Li Xiao did not believe that there would be no plague in Tashkent because there was not enough drinking water and the Mongolian people's sanitary conditions were already very poor. Coupled with the hot weather, there would be no plague in Tashkent.

As long as a plague breaks out, a large number of people in the city will die in a short period of time. The decay of the dead bodies will increase the toxicity of the plague. The final result is that Tashkent is no longer suitable for human habitation.

"But we are always afraid of the eventuality!" Zhang Huangyan is still making his last effort.

"Don't talk about this matter. How is the fighting in Europe? I heard that the Russians are resisting very tenaciously." Li Xiao put down the newspaper. He did not want to discuss this issue with Zhang Huangyan anymore.

No matter what, Zhang Huangyan is still a Confucian, and there are still many Confucian thoughts at work in his concepts.

"The allied forces of the French and Prussians began their offensive in early March! However, the Russian army resisted tenaciously and deployed three defensive positions in Vilnius.

It was all machine guns, artillery and barbed wire. It took the coalition forces more than two months to break through the Vilnius position after paying a heavy price. Now, they are marching towards Smolensk.

I heard that Kutuzov has deployed a tighter front line in Smolensk. In addition, the airships we sold to the coalition forces can no longer bomb the heads of the Russian army. The Russian army has anti-aircraft guns.

The coalition airship force suffered heavy losses and can now only be used as a transport team. This greatly reduces the effectiveness of offensive combat, and the Russian army also has airships."

"Damn Dorgon! The Russians can build airships, machine guns, and artillery by themselves. If the coalition forces want to chew off this bone, how can they survive?

This kind of positional battle, let alone them. Even if we, the Ming Dynasty, come to fight, the consequences will be heavy losses. Of course, if our tanks can participate in the battle, that is another matter.

But the problem is... I don't plan to send tank troops into the war.

The Battle of Tashkent has proven that tanks are currently very effective against infantry and cavalry."

"Both the French and Prussians were able to fight, but the Poles and the Austro-Hungarian Empire were not so lucky. They suffered a bloody blow in Kharkov, although the Russian army did not invest many troops there.

But they were all battle-hardened elites on the southern front, and the Ottoman Empire also launched a new spring offensive. Unfortunately, the results were no different from those of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Poles.

In short, the fight on the southern front turned into a pot of porridge. No one on either side could do anything to the other!
Chapter completed!