Iron Dynasty

Chapter 1170

Murphy paced back and forth anxiously in his office. The rumbling of cannons from the port made him irritable. Although they had fully considered that the Chinese Empire would attack London and had made ample preparations, he was still a little nervous, as he had never fought against the Chinese Empire army before.

While he was worried, a military officer, covered in blood, rushed in and shouted at him, “Prime Minister Murphy, we must evacuate London now. The Chinese soldiers have already landed at the docks. Their firepower is too fierce, and we can’t resist at all.” Murphy’s heart was in his throat, and he asked in disbelief, “Is what you’re saying true?”

The military officer said, “Prime Minister Murphy, this is absolutely true. The rifles the Chinese soldiers are carrying can fire continuously, and their machine gun firepower is even more fierce. We have been repelled several times. Now we can only abandon the port and fight them in the urban areas of London using our geographical advantage.” Murphy nodded and said, “The Empire’s weapons are most effective in open areas. As long as you use the buildings to hide and attack them covertly, our casualties will at least not be so high.”

“That’s exactly what I was thinking.” The military officer said. For any army, urban warfare was a very thorny problem.

On the sea, Xie Yuan ordered the second batch of landing soldiers to land on the north side of London, and the third batch of soldiers to land on the east side of London. In this way, he would completely “make dumplings” of London. He would then focus on building defenses on the north side, besiege the city, and cut off reinforcements. At the same time, he also sent this news out. He believed that the front line would soon understand what was happening. Urban street fighting was not something he and Lu Jun had considered. They understood the British’s advantages and their own disadvantages very clearly. So, Murphy, who was preparing to eliminate the Chinese Empire army in a street fight, soon found that London had become an isolated island, and a city that was also in a food crisis.

While he was worried, a British soldier delivered a surrender letter to Murphy. After just a glance at the contents of the surrender letter, Murphy felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. This was because in the surrender letter, Xie Yuan threatened Murphy that if they refused to surrender, they would use methods including massacring the city to deal with London after the defeat. This threat was very effective. The parliamentarians who had not yet had time to escape immediately panicked. For them, nothing was more important than their lives. More parliamentarians advised Murphy to make the right choice instead of acting on a whim and having everyone die with him.

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The sound of war suddenly broke out in Britain, and this news quickly reached Prussia. Frederick II, upon hearing the news, was furious. “Does the Vienna Convention Organization think that everything our St. Petersburg Convention Organization says is nonsense?”

“At least the Empire thinks what we said is nonsense. Now the Chinese Empire army is on British soil, and if we don’t react, Britain will be completely defeated in less than a month.” Queen Victoria said with hatred in her voice. She felt that her self-esteem had been insulted by the Empire’s disregard for their actions.

Frederick II pondered for a while upon hearing this. He said, “Sooner or later, we will have a land war. Since that is the case, it might as well happen now. Otherwise, if the Empire develops other powerful weapons, we will have no chance of winning.” After a pause, he said, “In that case, let’s proceed according to our plan. I believe that with the cooperation of the six countries, we will definitely be able to defeat them on the European battlefield.”

Queen Victoria smiled. At the last St. Petersburg meeting, they had already formulated a plan to counterattack the Empire. Frederick II saying this meant that the agreement would be fulfilled. The next day, Frederick II’s request was sent to the various signatory countries by envoys. On the same day, Frederick II announced that Prussia was in a state of war. They would unite with Britain, Spain, Portugal, Tsarist Russia, and France to jointly resist the invasion of the Vienna Convention Organization. News arrived one after another. Just like Frederick II, the other five countries officially announced that they were declaring war on the Vienna Convention Organization.

Vienna.

Upon learning the news, Tang Wenjie immediately called a meeting of the member countries of the Convention Organization. At the same time, faced with the sudden declaration of war from St. Petersburg, they decided to use military force to fight back. In this tense atmosphere of confrontation, after a month of preparation, the war broke out with France’s sudden attack on the Netherlands. And at this time, the Chinese Empire’s expeditionary force passed through the Suez Canal in a grand manner. They docked in Venice, and a large number of personnel and equipment gathered there.

“Commander Lu, Commander Ye, Commander Lei.” Upon seeing the three commanders of the Chinese Empire’s major military regions appear in Venice, Tang Wenjie was slightly excited.

Lu Fei looked around the streets of Venice. He laughed heartily and said, “Tang Wenjie, let’s skip the formalities and talk about the current situation in Europe. We have been at sea for more than a month, so a lot must have happened.” Ye Qingyun and Lei Ming were also concerned about this matter. This time, all six of the Chinese Empire’s major military regions were dispatched, with the intention of settling the matter in one battle. For them, such a campaign could not be missed.

“The St. Petersburg Convention Organization has declared war on us. Now France has invaded the Netherlands, Tsarist Russia seems to be preparing to attack Finland, Norway, and Sweden, and France, Prussia, Spain, and Portugal are preparing to attack Austria and Hungary.” Tang Wenjie said. The situation had changed too quickly in the past month, which also caught him a little off guard.

Tang Wenjie’s news plunged Lu Fei and the other two into a brief silence. After pondering for a while, Lu Fei asked, “How is the morale of the Vienna Convention Organization countries now?”

“For now, it’s still stable. Because they have received the Empire’s weapon support in the past two years, they are not without the power to fight back against the St. Petersburg Convention Organization. But if the Empire does not participate, they might have second thoughts.”

Lu Fei nodded. “You can now announce to them that the Chinese Empire army has arrived.” With that, he said to Lei Ming and Ye Qingyun, “The core of St. Petersburg is France, Prussia, and Tsarist Russia. Tsarist Russia will be handled by Luo Xin and Qi Guangyi. France and Prussia will be left to us.”

Lei Ming said, “Leave Spain and Portugal to me.”

Lu Fei nodded. “Ye Qingyun, France is yours, and Prussia can be left to me. As for Britain, Lu Jun and Xie Yuan are enough.”

Tang Wenjie said, “That’s right. England is on the verge of collapse now. We’ll probably see a clear outcome in the next few days.”

The three of them were quite familiar with the situation in Britain and were not worried about it. Their focus now was on the European continent. Especially with France invading the Netherlands at this time, if they did not take action in time, once the Netherlands was destroyed, it would be a huge blow to the Vienna Convention Organization. Because of this, they were preparing to rest for three days and then launch an attack on the St. Petersburg Convention Organization.