Chapter 1936: War Rehearsal

"Yes, it is precisely by relying on these cannons and muskets!"

Bonaparte picked up a long pencil and a short pencil, gesturing as he said: "This short one is our current infantry Long Spear, and this long one is our Musket!"

"In battle, the Musket will have an overwhelming advantage!"

"This attack range and power are truly too strong; a Musket can pierce through the armor worn by soldiers from over one hundred and fifty meters away."

"And what about our infantry?"

"They carry Long Spears, and if they launch an attack, they will be instantly wiped out by these muskets."

Kaine retorted: "If the Musket is so formidable, then why use infantry units instead of Crossbowmen to conduct this duel?"

He took out his own pencil and said: "Crossbowmen also possess super-strong range, and they have an even faster attack speed than muskets; some powerful Crossbowmen can even manage to fire twenty-four arrows in one minute!"

Bonaparte looked into Kaine's eyes and asked: "Kaine, you know how much time, effort, and even money must be invested to train an excellent Crossbowman, don't you?"

Kaine fell into silence; the time and effort required to train a Crossbowman are extremely expensive.

Not only do they need good physical fitness, but they also need to possess eyes like a Falcon.

"But to train someone who can fire a Musket, you only need to give them a Musket and give them enough practice," Bonaparte laughed.

Kaine said again: "Then what about the artillerymen?"

"The current cost of a Cannon is so expensive that using them to besiege cities is already enough. Do you still want to use this Cannon to attack Cavalry? Those fast-moving Cavalry units—our cannons wouldn't hit them with a single Cannonball!"

Bonaparte smiled and said: "Lend me a bottle of ink; I know you have one."

Kaine looked at Bonaparte suspiciously, not knowing what he was going to do, but he still took a bottle of ink out of his bag.

Bonaparte took the ink and, without even thinking, threw it directly out!

With a bang, the ink bottle shattered, and the ink formed a sizable black pool on the ground; this scene attracted the attention of many people.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Bonaparte said calmly: "Just now, your ink bottle exploded and blew up the ants that were walking quickly on the ground."

"This is the power of a Cannonball, Kaine; you understand."

Bonaparte picked up his bag, stood up, patted Kaine on the shoulder, and turned to leave.

Kaine looked at the ants on the ground, all of whom had been affected by the explosion of the ink bottle; even the ants located at the edge of the explosion were affected, and none were spared.

They did not manage to survive this explosion.

Kaine watched in silence, but suddenly he noticed Bonaparte leaving and hurriedly chased after him, shouting: "Hey, that's my ink bottle!"

……

Bonaparte was now absolutely certain in his heart that muskets and cannons would definitely be the key to war in the future.

And based on the current situation, it was not hard for him to believe the reality that war would soon arrive.

He was already aware of the news that Louis XV had just promulgated.

Currently, France had opened up battlefields on almost every continent outside of Europe.

The French mainland no longer had the means to support these battlefields.

Now, the French mainland itself was facing war.

At a time like this, Louis XV was busy building something—the Petit Trianon, said to be built for Madame Pompadour.

Regarding these matters, Bonaparte was utterly speechless.

He did not know how Louis XV, as a king, had come up with these decisions.

But for him, perhaps it would not be long before the interior of France fell into chaos.

They would have a new opportunity, an opportunity that could help their Corsica gain independence.

Bonaparte also began to plan; next year he would be graduating, and at that time, he must

choose to participate in the French military.

……

At this time, in a small law firm in France.

According to the latest order from Louis XV, taxes were to be increased.

Regarding why taxes needed to be increased, the interpretation given by the King was that the country was currently in a time of crisis and needed the public to hand over their money to the French royal family to serve as military expenses.

The lawyer Brusot shouted: "This is simply robbery!"

"Taxes have now been increased by eighty percent, and our King knows that the army is almost out of money to fight, yet they still want to build some palace, and for his mistress at that!"

A colleague at the law firm advised: "This situation in our France has been going on for a long time; it's not like you don't know."

"According to the Constitution, the King can make adjustments to our decrees; there is no way around it, Brusot."

"Let's just study the cases that will arise after this decree is published."

Brusot gave a cold snort and said: "Study what?"

"No matter how much we study, it won't hurt the interests of those Nobles; this time, it will still only be the commoners and merchants who suffer."

The colleague shook his head and did not continue to discuss the changes to the new decree with Brusot, but instead asked about another matter.

"Brusot, I heard about that book you wrote recently, what was it called, something about natural property?"

"It is 'Philosophical Exploration of Ownership and Theft in Nature and Society,' in which I put forward the view that 'property is theft'."..

"Yes, yes, yes, that's the name," the colleague said, slapping his forehead.

"Just that name alone is said to have caused quite a stir."

"However, Brusot, I have heard that this thing is very risky; with some of the views inside, you are attacking the royal family. I advise you to stop this book as soon as possible and not continue to promote it."

Brusot looked at him and said: "Don't worry about this matter..."

After saying this, he stood up and left, not knowing what he was going to study.

His colleague looked at Brusot and did not continue speaking.

……

At this time, Europe.

Britain, the Britain that had developed the Dreadnought-class Battleship, saw its power greatly increase.

The Dreadnought-class Battleship was built precisely to participate in war, so the goal of George III was very clear.

After the Dreadnought-class Battleship was successfully developed, he aimed his spearhead at America.

The French Colonial Zone!

For them, the most suitable opponent right now was the overseas Colonial Area of France!

Although George III had great confidence in his Dreadnought-class Battleship.

Whether compared to the Supply Ship of Longyan, or any other vessel, he could ensure that the Dreadnought-class Battleship was capable of contending with them.

However, Britain still needed the Giant Steam Engine of Longyan right now; until he had thoroughly understood the Steam Engine technology of Longyan, he would absolutely not go to war with Longyan.

But with the acceleration of the research process on the Longyan Steam Engine, he had already seen the day when he would thoroughly and successfully develop the Longyan Steam Engine.

The deeper the research went.

The more George III marveled at how complex the design of the Longyan Steam Engine was.

How incredible it was.

They had already invested a huge amount of money and energy into the Longyan Steam Engine.

But the progress remained very slow.

This made him somewhat anxious; he was very worried that Longyan would have some other breakthrough in technology. Recently, the transcoding is serious, which gives us more motivation to update faster. Please move your little hands to exit reading mode. Thank you.