Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 197 Merging the Purple Moon Empire
After failing to upgrade two consecutive large armored cruisers, Su Yi unwillingly set the upgrade target on the Wiesbaden-class light cruiser.

Su Yi felt that the upgrade of the two large armored cruisers had failed, so no matter which product was upgraded next, the chance of success would increase a lot. Su Yi even had a premonition that the next upgrade would be successful.

Su Yi first recited Buddha's blessing in his heart, and then clicked the red plus sign on the back of the Wiesbaden-class light cruiser with his consciousness, and then Su Yi punched the air several times excitedly, laughing loudly.

American Baltimore-class heavy cruiser (unit price 1.8 million yuan, purchase limit of 24 ships per year) (upgradeable +).

The Baltimore class is a heavy cruiser built by the United States during World War II, and it is also the first heavy cruiser built by the United States after it got rid of the restrictions of the treaty, with reasonable armament and protection.

The Baltimore class has a standard displacement of 14704 tons, a full-load displacement of 17304 tons, and a maximum speed of 33 knots. It is equipped with three triple-mounted 55-caliber 203mm main guns, six double-mounted 127mm secondary guns, and 48 40mm anti-aircraft guns. One 20mm anti-aircraft gun, two aircraft catapults, four reconnaissance fighter jets, 152mm main armor on the side, 64mm deck armor, 203mm main turret armor, and a crew of 140 people.

Exchange 24 light cruisers for 24 heavy cruisers, this kind of transaction is simply unstoppable, or it is more reasonable to say that it is a gamble.

Su Yi couldn't help but upgrade the Cairo-class light cruiser afterwards, which made the smile on Su Yi's face even brighter.

Japan's Myo premium heavy cruiser (unit price 1.5 million yuan, purchase limit of 24 ships per year) (upgradeable +).

Myo-class heavy cruiser is a 10160-ton cruiser built by the Japanese Navy before World War II. Myo-class is very outstanding in terms of firepower and speed. In order to pursue the power advantage of a single ship, the Japanese Navy even resorted to concealment means to exceed the "Washington Treaty" for displacement. Despite the restrictions, the weight after completion still exceeds the plan. The Washington Treaty stipulates that the standard displacement of combat ships other than capital ships and aircraft carriers cannot exceed [-] tons.

Miao advanced heavy cruiser, with a standard displacement of 11300 tons, a full-load displacement of 14900 tons, and a maximum speed of 33 knots. It is equipped with five dual-mounted 50-caliber 203mm main guns, four dual-mounted 127mm anti-aircraft guns, 48 ​​25mm anti-aircraft guns, and four Four 610mm torpedo tubes, two aircraft catapults, three reconnaissance fighters, 102mm main armor on the side, 35mm deck armor, 76mm main turret armor, and a crew of 970 people.

After turning the two light cruisers into two heavy cruisers, Su Yi no longer dared to upgrade any warships in the system mall. Based on the probability of success, the next upgrade is likely to fail.

Among the remaining warships in the system mall, if any one disappears, it will make Su Yi feel distressed for a long time.

Today, I got a super dreadnought battleship, a battlecruiser, two heavy cruisers and a tank. Su Yi is already very satisfied with this. Su Yi still understands the truth that too much is too much.

On April [-]th, Su Yi ate with Queen Ouyang Xue. Seeing Su Yi's flushed face, Ouyang Xue couldn't help asking curiously, "Your Majesty, is there anything happy today?"

Su Yi smiled slightly and said: "I'm a little happy. The armored troops of the Royal Army of the Great Tang Empire will soon be equipped with a more powerful tank. Maybe the appearance of this tank can change the quality of the Royal Army of the Great Tang Empire. A stalemate with the armies of the three countries Inrobah, Sharad, and Noomi."

"Your Majesty, if our Royal Army of the Tang Empire can break through the eastern defense line of the Sharad Empire, will the war end?"

"I don't know where the bottom line of the seven-nation alliance is, but judging from the current strength comparison between the two sides, at least we will not lose!"

Ouyang Xue suddenly hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, all the forty provinces of the Star Empire have now become the territory of the Great Tang Empire. Three of the four major powers in the Eastern Continent have merged into the Great Tang Empire. I don't think so. Let the Ziyue Empire be formally merged into the Great Tang Empire, I don't want to bear the title of empress of the Ziyue Empire all the time, I just want to be the empress of the Great Tang Empire."

Su Yi frowned slightly, "Xiaoxue, did someone say something?"

Ouyang Xue hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't think too much, no one said anything, anyway, the Ziyue Empire will be merged into the Tang Empire sooner or later. If it is earlier, people with ulterior motives will be able to stop those unrealistic ideas." , Your Majesty, don't forget about the hidden forces within the Ziyue Empire."

A cold light flashed in Su Yi's eyes and said: "That dark force is hidden deep enough. The Ziyue Empire Military Intelligence Bureau has used a lot of manpower, but they still haven't found any important clues about it. They only caught this dark force. Some of the peripheral personnel, as for the core personnel of this dark force, none of them have been found out."

Ouyang Xue hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, if the Ziyue Empire is merged into the Tang Empire, will the hidden forces be unable to hold back and show their feet?"

Su Yi touched the beard stubble growing on his chin, and then said: "You can give it a try. According to the current situation, merging the Ziyue Empire into the territory of the Tang Empire should not cause any confusion. Tomorrow I will discuss it with Xu Haoming, Shi Jian and the others."

On April 3014, [-] in the Tang calendar, Ouyang Xue, the empress of the Ziyue Empire, suddenly issued an edict, announcing that the Ziyue Empire would be formally merged into the Tang Empire from today, and that the Ziyue Empire's Royal Navy and Royal Army would all be incorporated into the Tang Empire. The establishment of the Royal Navy and Royal Army of the Tang Empire.

The land area of ​​the Ziyue Empire is about 500 million square kilometers, and it has 33 provinces. After the Ziyue Empire was merged into the Datang Empire, the land area of ​​the Datang Empire exceeded 700 million square kilometers. The number expanded to 170, and the total population reached 50 billion.

Ziyue City, the former capital of the Ziyue Empire, will become the third accompanying capital of the Tang Empire. Considering the feelings of the three sisters Ouyangxue, Su Yi did not rename Ziyue City, and still use the two names of Ziyue. words.

After merging the entire Ziyue Empire Royal Army into the Datang Empire Royal Army, the entire Datang Empire Royal Army consisted of ten guard infantry divisions, three armored divisions, 250 field infantry divisions, and 170 infantry divisions. Temporarily organized infantry divisions and 1000 nine independent infantry brigades for defense, with a total strength of more than [-] million, including two armored divisions, which were only established at the beginning of this year.

When Su Yi saw that the total strength of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire exceeded 1000 million, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. You must know that in order to maintain such a large army, the monthly military expenditure exceeded 12 billion silver dollars, thanks to Su Yi The family background is relatively solid, otherwise the finances of the Tang Empire would have been dragged down by the huge military expenditure.

Although it is still at war with the seven-nation alliance, the army of hundreds of millions is still a bit exaggerated. After discussing with He Yunfei and Cheng Ziwen, Su Yi decided to reduce 860 temporary infantry divisions and restore them to reserve forces. The total strength of the Royal Army has dropped to more than [-] million people. In this way, the military expenditure of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire can be reduced by almost [-] million silver dollars every month.

Cheng Ziwen will serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire in the future, and the position of commander-in-chief will still be held by He Yunfei.

After the officers and soldiers of the [-] temporary infantry divisions are restored to reserve service, they can also increase the strength of the militia units in various places. If necessary, the reduced [-] temporary infantry divisions can be quickly reorganized. Of course, Su Yi And the senior officials of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire do not think that the [-] temporary infantry divisions that have been canceled will have a chance to resume their formation.

The five main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the four main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire will be merged into seven main fleets, with Wang Chengliang as the commander-in-chief and Zhang Qihui as the deputy commander-in-chief.

The designations of the former First Fleet, Second Fleet, Third Fleet, and Fourth Fleet of the Imperial Navy of the Great Tang Empire remain unchanged. The Second Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire will be changed to the Sixth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire, and the former Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire will be changed to the Seventh Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire.

The forty former dreadnought battleships of the former fifth fleet of the Royal Navy of the Great Tang Empire and the 28 former dreadnought battleships of the fourth fleet of the former Royal Navy of the Ziyue Empire will be allocated to the various garrison fleets of the Royal Navy of the Great Tang Empire. Enhance the strength of each garrison fleet.

In addition, Su Yi also allocated the newly obtained four Breton-class super dreadnought battleships to the Sixth Fleet, and allocated six Mao Zedong ships to the Third Fleet, Fourth Fleet, Sixth Fleet, and Seventh Fleet. Odd-class battlecruiser.

As for the newly obtained 48 heavy cruisers, they will be evenly distributed among the seven main fleets to form seven heavy cruiser formations.

Thirty Type VIIC submarines of the Ziyue Imperial Navy's submarine force will also be merged into the submarine force of the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire. With the addition of Type VIIC submarines imitated by a shipyard of the Datang Empire, the Royal Navy of the Datang Empire has already With eighty Type VIIC submarines.

The officials of the original Ziyue Empire basically stayed in their posts, and some were transferred to new positions. For example, Guo Xian, the former prime minister of the Ziyue Empire, was appointed by Su Yi as the second deputy prime minister of the Tang Empire's cabinet.

Thanks to the fact that the entire army of the Ziyue Empire had been firmly controlled by Su Yi, the merger of the Ziyue Empire into the Tang Empire was relatively smooth. Even if some people did not want the Ziyue Empire to disappear from now on, it would be impossible powerless to stop.

(End of this chapter)