Chapter 1938: Landing Operation

At this time, Dragon Flame.

The Longyan Fleet is currently sweeping pirates from the sea.

Perhaps because the prestige of Dragon Flame is so great, many pirates chose to surrender at the very first moment.

After an investigation, Dragon Flame has confirmed based on current intelligence that the fleet entrenched at sea is the French Fleet.

They are blockading the sea route from Dragon Flame to Australia because Australia is currently experiencing a war.

Upon receiving this news, Liu Zheng immediately gave the order to shift the focus of the offensive to the French.

Within the Dragon Flame Nation, Liu Zheng also began other reform measures; because of these matters, the affair of young Liu Qian acknowledging his ancestors and returning to the clan had to be temporarily shelved.

First was the construction of the railway network; once this project is completed, it will be able to greatly accelerate the industrialization process of Dragon Flame.

The transportation of important materials like coal, which the factories require, will no longer be a problem.

This series of measures are all reforms that Liu Zheng has brought forth in order to strengthen the national power of Dragon Flame.

However, voices of opposition have appeared within Dragon Flame.

Take the Royalist Faction, for example; they hold an opposing attitude toward all of Liu Zheng's policies, and as for why, the reason is very simple.

They want to establish an emperor, but according to the news brought back by Prince of Qin Xie Zhao, Liu Zheng does not have the slightest intention of re-establishing an emperor.

"If we oppose Liu Zheng's policies like this, he will absolutely not let us off."

"You all must consider our own retreat."

"According to his intentions, the parliament he established is what truly holds power."

Prince of Qin Xie Zhao sighed and said: "Let go; if we lose power, we still have our lives, and if we stop now, we still have our wealth."

"If we continue to fight against Liu Zheng, if he were to completely abolish us nobles, it would also be a very simple matter for him."

This time, Prince of Qin Xie Zhao not only saw Liu Zheng, but also saw the current prosperity of Liangzhou; many things they could not see in Jinghua were being manufactured in Liangzhou.

Liangzhou is now the center of Dragon Flame.

Although Prince of Qin Xie Zhao cares very much about his status as a royal relative, he cares even more about his own life.

The crowd looked at the Prince of Qin and said: "Xie Zhao!"

"Xie Ming is dead; you also know how miserable he was when he died."

"Our emperor was called a muddled ruler with no talent or virtue, who indulged in pleasure and neglected his duties, and was greedy for beauty by the Chief Minister, who said he died from exhaustion on a woman's belly!"

"Can you swallow this insult?"

Xie Zhao looked at the person who spoke, his fists clenched until they turned white; he did not like Xie Ming, this playboy, but Xie Ming becoming emperor represented the face of their Xie Family.

Yet now, this face of the emperor has been smashed to pieces in front of everyone in Dragon Flame.

Xie Zhao closed his eyes tightly; he is the Prince of Qin of Dragon Flame, a member of the Xie Family!

This insult...

"Do not fight with Liu Zheng anymore; we do not have the qualifications right now!"

Someone said: "The French are currently attacking Australia, and our Longyan Army will likely send troops to attack Australia during this period; that time will be our opportunity as the Royalist Faction!"

"Xie Zhao, you should be clear that this opportunity is extremely important for us."

Hearing the voice, Xie Zhao opened his eyes and looked over, watching the person in the darkness; he was a prince of the same generation as Xie Zhao!

"Xie Mu, I don't care what you want to do."

Xie Zhao dropped this sentence and turned to leave.

He does not want to become a complete enemy of Liu Zheng yet.

The crowd watched his departure and cursed him as a coward.

They looked at Xie Mu and asked with cupped hands: "Brother Xie Mu, tell us your plan."

"I have already obtained support from over in Europe; after the Longyan Navy sends troops, we can take advantage of this opportunity to break through Liangzhou in one fell swoop and capture Liu Zheng alive!"

"

At this time, Australia.

Li He took advantage of the fact that the French troops were landing in Australia and there were not many troops on Tasmania.

He quickly occupied the wharf on Tasmania and seized a few ships.

He sailed all the way to another little-known landing spot on the Australian continent.

This place is considered the least developed region of Australia; there are no wharves here.

So the ships were all like they had run aground, docking directly on the beach.

Although Li He was the garrison Commander of Tasmania, he was not unfamiliar with Australia.

However, the area of Australia is very large, and the central region is dry and barren, with no resources that can be utilized.

The location where they landed was still a considerable distance from Sydney Port.

Now, their top priority is not to rush to Sydney to fight the French troops, but to establish a camp here.

This place is relatively remote, and there are still relatively primitive creatures on the Australian continent; the Australian wilderness will be extremely dangerous!

Li He gave the order: "Start a fire, the reconnaissance squad will scout the surrounding situation, and the others are responsible for exploring wild resources, but do not run too far."

Their food reserves are not much; this march was hasty.

Those supplies of theirs did not have time to be loaded onto the ships, but fortunately, there was still food and fresh water on the ships, which allowed them to survive the most difficult period.

The lack of food and supplies is the primary problem they need to solve now.

However, there is another problem that needs to be solved: their ships are run aground on the beach, making them too big a target, and they could easily be discovered by the French troops.

Now, Li He does not want to run into the French troops; their main force is currently all in Australia.

Once they directly engage in fire, the consequences for them will be very serious.

They only have this many troops, and fighting in an environment where they are unfamiliar with the terrain, the entire unit could potentially be wiped out.

Li He looked at the not-so-dense jungle ahead and pondered for a moment.

He led his troops into the jungle.

Using the woods as cover had the benefit of preventing the French Command from discovering them.

Even if they were discovered, they would be able to react in time within the woods.

Not long after, the ships stranded on the beach were discovered by the French Command troops.

However, Li He did not know about this yet.

……

Australia, French Command.

Delu received word that on the coastline at the northernmost end of Sydney Port, he had discovered French Command ships stranded at sea.

It was discovered by French ships on their return journey from America.

Delu chuckled softly: "I didn't expect Li He's troops to arrive so quickly."

"General, what should we do now?"

"Should we send someone to investigate?"

Delu waved his hand and said: "No need."

"Watch what Li He's troops do next and report to me at any time."

"Yes!"

The guard left; Delu looked at the map of Australia, marked the location where Li He landed with a red pen, and let out a soft sound.

"You have finally arrived in Australia; if you hadn't come, I would have been bored to death in Australia."

Delu put down the pen and turned to leave, and on the map of Australia behind him, only a small area still had the Dragon Flame Army resisting, while other places were occupied by the French Command troops, with the occupied areas marked in blue.

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