Chapter 1456: Decision

On the other side of the European battlefield, Poland was being partitioned.

Boerniefu had already received word that Tsarist Russia, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Catholicism had reached a cooperation.

But at the same time, Boerniefu also received another piece of news: the Dragon Flame Army led by Ling Chen had already captured a Prussian border city occupied by Austria.

It is said that in less than an hour of fighting, the Austrian garrison in the Prussian border city was routed by the charge.

The Austrian Army did not even have time to react before they were routed by Ling Chen's charge.

It is said that there were even Protestants working from the inside.

When Ling Chen led the army to attack the city, the hidden Protestants launched a riot inside the city!

Upon hearing this news, Boerniefu's spirit trembled; this news was too shocking.

After occupying Prussia, Austria had stockpiled countless troops there.

Although the residents of Prussia resisted the Austrian occupation, they were always in a state of constant small uprisings, which would soon be suppressed by the Austria Jun.

Although Dragon Flame was an ally of Prussia, Dragon Flame had no mass base in Europe.

Even the residents of Prussia did not have much affection for this ally of Prussia.

After all, the languages were different, the cultures were different, and communication was difficult.

Knowing that the Chief Minister of Dragon Flame, Liu Zheng, had once publicly announced support for Protestantism, this had gained Dragon Flame a certain degree of prestige in Europe.

Some Protestant congregations even launched uprisings for this reason, wanting to cooperate with Dragon Flame to support Protestantism.

Prussia was especially prominent in this!

But Austria had stationed over a million troops in Prussia, and these Protestants, who had little ability to resist, were the most severely suppressed.

Under Austrian control, any Prussian resident who was known to believe in Catholicism had to enter a concentration camp.

Although most of the residents of Prussia believed in Protestantism, under the extreme control of the Austrian Army.

Not many people in Prussia admitted to believing in Protestantism.

As for those staunch Protestants, they had long since been captured and controlled by the Austrian Army in military camps; even if they wanted to cause trouble or resist, they had no way to do so.

Even if the Dragon Flame Army attacked a Prussian border city, and even with the support of Protestants, the battle should not have ended so quickly.

After all, the Protestants in Prussia did not trust the Dragon Flame Army that much.

The Dragon Flame Army was, after all, an outsider.

Before this, Boerniefu had always believed that even if the Dragon Flame Army...

But what was even more puzzling was that those Protestants had actually hidden so deeply; if Austria really completely occupied Prussia in the future, these hidden Protestants would be a huge threat!

A hidden bomb that one did not know when would explode.

However, from the current perspective, although Prussia had suffered losses, it was still a good thing that this hidden bomb had exploded.

Seeing the third piece of intelligence, Boerniefu instantly knew why the Protestants had firmly supported the Dragon Flame Army this time.

They even went so far as to detonate the forces they had hidden in the city ahead of schedule.

*Slap! *

The military report was thrown down heavily, making a crisp sound on the wooden table.

Boerniefu panted heavily twice, stood up to walk out, but just as he reached the door, he sighed fiercely.

He sat back down at the general's desk, glanced at the military report lying on the table, pinched his forehead, sighed, and said helplessly:

"Is the Catholic Pope crazy?"

"Is the Patriarch crazy?"

"Why must they intensify the conflict..."

With a complex expression, Boerniefu picked up the military report again and read it several times, his expression becoming even more complex.

The Catholic Church launching a Holy War was equivalent to piercing the final layer of window paper!

Catholicism, Eastern Orthodox Church, Protestantism...

They all originally originated from one sect, Christianity!

Although their philosophies were different, Catholicism called Protestantism heretical, and the Eastern Orthodox Church did not have a good relationship with the other two sects.

But these were issues between sects, having nothing to do with the believers.

This kind of conflict would only be a struggle in the open and in the dark; as long as the sects did not tear off their masks, the believers would not be drawn into the war.

There was only a slow deepening of the conflict, but it would absolutely not develop to this point.

Although the conflict would break out sooner or later, it would absolutely not happen so quickly.

Yet the Catholic Pope actually intensified this layer of conflict.

Originally, the Dragon Flame Army was only flying the banner of supporting Protestantism and had not taken many practical measures.

Now it was fine; the Dragon Flame Army had directly become the Holy Cross Army supporting Protestantism.

They had become the Messenger sent by the Lord to save them in the eyes of the Protestants.

This was equivalent to allowing Dragon Flame to directly possess a large wave of followers in Europe, with Protestants seamlessly transforming into the mass base for Dragon Flame in Europe.

The Dragon Flame Army was already terrifying.

They possessed the most advanced technology in the world, and Tsarist Russia had no advantage in this regard.

The only advantage was that no country in the world could compare to the Russian Army in terms of ferocity.

But fighting a war did not depend on who was more ferocious.

One had to compete on mass base, national strength, technology, and the schemes between generals.

Originally, when the Dragon Flame Army fought in Europe, their supply lines were stretched extremely long; regarding the first two elements, the masses and national strength, although the Dragon Flame Nation was very prosperous, it was beyond their reach!

Now the Catholic Pope had indirectly allowed Dragon Flame to gain a mass base in Europe.

There were not a few people in Europe who believed in Protestantism, and every country had them, but there were only a few that revered Protestantism as the state religion.

Prussia, Britain, and some small countries...

These countries, these followers of Protestantism, are now the mass base for the Longyan Army.

With a mass base, sieging cities becomes easy to fight.

The border cities of Prussia are a very good example.

"How are we supposed to fight like this!" Boerniefu roared in impotent rage.

He currently has no other Method to vent the dissatisfaction in his heart besides roaring.

The Pope is currently the person with the greatest power in Europe.

As a general of Tsarist Russia, it is impossible for him to take the man down.

However, for Tsarist Russia, this can also be considered good news.

At the very least, there is no major problem with the ports promised by Catholicism.

Moreover, with Catholicism calling for the formation of Crusaders to launch a Holy War, as loyal believers of Catholicism, the strength of the Franco-Austrian Alliance will also double.

First of all, in terms of numbers, they can crush the allied forces of Prussia, Britain, and Longyan.

Boerniefu looked outside, squinting his eyes, his thoughts racing; the current situation in Poland is like a lake that has gone silent.

No one knows.

The recent movements of the Longyan Army have decreased; Ling Chen has already arrived at the border of Prussia, and it is estimated that it will not be long before Prussia can take back a large swath of land.

Austria has also marched into Poland to attack Prussia alongside the Polish royal family; the current situation for Prussia is already very dire.

Even if Prussia takes back a large swath of land, they have no time to attend to it now.

Boerniefu calmly analyzed the situation; as it stands now, the situation is still favorable to them, and what is most needed now is to guard against the Longyan Army mixed within the Ottoman Army.