Daming Crazy Emperor

Taichang stared at the latest map of Africa, frowning and pondering for a long time.

At this moment, Northwest Africa has been completely occupied by Zuma's West African Kingdom, and East Africa is almost completely occupied by Atlantis.

However, Zuma and Atlanta can only use the 100 million chariots, and the defense line in North Africa cannot be relaxed at all. Once relaxed, the European Union is almost likely to counterattack.

This is actually not the biggest problem. After all, the slave trade has just started at this moment, and Africa has not yet been trafficked into slavery by hundreds of millions of young adults like in history.

Now the population of Africa as a whole is relatively large, not to mention hundreds of millions of young and strong, there are still several million, and most of them are concentrated in the areas occupied by Zuma and Atlanta.

In other words, it is not a problem for them to expand their army by 100 million or even 200 million.

The problem is how to call to South Africa.

On the map, the southern borders of the Kingdom of West Africa and the Kingdom of East Africa are almost all mountains, and the army cannot pass through at all.

At this moment, Lin Chaojie's battle report has also been sent over, and they have checked on the spot. Central Africa is still a tropical rainforest like the Amazon jungle, and the only road leading to the south is a rugged mountain road, which is difficult for chariots to pass.

That is to say, if they want to follow the old road of Turenne, the chariots and even the artillery basically cannot be transported there, and the food can't be brought much.

Turenne was running for his life, so it didn't matter.

They want to organize an expedition of at least 200 million troops, and they also need to attack at least ten cities and destroy nearly a million enemy troops. There is not enough artillery and food, and even the demand for ammunition cannot be estimated.

If the Ming Empire fully participates in the war, then this problem is naturally easy to solve, as long as all the Aegis ships, Flying Dragon battleships, and dreadnoughts are mobilized, and then thousands of armed merchant ships, 200 million horses, food, supplies, weapons and ammunition are mobilized. It took a few trips to South Africa.

The problem is that the Ming Empire cannot participate in the war yet.

Once he mobilizes most of the naval ships, the development of Xibo Province and Western Region Province will stop halfway.

That was an investment of several hundred million taels a year, and he had invested no less than one billion taels before and after. If he just gave up halfway, the loss would be huge.

Besides, the history of the previous hundreds of years and the following hundreds of years has proved that one should not think that one is invincible once one becomes strong, and act recklessly.

If this is the case, it is not far from extinction.

Is the Spanish colonial empire a bull?

In the past hundred years, it can be said that Spain has dominated the world, and almost half of the entire world has been occupied by Spain.

As a result, Spain just messed around for decades, and an empire that was so powerful that it was almost impossible to decline just declined.

Is Napoleon a cow or not?

During the heyday of the First French Empire, it almost occupied the entire continent of Europe, leaving Britain still shivering at sea.

As a result, Napoleon spent less than ten years fighting from east to west, and the mighty French Empire collapsed. In the end, Napoleon himself became a prisoner.

There is also the European madman in World War II. During his heyday, the entire continent of Europe and even North Africa trembled under his feet. …

As a result, in less than ten years, the army was defeated and died.

To be honest, his current strength is nothing compared to that madman.

When that madman was at his strongest, the army, navy, and air force combined had more than 1000 million troops. If the troops of the slave countries were added, the troops he could mobilize were more than 2000 million, and tanks, planes, and cannons were even more numerous.

With such a powerful strength, he became insolent and died in less than ten years. This is a true historical fact, not something he imagined.

Therefore, it is a curse for people to be crazy. They cannot be so crazy when they are strong. They can hit whoever they want, and they can fight as much as they want. No matter how powerful an empire is, it can't stand such a mess.

He still needs to use his brain more, think of a way, and strive for the greatest victory with the smallest loss.

If you do something wrong because you have a large number of people, you are looking for death, and no matter how many troops you have, they will be exhausted.

It will be over when the troops are exhausted, and there is no medicine to regret.

He stared at the map and pondered for a long time, and then said solemnly: "Mingshi, do you think Zuma and Atlante's men can advance southward by land?"

This is the biggest problem now. If it really doesn't work, then he can only mobilize ships from the Americas to help.

They don't need to participate in the war, but it is no problem to help others transport people, including food, supplies, weapons and ammunition.

However, the number of ships that can be mobilized in the Americas at this moment is not very large, and the 200 million troops and a large amount of food, supplies, weapons and ammunition may have to be transferred for at least half a year.

If you add the time it takes for Atlanta to recruit troops and equip them, one year is probably not enough.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Mingshi nodded slightly and said: "Weichen has also carefully considered the issue of land advancement, and weichen has also sent people to investigate carefully.

If we can carve out a road through the jungles of Central Africa, it should be possible. "

When Taichang heard this, his eyes lit up.

Prince Kong Dai was taken aback when he heard the words.

What are you kidding, open a road in the tropical jungle enough to pass millions of troops?

He couldn't help but interjected: "General Zhang, do you know how big the tropical jungle in Central Africa is?"

This Zhang Mingshi is really not very clear, because the scouts he sent only explored the northern edge of the tropical jungle in Central Africa, and they haven't penetrated the entire jungle yet.

Zhang Mingshi shook his head slightly and said, "I'm not very clear about this."

You don't know, and you said that you want to open a road from the tropical jungle?

When Prince Kong Dai heard this, his eyes almost popped out.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help asking with interest: "Why, do you know how big the tropical jungle in Central Africa is?"

When Prince Condé heard the words, he nodded repeatedly and said, "I really know this, because Turenne sent people through the jungle to Angola when he hit the southern part of East Africa.

I was afraid that this guy came through the jungle to beat me, so I sent someone to follow his men through the jungle to have a look.

That jungle is too terrifying, with a thickness of thousands of kilometers, even the strongest scouts may die in it at any time.

I sent more than a dozen scouts with the strongest physique to follow them, but when they came back, there were only five of them left. …

At that time, I was also relieved that it was impossible for Turenne's hundreds of thousands of troops to cross the jungle and fight to Angola.

Unexpectedly, this guy was forced to rush over from the edge of the jungle! "

Oh, it’s only a thousand kilometers, and a thousand kilometers is at most 3000 miles. It’s no big deal.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked: "Mingshi, where do you think it's better for us to open the way?"

Zhang Mingshi quickly pointed to the southeast border of the West African Kingdom and said, "Your Majesty, look, there are no high mountains here.

Weichen has already sent people to investigate. The terrain in this area is a bit undulating, but nothing else.

Moreover, this place is full of grass, and the horses don't need to prepare any fodder for gathering here. "

Uh, why are there mountains on this map?
Taichang hadn't seen it, so naturally he didn't know.

The maps at this time are not as detailed as those drawn by later generations, and many Central African prairie are drawn as mountains.

Zhang Mingshi has sent people to investigate on the spot, so there is naturally no problem.

The location of this place is not bad, it is just between the West African Kingdom and the Nile River Valley, and the men and horses under Zuma and Atlantis have almost the same distance to get here.

He stared at the map and thought carefully, then pointed to the Congo River and asked: "There are no colonial strongholds of European countries in the area that this river flows through?"

Prince Kong Dai repeatedly shook his head and said, "No, no, the area that this river flows through is all tropical jungles, and there is no way to develop it at all, and European countries have no interest."

Then it will be fine.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then said resolutely: "OK, Mingshi, you write a letter to Boya to introduce the situation there, and ask him to mobilize all the machines for cutting trees. We will go from the middle of the Congo River to Open roads on both sides, and then build a bridge over the river.”

And machinery for felling trees?
When Prince Kong Dai heard this, he couldn't help but look curious.

Naturally, this Taichang would not explain to this guy.

He waved his hand directly and said, "Okay, you go and prepare. After the Duke Richelieu's letter is delivered, Turenne will definitely find a way to mobilize a large amount of supplies to send to the European continent. Then you will have work to do."

Uh, do you want to get ready now?
There are still tens of thousands of miles away from Angola. Black drove the clippers there, and it would take at least a month for Turenne to prepare the supplies.

Although Prince Condé was a little puzzled, he bowed and retreated.

Although Taichang knows that this guy is unlikely to betray

However, if you are not afraid of [-], you are afraid of an eventuality. It is better not to let this guy know their specific strategy.

He looked at the back of Prince Kong Dai going away, and then said solemnly: "Ming Shi, this is the last battle on the African continent, we must be well prepared."

Zhang Mingshi nodded repeatedly and said: "The emperor is wise, after this war, the African continent should be able to usher in rare peace and tranquility."

How about this?

Some memories of future generations can't help but appear in Taichang's mind. It seems a bit difficult to want the peace and tranquility of this continent.

However, this is not the time to think about these things. No matter what, the European colonial robbers must be completely driven out of this continent. …

The root causes of the wars in later generations can be said to be poverty, backwardness, hunger, etc., and these were all caused by the frantic looting of European colonial robbers.

Only by completely driving out the European colonial bandits can they get rid of all this.

Perhaps, in the future, when the people on this continent have a better life, they won't be calling each other all the time.

He secretly sighed, and then discussed with Zhang Mingshi.

The most urgent task at the moment is to expand the army. After all, there is no way to fight this battle without enough troops.

Moreover, after the recruits are recruited, they must have sufficient equipment and have to practice hard before they can go into battle.

After discussing with Zhang Mingshi for a while, Taichang and Zhang Mingshi decided to recruit more.

Anyway, they were not short of money and food, and the weapons and equipment of the Black God Army were also produced very quickly.

The two discussed for a while, and Taichang began to issue orders.

On the side of Atlanta, he directly ordered them to expand the army by 200 million. It turned out that the 50 Berbers recruited in the west of North Africa had to be transferred back.

Because through Ma Ting's description, he found that he had made a mistake.

The family members of the Berbers recruited here all live on the west coast. If they are directly divided into the East African Kingdom, they will break up their families. This is definitely not possible.

As for the weapons and training of the 200 million recruits in Atlanta, it is not a big problem.

The weapons and equipment can be completely handed over to Sun Chuanting. Most of the military factories in the capital of Western Yin manufacture cold weapons and muzzle-loading muskets and artillery, which are produced very quickly.

The war horses are also very easy to handle. The North American Indian tribe has already received the order. It is estimated that the 50 war horses are almost ready at this moment, just send a boat to pull them over.

As for the training of recruits, he was going to hand it over to Zhang Hengchuan. It would not be a problem to select thousands of experienced veterans from the [-] elites here to train the recruits of the East African Kingdom.

Anyway, the entire northern half of Africa is occupied by Zuma and Atlantis at this moment, and the European Union Navy has suffered heavy losses. It will not be able to recover for a while, and Dakar is basically in no danger.

There is no need for Zhang Hengchuan to guard here, as long as Zhang Mingshi is in charge.

Of course, the defense in the south cannot be relaxed. If someone uses a ship to transfer pawns from the south, it will be a bit dangerous.

This had to be guarded against. The countermeasure he gave was to order Lin Chaojie to lead millions of chariots to gather at the border between the grassland and the jungle in the southeastern part of the West African Kingdom, and clean it up.

This will not only ensure the safety of the south, but also make sufficient preparations for the subsequent march into South Africa
Another problem is the canonization ceremony of the East African Kingdom. Wen Zhenmeng is currently concentrating on running the newspaper, so he definitely doesn't have time to go there.

Taichang decided to send Nan Juyi, Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, to come and canonize East Africa king on his behalf.

What's next is a battle of millions of people. They don't know how much food, supplies, weapons and ammunition will be mobilized. Nan Juyi happens to be in charge of these, so coming here can also help him.