Chapter 1911: Rot

At this time, Australia.

Under the fierce offensive of the French troops, the Longyan Army is rotting.

It no longer has any advantage at sea.

Although the Yinzhou Battleship has sturdy hulls and powerful cannons, and is a first-generation design, it remains one of the world's top-tier battleships.

But fighting a war relies on more than just sturdy hulls and powerful cannons; the most core element is people.

In a situation where the armies are not much different, the mobilization of personnel will determine where the final direction of the battlefield leads.

Xie Fang, a top-level general of the Longyan Army, is one of the few who still possesses decent combat effectiveness.

As for the rest, long ago under the military leasing policy, or due to the intentional infiltration by those foreign merchants, these troops no longer possess the valor they had when led by Qin Zhangfeng.

Now, only rot remains.

At the beginning of the war, the Longyan Navy led by General Cao Xi still possessed strong combat effectiveness.

But now, the combat effectiveness of this force has reached a very pathetic point; no matter how powerful a force is, it cannot withstand such erosion.

With the intensification of the war, the fatigue of the Longyan Army has been exposed, and Cao Xi is helpless.

The French warships are not too powerful, but the enemy's combat awareness is far greater than that of these Longyan troops.

The Xie Fang government has lost the hearts of the people, and coupled with the fact that Australia's economic lifeblood has completely collapsed due to the escape of those foreign merchants, the army can no longer be paid.

Fighting a war is a matter of life and death, and it also requires money; without the drive of profit, this force, which already lacked faith, is finished.

Collapse is an expected outcome.

The French troops have already defeated the Longyan Navy and are currently landing on the island.

General Li, who has been in the military his whole life, has personally taken the field; he does not know how to fight naval battles, but as an army Commander, no one in the Xie Fang government knows how to command troops better than him.

In the end, Xie Fang was forced to take out his entire Jinku.

But the one who forced him to take it out was neither a civil official nor a military general, but their enemy, the French.

The French have now landed on the island, so the next target can only be his palace.

If he does not open these Jinku now, then the person who opens them will very likely be the French.

Military power is now controlled by General Li, and Cao Xi has become his deputy.

"General, is there still any hope for us to win this war? The Longyan Army has been corrupted to this state; the deep-seated problems are already impossible to reverse!"

"To rectify military discipline is a long process, but the French have already landed on the island; I truly do not know what Method can stop the French."

General Li let out a deep breath and said: "In this way, you take my letter now and go seek reinforcements from Lord Liu Zheng."

"Australia, after all, is still Longyan territory. Although Xie Fang established the government, this place was conquered by Lord Liu Zheng."

"I think he should not stand by and watch us die, and as for the Australian battlefield, I will do my best to stall the French advance."

General Li took out the letter he had already written and handed it to Cao Xi; Cao Xi was stunned as he looked at the envelope.

"General, you had this planned long ago, but with the current state of our Longyan Army, I am afraid even stalling will be difficult..."

General Li stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the painting of loyalty hanging on the wall: "The war is hard to fight, but it must be fought; Australia cannot be lost."

"You come from the navy, and navigation is your specialty, but remember not to take the Malacca Strait; Lord Liu Zheng's intelligence is always well-informed."

"But this time, such a big thing happened in Australia, and three months have passed, yet Longyan seems to know nothing at all."

"This is very strange; I worry that the area around the Malacca Strait has already been occupied by French troops, and our intelligence has not been transmitted there."

"You depart from Australia, first arrive in America, and from America enter Longyan; this route might be the safest."

Cao Xi cupped his fists and bowed, saying in a deep voice: "I will not fail the"

"Mission!"

General Li turned back and looked at the bright moon in the sky: "Go."

He heard the sound of Cao Xi leaving, sighed, and looked at the bright moon, wondering what the current scene in Longyan is like.

And at this time, on Tasmania!

"Kill!"

The shouts of battle shook the sky; the Resistance Army on Tasmania led by Li He launched a large-scale war. From the beginning until now, in the past three days, the twenty thousand Resistance troops he led have engaged in numerous battles, large and small, with the French Black Troops.

Under Li He's command, these twenty thousand Resistance troops.

Repelled over thirty thousand of the French Black Troops, and as for the French elite troops themselves, over five thousand were wiped out by Li He's forces.

Such a record is the most significant victory they have achieved since they began their counterattack.

But the victory of this battle also brought them endless sorrow.

The battleship that Li He manufactured using the fishing boats they captured was destroyed...

The British man, Fake, who was willing to sacrifice his own life to stall the French troops, died on the battlefield.

The loss of troops exceeded five thousand, and the supplies they had painstakingly accumulated were also exhausted because of this war.

Li He even almost lost his life in this war.

But looking at the results, it was all worth it.

After experiencing this great battle, the French have quieted down quite a bit.

This once again made Li He highly vigilant; although their record was good.

But Li He knew that this had not harmed the main force of the French troops in the slightest.

Soon, Li He received a message, a message left for him by someone unknown.

A message that made him crazy and incomparably painful.

The French troops have landed on the Australian continent; the Longyan Army on the Australian continent collapsed at the first touch, and the fall of Australia is not far off.

Li He could not accept such a reality at all.

He was very clear about how strong the combat effectiveness of the Longyan Army in Australia was, and even more clear about how powerful those Yinzhou Battleships were.

No matter how powerful the French fleet is, it is only on par with the Yinzhou ships, and it should still be a long way behind the command level of the Longyan Army.

Moreover, the interference he has carried out over this period should have had an effect; how could the Longyan Unit be defeated so easily?

But what the other party presented to him was a reality that Li He had no choice but to believe.

On it was the seal of Li He's father, the old General Li.

And this letter was a memorial submitted by the old General Li to Xie Fang.

Inside, it recorded all the information regarding Australia at present.

After seeing all this, Li He collapsed on the spot; if the French troops had already landed on the Australian continent, what was the point of them continuing to attack here? Everything they were doing now would become completely meaningless.

Even if all the French troops on Tasmania were wiped out, they would have no Method to retake Australia.

"Everything is meaningless now."

"What is the point of continuing to resist?"

Li He lost his fighting spirit, and Ge Dazhuang saw such a dejected Li He for the first time.

"What's wrong, General? You just read a letter, why are you acting like those kids who had their candy stolen?"

Li He looked at Ge Dazhuang, who had appeared beside him, with a vacant expression and let out a laugh: "Dazhuang, you wouldn't understand. Our resistance now is already meaningless, not a bit of point to it."

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