C293 The threat of the Orient (1/2)

Karl's mutterings were a little childish. He was already a thirty-five years old, it would be disgraceful to say such arrogant words.

Of course, the classic battle of the Duck Cavalry, which was fought by the Chinese, had taken advantage of the geographical advantage. It was understandable that the good use of geography was a quality that soldiers should have.

There was only one path in the dense jungle for the cavalry to cross, and outside the jungle was a long gentle slope filled with gravel. This kind of terrain was very disadvantageous for the cavalry, the infantry definitely had an advantage in this type of terrain.

But how much advantage was this? Was it really so much that Prince Karl looked down on it? The answer was no, from the beginning to the end, the Chinese Army had fought with fewer people and outnumbered people.

Two of the French cavalry Barracks had more than eight hundred troops, but Xiao Letian's army had only three hundred. Not to mention the fact that the French had eight hundred war horses to support them, while the Chinese relied on their two legs to run.

Bismark and the others had long known about the details of the battle through teleportation. Other than admiration, they could not say anything else.

However, this kind of fighting strength, in the mouth of the Prince Karl, became something that he did not care about.

While the several dignitaries at the luncheon were sighing inwardly, the prince's next words caused them to change their previous views. Everyone was emotionally moved.

”I admit that I underestimated the strength of the Chinese before their rescue. I have a whole new level of respect for them …” Prince Karl changed his previous frivolous tone, as his expression became more and more solemn.

”The relationship between the Prussian royal family and the British royal family has always been very close. There is no need to repeat who my wife is. Here I can reveal a top secret information. When Britain captured the capital of China six years ago, there was a top secret experiment …”

Prince Karl's wife was Queen Victoria, the eldest daughter of the Queen Victoria, the mother of the British royal family, the person who instigated the First Opium War. At that time, the British Parliament was opposed to sending troops to China. It was Victoria's public disapproval that allowed the British Expeditionary forces to traverse more than half of the world and finally occupy Hong Kong.

This was a legendary queen, a woman that the entire European aristocracy revered. Her name represented an era, an era where Britain ruled over the world.

Karl marrying Victoria's eldest daughter was always the pride of the Prussian royalty, so Britain naturally became an important ally of Prussia's rise. The Queen Victoria obviously hoped that his son-in-law would become stronger, but the condition was that he couldn't challenge Britain's interests in the sea.

Karl looked at his father and said softly, ”Six years ago, during the war that was when the English and French attacked China, the British Army conducted a secret experiment. They randomly picked a hundred Chinese people and tested their stamina and intelligence.”

”The results are quite surprising. Although the Chinese are physically weaker than the Europeans, it is mainly due to their diet. As for their IQ, these Chinese are not bad at all. Their average IQ is even higher than the average European …”

”What does this mean? ”This can only mean that China is not weak at all. The Chinese are not barbarians. The thousands of years of ancient civilization could never have been created by a bunch of fools …”

”Haha …” Karl laughed lightly, ”Do you really think I am someone who is reckless and impulsive? You are wrong, all my disrespect to these Chinese is simply because I am afraid! ”

”You did not hear wrongly, I am indeed afraid of this people. I am afraid that even the emperor of the Qing dynasty cannot tell how many people there are in China now. Is it 200 million or 300 million? ”I'm afraid no one knows, but there are only three hundred military observers coming to Europe this time. This number is comparable to the total population of the Kingdom of Qing, so I will not need to calculate the ratio …”

”How terrible, how terrible is this? ”If we were to say that among the ten thousand Chinese there would be a highly qualified person like this group of military officials, then we in Europe would be facing a disaster, a historic disaster...”

Speaking till this point, everyone understood that William I was looking at his son with a dazed expression. He suddenly felt that after all these years of studying in Britain, not only was marrying into the Grand Princess something he was proud of, Karl's studies were also not as bad as he thought.

”Karl, what do you have in your heart to say? There are no outsiders here!” William I said kindly.

Karl nodded his head, ”Europe is the European Europe, we have lived together for thousands of years. Since the ancient Greece, we have lived in this land, and of course at that time, Prussia was just a barbaric land.”