Iron Dynasty Chapter 1162
Previously on Iron Dynasty...
Paris.
Henry angrily smashed a Chinese Empire porcelain vase to pieces. The news of the defeat at Vaduz spread back to France from the Austrian front like it had grown wings, which caused panic among the recently unified French people. After successively experiencing the civil war and the war against Prussia and Austria, France was already riddled with holes and suffering, with production suffering a great deal of damage.
In the past, with the war supplies provided by the Chinese Empire, Henry could still get by, but after the Chinese Empire stopped supplying them, Henry’s life suddenly became difficult, which was one of the reasons why he launched the invasion. After all, plundering supplies was faster than producing them. Since the Chinese Empire had occupied their colonies, they could no longer plunder the colonies, so they could only plunder the European countries. But now his plundering plan had failed, and his 70,000 French elite troops had been defeated. He had lost his last bargaining chip.
Now he only had two paths in front of him: either risk a full-scale war, or retreat and recuperate. The former was a huge gamble, and the latter depended on whether the Chinese Empire was willing to let them.
“Immediately order a full mobilization. France must arm itself to resist the invasion of the Chinese Empire.” After a brief hesitation, he gave the order. After thinking about it, he chose the latter. It was clear that he could not win against the Austrian army, which was supported by the Chinese Empire, so he could only recuperate and look for an opportunity. But he was also afraid of being retaliated against by Austria, so he could only put on a fighting stance like a rooster with its feathers ruffled to scare off the enemy.
The new French nobles were also flustered. The name of the Chinese Empire haunted them like a nightmare. At the same time, Frederick II in Königsberg had already received news from Most. The Chinese Empire army’s attack was like lightning. Before anyone could react, a Chinese Empire army had occupied this place and burned the supplies here. After doing all this, the Chinese Empire army also used its mobile machines to carry soldiers to attack their transport carriages everywhere, and their supply line was hit hard.
And that was not all. After destroying Prussia’s supplies, this army attacked the Prussian army in Prague from the rear. The unsuspecting Prussian front line was constantly being torn apart. With their ammunition and food depleted, his army was defeated like a collapsing mountain, and the situation on the battlefield had been completely reversed.
“Your Majesty, we must now defend Prussian land. With the help of the Chinese soldiers, the Austrian army may retaliate and attack us,” a general said worriedly.
Schroeder heard this and said, “You have also seen how powerful the Chinese Empire army is. Do you think we can defend against them? I think the most important thing now is to negotiate with the Empire and stop the attack on Austria.”
If it had been in the past, Frederick II would have laughed at Schroeder’s words, but now the facts told him that he had underestimated the Chinese Empire’s strength, and this had made him pay a heavy price.“No matter what, we must not guarantee that Prussia will not be attacked. Now, immediately mobilize every Prussian.” Frederick II made almost the same decision as Henry. Like Henry, he also wanted to use this move to deter the attacks of the Chinese Empire and Austria.
After a pause, he said to Schroeder, “Of course, I will also consider negotiating.”
After making the difficult decision, Frederick II seemed to have aged a lot. He understood that his ambitions were doomed to be unrealized with the Chinese Empire’s interference.
Compared to the situation in France and Prussia, Austria was in a state of jubilation. They followed the Chinese Empire army and recaptured the occupied cities one by one. The three warring parties quickly retreated to their original borders. At the same time, news from France and Prussia kept coming in, and Ye Qingyun and Lu Jun also arrived in Vienna at this time.
“Commander Ye, Division Commander Lu, France and Prussia are now mobilizing and seem to be preparing to greatly expand their armies.” Franz told the two of them the intelligence he had received.
“Are they preparing to invade again? Have they gone mad?” Obina felt a little incredulous.
Ye Qingyun and Lu Jun did not care. Ye Qingyun said, “When a dog that bites you is driven away, it will definitely bare its teeth to scare you when you pick up a stick and approach it. That is exactly what France and Prussia are doing now. They have both lost a lot of elite troops in this war and definitely do not want to continue fighting, but at the same time, they are worried that we will retaliate.”
Franz did want to fight back, but Austria had also suffered a lot of damage in this war. He said, “This war has severely damaged all three countries. Austria cannot continue to support the next war. I hope the Chinese Empire can step in and coordinate to officially end this war.”
“I understand what Your Majesty means. We have already fulfilled the terms of the agreement and jointly defeated the enemy. The rest of the matter will naturally be decided by Your Majesty.” Ye Qingyun said. The Chinese Empire’s intervention in the European war this time was not intended to be too deep. After all, if they continued to fight France to the death, their small number of troops would not be enough. Furthermore, the purpose of the war was to promote the convention organization, so the war only needed to go so far. At the same time, the Chinese Empire also needed France and Prussia to play the role of European villains so that other countries would be drawn into the Chinese Empire’s embrace. As for whether to deal with these two countries in the future, that would have to wait until the Chinese Empire’s army was further mechanized and equipped with bombers. By then, the Chinese soldiers’ battlefield casualty rate would be even lower.
After expressing his thoughts, Ye Qingyun stopped talking. Franz was happy. He was now thinking about starting a trade with the Chinese Empire and making Austria strong again.
While the three countries were at war, other European countries were also watching this war that the Chinese Empire had joined. After witnessing the Chinese Empire’s invincibility on the European battlefield, the Netherlands was the first to send an envoy to Vienna.
“Brother Tang, it’s been a long time.” When he met Tang Wenjie in Vienna, Rhodes, wearing a Chinese Empire uniform, spoke in standard Chinese.
Tang Wenjie was beaming. As soon as the war on the European battlefield subsided a little, he came to Vienna to wait for a good opportunity, because he knew that there would definitely be countries that could not resist the temptation to join the Vienna Convention Organization.
“Rhodes, you are really becoming more and more like a person of the Chinese Empire.” Tang Wenjie said, looking at Rhodes, who, except for his face, was almost the same as a person of the Chinese Empire.
Rhodes said, “Ever since I returned to the Netherlands, there has not been a day that I haven’t missed the life in the Chinese Empire. And I firmly believe that one day the Chinese Empire and the Netherlands will become friendly again. So for the past few years, I have been studying the Empire’s culture and language, waiting for this opportunity to come. Now, it proves that my guess was right. Now, on behalf of the Netherlands, I officially apply to the Empire to join the Vienna Convention Organization. I hope Brother Tang will accept.”
