The first EU General Assembly went very smoothly. At the meeting, the EU's charter was adopted, as well as the establishment of the EU General Staff and other matters.

Napoleon did not attend this meeting. There was nothing he could do about it. Hemorrhoids were not cured yet and he could not sit for long periods of time.

After participating in the preparatory meeting before the meeting and discussing some principled things, Napoleon returned to Fontainebleau by airship to recuperate.

Murat stayed in Strasbourg and continued to tangle with the politicians.

Now Napoleon is considering whether to sign the aid agreement with the United States that sells off his financial power.

In the large and warm bedroom, Napoleon could only lie half-lying on his side.

Thinking of the tragic situation when he escaped from Tsaritsyn on horseback, Napoleon shuddered.

Such pain made Napoleon want to commit suicide several times.

Fortunately, strong winds blew on the second day of the battle, and Napoleon was allowed to board the airship.

Otherwise, if you can't hold on to Kiev, you will have to go see God.

There was the sound of a carriage downstairs, it was probably Murat who was back.

This guy is a day late. Maybe he has something to do in Strasbourg.

Soon, Murat appeared at the door with a chill in his body.

France rarely has such a cold winter, and I don’t know what happened this year.

"Is there anything delayed?"

"The Americans brought a batch of weapon samples and let me see the effects. If we sign an aid agreement, they can help us equip forty divisions without paying."

Murat went straight to the wine cabinet, took out the crystal glass and poured a glass of whiskey.

"What kind of weapon?" Seeing Murat's appearance, Napoleon knew that Murat was tempted.

No soldier would dislike weapons, especially sharp weapons of fine quality.

"There's something called a bazooka that I really like.

That thing had a large warhead, twice as big as the caliber. The long tail tube at the back was filled with propellant.

The Americans shot at the steel plate in front of me from a distance of about a hundred meters. Guess how thick it penetrated!"

"How thick?"

Hearing that it was a weapon designed to hit steel plates, Napoleon immediately became interested. If it could penetrate thick steel plates, it meant it could hit tanks.

“It penetrated a 200mm thick steel plate, and it is said that there is still power left.

Even the latest tanks of the Ming Dynasty can be penetrated from the side." Murat looked very excited.

"It's really a good thing! Did you bring it back? I'll go down and have a look." Napoleon couldn't sit still when he heard that there was such a sharp weapon.

"I brought it back, but it will look the same tomorrow. What do you think this is?" Murat took out a bullet from his pocket and threw it over.

Napoleon took it and threw it on the table!

Nine-millimeter rifle bullets are now a common type of bullet. Armies across Europe are using such bullets.

The Ming army used a caliber of 7.62 mm, which was smaller than this kind of bullet.

"Don't underestimate this thing, it's a glass bullet. It can be put into a revolver, and its static effect is much better than the Ming army's bullets.

I have tested it, and at a distance of five meters, the dog stopped moving immediately after being hit.

When it hit the pig, the glass on the bullet shattered into many pieces. The wound couldn't be cleaned at all!

The Americans showed me the structure inside, and there was a nail wrapped inside the glass.

Think about this power, how the hell did you come up with it?"

After listening to Murat's words, Napoleon picked up the glass bullet seriously.

Pulling out the bullet, it turned out that there was a glass bullet inside the shell.

There is also a nail wrapped inside the transparent glass.

It doesn't seem to be a nail, it seems to be a wire wrapped in a figure eight shape.

It doesn't matter what it is, the important thing is that this thing does look very lethal.

Ming soldiers were not good at hand-to-hand combat, which is almost a consensus among Western armies.

But the European armies, even the tall Nordic armies, have never had an advantage in hand-to-hand combat.

The reason is that every Ming army soldier is equipped with a revolver.

Some people even obtained a second revolver from their fallen comrades.

Hand-to-hand combat is mostly squad-level combat.

When the European troops carrying bayonets and rifles suffered heavy casualties and rushed to the Ming army's position shouting "Ouch" and "Ouch"...!

What they saw were a few Ming soldiers who put down their rifles and exposed half of their heads from the trenches.

The helmet covered with camouflage cloth is not much different from the color of the ground. If you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all.

These guys hiding in dark corners would shoot at European soldiers within a few meters.

Although the power and range of the pistol are not very good, after all, the distance is only a few meters.

The bullets shot bloody flowers on the bodies of the warriors, and the exploding flesh and blood continued to fall to the ground.

The generals on the front line described the tragic scenes to Napoleon more than once.

Every time he heard the news, Napoleon's heart felt like it was being cut out with a knife.

He was unqualified as the supreme commander, but he really had no choice but to equip every soldier with a pistol like the Ming army did.

Equipped with hundreds of thousands of pistols, the cost is not a small sum.

The French treasury simply cannot afford that much money.

In fact, it is now difficult for France to continue the war.

It’s not that the soldiers are not brave enough, nor that the people are not hardworking enough.

But the scale of the war was too great, and the expense of maintaining an army of one million troops abroad all year round really made it difficult for the French government to make ends meet.

Not to mention equipping every French army with pistols, now the French army can hardly even afford rifles.

"The Americans also said that as long as we signed an economic aid treaty, they would immediately ship 50,000 rifles and 100,000 revolvers.

There are 300,000 rounds of ammunition. These are all given as gifts and we don’t have to pay for them.

There are also some artillery pieces and artillery shells. I looked at the list and found that there are even infantry cannons.

And I looked at the technical indicators and found that the American infantry cannon was twenty kilograms heavier than the one developed by the Prussians.

But the barrel is quite a bit longer, which they say can increase the thickness of armor penetration.

When used for horizontal shooting, the trajectory will be flatter.

That Jefferson guy also said that they are stepping up research on engine downsizing technology.

Maybe next year, we can develop a tank."

Murat poured another glass, swung the glass and looked at Napoleon lying on his side on the bed.

"Have a drink!" Seeing Napoleon not speaking for a long time, he raised the glass in his hand to Napoleon.

"unnecessary!

Murat!

You and I both know in our hearts that there is no free lunch in this world.

The Americans have given us such a huge discount, and they will never take this money in vain.

Once this agreement is signed, French companies will be greatly impacted by them.

They, the United States, are thousands of miles away, and war is an opportunity for them to make a fortune rather than a threat.

But we French people are fighting solidly against the most powerful army in the world.

Once this agreement is signed, even if France wins, our economy will be controlled by the Americans!

Money moves people's hearts, and by that time, perhaps the old Rothschild family will rule Europe."

"hehe!

It doesn't matter, the political power is in our hands and the army is in our hands.

A group of people who only know how to make money, they have been driven out of their homeland by the Arabs for thousands of years.

What have they accomplished?

The whole world only knows their reputation for greed.

King Edward of England did the most beautiful thing. He borrowed a lot of money from the Hebrews and then drove them out of England.

What Edward did, we can do again.

We have political power and an army in our hands!
To be continued...