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Chapter 1773 Burning Prussia

In Bogota, Colombia, Zeng Yunfeng sighed a little when he received the news.

Over the years, an opponent who has fought with him for so long, although the two have almost never met, they have been fighting openly and secretly for a long time.

Suddenly, King George II of England passed away, which was a bit sudden to Zeng Yunfeng.

The death of the king is undoubtedly a huge turmoil for the British political situation, and on the other hand, it is a great blow to the morale of the alliance between Britain and Prussia.

After Frederick II received the news, he was in a bad mood.

His allies, especially the king, suddenly died of illness, which is really bad news for Frederick II.

Originally, Prussia had few allies, and some of them had ambiguous attitudes, and did not join the war at all.

If it weren't for his good relationship with the King of England, it would be difficult for Prussia and England to form an alliance.

But now, such a thing actually happened above this critical node, which is really a bit worse.

"Is the news accurate?" Frederick II looked a little lonely in his seat.

The foreign minister stepped forward and said: "The news of the national mourning has already come out. It seems that there is nothing wrong with it. According to the confirmation of our intelligence personnel, the accuracy rate of this matter is very high."

Frederick II subconsciously rubbed the armrest of the chair he was leaning on, and took off the hat he had been wearing all year round and put it on the table.

"Although I knew he was in poor health, I never thought he would walk so fast."

"Your Majesty don't need to be too sad, now is not the time for Prussia to be sad!" The Minister of Defense said.

Frederick II regained his energy, "Yes, now is not the time for us to be sad."

"Yes, our current situation is very critical. The fall of Berlin is imminent! I can't care about other things." The foreign minister said.

The Minister of Finance next to him also nodded. The situation in this imperial meeting was tense and depressing.

"Do you have any thoughts about the current terrible situation!" Frederick II asked after scanning around.

"Your Majesty, I propose to withdraw from Berlin."

"Exit Berlin?"

Frederick II looked at the Minister of Defense and asked, "Why do you have such an idea?"

"It is very difficult to defend Berlin completely. If you stick to Berlin, you will only be surrounded and wiped out by the three-party coalition forces. This is not what we want to see, so I suggest retreating to Berlin, giving them the capital Berlin, and the troops are fighting in the field!"

The Chancellor of the Exchequer objected, "No, Berlin is our capital. If Berlin is lost, it will deal a huge blow to morale. Once the people lose their will to resist, the whole of Prussia will soon fall."

"Prussia will be carved up by France, Austria, Russia, and even Sweden will come and get involved."

"However, if we don't withdraw from Berlin, what else can we do to defend Berlin except field battles?" The Minister of Defense asked with a sneer.

"The number of our troops is much lower than that of the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, and the British King has just passed away, so they can't take care of themselves. It is good enough to be able to hold Hanover."

"Almost all the pressure on land has been given to us, and we will only suffer heavy losses if we stick to Berlin."

"What do you want to do?" Frederick II looked at his Minister of Defense.

"It is necessary to gather troops to resist. This is our only choice at the moment, but we must not gather a little bit, otherwise once we are surrounded, the consequences will be disastrous."

Frederick II also nodded, and he agreed with the Minister of Defense's opinion.

Prussia is no better than other countries, and the quality of their military is relatively higher, so they don't worry about the trouble of the so-called army command, but worry that their troops will be surrounded and wiped out.

The marching speed, organization, combat effectiveness, and resilience of the Prussian troops are all better than those of other countries.

In the early days of the Seven Years' War, Prussia defeated the French and Austrian armies more than once, and even had a chance of winning against the Russian army.

But why it suddenly stopped after that, in fact, it was because they were restricted by one city and one pool in the ruling area.

The Prussian army kept fighting around the city, naturally they couldn't take care of themselves, and their strength was insufficient, which caused fires everywhere in Prussia's land, and their troops fought the fire everywhere, and they were rescued there.

Even if Frederick II was wise enough to win battle after battle, he would inevitably weaken in the later stage.

Now, with the problems of the British King George II, Britain is in chaos, and the new king has not yet ascended the throne.

For King Frederick II of Prussia, this is the worst situation at present, and he does not know how to face this situation.

For him, this situation can be big or small. Once something he doesn't want to see happens, it will be a catastrophe for Prussia.

The Minister of Defense said everything he thought and thought, and won the consent of Frederick II.

For this idea, Frederick II not only agreed, but he also had to persuade other ministers to agree.

Except for the slight criticism of the Minister of Defense, everyone else was lost in thought.

After all, this war determined the national destiny of Prussia. There is no doubt that the national destiny will be prosperous if it wins, but if it loses, the result can be imagined.

The Foreign Minister suddenly looked at Frederick II and said, "Your Majesty, I wonder if we can bring the Kingdom of White Iron into the battle?"

"White Iron Kingdom?" The Minister of Defense snorted coldly, "Impossible, they are too far away from us, even if they can provide support, it will be supported by the fleet."

"And the main forces attacking us come from the French, Austrian and Russian native troops. Even if we use sea raids, they will not interfere with the situation of the European War at all."

"White Iron Kingdom can't send his ships to Silesia!"

The Minister of Finance also quite agreed, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs actually wanted to try harder, but Frederick II stopped his words and said: "There is no need to say more on this matter, we must draft a Plan to fight for more military purchases from the White Iron Kingdom."

The Minister of Finance had a bitter face, "Your Majesty, our country's finances seem to be insufficient, and it will be very difficult to collect all the taxes. Your Majesty, please make plans early."

Frederick II sighed again, "Borrow, borrow from the UK, from the British Parliament, from the British Bank, and borrow everything you can."

The foreign minister's face was equally bitter, "But if your majesty continues like this, others will know that we can't hold on anymore."

Frederick II didn't care, "The comparison now is who can't hold on first. Do you think other countries are better than us?"

"Needless to say France, Russia is not much better than us."

"For things like war, no one can really just enjoy the cheap without paying the price. Hurry up and do it. Maybe there are some speculators who want to buy more of our national debt."

The chancellor nodded yes.

The Minister of Internal Affairs glanced at Frederick II, and immediately lowered his eyes again.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Your Majesty, if we abandon Berlin, these palaces in Berlin may be looted."

Frederick II was not angry. There are quite a lot of works of art in his palace, especially some paintings, which he likes very much.

He turned to look at the Minister of Defense, "How much can these things be taken away?" The Minister of Defense did not answer, but shook his head.

Frederick II sighed, "Then transport it to a certain place and store it, and put it in Berlin. We will use it when we come back."

After the unification of opinions, the Kingdom of Prussia rumbled like a restarted machine.

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