Chapter 10: France's performance silenced the emperors

Liu Che analyzed in disbelief.

"Even though France is vast and has a large population, how can we manage and support an army of five million?"

"With an army of five million, does that mean there are fifty million civilians supporting the army?"

"Look at the world map that just appeared on the sky."

"Although the map is not very clear and the time is very short."

"But we can probably tell that France is far smaller than the Han."

"Can a tiny country like France support hundreds of millions of people?"

Huo Guang, the Grand Master of Imperial Household, who was standing nearby, had already gained Liu Che's trust at this time, so Liu Che called him to watch the sky curtain with him.

After a brief thought, Huo Guang made a guess.

“Maybe there will be some advanced management system in the future?”

"Or special equipment for production and transportation?"

"It allows them to support more troops with the same population."

"Just like the Porsche tank that appeared on the sky yesterday."

"Although the sky shows that they are chariots galloping on the battlefield, such a fast chariot would definitely be a powerful weapon if used to transport food."

……

Datang.

Li Shimin was so shocked that he was speechless when he saw the message on the sky curtain that France had an army of five million.

"It was already an exaggeration for France to have an army of three million before the war."

“I didn’t expect that after the war started, I could quickly gather another two million people.”

"How strong France must have been in World War II!"

"Yesterday's Sky Curtain said Germany only had about one million troops."

"Five million directly from France!"

“Is this the strength of the legendary No. 1 Army in Europe?”

"I now even doubt whether Germany can hold out against France for a month."

……

The ancient rulers knew the most about France, but they were also the most shocked at this time.

That is naturally Emperor Qianlong.

Qianlong looked at the time on the sky and found that it was only about 150 years away from him.

As far as Qianlong knew, although France ruled by Louis XVI was one of the top powers in Europe, it usually had only 200,000 troops.

Even if we sell everything we have, we can only have 500,000 troops.

The Qing Dynasty could afford to send out an army of 500,000 if it gritted its teeth.

How come one hundred and fifty years later, France could mobilize an army of five million?
Qianlong looked at the map and said with some worry:

"France can mobilize five million."

"Then England, which is said to be stronger than France, wouldn't it also start at five million?"

"And the Rakshasa country, its land area and population are much larger than France!"

"If that's the case, wouldn't the Rakshasa Kingdom be able to easily mobilize an army of eight million during World War II?"

It has to be said that Qianlong was a little scared.

After all, France had the intention to cooperate with the Qing Dynasty.

But Qianlong could see the threat posed by Russia and England to his Qing Dynasty.

Especially England, with its strong ships and powerful guns.

The Qing Dynasty's cavalry and archery troops were difficult to deal with.

Qianlong then hurriedly asked his court painter He Qingtai.

He Qingtai was French and could not see the sky, but he was fluent in Chinese and Manchu, so Qianlong could communicate with him directly without any obstacles.

So Qianlong chose a part of what he saw from the sky curtain and told He Qingtai.

Then ask him:
"Tianmu said that France in later times had an army of five million. Do you think this is credible?"

He Qingtai was also stunned when he heard this.

He Qingtai was naturally very aware of France's strength in Europe and was proud of it.

But can France mobilize an army of five million?
He Qingtai would never believe it even if he killed himself.

He Qingtai had no choice but to answer truthfully: "Your Majesty, the great emperor of the Celestial Empire." "As you have known before, in Europe, we France are the undisputed overlord."

"If we use Chinese history as an analogy, France's current position is similar to that of the Qin State before the Battle of Changping."

“It is one of the most powerful countries.”

"But other countries are not incapable of competing."

"Powerful countries like England, Russia, and Austria can often cause great trouble to France."

"France is a powerful country, but it is impossible for it to send out an army of five million."

……

Qianlong nodded.

He Qingtai's words were consistent with Qianlong's understanding.

"It seems that everyone in the future has developed very quickly. If this is the case, my Qing Dynasty will have at least 500 million troops in the future!"

"Back then, the late emperor led a small force and defeated the arrogant Rakshasa army."

"It really took more than a hundred years for the Qing Dynasty to participate in World War II."

"Relying on the powerful cavalry archery and the mixed organization of artillery and musket troops of the Qing Dynasty."

"By then, it should be easy to form an alliance with France and take down Rakshasa and other Western countries."

"But England, relying on its status as a pirate at sea and its powerful ships and guns, is indeed a bit tricky."

"It seems that the Qing Dynasty really can't relax!"

Qianlong said to Jiaqing beside him:

"See? The world is in turmoil!"

"We must let the bannermen practice more and pass on the tradition of horseback archery!"

"Otherwise, we would have suffered losses in World War II."

Generally speaking, ancient people of all generations were deeply shocked after seeing the five million strong French army.

And they all unanimously agreed that France, the number one military power in Europe, must be the main force in World War II.

The sky continues.

[In fact, with France's domestic strength, coupled with its vast colonies. ]

[He only recruited 5 million, which was simply too few.]

[After all, before World War II, France was one of the world's top powers! ]

[Normally, France should be able to recruit 10 to 15 million soldiers.]

[But because France surrendered too quickly, Germany launched a blitzkrieg and conquered France in a month.]

[France was destroyed before it could fully launch its war machine.]

[So in the end, only 500 million soldiers were recruited, ranking last among the major participating countries. ]

silent.

From Emperor Xin to Ying Zheng, from Liu Che to Liu Yu, from Zhao Kuangyin to Zhu Yuanzhang.

The ancients of all generations were silent.

Sun Wu: "The sky curtain says that France surrendered in one month. Am I right?"

Wei Qing: "Five million troops surrendered in just one month? How did the French do it?"

Emperor Qianlong was even more dumbfounded.

In Qianlong's cognition.

France is undoubtedly one of the strongest countries in Europe.

Not to mention crushing Britain and Russia.

But at least it is a powerful country on par with them.

However, even such a powerful country now said on the sky that it has an army of five million.

It was destroyed by Germany in just one month.

"Is France actually very weak and can be easily killed by others in Europe?"

"That's not right. It's impossible that France's territory is given away for free, right?"

"If France was really so weak that it could be destroyed by Germany in just one month, then France should have been divided up long ago over the past thousands of years."

Qianlong was puzzled and decided to write a letter to Louis XVI immediately to inquire about the situation.

(End of this chapter)