Chapter 1636: Candidates

"Which of you will go?"

As soon as Kelinxi finished speaking, the entire noisy office fell silent at once.

The failure of the first battle was not good news for them.

The British generals present were even less willing to take on this hot potato at such a time; the British army's combat capability could simply be described as almost non-existent.

General Braddock had already proven to them that the old-fashioned European battlefield tactics were now obsolete.

When their troop numbers far exceeded the French forces, they lost the battle completely.

They lost very thoroughly.

General Braddock had even issued a statement.

Everyone had witnessed General Braddock's combat prowess with their own eyes.

As a veteran army general, such a battlefield defeat was a devastating blow to them.

Kelinxi's gaze swept across, looking at these dejected generals.

His gaze grew a few degrees colder.

"A single battle lost, and you are already afraid to fight?" Kelinxi said coldly.

The crowd remained silent.

Kelinxi sneered: "As British soldiers, you don't think about how to fight at a time like this, but instead you shrink away in fear!"

"It is because Britain has trash like you that we keep losing!"

Kelinxi roared.

The generals looked terrible after being scolded; some could not endure the accusations and stood up to say directly: "Sir, you cannot blame all of us just because of the failure of this one battle."

Kelinxi roared at him repeatedly: "If the failure of the battle is not the responsibility of you soldiers, then whose responsibility is it?"

"If I don't blame you, who should I look for?"

"We were also following your command in battle; you also bear responsibility for the failure of this war."

Bang!

The sound of a shattering cup interrupted the argument.

Kelinxi slammed his face in front of the officer who had defied him, his eyes staring with murderous intent at the officer's pale, sweat-beaded face.

"I can ignore the previous battle's failure, but I now need a general to command the British Legion and fight the damn French."

"Can you do it!"

"Ah!"

Kelinxi's questioning roar made his body tremble three times; his throat surged, and he desperately wanted to say something, but he could not get it out.

This was too difficult, far too difficult for him.

"Can you do it!"

"General, answer me!" Kelinxi said angrily.

The officer looked into Kelinxi's murderous eyes, his entire body falling into a violent tremor; a sentence was stuck in his throat, making him feel a strong sense of suffocation.

"I..." he trembled.

"Can you!"

The officer summoned all his courage, struggling to squeeze an incomplete sentence from his throat.

"No... no, I cannot."

After saying this, the officer seemed to lose all his strength, and cold sweat poured down like rain.

Kelinxi gave a disdainful smile, snorted, looked at him with contempt, and said indifferently: "It is because Britain has cowards like you that the French have gained the advantage."

"Pack your things and get out; you are dismissed."

The words landed heavily on the officer's heart; his large body collapsed with a thud, and he was carried away like a dead dog.

Kelinxi straightened his collar, looked at all the British officers present once more, and asked.

"Which of you can go to battle? I need a general to command the British Legion."

"Not a guy who stands here only knowing how to talk big!"

The British officers, seeing their colleague being carried away like a

dead dog, felt a shadow rise in their hearts.

It was precisely because they understood the army's combat effectiveness that they dared not fight the French.

One must know that the French army was reputed to be the most powerful army in all of Europe.

And the facts were indeed so.

Therefore, they did not dare to clash with the French army.

Even though the French Colonial Zone was currently suffering from attacks by the Indian Uprising, and their forces were stretched extremely thin.

They still dared not fight the French.

Especially since the French had also found several Indian tribes to cooperate with.

Although the French treated the Indians with the same slave policies.

They were all just slaves.

However, the French still utilized the conflicts between the Indian tribes to successfully get several large Indian tribes to cooperate with them.

Moreover, after these Indian tribes had experienced long-term cultural output from the French, especially after the French showed them the modernized life of Europe.

It made these Indians appear more like Frenchmen.

They no longer identified themselves as those enslaved Indians.

Instead, they considered themselves French.

The officers also knew that the battle in the French Colonial Zone concerned Britain's future status in America.

They must achieve victory.

"Lord Kelinxi, our current army's combat effectiveness is sufficient, but what we lack is command with rich experience."

"When we were fighting for the gold mine, we already exposed too many shortcomings."

"Because of the help from the Indians, those French are like monkeys in the jungle."

"We, who originally possessed an equipment advantage, should have had an even greater advantage on the plains battlefield, but now the opposite situation has occurred; I believe the reason for this is that our generals lack sufficient combat experience."

Kelinxi listened to the old general's earnest analysis and asked, "Do you have any good Method?"

The old general shook his head; although he had experienced many battles, he would absolutely not accept facing such battlefield conditions.

He could only tactfully say, "I believe we should look for more suitable people."

"For example, Captain Qiaozhi and Captain Gelin, who once fought in the French mining area."

"The two of them once achieved brilliant combat records under extremely difficult circumstances."

"Yes, they also have rich experience in fighting the French and the Indians; I believe they are the best candidates to be Commander of the Britain army."

"As for the other soldiers, they should follow them to learn more combat experience, after all, it is very likely that we will be in a long-term war with the French."

"What is needed is not just one or two generals."

Kelinxi glanced at the old general and fell into deep thought regarding his opinion.

Qiaozhi and Gelin were indeed good candidates, of course, that was before the incident where Qiaozhi signed the agreement occurred.

Although he knew this matter was not Qiaozhi's fault at all.

But no matter from what angle one looked at it, Qiaozhi should not have signed that agreement, even if it was for self-preservation.

Kelinxi did not want to let the two of them return; he said in a deep voice, "We will discuss this matter later; it is not only them who have jungle combat experience, there are others."

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