Chapter 1991: The Army Presses on the Border

After Delu was captured, Wu Kunpeng commanded the Longyan Navy to launch a large-scale operation in Australia.

Li He's troops seized the opportunity to capture the port.

The French soldiers guarding the port did not anticipate a unit emerging from there, and they were caught off guard by Li He's troops.

They were quickly routed by Li He's troops.

The French port did not have many troops to begin with, so such a defeat was nothing more than normal.

After the port was occupied, the French soldiers engaged in the ongoing naval battle were burning with anxiety upon seeing what was happening on the shore.

If the port was lost, it meant they were now putting up a meaningless resistance.

At this moment, the general on the supply ship saw the conflict occurring at the port, where those Insurgent Army troops were waving their Flag.

And the troops occupying the port, under his observation, were the Longyan Army.

Seeing this scene, he immediately ordered them to open fire with full force and destroy the French Fleet.

Now that they had a landing site, they needed to occupy it as quickly as possible to avoid it being taken back by the French troops on shore.

Their offensive became even more intense.

Shell after shell struck the French fleet.

The Longyan Battleship utilized a Steam Engine power structure, and the size and power of its Cannon were astonishing.

These were not lead bullets; the shells fired by the Longyan Army were bombs, and once they hit a French Battleship, they would cause a massive explosion.

Under such explosions, the Longyan Army's shells quickly destroyed the French Fleet.

And the French Fleet's equipment was not on the same level as Longyan's weapons, so it could not cause much damage to the Longyan steel Battleships at all.

The French Fleet collapsed rapidly under the Longyan weapons.

Wu Kunpeng's fleet immediately sailed toward the captured port, though he did not know which fleet had taken it.

But seeing the Longyan Flag the other side was waving, he could conclude they were his own men.

After Wu Kunpeng's troops approached the coast and saw the general of the Resistance Army, his expression shifted slightly: "Li He?"

"Wu Kunpeng, it's actually you!"

"You brat stayed in Australia, how did you end up in such a miserable state?" Wu Kunpeng patted the shoulder of Li He, who was dressed like a beggar.

Li He laughed, looked at Wu Kunpeng, punched him in the chest, and said with a smile: "What kind of talk is that? Even like this, I am still your squad leader. Aren't you going to find me a military uniform?"

The two looked at each other and burst into laughter.

When they were once under Qin Zhangfeng, the two of them were in the same military camp and even in the same squad.

What neither of them expected was that they would actually be able to meet each other here.

"Squad leader, what happened? How did you end up like this?"

Li He sighed, took a puff of his cigarette, and began to talk about the past.

"Those hateful French!" Wu Kunpeng said through gritted teeth.

"I have already captured that Delu; damn it, I'm going to shoot him right now!"

Hearing this, Li He was stunned, but seeing Wu Kunpeng suddenly stand up, intent on settling the score with Delu, he grabbed Wu Kunpeng's leg and said in a deep voice: "Come back!"

"You are a general now, yet you are still so impulsive!"

Wu Kunpeng turned his head to look at Li He, hesitated for a moment, and then sat back down.

He heard Li He say: "Now is not the time to take action against Delu."

"Didn't you just say that Delu once transported a group of scientists and engineers to Longyan? We have to keep him to exchange for those scientists and engineers."

"Only after we rescue the hostages will it be the best time for us to take action against the French troops."

Wu Kunpeng clenched his fists: "Then we aren't going to avenge our fallen brothers? If it weren't for this bastard, Xiaolaizi wouldn't have died!"

Mentioning Xiaolaizi, Li He's gaze trembled, and the cigarette held in his hand seemed to freeze in time, the scene remaining still for several seconds.

For Li He, these few seconds felt as long as a century.

He said in a deep voice: "Revenge must be taken, but we must demand the lives of all the French who launched this war, not just one Delu. Xiaolaizi's life cannot be paid for by him alone!"

"That would be letting him off too easily!"

……

And at this time, while the battlefield in Australia was turning around.

On the other end, in the Africa region.

The Italian army arrived in the region they had long set their sights on: Somalia.

Although Somalia had few resources, it possessed a very critical Geography.

This place was known as the Horn of Africa, and from here, one could control ships entering the Red Sea.

This was the key lifeline for controlling Mediterranean countries, but after Italy occupied Somalia and turned it into a colony, it did not successfully control the Latin Bay region.

Using this to prevent Mediterranean countries from gaining greater benefits—the reason for this was also very simple.

The Longyan fleet already held Latin Bay firmly in their hands; how could they possibly give it up to others?

Therefore, Italy, having controlled Somalia, was not satisfied with this arid region.

Its troops decided to launch a war of aggression against the ancient civilization that had existed for over three thousand years on the Ethiopian Plateau.

But before conducting this war, Italy hesitated.

Now that the French and Longyan were fighting over territory, if they marched into Ethiopia at this time, even if the target was not their territory, would it arouse the other side's suspicion?

If they were to go to war with the Longyan Army and the French army, Italy thought about it, they could win, and the probability was high.

The Italian general thought as much; the current Sinai Peninsula was under their Italian control.

The ancient capital of the Holy Roman Empire, Rome, was also under his control, and even the Pope was trapped in Rome by their troops; the current Pope had not left Rome for a long time.

With such strength, even if the Longyan Army and French troops joined forces to attack, there should still be a possibility of victory.

Moreover, they had no intention of vying for the French Colonial Zone to begin with.

It was merely that he had some ideas regarding the Aksum Kingdom nearby.

The Aksum Kingdom was a nation originally established by Semitic people who had immigrated from the Arabian Peninsula.

It is now ruled by Black people, and Italy wanting to invade the Aksum Kingdom is not because of the resources within that country; although the Ethiopian Plateau is filled with resources, these resources are not valuable.

The reason he wants to occupy the Aksum Kingdom is that he wants to engage in the slave trade.

Currently, America is heavily engaged in slave-owning and a plantation economy.

This kind of human trafficking, which allows one to profit from both sides and is a business with ten thousand times the return, is naturally something Italy does not want to miss.

However, previously this kind of business was developed by Britain and France, and Italy felt that if it did not enter the market now, it wouldn't even get to drink warm soup.

The enormous profits gained from the slave trade established on the two vast continents of Africa and America made any country covet it.

Therefore, Italy wanted to invade this "civilized country" in Africa.

He set out with his troops from Somalia and arrived in the Ogaden region; he was going to raise an army from this wasteland to invade the Aksum Kingdom.