C1920 It's not easy to be a superior!

There was not much time left for Xiao Letian to think, within the next 25 minutes, he had to come up with the right judgement, and his own soldiers also had to be able to coordinate and enforce the Leader's orders in the shortest amount of time possible.

There were only 25 minutes. Honestly speaking, in such a short period of time, forget about executing the orders, even the next decision was not that easy. What was more worrisome was that the French spy would really follow the original timetable and fire the cannons. What if it was earlier!

The map was placed right on top of the artillery box. Both of Xiao Letian's hands were pressed on top of the box, and his head was almost touching the map.

The pressure, the enormous pressure, caused him to be unable to straighten his back. Right now, this was the crucial moment in which a single leader would be tested.

The world thinks the Emperor is good and that he wants to be prime minister, but who can understand that the greater the power, the greater the responsibility? He just saw the rain and the wind above the thousands of people? You can even enjoy all the delicious food and beautiful women in the world? Everyone was flattering him? Just by looking at the magnificent objects in the palace, one would be able to tell that they were expensive?

It was true that for people like Xiao Letian, the fortune they received was shockingly huge, but the pressure that these people were shouldering was unimaginably huge.

Just like now, in this life or death situation, no one dared to say anything. Even if someone was holding back their thoughts, he wouldn't dare to say a word! Why? Because the choice made at this moment completely determined the fate of the future Chinese national strategy.

Advance? If that was the case, they would have to keep an eye on the French artillery. They might even have to fight with the French Mediterranean Fleet.

This question was hard to answer. Although the British had a pretty good mouth, but if the army used deterrence to protect you, it did not mean that they would directly engage in a full-scale war with France!

Once France's Ironheart wanted to sink the Zhiyuan Warship, Britain's chances of directly firing their cannons in the war would be only about fifty-five.

More importantly, the Chinese had just engaged in a heated battle with Russia. Could it be that they were about to start a war with France? So what if he won? To challenge two European powers in a row within half a year, that was going to anger the masses!

What would Britain and other European countries think? They would immediately treat Xiao Letian as the 'God's Whip' Attila, and the Chinese would be like the Huns in history, frightening the whole Europe and gathering all their power to kill him.

This kind of conflict was not something the Chinese people could bear, nor was it what Xiao Letian wanted. How could the Chinese people right now fight against the entire European civilization? What Xiao Letian needed now was a free ride in the Franco-Prussian war, and ultimately, a longer period of rest.

The other worry was that Xiao Letian would have to consider it, and that he would gain the upper hand in the battle and not join forces with the French.

Now that the Suez Canal was completely under the control of the French, and the British army was pitifully small, if they really started to fight, the French would directly sink their ships and obstruct the canal from the north to the south.

Suez Canal was very narrow, even the narrowest could not move two rows of boats at the same time. In a river channel that was forty to fifty meters wide, if a few broken boats were to sink, then your battleship would at least be trapped in Great Bitter Lake.

He chose to move forward and chose to escalate the conflict. There was a high possibility of war erupting, and he might also be trapped here. The risk was not small.

Then what about choosing to retreat? He could just retreat back to the Red Sea and enter the Atlantic Ocean from the Cape of Good Hope.

What the French Emperor wanted was this result. Originally, the reason this conflict was arranged by the Bedouin Desert Bandit was because they wanted to use this complicated situation to delay the allied fleet and buy time.

If you go around Africa now, the French would have more time to move around. Maybe when Xiao Letian saw Gibraltar, the European Anti-Chinese Alliance was already formed.

This is a match against time, what choice do you, Xiao Letian, have?

Finally, there was still one last method, and that was to return to the Ryukyu. He had to prepare for battle, dig deep holes and accumulate large amounts of food.

The problem was extremely complicated, but the conditions and possible consequences, including the variables from each choice, required Xiao Letian to quickly think through them once in a few dozen seconds.

All of the glucose in his body was completely extracted and transferred to his brain, burning it into an endless amount of heat, causing this brain, which could control the entire world's situation, to go through an overload as it rotated.

His hands and feet were cold and numb. That was the sign of his blood vessels losing their oxygen. His vision gradually turned blurry. That was the chaos between the chaotic scene in his mind and reality.

Xiao Letian was the first to perspire from cold sweat. This kind of decision involved the life and death of thousands of people, yet they had to make a judgement within a few minutes. This was not something a human should do!

At that moment, he even remembered the Monk Long Gui, the one who was left in Japan to supervise the 'dangerous' element. Perhaps at that moment, only the power of religion could calm Xiao Letian down.

Don't look down on the Dragon Servant Great Monk. Although he was forced to become a monk, he was always a wise man. He was a famous official in the government and a famous general in the army. Even if he became a monk, he was still a famous monk.

Sakamoto Ryoma really wasn't using the monk as a shield. Ever since he put on the monastic robe, he had been studying buddhist arts everyday, and many of the advice that he gave Xiao Letian was really eye-catching.

"If only Mr. Ryoma was here today …"

"What?" Chief, what are you talking about? Wang Huaiyuan asked anxiously.

Xiao Letian looked at his pocket watch. He felt that he had been pondering for three days and three nights, but the time on his pocket watch was not fake.

"This damned fate is too hateful. I have to choose between countless people's lives and deaths …" "Fuck, I really want to quit! No matter how I choose, countless people will die because of my decision. How many times do I have to go to hell!"

Xiang Ying was at a loss when he heard it, "Master, what kind of nonsense is that!? Everyone has their own destiny in this cycle of life and death. From the moment they chose the Chinese ship, they should have been mentally prepared to bear the hardships! "

"Where in the world can there be such a good opportunity without suffering a loss!" Sometimes, Xiang Ying would be extremely angry with the Head of the Guards for being so weak.

Sometimes, he would be as weak as a woman, and there were even a few days every month. He was especially merciful, blaming himself for leading the Hua Clan forward, because there were too many dead people.

If this isn't a lunatic, then what is? He was already a man at the peak of Asia, how could he be so girly!

"What's a dead man?" "The Chinese enjoy the advanced system that you've brought them with you, the protection that the new army has bestowed upon them, the convenience of living brought by the new technology, as well as the material enjoyment of being rich …"

"Moreover, the Chinese have gradually escaped the fate of being enslaved by the European colonists! He had already f * cking enjoyed so many benefits, did he still want to survive by himself?

"The peaceful days were caused by the deaths of the dead! If they didn't take on the notoriety of killing, who would protect their peace! Chief! We originally chose to walk the path of life and death, and if there is no killing, then there will be no nation to break through! "

"Hahaha …" Xiao Letian suddenly laughed out wildly. "Good, good, good! Since you are willing to die with me, then I will bring you through the gates of hell! "

"Pass my orders! Zhiyuan Warship Raises Fault Flag! Accelerate... "Break into the canal!"