Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 567 Confrontation between China and Europe

Bydgoszcz, Poland, is a major town in Central Europe. It used to be part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, but now it is a large city on the western frontier of the Western Qing Empire.

Since the past few days, heavy snow has been falling down one after another, and the earth is covered with silver, and it is a vast expanse.These days, the Western Qing army has been gathering troops here.At present, troops from eight divisions of Xiqing have gathered here, with a strength of more than 10.

Xiqing's military actions not only aroused the attention of Ming Dynasty, but also made the European countries directly facing Xiqing very worried.Although for so many years, Europeans have always reached a certain kind of unity against the Western Qing Dynasty, in the anti-Qing army formed by Austria, there were actually volunteers from different European countries. Most of them were from Catholic countries, from Spain, There are more in France and Italy.

Catholic countries will send organized troops to Austria to participate in the war, and because the Austrian Empire represents Europe in resisting the Tatar invasion, Austria's international status has also been improved.However, the trauma of the war also caused Austria to lag behind in industrial development, and the national finances were quite tight.Originally, as Europe's top power, it was relatively well-funded, but now successive years of war have impoverished Austria.To a considerable extent, they have to rely on subsidies from France, the United Kingdom, Italy and other countries.

The Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty collected intelligence extensively in Europe, and also collected a lot of military movements in the Western Qing Dynasty. After obtaining this information, they would also share it with European countries as appropriate.According to the report of Daming Jinyiwei, Xiqing has carried out a comprehensive mobilization nationwide, and all retired personnel have returned to the army, and the Eight Banners have begun to recruit men of the right age to enter the barracks to prepare for military training.Jin Yiwei didn't know how many troops Xiqing wanted to get, but Duanmuwen judged that it might be an almost exaggerated number.

After all, Xiqing is still a huge country with a population of 5000 million and a land area of ​​several million square kilometers. It is even the most powerful country on the Blue Star besides Ming Dynasty.If such a country really achieves full mobilization, it will be quite terrifying.

When Bydgosh Xiqing assembled an army of [-], the Principality of Prussia, which had originally planned to invade other states in North Germany, also panicked at this time.Grand Duke Frederick William began to send his diplomats to the Netherlands, London, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Madrid and even Gibraltar to ask for help from various countries.

Duan Muwen, chief executive of Jin Yiwei's European operations, and Liang Chen, the European counselor of the Daming Rites Department, came to Berlin at this time. The two sat in a car made by Daming and exchanged opinions.

"... Frederick William was also reduced to a laughingstock. Most of Europe knew his ambitions, wanting to annex North Germany, and eventually become the overlord of the new German Empire. Unfortunately, after all, Prussia is still too small. Not to mention being sorry for Xiqing, it was originally a vassal of Poland, not as powerful as Austria. After Xiqing was ready to move, Prussia was afraid of being attacked, and even at this time, it asked the German princes to send troops to help them form a German coalition against the West. Qing. Many German states were threatened by Prussia before, but at this time Prussia asked them to help, so some princes had great opinions, and some even worried that if the war was over, Prussia might detain them. It is also possible for them to occupy their army and take the opportunity to annex their territory." The diplomat Liang Chen said to Duan Muwen, who does not look like a diplomat, but has a big head and a thick neck The bearded man has been stationed in Europe for nearly ten years and is quite familiar with European affairs.

Duan Muwen nodded, and said: "Prussia is indeed a bit troublesome, but for us Ming Dynasty, we can't just sit back and watch Xiqing break through Germany without any obstacles, destroy Prussia and even Austria, and then march on the Western European Plain. It’s too bad for Ming Dynasty. We predict that European countries may collapse and be destroyed, but we want to use these European countries to shed their last drop of blood, so that Xiqing will also suffer losses.”

Liang Chen said with a smile: "So during this period of time, our diplomats stationed in Europe have a very heavy workload. European countries do not have a unified system to link their forces. Austria wants to do this, but Austria itself has to rely on other Only the support of the country can survive, and the prestige is not enough to convince the public. But our Ming Dynasty is a natural leader. Although we are not a European country in the cultural sense, we maintain a sense of presence in Europe and are strong enough. Silver and As a weapon, military supplies can help us open the doors of many European countries. Our job now is to coordinate an alliance-although the alliance is bound to fail."

Duan Muwen sighed: "This is really a difficult thing. There are hundreds of states in Germany alone, each of which is the size of a sesame mung bean. Moreover, Xiqing's preparation speed is actually very fast. If they want to march, There is no need to wait for the next spring to send troops on the snow, which is quite scary for the Qing army."

"It doesn't matter, you have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to do things little by little. Prussia also has 2 troops now, and Austria is very determined to support Prussia, the younger brother. The only thing that Austria is entangled with now is to hope that we, France, etc. The country can give them military support. In the first batch, Austria can send at least [-] troops to fight in Prussia. After all, they also maintain a line of defense against the Western Qing. The Netherlands has almost reached an agreement. Once the Western Qing invades Prussia, The Netherlands will mobilize trucks from all over the country to transport more than [-] soldiers and supplies to Prussia, and with the addition of troops from various small German states, the strength may be nearly double that of the Qing Dynasty."

"It's useless," Duan Muwen said firmly: "The troops of the Western Qing Dynasty have a high level of combat readiness, and have experienced the tempering of the Austrian war. Great, although the Europeans have updated their military equipment very quickly these years, they are still slightly weaker than Xiqing, and a two-to-one battle may not necessarily be won."

Duan Muwen went on to add: "The most important thing is that 40 troops are only prepared by Xiqing now. They still have more than 50 standing troops, and the newly supplemented troops will take shape in a few months, and it may be [-] by then. , [-] Qing troops, at that time, how would Europe fight?"

(End of this chapter)