Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 240

It is equivalent to Penello, the rich and powerful emperor of the Inaba Empire, and Edgru, the emperor of the Noomi Empire who has mines in his hands, and Heris, the emperor of the Sharad Empire, but his pockets are a bit shabby.

On the evening of September 3015, 260 in the Tang calendar, in a study room in the Royal Palace of Fenni City, the capital of the Sharad Empire, Shulik, the Prime Minister of the Sharad Empire, reported to Emperor Herris: "Your Majesty, after our information According to the department's verification, the seven main fleets of the Datang Navy currently add up to 240 super dreadnought battleships, [-] five battlecruisers, and [-] dreadnought battleships in battleships alone. In the factory, there are [-] super dreadnought battleships and [-] battlecruisers under construction."

When Emperor Herris heard this, he immediately said bitterly: "Today, the total number of battleships in the main fleets of our Sharad Royal Navy is only 31 super dreadnought battleships, 31 battlecruisers, ten dreadnought battleships, and twelve pre-dreadnought battleships. Battleships and 24 armored battleships, compared with the Datang Navy, the difference in strength is too great."

The Sharad Navy suffered a lot from the Tang Empire and the Alliance of Seven Nations. In November last year, the Sharad Empire completed the construction of 24 loud-class super dreadnought battleships and 24 Maple Leaf-class battlecruisers, and joined the Sharad Navy Only then did the Sharad Navy regain some vitality.

Prime Minister Shulik said with a sigh: "The Datang Navy has completed the construction of 36 Zhenyuan-class super dreadnought battleships and 36 Dingyuan-class battlecruisers at the end of last year. 52 new super dreadnought battleships, 64 new battlecruisers, and [-] dreadnought battleships have arrived, which makes the Datang Navy have an astonishing number of capital ships."

Emperor Herris frowned and asked: "Could it be built by some island shipyard again? Where is that mysterious island shipyard?"

Prime Minister Shulik shook his head and said: "At present, all countries are searching for the mysterious island shipyard, but this island shipyard does not seem to exist. I even think that the island shipyard claimed by Su Yi is just a smoke bomb."

Emperor Herris frowned even tighter, "Then where did the new super dreadnought battleships, battlecruisers and dreadnought battleships of the Datang Navy come from?"

Prime Minister Shulik couldn't help but sighed again, "Your Majesty, I have asked the intelligence department to send more people to investigate this matter, hoping to find some discoveries."

Emperor Herris waved his hand and said: "Let's not study the affairs of the Datang Navy for now. The new 24 Loud-class ships and 24 Maple Leaf-class ships, as well as [-] Julang-class ships and [-] Wutong-class ships, when will they be ready?" Complete the construction, if these [-] giant ships can join our Royal Sharad Navy, then our Royal Sharad Navy will not be helpless when facing the Datang Navy at least."

In order to expand the strength of the Sharad Royal Navy and the Royal Army, Emperor Herris almost drained the funds of the Sharad royal family, so in order to keep the Sharad Empire from falling behind in this naval arms race that swept the world's naval powers, At the proposal of Prime Minister Shulik, a donation activity for the Royal Navy of Sharad was launched in the Sharad Empire.

In this event, the Sharad Navy finally raised about 27 billion sand dollars. According to the five-to-one exchange rate between the sand dollar and the British dollar, the 27 billion sand dollars is almost equivalent to 4000 million British dollars.

The Sharad Navy then used this donation to build another 381 Loud-class super dreadnought battleships and 24 Maple Leaf-class battlecruisers with 24mm main guns, and thirty Julang-class super dreadnought battleships with 406mm main guns And thirty Indus-class battlecruisers.

The construction of these 54 super dreadnought battleships and 54 battlecruisers cost about 22 billion sand dollars, including the construction of [-] Julang-class and [-] Indus-class, and the Sharad Empire built [-] new [-]-ton ships The cost of the dock, as for the remaining donation of [-] million sand dollars, was used by the Sharad Navy as military expenses.

Prime Minister Shulik then replied: "Your Majesty, around May next year, the construction of the new 24 Loud-class ships and 24 Maple Leaf-class ships will be completed, and by July next year, [-] Julang-class ships and [-] All Indus-class ships can also be added to the sequence of our Sharad Royal Navy."

Emperor Herris nodded slightly, "In this way, by July next year, the number of capital ships of our Royal Sharad Navy will increase to 85 super dreadnought battleships, 85 battlecruisers, ten dreadnought battleships, Twelve former dreadnought battleships and 24 ironclad battleships are not satisfactory, by the way, what does the prime minister think about the reorganization of the seven-nation alliance?"

Prime Minister Shulik said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I am in favor of the reorganization of the seven-nation alliance. The current strength of the Tang Empire can almost be described as rapid progress, and the Tang Empire has nothing to do with us. The German Empire has a long border and a hatred that is difficult to resolve. The stronger the Tang Empire is, the more threatening it is to our Sharad Empire. If we can reorganize the Seven Kingdoms Alliance and dismember the Datang Empire, then our Sharad Empire Not only can the German Empire defeat a powerful enemy, but it can also reap considerable war dividends."

Emperor Herris said with some hesitation: "I also agree in my heart that the Sharad Empire will rejoin the Seven Kingdoms Alliance, but now the military strength of the Datang Empire is very strong. In addition to the navy of the Datang Empire, the Datang Empire The army and air force can be called the number one in the world, and our Sharad Empire has a long border with the Datang Empire in the east. Once the Seven Nations Alliance breaks out with the Datang Empire again, our Sharad Empire The pressure to be endured is much greater than that of the Inaba Empire, the Noomi Empire, and the Monia Empire!"

The seven countries of the Seven Nations Alliance were always ranked among the world's first-class powers before the Great Tang Empire came into being. However, these seven countries can be divided into two levels according to their strength. The strength of the German Empire, Noomi Empire, and Monia Empire is obviously higher than that of Jisk, Rielland, and Orenza.

Prime Minister Shuli Ke said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, although the Tang Empire is powerful in military strength, if the Seven Nations Alliance can be reorganized, then the combined military power of our seven countries is enough to crush the Tang Empire, so as long as the Seven Nations If the alliance can reorganize and declare war on the Tang Empire, the final victory in the war must belong to the Seven Nations Alliance!"

Emperor Herris sighed and said: "Prime Minister, in the last war, the combined military power of our seven countries had a huge advantage over the Tang Empire, but in the end our Seven Nations Alliance was still defeated, and the Tang Empire became It has created a behemoth with a land area of ​​more than 700 million square kilometers and a population of more than 50 billion."

Prime Minister Shulik pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the main reason for the failure of the last war was that our Seven Nations Alliance lost its sea dominance. Now Inrobah, Noomi, Monia and other countries are building super dreadnought battleships. And battlecruisers, when the [-] capital ships under construction by our Sharad Navy enter active service, the combined navies of our seven countries will completely suppress the navy of the Datang Empire in terms of the number of capital ships. If the Chinese navy does not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy in the last war, it should have no problem defeating the Datang navy."

Seeing the hesitation on the face of Emperor Herris, Prime Minister Shulik continued: "Your Majesty, because of the large donation raised for the Royal Navy, the finances of our Sharad Empire can be donated to the Royal Army." Allocated more military expenditures with the Royal Air Force. At present, the Royal Sharad Army has reorganized 140 infantry divisions, with a total strength of more than 400 million, more than 100 tanks, and more than [-] armored vehicles. In addition Our Sharad Royal Air Force also has thousands of fighter planes and more than [-] airships, and the overall strength of our Sharad Empire has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to two years ago."

The Sharad Empire was located between the Tang Empire and the Noomi Empire. In order to defend against these two powerful countries at the same time, the Sharad Empire had to maintain a large-scale army and air force.

At present, apart from the navy, land and air armies of the Tang Empire, which are all ranked first in the world in terms of strength, the navy and air force of the British Empire are both ranked second in the world, and the army of the British Empire is ranked second in the world. fourth place.

The army of the Noomi Empire ranked second, the navy ranked third, and the air force ranked fourth.

The army and air force of the Sharad Empire both ranked third, and the navy ranked fourth after the Datang Navy, Yingluoba Navy and Noomi.

The industrial level of the Sharad Empire is still very strong. The fighter jets, bombers, tanks and armored vehicles equipped by the Sharad Army are all designed and produced by the Sharad Empire, and their performance is not bad. The performance of tanks and armored vehicles is no worse than that of the Noomi Empire, and the performance of the fighter jets and bombers equipped by the Sharad Air Force is no worse than that of the Inaba Empire.

Emperor Herris smiled wryly and said: "Prime Minister, if I remember correctly, the Army of the Great Tang Empire seems to still have more than 7000 million regular troops, and the Air Force of the Great Tang Empire has more than [-] fighters. Our Sharad Empire The strength of the Royal Army, which cost a huge sum of money to build, is less than a quarter of that of the Datang Army, and the number of fighters of the Royal Air Force is only one-sixth of that of the Datang Air Force. Be cautious about the League of Nations."

Prime Minister Shulik was very scruples about the Tang Empire, so he very much agreed with the reorganization of the Seven-Nation Alliance. Hearing Emperor Herris' concerns, Prime Minister Shulik then thought about it and said: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of the Great Tang that The military strength of the empire is so strong that our Sharad Empire should join the Seven Nations Alliance again. Our Sharad Empire now spends huge sums of money every year to support a large-scale army, sea and air force. The main reason is to guard against the Great Tang Empire. The Royal Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force of this size will bankrupt our Sharad Empire’s finances sooner or later, why not rejoin the Seven Nations Alliance and take a gamble!"

The words of Prime Minister Shulik immediately moved Emperor Herris, "The Prime Minister is right. Now the major powers in the world are all engaged in an arms race in terms of sea, land and air forces. If this continues, other The country doesn't know, our Sharad Empire will definitely not be able to hold on, it seems that we can only gamble!"

Prime Minister Shulik said excitedly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, countries such as Inroba and Noomi should all have the intention to reorganize the seven-nation alliance. As long as the seven countries of our original seven-nation alliance unite again, they will surely It will defeat the Tang Empire and win the final victory of the war."

Emperor Herris didn't care about the pancakes painted by Prime Minister Shulik. He frowned slightly and said: "Once a war breaks out with the Tang Empire, the eastern region of our Sharad Empire is likely to be attacked by the Tang army." Invasion, so I think it is best to expand the strength of the Royal Army from now on, and add more fighters and bombers to the Royal Air Force, and strengthen the fortifications on the border in the east.”

Prime Minister Shulik immediately said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, expanding the strength of the Royal Army and adding more fighter planes to the Royal Air Force should indeed start now, but our Sharad Empire's finances really can't squeeze out money. gone."

Emperor Herris shook his head with a wry smile, "I don't have any money for the time being. Prime Minister, what advice do you have? Do you want to donate again?"

Prime Minister Shulik pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, fundraising is also a way. In addition, I feel that a batch of three-year and five-year national bonds can be issued. It must be no problem to raise billions of sand dollars."

Emperor Herris hesitated when he heard that the national debt was going to be issued, "After all, the national debt must be repaid, and there is still a high interest rate. What will happen when the national debt expires?"

"That's why I proposed to issue three-year and five-year national bonds. If the seven-nation alliance can be successfully reorganized, three years is enough to defeat the Tang Empire. As long as the Tang Empire is defeated, the problem of national debt will be of great concern to our Sharad Empire. As far as I'm concerned, it's not a problem."

Emperor Herris nodded and said: "What the prime minister said makes sense, then follow what the prime minister said, and issue a batch of three-year and five-year national bonds to prepare the army for war. , last time we raised 27 billion sand dollars for the Royal Navy!"

(End of this chapter)