Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 241 The Fearless Great Tang Empire

In order to raise more military expenditures, the Sharad Empire issued 3015 billion sand dollars of three-year national bonds and 50 billion sand dollars of five-year national bonds at the beginning of October in the year 50 of the Tang Dynasty, and the 100 billion sand dollars The national debt is only issued for the Sharad Empire.

Due to the high interest rate set on these 100 billion national bonds, the sales in the Sharad Empire were very good, and they were sold out in less than a month.

With sufficient military expenditures, the Sharad Empire, while expanding the power of its navy, land and air forces, contacted other countries in the original seven-nation alliance to discuss the restructuring of the seven-nation alliance.

For the reorganization of the Seven Nations Alliance, not only the Sharad Empire is very active, some countries are even more active than the Sharad Empire, such as the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire, which also have a long border with the Tang Empire. For the threat to the Tang Empire, a military alliance was first formed in May of the 3015th year of the Tang calendar, and Jisk and Orenza have been preparing their armies for war, ready to welcome the invasion of the Tang Empire at any time.

At present, the navy of the Gisk Empire has 24 super dreadnought battleships, 381 battlecruisers, six dreadnought battleships, six former dreadnought battleships, and seventeen ironclad battleships, as well as twelve ships with 381 mm main guns. Construction of the super-dreadnought battleship and twelve battlecruisers with [-] mm main guns is about to be completed.

The army of the Gisk Empire organized 85 infantry divisions, each with a strength of about 10 people, equipped with more than 600 light tanks produced by the Gisk Empire itself, but the light tanks produced by the Gisk Empire , the performance in all aspects is very average, not even as good as the Renault FT-17 light tank equipped by the Datang Army.

The Gisk Empire has also established an air force, equipped with nearly [-] fighters designed and produced by the Gisk Empire itself, of which fighters and bombers account for half, and the performance of these fighters and bombers can only be said to be average.

The navy of the Orenza Empire currently has sixteen super dreadnought battleships, sixteen battlecruisers, five former dreadnought battleships, and two ironclad battleships, as well as sixteen super dreadnought battleships with 356mm main guns and ten Six battlecruisers with 356mm guns were under construction.

The Army of the Orenza Empire has 10 infantry divisions, and each infantry division has a strength of about 400. It is equipped with more than [-] light tanks produced by the Orenza Empire itself, and the light tanks produced by the Orenza Empire Tanks, in terms of performance, are on par with the light tanks produced by the Jisk Empire.

The Orenza Empire was temporarily unable to produce its own fighter jets and bombers, so it imported 48 fighter jets and 24 bombers from the Jisk Empire, forming the Air Force of the Orenza Empire.

The military strength of the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire is actually not weak, especially the army and navy of the two countries, but even so, these two countries combined are not the opponents of the Datang Empire, so these two countries It is very hopeful that the British Empire, the Sharad Empire, the Noomi Empire, the Monia Empire, and the Rielan Empire in the original seven-nation alliance can also be drawn into the newly formed military alliance of their two countries.

Although the seven-nation alliance was defeated in the last war, none of the seven countries in the seven-nation alliance has reached the point of being injured. This makes these seven countries a little unconvinced about the defeat. Under the tandem of the Sa Empire, soon the five countries including Yingluoba and Sharad expressed their willingness to reorganize the Seven Nations Alliance, and then an undercurrent against the Tang Empire was formed again.

However, the seven countries of Yingluoba, Sharad, Noomi, Monia, Jisk, Rilland, and Orenza are preparing to form a military alliance against the Tang Empire. Although they are doing it very secretly, it still makes people The intelligence department of the Tang Empire obtained some information.

On the afternoon of November 3015th, [-] in the Tang Dynasty, in the Xiande Hall of the Imperial Palace in Chang'an City, Wang Yimin, who was in charge of the entire intelligence system of the Tang Empire, reported to Su Yihui in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, according to some information obtained by our intelligence department, At present, the Yingluoba Empire, the Sharad Empire, the Noomi Empire, the Monia Empire, the Jisk Empire, the Rilland Empire, and the Orenza Empire are likely to collude again and prepare to be unfavorable to our Datang Empire."

Wang Yimin is an all-round advanced elite combat cyborg purchased by Su Yi from the system mall in the new year of 3015 in the Tang Dynasty. He is also the No. 6 all-round advanced elite combat cyborg under Su Yi's command.

Considering the importance of the intelligence system, Su Yi did not send Wang Yimin to the Tang Empire's sea, land and air forces, but handed over the entire Datang Empire's intelligence system to Wang Yimin, and appointed Wang Yimin as the Datang Empire's General Intelligence Bureau the Secretary.

Su Yi nodded slightly, and then asked the important officials of the military and the government in the Hall of Virtue: "What do you think about this matter?"

At this time, in addition to Wang Yimin, the director of the General Intelligence Bureau, there were also the Prime Minister Xu Haoming, the First Deputy Prime Minister Shi Jian, the Second Deputy Prime Minister Guo Xian, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Army He Yunfei, the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy Wang Chengliang and the Royal Army. Air Force commander Xia Xuezhi.

As soon as Su Yi's words fell, He Yunfei, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Army, said loudly: "Your Majesty, now our Datang Royal Army has ten guard divisions, 24 armored divisions, 7000 field divisions and [-] garrison divisions. As high as [-] million, and with more advanced Black Wolf tanks and Black Tiger tanks, even if those seven countries unite again, our Datang Royal Army will not be afraid, and we are confident to defeat the army units of those seven countries again."

Wang Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy, immediately said: "Your Majesty, the seven main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty, the capital ships alone have 260 super dreadnought battleships, 240 five battlecruisers and [-] dreadnought battleships. Even if the navies of those seven countries unite, our Datang Royal Navy is confident of winning the battle!"

Commander-in-chief of the Royal Air Force Xia Xuezhi immediately said: "Your Majesty, with the strength of our Royal Air Force of the Tang Dynasty, even the combined air forces of those seven countries are not enough. Our Royal Air Force of the Great Tang Dynasty has the confidence to rule the skies of the world."

After the three important ministers of the military expressed their views, the cabinet premier Xu Haoming said clearly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, our Datang Empire now has sufficient funds to support our Datang Empire for a long war. If the Yingluoba Empire, Sara The German Empire, the Noomi Empire, the Monia Empire, the Jisk Empire, the Rilland Empire, and the Orenza Empire have really united again. I feel that our Datang Empire can fight the seven kingdoms through a new war. This country will be brought down completely, and all external threats to our Datang Empire will be eliminated."

The first deputy prime minister of the cabinet, Shi Jian, and the second deputy prime minister of the cabinet, Guo Xian, hesitated for a while, and also expressed that if the seven countries including Yingluoba and Sharad really united again, they would also support the Tang Empire and the original seven countries. The seven nations of the alliance are once again at war.

For Shi Jian and Guo Xian, they are not willing to break out war with Yingluoba, Sharad and other seven countries, so as not to affect the current rapid economic development of the Datang Empire. What other options are there.

Su Yi heard the high-level military and government statements, nodded with satisfaction and said: "It seems that in the last war, our Tang Empire has not hurt those seven countries. Since they are looking for death again, then This time, I will beat the seven countries to the heart!"

Wang Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy, suggested to Su Yi at this time: "Your Majesty, the Yingluoba Navy completed the construction of ten brave-class super dreadnought battleships and ten pursuit-class battlecruisers last month. The number of battleships has been increased to 56 super dreadnought battleships, 47 battlecruisers, [-] dreadnought battleships, [-] former dreadnought battleships and [-] ironclad battleships. There are [-] brave-class ships and [-] pursuit-class ships in service, and in May next year, [-] tough-class super dreadnought battleships and [-] ambush-class battlecruisers will join the British Navy's sequence."

After a pause, Wang Chengliang continued: "In addition to the Yingluoba Navy, the navies of the other six countries will also complete the construction of a large number of battleships next year, so in order to ensure the superiority of our Datang Royal Navy, I suggest that our Datang Empire Declare war on those seven countries as soon as possible, otherwise, after the super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers being built by the seven countries are completed next year, our Datang Royal Navy will be completely at a disadvantage in terms of the number of battleships. Seven countries ranked second to eighth in the navy."

Before Su Yi could speak, Shi Jian, the first deputy prime minister of the cabinet, said: "Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate for the Tang Empire to declare war first. You must know that there is no solid evidence for the information obtained by the General Intelligence Bureau. The Tang Empire was the first to declare war, but without conclusive evidence, our Great Tang Empire is morally untenable."

Guo Xian, the second deputy prime minister of the cabinet, also nodded and said: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Shi is right. We, the Tang Empire, can't use trumped-up charges against Yingluoba, Sharad, Noomi, Monia, and Jisk. The Seven Kingdoms of China, Rielland, and Orenza declared war, and in that case, some people in the country may also jump out and accuse our Tang Empire of instigating a new world war."

Su Yi smiled slightly and said: "With the current military strength of our Great Tang Empire, even if the seven countries unite again, I will not be afraid. It is unnecessary to declare war first. I can announce to the whole world that our Great Tang Empire It is a peace-loving country, and our Great Tang Empire will not invade any country, of course some countries conspire against our Great Tang Empire first, so that is another matter."

Then Su Yi asked Wang Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy: "The 48 Jingyuan-class ships, 48 ​​Zhiyuan-class ships, [-] Zhenyuan-class ships and [-] Dingyuan-class ships that are being built by major shipyards will probably take how long to complete." put up?"

在36艘镇远级超级无畏战列舰和36艘定远级战列巡洋舰加入大唐帝国皇家海军的序列之后，苏毅又下令建造了48艘拥有406毫米主炮的靖远级超级无畏战列舰、48艘拥有406毫米主炮的致远级战列巡洋舰、十二艘拥有381毫米主炮的镇远级超级无畏战列舰和十二艘拥有381毫米主炮的定远级战列巡洋舰。

Although the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire is ready to start building aircraft carriers, battleships still play an irreplaceable role in naval battles in a short period of time. All Su Yi invested a huge amount of money to build 120 giant ships in one go.

Wang Chengliang, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy, immediately said: "Your Majesty, there are 36 Jingyuan-class ships and 36 Zhiyuan-class ships, which will join our Datang Royal Navy in June next year. The other twelve Jingyuan-class ships, ten The two Zhiyuan-class ships, the twelve Zhenyuan-class ships and the twelve Dingyuan-class ships are all being built in the newly built large dock, so they may not be fully completed until the end of next year."

Su Yi nodded, "How about the design of the aircraft carrier?"

Wang Chengliang quickly replied: "Your Majesty, an aircraft carrier with a standard displacement of 38000 tons has been designed. The full-load displacement can reach 42000 tons. It is equipped with ten 88mm anti-aircraft guns, twenty 40mm double-linked anti-aircraft guns, twenty One 20mm quadruple anti-aircraft gun and 36 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns can carry about a hundred carrier-based aircraft, but it will take some time to design and produce fighters and bombers that can serve as carrier-based aircraft."

According to Su Yi's request, an aircraft factory in the Datang Empire is developing fighters and bombers that can serve as carrier-based aircraft through the development of Messerschmitt Bf109 fighter jets and Junkers-88 dive bombers.

Su Yi pondered for a moment and asked: "Since the design of the aircraft carrier has been completed, does the Navy have a construction plan?"

Wang Chengliang shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, all the large shipyards in the major shipyards of the Tang Empire are currently occupied, and the construction of aircraft carriers can only be carried out after the completion of 36 Jingyuan-class ships and 36 Zhiyuan-class ships in June next year. "

Su Yi waved his hand and said, "That would be a waste of time. I will immediately allocate a special fund for the navy to build new large docks and aircraft carriers. Cheng Liang, how many aircraft carriers do you think should be built at the same time?"

Wang Chengliang hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, we haven't even designed the carrier-based aircraft yet, so I think it's better to be conservative and build three or four first."

(End of this chapter)