Chapter 1829: The Battle Begins

Qin Zhangfeng looked up at the sunlight, then at the appearance of the soldiers who had died all over the mountain, and exhaled a breath of stale air.

He did not know how many people had died today.

Nor was he clear on how long this battle would last from here on out.

Today's war was merely the first battle ignited between Longyan and the French.

He looked at the Longyan Soldiers beside him who had fought hard all night; many might have already departed, but they had surrounded Longyan City.

There were also many who had survived, but their eyes were filled with all sorts of complex emotions.

It was anger, it was vexation, it was fear... or perhaps it was defiance!

The first battle ended with the defeat of the French troops.

Qin Zhangfeng watched as the French troops did not continue to launch an attack; after losing the majority of their forces, they attempted to choose to retreat.

After returning to the front line, Qin Zhangfeng did not rest, but instead immediately summoned all the troops.

He looked at these Longyan Soldiers whose faces already showed slight fatigue and said in a deep voice: "The battle is over; I have neither let everyone rest nor let everyone grieve."

"Know why!"

"Because the French, this bunch of colonialist bastards, could strike at any moment!"

"Although we are in a foreign land, the ground beneath our feet and the city behind us were built by us, brick by brick."

"It is our home in America, but now this bunch of colonialist bastards wants to occupy and colonize it, simply because they have their eyes on our assets."

"Can we give it to them? Of course not!"

"There are also Indian brothers among the troops; I do not deny that the French troops you just fought against contained a large number of Indians, and they fought for the French."

"I do not know why they would do this, but what I can tell you now is that the Longyan City we built also has a share belonging to our Indian brothers!"

"You are equally a part of Longyan City; America is your first homeland and our second, and we will absolutely not allow anyone to occupy this place!"

"If someone comes to occupy it, what should we do!"

The crowd roared like a mountain and sea: "Drive them away, drive them away!"

Qin Zhangfeng nodded imperceptibly; he pressed down the noise and said in a deep voice again: "We have no time to continue resting; in the long period ahead, we may all have to engage in high-intensity combat."

"Some will sacrifice themselves, and we must do a good job with the aftermath!"

"However, we cannot let down the brothers who sacrificed themselves; we must cherish every bit of hope they have won for us."

The crowd listened in silence, their eyes glowing with high morale.

Qin Zhangfeng took all of this in.

Their manpower was currently stretched thin; although they had won this time against the French offensive, the losses were not small, and starting a war with the French troops now was indeed a bit early.

If Longyan could have developed in America for two more years—no, even just one year.

The French would have had no opportunity to declare war on Longyan.

"Alright, brothers with tasks, go execute your tasks; brothers without tasks, hurry up and eat, then replace those brothers who are executing tasks."

Qin Zhangfeng waved his hand and left in silence.

He arrived at the command room, which had been set up temporarily at the front line; the night of bitter fighting had left his head feeling heavy, but he could not afford to rest now.

The French had already started the war.

Although the reason for starting the war was not yet clear, what was certain was that the French troops wanted to fight a total war this time.

This attack had left absolutely no room for easing tensions.

It was an act of completely tearing off the mask.

What Qin Zhangfeng worried about most now was the other side: the attitude of Britain.

If Britain took the opportunity to attack Longyan City at this time, then the crisis facing Longyan City would be immense.

【Line 39 is a continuation of Line 38】

He had to consolidate the defense information of Longyan City and mobilize it before the situation worsened.

When he originally laid out the defense system for Longyan City, it was to prevent this kind of situation from happening.

However, prevention is prevention; once a war breaks out, no one can predict every single event.

Qin Zhangfeng looked at the map, his mind lost in thought.

At this time, in the British Colonial Area.

Kelinxi's palace.

He received a letter from Richard, and Kelinxi found it laughable; the French and the British were mortal enemies, and now that they had arrived in America, the two colonial districts were still at war.

As the Commander of the French Colonial Zone, Richard had actually written a letter to him.

But when Kelinxi opened the letter and saw the contents inside, he felt a sense of bewilderment.

Longyan was actually building a canal on the Panama Isthmus, attempting to connect the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean to create the shortest shipping route.

Kelinxi was stunned, then immediately felt that this news was somewhat laughable.

This idea was not held by the Longyan alone.

Both Britain and the French had tried to turn the Panama Isthmus into the Panama Canal.

But they all ended in failure; the sea level there and the rock strata were both too thick.

There was simply no Method to excavate and divert the water; for those Longyan to want to accomplish this was simply a pipe dream.

Kelinxi tossed the information aside; he did not believe such a thing from the bottom of his heart.

Furthermore, this information was provided by the Spanish; who didn't know that the conflict between Spain and both Britain and Longyan was very great.

Kelinxi believed that this matter was something Richard had cooked up to damage their relationship with Longyan.

Therefore, Kelinxi completely ignored this matter.

Not long after he thought this, another piece of explosive news reached Kelinxi's hands.

Kelinxi opened it to take a look, and his expression changed drastically!

"What, the Longyan army and the French army are fighting!"

"How could this be?"

Kelinxi looked bewildered; they were currently at war with the French in the Ohio River Basin, and on this side, the British troops were actually fighting the Longyan army again.

A smile appeared on Kelinxi's face: "When a person is in luck, even the heavens will help."

"Richard is digging his own grave, daring to go to war with the Longyan."

"Does he not know the risks of fighting on two fronts, or does he think we in Britain are easy to bully?"

As soon as Kelinxi thought about what might happen next, he almost laughed out loud.

"Pass down my order, have the people in the Military Department immediately draft a plan to fight a decisive battle with the French; since they are courting death themselves, it would be unreasonable for us not to kick them while they are down."

Kelinxi happily poured a cup of coffee and sat down, as if asking about a trivial matter: "Why did the French want to go to war with Longyan?"

Regardless of the reason, this matter was advantageous to them.

But Kelinxi still could not help but ask.

The reason was simple; he wanted to know why Richard, who usually acted cautiously yet arrogantly, would do such an irrational thing.

The attendant's next words, however, made Kelinxi frown deeply.

"Richard somehow obtained definite information that the Longyan are going to open a Canal in Panama; yes, it is confirmed news."

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