C1687 Deathly situation (1/2)
Andreev's face twisted three times, and in the end, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet as he fiercely said, ”The Chinese are right, we should not be merciful! ”Since you're willing to jump into this fire pit, then don't blame me for hating your plan …”
”The situation is very clear now, surrender is the only way out, the price for stubbornly resisting is to massacre the city! ”At the same time, you do not wish for the Empire to suffer huge losses …”
”There is only one solution … Bringing Akson along to initiate a break through the encirclement! As long as he accidentally died in this battle … When the time comes, even if you surrender, who can sign a land cutting treaty? We don't have any privileges on our hands! ”
The warm weather suddenly brought a gust of cold wind, causing Venia to involuntarily shiver. ”Has the situation reached this stage?”
”Nonsense, what do you think? ”Why don't you just smother him yourself and tell the Chinese that he died of an illness in the vault, or that he simply took an overdose and died...” Andreev looked at the soldiers around him and sighed.
”But looking at the current situation of this army, I'm afraid they won't be able to do anything. How could these newly liberated serfs do anything to His Majesty's relatives?” ”Only by accident can we break out of the encirclement. This is the most reasonable excuse!”
Venia knew that this was the best way. With that young man's mentality, as long as he fell into the hands of the Chinese, he would not be their opponent. Xiao Letian would be able to play him to death.
There is a saying in China that 'one word goes to the door of the Nine Bull, but one word goes to the door of the Nine Bull.' This is also true in international conflicts. Although the size of a fist on the surface is hard, but many times a fist cannot be swung around.
The first point was that he could not beat them. To mobilize over a hundred thousand regular troops from Western Europe to travel to the East was itself a huge risk. Not to mention that he would also have to spend a huge amount of money, he would also have to spend a lot of time.
After all this mess, you might not even be able to guarantee that you will win. If you lose or fight to the death, you will be able to stand out internationally. Who knows if other European powers will take advantage of your illness to stab you in the back.
Second, so what if you can beat it? After draining the empire's limited revenues, the process of industrialization was suspended, plans for the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway were put on hold, and the ransom for serfs was frozen. To stir up chaos in the country and then win back the Far East?
Who would do such a thing? Who would invest 100 million and recover only 10 million? Who would do such an idiotic thing?
At the end of the day, war was also a business. It required calculation of how much money one put in and how much money one put into it. Only when the short-term income and the long-term income were calculated and accounted for could one make a move.
War was not a game for madmen. If war could solve all problems, wouldn't British Empire have to fight every day? In fact, England also had a lot of concessions in those brilliant three hundred years, he also suffered countless defeats and did not have revenge in the end.
American Independence, British Invasion of Afghanistan, Boer Riots in South Africa... England is not a smooth sailing!
A country can never raise its troops in anger. A battle to overthrow the country might seem like a glorious victory, but if the war were to be lost, then your country's strength would rapidly decline and other countries would be taken advantage of.