"Fool!"

"Stupid!"

"Idiot!"

"Rubbish!"

The cardinal grabbed the War Chancellor by the collar, straightened his body, and gave him four slaps as he roared loudly.

Prime Minister Richelieu has always been unapologetic to anyone, but this is not the same as arrogance, no matter the occasion, he has always adhered to the full set of aristocratic etiquette and manners, but at the moment he does not care about manners and reserve, left and right, left and right, beating Tellier like a pig's head.

The important ministers in the hall watched this scene blankly, they couldn't imagine that the iron-masked Archbishop Li also had a time to be mad. Everyone watched in amazement as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom grabbed the War Minister by the neck and lifted Tellier, who was a full circle larger than himself, into the air, and swayed back and forth like a shaker, and the poor War Minister twitched on all fours, his eyes rolled up, and his tongue sticked out.

Although Richelieu was very eager to strangle the idiot in front of him, his sanity could still work, and he could prevent the prime minister from setting a precedent for personally killing important ministers of state in front of His Majesty the King - this was a very strict act of overstepping his authority, and even if the king was now also tempted to strangle Tellier, he could not incur the disgust of His Majesty the King for such a thing. Besides, these are difficult times, and even if it is a waste, Richelieu must let him play a role in application.

The anger was suppressed little by little, and the hand holding the neck finally let go, and the Minister of War sat on the ground and coughed violently.

Looking at the wolf bèi of Tellier, Richelieu was on fire. He had repeatedly explained that "avoid a strong attack" and "just surround it", but that henau still foolishly fell into the trap carefully designed by the rebels. A full 7,000 men were annihilated, and the main force of the occupation army led by the crown was almost completely annihilated...... For Charlemagne, who has abundant human resources, this is still bearable. Unfortunately, a large number of ordnance became the equipment of the rebels, which was once a valuable asset of the kingdom, but now became a dangerous item that threatened the kingdom's rule. To make matters worse, the rout of the occupying forces led to a further deterioration of the situation before the Titans crusade force could complete its formation and assembly. Just now, there was an urgent call from the city of Nandor Fehlvar, they were already surrounded by rebel regiments, and if the mainland did not send reinforcements, they would face the rebels equipped with a large number of light and heavy weapons. The defenders may not last long.

"What the hell is that idiot doing in Henau?! Or the captain of the transport brigade of the rebels?!"

As soon as he thought of this, Richelieu was angry. Isn't that stupid henau ashamed enough to flee back after inflicting the greatest defeat of Charlemagne's army since its founding? Everyone knew that Charlemagne's army was a rebel army made up of a group of low-lying peasants. Defeated with extremely inferior preparation. And the commander of Charlemagne's army left his troops and fled the battlefield......

What a shame!

"I don't think there is any need to bother with forming a court-martial, and send envoys and executioners to the Hänau to preserve the last vestiges of dignity for our artillery admirals. ”

Relieved, Tellier opened his mouth. As soon as he wanted to say something, Richelieu's cannibalistic eyes forced him, and the Minister of War immediately put on a posture of bowing his head and being taught.

At this point, it would be no one to benefit from keeping Heynau alive, and it would be better to use him as a scapegoat for a military defeat - the Minister of War fully understood the Prime Minister's unspoken words, and Tellier, who had the same thoughts, naturally did not dwell on it.

The fate of the once-glorious General Heynau was thus decided, and no one questioned it, and this was the punishment he deserved, and because of his stupidity, he lost his troops and made the great Charlemagne the laughing stock of all nations. To be honest, even a public execution was not enough, and Richelieu's decision finally left the last fig leaf for the Army, and with his usual harshness, this disposition was really "merciful".

However, in the current situation, no one had the heart to pay attention to this rare episode, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the map as tall as the wall, staring at the crown collar and the city of Buda. Except for a few fortresses and cities, almost the entire crown territory has fallen under the control of the rebels, and the military industry built by the crown prince with heavy investment is producing guns for the rebels, although it is impossible to continue to operate due to the limitation of raw materials, but Charlemagne's soldiers still have to face the threat and damage caused by those weapons. In addition, the crown collar was originally an agricultural developed area, and the grain produced was enough for them to hold on for a while.

The situation is bad, but only temporary.

"How's Titans preparing? ”

The cardinal's face turned to the left, where a white-haired but energetic general stood.

The man, who closely resembled a bird like a vulture, bowed his head respectfully, and his face towards the ground wore a smile that was not well concealed.

"We are ready to go, the personnel, equipment, combat plan, maps, guides, logistics are all in place. ”

In fact, most of them were prepared for them by V.E, but on this occasion, only a fool would reveal the truth, and no adult who knew it well would find fault with this juncture.

Tellier was extremely upset by this, but it was not his turn to speak now, nor to vent his jealousy.

That's right, it's jealousy.

Not to mention that the consortium has shared the logistical pressure of Titans, it has always tried its best to meet Titans' needs in terms of sending consultants and equipment supply. Considering that both are enemies of the Army and allies of the government, this partiality is reasonable. But looking at Titans' luxurious equipment, Tellier couldn't ignore it after all.

Titans' artillery was based on the Gribois artillery system, which was the uniform standard of the ground forces of the three services, but with increased firepower, the 6-pounder guns were replaced by the more powerful 8-pounder cannons, the number of 6-inch howitzers was also greater than that of the army, the number of mounted artillery batteries was increased, and the artillery auxiliary units such as labor and artillery transportation were enough to make their army counterparts jealous, and when they saw the "new toy" that V.E had prepared for Titans' expedition, they almost went crazy with jealousy.

In order to deal with possible urban offensive and defensive battles. The raiding force is equipped with 15 13-inch mortar guns, with a range of about 2 kilometers and a rate of fire of 1 round in 3 minutes, in order to compensate for the low ballistic hit rate of the mortars at high elevation angles, they fire special incendiary shells, which are filled with a mixture of gunpowder, naphtha and coconut oil, and will burn violently after hitting the target. Blasting pipes for the rapid drilling equipment for combat sappers are also in place, and sappers can drill holes in stone columns or walls in a very short time and stuff them into the load-bearing structure of the building. Then light the fuse. With a loud bang, the house that has lost its load-bearing part will collapse immediately. Coupled with the cooperation of earth attribute magicians, a block can be demolished in a short time.

The above equipment alone is enough to terrify the hearts of any defender of the city, but compared to the most terrifying artillery weapon in the world today "Big Beltha". The above weapons are also slightly pediatric.

"Big Bertha (Dicke. Bertha）”。 Its prototype was the "Urban Cannon" of another world. And not the giant howitzers that smashed the Fortress of the Sun in World War I. After an optimized design, this "terrifying and extraordinary monster" appeared in the following form: 6.1 meters long and weighing 18 tons. With a barrel of 25 centimeters thick and a caliber of 750 mm, enough to hold an adult and capable of knocking a 1-ton solid destruction projectile 2 kilometers away, any wall is as fragile as window paper in front of this behemoth. Originally, the "city breaker" was aimed at the fortified principality fortresses on the northern front, but now its muzzle was about to be aimed at the city of Buda.

Finally, there are two "assault landing ships" based on the Led Zeppelin spaceship, which can fire Congreve rockets and catapult knights equipped with impact-resistant magic armor to fight in the air. A nightmare for defenders who do not have air supremacy.

One can imagine what kind of hell the defenders will face when the aforementioned weapons of destruction arrive at the foot of Buda.

What the Minister of War did not know was that in order to settle the rebellion in the city of Buda as much as possible. Prime Minister Richelieu also negotiated secretly with the consortium to purchase a batch of special artillery shells, which, with the assistance of mustard gas, will be cracked down faster than people think.

(Poor fellow.) ）

Having thought of the large number of rabbits and death row inmates in the glass room with their hair falling out and festering all over their bodies, Risse muttered a sentence in his own mind. Continuing with an expressionless face, he asked:

"The repression must be completely ruthless, and after trying to extinguish the fire, you can rest and relax, and as a result, you have neglected a few sparks to lead to a second fire—there are not many such examples, and I am sure your Excellency knows this. ”

No matter how tightly encircled, there will always be one or two fish in the vast city that escape, and then wait for the right moment to spread erroneous ideas everywhere, thus forming a new revolutionary plague. In the Crown Territory, where the idea of rebellion has spread, the probability of this kind of thing happening is quite high, so Titans not only wants to destroy the "severe areas" such as Miè Buda City and Pest City, but also to carry out a "comprehensive treatment" for the entire Crown Territory, and completely eradicate the poisonous thoughts from that land.

"Please rest assured that Your Majesty and the Prime Minister have a sound plan in place. ”

Jamitov handed over a folder, and the court attendant stepped forward to take the black notebook and turned to present the cardinal.

"Strategic Village?"

Reading out the unfamiliar words, Richelieu glanced at the smiling Jamitov and returned his gaze to the text, his eyebrows furrowing more and more as the paper flipped.

The so-called strategic village means that a large number of residents of the crown collar -- peasants and urban dwellers -- are all driven to a fast area under the control of the army, surrounded by bayonets, sentry posts, wolf dogs, and iron nets, and enjoy a strict ration system, strict zhòng shortages, tents, blankets, medicines, as well as beatings and random shootings by the guards, and the residents living in the strategic village are also fortunate to become hostages -- for every Charlemagne soldier killed, 10 crown lord residents are martyred, and according to the rank and rank, the greater the officer, the more people are martyred......

Richelieu had foreseen that in such an environment, it would be very difficult for the Crown Leader to "live". He also wanted to see the benefits of such facilities - the separation of the rebels from the population. Deprived of supplies, intelligence, and shelter, they travel through vast no-man's land like a desert march, and finally choose between starvation, suicide, and death.

Brutal and efficient, full of consortium style.

This construction was indeed proposed by Li Lin, and when he proposed this idea, he expected that Titans would definitely turn the strategic village into a concentration camp, but there were no gas chambers and crematoriums. Although this idea has the intention of intensifying the contradictions, it also has the reality that Charlemagne can no longer let the independent-minded crown leader return to be obedient people, if Charlemagne's family is thick enough, he can consider using a way to improve the standard of living to appease the crown leader, but they don't have so much spare money to burn.

The Kingdom of Charlemagne had no choice but to do so.

Richelieu shook his head, turned the page, and began to look at the disposition of the centers of the rebellion, Buda and Pest, which were rather simple, so simple that they could be summed up in three words.

- Kill on sight (Search.and.destory).

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In the underground command post of the consortium headquarters, the meeting had just ended, and unlike Richelieu, who needed to coordinate different forces and make these hostile forces as safe as possible, Li Lin only gave a few simple instructions to the advisors who were about to go on the expedition with Titans, and the meeting ended.

"Anyway, all they have to do is record the battle faithfully and bring the number back with them. ”

Refill yourself with tea, Li Lin said lightly.

In the eyes of the elves, the suppression of the crown is a boring game, and the only thing that can be worth talking about is Charlemagne's various false occupation policies and how to avoid the mistakes of Alfheim in the future, except for the results of testing technical weapons and various tactics.

"The revolutionaries of the crown led us have taught us with their lives and homes how difficult it is for human beings to resist to the end and are willing to pay for it in the face of foreign invasion. ”

Brunhill solemnly said that the clever elf not only saw the outcome of the battle, but also correctly predicted the outcome of the new occupation policy - defeat.

Whether it is a concentration camp or a hostage execution, it is a simple, crude and inefficient method. If the reign of terror is to have an effect, then the henau should have succeeded before that. However, terror and death have proven not to create a stable territory, let alone production, and the right occupation policy is more powerful and effective than advanced guns and well-trained soldiers.

But what kind of occupation policy is the most appropriate? This is a question that has yet to be solved, so let mankind help us to experiment with the effects of various occupation policies.

Just as she was about to raise a new topic, the special line bell rang, and Li Lin pressed the communication button and asked:

"What's wrong?"

"Your Excellency, the Principality Branch has sent an urgent telegram 'Stolypin urgently contacts the consortium to contact Albion and start armistice negotiations'. ”

Listening to the words of the newspaper operator who suppressed nervousness and excitement, Li Lin and Brunhill laughed in unison. (To be continued......)