18th century total war

Chapter 383 Arms Trading
The broken flag was inserted horizontally on the blood-stained ground, and only half of the word 'Qing' embroidered on it was left.

Resas stepped on a Qing army flag with a heavy expression, and looked at the direction of the defeated Qing cavalry that had disappeared into the sky.

"The fighting power of the living corpse is still too bad, and it will fight to such an extent."

In Lesas' perception, there are only a few thousand living corpses left at this time.

You know, this is only the amount left after Resas continuously awakened the dead enemies to become living corpses during the battle!

In other words, the number of damaged living corpses under Resas's command has exceeded the number he brought to this battlefield!

If it weren't for the fact that the enemy obviously didn't have much fighting spirit in the later stage, especially the last Qing army front that Rezas valued, which was almost a one-sided battle, Rezas' Corps of Corpses might not have been able to win the battle that he predicted. A winning battle.

"Evidently such a weak human being, but with such a majestic momentum on the battlefield, is it because there are no high-level undead to participate in the battle?

It's a pity that my magic power is used less and less, otherwise there is no need to let the corpses fight recklessly.

The basic living corpses are too weak, and their weaknesses are too obvious, worse than skeleton soldiers..."

Resas looked at the living corpses standing up one after another on the battlefield, as well as the corpse soldiers who were devouring the corpses that could not be awakened, and the corpses after the death of the living corpses, and shook his head helplessly.

Although he won this battle, it disrupted his next layout.

Resas originally thought that this would be a hearty battle, just like the undead army commanded by the vampire nobles faced the militia troops of the Arigado Empire on the continent of Makabaka.

It's a pity that Rexas ignored the decisive role played by advanced undead and undead magic in the war.

Although in the eyes of Resas, the Qing army in this world is no different from the militia of the Arigado Empire except for better equipment, but Resas's undead army is also pitifully weak.

Even on the mainland of Macabaka, the ghouls, which can only be used as basic troops, are scarce troops. The only headless horseman faces the torrent of tens of thousands of cavalry trampling back and forth. In addition to being unable to be killed, it has no impact on the overall The battle situation didn't have much impact...

During the battle, the zombie corps had the upper hand in the confrontation of the infantry battle lines of the two sides, but after the opponent's cavalry penetrated in from multiple directions, the entire battle group was completely messed up.

For Lesas, there is not even a concept of 'rear'!
The dozens of ghouls he gathered together were completely annihilated under the rushing back and forth of thousands of cavalry!

Lessas himself had to rely on his 'flying ability' to temporarily avoid the edge.

In the end, it was not the hordes of living corpses that defeated the Qing army, but the fallen comrades around the soldiers of the Qing army that Resas kept awakening!

Even so, after the entire front of the Qing army's central army collapsed, the Qing army's cavalry group still insisted on charging several waves before they had to evacuate under heavy casualties.

It is also because of this that many defeated Qing soldiers were able to escape, especially the Eight Banners Heavenly Soldiers of Manchuria who were in charge of supervising the battle at the rear, and one of them was uninjured and retreated from the battlefield...

When the headless horseman wearing a dragon robe first appeared in front of the enemy cavalry, it did cause a burst of confusion among the enemy, but that was all...

Only a small group of cavalry can be frightened by their invulnerability. The Headless Horseman was killing people throughout the whole process, but facing tens of thousands of enemy cavalry, after the whole battle, the Headless Horseman could only kill a few hundred Eight Banners cavalry. That's all.

Without magic energy, it is impossible to use group attack type magic skills. No matter how strong a single combat power is, it is as pale as purine on the battlefield.

Resas looked at the afterglow of the setting sun in the distance, and murmured to himself: "Oh, the undead army will be accumulated next.

With so many people dead this time, the Qing army should be able to stop for a while.

Perhaps, I should study how to let the living corpses use their weapons and equipment in their lifetime. The attack power of minions on the battlefield alone is not as good as imagined.

On the Makabaka continent, how could I have thought that one day I would need to rely on living corpses that were worse than cannon fodder to serve as the main force of the undead army?
It’s really a nerve-wracking problem, even making skeleton soldiers requires magic power..."

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In early 1824, the Hong Kong colonial area in the Far East.

Hong Kong Island was originally a colony ceded to the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland by the Qing government. The official term is a leased area.

Later, the United Kingdom of Britain and Ireland disappeared. In order to pay huge war reparations, the British royal family had to hand over some colonies that were unable to maintain to the Europa Empire.

As a result, the Levy government took over almost all of Britain's British colonies in the Middle East and Far East.

In other words, the British government was forced to give up its colonial interests in the Eastern Hemisphere.

After the failure of the Great London Uprising, the British royal family became the Canadian royal family. Even the colonial interests in the Western Hemisphere could not be preserved, and they retreated back to North America, becoming a "weak country" like the United States.

But in this day and age, being a weak country is nothing to be ashamed of, because apart from the Europa Empire, there is no other strong country in the world!

Li Wei conquered all the countries through the military, and used the pan-world federation to enclose the civilized countries all over the world in one framework.

Even the Far East Empire is registered in the Pan-World Federation.

However, due to national attributes and distance issues, the Far Eastern Empire is not particularly afraid of the European Empire.

The Qing government knew that it was not an opponent of the Europa Empire, but it also did not think that the Europa Empire had the ability to make expeditions to their homeland.

It just regards the Europa Empire as a replacement for the former British hegemony.

The facts are exactly the same. According to the calculation of the Ministry of War of the Cabinet, relying on the current shipping technology to transport tens of thousands of troops to the Far East Empire and maintain sufficient logistics supplies is enough to exhaust the huge Europa Empire.

Even if the Imperial Guards can fight again, Levi will not be so arrogant as to think that a ten thousand troops can conquer the Far East. If a quick victory is not achieved, the Europa Empire will be dragged into a long war of attrition.

The best outcome is to sign an unequal treaty that is beneficial to the Europa Empire. It is better to inherit the legacy of the British royal family in the Far East!

The Hong Kong Colonial Area was not only the trade center of the Far East, but also an important contact point of the Europa Empire in the Far East.

There are only a dozen wireless telegraphs in the world, and they are sending information about the Undead Corps in the Far East to the distance from here.

Li Wei, who came from the 21st century, naturally understood the role of intelligence in the military, so he immediately asked the Paris Scientific Research Center to absorb and assimilate radio technology, and worked overtime to manufacture a practical wireless telegraph for long-distance communication.

Deployed at various nodes of the Europa Empire around the world, and strive to obtain information from other continents in the shortest possible time.

Therefore, within a few months after Resas appeared, the Li Wei government in Paris had already received all the news.

It even includes information about the appearance, signs and killing methods of living corpses and ghouls.

Of course, it also includes the difficulties faced by the Far East Empire today.

"Your Majesty, the political situation of the Far Eastern Empire has been split into two parts due to the attacks of the Undead Corps and the death of the Qing Emperor.

The Mongolian aristocrats located in the northern Mongolian region restored the ancient Mongolian Kulitai assembly system. Although they still followed the Qing government that ruled the southern and central plains of the Far East, they had actually formed a separatist regime.

In the north of the Qing Empire, most of the population was killed by the Undead Corps. After the decisive battle in the north, the Qing army has been in decline. Although it has been very tenacious resistance, the Undead Corps can be replenished after every battle, and it is completely powerless to stop the spread of the Undead Corps. .

Fortunately, the resistance of the Qing army caused a lot of losses to the Undead Corps, and the number and scale have not increased much.

Because Emperor Daoguang died too suddenly, the princes and nobles of the Eight Banners of the Qing government formed a political assembly of the aristocratic conference system to govern the temporarily formed Qing government.

Integrate manpower and material resources from all over the world to fight against the undead corps.

Wherever the undead corps passed, no one survived, and they were the public enemy of all living people, so the military mobilization of the interim Qing government did not encounter much resistance.

The Qing government hopes to get the support of the Pan-World Federation. "

"Well, tell the Qing government and those Mongols that the empire will definitely fight on their side when fighting against the undead legion and maintaining the world of the living.

It is best for them to implement the tactics of strengthening the wall and clearing the field to prevent too many old, weak, women and children from falling into the undead corps and enhance their strength.

Next, the empire will carry out a new round of semi-automatic rifle replacements, machine guns will also be fully equipped with Maxim heavy machine guns with better performance, and some breech-loading artillery with insufficient performance.

The replaced weapons will be sold to the Qing government and Mongols in the Far East.

Of course, not for sale now.

First sell them the remaining muskets and smoothbore guns in our inventory, and wait for the news of the monster invasion from North America, and then release all restrictions on foreign military sales. "

After the cabinet minister wrote it down, his heart trembled.

His majesty is so sure that there will be signs of monster invasion in North America?

Doesn't this mean that the disasters encountered by the Far Eastern Empire have a lot to do with His Majesty?

As expected of Emperor Li Wei, what a trick to kill with a knife!
The Far Eastern Empire and the North American region were beyond their reach, so they simply used monsters to make them disappear completely...

If the monster wins, there will no longer be an independent civilized and sovereign country in the world. If the monster loses, the countries in North America and the Far East will also be severely damaged. By then, the military technology of the Europa Empire will be further improved. Conquering it should not be too simple. !
It is even hoped that Li Wei will complete the feat of world domination before Li Wei dies of old age!

If Li Wei can really wipe out all the sovereign countries in the world before dying of old age, leaving only a unified empire, it may be possible to avoid the avalanche of the empire after Li Wei's death.

Even though the cabinet ministers present were enlightened by the administration and their loyalty was unquestionable, they still retained their self-awareness, so they naturally had to consider the situation after Li Wei's death.

The people below may have bad intentions, but the ministers who can enter the cabinet, even without Li Wei on top, they are not willing to let the Europa Empire fall apart!

They have become a stable vested interest group!
Of course, with only a group of high-level bureaucrats, it is tantamount to wishful thinking to keep the Europa Empire in a revolutionary environment where foreign forces infiltrate and fund and internal nationalism is bursting.

Therefore, unifying the world and eliminating external threats has become what cabinet ministers desire most.

A revolutionary guerrilla supported by external resources and a revolutionary guerrilla without the support of external resources are completely two species.

Don't think how heroic the guerrillas are. In the era of breech-loading guns, fighting with cold weapons is no different from suicide.

As for the guerrillas without foreign aid, the problem of logistical ammunition supply alone is enough to make them die by the regular army!

Throughout the history of revolutions in the world, which successful revolution did not have the support of external forces?
Even in the beginning of the French Revolution, there was great help from the capitalists!
Obviously, the most efficient way to eliminate external threats is to leave only one country in the world.

Of course, those backward native tribes are not counted as countries...

Today, apart from a few relatively capable vassal states, the only sovereign countries that pose a threat to the Europa Empire are the Far Eastern Empire and the two 'big powers' in North America.

This is also the reason why Li Wei wants to place the nodes of alien invasion in North America and the Far East.

After Li Wei made his decision, the Europa Empire naturally began to operate at full capacity. Ocean-going ships began to sail from European ports to Hong Kong, and then passed through Hong Kong. It was sold at an abnormal price to the Qing government in the bloody battle.

As for the plan to sell to the Mongols, due to traffic restrictions, it was put on hold...

Originally, some ministers in the cabinet proposed to take this opportunity to support the Mongols who tended to be independent, but it was vetoed by Li Wei.

The reason for the veto is simple. Whether the Far East can hold the undead corps is still a question. Is it meaningful to split the Far East at this time?

What's more, selling arms to the Qing government can also rely on lower-cost shipping to sell arms to the Mongols who don't even have a port. The cost is higher than the price of the arms themselves!
The Europa Empire will soon be fully equipped with new equipment. Weapon production lines and more efficient bullet assembly lines all need money to support them. How can the Europa Empire invest a lot of money in supporting the cause of Mongolian independence?
Whether the Mongols are independent or not, Li Wei doesn't care at all...

After all, Li Wei did not regard the Qing government as an opponent of the same level at all.

Therefore, the plan to provide arms to the Mongols had to be shelved. The arms trade from Europe was only sold on the southeast coast of the Far East. It was an open sale, and those with the highest price would get it!
If the Mongols are capable, send someone to smuggle them!
Of course, the public trading under the military control of the Qing government is only theoretical, and the Qing government has already 'contracted' these arms from Europe.

(End of this chapter)