The technological competition starts with the integration of space-time memory

Chapter 308: Armor Battle
Philvin's shuttle visits are very efficient.

Just as Bristol thought, the Empire's allies all saw the horror of the Dream Shadow platform's monopoly.

The key point is that the previous proposal of the World Trade Organization failed to be implemented, but Li Tang took the lead in establishing a new Star Alliance trade alliance.

Public Relations Director Fang Dasheng can visit more than three countries in one day using the business version of "Flying Boat".

Fang Dasheng used powerful military force as a backing and preferential investment promises as enticement, which can be said to be both appealing to reason and explaining the benefits.

Want to see the threat of force mentioned by Fang Dasheng?

Yes, you can specify any target and we will destroy it within one minute!
When the elites of a certain country saw the designated target reduced to ashes in the huge explosion, any hope of luck no longer existed in their hearts.

A thigh thicker than the empire is right in front of you. If not now, when?

Therefore, under Fang Dasheng's eloquent persuasion, the alliance developed very quickly.

In just one or two weeks, it has rapidly developed from 23 founding member countries into a trade alliance of seventy or eighty countries.

More than half of the developing countries have joined in and gained considerable benefits.

Even the white-robed people in the Middle East have joined in. Oil, the blood of industry, is now increasingly out of the empire's control.

This is also one of the reasons why the Dowler Index plummeted.

Before people knew it, Dragon Yuan had already been called Dragon Gold.

On the [Mengying] platform, Dragon Yuan has gradually become the only officially designated currency.

It is said that what supports the empire's global hegemony is Daole on the one hand and the Imperial Army on the other.

It can be said that he is good at both economics and military affairs.

In fact, behind Daole is the industrial blood - oil.

If it weren't for the desire to control the discourse on oil prices, why did the Imperial Army react so quickly to launch the "Desert Storm" military operation?

The Empire is not like the Dragon Kingdom that lacks oil. It is itself a major oil-producing country.

Looking at the Imperial Army, there is high technology behind it!

The Imperial Army is nothing without its high-tech weapons.

It was still the "Desert Storm" that opened the prelude to the global high-tech war and made people realize that war can really be like a game.

On Christmas Eve, Firth's shuttle visit finally produced results that shocked the world.

"The Iron Curtain between the North and the South has officially opened!"

The Empire, the European Union and other developed countries formed the Western Alliance and decided to initiate trade decoupling against the Star Alliance headed by Li Tang and his affiliated companies.

This actually means that the Western Alliance, which is composed of existing developed countries, has drawn a trade iron curtain against the Star Alliance, which is composed of developing countries.

《24 billion VS 42 billion! 》

The population of developed countries such as the Empire and the European Union is nearly 24 billion, and the population of countries that have joined the Star Alliance trade alliance is 42 billion.

This is a war between 24 billion and 42 billion!

Humanity is divided again!

Two major camps have taken shape, and humanity is once again heading towards division!
《The International Court of Justice is officially split! 》

With Chief Justice Sinos leading two-thirds of the court members to leave for the capital to form a new international court.

The International Court of Justice in the Peace Palace is officially split!
Next, the UN may also come to an end.

……

On the [Mengying] platform, major media outlets are rapidly spreading the same news.

Even if the news headlines are different, the focus of the reports is different.

But the general content is still basically the same.

On behalf of the Empire, Firwin, Special Assistant for Security Affairs in the Imperial White House, signed the Bolin Declaration with the Allies, announcing the formation of the Western Alliance and officially raising the trade iron curtain against the Star Alliance.

The two major camps first parted ways in the economic field, and globalization came to a complete halt.

As soon as the news came out, major stock markets around the world did not fall together, but instead experienced mixed gains and losses.

The stock markets of countries in the Western Union region have rebounded slightly after the previous sharp drop.

The stock markets of the countries in the Star Alliance region performed completely inconsistently, with some soaring and some plummeting, and there seemed to be no backbone.

No, there are still some.

The stock markets of the two major countries, China and Russia, continue to rise.

Because at this time, the Future Science and Technology Research Institute once again released the latest news.

"The Earth-Mars Highway is being built at full speed, and is still 10 million kilometers away from Mars!"

On the [Mengying] platform, this message directly gave a video, which showed that a huge space station was being built in the void of space.

In the space next to this space station, two [Golden Cars] seemed to be releasing some space station components.

In the picture, you can clearly see the distant sun and the distant blue stars.

And Mars is nearby.

The distance between the Blue Planet and Mars is 5500 million kilometers at its closest and 4 million kilometers at its farthest.

The Earth-Mars Highway is actually also dynamic, and several spaceport service areas along the route revolve around the sun.

The entire spaceport uses a large rotating structure to generate a gravity of 0.8G-1.2G.

In this way, humans can truly live in it without developing diseases such as osteoporosis.

In fact, the two space stations on the Earth-Moon Highway had already begun to rotate.

The two space stations keep in sync with the moon and orbit the blue planet, thus ensuring that the distance between the earth and the moon remains stable at high speed.

Just from the construction of such a spaceport service area, we can see the strong scientific and technological capabilities of the Future Science and Technology Research Institute.

All the people in the Star Alliance region are full of confidence in the future.

They firmly believed that the coming of the interstellar era would bring them unlimited development opportunities. As for the market being completely occupied, it didn't matter.

A considerable number of products are produced in local factories, and local governments can also receive corresponding taxes.

What's more, the local area also has special products and some mineral deposits with large reserves, so there are always unique economic advantages that can be brought into play.

Within the integration of the Star Alliance, development is smoother.

At least, there will not be the debt trap that the West once set up, nor will there be deliberate lowering of specialty product prices and plundering of resources.

In a word, life is indeed easier following the boss in the Star Alliance.

In fact, even the European Union, East Japan, South Peninsula, and White Elephant have not completely withdrawn from the Dream Shadow platform.

Some products can be sold in super malls and are still being sold.

Even those media outlets did not close their live broadcast channels.

This is human nature when it comes to making money.

Li Tang was right, the Iron Curtain could not be erected at all.

However, the empire can no longer wait.

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500 kilometers east of North Luson, on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald.

Major General Tiago, who was once the commander of Operation "Freedom's Fury", was looking at the telegram in his hand.

This was sent from the corner tower, the official order to "Defend Freedom".

Of course, the latest instructions were also issued at the same time, appointing four-star General James as the commander-in-chief of this combat operation.

He himself had established a joint command with the Lusong army in Manila.

The operation had been three months in preparation.

The original plan should have been implemented two months ago.

The result is delays.

The scale was even reduced. Due to the sinking of the USS Theodore, only the USS Ronald Carrier Strike Group was responsible for Operation Defend Freedom.

But half a month ago, the plan changed again.

The scale is directly tripled.

The USS Abraham Carrier Strike Group quickly dispatched from its home port and joined the USS Theodore Carrier Strike Group to form a dual carrier formation.

At the same time, in the other direction.

The USS Carl carrier strike group came from the Indian Ocean region and was cruising 500 kilometers west of Luson Island.

This strike group is also equipped with the USS Empire amphibious assault ship, forming a simplified dual-carrier strike group.

Of course, this fleet also has an important role, which is to launch an amphibious landing operation directly against Saint-Nand in northern Luçon.

However, the main force of the amphibious landing operation will be Lu Song’s army.

The Empire's Marines only served as the spearhead, capturing a landing point, and then it was Lu Song's army that charged forward.

According to information from insiders, the Third Army of the Northern Luson People's Army is defending this place.

A total of three infantry divisions, two armored brigades, and one artillery brigade, totaling 100,000 people.

The commander was a little-known northern Luzon man named Paulo Santos.

It is said that before becoming the army group commander, he had commanded a brigade at most.

This news made the commanders of Lu Song’s army all eager to attack here through amphibious landing.

They all bravely volunteered to fight, as if the place was a piece of tofu and as long as they landed successfully, they would usher in a crushing victory.

This made Major General Noah Batista, the commander of the Imperial Army's "Carl" aircraft carrier strike group in charge of the Western Front, feel both amused and confused.

Of course, this is always a good thing. The morale of Lu Song’s army will be boosted, and the Imperial Army will have fewer burdens to carry.

When the bells of Christmas Eve ring.

Admiral James is personally seeing off a troop!

"Colonel David, you are the first armored troop of the empire. You are the first to start this battle. I hope you will live up to the expectations of the empire!"

In front of Admiral James was a neatly-formed army, fully wrapped in metal armor.

At the front of the queue, a tall soldier with the colonel rank insignia on the left chest of his armor raised his hand and saluted.

"General, the 1st Armored Combat Battalion of the Imperial Army will tear open the enemy's Biyao Line of Defense and open a passage for follow-up troops!"

In fact, in the past few months, the seemingly peaceful Lusong Island has actually been in a fierce battle.

Lu Song's army launched at least 12 army-scale attacks on the Baguio Defense Line.

However, they were all repelled by the People's Army, and the People's Army even pushed the defense line 12 kilometers southward.

The entire Baguio defense line could not be breached, whether by tank attack or aerial assault by armed helicopters.

This time, the Imperial Army officially joined the war and used the latest combat forces right from the start.

The 1st Armored Combat Battalion, wearing power armor, is an experimental force of the Imperial Army and was formed just over a month ago.

This time we are trying its effectiveness.

Because, it is said that when the Baguio defense line was almost breached twice, the other side used armored warriors to stabilize the defense line and counterattack.

It was precisely because of this that the Empire urgently formed its own armored combat force.

The tanks that were once invincible in attacking strongholds have now become complete targets in front of drones.

Only more flexible and mobile armored warriors can better capture cities and strongholds.

This time, the battle between the two armored armies will determine the success or failure of the war.

(End of this chapter)