Chapter 499: 499Hold on
Chapter 499499Hold on
However, the problem to be solved now is the alliance between the Lanes Empire, which is half-hearted, or seeking some sense of strategic security, and the Gobel Kingdom.
Everyone knows that the Goblin Kingdom is a Cyric force through and through. As a quasi-hostile force that has always been on the opposite side of the Tang Group, the alliance between the Goblin Kingdom controlled by Cyric and the Lions Empire , must be lifted.
This is the second purpose of the trip of the special envoy of the Tang Dynasty.
"I understand what you mean... We will consider it seriously." Seeing his emperor's gloomy face and not speaking, the Prime Minister of Lines quickly stood up and said: "But our Lines Empire is not threatened by anyone! This requires you understand!"
The previous sentence is the attitude of the Lions Empire, indicating that the Lions Empire has felt the threat of the Datang Group and will seriously consider the will of the Datang Group.
The following sentence is a scene statement. It is to find a way out for oneself, and to maintain the political status of the Lions Empire in front of the Tang Dynasty.
You can't just kneel down and call someone daddy without struggling. That is indeed a very shameless thing. You need to think and struggle, and finally you are forced to kneel down due to the situation, and bear the humiliation and call out daddy. In this way, in the eyes of outsiders, at least you are upright...
The envoy of the Tang Kingdom also knew that it would be completely meaningless to continue to be aggressive. He only needed to make the other party feel the political pressure of the Tang Kingdom.
So he also smiled and explained: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, the Tang Kingdom will not threaten anyone. We remain neutral. This is our consistent attitude. We are a peace-loving country and have always been so."
Are you a peace-loving force? Why do you have the nerve to say such heartless things? Cursing secretly in his mind, the prime minister still had a smile on his face.
The **** Datang Group has been confronting the arms dealers of the Cyric Consortium from the day it was born. Up to now, almost two-fifths of the countries in the world are using weapons developed and produced by the Datang Group. equipment!
Such a **** war-eating arms oligarchy, how shamelessly said that he loves peace! God, you love peace!
At this point, the prime minister was suddenly startled. He discovered that arms dealers really like peace: what arms dealers like is not war, what they really like is arms races in peacetime!
Although war can consume a lot of weapons and equipment, there will be a long period of time after the war ends when no one is interested in weapons and equipment.
Because the war is over and the victory has been decided, the victorious country no longer needs to maintain a strong military force for a long time to frighten evenly matched opponents.
This is just like playing Go. A strong person cannot play a high-quality chess game. You need an equally strong opponent.
But the arms race is different. Although there is less wartime consumption, weapons do have a shelf life, and countless weapons are still destroyed in peacetime.
But the arms race is endless. Countries participating in the arms race will not spend a penny less, because their opponents will not spend a penny less either!
And this kind of competition is never-ending, as long as they have a penny, they will spend a penny! No regrets! Because as long as you maintain a peaceful state, you will never be able to defeat your opponent, and the arms race will continue.
This is typical businessman logic, and this is the routine thinking of arms dealers. This is the fundamental reason why businessmen can never play politics.
These cunning and inhuman arms dealer bastards! The prime minister cursed secretly in his heart and continued to maintain a warm smile on his face.
“In fact, we are preparing to launch a package of post-war economic recovery plans to help the participating countries restore their pre-war economies and help civilians escape poverty.” After hitting the stick, the special envoy from the Tang Dynasty gave another sweet date.
It is obviously dangerous and unrealistic to simply force these warring countries to give up their own national interests. Therefore, helping these countries solve their economic difficulties is the best way to make them willingly return to peace.
The Tang Kingdom needs a year to recuperate and accumulate strength to continue its expansion. Therefore, it is still necessary to allow these industrial countries in the trade alliance to take a year to prosper the economies surrounding the Endless Sea.
"I'm looking forward to seeing such a plan." Lions I, who was already at the bottom of the steps, coughed and said at this time.
He rejoined the conversation and expressed the attitude of the Lions Empire: If you give money to technology, then I don’t mind kneeling down to lick you again and call you daddy.
"Soon, Mr. Harry will draw up a plan and send it to you. The entire framework is still rough at the moment, but we already have a general direction." Mr. Special Envoy said with certainty.
Of course, it was impossible for Tang Mo to predict the specific reactions of all countries when facing mediation, so he had no way to come up with a plan that satisfied everyone.
However, he can use his influence to interfere with high-level decisions in many countries that are beneficial to the Tang Kingdom, but this requires paying a price.
Tang Mo didn’t want to waste his bargaining chips on other people’s affairs, so he set the tone for this mediation: to use conventional methods as much as possible.
If that doesn't work, just get rid of some annoying, uncontrolled peripheral countries one or two to make the whole situation tidier and clearer.
"Then we'll wait and see." The prime minister spoke again at this time. By saying this, he could leave more room for maneuver for his Majesty the Emperor. …
During the confrontation between Tang Mo's envoy and His Majesty the Emperor of the Lions Empire, another Cyric tank was destroyed on the Gobel Northern Front battlefield.
What destroyed this tank was not a new weapon, but a temporarily modified 76mm anti-aircraft gun from the Kingdom of Dorne!
This type of anti-aircraft weapon was originally designed to destroy airships. Because the muzzle velocity of the shell is high enough and the trajectory is straight, it is perfect for hitting tanks.
Frankly speaking, the emergence of this new weapon actually had a certain impact on the No. 4 tank of the Tang Dynasty, because with the current 60 mm thick front armor of the No. 4 tank, it wanted to resist the 76 mm caliber. The cannonball is quite reluctant.
Tang Mo also regretted it slightly later, especially when he saw the Cyric tanks on the Gobel battlefield.
The anti-tank weapon ideas he provided to Dorn can really be said to be a killing blow when it comes to dealing with Goblins' tanks.
Had he known that the tank Gobel put into the war was a piece of junk at the level of the A7V, he could have just produced some machine gun bullets with armor-piercing warheads, and he would have been able to cope with it.
As a result, now…
The 76mm anti-aircraft gun fixed on a low gun mount is hidden on the flank of a trench in the already shaky border defense line.
This artillery is well concealed and cleverly takes advantage of the terrain, preventing Gobel's troops from discovering this insidious flank position from the front.
The anti-aircraft gun with its muzzle pointed out was aimed at another Goblin tank in the distance that stumbled into the Dornish garrison position.
The tank was turning and seemed to have discovered a Dorn heavy machine gun position on the other side that was constantly firing to attract attention.
Just as the tank turned, the anti-aircraft gun fired a shell. The speeding shells made a terrifying roar and hit the steel plate on the side of the Gobel tank.
Since it was not equipped with a true armor-piercing projectile, the shell equipped with a collision fuse exploded and the shock wave began to distort the steel plate near it.
Even though it was not a special warhead, the force like the impact of a hammer still penetrated the thin steel plate and affected the driver inside.
The Goblin soldier who was controlling the machine gun fire just now was instantly swallowed up by the explosion, and the deputy shooter standing next to him suffered the same fate.
The machine gunner directly in front of the tank felt the air wave coming from behind, and the next moment he knew nothing.
In order to deploy machine gun firepower in all directions, Cyric's tank design is the same as that of the ship, with the power system installed in the center of the tank.
In the rotating turret in the middle, the commander and loader are fighting on the engine. This design ensures that the tank can be equipped with machine guns on the front, rear, left and right to suppress enemy firepower, and also increases the height of the entire tank.
After the shell exploded and penetrated the armor, the shock wave and shattered steel hit everyone in the tank and the power unit.
The fuel tanks and artillery shells exploded, and the huge tank instantly disintegrated and turned into a ball of burning flames.
There are 12 operators for the six machine guns. In addition to the commander, gunner and driver, the entire Cyric version of the A7V tank has a crew of 16.
With this shot, none of the 16 precious crew members survived. They were all swallowed up by the flames, and no one escaped.
The battle is still going on, and it will not stop suddenly just because a tank is destroyed. There are more tanks constantly trying on the battlefield, and Dorne's last border defense is still shaky.
But Bolton persisted. He withstood the attack of the Goblin Kingdom and helped Dorne stabilize the southern front. This bought time, and gave the Tang Kingdom time to react and start mediating the war!
Everyone knows that after many weapons specifically designed to deal with tanks entered the battlefield, and after Dorne's last line of defense held on, it was obvious that Goblin's offensive had begun to lose its strength!
Doane seems to be holding on!
(End of this chapter)