Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1084 The Wheel of History

The fierce offensive of the Chinese armored forces is inevitable. The tanks made a rumbling noise and surrounded the US armored forces from several directions. The American tanks were continuously hit, emitting thick black smoke, and collapsed on the battlefield. .

Such a battle is cruel and unbearable for the Americans. They tried their best to organize a breakout, but under the strict artillery bombardment of the Chinese, such attempts were aborted one after another.With the capture of the commander, Colonel Patton, the 99th Armored Division of the U.S. Army fell into an unmanned situation. Almost every tank was fighting independently, which made them easily defeated by the Chinese army.

A swipe of the setting sun was passing over Lagesta, and the setting sun passed over the blood-red land, thick smoke was billowing everywhere, the wreckage of tanks was burning everywhere, and the corpses of soldiers lay in disorder on the battlefield.In the evening, the 108th Armored Division took the lead in giving up resistance and surrendering to the Chinese army.

Then the 107th and 109th armored divisions finally understood that if they continued to fight like this, they would only be buried on this battlefield. They could see no reinforcements, no hope of victory, and no hope of victory. There is no possibility of escaping here, and if they continue to fight like this, they have no choice but to die. They also followed in the footsteps of the 108th Armored Division and raised a white flag on their tanks.

Only the American officers and soldiers of the 99th Armored Division seemed to have inherited the character of their commander, Colonel Patton, clamoring to fire the last shell, and then frantically strafing with heavy machine guns.Such a move finally angered the Chinese soldiers. The 99st Chinese Armored Division and the [-]nd Lightning Armored Division of the SS, as well as a self-propelled artillery brigade, concentrated all their artillery fire, announcing the [-]th Armored Division of the US Army with crazy and violent artillery fire. completely destroyed.

With the annihilation of the 99th Armored Division, the "Flagstaff Battle" ended in an almost cruel way.

8 hours in this game.In the tank battle of unprecedented scale, 800 tanks of the US military participated in the battle.Nearly 500 tanks were destroyed, and 280 tanks became trophies of the Chinese army. Of the 50 U.S. soldiers, 7 were killed and 15 were captured.The Chinese army also suffered a lot of losses. 170 tanks lost the ability to continue fighting, 19000 people fell on the ground in Praguestaff, and 6000 people were missing.

"Battle is always cruel." Zhang Zuolin said sadly standing on the land that was full of gunfire and death an hour ago: "At the end of the war, there will be more than 2 Chinese soldiers who will never be able to fight again." Going back to my hometown. Zhongzheng, sometimes I wonder what we can do after the war is over. When we get older, maybe what we dream about every night is these sacrifices on the battlefield Brothers. To this day, I still can’t forget those brothers who died in the bloody battle in the Middle East. The more than 2000 soldiers of the Combat Engineer Corps, their regimental commanders, their battalion commanders, and every single soldier of them seem to be alive appeared before our eyes."

He nodded silently: "Yes, the mission of our generation is to exchange war for peace, so what about the next generation? Can we continue to stabilize what we have obtained with blood? 40 years ago, Western powers used warships and cannons Opened our country and forced us to sign one shameful treaty after another. 40 years later, we also opened their country with iron blood and bayonets, so what will the next 40 years be like?"

There was an explosion of thunder in the sky, which made people's ears hurt, gusts of wind swept past, stirring up dust all over the sky, and even made people feel a little unstable when they were blown, and then huge lightning bolts struck.

Covering his eyes with his hands, he loudly instructed the Chinese soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield and escorting the prisoners not to panic.This weird gust of wind came and went quickly. I thought there would be a heavy rainstorm, but nothing happened.He breathed a sigh of relief, and soon found out that something was wrong.He reached out and touched his waist, and said strangely: "Where's my saber, where is my 'Iron Blood Sword' bestowed by the emperor?"

Zhang Zuolin looked at his waist and found that his saber was still there. He looked around but found nothing.Zhang Zuolin also said strangely: "Could it be that the gust of wind was so strong that it could blow away the knife? You guys, go look around and see if Zhongzheng's knife was blown somewhere."

At the end of the "Flagstaff Battle", the meeting of the most senior military and political officials of the Chinese Empire was held on American soil. This is a great irony for Americans.

Regarding the decisive battle between China and the United States, Guan Xuqing no longer has any doubts about whether the Chinese army can win the final victory. Now he plans to clean up the mess of the world after the battle, digest the fruits of victory, and form a new world order.

"By the end of 1920, our income in the Greater China Federation was 2900 billion dragon coins, and our income in the colonies was 1700 billion dragon coins." Finance Minister Tang Shaoyi said: "It is expected that this number will increase greatly in 1921. If Counting the indemnity that the United States will give us in the future, this figure will be astonishingly large, enough to support us to launch two or three large-scale wars anywhere in the world at the same time. However, by the end of the war, according to the statistics given to us by the military, It is estimated that within five to ten years, the world will be in a recovery period, and there will be no large-scale war discovery, so I plan to invest most of the funds in domestic construction.”

"Yes, the military's statistics are not wrong." Guan Xuqing nodded: "There may be sporadic conflicts in various countries in the world within five years, but large-scale wars will no longer be possible. During this period, the empire's The main policy is to accumulate national power to meet a greater challenge in the future. At the same time, as the leader of the new post-war world order, the empire will take on the important task of guiding and supervising the development of other countries, and we will station a large number of troops overseas , navy, air force, army, most of the cost of these garrisons will be borne by the country where they are located, but we will also bear part of them. Shaochuan, this money cannot be saved. These garrisons are of great significance to China, which means that in any country in the world As long as there is an armed conflict in a corner, our army will be able to arrive at the first time to stop or resolve such a military conflict. Military development cannot be slackened. The reason why the empire is invincible on the battlefield is that we are ahead of other countries. The country's advanced technological level."

Tang Shaoyi nodded. Now that his pockets are bulging, he is no longer haggling with the emperor for tens of millions of funds. Once upon a time, Tang Shaoyi could finally take off the hat of "stingy minister".

"There is one more thing." Guan Xuqing said: "Some imperial administrative agencies have to be merged in large numbers. Now the imperial administrative officials are too large. Some people go to work every day and don't know what to do except send and receive official documents. This will inevitably cause the imperial administrative agencies to handle affairs. Inefficiency, corruption will easily occur. I will greatly increase the salaries of officials to maintain honesty with high salaries; but at the same time, I will also greatly increase the punishment laws for official corruption. The above-mentioned officials may even be beheaded! I am not scaremongering. It takes decades or even hundreds of years of hard work to make a country strong, but it only takes a few years to collapse. Moths, moths of all empires, must Eliminate it with an iron fist. I am not afraid that people in the future will call me a murderous demon king. In order to maintain the strength of the empire, I am willing to bear such infamy!"

Every official present here knows the emperor's harsh handling of these matters. Back then, he dared to kill his own royal family without even frowning, not to mention those small officials.

Sheng Xuanhuai, Minister of Commerce and President of the Imperial Investment Bank, said: "After entering 1920, due to the outbreak of the Sino-US war, some wars that occurred within the sphere of influence of the empire have gradually ceased after the mediation of the empire. The former Indian Five The war between the two countries caused 15 armed forces and more than 100 million civilian casualties, resulting in an economic loss of 100 billion dragon coins. As for the successive "Holy City Wars", the casualties can only be described as tragic.At present, the Ministry of the Army has sent troops to maintain local peace and restore the local economic order. "

"Well, these troops will be called 'peacekeeping troops' from now on." Guan Xuqing suddenly became interested: "In the future, conflicts within the empire's sphere of influence can be dispatched to 'peacekeeping troops', and the 'United Nations' is responsible for all kinds of conflicts in the world. The handling of things must gradually improve its functions in the future, and it must not be just an empty shelf." Guan Xuqing paused and said: "Okay, now let us consider how to deal with the United States. The problems of this country must be solved. And it needs to be resolved once and for all.

Guan Xuqing knows very well that the threat of the United States to China cannot be truly disintegrated through war alone. Although this is a country with a short history, it has developed extremely rapidly in just over 200 years and has endless potential.To deal with such a country, since it has been fought, it must be beaten to death so that it will never turn over and eliminate a huge enemy for the future China in advance.

Guan Xuqing looked at the most senior military and political officials of the empire, and said slowly: "Don't doubt my determination to solve the problem. Since the matter has developed to this point, no matter what suggestions you make, as long as they are reasonable, I will definitely consider it.”

Imperial Prime Minister Liang Qichao hesitated for a while, and said: "As far as I know, the imperial military has successfully developed an astonishingly powerful weapon, which is large enough to destroy a city. Then, can we consider using this weapon? Total destruction of some important cities in the United States. Not only would it hit Americans hard psychologically, but I think it would bring the war to an early end."

(End of this chapter)