The Counterattack of the Villains in the Movie World

Chapter 368 Tsarist Russia: We Can Win!kindness?
Of course, it is impossible to fight something like a war.

After all, this is not a war within the territory of the Ming Empire, but an expedition in the true sense. The preparation of war materials such as food, grass and armaments will take a lot of time.

But fortunately, the technological development of the Ming Empire has brought improvements in all aspects. Such preparations are actually not difficult for the Ming Empire, which only needs elite soldiers.

Today, the regular army of the Ming Empire has only 30 people.

For a country with such a vast territory and a total population of more than 30 million, a regular army of [-] is like a joke.

This is the mid-19th century.

So when the Ming Empire declared war on nine countries at the same time, except for Tsarist Russia and Japan, other countries were not really worried about this issue.

Because among the nine countries declared war by the Ming Empire, there are currently the five most powerful countries in the world except the Ming Empire.

Tsarist Russia is also one of these five countries, but the reason they are worried is only because Tsarist Russia borders Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty's invincible army can directly march northward.

"They only have 30 people, and they don't have a navy, so they must fight us first, and other countries will definitely sit back and watch the war between us and the Ming Empire, and it is impossible to give us any help."

Because of the distance and traffic, when the news reached Tsarist Russia, it was half a month after Wu Yan officially declared war.

It seems that Tsarist Russia indeed borders the Ming Empire, but the capital of Tsarist Russia is St. Petersburg, which is located on the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. From a geographical point of view, it is not a problem to say that it is Europe.

The straight-line distance between St. Petersburg and London is only about 2000 kilometers, while the straight-line distance between them and Xinjing, the capital of the Ming Empire, is nearly 7000 kilometers.

Not only that, the main cities of Tsarist Russia include Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Helsinki, Kiev, Minsk Astrakhan, etc., which are also concentrated in this area, which is really thousands of miles away from Xinjing, the capital of the Ming Empire.

Tsarist Russia.

Alexander II, who had only been on the throne for a few years, held an emergency meeting.

"In frontal combat, we are no match for the Ming Empire, because we have no magic and no ability to deal with their mortars. According to our intelligence, their mortars can hit up to 5000 meters. It is possible to attack them at a distance, and when we are on the battlefield, we can only be beaten passively, and we can't even defend the city."

This is the idea of ​​the main peace faction. After stating the basis of their views, they emphasized: "According to the information sent back by our envoy in Daming, Dongpu has decided to send a mission for peace, and they are willing to pay all costs to avoid it." This war."

"Hahaha……"

"Hehe... Dongpu? Which country is that? I haven't heard of it."

"You mean, let us be like a small country the size of a palm, and choose to surrender directly after others declare war on us?"

"Surrender is impossible. We can only fight to maintain our majesty. Otherwise, when the Ming Empire has no money, it will declare war on us. If the emperor of the Ming Empire is in a bad mood, he will declare war on us. ...we have to compromise every time?"

The main combat faction occupies the majority, and after ridiculing the main peace faction, they also expressed their views.

"The emperor of Ming said that he wanted to reach our capital, which meant that he needed to march tens of thousands of kilometers. No matter what advanced weapons they had, we could easily consume them along the way, and we could Cut off their supply lines."

"They have no way to occupy our cities, because apart from some major cities, we don't have cities with large populations. If they want to occupy after a successful attack, they will have to leave a lot of manpower and weapons."

"But for us, it is possible to allow resistance to occur in the places they occupy at any time. Moreover, they are not adapted to the climate of our country. We may not even need to fight them, and they will kill the whole army because of this. Fleeing back in embarrassment."

What the main battle faction said is also very reasonable.

The straight-line distance is not equal to the marching distance. The 7000 kilometers on the map, in this era of inconvenient transportation, if you take a short detour around the mountain road or something, that is a journey of tens of thousands of kilometers.

Moreover, Russia's climate and environment are indeed not good, coupled with its vast geographical area, it spans four climatic zones.

"Do you mean that we are going to give up on those cities that are closer to the Ming Empire?"

The peace faction grasped the key point and said: "It is true that they are unlikely to hit our capital, but what if they just want to occupy our territory? After occupying all the cities they can hit, how much will we lose? population, how much valuable land is lost?"

"And with these populations and land, can they become stronger, develop a real navy, and finally cross the ocean and appear in the Gulf of Finland?"

The main combat faction said dissatisfiedly: "There must be sacrifices in war. Our consumption of the Ming Empire is a foreshadowing, a foreshadowing of the eight-nation alliance to destroy the Ming Empire. Except that Dongpu is not within our consideration, the Ming Empire declares war. Seven countries can all be our helpers."

"They really won't help us in the early stages of the war, because they want us to consume the military strength of the Ming Empire. But as long as we can cause a certain degree of consumption, they will immediately join the war without hesitation."

The main peace faction said: "But last time the Allied Forces of the Four Nations also lost."

The main combat faction replied: "That's because we didn't use our full strength, neither did the three countries, and the United States did not directly participate in the war. But this time is different, this time it is eight countries, no, we can Count Japan as a transit military base for other countries."

"As long as our nine countries join forces, our navy can completely block the coastline of the Ming Empire. Then, we will continue to launch harassing attacks on the nearly 30-kilometer coastline of the Ming Empire. They only have [-] regular troops. Even with the expansion of the army, it is impossible to defend such a long coastline."

"We must learn to be smart and not fight them head-on. As long as we continue to harass them, they will inevitably retreat to the inland. Yes, some places are not suitable for landing, but we can use small boats to transfer soldiers to land, fight Just change a place for a few hundred guns.”

"I firmly believe that the emperor of the Ming Empire will pay the price for his arrogance. He will declare his surrender to us just like he declared war on us, and then cede us a lot of benefits."

To be reasonable, what the main combat faction said is too reasonable.

Even the peace faction doesn't know how to argue now, but they still don't want to go to war with the Ming Empire.

It's not entirely because of the fear of the force of the Ming Empire, but also because their interests will be damaged if they go to war.

Alexander II didn't make a sound when the ministers were discussing, he was just observing quietly.

As a monarch who is described as great in the evaluation of later generations, he possesses high enough wisdom. It is precisely because of his implementation of the emancipation of serfs that Tsarist Russia embarked on the road of capitalism and laid an important foreshadowing for future strength.

Therefore, he was able to clearly discover that the interest groups represented by the Zhuhe faction were actually regional representatives that would be 'destroyed' by the force of the Ming Empire after the war with the Ming Empire.

These people are too close to the Ming Empire. With the marching speed and combat effectiveness of the Ming Army, it won't take long to sweep across an area of ​​millions of square kilometers.

Therefore, the people within the area of ​​millions of square kilometers do not want to go to war with the Ming Empire.

The interest group represented by the main combat faction is naturally the people who are millions of square kilometers away. They have analyzed information on the number of regular troops of the Ming Empire, the climate and environment of the combat area, and the logistics supplies of the Ming Empire.

In the end, they came to the conclusion that the Ming Empire could not defeat them.

Under such circumstances, they naturally hoped to go to war. After the interest groups represented by the Peace Faction were destroyed by the Ming Empire, they won the victory, and the benefits they gained would not only be the interests of the millions of square kilometers.

There is also the interest owned by the Ming Empire.

The meeting was discussed for three days. The main combat faction and the main peace faction were arguing hard, and Alexander's scalp was numb from the quarrel, but no result was achieved.

After all, the final decision still depends on Alexander's wishes, and Tsarist Russia is also a monarchy country at this time.

After considering all the pros and cons, he finally made a decision.

In the meeting room, Alexander said: "I've been studying the history of that land recently, including their language and culture. They had a dynasty that I find very interesting, and it's somewhat similar to our current situation."

"And that dynasty can be described in eight words."

Alexander said in the official language of the Ming Empire that he had just learned: "Become a minister every year, and pay tribute every year."

A translator next to it explained these eight characters in detail, and also explained the dynasty.

When the main fighters heard this, they all became excited, because they had already seen what the tsar meant.

The Lord Harmony faction sighed in their hearts. Their arguing in the past few days was not to convince the Lord Harmony faction, but to convince Tsar Alexander.

But obviously, their persuasion failed.

"The Ming Empire is very powerful. It can be said that it is the most powerful empire on the land we long for. So he dared to declare war on us easily, and he used an excuse that didn't exist at all, so we can also see that, If the Ming Empire is not destroyed, they will definitely continue to wage war against us in the future."

"Regardless of whether we win or lose this time, we should let them know our strength, let him pay a heavy price for his victory, and then destroy the Ming Empire."

Alexander finally said: "Of course, the failure I allow is only a temporary defeat in some areas. What I want is the final victory."

"Assembly all forces, we will fight."

The monarch directly issued an order, and no one refused or opposed it. The relevant order was conveyed immediately. When the army and navy were dispatched one after another, Tsarist Russia also invited countries to discuss joint matters.

But Tsarist Russia not only invited the nine countries declared war by Wu Yan, but also invited other countries in Europe.

Under the cover of the nest, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold.

Of course foreigners also understand these principles.

Therefore, even if Great Britain and other countries have already decided to delay the time first, and let Tsarist Russia and the Ming Empire fight bloody, and then really participate in this war.

Still sent a delegation with great authority to St. Petersburg, the capital of Tsarist Russia.

Relevant countries in the European region arrived first. Because of the distance, the United States had just received the news that the Ming Empire had declared war on them.

However, the United States has always had envoys in European countries such as Great Britain, and these people also participated in the meeting.

In the end, when the meeting was held, there were representatives of nineteen countries participating in the meeting.

The main content of the meeting was easily determined, and that was to go to war with the Ming Empire.

Anyway, Tsarist Russia is going to go to war first, and they are happy to cheer beside them.

Especially those small countries that have not been declared war by the Ming Empire, they all come to watch the excitement and shout slogans. If there is a fight, just send dozens or hundreds of soldiers to make a point. Material support is in the hands of big countries.

Anyway, no one thinks that the Ming Empire can win the final victory, and it is simply fantasy to use the power of one country to deal with the whole world.

"We need to convince Japan to join the war."

The representative of Tsarist Russia said: "They are not willing to go to war with the Ming Empire, just because they are very close to the Ming Empire, and they are not the opponents of the Ming Empire at all. But if we have the support of our navy, then Japan does not need to worry about the Ming Empire. The empire has landed in their country."

"Eastern Ocean is very important to us. It is impossible for our people to stay at sea all the time, so we need to use Eastern Ocean as our military base, and then launch our previously determined combat plan."

Dongying did not represent here, not because they didn't want to come, but because of the distance and inconvenient transportation, they couldn't come here in time.

So someone asked: "What if Japan refuses to cooperate?"

The representative of Tsarist Russia said: "Then first beat Dongying down, and then use Dongying as a springboard to help us finally occupy the Ming Empire. Therefore, the issue we need to discuss now is, if Dongying refuses, how should we carve up Dongying. "

It is said to be divided, but it is actually Tsarist Russia who wants to let these countries participate in the war in advance.

Sure enough, a country was involved, and it was related to the future large-scale attack on the important position of the Ming Empire. The British Empire and other countries could not sit still. They could not let Tsarist Russia occupy Dongpu.

Then they will be very passive.

"We can provide magical support." The representative of the British Empire said: "Although our previous operation against the Ming Empire failed, it was only a tentative operation and did not really demonstrate the power of magic."

These remarks aroused the interest of representatives from other countries.

In fact, their country also had some extraordinary power due to the recovery of spiritual energy, but they could not form a real system, nor could they provide immediate combat power.

The appearance of giants, werewolves, and vampires spread throughout the world as the Ming Empire declared war on the Nine Kingdoms.

Although compared to the martial arts and technology possessed by the Ming Empire, the power of magic was directly defeated when the two sides first contacted, but it was an extraordinary power after all.

"We need a way to make giants, werewolves, vampires."

Tsarist Russia's lion opened its mouth wide.

The British Empire naturally refused directly: "We can help you transform a batch of magical creatures, but you need to prepare all the materials."

The content of the meeting immediately ranged from how to deal with the Ming Empire to dealing with magic.

It was at this time that someone rushed into the meeting and brought a piece of news that shocked everyone.

"The capital of Dongying was captured, and the emperor of the Ming Empire personally conquered and captured the capital of Dongying. The Emperor of Dongying signed a treaty to become a permanent vassal of the Ming Empire."

How can this be?

The representatives of the various countries present were all stunned, and immediately doubted the authenticity of the news.

"This is impossible." The representative of the British Empire said directly: "It has only been a month since the Ming Empire declared war, and they need at least a month of preparation time, and Japan has directly sent a delegation for peace talks. How could they be at this time?" Capture the capital of Japan?"

The representative of France also said: "Yes, this is impossible. The news can be transmitted, that is to say, the capture of the capital of Dongpu happened half a month ago. Not only is the distance between Ming and Dongpu very far, but Dongpu is fighting on the mainland. , how could the capital be captured so quickly?"

The representative of the Ottoman Empire also did not believe it, saying: "Whether it is from Xinjing, the capital of the Ming Empire, or from their Tokyo City, there is a straight-line distance of nearly [-] kilometers to the capital of Dongying. With the negligible naval power of the Ming Empire, Let’s see, even if they want to transport troops to Dongpu, it will take many days. You say that it’s fine for them to attack the mainland of Dongpu, how can they directly capture the capital of Dongpu?”

In this age, distance is the greatest limit to warfare.

But the person who brought the news confirmed again: "The news is true, because strictly speaking, it only took one day for the Ming Empire to attack Dongpu, and they... landed directly in the capital of Dongpu."

Everyone in the audience was stunned again.

"How long did it take them to go to Japan? Where did they go? How did they get there?"

(End of this chapter)