By December 1738 AD, except for the indigenous people in a few areas who were still resisting, there were places including Mount Kailuo.
The coalition ground forces have captured it with the help of a large number of helicopters and special forces, and control more than 90% of the land in the Kingdom of Naples.
This means that the Royal Naples Army, which has up to half a million troops, has now been destroyed under the long-term and fierce attack of the coalition forces.
According to intelligence, the remnants of the guerrillas have retreated to Rome, and the number of troops remaining in the Kingdom of Naples will not exceed 50,000.
The actual number is about 10,000 to 20,000, but these people have no reinforcements to relieve the siege, and the possibility of obtaining supplies is slim.
They can only maintain their livelihood through night attacks down the mountain. Under the combined air and ground attacks of the coalition forces, their military strength and combat effectiveness will be continuously weakened.
Like many guerrillas who had fought against the coalition forces, they eventually chose to surrender to the coalition forces when they could no longer hold on. This was their only way out.
Through the interrogation of the prisoners, Jiexuan learned the main reason for their surrender, which was that the guerrilla base camp in Kailuo Mountain was captured by the coalition forces in less than a month.
In fact, it only took less than twenty days, but the price paid was simply higher.
In order to seize three lines of defense from the plains, such as the town of San Germano, to Monte Cairo.
The coalition mobilized five brigades of ground troops, including 500 tanks and 500 artillery pieces. The Air Force's Tenth Air Force also dispatched five groups of fighter planes to support the battlefield in turn.
In logistics alone, there are more than 3,000 heavy-duty trucks transporting various supplies to ensure that frontline soldiers can eat delicious military rations for every meal.
Perhaps the natives on the mountain were eating chaffy vegetables and gnawing potatoes, but the soldiers at the lowest level of the coalition army could also eat roujiamo for breakfast, lunch meat and rice for lunch, and canned meat, ham sausage, and instant noodles for dinner.
The food was not rich, but it could still meet the soldiers' caloric needs, and it was much better than the food of the natives in the mountains.
In order to seize the Cairo Mountain area, the coalition forces lost nearly 300 people, injured more than 1,000 people, and lost 12 tanks, 31 armored vehicles, 47 artillery pieces, and 55 helicopters.
However, the results achieved were also good. At least 5,000 natives were eliminated, nearly 2,000 were captured, about 4,000 were missing (probably sealed in caves and unable to escape), and more than 200 artillery pieces of various types were captured.
The so-called First Army, Third Army, Fifth Army, and Seventh Army of the Royal Army of Naples, these four main armies on the western front, ceased to exist after this battle.
I believe that even after the monastery is rebuilt, many people will not dare to climb to higher altitudes from the monastery.
Because there are many former living people buried there, who were sacrificed to the mountain god...
On the eastern battlefield, from Bari to Ancona, the coalition forces successively eliminated as many as ten armies.
Thirteen thousand natives were killed, about 10,000 were probably buried alive (the cave entrance was sealed), and less than 4,000 were captured. The rest should have fled into Rome.
It is estimated that the total number of indigenous armed forces adopted by Rome is more than 50,000. These people may be reused to fight against the coalition forces after receiving training from Rome.
Jiexuan had already learned about the emperor's attitude towards Rome. Since even Rome was going to be wiped out, the remnants of the native Naples who were attached to Rome would be the only ones left.
In order to eliminate the biggest enemy on the Apennine Peninsula after the beginning of spring, Emperor Haojing has ordered the transportation of two batches of Japanese troops and Kimchi troops, totaling 60 brigades and about 300,000 people.
Including the thirty brigades that originally fought in the Kingdom of Naples, the number of combat units of the Japanese Army and Kimchi Army alone reached ninety brigades.
Also arriving in the theater at the same time was the Inca Empire's expeditionary fleet, including one aircraft carrier, two battleships, two cruisers, eight destroyers, four supply ships and twenty troop transports.
In addition to the fleet, Poirot also sent three marine brigades, with the purpose of allowing them to continuously accumulate practical combat experience.
Ibrahim originally wanted to send ground troops to join the battle, but in view of the conflict between Ottoman and
Zhu Cixiang politely declined the centuries-old grudge between Rome and Rome.
But the Ottoman Air Force can participate in the coalition's military operations, that is, launch a thousand-aircraft air attack on the city of Rome!
Rome is a thousand-year-old city, and it would be a pity to destroy it.
But as long as Rome refuses to kneel down, Ming Dynasty will not give up.
For Zhu Cixiang, it doesn't matter whether the city of Rome is good or bad. The key is whether Rome is convinced or not.
If you don't obey me, why should I keep your capital? ? ?
In early January, the Ottoman Air Force fleet flying from the Balkans officially entered the airport north of Naples.
The fleet included 192 Black-footed Albatross, 388 Flamingos, and 337 Hercules bombers.
In order to gain face for himself, Ibrahim transferred almost all the air power in most of Southeast Europe.
In addition to the part that is responsible for patrolling at home, the rest are various types of aircraft that are being repaired.
The northern and eastern borders of the Ottoman Empire bordered the Ming Empire. These two directions were relatively safe and there were no major problems. The only minor problem was cross-border movement of furniture, which was repeatedly prohibited.
This has little to do with the officials on both sides. The main reason is that in order to evade taxes, female merchants first transported furniture on land, then used ships to transport furniture on the sea, and now they have developed to using airplanes to transport goods. They have all gone crazy...
The cost of transporting furniture by plane is very high, but it depends on what kind of goods you are transporting.
For example, the cigarettes produced abundantly in the Ottoman Empire were very cost-effective and very popular among the people and garrisons of the Ming Dynasty along the Black Sea coast and in the Dnieper and Don river basins.
Once there is a large enough market, the furniture shopping activities will turn from a small matter to a big one.
Before radars were deployed along the Black Sea coast, the probability of success in using airplanes to carry out furniture removal at night was extremely high.
Even if Ming Dynasty Air Force fighter planes patrol at night, it will be difficult to detect low-altitude crafts.
Do these planes need an airport to land?
Of course not!
As long as you are heading in the right direction, fly over the target, and see the special symbols composed of lights on the ground, you can airdrop directly.
Cigarettes are not fragile items. As long as you use a parachute and wrap a layer of sponge on the outside of the box instead of throwing them directly into the river, you can ensure that everything is safe.
A certain fat prince was surprised when he heard about this, but his royal brother told him that as long as there is a loophole to exploit in any industry, then some people will think about how to improve the entire process after making a dollar.
Don't worry, if there are submarines in the future, those guys will definitely use them to carry their furniture...
What is even more daring than the smugglers is the Roman side, which still refuses to admit its mistake and instead continues to complain about it in newspapers!
In their eyes, the Ming Empire was equal to the evil dragon.
Any country that follows the Ming Empire is the devil at the feet of the evil dragon.
Due to the powerful strength of the evil dragon, even countries that agreed with Rome's remarks could only choose to remain silent.
Like Leopold and his son, Rome is now committed to uniting all countries and individuals that can be united to eradicate the evil dragon from the East.
Presumably, the people who were most annoyed after hearing these words were Leopold and his son.
They had done the same thing before, yet Rome was playing deaf.
At that time, the Holy Roman Empire received God's blessing many times and repelled two attacks by the Eastern Dragon.
If we can get another 200,000 troops, 2,000 tanks, and 2,000 fighter planes, we may really have to rewrite history.
These troops and technical weapons are what Switzerland and Rome can fully provide, but they are stopping to wait and see.
In the end, the Eastern Dragon destroyed the Holy Roman Empire, and Switzerland and Rome behaved like accomplices...
"Father, Rome is in the same situation now as we were before!"
Joseph looked at the contents of the newspaper and felt a little sad because he remembered what happened back then.
"Yeah! How interesting!"
Leopold has become a virtual prisoner and has arrived in the hinterland of the Ming Empire, so he can only drift with the tide.
"Then will Rome be like our empire..."
Fighting against the Ming Empire is not a good job, and even if you do it well, you will lose a lot.
Once you don't do it well, it's all over. I know this job well.
"It's either the same or worse than us!"
Leopold had already thought about Rome's fate, and there was a sense of excitement and expectation in his heart.
"real?"
Joseph's guess about his father was somewhat unbelievable. At least Rome was still deeply respected by the Western world.
"We published similar content in newspapers back then, but the reaction from the Ming Empire was not so drastic. What about now? Rome was weaker than our empire, but the content in the newspapers criticizing the Ming Empire was more profound than ours. . Rome’s national strength is probably only a quarter of ours. Think about the consequences of the disproportion between strength and speech!”
Leopold was now very different from his previous situation, and he was just waiting to see the good show.
After coming to Kaifeng, he originally never ate spiny river fish, but after tasting the taste of Yellow River carp, he admired it greatly. It seemed like a change of living place and a change of taste would be quite good.
As the former emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Leopold now does not have high dietary requirements. He must have braised pork for lunch and Yellow River carp for dinner.
For the former emperor who owned four prefectures and one state, namely Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Prefecture, Nanyang Prefecture, Huaiqing Prefecture, and Ruzhou, this requirement was very easy to meet.
Leopold also owned about two million people who followed him to the Eastern world. With the territory and population, taxation was not a problem and he could easily support the entire royal family.
For the royal family, the new territory is definitely not as good as Austria, but as the defeated, everyone has no choice at all.
The emperor of the Ming Empire was kind enough to be able to settle here, otherwise everyone would have been sent to cold Siberia.
No one wants to go to Siberia. No matter how large the land area is, it is not a place for people to live...
"Then we'll just have to wait and see!"
Leopold had abdicated, and the Kingdom of Austria was now run by Joseph.
Now that the Holy Roman Empire no longer existed, the title of emperor was lost.
Then with the permission of the Ming Emperor, Joseph established the Kingdom of Austria in the Eastern World.
The kingdom is not large in area, has a small population, and has no external enemies, so it is very easy to manage.
Joseph just needs to spend one morning every day to deal with official business, and the afternoon is his leisure time.
The rest is to read newspapers and TV to find out if there is a new war in the world, so as to satisfy my curiosity...
I thought that the war between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ming Empire was the last battle in Europe.
Unexpectedly, Rome dared to challenge the Ming Empire, which made Joseph very excited and excited.
He wanted to see if Rome had the protection of heaven and whether it could receive the same treatment as the Holy Roman Empire.
Especially to see if God can really fight against or even destroy the Ming Empire!
If Rome is really wiped out by the Eastern evil dragon of the Ming Empire without any suspense, it means that God cannot fight against the evil dragon, and the evil dragon with the so-called "immortal power" is more powerful!
After Joseph came to the Eastern World, he also began to study the history of the Eastern World.
Especially in ancient times, a large army of Aryans once attacked here.
However, he was defeated by the army then called the Shang Dynasty, and the general commanding this army was a woman.
Thinking of what was in the newspaper, Joseph even speculated that the woman named Yuhao was likely to be a witch!
Thousands of years later, the guy named Liu Xiu can become the emperor from Pingmin, and he should also be a very capable mage.
Maybe it has something to do with women...
No wonder the evil dragon is so powerful and there are so many wizards in the Eastern world. This has always been a weakness in the Western world.
Even in Rome, there is no recorded mage as powerful as Liu Xiu.
Joseph even imagined that if he had such a powerful mage under his command, then the empire's troops would not be afraid of the attack of the Eastern Dragon at all!
Without the need for so many troops and heavy weapons, just ten thousand people, plus mages, were able to defeat hundreds of thousands of enemies, which was recorded in history.
Is it wrong to think so?
Of course that’s right!
The cartoons sold on the market in the Ming Empire are much more exaggerated than Joseph's association.
You won't know until you read it, but you will be shocked at first glance. The author's imagination is really unconstrained and invincible.
Many members of the royal family are addicted to comics and movies, and the movies and TV series of the Ming Empire are also good things.
Apart from eating, sleeping, and going to the bathroom, ladies just sit on the sofa and watch romantic dramas all day long.
This was regarded by Joseph as a new way to poison them, but the women had no resistance to it...
They also have good reasons for this. Now that the royal family's income is not as good as before, watching TV is the cheapest way to consume.
This is much more economical than shopping and can save the royal family a lot of money every year!
In fact, this is indeed the case. We all don’t have much money, so we can only spend our time at home.
Women have to spend money when they go out. Who can bear this when they go out every day?
If they can't stand it, they can only watch TV.
In addition to the power consumption, this thing is still acceptable in other aspects!
