Chapter 544 Chat
"Why can't we fight guerrillas? Didn't you say that the best way to defeat a strong one is to let the other side know the pain? And New Mexico is an area as big as two Frances. Isn't it possible that they can't run away?"
Friedrich asked with some confusion. After all, although he did not see it with his own eyes, the British were indeed planted on Kalimantan, and it was not a small force.
New Mexico at this time is the name of Mexico, which is actually equivalent to part of Nevada + Utah + Arizona + New Mexico + Colorado in the United States at this time.
"That's a brigade, with more than five thousand people, and warships and artillery." Friedrich sighed in his heart. If Franz hadn't invented the reconnaissance balloon, he would have been blinded in that kind of terrain, and maybe he would have been blinded. Follow in the footsteps of the British.
In fact, this is unlikely, because the Austrian army is much larger than the British army, and it is well-equipped and has a large number of marines. In terms of the quality of its troops, it is much better than the British garrison in India and Southeast Asia.
Moreover, even against the British, Nanming's army could not attack directly. They only dared to use sneak attack tactics after the former divided their forces.
"Uncle Friedrich, in addition to complex and vast terrain, guerrilla warfare also requires a popular base. Only in this way can we continue to obtain supplies and at the same time keep the enemy in the dark.
Then the principle of the enemy advancing and we retreating, the enemy stationing and harassing us, the enemy tired and attacking, and the enemy retreating and pursuing us can come into effect. Otherwise, these words can only remain on paper.
Now New Mexico simply does not have this condition, and we cannot expect Tasan Anna to perform miracles.
Unless there is a fool who wants to take over all of Mexico in one fell swoop. "Franz analyzed.
At this time, Louis Philippe in the Tuileries Palace in Paris, and Winfield, commander of the American Second Expeditionary Force in Veracruz, sneezed at the same time.
"Well, it seems that the Mexicans are completely hopeless. Then why not let my eldest brother go? He is very good at war on land and at the same time very idle.
The command of the Vienna garrison was indeed an honor, but it was not suitable for Albrecht.
Then I will take the fleet and send the entire U.S. Navy to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. "Friedrich felt that the situation was actually far less bad than Franz said, because he felt that the Americans were simply vulnerable.
In particular, it is simply stupid to let the navy divide its forces for operations. The navy should concentrate on fighting. In Friedrich's eyes, the Americans completely lacked common sense in naval warfare.
In fact, the U.S. Navy has not fought many serious naval battles. They have fought more break-up battles. They are more like pirates than the navy, and they are still the kind of unpopular pirates.
"This is impossible! The United States has not declared war on us, and it is impossible for us to declare war on them."
"Can't beat it?"
"Can beat it."
"Then why not fight?"
"Because we can't fight, at least not now."
"so troublesome!"
"That's how politics is. If we start a war indiscriminately when we don't have absolute strength, we may be the ones who suffer in the end."
"Then what should I do? Travel?"
"I need you to send a batch of humanitarian supplies and approximately 12,000 Umbrella Security Company employees to Mexico."
"Then why don't we go to war?"
"We are not going to fight, but to send supplies and labor. The two parties in the U.S.-Mexico War are still the United States and Mexico. Austria is just a bystander, and this will not change."
Friedrich sighed helplessly.
"You have the final say. What if the U.S. Navy takes the initiative to attack my fleet?"
"Impossible, Americans don't have the guts." Franz gave his own judgment.
"I mean what if? Who would have imagined that an ant could bite off a piece of meat from an elephant? And Americans are much larger than that ant in Southeast Asia.
By the way I want to mention something. That's not like you, Franz.
You brat usually looks old-fashioned and confident, but you don't make blind judgments.
Have you reached puberty? That Japanese woman has no breasts. I also heard that you often roll around on the grass with your playmates. "
Friedrich suddenly realized something.
"You don't like masculinity like those ancient Greeks, do you?"
In fact, many ancient Greek philosophers we are familiar with did have this hobby, and it was considered an elegant behavior and hobby in the society at that time.
The previous words did remind Franz that he did make a mistake, but later he really went off the rails.
Although I don’t want to argue on such a meaningless matter, if I don’t clarify it quickly now, I’m afraid the rumors will become more and more outrageous.
"No, I like women."
"To deny it so quickly makes people even more suspicious." Friedrich showed a suspicious expression.
"What's so suspicious about this?" Franz said casually.
"Prove it." Friedrich said provocatively.
"It is mentioned in the ancestral precepts that members of the royal family will never prove themselves." Franz wanted to end this topic.
"Don't be so boring. You are already fourteen years old. There are so many illegitimate children like you among the nobles in the countryside.
And you've reached the age where it's time to hire a health nurse. Your mother won't just ignore it, right? "Friedrich was still unwilling to give up.
"Uncle Friedrich, why haven't I heard that you have an illegitimate child?" Franz asked.
"I, I, I, I went to a military academy, and then I was fighting all day long. How could I have time?" Friedrich immediately became speechless.
"Then I suspect you like men."
"I don't like men!"
"Then prove it!"
"You kid, doesn't the Oman princess I brought back prove everything?"
"Well, I'll go ask Princess Sneka if you have done anything to her."
"Don't go, I'm done with you kid."
"Uncle Friedrich, self-certification is very hard." Franz wanted to say that this kind of PUA trap that was used by later generations was quite easy to use. At the same time, he also lamented that the wisdom of the ancients could prevent falling into the logical traps of later generations. .
"You kid! You, you, you" Friedrich was not good at socializing due to his social fear, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Tell me about you." Franz decided to change the subject. "Princess Sineka is very beautiful, and you have great vision. How do you like it? Are you willing to devote yourself to the empire?"
Friedrich also let out a sigh of relief, but a complicated expression appeared on his face.
"She is very beautiful, very smart, and can speak Dutch. But I feel that she is approaching me on purpose, and her motives may not be pure. Moreover, the other party is a heretic. Will His Majesty the Emperor and the Church agree?"
"Didn't the ancestral precepts say that it is foolish to look for love in marriage? But if you really like her, then rely on your own strength to conquer her."
Franz never thought that one day he would use such words to persuade others, but such words are indeed easier to understand for people of this era.
"How can you conquer me? I'm only 1.58 meters tall. She is taller than me."
Franz held his forehead, then patted Friedrich on the shoulder.
"With your height, don't even think about it, but the so-called strength is not only physical, but also mental and national.
Specifically, you can use your continuous victories and the strength of your empire to make her learn to truly fall in love with you. "