Chapter 519: 519 changes
Chapter 519 Chapter 519 Changes in the situation
Even though these countries are shouting loudly, in fact the one at the front is still Qi who is preparing for war.
The whole country of Qi is not as decadent as Zheng. While they relied on the power of the Tang Dynasty to achieve their own industrialization, they also absorbed many of Cyric's technologies.
Furthermore, the top leaders of this country have definitely felt the threat of the coming war. They are trying their best to gather their troops and then build as many fortifications as possible on the border.
In order to withstand the pressure of the Tang Kingdom, King Jiang Xian of Qi State sent all three of his most valued sons to lead troops respectively to block the army of the Tang Kingdom that might go north.
In order to help Qi State, Cyric sent a large military advisory group to help the three princes of Qi State and train the new army to set up defense lines.
The entire defense line ran through the Tang-Qi border, extending from the seaside to the mountains near the border of the Dahua Empire. In order to dig this defense line, Qi State used 300,000 laborers, and they have been busy from six months ago to today.
At the beginning, the entire defense line was required to build at least 4 machine gun bunkers per kilometer as fire support.
But after it was built, the Tang Dynasty was not ready for war, so Qi continued to frantically strengthen this line of defense, and finally increased the number of bunkers per kilometer to 9!
In other words, most defense lines have about one machine gun bunker every 100 meters. Some are reinforced with wooden sandbags and soil, and some are even made of concrete.
The trenches on both sides of most machine gun bunkers were reinforced with wood. Some underground bunkers were built between the trenches, and hidden camps were even dug out specifically for garrisoning troops.
In order to support this carefully laid out line of defense, Qi State purchased a large number of imitation Maxim machine guns manufactured by Cyric, further increasing the firepower density of the machine guns.
The three princes each led 150,000 troops and deployed them at three sections of the defense line. They stayed in their position without moving, and they still had a large number of reserves in their hands.
According to Cyric's experience in the battle between Dorne and Goblin, the Tang Kingdom's attack may use more artillery and good armored vehicles.
Based on the analysis of the Mark1 tank launched by the Datang Group, Cyric's military advisors are certain that the Kingdom of Datang has more advanced tanks that can be used to break through Qi's defense line.
In order to prevent the defense line from being breached, Qi State used almost all the anti-tank technologies that Cyric had available.
First of all, on some main positions, Qi State deployed some anti-tank guns converted from anti-aircraft guns provided by Cyric - this experience obviously came from Dorne.
Secondly, Cyric also deployed more mines in some areas specifically designed to blow up vehicles. This is almost the world's first anti-tank mine that has been put into actual combat on a large scale.
Then, for the sake of insurance, Qi State also dug anti-tank trenches at the front of some positions and buried some stone piers as obstacles. This also summarized the experience and lessons of Dorne's anti-tank operations.
Finally, Qi State also laid barbed wire and other obstacles in some steep areas to block the rapid passage of troops from the Tang Kingdom.
In order to support this line of defense and ensure that the line of defense is foolproof, Qi State also deployed two thousand cannons of various calibers behind the line of defense. The largest caliber even reached 350 mm. These are heavy artillery produced by Cyric.
This is also an improvement made after summarizing the experience of the Gobel War. Cyric believes that only with strong enough artillery suppression power can it stop the advancement of enemy tanks.
The Great China Empire and Mirage are also providing more artillery shells for Qi's artillery. With the support of Cyric, these two countries have established a modern military industry system, and there is still no problem in producing artillery shells.
With enough artillery shells, Qi State is still very confident in blocking the attack of Datang Kingdom.
After preparing the defense, Cyric is considering creating some killer weapons for Qi! Transporting tanks all the way to Qi might be beyond our reach, so Cyric provided Qi with a sufficient number of airships!
After helping Qi establish an airship inflatable factory and build airship base facilities, Cyric provided 70 airships to Qi for almost free in one go to form an air force.
With these airships, the Qi Air Force believed that it could find an opportunity to paralyze the forward combat readiness facilities built by the Tang State near the border within a few days after the war began.
Furthermore, Cyric promised that if Qi could delay the Tang army's attack, Cyric could then build factories in the Dahua Empire to produce tanks and other heavy weapons and equipment, helping Qi turn defeat into victory!
Encouraged by many promises, the whole country of Qi attached great importance to this war and was very optimistic. They believe that with nearly 500,000 troops deployed on the border, the offensive may not be enough, but the defense is definitely sufficient.
As long as the Tang army dares to come, they will definitely hit their heads and bleed **** on this solid defense line in the south of Qi State! At that time, after the Tang army is unable to attack, Qi will definitely win the final victory with the support of the Great China Empire and the support of the whole world.
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Harry held the telegram from Copper City and rubbed his brows depressedly. This message was sent to him by Tang Mo, and the content was very direct, ordering him to organize the evacuation of Bunas and abandon the industrial zone at the critical moment. Although the Kingdom of Tang Dynasty put forward a tough posture to attack Qi State, in fact, the problem of insufficient military strength was still serious.
In the direction of Bunas, the Tang Army only had one division of garrison troops. Whether it could withstand the attack of the Lines Empire was still a question.
The pressure on Beiling is also great. In the direction of Ice Crystal City, Beiling's three divisions have to face threats from Susas and Lines, and they cannot mobilize any troops at all.
Since Dorn had undue thoughts, Tang Mo also knew that his side might not be able to continue to control Rewind Port and Neverwinter with a small number of garrison troops.
Without these two places, Tangmo's rubber supply became a problem. Fortunately, he had a lot of reserves before, otherwise he would really have been passive.
The problem is that reserves are reserves. If the war cannot be won quickly, the reserves will eventually be exhausted. Now all the pressure is on the side of the main force of the Tang Army. Only if they can quickly defeat the Qi State can the Tang State turn around.
In the same way, the Yangmu Kingdom jumped out at this time, just to have the idea of taking Osa Port. Without Osa's Tang Mo, the supply of rare metals will also be reduced.
The good news is that there are also rare metal deposits near Tongcheng, and the large land of Zheng State also provides a lot of strategic resources, which gives Tang Mo some room for maneuver.
Finally, Tang Mo, who no longer had to put on pretense, returned to Chang'an and took command of the central command, declaring a nationwide state of emergency.
Then it was time for a war of words. Each country took turns to warn Tang Mo not to be willful and resort to force.
Hope Tang Mo can focus on the overall situation, maintain precious peace, and not make the situation more tense.
Looking at the condemnations and warnings from these countries, Tang Mo almost thought that these countries were really on the side of justice.
In fact, while Tang Mo was plotting against the Qi Kingdom, the Dahua Empire and the Lions Empire were also plotting against the Tang Dynasty. Neither of them were good people, so why did he become a **** while those others became saints?
Tang Mo, who found it boring and funny, ignored these talkative contestants and always expressed his position with actions.
After the 30,000 troops from the Great China Empire arrived at the border, Tang Mo immediately announced a military exercise involving 10,000 people near the border.
On the fifth day after Tang Mo returned to Chang'an, the Lions Empire announced that it would gradually ban the currency issued by the Datang Group and would instead use the "Lines Gold Dollar" as its national currency in the future.
When things have developed to this point, it is obvious that they have reached the point where they will fight to the death. Lions I seized the property of Finance Minister Simonyi, and Simonyi's family was attacked on the way to Jade City.
If the gangsters affiliated with the Datang Group hadn't sacrificed dozens of people to cover the journey, Simeone's family might have died near the border.
The smell of gunpowder smoke is getting stronger and stronger. The prime minister of the Kingdom of Susas suddenly died of illness. The prime minister's grandson-in-law, who was also the actual leader of the kingdom's reform, disappeared. The prime minister's granddaughter and three children also disappeared at the same time. This made King Susas furious.
Susas announced that the prime minister was poisoned and assassinated by a spy, and Susas must find the murderer. It looked like he was just about to put the **** basin on the head of the prime minister's son-in-law.
At this moment, the wind direction suddenly changed again. The actual controller of Northridge, Countess Alice, suddenly issued a decree and began to officially move the population of Northridge to Bunas.
As long as they are willing to leave, regardless of men, women, old or young, they will leave their homeland of Beiling and move to Bunas - this is almost tantamount to a blatant betrayal of the Lions Empire.
As a result, King Lynes I and King Sussus received a telegram from Beiling at almost the same time, stating that as long as they were willing to let them go, the Earl of Beiling promised not to damage Beiling's industrial facilities.
The next great migration of nearly a million people began in this way. Out of trust in their count and their beautiful vision for their future life, many civilians in Beiling joined the migration without hesitation.
In just a few days, the farmhouse city in Beiling was almost half empty! Countess Alice also kept her promise and did not destroy any industrial facilities in Northridge.
At the same time that the civilians of North Ridge began to migrate, the civilians of Osa Port, Rewind Port, Neverwinter City, Bunas, and Jade City also began to migrate.
The Tang Kingdom used almost all its transportation capacity to continuously transport the population from these places to Long Island. Even warships were used as transport ships for this reason.
While the Tang Kingdom Navy was constantly transporting civilians, the warships ordered by the Mirage Navy from Cyric were delivered to the port.
(End of this chapter)