Iron Dynasty

Leipzig.

Lu Fei had launched charges against the Prussian army for two consecutive days. In the current Europe, Prussia was the strongest in terms of overall strength, which was why he chose to personally deal with Prussia. The situation in these two days proved that Prussia did indeed have some tricks up its sleeve. The combination of their firing rifles and grenades made their attacks not go smoothly. This was not because the Empire’s tanks were not fierce enough, but because the charging Austrian and Hungarian soldiers could not seize the trench positions in time against the Prussian army’s numerical superiority.

Their situation was now a stalemate, but even so, the price Prussia was paying was far greater than theirs. With the war having reached this point, Lu Fei was no longer in a hurry. It was clear that the Prussians were single-minded. If they were willing to fight to the death on this front, he was naturally happy to accompany them. When the Prussian soldiers could no longer endure the attrition, their victory would come. After all, during this time, they only needed to consume shells and bullets.

While the war on the European battlefield was in full swing, Qi Guangyi and Luo Xin had already led a 150,000-strong Chinese Empire army into Tsarist Russian territory. Unlike the European battlefield, the Tsarist Russian territory was mostly plains, and this terrain was extremely favorable for a mechanized army. To defeat Tsarist Russia as soon as possible, Qi Guangyi and Luo Xin had assembled a total of 800 tanks and thousands of troop carriers. Using blitz-like speed, they quickly occupied twelve Tsarist Russian cities and were marching straight for Moscow.

However, even so, this war had exceeded their expectations. According to the plan, they were preparing to enter Moscow before winter, but the stubborn resistance of the Tsarist Russian soldiers had dragged them into winter.

“Fortunately, His Majesty warned us early, or we wouldn’t have lost to Tsarist Russia, but to the Tsarist Russian winter.”

Looking at the silver-white world, Qi Guangyi said with emotion. Luo Xin was sitting by the fire. He was wearing a thick green cotton military uniform. Before they attacked Tsarist Russia, the general staff had sent them cotton coats and tents. This allowed the soldiers to wear cotton clothes and warm themselves by the fire in their tents in the cold winter.

But even so, the heavy snow had delayed their attack. After a discussion, the two of them decided to hold the cities they had captured and continue the attack when spring came. Most importantly, due to the convenience of communication, they were notified to build airports on the spot, which meant that the Empire’s bombers might arrive at the front line next year.

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Qingzhou.

Looking at the snowflakes falling outside the window, Xiao Ming’s brows were tightly furrowed. People were alive, but plans were dead. The same was true for this war between the Vienna Convention Organization and the St. Petersburg Convention Organization. From the various intelligence from the battlefield, this war would still continue for a while. After all, it was a bit unrealistic to want to destroy an old colonial power in just a few months.

But he was taking it calmly, because time was always on the Empire’s side. With the improvement of the industrial foundation, the Empire’s technology was bursting forth. Naturally, military weapons were also a part of this burst. Automatic weapons, bombers, and aircraft carriers—these weapons would be put into the battlefield next year. At that time, the situation on the battlefield would be favorable to the Empire. Thinking of this, a confident smile appeared on his face.

While he was thinking, Qian Dafu walked in. He said, “Your Majesty, the governors of the Empire’s various colonies have all arrived, and they are now waiting with the ministers in Zhengda Guangming Hall.”

Xiao Ming nodded. It was almost the end of the year, and today was the annual performance review. The governors were to report to him on the situation in the Empire’s colonies. For the Chinese Empire, every colony was a valuable asset, as these colonies provided a large amount of resources to the Empire every year. It was thanks to these resources that the Empire’s industry had cheap raw materials, and the cheap raw materials allowed the Empire’s industry to manufacture a large number of industrial goods. These industrial goods entered the lives of the Chinese people, raising the living standard of the Chinese people to a level that even Europeans could not reach.

Now, even an ordinary family in the Chinese Empire could afford to drink milk and eat meat every day, and the common people’s clothes were no longer just for warmth, but also for fashion. With the appearance of the camera, the rise of movies also made the Chinese Empire’s cultural industry flourish. Now a large number of movies filled the Empire’s various cinemas.

“It has been over thirty years.” Thinking of this, Xiao Ming’s smile was filled with satisfaction. The Empire’s industry had grown from nothing, and then from something to excellence. He had experienced too much in these years, and in the future, he would continue to lead the Empire forward.

After the New Year, time seemed to fly by as if it had grown legs. When spring came, the Empire’s first generation of aircraft carriers was officially launched. Xiao Ming immediately ordered the bombers to be put on board to end the war in Europe as soon as possible.

Forty days later, the Empire’s first six aircraft carriers, carrying 120 bombers, arrived in Venice.

“Bombers, a good thing. The cat-and-mouse game should end now.”

Lu Fei, Ye Qingyun, and Lei Ming personally went to Venice to welcome these bombers. Like Qi Guangyi, they had also been waiting for the arrival of the bombers. Although they were constantly winning, the resistance of France and Prussia was still very strong. The French and Prussian armies were still defending Paris and Königsberg, their monarchs’ capitals. If they were to directly bomb these two cities at this time, it would be a fatal blow to their morale.

“Yes, do these French people really think they can protect Paris? Hehe, this time, we will definitely bomb them to pieces,” Ye Qingyun said.

Lei Ming added, “We must bomb their palaces.”

The three of them laughed for a while and immediately began to divide these bombers. However, they found that in addition to the bombers, there was also a lighter aircraft on the aircraft carriers. After asking, they learned that this was a reconnaissance aircraft. The three of them immediately became happy. With these aircraft, they could clearly grasp the enemy’s movements and deployments.

After allocating the bombers, the three of them returned to the battlefield one after another, and the bombers also arrived at the pre-war airport with them. After detailed planning, Lu Fei ordered his sixty bombers to take off and bomb Königsberg. The focus of the bombing would be on Königsberg’s factories, palaces, and army. Upon receiving the order, the bombers took off one after another. These aircraft were loaded with powerful bombs. Taking off from the battlefield, the bombers took only one hour to fly over Königsberg.

The pilots then looked for bombing targets according to the map provided by the Secret Guards. After finding Frederick II’s palace, the bomber group began to drop bombs. At this time, the roar of the bombers flying overhead attracted the attention of many Prussians. They looked up and pointed at the sky, thinking it was a huge bird. But when dense black dots fell from the sky and exploded on the ground, creating flames, the Prussians finally realized what was happening. This was another one of the Empire’s terrifying killing machines. As they looked at the king’s palace, which had been reduced to rubble by the bombing, their will to resist began to crumble.

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