Daming 1805

When the monarchs of Germany, Lucia, and Italy, as well as the accompanying main staff officers, took off from Paris Airport on their own special planes and headed to the Roman city of Constantinople, the signal for the war had just been sent.

According to past habits, even the new tactics they have implemented in the past three years, which rely on mechanized rapid attack plans based on air-ground coordination, will at least require some brewing time between the start of the war and the official start.

Even the fully prepared German army attacked the weakly defended Danish mainland. They fought for two days and did not reach the end of the opponent's territory. They only captured the opponent's king and forced the opponent to surrender as a whole.

Now that the entire Europa is facing a behemoth like Ming Dynasty, the time to start the brewing process has to be calculated according to the sky.

So they subconsciously believed that it would take several hours, or even tomorrow, for the latest battlefield news to be received.

And most of them are just confirmed reports of small-scale firefights.

However, after their plane landed at Constantinople Airport after a four-hour flight, they received a piece of news that surprised them.

Wittgenstein, commander of the Eastern Roman Theater in charge of operations in the direction of the Great Eclipse, reported that all seven large bases in the east and southeast had lost contact.

Emperor Nicholas of Lucia, as the host, immediately asked Wittgenstein loudly with some annoyance:

"What did you say? Lost contact? Those are not seven small military camps, they can even be said to be seven cities. How could such a thing be lost?"

Wittgenstein also reported what he knew with a look of astonishment and confusion on his face:
"Your Majesty, we also understand, but soon after the war was announced, no matter whether it was radio, landline telephone or telegraph, all could not be connected.

"We believe that as soon as the war started, the Ming Dynasty used special methods to cut off our communication lines with the forward base and blocked the radio."

Nicholas immediately continued to ask:
"Then have you contacted the nearby government offices and garrison? Confirm the specific location and scope of the communication interruption?

"Have you asked the nearest garrison to arrange aircraft and vehicles to confirm the situation of these seven bases?"

Wittgenstein immediately replied:
"My subordinates made arrangements immediately, and now we have basically determined the area where communications were interrupted, which is the seven eastern bases themselves.

"My subordinates have given orders to the nearest garrison base, asking them to immediately send reconnaissance planes and convoys to confirm the situation.

"The people below are contacting and confirming. It is expected that there will be news soon. Your Majesty can take a rest..."

With doubts and annoyance, Nicholas resisted the urge to get angry and waited for almost half an hour.

Finally, a correspondent came in and delivered a stack of printed documents, which he handed to the commander-in-chief of the operation, Jean Wittgenstein.

Wittgenstein glanced at the message above, his eyes widened immediately, and then he shouted in an extremely exaggerated way:
"This is impossible! Absolutely impossible! What happened to the investigating soldiers below!"

Under normal circumstances, Wittgenstein, as the commander, should read the message as soon as possible, then hand the document to Nikolai and explain the situation.

But now he seemed to be greatly stimulated, and he didn't believe the contents of the report he saw at all.

Upon seeing this, Nicholas couldn't help but ask:

"Why are you so rude? What happened ahead? Show me the report..."

Wittgenstein heard the voice and seemed to have regained some sense. He handed the document in his hand to Nicholas while still staring and said:
"Your Majesty, the personnel who went to the camp to investigate said that our Caspian Sea base at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains has been completely bombed into ruins.

“With 30 garrison troops, this large base that can be called a militarized city was all in ruins.

"Investigators said that they did not see the complete building and it is estimated that it will be difficult to find survivors.

“There is definitely something wrong with this news.

"I will immediately rearrange the personnel and go around the base again to confirm the situation..."

Nicholas was stunned after reading it, and instinctively said with anger:
"Of course this is impossible. The soldiers below must be lazy or even want to defect, so they made up impossible information.

"Go, immediately contact the officers of the regiment where these scouts are located, and ask them to capture a few soldiers responsible for reconnaissance and reporting."

Of course Nicholas was angry. He subconsciously believed that there was a big problem with the management of the army.

Before Nicholas could finish speaking, another communications soldier ran to the command room and handed a new report to Wittgenstein.

Wittgenstein took a look, his eyes widened again, and then he roared with obvious anger:
"Why is it like this again - impossible -"

Nicholas glared at Wittgenstein with the same anger, and the other party immediately handed over the report:

"Your Majesty, this is the reconnaissance report of the forward base in the upper reaches of the Mesopotamia. The reported situation is basically consistent with the Caspian Sea base.

“But this is absolutely impossible to happen, those bases were fine before the war was declared.

“There is no power in the world that can turn an entire city into ruins within a few hours.

"If our enemies had this kind of power, there would be no point in fighting now.

"They can directly destroy any of our cities and facilities..."

Nicholas read this report and listened to Wittgenstein's words, and the anger in his heart was slowly extinguishing.

Nicholas thought of some of the news he had seen, which was regarded as completely impossible by intelligence personnel and himself.

Nicholas fell silent, and then received several reports one after another, all of which were investigation reports about the frontline base.

The content of all the reports was very similar. The fortress and forward base on the front line had been blown into ruins by an incomprehensible force.

The 300 million soldiers in these fortresses went to see God before the war even started.

Finally, someone sent a few faxed photos.

The photos taken by reconnaissance aircraft over the ruins of those bases finally turned these non-image text messages into real scenes.

Both Nicholas and Wittgenstein fell completely silent.

William of Germany and Vittorio of Italy also fell silent after reading the news that Nicholas had read.

Although it is impossible to believe it, the fact is that it has happened.

Daming had a power in his hands that was beyond his knowledge, and he directly destroyed seven military bases that he had high hopes for.

He destroyed 300 million soldiers and hundreds of thousands of military equipment that he had prepared for a long time.

They also recalled the new bombs that appeared in the intelligence system that were ten thousand times more powerful per unit weight.

At that time, everyone thought it was impossible, and even a report that was a hundred times more likely was unbelievable.

But if what we are seeing now is true, this [-]-fold figure is not an exaggeration, but is obviously conservative.

Even if the power is increased ten thousand times, it will be difficult to directly destroy a city.

There must be energy that is ten times more powerful.

As time passed, new messages were sent one after another.

Among the residents of the Demilitarized Zone and the Free Trade Zone, some civilian photographers took photos of the mushroom cloud at the time of the nuclear explosion, and they were found by the investigation team.

These photos were sent to Nicholas by fax.

After reading it, Nikolai and Wittgenstein both instinctively said a phrase:
"God's punishment—"

In the afternoon, the monarchs of the Three Lucia Kingdoms received news from the navy one after another.

The first news was that it was reported that it had been attacked and had entered a large-scale air defense operation. The opponent should be the Ming Dynasty's fleet.

Then there was the report a few hours later, which directly stated that the Roman combined fleet had been completely wiped out.

Then, several monarchs and staff members subconsciously asked:
"completely annihilated?"

"How come the navy was completely wiped out?"

"Are all the battleships injured?"

Anyone who knows a little bit about the navy in this era would have a hard time imagining a situation in which the entire naval fleet was truly annihilated.

Just like in the era of muskets, it is difficult for army generals to imagine a situation where all enemies are directly eliminated on the battlefield.

The artillery shells of naval artillery warships and the aerial bombs of carrier-based aircraft are all weapons with ridiculously low hits, and they all rely on quantity to build hit rates.

Two evenly matched fleets, one of which did not fight back at all, escaped despite the opponent's artillery and bombs.

At least half of the battleships can return to the military port intact.

Therefore, it is impossible to truly "annihilate the entire army."

King Vittorio of Italy asked with a trembling voice:
"Could it be that... the Ming Navy also used weapons that are comparable to divine punishment..."

Nicholas looked at the detailed report document and explained the more desperate situation with an expressionless face:

"The Ming Dynasty did not use divine punishment weapons, at least until the naval fleet completely lost contact. Ming Dynasty did not use divine punishment weapons.

“However, after they bombarded them with conventional weapons for two hours, most of the warships were paralyzed or sunk directly.

"After that, the navy lost contact, and what should have been the last communication warship was destroyed.

“In that case, it is obvious that there is no need to use divine punishment weapons anymore.

“However, the kind of bombs dropped by the Ming Dynasty naval aviation will track warships on the sea.

“When they fall, they will change their trajectory according to the situation, always heading towards the location of the battleship.

"So the hit rate reached a terrifying 60.00% or more..." The final report said that people on the battlefield suspected that Ming had dropped more than [-] bombs.

“All battleships were hit, and all battleships received more than 20 bombs, bombs weighing more than two tons.

“No warship can resist, no ship can leave intact——

"The final reward... is filled with despair..."

After Vittorio was stunned for a long time, he clasped his hands together and closed his eyes and said:

"The bombs chased the battleship and exploded... This is another form of divine punishment..."

Nicholas was silent.

Gneisenau of Germany took the report document and read it and said:
"This should be the falling direction adjusted by controlling the rudder surface at the tail of the bomb through radio remote control and electric motor.

"This is a weapon that we can also make. We are even researching and testing it, but it is still very unreliable and cannot be considered a divine punishment."

King William of Germany put his forehead in his hands:

"We haven't had any real divine punishment yet—

"But the Ming Dynasty's super bomb, coupled with the technology of controlling direction, is a de facto divine punishment for us.

"Our troops...have no way to defend themselves.

"There is no way to maintain the battlefield in the east now. Maybe tomorrow morning we will receive news that Ming Dynasty has occupied the entire demilitarized zone.

"The Battle of Britain has effectively ended...

"After this, Ming's attack will be unstoppable. As long as it encounters a difficult-to-break position, navigation and super bombs can be used to deal with it."

At this time, the surrounding staff members were also silent.

Indeed, most of them know very well that there are no gods in this world.

Of course, there is no religious concept of divine punishment.

But the technologies and weapons that Ming Dynasty now masters are physical "divine punishments."

The three Roman alliances on the scene were simply unable to compete.

War has no meaning anymore.

Vittorio was the first to shout out a proposal in the other direction:
"The war can no longer continue, and it is impossible for us to defeat the current Ming Dynasty.

"I think we should try to contact Ming to discuss an armistice agreement that Ming can accept."

Nicola glared at Vittorio again:
“After Ming issued the ultimatum yesterday, he never paid attention to our contact again.

"Do you think Daming will pay attention to us now?

“If I were the Ming Emperor, the most I would accept is complete surrender without any conditions.

"Otherwise, we will completely occupy the entire continent of Europe by force."

Vittorio also understood this reality instantly.

After staring and thinking for a minute, I seemed to find another straw:
"Then... we can try to contact the military commander who is directly fighting with us..."

This time the other two monarchs did not speak, and Gneisenau directly gave Vittorio a blow on the head:
"According to the information we have received, the commander-in-chief of the Europa battlefield appointed by the Ming Dynasty this time is Yang Yuchun."

Then the monarchs of the Three Kingdoms at the scene, as well as other staff officers who did not know the information, almost collapsed on the spot when they heard Yang Yuchun's name.

In today's Ming Dynasty, Yang Yuchun may not have an overwhelming advantage compared to other generals.

But he has a very high reputation in Thailand and Spain.

In the world war more than 20 years ago, Yang Yuchun directly commanded the battle with the West.

The Taixi generals opposite him all knew that there were only two options for fighting Yang Yuchun's troops.

Either surrender before firing, or fight to the death.

Yang Yuchun did not accept prisoners who had fired at their troops.

Strategies on the battlefield will be exaggerated when spread among the people, so much so that Yang Yuchun's name has the effect of making children stop crying.

After the scene sank for a while, Vittorio looked at Nicola:

"Your brother and niece...His Royal Highness Luo Yashan, the Grand Duke of Xianbei, and his daughter, His Royal Highness Luo Feiya, the beloved concubine of the Ming Emperor..."

Nicholas closed his eyes and said:

“They had contacted me in advance before the war started and they would not have any personal contact with me again.

"If you want to talk to them about something, you can only contact them through the diplomatic channels of Ming Honglu Temple."

The atmosphere at the scene was extremely solemn, and most people felt nothing but despair.

Weapons that can directly destroy a city and bombs that can track targets are too powerful a deterrent.

William of Germany suddenly spoke after being silent for a long time:
“Have you ever considered how difficult and costly it is to produce a weapon that can destroy a city?
“Can Ming produce many such weapons?

"Perhaps... Ming Dynasty has run out?
"Otherwise, why didn't Ming Dynasty use that kind of weapon to destroy our fleet in the North Atlantic naval battle?"

Nicholas's mood fluctuated a little, but only a little:

"Even if the Ming Dynasty only has so many divine punishment weapons, even if the Ming Dynasty has really used them all and can no longer produce them.

“However, all our elite troops have been wiped out by the Ming Dynasty.

"Even if Ming Dynasty continues to attack with conventional weapons, it is only a matter of time before it completely takes over the entire Europa."

William said immediately:
"Yes, it's a matter of time, that is, we won't fail right away.

"The Ming Dynasty had that kind of weapon, but it did not directly blow up Moscow, Berlin and Paris, and directly eliminate us monarchs and ministers.

“Just used to deal with ordinary soldiers in the camps closest to their homeland.

"It means that Ming Dynasty either doesn't have the ability to do that, and that kind of super weapon cannot be projected further.

“Either Ming Dynasty still cares about the value and significance of us orthodox monarchs.

"As long as the war continues and as long as we can exert greater combat effectiveness, Daming will contact us again sooner or later.

"We continue to mobilize more troops and reorganize our defense lines in Constantinople and the Balkans. We may not be able to withstand it for a longer period of time.

"We are not defeated yet, far from defeated, and the war is not over yet."

King Vittorio of Italy subconsciously wanted to say:

I'd rather the war was over.

Following your two families in their dream of rebuilding Rome instead of joining the French system is really the most wrong choice in this life.

However, considering Italy's status and current situation, Vittorio still resisted the urge to complain and ridicule.

Continuing to watch William try to regain morale.

William's speech seemed to have had an effect.

In other words, everyone already knows their ending and has no other choice.

Before formally declaring war, Ming Dynasty proposed mediation three times in the past three years, and finally gave an ultimatum.

They were all rejected by their own side because of the victory in front of them.

Now that Ming Dynasty refuses to have official contact with its own side, the Emperor Ming Dynasty also made his attitude clear by choosing Yang Yuchun as the commander-in-chief.

"Since you are shameless, let's try what it feels like to be beaten."

Now he can only mobilize all the power he has to resist, thereby delaying his final failure and even death.

In the world of traditional monarchs or rulers, this is really all they can do now.

As for the speculation that William mentioned, Ming Dynasty may not have the ability to deliver remotely and cannot send that kind of super bomb directly to the city behind it.

There is also speculation that the Ming Emperor needed the legitimacy of these traditional monarchs to manage the people of Western Europe after the war.

These are the final straws that they can grasp in their hands now.

The Ming Emperor indeed never executed an orthodox monarch.

The war can only go on like this.

As for the soldiers and civilians who may die directly in the war, they do not have much sense of existence in the cognition of their monarchs.

The war did indeed go on like this.