Chapter 1652: Key Points

At this time, the European continent.

The Catholic Church.

After Louis XV was assassinated, the Pope had personally visited to pray to the Lord for the healing of Louis XV's wounds.

Now it seemed to him that his prayers had taken effect.

Louis XV's wounds were gradually improving.

The Pope was thus at ease, and he returned to the residence prepared for the Pope by the various countries of Europe.

The Pope looked at the battle report of the Crusaders in front of him, revealing a satisfied smile.

The battle report clearly explained how the current situation stood.

The Holy Cross Army led by General Douglas had already occupied most of the Hanover region, with their swords pointed at Berlin.

And the Holy Cross Army led by Prince Soubise in Saxony had greatly constrained the forces of Frederick II, making him unable to fight against General Douglas and him at the same time.

The strength of the Prussian Army had been greatly weakened.

Now Frederick II was personally leading his army to resist General Douglas's offensive, but it seemed now that his coordinated attack with the Dragon Flame Army had not achieved much success.

One could even say it had no effect at all.

Hanover was still firmly held in the hands of General Douglas.

And that so-called Dragon Flame Army, its performance in Hanover, was simply unsightly.

All that talk about the invincible Dragon Flame Army, the nightmare of Europe, the devils of the sea... and so on, the Pope found it laughable now.

The Dragon Flame Army was now firmly pinned down by his Holy Cross Army.

There was simply no way to attack; they could only hold their ground.

The Pope now had reason to believe that Berlin, the capital of Prussia, would be occupied by the Holy Cross Army before long.

By then, he would be able to see that proud, arrogant, and insufferable Frederick II kneeling before him, begging for his forgiveness.

Thinking of this scene, the Pope's mood was incomparably joyful.

He could not wait for this to happen.

That hateful Frederick II actually believed in some Protestantism and even planned to establish a new Pope and crown himself Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; this was simply the greatest contempt for him, the Pope.

The other end of Europe.

On the battlefield of Ling Chen and Frederick II.

Because of a woman, Hanover had ushered in a brief period of peace.

The Holy Cross Army, the Prussian Army, and the Dragon Flame Army had all coincidentally not broken out into war during this time.

On the side of the Holy Cross Army, it was entirely because Douglas was obsessed with beauty and had not put his mind on the war.

This gave the Dragon Flame Army and the Prussian Army a chance to catch their breath.

During this rare period of time, the Dragon Flame Army and the Prussian Army cooperated to capture factories in many other regions, rebuild routes, and restore production.

This was used to strengthen their own power.

In order to welcome the coming battle, Ling Chen and Frederick II both had a common understanding regarding the next battle.

The next battle would inevitably be cruel.

The weapons and ammunition brought by the Dragon Flame Army had been almost entirely consumed.

Although the factories were now running, they had not yet produced the equipment needed by the Dragon Flame Army.

Furthermore, battles frequently broke out on the border between Prussia and Saxony.

Frederick II suspected that Saxony might take advantage of this time to launch a sneak attack on Berlin.

Therefore, he left behind a significant amount of troops to confront Saxony, lest any units really launch a sneak attack on Berlin from Saxony.

If such a situation really occurred, Frederick II would not have time to return for reinforcements.

With his current troop strength, it was simply insufficient to support such long-distance combat; this was a matter with no other method.

Moreover, the Holy Cross Army had the support of multiple countries, and their Weaponry and Equipment were not bad.

Their food and supplies were abundant, and their troop strength was supplemented by those Catholic countries.

Under such

circumstances, it was impossible for this army not to be strong.

The Beauty Trap was merely a delaying tactic, and its influence on the war situation was very effective.

However, that Marie could drag it out for so long was already a miracle.

They must complete the troop deployment as soon as possible and crush the Holy Cross Army in one blow!

In the command room temporarily set up by Ling Chen, Ling Chen and Frederick II were watching the entire map of Hanover.

The map had already marked the large areas occupied by the Holy Cross Army; the parts of Hanover still under the control of the Dragon Flame Army were now only a very small portion.

And in the Elbe River basin of Hanover, there was Hamburg in its upper reaches.

War had also broken out in Hamburg.

Britain was at war with Sweden there.

However, the British army was too weak and could not resist the pace of the Swedish Army at all; there was no telling when the Swedish Army might truly retake Hamburg.

If the Swedish Army continued to move south, then Prussia would face the threat of being attacked from three sides.

The war situation was not optimistic.

Ling Chen frowned, pondering a Method to solve it.

Frederick II stared at the map and said in a deep voice, "Although the British army is weak, their navy is strong enough; it is enough to delay the Swedish Army's offensive."

"What we should be most worried about now is not the Swedish Army, but our frontal enemy."

Frederick II used a Pencil to mark the key point on the map: the Holy Cross Army led by Douglas.

Other places have other troops pinning them down, but this enemy at the front, the Holy Cross Army led by Douglas, is the hardest to deal with.

"He currently occupies the plains of Hanover, and their French Cavalry is also extremely formidable."

Frederick II sighed and said, "We currently have no Method to stop his cavalry unit."

Ling Chen looked at the map, thinking of the equipment built to resist those cavalry during the ancient wars of Longyan.

"We can build anti-cavalry stakes and dig trenches to stop the cavalry's advance," Ling Chen said calmly.

Regarding Ling Chen's suggestion, Frederick II shook his head.

"The cavalry of the Holy Cross Army are mostly Heavy Cavalry with astonishing defensive power; ordinary weapons simply have no Method to harm them," Frederick II frowned and said.

"Their War Horse are all covered in iron armor," Frederick II sighed.

He had fought against those Holy Cross Army cavalry.

In order to kill that squad of Holy Cross Army cavalry, they had paid a heavy price, and it was only with great difficulty that they managed to wipe out that squad of Crusaders.

Thinking of the situation at that time.

Frederick II looked distressed; he simply had no Method to wipe out these troops.

However, after hearing this, Ling Chen was slightly stunned, and something flashed through his mind.

It was as if he had grasped the key point.

He looked at Frederick II and hurriedly asked, "Are you saying their armor is very heavy?"

Frederick II was baffled by the question and asked in confusion, "Yes, their Heavy Cavalry even have their horses' heads armored; the weight is truly astonishing."

Hearing this, Ling Chen narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I might just know how to defeat these Crusaders cavalry."

Hearing this, Frederick II raised an eyebrow and hurriedly asked, "What Method?"

Ling Chen chuckled, "Exhaust them!" The recent transcoding is severe; to give us more motivation to update faster, please use your hands to exit reading mode. Thank you.