling strafing from Ming army fighter planes on the plains.
This attack mode usually lasts for several hours, and one fighter plane can torture hundreds of cavalrymen to madness.
On the day the war began, the Polish army lost no less than ten thousand people.
By sunset on the third day, the number of Polish casualties was close to 30,000.
After learning that the Ming army was fighting without declaring war, Augusta was furious and planned to ask for help from Frederick the Younger and Leopold.
Unexpectedly, the two "reinforcements" came very "timely" and disarmed a large number of defenders in the west and south of Boli!
Mining is the general trend and what people want!
In order to make money from mining as soon as possible, little Frederick and Leopold had no choice but to kill their relatives.
Thirty thousand Prussian troops and 100,000 Holy Roman Empire troops invaded the territories of Politburo and the Electorate of Saxony from the west and south.
On April 18, one week after the war began.
A Prussian infantry brigade joined the Swedish troops outside Vilnius, and both sides immediately began to besiege the city.
The defenders still hoped that Augusta could send reinforcements to relieve them, so they still defended the city and resisted.
After three days of shelling with little success, the coalition forces had to send liaison officers to request the Ming army to dispatch a fleet of aircraft to bomb the city.
At around 11 a.m. on April 22, ninety-two Hercules bombers, escorted by thirty Black-footed Albatross attack aircraft, carried out a carpet bombing of Vilnius.
The defenders in the city did not understand the importance of air defense. There were less than fifty anti-aircraft guns that could be used for air defense in the shelter, and they were almost destroyed by the "Black-footed Albatross" before the official bombing.
The Puri coalition officers and soldiers outside the city also witnessed the entire process of the majestic carpet bombing. They were all dumbfounded and had mixed feelings in their hearts.
After the bombs were dropped, the city turned into a sea of fire. Fortunately, these allies' aircraft fleets, otherwise countless bombs would have fallen on their heads. Today was the first bombing!
It has been finalized with the Ming army, and it has been at this intensity for three days in a row!
The largest airport of the Ming Army on the front line is located in Minsk, very close to Vilnius.
As long as there is sufficient ammunition and permission from above, the Ming Army's bomber fleet can come and drop bombs every day!
Minsk is only three times as far from Warsaw as Vilnius, which is not far at all for bombers.
The defenders of Vilnius chose to seek death, so naturally the defenders of Warsaw could not escape the fate of "carpet feeding"!
For the Ming army that pushed all the way to the walls of Warsaw, a siege?
sure!
Siege?
That's the Air Force's business!
The ground troops are only responsible for capturing prisoners...
The defenders want to have a bloody Warsaw, but that is impossible!
After Wang's division surrounded Warsaw, Zhang Huangyan, who was in command in Minsk, ordered that as long as the weather was good, the air force would dispatch at least a hundred sorties a day to bomb the city.
Anyway, the city has been surrounded, and the Ming army is already in Brest
^0^A field airport has been built, and anyone who can take off can go to Warsaw for a tour!
In fact, there are at least 500 fighter sorties flying over Warsaw every day, making the sky over Warsaw almost a free air show!
But the cost of watching the air show for free is extremely huge!
More than 10,000 defenders were killed and wounded. Fires broke out in the city under bombing every day, and the fireproof masonry buildings were reduced to ruins by aerial bombs.
Warsaw is the strongest city in Poland. It originally had no pool, but under Augusta's order, a moat was dug.
However, in the face of bombing from the air, the defenders were really powerless, which made Augusta feel angry and resentful, and there was nothing he could do.
There is no better strategy at the moment other than seeking a sum from the four opponents.
As long as the war can be stopped this time, at worst, he will not send troops to Sweden and the Ming Dynasty in the future.
But for many days, Augusta National received no reply from either party.
The reason is simple. Until the Ming Empire stops its actions, the other three families will not dare to make peace with Bo without permission.
That would be tantamount to betraying the Ming Empire. The price to be paid for this behavior was a foreseeable loss for the heads of state of the Three Kingdoms.
What's more, the three heads of state are counting on mining copper mines to make money. At such a critical moment, they not only cannot stop, but also fight harder to prove their clear-cut stance.
Poli is everyone's enemy, either unite and destroy the enemy.
Otherwise, they will have to be wiped out by everyone...
However, Augusta still learned about the general armistice conditions from the envoy to the Ming Empire, which was of course very harsh for him.
First, Boli was no longer a country after the war, and its territory was divided between Rui, Pu, Shen, and Ming.
Second, Augusta himself must abdicate on his own initiative and publicly apologize to the Kingdom of Sweden and the Ming Empire.
Third, after the war, you can choose to settle in Leipzig or Dresden and use this city as a dependent territory for taxation.
Fourth, the title of the Elector of Saxony will be cancelled, and the Electorate will cease to exist.
Of course, reparations and population are not involved here, and the reasons are self-evident.
There are also a bunch of details. After reading them all, the veins on Augusta National’s forehead bulged...
This is simply treating oneself as a prisoner, which is simply unreasonable!
It doesn't matter if you don't agree, the Ming army's fleet comes over every day to remind this king!
I believe that after the war, Warsaw will be the largest ruins in Europe!
From the beginning of the bombing, to Augusta receiving the armistice conditions, and finally accepting the conditions, the length of time reached fifteen days!
During this period, the Ming Air Force dropped a total of nearly 70,000 aerial bombs!
Each aerial bomb weighs less than fifty kilograms, usually only twenty kilograms, but I can't bear to throw more...
Some are cluster bombs, some are incendiary bombs, in short they can torture the defenders to death.
Dear, this chapter is finished, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^
