They rushed to Elba Island in broad daylight, gathered the people on the island and annihilated them. They even issued an order to leave no survivors alive!

Leaving no survivors alive is actually an impossible task. Even if you search room by room, there will still be survivors left. Sometimes there is not much difference between humans and rats. No matter how big a disaster is, rats will always

Survive.

Napoleon knew that the Ming Dynasty was doing this to establish its prestige. To establish its prestige to the whole of Europe, the Ming Dynasty only needed to send out a hundred or so men to capture an island guarded by more than 2,000 people and completely annihilate the enemy forces.

Deterrence is an important means for a country, and Ming Dynasty wants to show Europe how invincible Ming Dynasty is.

"Hello! Your Majesty the Emperor!" Li Xiu stood up and walked towards Napoleon with a smile.

"Hello, Commander of the Navy, thank you for being able to escape from the prison!" Napoleon came over and shook hands with Li Xiu politely.

"You are a friend of Ming Dynasty, they are not qualified to judge you." After Li Xiu shook hands with Napoleon, he pointed to the sofa next to him.

The island of Malta is now an enclave of the Ming Dynasty, and a regiment of Marine Corps soldiers is stationed here. There are ships of all sizes parked in the military port, including large motor-driven sailing ships and giant ironclad ships.

The merchant ships from various countries operating in the Mediterranean are as insignificant as a cat next to a tiger in front of these ships.

This is hard power. Although there is only one group here, no one dares to take advantage of Malta. The reason is very simple, you can't get through.

The gunboats wandering around the sea can easily kill the main warships of various European countries.

If the Changbaishan docked on the island of Crete were to sail out, half of Europe would tremble.

"What plans does His Majesty the Emperor have in the future?"

"I want to return to France. As long as Ming Dynasty supports it, I will re-arm France." Since flying out of Elba Island, Napoleon has been thinking about how to return to France and seize power.

"No problem, Daming is fair. Since you are willing to exchange all the remaining shares of Suez, Daming will definitely provide you with sufficient resources.

As long as you can return to Paris and complete the required procedures for the contract, we will give you priority for the equipment of eight divisions, and equipment for ten divisions will arrive gradually.

All of them are weapons produced by the Bombay Arsenal, and the materials have also been improved. This time, the weapons are produced under the supervision of the Ming Dynasty, and there is absolutely no chance that they will fail to fire in cold areas."

Li Xiu specifically explained that the weapons originally given to Napoleon were Indian weapons captured on the battlefield. Although the weapons produced by Wu Sangui were fine for use in India.

However, due to the steel ratio problem, when used in cold areas, thermal expansion and contraction will cause frequent weapon failures.

Because in the early years in Liaodong, Liao Army firearms had such problems. At the cost of blood, Mr. Yu finally improved the steel ratio after years of painstaking research.

The quality of firearms produced by Daming is guaranteed, and such problems will never occur after actual inspection.

"Your Majesty Commander, these are all easy to talk about. If you are willing to give me twenty airships, I am willing to exchange French Tunisia." Napoleon gritted his teeth and directly enlarged his tactics.

On Elba Island, he saw the power of airships. This time he must get a few airships out. With this thing, no matter how many people in the Anti-French Alliance are there, they will all be scum.

"French Tunisia?" Li Xiu hesitated for a moment, with a wicked smile on his face.

"Yes!" Napoleon's eyes were full of hope.

"If we want French Tunisia, I'm going to get it myself. Look at the soldiers disembarking on the dock. They're here for Operation Gibraltar next month.

In the middle of next month, the Ming Dynasty fleet will sail to Gibraltar, and then... capture it!" Li Xiu's relaxed attitude did not sound like he was talking about a military operation, but like he was talking about where to go for a banquet next month.

Napoleon was suffocated! Li Xiu was indeed arrogant enough, and actually wanted to invade French territory in front of the French emperor. But there was no way, the Ming Dynasty did have this strength.

With Malta already able to control the Eastern Mediterranean, Tunisia has become relatively less important. Furthermore, Ming Dynasty has set its sights on Gibraltar.

By controlling Gibraltar and the Suez Canal, the Ming Dynasty was equivalent to controlling the entire Mediterranean shipping.

Tunisia's status is definitely not on the same level as Gibraltar.

"Then the next step, Britain...!" Now that there is a plan to capture Gibraltar, it seems that invading the British Isles is not a big deal. Napoleon dreamed of the Ming Dynasty killing the British, and this troublemaker organized several anti-French alliances

, if he had sufficient naval power, Napoleon would have invaded the British Isles long ago.

"The Ming Dynasty has no plans to attack European countries. We only need to control the transportation nodes. We don't care about the rest!" Li Xiu was very honest.

Cruel enough!

Occupying these transportation nodes means controlling trade in disguise. If any European country still wants to do business, it can only rely on the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Excellency, Commander, airships are very important to us. I need airships, even if there are only ten of them." Napoleon could not let go of his obsession with airships.

"Ten ships...! The Ming Dynasty really doesn't have any demand for territory. Maybe you can pay." Li Xiu thought for a moment.

Napoleon was like a drowning man who suddenly saw the lifebuoy, and immediately asked with bright eyes: "How much?"

"How much money can you take out?" Li Xiu asked after taking a sip of tea.

"How about five hundred gold coins a boat?" Napoleon gritted his teeth.

Five hundred gold coins...! Li Xiu kept circling his thumbs with both hands.

Five hundred gold coins is equivalent to five thousand Ming silver coins. This amount of money should not be small, and the Ming Dynasty now has many old airships that are about to be eliminated.

Compared to dismantling it, it would be good to be able to sell it for a large sum of money. But seeing Napoleon's eager look, Li Xiu decided to whet his appetite.

Seeing that Li Xiu didn't speak, Napoleon began to panic. Compared to the airship, the emperor's calmness was not worth mentioning. As long as he got the airship, he could walk sideways in Europe, no matter how much it cost.

"Eight hundred gold coins!" Napoleon gritted his teeth. After years of fighting, France's financial situation was actually very embarrassing. Eight hundred gold coins for one ship, ten ships were enough to make Napoleon vomit blood.

"Deal!" Li Xiu saw Napoleon's appearance and didn't want the business to go to waste. He immediately nodded in agreement. Those airships that were about to be eliminated were sold to them for fun.

The Navy has been building ships in recent years, but the funds have not increased much. If Li Xiu wanted to have more ships, he could only blackmail Napoleon.

With these 8,000 gold coins, and a little more money, it would be enough to build a battleship with a mountain number.

"Great, please send me back to France now. As soon as I return to France, I will send someone to deliver the goods to you immediately." Napoleon was overjoyed.

When he returned to France, the biggest threat came not from France itself, but from the British and the anti-French alliance.

With the support of Ming Dynasty behind him, the anti-French alliance is nothing.

"No problem, there will be a warship to take you back to France tomorrow. But let's agree first that Ming Dynasty will not fall into a European war. You need to handle European affairs, or French affairs, by yourself.

At most, we can only support you with weapons."

"Okay! As long as I have the support of weapons, I can handle the rest." Napoleon was still very confident about those European countries.

"Have a good rest tonight. There will be a ship to France tomorrow morning." After speaking, Li Xiu shook hands with Napoleon and waved to the attendants in the distance.

The attendant came over and led Napoleon to a single-family villa.

The butler opened the door and led Napoleon in. Napoleon saw two naked French girls lying on the sofa!

She is definitely a French girl, women from other countries will not have such charm.

"They will take care of you, His Majesty the Emperor! I wish you a pleasant stay." The attendant smiled politely, turned around and walked out, closing the door behind him.

Early the next morning, Napoleon struggled to get up from the tangle of four arms.

After all, I was getting a bit old, and after a night of madness, I felt a slight pain in my tailbone.

After breakfast, Napoleon boarded the Ming warship.

It was his first time to board a Ming Dynasty warship. The captain was a very good man. He took Napoleon to visit the entire warship. Napoleon went out of his way to see the triple turret on the bow of the ship.

"Deng! How many warships like this did the Ming Dynasty have?" Napoleon patted the solid turret and turned to look at the captain Deng Yongchang.

"There are fifty warships like the Zhiyuan in the Ming Dynasty. But unfortunately, this type of warship will no longer be produced in the future. They will be replaced by more advanced warships. I heard that the new warships have canceled the coal-burning boilers and replaced them with

Oil-burning boiler.

As the output power increases, the speed of warships will definitely increase in the future."

Napoleon felt a little frustrated! He had always dreamed of owning a warship, but it had become obsolete in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was too powerful, and Napoleon felt that even if the whole world united, it would not be enough to defeat the Ming Dynasty.

The future world order and rules will definitely be established by the Ming Dynasty.

"Such a ship must be very expensive." Napoleon was a little distracted and asked a ridiculous question unintentionally. The cost of the warship was a secret, and Deng Yongchang would never tell him.

"Haha! His Majesty the Emperor is joking. The most expensive thing on this ship is not the ship, but the sailors and officers on the ship. If you want to build a qualified navy, talent cultivation is the key.

Our commander-in-chief once said, ten years for the army and one hundred years for the navy.

Compared with the army, the navy needs soldiers who are smart and have a certain culture. These people who have served on warships for more than ten years are definitely the real treasures of the Ming Dynasty's navy."

"Oh!" Napoleon had to re-examine the mediocre Ming Navy officer in front of him. He values ​​human relationships! If a young officer has this kind of insight, what will be the situation of the top brass of the Ming Navy?

"The most important thing is that the officers at the bottom must be knowledgeable. In the past, the Ming Navy had a serious shortage of officers, but now it is better. There are more than a thousand officers taught by Jinzhou Naval Academy in a year.

They will follow the ship and soon become the best sailors."

"The Ming Dynasty still has a naval academy?" Napoleon's eyes widened. In France, like other countries in Europe, officers are still served by nobles. Especially in Prussia, the vast majority of their army is composed of Junker nobles.

Whenever you see the names of German generals, many of them have the word "Feng" in them.

"Your Majesty the Emperor! The Ming Dynasty not only has a naval academy, but also the earliest established army academy. I heard that it already has a flight academy to train people who can pilot airships.

After graduation, these people become officers. Every year, thousands of young men apply for these military courses.

Our commander-in-chief has said that war is a profound knowledge. Professional things must be done by professional people. These great young men who will become officers in the future are the professionals Ming Dynasty prepared for war.

Only in this way can we obtain the most benefits with the least blood."

"Yes! Get the most benefits with the least blood." Napoleon shook his head helplessly. The European soldiers were still fighting with bayonets in their hands.

After any war, it is not a mountain of corpses and a river of blood.

But the Ming Dynasty has proposed to use the least blood to obtain the most benefits.

Although those nobles have been learning various techniques and tactics since childhood, the education levels of so many nobles, large and small, are not the same.
To be continued...