Shaun hid in the trenches in terror. He was about to go crazy from the Empire’s continuous bombardment. The sudden barrage of fire just now had caused heavy casualties to the Spanish and Portuguese soldiers, who had not even had time to react. Like every Spanish soldier, he had never seen such a brutal bombardment. He turned over the corpse of the officer next to him, took the pocket watch from the officer’s hand, and stuffed it into his own pocket. To him, this war was unwinnable. He was not willing to be blown to pieces while squatting in these damned foxholes.

He was just thinking this when the intermittent explosions suddenly stopped. His curiosity made him stick his head out of the trench and look at the front of the position. The scene in front of him crushed the last bit of his resolve. He grabbed his gun and ran backward desperately. This was because the Austrian soldiers were now attacking them under the cover of more than a hundred tanks. This weapon, which had already spread throughout Europe, was a nightmare in the hearts of every soldier.

“Da da da…”

“Boom boom boom…”

As the tanks advanced, their machine guns and cannons continuously fired at their positions, and the defensive bunkers on the positions were taken out one by one.

“Bang bang bang…”

Some Spanish soldiers returned fire, but their bullets only created sparks when they hit the tanks. The Austrian soldiers following behind the tanks were still approaching. Faced with this desperate scene, the surviving Spanish and Portuguese soldiers finally broke down. They no longer listened to their officers and all dropped their weapons and fled.

In front of the Austrian position, Lei Ming was observing the Spanish and Portuguese defensive line. As he had expected, when the Empire’s tank cluster, covering the Austrian soldiers, approached, the Spanish and Portuguese soldiers finally broke down. The howitzer and rocket launcher attacks that had lasted for an afternoon had already caused them heavy casualties. Now, this method of attack, which was unsolvable for them, was even more shocking than the artillery fire.

“I never thought this war would be won so easily.” Santiya said with a complicated expression. The Chinese Empire had once again proven its military strength. Tanks, machine guns, howitzers, and rocket launchers—any one of these weapons could change a war, and with them all gathered here, the number of casualties for Spain and Portugal had exceeded 30,000 in just half a day.

A smile appeared on the corner of Lei Ming’s mouth. The Empire’s war machine had been completely mobilized for this war in Europe. When they came, the bombers produced by the Empire had already been gathered from the major production centers in Qingzhou for bombing and shooting drills. Once the Empire’s aircraft carriers were launched, these bombers would cross the ocean and come to Europe, and this was the ultimate weapon that could completely crush the morale of Europe.

“You’ll get used to it in the future,” Lei Ming joked. He then had the soldiers blow the charge bugle. The Chinese soldiers followed the Austrian soldiers and charged toward the Spanish and Portuguese positions, driving the Spanish and Portuguese out of their trenches like they were herding ducks.

At the same time, Lu Fei and Ye Qingyun arrived at the southwestern borders of France and Prussia one after another. Although Portugal and Spain once had glorious histories, their strength in Europe was far inferior to that of France and Prussia. According to the intelligence they received, for this war, Henry had urgently expanded the French army to 800,000, and even boys as young as fourteen were given weapons and sent to the battlefield. The situation in Prussia was similar, but the number of soldiers was smaller, at a supposed 600,000 elite troops. Their allies only had 120,000 Hungarian soldiers, 80,000 Austrian soldiers, and 90,000 Dutch soldiers.

“In the face of the Empire’s firepower, 800,000 or 1,000,000 is just a matter of numbers.” Looking at the front line that stretched for more than 30 li, Ye Qingyun said to the Austrian Prince Obina with great confidence. Compared to Lei Ming’s firepower on the southern front, the firepower he had was even stronger, with 240 tanks, 200 rocket launchers, and 300 howitzers, and plenty of ammunition. Obina had personally witnessed the defeat of France with him before, and he now had no doubt about Ye Qingyun’s words. Besides, there was a lot of water in France’s 800,000-strong army. He said, “According to what we know, only 200,000 of the 800,000 French army are regular soldiers. The rest are temporarily assembled, and most of the weapons they use are backward smoothbore guns. And many soldiers don’t even have a gun and have to share one.”

Ye Qingyun nodded slightly. He was not surprised by this situation at all. France had just gone through a civil war, and its industry had declined a lot. It was impossible to meet the needs for weapons and equipment for 800,000 soldiers in a short time. In his opinion, the only country with the ability to do so was the Empire. If the Empire’s industrial capacity were to fully turn to the needs of war, it could arm an army of several million. This was also why in just two short years, the Vienna Convention countries had all replaced their weapons and their military strength had greatly increased.

“France and Prussia are just struggling in vain. This time, the Empire will make them understand what war really is.” As Ye Qingyun spoke, he made a gesture of bombardment. As his words fell, the rocket launchers made a dense “swoosh swoosh swoosh” sound, and the rockets pulled out dense smoke trails in the sky as they flew toward the French army. At the same time, the howitzers roared, and one shell after another followed the rockets and landed on the French position.

Leipzig.

The Chinese Empire army led by Lu Fei was also bombarding the Prussian army’s position. In fact, after Ye Qingyun arrived at his position, he also arrived at his position very quickly. The reason was that although there were many European countries, the total area was not very large. The distance from France to Prussia was actually only the same as crossing two provinces in the Chinese Empire. After arriving in Leipzig, he found that the Prussian army was launching a charge toward the Austrian and Hungarian coalition army on the northern front. So he decisively ordered the tank cluster to attack and easily drove the Prussian army back to their position. He then ordered a bombardment to crush Prussia’s arrogance.

“You ungrateful traitor, let’s see how I’ll deal with you this time.” Lu Fei said through gritted teeth. Among the St. Petersburg Convention countries, Prussia and Tsarist Russia were undoubtedly the two strongest. There was a lot of water in the French army, and although there was also water in the Prussian army, it was not as much. So this time, he chose to personally meet the Prussians in battle. And to defeat Prussia as soon as possible, he had 30% more weapons prepared than Ye Qingyun. The Chinese soldiers who went to the Prussian battlefield numbered 50,000, and there were also a large number of machine guns and howitzers.

“Bombard them for three days and three nights.” Lu Fei cautiously gave the order, glancing at Prussia’s tightly constructed defensive line. Time was on the side of the Vienna Convention Organization, and he had plenty of time to destroy the enemy’s will.