Chapter 217 Intentional Exploration
After some kindness, all the naval soldiers of the St. Martin Empire were well placed. Qiu Yu'an specially opened a military camp near the harbor to settle these naval soldiers.
Qiu Yu'an personally welcomed Marshal Dinant and other officers. During the banquet, Qiu Yu'an asked with alcohol: "I wonder what the marshal thinks about this rebellion?"
Dinant slapped the table angrily and said, "The corrupt nobles in the capital only know how to deceive the emperor and exploit the people every day. Even in the year of great disasters, it will lead to such a great disaster."
Qiu Yu'an pretended to be whispered: "Marcel, don't whine loudly, be careful that someone will listen to it."
Marshal Dinant said: "There are all your Chinese generals here who are my confidants, so how could it be leaked?"
Qiu Yu'an looked around the officers who had eaten and drunk in the hall for a week and said, "Be careful that there are ears across the walls, I'm afraid that the officers under your command are of noble origin."
Dinant snorted coldly and said, "General Qiu doesn't know yet. Our navy is different from the army. The navy has been wandering on the sea for many years, often suffering storms, and often fights with the Boston Empire. The death rate is very high, so those nobles will not join the navy at all. They will only join the army that does not have to fight and can make up military achievements. Therefore, the army is so fragile that even the rebels composed of civilians cannot defeat them."
The Navy has always looked down on the Army. He was so angry that he thought that the Port of Rio, which was heavily defended, was captured by the rebels. Qiu Yu'an comforted him and said, "Although your country's army's combat effectiveness is indeed a little lower, we have begun to adapt your country's army troops. I believe that the army will change its old view soon."
Marshal Dinant drank the wine in his hand and said angrily: "I hope so." Marshal Dinant, who was angry, did not hear the meaning of Qiu Yu'an's words at all, and did not express any expression to the Chinese leading the army to change the St. Martin's Imperial Army.
Qiu Yu'an tentatively said: "There are too many corrupt and stupid officials in your country. I think the emperor of your country can't stand it."
Marshal Dinant obviously drank a little too much, and he had no scruples when he said the truth after drinking. Marshal Dinant raised his glass and said angrily: "The emperor lacks ability and has no help from wise ministers, so we are also anxious and have no way to do it."
Qiu Yu'an said: "Actually, before I came, I accidentally heard my young master say a solution."
Dinant said in confusion: "Your young master is..."
Qiu Yu'an woke up and found out that he didn't know who the young master he was. He hurriedly explained: "It's the Lord Fang of the Chinese Territory."
Marshal Dinant suddenly realized: "It turns out that he is the famous Lord Fang. I don't know what the Lord has to do with his high opinions." Dinant has obviously been famous for Fang Xiaoyu for a long time.
Qiu Yu'an said: "The young master said that the St. Martin Empire now lacks an emperor who is wise enough, and the best way is to implement a constitutional monarchy."
"What is constitutional monarchy?" There are imperial countries in this world. Only a few Western Continent countries, such as the Saar Empire, have some early ideas. The complete form has not appeared yet, so Marshal Dinant is very unfamiliar with this term. Qiu Yu'an did not understand it very well, but Fang Xiaoyu once explained it to him in detail that he could still do it according to the script.
Qiu Yu'an smiled and said, "This constitutional monarchy is the emperor as the spiritual leader of the people, and the real power is in the hands of the cabinet. The cabinet is elected by the people themselves as the actual administrative organ, and exercises state rights for four years. If it is not done well, the people will not elect them in the next election. Therefore, these cabinet members will inevitably work hard to continue to stay in this position, which creates a virtuous cycle, and the country's politics will be much more clear and the emperor will be more idle."
Marshal Dinant said thoughtfully: "But if the cabinet members violate the law, who will take care of it?"
Qiu Yu'an said: "This requires a constitution to be concluded before the establishment of the cabinet. People elect a parliament. The constitution can only be passed or changed if it is approved by more than two-thirds of the members of the parliament. With this constitution, there is a legal basis. Once the cabinet makes a mistake, the parliament can vote to dissolve it and then conduct another election. In this way, the cabinet has executive power and the parliament has the power to supervise it."
Marshal Dinant slapped his thigh and said, "It's so good. This method is so good. Lord Fang is really a genius. He can actually think of such a good way."
Qiu Yu'an was not very clear about this system, so he could only deal with it vaguely. Anyway, he had already taught Dinant what Fang Xiaoyu said to him. As for whether he understood clearly or not, it was his business, but seeing Dinant's glowing eyes, it seemed that he understood.
After drinking and eating, the guests and guests parted with joy. Before leaving, Marshal Dinant held Qiu Yu'an and kept saying that he would go to visit this magical young lord when he had time. When he returned to his residence, Qiu Yu'an breathed a sigh of relief. The task Fang Xiaoyu gave him was finally completed.
Before Marshal Dinant arrived, Fang Xiaoyu gave Qiu Yu'an a task, asking him to test whether anyone among the senior officers and officials of the St. Martin Empire was dissatisfied with the emperor and prepared for the Chinese leadership to control the St. Martin Empire in the future.
The first person to be tempted was the Army Marshal Caoran. However, Caoran was a little weak and belonged to the kind of person who was like the same person. Such a person could be controlled for his own use, but it would be very difficult to control the political situation of the St. Martin Empire.
Therefore, Qiu Yu'an tried Marshal Dinant again, and the result made him very satisfied. The officers at all levels of the Navy had long been dissatisfied with the emperor and were also opposed to the army. In the future, Marshal Dinant and Marshal Caoran controlled the political situation of the St. Marshal Dinant and Marshal Caoran would have been sure to win. As for whether to surrender to the Chinese leader, if the two marshals were not fools, they should know how to choose.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Chinese army was still in control, the rebels gathered most of the troops to launch a general attack on the city of St. Mary again. The rebel soldiers fought desperately to attack the city, while the guards of St. Martin's government troops resisted desperately.
Both the government forces and the rebels regard this battle as a life-and-death battle that concerns success or failure. The victory of the rebels will be able to be controlled across the river from the Chinese leading troops. If the government forces defend it, they can attack the Chinese leading reinforcements inside and outside to dismantle the rebels.
The offensive and defensive battle in the capital was extremely fierce. The soldiers on both sides were red and fought desperately regardless of their own safety. Many soldiers even died with the enemy without hesitation. The battle lasted for five days, and the soldiers on both sides were exhausted, but the senior officials of both sides refused to admit defeat and gritted their teeth and persisted desperately. Over time, the government troops gradually became increasingly out of stock due to the disadvantage of numbers.
Qiu Yu'an didn't dare to play too much. If there was any mistake in the royal family of the Saint Martin Empire, the reinforcements led by the Chinese army would lose their moral support. Therefore, on the other side of the Amazon River, he immediately ordered the troops to cross the river and attack.
The first batch of troops crossing the river were not the Chinese leading troops. After several months of preparation, the St. Martin Empire troops controlled by the Chinese leading troops had reached 300,000. In addition, the 200,000 cooperative troops collected from the civilians and trained and controlled by the armed police. The troops of these more than 30 divisions were greatly improved after the rigorous training of the Chinese instructors and the cleaning of the officers. At the same time, their sense of identity with the Chinese leadership increased greatly. This dangerous task of crossing the river was just handed over to them.
In order to cover the crossing of the river, the Chinese army brought out all the 105 mm and 155 mm long-range heavy artillery. Under their cost-effective bombardment, a large number of ferries shot towards the opposite shore like arrows. The St. Martin Empire soldiers on the ship held rifles and looked firmly at the rebels on the other shore.
The large number of heavy howitzers equipped by the Chinese army had a long range and were of good power. Amid the violent explosion of shells, the rebel soldiers who had never experienced such shelling strength had no idea that only by lying down in the shelling could minimize damage. They threw away their rifles in their hands and ran around, and these running people were soon blown down by subsequent shells.
The rebels' positions were in a mess, with broken hands and feet flying around, and their intestines were everywhere. Broken corpses and wailing disabled soldiers filled the entire position, causing many soldiers from the St. Martin Empire who had just rushed to the position to lie on the ground, unable to help but churn in their stomachs, and then there was a violent vomiting, and some even vomited out sour water.
Under the fierce shelling, the resistance encountered by the St. Martin's army and the Chinese leading troops were extremely light. The army quickly crossed the Amazon River and established a stable beachhead. I heard that the army led by the Chinese ties had broken through the river defense line, and the rebels besieged the capital became even more crazy, so they decided to take a gamble.
The Chinese leadership army, which was only 120 kilometers away from the capital, left behind the cooperative army of five divisions to consolidate the logistics base, all the troops that could be drawn include the St. Martin Empire Government Army of the 17th division, the three divisions' cooperative army and the Fourth Army of the Chinese Leading Guards marched towards the capital together.
Because the speed of crossing the river was not fast enough, the troops came over, but few horses came over. In order to save time, the vanguard troops could only run forward to support them. Moreover, most of the troops in the army were pack horses and horses that could not run fast, so riding was not very useful.
Chapter completed!