According to Clausewitz, war is an extension and continuation of political means. And politics serves interests.

The interests here are not just money, but mines, land, oceans or various rights and interests.

For Kong Tingxun, it is the hope of survival and the future of the child in his wife's belly.

As a person who betrayed the Ming Dynasty, Kong Tingxun knew that once the Ming Dynasty knew about his existence and came up with many ideas for Germany, the Kong family would be finished in the Ming Dynasty.

Even if his father Kong Youde was already a general, he would be implicated to the extent that his family would be confiscated and his family would be exterminated.

Li Xiao is extremely disgusted with things like traitors. He will never tolerate such a family living well in this world.

The only way to calm Li Xiao's anger is to make the family disappear physically.

Seeing his wife's belly getting bigger day by day, Kong Tingxun gradually had more thoughts on his mind as a father.

He had to find a future for his family, and he also wanted to die a natural death.

At present, it seems that this goal is getting further and further away from us. A very important reason is that Ribbentrop is about to reach an agreement with Ming Dynasty, and Germany is about to fully cooperate with Ming Dynasty.

In order to survive and live better, Kong Tingxun dared to do anything.

Two telegrams were sent secretly. After sending, the telegraph operator burned the telegram manuscripts.

In the midst of the flames, a violent explosion occurred inside the news room.

Everything was torn to pieces, including the telegraph machine and the operator who was burning the telegram manuscript.

Almost at the same time, over the Black Forest, an airship was shot down by intensive artillery fire.

It's actually wrong to say it's dense, it's just three cannons and eighty-eight cannons.

But in recent years, the Eight-Eight Artillery has been changed from air defense to tank attack. Moreover, the losses on the front line are huge, and all the Eight-Eight Artillery in the rear have been moved to the front line.

Now there are actually three gates appearing all at once, which can indeed be said to be dense.

The burning airbag of the airship is like a red sun in the night sky. Listen to the rapid fall of the pod and the huge sound when it hits the ground.

If there were people around at this time, they could even see people covered in fire escaping from the pod.

Among those who escaped, there was a guy named Ribbentrop. Now he no longer has the grace of the past. His whole person is like a burning torch, making a sound that does not sound like a human voice in the dark night.

Howl.

At the same time, Napoleon was distracted with a telegram in his hand.

"Clemenceau, can we believe this telegram?" Napoleon said, looking at the Dnieper River flowing quietly in the dark night.

"The Germans have actually broken away from the Ming army on the northern front. The two sides are about fifty kilometers apart, and all the front-line troops are Nordic troops.

So far, the Ming army has not taken any action on the northern front.

Naturally, the German army did not provoke the Ming army. He was already tacitly agreeing to a ceasefire!" Clemenceau was very smart. He did not directly answer Napoleon's words, but talked about the current battlefield situation on the northern front.

In fact, the current war is only fought on the southern front.

Regardless of the German Nordic army or the Polish army, they have actually achieved a realistic ceasefire with the Ming Dynasty.

"So, do you think this is true?" Napoleon reluctantly put the telegram on the table.

He also knew that this telegram must be true, but he also very much hoped that this telegram was false.

Because this telegram tells the truth, the darkest moment for France is about to come.

The situation is already very unfavorable, and it will become even more unfavorable.

If the Germans surrender, it is inevitable that other European countries will not follow suit. Especially those Nordic countries that are not very powerful, and the Poles who are always hesitant when encountering things.

Once these people all defect, then only the French will be unlucky.

According to the telegram, the only condition for Ming to allow them to surrender is that these countries must cooperate with Ming in attacking France!

By that time, the French army, which is alone overseas and exhausted and demoralized, is likely to be completely annihilated by the overwhelmingly superior forces of many countries.

In that case, France's backbone will be broken. Moreover, it may not be able to stand up for hundreds of years.

"German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop has been in Athens and had secret talks with Da Honglu of the Ming Dynasty for a long time.

It is said that the two of them have an irreconcilable relationship now and are so good that they can almost wear a pair of trousers.

If Germany really accepts this condition, the agreement will be signed soon. Your Majesty, I think we need to retreat as soon as possible at this time.

Bring all the troops back to the past, so that we can fight on home soil to defend our country, and the morale of the soldiers will be very high.

At the same time, our supply lines will also be greatly shortened, which is beneficial to us."

Clemenceau carefully suggested to Napoleon.

Napoleon nodded. In fact, the French army was already shrinking. Even Kiev's army had already boarded a train bound for the country.

Some time ago, after a desperate counterattack in Donetsk, the French army regained Kharkov.

While the Ming army was resting, France was stepping up its retreat.

The front line of defense has changed from Donetsk to Kharkiv.

In just half a month, we can retreat from Kharkov. At this time, time is life and means everything.

"Okay, order the troops to retreat quickly. If those equipments are in the way, blow them up if they don't work. They must not fall into the hands of the Ming people.

In this way, the retreat may be faster."

Napoleon sighed helplessly.

The future of France is ruined, there is no hope at all.

The Ming Dynasty hated France for its betrayal, and in the Battle of Tsaritsyn, it was the French army that suffered a bloody blow to the Ming army.

Now that the Ming army has all the advantages, the Marshal of the Ming Dynasty will never let him go with his cautious mind.

These Easterners would not abide by European rules and treat him as the French Emperor with courtesy.

Napoleon had no doubt that Li Xiao would chop off his head and preserve it as a warning to future generations.

In fact, there are several living wax figures of enemy generals placed inside the Wude Hall of the Ming Dynasty.

It was placed there to show off the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty!

Napoleon absolutely believed that as long as he was captured, he would become the highest-ranking among the wax figures.

Although even if they withdraw to France, they still cannot escape the fate of failure. But after all, that can delay a lot of time.

It will also buy some time for itself to run the colonies in South America better.

I heard that the water at the mouth of the Amazon River is very abundant and the land is extremely fertile. If you can settle there, it can be regarded as a retreat.

The Dnieper River was still flowing quietly, but the French army had accelerated their retreat. They even abandoned a lot of heavy equipment. Many of the artillery dragged by mules and horses had explosives stuffed in the barrels.

After a loud "boom", the shells and artillery exploded into the sky.

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"Commander, air force reconnaissance has discovered that the French are retreating on a large scale. They have retreated across the Don River and are beginning to mass towards Kiev.

In order to retreat quickly, they even blew up many heavy artillery pieces. Some troops even discarded ammunition on both sides of the road."

Zhao Liangdong took the telegram and hurriedly walked into Li Xiao's office.

"Oh!" Li Xiao looked away from the golden beach.

The scenery of Crete seems to be different from that of Nicosia. It took Li Xiao a long time to figure out that the harbor of Nicosia is in the south of the island.

Standing inside the building, what I see is the side of the sun, and the sky is naturally extremely bright.

But standing inside the building in Crete, the beach faces north, and the sun is behind Li Xiao, so the sky will naturally look darker.

Sometimes, even if you look at the same scenery from different angles, you will have different feelings.

What's more, these are two places.

"So, Napoleon has already made plans to abandon Kiev and Ukraine.

After all, he is a military god of a generation, and he still has the determination to cut off his ambitions.

It's just a pity that even if we give up Ukraine, we will not let him go.

Returning to France will only make him feel even more uncomfortable. In the end, he cannot escape the fate of defeat and surrender."

Li Xiao smiled, not even the slightest bit excited about defeating Napoleon.

The victory or defeat of the war depends on strength. With tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored vehicles, and aircraft in the sky to help, it would be embarrassing if the Ming army lost this war.

Based on the current situation, even if Napoleon saved his troops and successfully retreated to France, the Ming army would still win the final victory.

There is nothing I can do about it, the equipment gap is too big.

"Commander, we should send armored troops to pursue them one after another. In this way, more French troops can be eliminated." Zhao Liangdong was very anxious.

Indeed, if armored forces were used to pursue them, their four legs would definitely not be able to run on the tracks. As long as the French army was in chaos, it would be an immediate defeat.

Let me put it another way, it is much easier to destroy a French army now than it is to destroy a French army in France itself.

"Haha! Almost all of our armored forces are resting now. Do you want them to give up resting and pursue the French?

What to do with those half-dismantled tanks? Can they all be put back together in one day?
To be continued...