"My two old friends, I have devoted my life to protecting Western civilization and resolving crises and conflicts. I never thought that one of me would fall into a whirlpool and be unable to extricate myself!"
Innocent XI had strongly supported Sobieski and Leopold in their fight against the Ottoman and Ming Empires, and he also fell out with Louis XIV, who restricted the power of the Pope.
After Polis and the Holy Roman Empire fell successively, Prussia and the Netherlands decided to move to the Eastern World, and France gradually became stronger.
All situations seemed to be developing in a direction that was not conducive to Rome, which greatly exceeded Innocent XI's expectations.
Moreover, the Ming Empire's national power was still rising rapidly through successive wars, which puzzled him.
War itself consumes a lot of financial resources and is completely opposite to maintaining national strength.
But what the Ming Empire did seemed to be a perfect copy of the ancient Empire.
The two empires, one behind the other, continued to invade westward and continued to win.
The Menggu Empire did not decline or even collapse during the invasion of the west. Instead, its national power continued to rise during the invasion.
Now the emperor of the Ming Empire may have learned the essence of the Mongol Empire's strategy, so he launched a brazen attack on the Kingdom of Naples.
"Holy Father!"
"Okay, my time is coming soon. Don't call me Holy Father. Just call me Benedetto. This is a heart-to-heart communication!"
Innocent XI, whose real name was Benedetin Oteskalchi, was born in 1611 and is now one hundred and twenty-eight years old.
This is of course the effect of the elixir obtained from the Emperor of the Ming Empire, otherwise he would have known that he should have been promoted thirty or forty years ago.
"We all know that this is not your fault!"
Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni was an old friend and subordinate of Innocent XI. He was even one year older than his boss, but he was very respectful and loyal to him.
"Yes, the current situation in the world is unpredictable, not to mention that our influence on the Eastern world is limited!"
Cardinal Antonio Pignatelli was five years older than the Pope. Although he disagreed with the Pope's attitude and decision towards France, he still had to comply.
"Perhaps Corsini is better at handling costly wars!"
Ottoboni knew that Lorenzo Corsini, who served as administrator, was good at financial management and had always managed this aspect well, which was highly valued by the Pope.
After he lost his sight, the Pope even personally took him to the Ming Empire to cure his eye disease.
"Two of you, who do you think is more suitable to be the pope after me?"
Innocent XI had already made the final decision in his heart, and the only hesitation was his successor.
"Holy Father! You..."
"We all look forward to working under your leadership..."
Neither Ottoboni nor Pignatelli expected that this was what they were talking about in the room today, which really shocked them.
"Okay, I just finished. My time is coming soon. My position cannot be without a successor. Likewise, Roman Min and the majority of believers also need spiritual sustenance! You don't have to worry about anything. If you think you are suitable, I can also consider it!"
After Innocent XI said these words, he began to cough violently, and it took him a while to regain his composure.
"...You know what Corsini is capable of, I think he is a good choice!"
Ottoboni mentioned Corsini's name just now, and it would be inappropriate to mention himself now.
What's more, this kind of mess may be more suitable for Corsini, who is good at financial management.
If he serves as pope, it should be able to reduce the possibility of Rome going bankrupt or even being destroyed.
"Antonio, what do you think?"
"I also think Corsini is very good, but he doesn't seem to be in good health. Lambertini is energetic, wise and open-minded, assisted by Corsini..."
"Yeah! I know!"
Of course, there are still several candidates in the hearts of Innocent XI and his two old friends.
But those people have more or less obvious shortcomings, which are difficult to make up for in a short period of time.
Maybe at other times, it wouldn't be such a big deal.
But now that the enemy troops are pressing on the border, there is not much time left for Rome.
After careful consideration, Innocent XI quickly made the decision to appoint sixty-four-year-old Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini as the next pope.
This decision was announced less than an hour later, which made the Romans extremely sad...
After Lambertini became Pope, that is Benedict XIII!
The first thing Benedict XIII did after he came to the throne was to end the war!
Although Innocent XI valued him and gave him the most precious power.
But Benedict XIII's attitude on some major issues was completely opposite to that of his predecessor.
For example, when it comes to dealing with the Ming Empire, France, Ottoman, etc., Rome is really unable to deal with so many powerful countries.
The Ming Empire teamed up with France to destroy Britain and Spain, and teamed up with the Ottomans to destroy Poli and the Holy Roman Empire.
Now the opponent is sweeping in with the Japanese, Kimchi, Inca, and Zheng clan, who are regarded as the "Four Horsemen of Kai".
Can Rome resist this?
If Rome could get protection from God, it might be able to repel the invasion.
However, other than the promotion of my predecessor, there was no sign of this happening.
If God doesn't help Rome, then who can he expect to help?
Could it be the fifth horseman in the Book of Revelation - the Word of God?
This matter has been known by the Ming Empire, and it was ridiculed in newspapers.
Wherever the Word of God comes down to earth, they will engage in a decisive battle with the Word of God.
They also said that if they lose to the way of God, they will retreat unconditionally and never come back again!
Therefore, now the fifth knight "The Word of God" is the savior of the entire Rome!
Because the Eastern Evil Dragon and his subordinates, the Four Knights, are afraid of the "Way of God"...
However, what makes Benedict XIII anxious is that the handover ceremony will be held on February 28th.
That is the last day of this month, tomorrow is March 1st, and it happens to be Sunday!
Everything seems to be irreversible, and it may be the day when the enemy attacks.
This is not an unfounded guess, but at this time a year ago, the enemy attacked the Kingdom of Naples!
Even if you want to communicate through the embassy, it is impossible, because before January 1st this year, the Ming Empire withdrew all diplomatic personnel stationed in Rome, and even the businessmen and tourists disappeared.
This is the most obvious signal of war. Unfortunately, the hard-liners within our own side still show no sign of giving in, and are still trying to use the flag to intimidate the enemy.
This flag is not useless, but depends on the time and occasion to use it.
During the Crusades, it was useful to use this banner.
Because it can order all European countries to work together to deal with the enemies in the Middle East.
Now all European countries are unwilling to become enemies of the Ming Empire. Only Switzerland is willing to send troops, and the number is not large.
The hard-liners also claim that as long as they show the True Cross, their side will definitely win the final victory.
In this regard, Benedict XIII felt very helpless.
No matter how powerful the True Cross is, can it summon a storm for air defense?
Maybe, can you summon them all?
Enemy planes will visit the skies over Rome!
The Mediterranean Sea is originally a quasi-inland sea, and the Tyrrhenian Sea is a semi-inland sea in the Mediterranean Sea.
How could so many storms come out of thin air?
If a storm really happens, then a miracle can be announced!
What worries Benedict XIII even more is that according to the astrologer's visual inspection, Ming should be sunny...
In the eyes of Rome, the Japanese, Kimchi, Incas, and Ottomans who followed the evil dragon were the incarnations of the Four Horsemen.
In Zhu Cixiang's opinion, the fifth knight belonging to the Roman camp has not yet appeared to turn the tide of the battle, and he must have been stuck at the toll booth halfway!
Or he was riding a donkey, and the mount suddenly lost his temper. In order not to waste time, the fifth knight "God's Way" had to carry the donkey on his back!
Zhu Cixiang friendly reminded a certain knight from a distance that if he didn't appear on the stage, the cast of this drama would be released soon...
If this wave of salty hairtail fish can't catch up, there's no telling when the next wave of fish will be released.
If those assassins are the "Way of God", then this thing is too rough.
Even if you exchange five for one, a certain emperor's henchmen are enough to exchange for the other party.
They can't be resurrected after death, right?
Then they might be vampires or werewolves!
Assuming that Rome can have an immortal army of more than 10,000 people, it can still surpass the main force of the coalition army of 500,000 people!
The premise is that these things must have the ability to quickly heal their wounds, otherwise they will be turned into minced meat by the coalition cooking team and fed to the dogs before they can be resurrected...
No matter who is messing with him behind his back, Zhu Cixiang will not let Jiexuan let Rome go!
Even if the alien fleet comes, I will send troops to attack Rome!
March 1, 1739, was the first anniversary of landing in the Kingdom of Naples.
The 2nd and 3rd Brigades of the Ming Empire Marine Corps, the 1st Brigade of the Zheng Marine Corps, and the 1st Brigade of the Inca Empire Marine Corps.
Under the strong cover of 25 aircraft carriers, 26 amphibious assault ships, 28 battleships, 20 cruisers, and 67 destroyers, the landing was from the beach in the direction of Rome.
Zheng Zhilong sent his son Zheng Chenggong to lead three marine brigades and one special operations brigade on three large aircraft carriers, four battleships, six cruisers, 16 destroyers, two hospital ships, four supply ships, and ten troop transports. Come to help fight.
The Inca Empire's naval expedition fleet was not as large as the Zheng's, but Emperor Poirot also sent three marine brigades and a special operations brigade to help. The opportunity for a naval battle may not be available, but the opportunity for a land battle is definitely available. Arrived.
Three months of actual combat is equivalent to three years of drills, which has an extraordinary effect on improving combat troops.
The coalition forces had previously experienced a fierce battle in the Kailuo Mountain area, which was as difficult as climbing Mount Huashan without any equipment.
The purpose of capturing it was to encircle the indigenous armed forces in the land and at the same time open a passage to the northern border.
If you really want to attack Rome, you can just land directly on the opponent's coast, because the city of Rome is only thirty kilometers away from the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea at most.
If you include the satellite towns outside Rome, there are only about 25 kilometers left.
This distance can be climbed to the city of Rome in three months!
In addition to the four Marine brigades that landed next to them, there were five Marine brigades and the second-echelon troops of three Special Operations brigades behind them.
The ground troops with a large amount of heavy equipment and more troops will move north along the coastline and will join the landing troops west of the city of Rome.
According to intelligence, the enemy had already dug five trenches around the city of Rome earlier.
Each trench is three meters deep and three meters wide, with intervals of 500 meters. A large number of mines are also laid in the open space between the trenches.
Its purpose is to delay the advancement of the coalition armored forces to the maximum extent and increase the chance of success in defending the city of Rome.
Charles II, who fled to North America, and Leopold and his son of the Holy Roman Empire also played this game before, but the Ming Dynasty kings and masters all had ways to crack it.
When the coalition forces landed, a huge fleet of 3,755 fighter jets and 3,006 bombers were flying towards the city of Rome.
Jiexuan not only plans to carry out a thousand-plane bombing, but also wants to create a historical record and organize an unprecedented scale of three thousand bombers!
Be sure to teach the arrogant Romans an unforgettable lesson!
Let's see who has more soldiers, or the coalition forces who dropped more bombs!
In this regard, the coalition will never admit defeat!
Before that, Warsaw was destroyed, Nuremberg was destroyed, Munich was destroyed.
Now it’s the turn of the city of Rome, the land of glory and dreams!
But now, "light" is fire, "dream" is nightmare, and "ground" is hell!
Navy carrier-based aircraft pilots do not need to take off from the aircraft carrier, they only need to take off from the land airport in the Kingdom of Naples.
This makes it easier to merge with the air force formation and form a shoebox-shaped formation in the air to defend against enemy aircraft attacks.
More than 60,000 aerial bombs were dropped at one time. This scale of bombing even made the bomber crews participating in the war extremely excited.
But soon, hundreds of Roman Air Force fighter planes swooped towards them.
The actual number of Roman Air Force dispatches was as high as 822, and almost all the fighters they could take off were used to resist this air attack.
However, the size of the Roman fighter jets was less than 22% of the total number of coalition fighter jets. They immediately fell into the embarrassing situation of one versus two and one versus three.
There are also some coalition fighter planes that have been flying with the bombers to avoid evacuating the tigers from the mountains. This kind of thing has not never happened.
The Roman pilots who were able to break through the first line of defense would immediately face the situation of shooting at the enemy's second line of defense fighters again.
But they were just a few lucky ones. In the previous duel, approximately more than 500 fighter planes were blown up in the air, exploded, or emitted black smoke, and lost their combat effectiveness.
The air force of the coalition is now almost the most powerful and threatening aircraft fleet in the entire Europe. Even if it is the main force of the French Royal Air Force, it may not be able to defeat it.
The goal of the coalition formation was clear, which was to bomb Rome and let the Romans below understand that their time was gone forever.
We are more united than Rome!
We are stronger than Rome!
We want victory more than Rome!
Only we can lead all mankind towards the future!
