Chapter 1824: Unexpected Surprise

Frederick II frowned; regarding this matter, he felt somewhat helpless.

"Your Majesty, why not send out a team, disguised as a Longyan merchant caravan, and we can accompany them."

Frederick II looked over, his eyes lighting up: "That is a good idea."

"The French dare not move against the Longyan now; their navy cannot defeat the Longyan Navy."

"Disguising ourselves as Longyan merchants should not be much of a problem."

"It is just that the Longyan people's appearance differs from ours..."

Frederick II's senior minister said again: "Your Majesty need not worry; we can go and borrow a few people from General Ling Chen. With their disguise, our operation this time will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort."

After much deliberation, Frederick II felt that this matter had a possibility of success.

He immediately made the decision: "Good, let us do it this way."

"Remember to act with caution. Although there is a ceasefire now, they are still blockading us regarding various supplies."

"Send someone to Saxony to contact Liu Zheng; we must prepare for both eventualities."

"If there is a problem over in Iceland, we will not be too passive. When the time comes, we can purchase grain from the Longyan side again."

"It would merely be a bit more expensive and a bit slower."

"This is all understandable..."

By the time Frederick II finished speaking, he himself felt he lacked confidence.

The Longyan army is fighting a long-distance war. It is true that Liu Zheng controls Saxony now, but wanting to transport this grain to them in Prussia is likely quite difficult.

Saxony is suffering, and the situation within the country requires the Longyan army to stabilize it.

Not to mention sparing a portion of grain for them in Prussia.

Frederick II sighed; it is better to rely on oneself than on others...

Meanwhile, on the other side, in the calm of Poland.

Ever since the Longyan defeated Tsarist Russia, major battles have rarely occurred.

But small skirmishes have been continuous, which has directly resulted in neither side within Poland having stable conditions for development.

Frederick II is currently unable to look after himself and cannot attend to the land of Poland.

The vanguard of the Prince Yong has already brought the situation under control.

The Polish government-in-exile still relies on Austria, but the Austrian Army has no intention of restoring Poland.

The Austrian Army's attitude on the front line has even been somewhat wavering recently.

After Tsarist Russia was defeated by the Longyan army, it still holds onto large swathes of Polish territory.

In fact, Austria does not want to watch the power of Tsarist Russia grow; to Austria, the strength of Tsarist Russia is not friendly.

Therefore, the current Austrian Army is merely maintaining the status quo and has not taken any interventionist actions.

On the other hand, ever since Boerniefu was defeated,

the morale of the Russian Army suffered a severe blow, and they sent a great general.

Naleishi.

The most powerful military force of Tsarist Russia is now under his control.

To boost morale, Naleishi took a series of necessary actions, and it must be said, they were very effective.

The morale of the Russian Army improved significantly, and even their combat effectiveness saw a notable increase.

This was a good thing.

Furthermore, the Information Department developed by Naleishi made very significant gains in the Ottoman Empire.

Naleishi learned why the Longyan army could act so swiftly yet be so difficult for the enemy to detect.

They had manufactured a bicycle.

A bicycle with a very high speed!

After spending much time and energy, Naleishi's research team did indeed successfully manufacture the bicycle designed by the Longyan.

However, as soon as Naleishi tried it, he was greatly embarrassed by this bicycle.

The bicycle's balance was very poor and required a period of practice.

To allow the troops to quickly use the bicycles, the researchers made major improvements; they installed two iron rods on both sides of the bicycle, with wheels on them, to maintain the balance of the Longyan bicycle.

The improvement process was very simple.

It did not take long before the second-generation bicycle was developed.

This time, after Naleishi rode it, he did not fall to the ground like the first time.

He was very satisfied with the new bicycle and praised them: "You have done very well."

"This is a design that suits humans; it seems the Longyan design is nothing special after all."

Naleishi test-rode it for a few more minutes and felt that the bicycle designed this time was quite good.

He asked again: "According to our current level of craftsmanship, can this kind of bicycle be mass-produced? We need to have every soldier adapt to this new type of combat equipment as soon as possible."

After thinking for a moment, the researchers said: "There is no problem with that, but we still do not understand why those Longyan people install so many gears on the bicycle."

Naleishi waved his hand and said: "These are all trivial details; just tell me whether it can be mass-produced."

The researchers hesitated and said: "If we do not produce so many precision gears, I think it will not be a problem."

He added: "But lacking so many wheels, we worry that the produced bicycles will have major issues."

Naleishi frowned and asked: "Can it be ridden?"

"Yes, but we do not know what the losses will be."

Naleishi did not understand these things and said directly: produce a batch first to see; if the problems are not major, continue to put them into production.

"Yes..." the crowd replied in the affirmative.

Watching them leave, Naleishi got back on the Bicycle, unable to put it down.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

America.

Qiaozhi was seriously wounded on the battlefield and had been transferred to a rear hospital.

He had been unconscious for a period of time, and after waking up, he heard that because he had heavily damaged the French forces on the Monongahela River, the situation on the battlefield had now gradually turned around.

Upon receiving this news, Qiaozhi breathed a sigh of relief.

It was good that the sacrifices of Qiuer and the other soldiers had not been in vain; although he did not know the circumstances, it was clearly not something Daoqi would have done.

According to his style, even if he himself had checked the French advance, they would still have lost in the subsequent battles.

But now it seemed that was not the case, and the situation was even gradually improving.

This was something Qiaozhi had not anticipated at all.

While in the hospital, through an unintentional event, Qiaozhi also learned of a piece of tremendous good news.

Gelin was not dead.

However, his injuries were very severe; even now, he had only regained consciousness, and his body still could not move.

After learning this news, Qiaozhi was so happy that he wished he could get up from the hospital bed right then to go find that good friend.

But the gunshot wound to his abdomen left him unable to move.

Every time he moved, it felt as if it would cost him his life.

This forced Qiaozhi to abandon that thought.

However, just because he could not walk himself, did that mean he could not have people move him to Gelin's ward?

Finally, after a series of Qiaozhi's tantrums and pleas, the helpless doctors and nurses had no choice but to agree to Qiaozhi's request.

They carefully moved him to Gelin's ward.

He watched Gelin lying on the bed with his eyes open and lips moving slightly, yet unable to say a single word; seeing that he was alive, Qiaozhi revealed a smile.

"It lives up to that old saying: the good do not live long, while the wicked live for a thousand years."

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