"How are things on the front line? I heard that Christians in Europe have united to fight to the death with our Ming Dynasty."

Sun Chengzong smiled, not as if he was talking about the war, but as if he was discussing whether tonight's roast duck was crispy or not.

“In the end, it’s the wool that hurts the sheep.

Our trade deficit with Europe is too large, and now Europe is also developing industry.

But all the raw material producing areas in the world are occupied by us.

Coal mines, oil mines, iron mines, copper mines... they need mountains of mineral deposits.

But many of the small countries in Europe are not as big as our capital.

Where do they get their resources?

To fight against our Ming Dynasty, we just want to force us to give up those overseas mineral deposits after defeating the Ming Dynasty.

Those things are the source of economic lifeblood that maintains our Ming Dynasty.

If those places are abandoned, the hard work of so many people over the years will be in vain." Li Xiao shook his head, it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to abandon those overseas sources of raw materials.

"Haha! How can it be so easy for us to spit out the meat we eat in our mouths?

Go with them, we have 400 million people in Ming Dynasty.

There are planes, artillery, and tanks!

If we really get into a fight, will we be afraid of them?"

Sun Chengzong was full of mysterious confidence in the Ming army.

In fact, as long as they are from the Ming Dynasty, they all think that the Ming Dynasty should win the battle. No one thought that the Ming Dynasty would be defeated!

Because in the past twenty years, the Ming Dynasty's victory rate in foreign wars has been 100%.

Perennial victories greatly boosted Ming Baixin's self-confidence.

In the small cities in the Western Regions, even poor Han people wearing patched clothes would not look down upon the wealthy foreigners wearing silks and satins.

The rich people of foreign races have to look at the faces of the poor.

Even in areas where foreigners live, absolutely no one dares to discriminate or bully Han people.

But when my identity reaches the level of Li Xiao, the more this situation happens, the more I feel like walking on thin ice.

After all, Europe is also a civilization that has flourished for thousands of years.

Although in ancient and medieval times, Europeans did not do well and did not evolve a vast centralized dynasty.

However, people have evolved a unified religion.

And within a thousand years, everyone on the European continent believed in this religion.

Now under the impetus of religion all the great powers of Europe were united.

I want to fight against Ming Dynasty!

Their population is larger than that of the Ming Dynasty, and their industry combined is even greater than that of the Ming Dynasty.

More importantly, the war broke out in Europe.

In other words, their supply lines are much shorter than those of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the Ming Dynasty, the industrial areas around Moscow are still in their infancy.

If you want to build an industrial zone, five years is simply not enough time.

The consumption of war depends entirely on the Central Asian Railway.

The Central Asia Railway, operating at full capacity, could only supply the war needs of 300,000 people.

Now the Central Asia Railway has reached its peak operation, and the double-track project cannot be completed in a day or two.

In battlefield wars, the Ming Dynasty was not sure of victory.

Even if there are planes, artillery, and tanks.

Although the Ming Dynasty has advanced weapons, it has not yet reached the point of generation difference.

The decade-long industrialization of Europe as a whole has also greatly increased the war potential of European countries.

"Old Sun!

The European coalition has already launched an attack, just two days ago. They attacked the Russian army across the board!

And our army has just retreated to the east of Moscow.

Only two cavalry regiments were in Minsk and had escaped.

In the Minsk area, and even in the entire Smolensk, the Russian army does not have much resistance. It would be good if they can successfully withdraw.

The future war will basically start on the front line between Smolensk and Moscow.

Whether they can win or not is still unknown, because they found that they are also very smart and already know how to deal with airplanes.

Several of the planes that went out for reconnaissance yesterday failed to return, and several others were damaged.

From now on, not only will our airships be unable to take off, but even our planes will not be able to fly freely.

God knows how they will attack our tanks.

In any case, their tanks are new and in many ways primitive.

Especially the engine, it is hard to say whether it can withstand the severe cold in Russia.

This battle is not easy to fight!"

Li Xiao knew that even Sun Chengzong was so optimistic, let alone the officials in the court and the ordinary people in the streets.

"You want to withdraw to Moscow and fight the Europeans?" After many years of military career, Sun Chengzong was keenly aware of the meaning of Li Xiao's words.

"There's nothing we can do. We can't get supplies if we're far away."

"Moscow……!

You guys want to drag the European coalition forces into the mud. Ao Canghai and Man Gui have so many trucks that they can't ensure supplies.

Those French and Prussian armies still used horse-drawn carriages.

It would be even more impossible to complete the army supply!

etc!

Let me think about it, you want to delay it until the ground freezes and hardens, so that tanks and armored vehicles can move more easily, right?"

Sure enough, nothing can escape the eyes of the old fox.

Sun Chengzong guessed Li Xiao's strategy with just a casual guess.

"It's true that nothing can be hidden from Mr. Sun." Li Xiao admired Sun Chengzong's keen intuition.

At the same time, an ominous thought arose in my heart!

Are your thoughts too taken for granted?

Sun Chengzong could figure out his strategy with a little thought, but what about Napoleon?

You must know that all those who leave their names in history are not incompetent.

Napoleon could have such a great reputation in military history, so how could he be an ordinary person?

What's more, Napoleon was accompanied by military geniuses like Frederick, Bismarck, and Moltke.

My strategy looks beautiful, but it is still a bit difficult to deceive them.

What if they guess your strategy? What strategy will they adopt?

Li Xiao felt his spine numb for a moment!

Because now one of his decisions can make thousands of people die for it.

what to do?

"Oh! Why did you suddenly stop talking? What did you think of?" Sun Chengzong asked curiously when he saw Li Xiao in a daze.

"Mr. Sun, I'm wondering what will happen if my strategy is discovered by them? What kind of strategy will they use to deal with us?"

Li Xiao had no clue now and could only tentatively ask the old fox in front of him.

He was also not sure whether the old fox could give an accurate answer.

After all, the old guy has left the military and political circles of the Ming Dynasty for too long.

"Haha! You are asking, I have done some research recently." Sun Chengzong looked at Li Xiao with a smile.

In the study room of the Sun family, there is a huge map of Europe hanging.

Especially in Eastern Europe, one picture has been enlarged.

The drawings on it with red and blue pencils are very lively!

"Now you are still you and I am Napoleon.

You withdraw your troops, and I attack at the same time.
To be continued...