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After the 200,000 Russian troops organized by Joseph for the first time were put into the Eastern Front War, their main role was to become prisoners of the Ming-Japanese coalition forces.
It is obvious that these equipment are backward and almost the tactics of the soldiers are still stuck in decades.
Even if it has a considerable numerical advantage, it is unable to fight against the Ming army armed with high-tech weapons.
What's more, captives are not a burden to the Ming Empire, which has a surplus of food, but are an extremely cheap labor force.
The Ming Dynasty's masters also had to abide by corresponding orders from top to bottom, that is, they were not allowed to kill prisoners indiscriminately, because they could all be exchanged for silver coins.
Even after the Holy Roman Empire is wiped out, 30 to 40 million prisoners can be harvested, and digesting them will not be a problem.
Emperor Haojing believed that the territory of the Ming Empire was already large enough, so he was not very interested in grabbing territory in this war.
Assuming that little Frederick did not have a brain cramp and went to help Leopold and his son, then after the war, except for part of it that belonged to Prussia, most of the Pod Plain would be owned by the Ming Empire.
The Ming Empire would own almost two and a half of the four major grain-producing areas in Europe, which would completely satisfy Emperor Haojing.
As for obtaining an outlet on the south coast of Beihai, Zhu Cixiang was not interested at all.
Both Hamburg and Bremen are considered ports at the mouth of the river, and their conditions are far inferior to those of Amsterdam, Calais and other places.
It would be fine if both Prussia and Sweden occupied the Baltic Sea outlet. On the contrary, the Baltic Fleet of the Ming Empire owned two bases, Boro Castle and Gotland Island.
Zhu Cixiang did not intend to let the navy mess around in the Baltic Sea, a sea as big as a bathtub. There was no need at all.
Through the transaction with William III, the Ming Empire has purchased the Shetland Islands located at the outlet of the North Sea.
As long as a naval and air force base is set up here, potential enemies will not be able to block the ocean access of the Ming Navy's Baltic Fleet.
Before the war started, Zhu Cixiang had already thought about what to do after the war.
If even the Holy Roman Empire couldn't be settled, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty's development in the past hundred years have been in vain?
Therefore, it is required that the navy, army and air force engaged in the Western Front must resolutely and thoroughly eliminate any enemy who stubbornly resists!
If the recapture of Annan is the last battle in the Eastern world, then the elimination of the Holy Roman Empire is the last battle in the Western world.
No matter who you are, including those who are not afraid of death, those who want to be buried with Leopold and his son, and those who dare to challenge the Ming Empire, come and give it a try!
Russian soldiers captured from the battlefield were transported in an orderly manner to railway stations in border areas, and then loaded into wagons and transported to the Kursk mines.
At the beginning, Emperor Haojing requested that the railway in the Western Governor's Region must be built to the border line.
Nowadays, the main role of these branch railways has become highlighted...
Once a large number of captives are captured, the upfront investment costs of all branch railways will be paid back as quickly as possible.
The Kursk Iron Ore is the largest iron ore mine in Europe and easily ranks among the top ten in the world.
There is a huge demand for miners in the mine, but not many people from the mainland are willing to come here to mine.
Because the content of Yimin’s advertisement is to go to the west to be a local landlord. If there is a good opportunity to be a local landlord, who would be willing to mine?
Even if Xin Yimin works in a mine, he is still a forklift or truck driver, and his monthly salary is no less than twenty silver coins.
Although the labor efficiency of slave miners is much lower than that of mechanization, they are free and labor costs are kept to a minimum.
As long as food, shelter and clothing are provided, all the mines in the Ming Empire are willing to accept slave miners.
The number of slave miners purchased from abroad is limited, and it costs money.
The only way to get millions, even tens of millions, of slave miners for free is through war.
If it weren't for the great distance, Emperor Poirot of the Inca Empire would have sent troops to join the war.
The reason is very simple. On the one hand, it is to maintain alliance relations, and on the other hand, it is to get some prisoners of war after the war.
The New Inca Empire made its fortune through mining. To a certain extent, like the Ottoman Empire, the country's economic development relied heavily on a large number of labor forces.
Prisoners of war were a good source of free labor, and Poirot was even willing to purchase them in bulk at a price of two hundred to two hundred and fifty silver coins per man of working age (20-30 years old).
The internal sales price in the Ming Dynasty was fifty to one hundred silver coins each. Even so, slave miners were in short supply, which has been stimulating France and the Netherlands to go to Africa to capture black people.
In order to keep the slave miners busy and not think about escaping from the mine every day, the working period has been set at ten years, and the daily workload has not increased.
Generally, it only takes one to two years for a mining farm to recoup the cost of purchasing slave miners, and the remaining miners can make a net profit for at least eight years. After that, they can become free miners and still make profits for the mine.
Prisoners of war were obtained through war, and the capitation fee was paid directly to the military. Not only was the price cheap, but it was also large in quantity and fully managed, which made them deeply loved by the mine owners.
Another advantage of obtaining captives is that you can select those who are beautiful or tall and sell them to the next family at a high price.
In addition to being collected by the generals and rewarded to capable subordinates, the extremely beautiful female captives were also sold to wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty.
The blond, blue-eyed, graceful and tall Yangma, who has attracted the attention of the country, can be sold for three to five thousand, or even tens of thousands of silver coins. It is not a problem.
Similarly, those male captives who are as strong as an ox and have handsome features will naturally be loved by wealthy ladies...
Some foreigners who know the Ming Empire even assert that the Holy Roman Empire is just called the Roman Empire.
It was the Ming Empire that truly inherited the mantle of the Roman Empire. The reason is very simple.
The Ming Empire operated based on monarchy and slaves, which was very Roman.
In many cases, mercenaries were used in battles, which was also very Roman.
Gongmin has basic medical insurance, which is also similar to the welfare of Rome.
As for the love of bathing, the development of gladiator activities, and the luxurious enjoyment of the upper class, it is almost the same as the Roman Empire back then.
How powerful this "Eastern Roman Empire" will be before it declines depends on the emperor's character and the composition of the army.
Emperor Haojing is not only in good health, but also getting younger as he lives. This has greatly disappointed many people with ulterior motives. Basically, they will not be thinking about the emperor's death in a short period of time...
The emperor's eldest son, Zhu Xiangtang, was naturally not as good as his father in terms of martial arts, but in the field of martial arts, judging from the development of Australia, he was still quite successful.
The army is an important pillar of the empire. The Roman Empire collapsed that year because Roman ministers were too lazy to serve as soldiers. Most of the soldiers were barbarian mercenaries, and control of the army naturally fell into the hands of the barbarians.
However, the proportion of barbarian soldiers (such as prairie soldiers) in the Ming Empire's troops was less than one-tenth of the number, and they were based on the settlement system. They were Mumin in peacetime and cavalry in war.
In an era when high-tech weapons take the initiative on the battlefield, the cavalry has been reduced to an auxiliary force. Even if there are three to five million cavalry, they can only help the armored forces and the air force.
It is impossible to shake the foundation of the Ming army through mercenaries. Even the thinking patterns of mixed-race soldiers have been completely understood.
I usually talk about language and eat Ming meals, thinking that everything in the Ming Empire is the best, and treating foreigners except for hard-core allies as barbarians...
These Russian soldiers who wanted to capture were Slavs. In English, Slavs have the same root as slave, so it is obvious that they should and are very suitable to be slaves.
They gave up the opportunity to farm and were unwilling to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Now this is the end they deserve. This is their fate!
If fate comes to them, they must obey it, otherwise they will die!
As the commander-in-chief of the army, Zhang Huangyan would naturally not let Yu resist and then eliminate him mercilessly.
Because all prisoners are money, half a million prisoners of appropriate age means 25 million silver coins!
If the money is divided equally, it means that everyone, including the Japanese soldiers, can get one hundred silver coins.
If other prisoners were included, ordinary soldiers could also pocket two hundred silver coins, not counting the generals and officers.
All the troops deployed in the Western Governor's Region adopt the garrison model, and most of the soldiers have married and started families.
Zhang Huangyan not only wants to ensure that his side reduces the number of casualties as much as possible in this battle, but also wants everyone to make as much money as possible.
Otherwise, if we finally fight against the Holy Roman Empire, wouldn't it be a waste of time for the entire army?
There is probably not much money left in the treasury of this so-called empire, and the only thing of value is the population.
The master has informed himself that all the proceeds from the sale of prisoners can be used to reward the entire army, including the Japanese army.
The imperial court does not lack this money. As long as this war can be completely ended within three years, it will save the imperial court money.
Because the bulk of war expenditures are the consumption of troops in various aspects during combat, rather than rewarding soldiers who participated in the war after the war.
In particular, the Ming Dynasty King's Division has achieved mechanization, and all heavy weapons in the army are considered technological equipment.
Taking the "Hercules" bomber as an example, the manufacturing cost of each aerial bomb reaches thirty silver coins.
Mounting twenty pieces at a time for takeoff would total ammunition worth six hundred silver coins.
Carrying out a carpet bombing on a scale of hundreds of aircraft means directly throwing down 60,000 silver coins!
The effect of a thousand-plane bombing is extremely terrifying, and the cost of bombing is also extremely terrifying...
This does not include fuel consumption, airframe depreciation, crew member wages, and related costs for maintenance after return.
The air force was bombing the territory of the Holy Roman Empire indiscriminately, which was great, but in fact it was all a waste of money!
The military budget for bombing alone reached 200 million silver coins in the first year of the war!
This is still based on the fact that the air force is only deployed for about 150 days a year, otherwise the actual expenditure will rise further!
Looking around the world, only the Ming Empire Air Force dares to do this!
Without money, carpet bombing cannot be carried out even with a large number of bombers.
Of course, the role of carpet bombing cannot be unilaterally denied. At least it allows ground troops to save the process of siege and greatly reduces infantry casualties.
Otherwise, this money will not be saved, and most of it will be used to pay the pensions of soldiers killed and disabled due to the siege.
Therefore, after such comparison, Emperor Haojing would rather use money to buy bombs and throw them on the enemy's heads to greatly reduce casualties than wait for the soldiers of the King's Division to be injured or die before paying pensions.
The bombing budget of 200 million silver coins was not enough, so it was raised to 300 million. Zhu Cihong did not believe that carpet bombing could not kill the so-called "Holy Roman Empire"!
When the war zone is not raining continuously, Zhang Huangyan can order the air force to dispatch frequently to bomb enemy cities in the hinterland.
Some places did not need bombing, such as Vienna and Bratislava, which were besieged by the Ottoman army.
Before the Ming Air Force flew to these two cities, the Ottoman Air Force was already doing the same thing...
It's just that the number of bombers of the Ottoman Air Force is far less than that of the Ming Empire Air Force, so the bombing effect will naturally be greatly reduced.
The maximum number of bombings was a hundred aircraft, but the unprecedented grand bombing of a thousand aircraft was never possible because the number could not be collected!
If the Ming Dynasty had summoned the air force to bomb Vienna, the city would have been completely wiped out!
Perhaps it was a good thing for the city and the military minions inside that it was besieged by the Ottoman army with relatively weak firepower.
Compared with Warsaw, which surrendered after holding on for a month and a half, the Vienna defenders may be able to hold on for a while with their stronger city defense and firepower.
The Ming Air Force did not go to Vienna to help because it was the prey of its allies.
The opponent has been besieging the city for such a long time, and he only went to help to defeat it. This shows that the allies are incompetent in disguise...
The Russian troops in the Western Carpathians could not stop the coalition forces from attacking Moravia from various mountain passes, even if this area would be assigned to the Ottoman Empire after the war.
After some advice from an expert, Ibrahim was no longer in a hurry to send troops to seize the territory. The glory of letting his main force conquer Vienna was enough to be recorded in history.
The old friend has never been kind to him. Even if the Ming army occupied most of Moravia first, he could naturally take over Moravia after the war.
The two sides are fighting jointly. Even if one of them invades the other's territory first, it will return it to the other party according to the prior agreement after the war.
The Ming Empire did not lack this little land, and Emperor Haojing did not look down on Moravia, which was like a remote country.
The coalition forces invaded the area with only one purpose, and that was to eat up the outer territory of the Holy Roman Empire and narrow the encirclement.
The next stage of the task is to attack Bohemia and eastern Germany with all strength.
At the same time, it would also free the Ottoman army from worries and allow them to advance aggressively into western Austria and southern Germany.
On May 15, the Third Army led by Lu Xuecheng, who set out from Krakow, had already arrived at Prague.
If they didn't have to cross mountains and take into account the consumption of ammunition and physical strength, they could reach the outskirts of Prague faster.
In addition to one tank brigade, four cavalry brigades, five German grenadier brigades, and ten Bohemian mountain infantry brigades, Crown Prince Joseph also mobilized the second batch of five corps with 100,000 Russian troops. to defend.
If possible, I hope to use a battle to severely damage the invading enemy!
