C1920 Its not easy to be a superior! (1/2)

There was not much time left for Xiao Letian to think, within the next 25 minutes, he had to come up with the right judgement, and his own soldiers also had to be able to coordinate and enforce the Leader's orders in the shortest amount of time possible.

There were only 25 minutes. Honestly speaking, in such a short period of time, forget about executing the orders, even the next decision was not that easy. What was more worrisome was that the French spy would really follow the original timetable and fire the cannons. What if it was earlier!

The map was placed right on top of the artillery box. Both of Xiao Letian's hands were pressed on top of the box, and his head was almost touching the map.

The pressure, the enormous pressure, caused him to be unable to straighten his back. Right now, this was the crucial moment in which a single leader would be tested.

The world thinks the Emperor is good and that he wants to be prime minister, but who can understand that the greater the power, the greater the responsibility? He just saw the rain and the wind above the thousands of people? You can even enjoy all the delicious food and beautiful women in the world? Everyone was flattering him? Just by looking at the magnificent objects in the palace, one would be able to tell that they were expensive?

It was true that for people like Xiao Letian, the fortune they received was shockingly huge, but the pressure that these people were shouldering was unimaginably huge.

Just like now, in this life or death situation, no one dared to say anything. Even if someone was holding back their thoughts, he wouldn't dare to say a word! Why? Because the choice made at this moment completely determined the fate of the future Chinese national strategy.

Advance? If that was the case, they would have to keep an eye on the French artillery. They might even have to fight with the French Mediterranean Fleet.

This question was hard to answer. Although the British had a pretty good mouth, but if the army used deterrence to protect you, it did not mean that they would directly engage in a full-scale war with France!

Once France's Ironheart wanted to sink the Zhiyuan Warship, Britain's chances of directly firing their cannons in the war would be only about fifty-five.

More importantly, the Chinese had just engaged in a heated battle with Russia. Could it be that they were about to start a war with France? So what if he won? To challenge two European powers in a row within half a year, that was going to anger the masses!

What would Britain and other European countries think? They would immediately treat Xiao Letian as the 'God's Whip' Attila, and the Chinese would be like the Huns in history, frightening the whole Europe and gathering all their power to kill him.

This kind of conflict was not something the Chinese people could bear, nor was it what Xiao Letian wanted. How could the Chinese people right now fight against the entire European civilization? What Xiao Letian needed now was a free ride in the Franco-Prussian war, and ultimately, a longer period of rest.

The other worry was that Xiao Letian would have to consider it, and that he would gain the upper hand in the battle and not join forces with the French.

Now that the Suez Canal was completely under the control of the French, and the British army was pitifully small, if they really started to fight, the French would directly sink their ships and obstruct the canal from the north to the south.

Suez Canal was very narrow, even the narrowest could not move two rows of boats at the same time. In a river channel that was forty to fifty meters wide, if a few broken boats were to sink, then your battleship would at least be trapped in Great Bitter Lake.

He chose to move forward and chose to escalate the conflict. There was a high possibility of war erupting, and he might also be trapped here. The risk was not small.

Then what about choosing to retreat? He could just retreat back to the Red Sea and enter the Atlantic Ocean from the Cape of Good Hope.

What the French Emperor wanted was this result. Originally, the reason this conflict was arranged by the Bedouin Desert Bandit was because they wanted to use this complicated situation to delay the allied fleet and buy time.

If you go around Africa now, the French would have more time to move around. Maybe when Xiao Letian saw Gibraltar, the European Anti-Chinese Alliance was already formed.

This is a match against time, what choice do you, Xiao Letian, have?