Daming Military Empire

Chapter 608

Daming is gearing up to attack the Siberian Plain, so what is Tsarist Russia doing as the defender? Could it be that they just ignore it and watch Daming conquer Siberia?

This kind of thing is of course impossible, Tsarist Russia is also actively preparing for war, but they don't have any industrial foundation at this time, artillery they can only cast the most primitive red barbarian cannons, and muskets they can only make the most primitive matchlock guns.

The Hongyi cannon is better. As long as it accumulates to a certain amount, it will still have a bit of a restraint effect on the siege vehicles of the Ming army to dig the city wall. The matchlock gun will not work. In front of the flintlock guns of the Ming army, it is a dish at all. .

In response to this situation, Tsarist Russian Cabinet Prime Minister Rozov ordered the military to desperately cast red barbarian cannons to increase the defense of the bastion, and at the same time asked the European powers for help, hoping that they could provide more flintlock guns, and he even wanted the European powers for support Point the cannon to deal with the Ming army's artillery formation.

The military department of Tsarist Russia has no objection. Originally, Rozov was a powerful minister similar to a dictator in Tsarist Russia. Few people dared to resist him. In addition, the enemy was about to hit their continental continent. Opportunity strikes.

Therefore, the military department is still relatively active. In the past six months, a large number of artillery pieces have been cast. Basically, every bastion in the Siberian Plain has reached more than one hundred. There are hundreds of bastions on the plain, which means that the total number of artillery in these bastions is tens of thousands!
However, these are not enough to resist the attack of the Ming army, because the artillery range of the Ming army is farther than theirs, and the number of artillery is far more than that of the defenders when attacking the bastion, unless each bastion is equipped with more than a thousand artillery pieces, and the Or surpass the Ming army in artillery range, otherwise the Siberian Plain will be occupied by the Ming army sooner or later.

It is obviously unrealistic to equip each bastion with more than a thousand cannons. It is impossible for Tsarist Russia to cast so many cannons in a short period of time. Now, the only hope is that the European powers can support a batch of cannons for them Even if each bastion is equipped with ten cannons, Rozov is confident that he can contain the attack of the Ming army.

He also knew that the Ming army could not afford to be injured. Regardless of the fact that the number of the Ming army reached millions, if tens of thousands of people were killed every time a bastion was captured, the Ming army would not be able to bear it, because after conquering the entire Siberian Plain, hundreds of The Wanming Army will lose all their casualties and exhaust the main force of their army in order to seize territory. Rozov believes that the emperor of the Ming Empire is not so stupid.

He also believed in the power of the cannon. You must know that the range of the cannon and the artillery with the longest range of the Ming army is almost the same. Coupled with the height advantage of the bastion, the defenders can completely suppress the Ming army and kill every bastion. Ten thousand people, that's a small number.

Of course, he never imagined that the Ming army had already changed its tactics. Armored chariots were not afraid of artillery at all, and he never imagined that the European powers did not intend to give him any support weapons at all, let alone cannons, even flintlock guns Don't plan to give him another hand!

However, the European powers did not ignore his request for help. Richelieu replied to him with a passionate letter of praise, praising his contribution to the anti-Habsburg alliance in the past two years, and reassuring him that the anti-Habsburg alliance The Bousburg Alliance is about to launch a full-scale counterattack against the Daming Habsburg Alliance, and the Ming army will naturally retreat by then.

When Rozov saw this commendation letter, he was so angry that he needed praise. Everyone is a powerful minister of a country, and Rozov still needs praise from Richelieu!
What he needs are guns and cannons, not a few useless compliments. He also knows that Richelieu treats him as a pawn. I want to shake hands with the Ming Empire now and make peace, and let Richelieu eat shit.

However, he is now in a difficult position to ride a tiger. If he does not repel the Ming Empire, he will definitely be resigned by his domestic opponents, because he was the one who insisted on a sneak attack on the Ming Empire at the beginning. He can't shirk his responsibility for losing ground for thousands of miles.

Now Richelieu is making it clear that he is perfunctory. If the old fox is allowed to do it like this, it will be fine. So, he once again brought his cronies and ran to Paris angrily to find Richelieu to argue.

Don't give me a weapon, let myself carry the most powerful Ming Empire of the Ming Habsburg Alliance alone, dreaming!
Richelieu also knew that this guy would definitely come over, so he was well prepared, he still had a table of sumptuous delicacies, and he still gave a warm welcome, just like an old friend came.

This time, Rozov didn't have such a good temper. He didn't even care about his aristocratic demeanor. With a straight face, he dismissed the whole table of food and walked directly to Richelieu's study, as if he was at his own house. .

Seeing his angry look, Richelieu shook his head with a wry smile, and followed him helplessly.

When he came to the study, Rozov sat down without saying hello, his face was frosty, and he didn't say a word. He wanted to see how the old fox could fool him again.

Richelieu sat down with a guest, smiled and said: "Master Prime Minister, what's wrong with you, who made you angry?"

Who did it?Of course it was you, an old fox, who asked knowingly, Rozov snorted, but still didn't speak.

Richelieu asked unhurriedly: "My lord, are you angry about the muskets and artillery?"

You also know that I'm angry about this?Rozov finally couldn't bear it and said: "Your Highness, do you think we can withstand the Ming Empire without weapons support?"

Richelieu heard the words, and said calmly: "Didn't the Ming Empire take down your eight bastions last year? You have so many bastions, the Ming Empire will not be able to take down them in a few years. Don't worry, we will soon Launched a counterattack."

Rozov is so angry, it’s not you who hit him, of course you don’t panic, he said coldly: “Is this how you treat your allies? You just watched the Ming Empire fight all the way to Europe, all the way to our imperial capital, Are we extinct?"

When Richelieu heard this, he shook his head and smiled wryly: "Master Prime Minister, how can you say that? We are really planning to counterattack the Daming Habsburg Alliance. Now we don't have enough weapons for ourselves. We really can't take out any weapons." I have come to support you, please persevere, once we launch a counterattack, the Ming Empire will retreat."

Thinking I was so easy to deceive, Rozov rolled his eyes and replied coldly: "Persist? We have persisted for two years. What have you done?"

Richelieu heard the words, thought for a while, and then said seriously: "Master Prime Minister, if you really don't believe it, I can take you to see it, but I hope you don't tell anything about what you see."

Rozov was a little shaken now, he wanted to see it with his own eyes, this old fox couldn't lie, could it be that what he said was true?

Richelieu really didn't lie to Rozov this time. The anti-Habsburg alliance was really preparing to launch a counterattack. After he took Rozov around for a long time, Rozov went back without saying a word!
What exactly did the Anti-Habsburg Alliance prepare to counterattack the Daming Habsburg Alliance?This is a later story, and I will skip it here for the time being.

In short, Rozov believed it. As long as he persisted, when the anti-Habsburg alliance launched a counterattack, the Ming Empire would retreat!

(End of this chapter)