Chapter 1483: Location of Attack

In the room, Ling Chen's gaze never moved away from Diana's cheeks again.

Diana's small face flushed with a hint of shyness; she stole a glance at Ling Chen and realized his gaze had not yet left her.

A young girl's heart is full of spring; Diana, this Protestant who was only twenty years old, was the same.

Ling Chen suddenly gripped Diana's shoulders; Diana's heart was pounding like a startled deer, but it was Ling Chen's cheeks that were thumping wildly.

What did he want to do?

Could it be that he, like her, had lost his heart?

No, no, Diana!

General Ling Chen is so outstanding, you are not worthy of him; no matter what request he makes in a moment, you must refuse.

Even though you like him.

But this won't do, at least not now!

Diana looked at Ling Chen timidly, her eyes flickering with a peculiar emotion, her heart incomparably conflicted.

Ling Chen looked at Diana, not knowing why she was blushing.

"Diana, there is something I must ask of you."

Ling Chen's cold, clear voice rang in Diana's ears; this magnetic tone left her intoxicated.

Diana gave a soft hum.

She did not refuse Ling Chen, but inside, it was as if a musician's symphony were playing, the movement woven from beautiful notes growing ever more soaring.

Only one note was missing to reach the climax of this piece.

General Ling Chen opened his mouth and gently uttered a sentence.

"I need you to help me look at these places and see which one is suitable for us to attack now."

Upon hearing this note, the soaring concert instantly shattered, broke, and collapsed!

Diana was stunned for a moment; feeling the concert in her mind nearly shattered, a sense of loss instantly filled her heart.

Although she said no with her mouth, her heart was very honest.

The overwhelming sense of loss was written all over her face.

Diana still squeezed out a smile and replied, "Okay."

Diana turned her head to look at the map, pointed to a location, and then said, "This is a military base of the Franco-Austrian Allied Army; relying on the Alps, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack."

"But it has abundant grain and fodder there."

Diana's finger moved again, arriving at the south of Prussia, and she said calmly, "Now Austria has withdrawn most of its troops from Prussia, and only here are there still garrison troops."

"I suspect this is the front-line transport route for the Austrian Army; we could set an ambush here."

Ling Chen frowned at the Austrian Army's transport route; for them now, the difficulty was not ordinary.

His force had only two hundred thousand men; after advancing into Prussia, this army needed to establish a long-term base.

Now that the base had not yet been successfully established, these troops needed to remain here and could not move.

【They must guard against】 the counterattack of the Franco-Austrian Allied Army.

Ling Chen paused and looked at Diana, saying, "The force we can mobilize now is very small, at most thirty thousand."

"Do you think there is any place nearby suitable for an ambush or a sneak attack?"

Diana froze in her expression, looking at Ling Chen, and for a long time had nothing to say.

Ling Chen coughed once.

Diana pointed her finger to a place near the Alps and said, "Here, I am not sure if there are Franco-Austrian garrison troops, but the geography there is too good."

"How so?"

Diana had been with Ling Chen for some time, often helping him identify terrain and topography; as time went on,

Diana also understood a little about why such terrain should be chosen.

Why this place was suitable for an ambush, and that place was a position that must be seized.

Diana recalled the terrain there and said, "That is a small hill in the Alps; it is not suitable for establishing a position because there is no dangerous ground to defend on all sides."

"But it is suitable for a sneak attack, especially since the terrain of the small hill is extremely suitable for cavalry charges, and at their"

"foot of the mountain is a Prussian granary city."

"Austria set up a cavalry unit there for the purpose of guarding against accidents at the Prussian granary city."

"But now, because Austria has ordered all troops to withdraw from Prussia, I dare not be certain whether there are still troops there."

"However, there is also a Catholicism church there; there should be quite a lot of grain and fodder stored inside the Catholicism church."

Hearing this news, Ling Chen looked calmly at Diana, this Protestant who was as pure as a blank sheet of paper.

"Are you intentionally telling me where there is a Catholicism church?"

Diana did not answer yes, nor did she answer no; instead, she said, "I am just telling the General where it is suitable for the General to attack."

Ling Chen looked at Diana, from whose face not a hint of emotion could be discerned.

Diana blinked her eyes: "General, the choice is in your hands."

After saying this, Diana turned and left as if in a fit of pique, but Ling Chen suddenly grabbed her hand at this moment.

Diana was startled, turned around, and looked blankly at Ling Chen.

"Tonight, you will accompany me to check the situation," Ling Chen said calmly.

After saying this, Ling Chen did not wait for Diana to refuse and left directly.

Diana stood in the room, the deer in her heart pounding wildly again.

A trace of inexplicable happiness flashed through her heart.

……

At this moment, in order to welcome the arrival of winter, countries in Europe had already stepped up their preparations.

The winter in Europe is long and cold.

Winters are never easy to get through, and this year Europe is particularly unsettled, with the political situation in turmoil.

Various countries, holding high the Flag of justice, launched surprise attacks on Prussia, emptying their accumulated national treasuries in the process.

Some countries have even piled up debts during the war, and while the lower classes of the nation are in great turmoil, the kings still continue to wage war.

They have shifted the costs of the war onto the commoners of their own countries.

Furthermore, Catholicism, holding high the will of God, has called upon believers to resist Protestantism and resist heretical sects.

They have launched a Holy War; although the Holy Cross Army is currently only in the process of being formed, some countries have already paid a heavy price for it.

In some countries, the commoners do not even have rations left.

Even before the start of winter, people who could not withstand the cold have frequently appeared dead by the roadside.

Yet the rulers turn a deaf ear to the deaths of those commoners.

They do not take it to heart at all.

This phenomenon is most severe in France.

France is currently still a country of Absolute Monarchy, and Louis XV does not care at all about the deaths of commoners; his throne

Right now, what he cares about is the war and the will of the Lord; the Pope of Catholicism has spoken to him, saying that a Holy War must be launched.

The Lord must sweep away the darkness.

Upon hearing this, Louis XV immediately declared that he could dispatch troops and provide all support to the Holy Cross Army.

Hearing this, the Pope of Catholicism revealed a gratified smile.

France is now a firm Defender of Catholicism.

Just like Austria; ever since the Holy Roman Empire split, Austria has always considered itself the orthodox successor to the Holy Roman Empire.

And the predecessor of Catholicism was the Christianity of the Holy Roman Empire; not only Catholicism, but the Eastern Orthodox Church and Protestantism also split from Christianity.

But the orthodox faith is their Catholicism; the Pope will absolutely never acknowledge the existence of Protestantism!