Chapter 1935: Dispute

At this time, Egypt.

After the Dragon Flame Army led by Jiang Xuan won the battle against the French troops in the Nile River Basin.

The Dragon Flame Army took the opportunity to change their combat strategy against the French troops, withdrawing from the interior of the French Colonial Area and instead establishing a base in the Nile River Basin.

In this way, the vast territory that the Dragon Flame Army had previously obtained by penetrating deep into the French Colonial Area was completely retreated from and lost.

This could be said to have rendered all the efforts the Dragon Flame Army had previously made in their offensive as nothing.

But Jiang Xuan did not care about such gains and losses in the slightest.

To him, this was merely a strategic adjustment.

Those territories were a burden to the Dragon Flame Army; staying in the hinterland of the French Colonial Area for a long time required them to pull away forces to maintain the current situation.

But once this situation was broken, the Dragon Flame Army would fall into the blockade of the French troops.

The reason Jiang Xuan had to make this strategic adjustment was, first, because it was already meaningless for them to continue staying in the hinterland of the French Colonial Area, and it was even somewhat dangerous.

Second, it was because Nashadier had now developed a force with a scale and volume reaching over ten thousand people.

They had already gained a foothold within the French Colonial Area.

Jiang Xuan had never thought about completely breaking and disintegrating the French Colonial Area from the outside.

Inside the French Colonial Area, there existed an unknown number of tribes, large and small; to unify these tribes with completely different customs and capabilities was extremely difficult.

It was better to let them rule themselves, with the tribes forming nations.

By then, Long Yan would only need to cooperate with the chieftains between these tribes.

It could truly help Long Yan reduce many unnecessary troubles.

Therefore, Jiang Xuan did not think about letting the Dragon Flame Army continue to attack and break the main force of the French troops at this time.

They only needed to carry out a containment, and the interior of the French Colonial Area would be able to disintegrate on its own.

And at this time.

The vast territory of Africa was not just Egypt; Egypt could at most be considered a relatively wealthy place in Northern Africa.

But in other parts of Africa, those tribes where Black people lived also possessed abundant resources.

For Dike, in South Africa, in Central Africa, and in those colonies controlled by other countries, all would be the main targets of his offensive this time.

Taking advantage of the fact that the French troops were currently unable to protect themselves, Dike shamelessly launched surprise attacks on many of France's colonies in Africa.

This caused the commander-in-chief of the African Colonial Area, Dawn, to have a splitting headache.

But since the matter had already happened, he had to find a Method to solve it.

Africa was their French economy and development's greatest supply region.

If the supply here were cut off, the French troops would all have to drink the wind.

The European battlefield would not need to be maintained either.

The Australia battlefield would not need to be maintained either.

The America battlefield went without saying.

The British and the immigrants in America would not let this opportunity go.

In extreme anxiety, he issued orders to conscript the navy and hire Black Troops.

He cooperated with many original tribes in Africa, letting the Africans sell their lives for them.

Those tribes, who had never seen the world and were also tightly controlled by Dawn using those strong ships and powerful guns, chose to cooperate with them under coercion and inducement.

The French troops began to train Black Troops to expand their troop establishment.

Using such means, they resisted the British troops.

This greatly slowed down the British offensive speed, which was a good thing for the French.

But Dawn also knew that these Black Troops could not last long at all, whether in terms of military equipment or weapons.

The gap between them was simply too large.

They needed aid from France in the European homeland.

And at this time, France.

After the Cardinal Prime Minister passed away, Louis XV gradually became extravagant.

Even though the French Empire had opened up so many battlefields overseas and in Europe now.

Louis XV did not have the slightest bit of thrift, continuing to squander the Empire's money.

He wanted to build a small palace next to Versailles for Madame Pompadour.

The Petit Trianon.

Although such a decision encountered opposition from the ministers, France was now a Monarchy.

These ministers, no matter how they opposed it, could not change the decision Louis XV had already made.

Regarding this matter, Madame Pompadour expressed that she was very fond of it.

As for reinforcements for Dawn.

Louis XV did not take it to heart at all; he did not care about the situation in Africa at all.

What he cared about was the war situation in Australia.

Only by obtaining Long Yan's technology could their France become more powerful; for them, Africa was just a colony rich in various raw materials.

If it were occupied by Britain today, with Long Yan's technology, it would be the same to take it back another day.

And at the Army Academy in France.

Bonaparte also welcomed his second semester.

For him, in the first semester, he saw that the French troops were still using old-fashioned, retro combat methods, and he felt very astonished.

It was now the era of the Steam Engine, and the smelting of steel was no longer a difficult problem.

The production cost of the Musket is also further decreasing.

He also heard that Longyan has now manufactured steam trains capable of rapidly transporting raw materials, all of which indicate that the industrial age is about to arrive.

With the current application of the Musket and the Cannon.

Their French troops still maintain their former style of combat, which is destined to be phased out.

"My God, I cannot imagine that our troops are still adopting column tactics."

"Just a short while ago, Prussia already proved to us that this tactic has been phased out; the oblique order of battle they employed successfully contained the troops' offensive, and such combat allowed them to achieve a considerable victory with very few casualties."

A friend he met at the Army Academy, Kaine, a down-and-out Noble from Austria, told him: "Bonaparte, my friend, you would not think so if you had seen the battlefield."

"The French troops used these very primitive tactics to break through the Prussian defense line."

"In that battle, our Austrian troops also participated."

Bonaparte glanced at him and said: "Kaine, do you know how the Longyan army fights now?"

"Do you know how the Longyan army fights? How they used four days to capture your Austrian port city?"

Kaine's expression stiffened, and he turned his head away, not wanting to look at this good friend of his anymore.

The matter he spoke of was the greatest humiliation for Austria since the start of the war.

Bonaparte looked at him and continued: "The things the Longyan army invented are products of this industrial society."

"It is precisely by utilizing these things that your Austrian port city was lost so quickly."

"The Longyan army is currently making full use of the inventions from the Industrial Revolution to change the current way of warfare."

"The era is already different, Kaine!"

Kaine impatiently turned his head back to look at Bonaparte and asked coldly: "Since you believe the era has changed and the way of combat has changed, then what weapons do you think we should use to fight now, besides the Long Spear and bows and arrows?"

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