Dominate the Country

A garrison camp on the east coast of America, Kangguo-Florida Peninsula-Northern Border.

The sky was gloomy, and the wind was howling from the north. The helmets hanging under the eaves swayed violently in the wind, making dull collisions when they collided with each other. Although the shapes of these helmets were different, there was no doubt that these helmets could save the lives of soldiers at certain times.

Next to him was a Type 35 Army helmet newly made by Chen Han. Zhu Min sat leisurely on a tattered old French sofa, crossed his legs, holding a handful of French newspapers in his hands. This was a second language he took after entering middle school. There was also a cup of cocoa that was still steaming on the wooden bench at his feet.

Due to the terrain, there are no large mountains across the east and west on the North American plains. The mountains here are more north-south. That's why it's windy here in winter. The blizzards whistling down from the Arctic can rush from the northernmost tip of the continent to the southernmost tip.

Kangguo is located at the southeast corner of the North American continent. In winter, snowflakes can be seen falling in the northern mountains. In the former Georgia region in the north of Kangguo, the entire state will snow in winter, whether it is the southern plains near the sea, the Blue Ridge Mountains in the north, or the foothills of Petermont in the middle.

The sofa is placed under the eaves. Here, as long as you look up, you can see the horse farm not far away. Zhu Min is a cavalryman.

After graduating from high school, he did not go to the technical school affiliated with the gold company, but signed up for the army. After several years of hard work and the knowledge he has learned over the years, he can not only write and arithmetic, but also draw pictures and do better reconnaissance. Zhu Min has crossed the most important threshold between soldiers and officers. He is now a glorious cavalry corporal officer, a platoon leader, a reconnaissance platoon leader, with more than 20 elites under him.

As well as the neatly arranged horse pens and haystacks, the logistics personnel of the base are gathering next to a group of war horses that have just returned, doing routine maintenance and "maintenance" work. Check if they are injured, if there are bleeding wounds, and if the horseshoes and saddles are worn.

The wind is still blowing, and the weather is still very bad. Under such weather conditions, it is very difficult for the cavalry to go out.

Although there is a handful of French newspapers in my hand, there are very few contents related to France. Instead, there are more news about the Russian War, the Austrian War and the American War, which account for more than 70% of the newspaper. This is the newspaper seized by their battalion in the recent operation. Through this, we can also understand our enemies.

And why did French newspapers appear on the land of the Lighthouse Country? Haha, that's it.

Secondly, the newspapers are reports and analyses of France's rearmament.

There is no doubt that during this period, the French and all walks of life in France were particularly concerned about the actions of neighboring countries.

The Russian war and the American war were a medium for them to reintegrate into Europe. Although this European system was built on the framework of the old European system, there was nothing we could do about it. Napoleon wanted to create a Greater Europe centered on France, but hasn't he failed?

They should now be thankful that they have not completely lost their voice in this framework dominated by the old system.

It's like the old saying, when you can't change the world, you can only choose to integrate into the world.

This is the wisdom of the country, so in the short term Napoleon will follow the "footsteps" of the British government to show respect and remain silent before rearming. The knowledgeable people in France have already seen their current crisis.

The glory of the Great Revolution is dead. The war against Russia can be said to have lost half of France's national destiny, and a large number of veterans died in the war. The impact of failure on Napoleon's personal prestige, the fatigue brought to the French by years of war, and the sense of emptiness after the wave of the Great Revolution completely receded, a variety of emotions mixed together, which not only greatly weakened the combat effectiveness of the French army, but also greatly weakened the cohesion of France.

There will never be a self-defense militia on the land of this country that is poorly trained, has limited equipment, but is extremely high in morale.

The previous National Guard could sing the Marseillaise loudly. Under the guidance of the country, people from the east, west, south and north can unite as one and fight the enemy together. Now, although Napoleon has resisted the Sixth Anti-French Alliance, the original French army building plan has not been completed so far. This forced Napoleon to modify the plan several times and continuously reduce the size of the French army.

Therefore, France now needs to bow its head. But it is difficult to say that Napoleon's choice is correct, or it is drinking poison to quench thirst. Because there is too deep a gap and hatred between them.

France gave up the Iberian Peninsula, while Ferdinando I [King of Sicily] was still tirelessly pursuing the land of Naples, and Vittorio Emanuele I [King of Sardinia] was also pursuing a large area of ​​northwestern Italy including the entire Piedmont, which were all lost in the Napoleonic Wars. If their wishes were allowed to be realized, four hostile countries with strong malice towards Paris would soon appear in the southwest and south of France.

Napoleon had broken the Sixth Anti-French Alliance, but he had no confidence in dealing with the Seventh Anti-French Alliance. France's strength was recovering, and the strength of France's enemies was also rapidly increasing.

Zhu Min's identity meant that he had no chance of interfering in these international affairs, but he was still happy to read foreign newspapers in his spare time, which would give him more topics to talk about with his comrades.

As a high school student, Zhu Min has the highest academic qualifications in the entire company except for officers who graduated from professional schools. High school students still have some value in society. Even if they cannot get into college, as a high school student, they can find many jobs in society. This is one of the reasons why Zhu Min quickly stood out in the team.

Zhu Min, who has stepped up from a soldier to an officer, and not only relied on the path of applying for a military academy to become a corporal, understands the ideas of grassroots soldiers very well, and he has also summed up some "methods" of leading soldiers at the grassroots level.

He is able to put down his airs and chat and brag with his soldiers, which is a good way to keep in touch. While chatting, he occasionally talks about some fresh news and things. He knows French and can read foreign newspapers. This is also his ability, which can also lead to the respect of the soldiers.

In a simple sentence, it is to pretend to be cool, which improves his style and wins greater respect from the soldiers.

Knowledge is a precious wealth, and Chinese people generally admire knowledgeable people.

And it is precisely because Zhu Min is a high school graduate that his father Zhu Yishan never thought of letting his son join the army. A high school student, even if he failed the college entrance examination, can easily find a job in society if he is not too particular. What's more, America is a place where "talents" are more scarce than the mainland.

But Zhu Min still joined the army. Because of this, he had a very unhappy quarrel with his father.

Of course, Zhu Min also insisted that his father was definitely not unpatriotic and supportive of the army, but he could not deny that his father's "feudal patriarchal consciousness" was too strong. But this is a Chinese tradition. Filial piety comes first among all virtues. The Qing Dynasty also advocated filial piety. It is natural for parents to interfere in their children's affairs in traditional Chinese culture. It was only in the last 10 to 20 years that the country gradually began to promote the "new era concept" - for example, opposing arranged marriages, and naturally there is also the independence of children's future. But all this is just advocacy, not coercion.

Now, Zhu Min is already a corporal in a cavalry battalion of the American Garrison Army, with a platoon of elite scouts under his command. Thanks to their efforts, the environment around the garrison is still safe, although this safety is only temporary. After all, the difference in strength between the enemy and us is too great - only in the battlefield where they are, the total strength of the Garrison Army and the Fan Army is only three or four thousand people. If the enemy really attacks in large numbers, what they have to do is to retreat from the plains to the mountains and contain the first part of the enemy's forces. This is the biggest task of their team.

In the vast plains, because the "indigenous people" here have been completely driven out by the National Defense Army, even if the Americans fight back now, their farmers will not be able to come back so quickly.

The empty land seems to be shrouded in a cloud of war fog. Everything is unclear, and everything needs to be investigated by reconnaissance cavalry. The latter is in a very dangerous situation.

Scouts are equivalent to scouts. How can they be carried out in groups of twenty or thirty people when conducting reconnaissance? Generally, there are three or two people in a group, and at most five people in a group, and there must be someone in charge of drawing.

On the vast Georgia coastal plain, when the enemy and our scout cavalry meet each other, brutal fighting is inevitable, and the result is naturally the death of soldiers.

This is very dangerous, but Zhu Min feels that he has found the goal he fought for when he joined the army. He signed up for the army to realize his life value in the war, not to defend the country. There is no country on this earth that can let China defend its homeland. Zhu Min hopes to use the sword in his hand to open up new territory for the great motherland.

Yes, he is a small soldier, and it is impossible for him to dominate the world like those generals and ministers who are famous in history. But the army is composed of small soldiers like him, and every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world!

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There is no doubt that there are Chinese intelligence personnel lurking in the government of the Lighthouse Country, and they may not even be spies of one side, but it is very likely that while informing China, they are also closely connected with Britain and France.

They leaked a lot of secrets to China, which created some opportunities for the garrison troops. You should know that the Lighthouse Country is an immigrant country. The more than 6 million people here can be divided into more than a dozen groups of different sizes, and each group can also be divided into countless smaller groups.

There is too much room for outsiders to drill in. Because these groups of different sizes are not all loyal to the United States.

Especially after the Sino-US war, the prospects of the old United States are very bleak. In this case, many people in the Lighthouse Country are eager to find their next home. As for transferring property, that is child's play.

Many people in the Lighthouse Country have chosen to "move" and move back to the old continent of Europe.

No matter how fiercely the European continent fights, there are still some stable places such as London, Paris, and Stockholm, especially London. There is better than the United States, which may be taken over by the Chinese at any time.

In this situation, it is not only the Chinese who come to drill holes. Compared with China, Europeans seem closer to the Lighthouse Country.

So, the Congress in Washington has now become a big net with holes everywhere, countless holes.

The Lighthouse Country certainly has self-knowledge, but they are powerless to change all this. The issue of state power has not been resolved. The Lighthouse Country, which cannot achieve complete centralization, has already lost half of the competition.

The battlefield where Zhu Min is located is only a small part of the entire North American battlefield, but as long as he is satisfied with his own battle, where is not a war?

Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Zhu Min got up and walked to the table beside him to pick up the lunch box. It was six o'clock and it was time to have dinner.

Their camp was full of cavalry, and they did not need to eat as strictly as infantry, especially their reconnaissance cavalry.

But the food in this place is really good.

Eating in America, there will be no shortage of bison meat, and at the same time, Kangguo is close to the sea, with all kinds of seafood + beef, the food is far better than before.

Although the destructive power of the war is huge, since the war began, the war has mostly burned outside the Lighthouse Country, and it has been less than a year since the war began. The Lighthouse Country has the strong support of Europeans behind it. Therefore, although the economy of this immigrant country has become increasingly depressed and the social material supply has become increasingly tight, the entire society has not become riddled with holes.

However, this year is destined to be a sad year for the Lighthouse Country.

America has always been a place for Europe to import food, but now the food in the old United States is a bit tight. Hundreds of thousands of troops were sent to the war in batches, and a large number of young and strong men were forcibly conscripted into the army. There is a shortage of young and strong men in the United States, which has been greatly affected both farming and industrial production.

In the future, all kinds of materials in the American market will become scarce. From clothing to food, from butter and cheese to white sugar and refined salt, there is a shortage of everything, which is obvious. Even Americans who serve the Lighthouse Government will not be able to get enough material rations. This is all destined!

Relatively speaking, the material supply here is heaven.

The big and small countries here have been around for many years. The vassal states of Chen Ming's little brothers, which one can't achieve self-sufficiency in food production?

Although the war will have a great impact on them, just like the United States, the war has been going on for less than a year, and the whole winter is just a small fight, and the vassal states still have a lot of material reserves.

Only those newly feudal vassal states are unlucky, because the materials they store, even the materials stored in the warehouses of the vassal states in North America, are theirs to a certain extent, and are all preparations they made to build their own vassal states. But now everything is based on war.

The cavalry, especially this cavalry, is also responsible for reconnaissance. In this case, the food situation of Zhu Min's camp is really too good. Every day, it is either beef or fish, and various fruits are placed on the side table. Whoever wants to eat can take it.

From apples, oranges, sugar cane to mangoes, pineapples, coconuts, as well as avocados native to Mexico and Central America and egg fruits in the Caribbean, it can be said that everything is available.

Zhu Min now only likes to eat potatoes when eating braised beef, and doesn't eat much beef.

After getting a box of lunch in the cafeteria, Zhu Min put half a peeled pineapple on the plate on the table, drank the cold cocoa himself, and then slurped up half a box of rice and potatoes and beef in the newspaper lunch box.

With beef shreds still stuck in his teeth, Zhu Min washed the lunch box and sat back on the shabby sofa. The leisure time after this mission was leisure, but it was also monotonous and boring.

After flipping through the French newspaper in his hand, Zhu Min raised his head and glanced at the horse stable not far away, and finally looked up at the sky. The sky was still gloomy, without a trace of starlight, the wind was still raging, and the helmets hanging under the eaves were still swaying in the wind, colliding with each other, making a dull "bang bang" sound, which was also monotonous and boring.

War not only requires passion, but also the ability to endure boredom.