Rise of the Overlord

Chapter 248 Official declaration of war
After the Tang Empire announced that it would merge the entire Lanshui Kingdom into its own territory, the Monia Empire immediately began to jump up and down, and even encouraged other countries in the Nine-Nation Military Alliance to directly declare war on the Tang Empire.

However, at this time, the super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers being built by Inrobar, Sharad and other countries have not yet been completed. Therefore, Inrobar, Sharad and other countries do not agree with the early declaration of war, and hope to continue to follow the principles of the nine prime ministers. According to the agreement, war was declared against the Tang Empire on August [-]st.

However, when the merger of Lanshui Kingdom into the Datang Empire had not yet subsided, at the end of March in 3016 in the Datang Calendar, Wubei Kingdom, which belonged to the sphere of influence of the Noomi Empire, and Dongfang Kingdom, which belonged to the sphere of influence of the Inlobal Empire, The country of Yao also had military coups one after another, and they succeeded easily. The small number of Noomi troops and Yingluoba troops stationed in these two countries were also wiped out by the troops of these two countries.

Immediately after Wubei and Dongyao launched military coups, the top military and political leaders announced that they would merge their countries into the Tang Empire.

It is obvious that Wubei Kingdom, Dongyao Kingdom, and Lanshui Kingdom all had the shadow of the Tang Empire behind the military coups that took place.

The Tang Empire had no scruples about this, and quickly accepted the requests of Wubei and Dongyao, and divided Wubei, which has a land area of ​​about 460 million square kilometers, and Dongyao, which has a land area of ​​about 540 million square kilometers. The Kingdom of Yao was also incorporated into the territory of the Tang Empire.

So far, the land area of ​​the Tang Empire has expanded to about 100 million square kilometers, and the total population has reached almost 54 billion.

Although the external expansion of the Datang Empire has touched the nerves of the entire Nine-Nation Military Alliance, but because there are still many super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers in Yingluoba, Sharad and other countries that have not been completed, the Datang Empire has been annexed one after another. After Lanshui Kingdom, Wubei Kingdom, and Dongyao Kingdom, the Nine-Nation Military Alliance still did not choose to formally declare war, but in terms of diplomacy, it raised the strongest protests and warnings against the Tang Empire, hoping that the Tang Empire would find its way back.

The verbal protests and warnings were directly ignored by Su Yi. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire only issued a statement that Lanshui Kingdom, Wubei Kingdom and Dongyao Kingdom were merged into the Datang Empire voluntarily. Other countries have no right to interfere.

After the Tang Empire successively annexed Lanshui Kingdom, Wubei Kingdom and Dongyao Kingdom, the smell of gunpowder between the Datang Empire and the Nine Kingdoms Military Alliance became more and more intense, and both sides began preparations before the war without any scruples.

The Tang Empire knew very well that once the super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers being built by countries such as Yingluoba and Sharad entered service, war might break out.

However, the top military and political officials of the Datang Empire and Su Yi, who is the emperor of the Datang Empire, have no pre-emptive plans. There is no good way to destroy battlecruisers. After all, the shipyards that build these super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers have a large number of coastal defense guns to protect them.

Even because of mines, the fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire may not be able to approach the ports where those shipyards are located.

Time passed slowly in this increasingly intense smell of gunpowder, and soon it was the beginning of May in the 3016 year of the Tang Dynasty, and the Han Kingdom, the time also came to the 1672 year of the Han calendar.

Due to the influence of time and space turbulence, the system is independent of each other in the two worlds, so in the world of the Han Kingdom, the system will also give Su Yi a New Year gift package in the new year.

This year's New Year's gift package from the Dahan Kingdom is a diamond treasure box. After Su Yi opened it, six cards appeared in total.

The six cards include the annual purchase limit of four Forrest-class aircraft carriers, the annual purchase limit of four Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carriers, the annual purchase limit of eight Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers, the annual purchase limit of sixteen Burke-class guided missile destroyers, and the annual purchase limit of ten Sixteen Canglong-class conventional submarines, and a purchase limit of sixteen Type 901 comprehensive supply ships per year.

In this way, the annual purchase limit of the above six types of warships has doubled. If Su Yi is willing, the Dahan Navy will be able to add another [-] aircraft carrier formations immediately, making the Dahan Kingdom the country with the most aircraft carriers in the world. However, considering the tight finances of the Han Kingdom and some other factors, Su Yi did not take out the sixteen aircraft carrier formations for the time being.

It's a pity that the Stargate is too small. If Su Yi can transport a few aircraft carrier formations from the world beyond the Han Kingdom to the Datang Empire, then the so-called nine-nation military alliance will not be of great importance to the Datang Empire. threatened.

Although it is impossible to move the aircraft carrier formation to the world of the Great Tang Empire, Su Yi still transported a lot of good things from the world of the Great Han Kingdom to the Great Tang Empire through the Stargate. After all, the technological level of the two worlds , at least 20 years apart in many respects.

In the following time, with the completion of the construction of new super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers in England, Sharad and other countries, the outbreak of the war has entered the countdown.

In the middle of May in the year 3016 of the Tang Dynasty, the 97 tough-class super dreadnought battleships and [-] ambush-class battlecruisers of the British Empire all joined the Royal Navy's sequence, making the British Royal Navy super dreadnought The number of battleships reached one hundred and six, and the number of battlecruisers reached [-].

In the first ten days of June of 3016 in the Tang Dynasty, all 36 Tengyun-class super dreadnought battleships and 36 Haima-class battlecruisers of the Noomi Empire entered service, bringing the number of Noomi Royal Navy super dreadnought battleships to 88 , the number of battlecruisers reached 86.

In mid-June, sixteen super dreadnought battleships and sixteen battlecruisers of the Orenza Empire entered service, bringing the number of super dreadnought battleships in the Royal Navy of Orenza to 32, and the number of battlecruisers also reached Ordered 32 ships.

In the mid-July of 3016 in the Tang Dynasty, all 85 Julang-class super dreadnought battleships and 85 Wutong-class battlecruisers of the Sharad Empire entered service, bringing the number of super dreadnought battleships in the Sharad Royal Navy to [-] , the number of battlecruisers also reached [-].

In late July, the Rielland Empire also had eight super dreadnought battleships and eight battlecruisers in service, bringing the number of super dreadnought battleships in the Rielland Royal Navy to 25, and the number of battlecruisers also reached 25 ship.

The newly built eight super dreadnought battlecruisers and eight super-dreadnought battlecruisers of the Rielland Empire can be said to be the last batch of battleships on the side of the Nine-Nation Military Alliance before the declaration of war. Added up, at least on the surface, it has surpassed the mighty Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.

On the afternoon of July 3016th, 27 in the Tang Dynasty, in the palace of the capital of the Inaba Empire, the Prime Minister Augustus told the Emperor Penello in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the Empire of Rielland The news just came that their last few new battlecruisers have also joined the ranks of the Royal Navy of Rielland. In the next year, the nine countries of the Nine-Nation Military Alliance will not have new capital ships. Go into the water."

Emperor Penello took a deep breath and said: "This also indicates that the time has come for our military alliance of nine countries to declare war on the Tang Empire. Now the navies of our nine countries add up, and only the capital ships include 450 three ships. Super dreadnought battleships, 430 three battlecruisers, 72 dreadnought battleships, 130 pre-dreadnought battleships and [-] eight ironclad battleships, compared to the Datang Navy, they finally occupy a considerable advantage, by the way, What about the Royal Army and the Royal Air Force?"

Prime Minister August immediately said: "Your Majesty, the Royal Army has now expanded to 160 infantry divisions, with a total strength of 600 million troops, and the 600 million Royal Army troops have been reorganized and can be drawn at any time. On the battlefield."

Ten months ago, the total strength of the Royal Inlobal Army was only a little over 1000 million. Using these ten months, the Royal Inlobal Army expanded to a full 600 million troops.

After a pause, Prime Minister August continued: "Our Royal Air Force of Inaba already has more than [-] fighters, but in terms of performance in all aspects, compared with the fighters and bombers equipped by Datang Air Force, there are A certain gap, in fact, even if the fighter planes of the entire nine-nation military alliance are added up, they may still be at a disadvantage against the Datang Air Force."

Emperor Penello waved his hand and said, "The navy and air force are the key to determining the final outcome of a war. It doesn't matter if the air force is weaker. As long as the navy and army are equipped with more anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, the air force can still be at a disadvantage. The impact is minimized."

Prime Minister August immediately nodded and said, "Your Majesty, during the last meeting for the establishment of the Nine-Nation Military Alliance, the prime ministers of our nine countries initially set the date for declaring war on August [-]st. Does Your Majesty think it is appropriate? "

Emperor Penello hesitated for a moment and asked: "Before, Lanshui Kingdom, Wubei Kingdom and Dongyao Kingdom were successively annexed by the Tang Empire. In this way, it is almost meaningless for our nine-nation military alliance to establish the Eastern Theater Command. How to solve this matter?"

Prime Minister August immediately said: "Your Majesty, I forgot to report this matter to you. The Monia Empire Army and Rielland Empire Army originally allocated to the Eastern Theater will be assigned to the Southern Theater to strengthen the southern theater. The strength of the theater."

Emperor Penello asked again: "So how about the contact with Weiyue Kingdom, Guhe Kingdom, Langyue Kingdom and Xiyou Kingdom?"

Weiyue, Guhe, Langyue, and Xiyou are all kingdoms, located in the southwest of the Tang Empire. The combined area of ​​these four countries is more than 2000 million square kilometers. The terrain is mostly mountainous. The combined population is about seven [-] million.

Originally, these four countries were all vassal states of the old Tang Empire more than 1000 years ago, so that there were a large number of Tang people in these four countries. The number of Tang people in the four countries even exceeded [-] million, while the remaining The population of [-] million belongs to the Vietnamese people.

The Yue nationality is the collective name of hundreds of mountain peoples in the four countries of Weiyue, Guhe, Langyue, and Xiyou. After more than 1000 years of assimilation, the Yue people are also the same as the grassland peoples in terms of writing, language, and customs. , almost indistinguishable from Tang people.

Although the royal families of Weiyue Kingdom, Guhe Kingdom, Langyue Kingdom, and Xiyou Kingdom are all Yue people, the status of Tang people in these four countries is not lower than that of Yue people. official.

Prime Minister August shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, Weiyue Kingdom, Guhe Kingdom, Langyue Kingdom, and Xiyou Kingdom have clearly rejected the matter of joining the Nine-Nation Military Alliance, and these four countries will be drawn into our Nine-Nation Military Alliance chariot, it should be impossible.”

Emperor Penello snorted coldly, "When our Nine Nations Military Alliance is free, we must teach these four ungrateful countries a lesson!"

Weiyue Kingdom, Guhe Kingdom, Langyue Kingdom, and Xiyou Kingdom had been attached to the Cangyu Empire for many years after the old Tang Empire collapsed. These four countries have very close ties with first-class powers such as Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi, and they have also announced that they have broken away from the suzerain relationship with the Cangyu Empire.

For example, the Yingluoba Empire believed that Langyue Kingdom, the most powerful of the four countries, was already within its own sphere of influence, while the Weiyue Kingdom was regarded by the Sharad Empire as its own sphere of influence, while the remaining Guhe Kingdom and Xiyou Kingdom was designated as its own sphere of influence by the Noomi Empire.

Of course, Weiyue Kingdom, Guhe Kingdom, Langyue Kingdom, and Xiyou Kingdom did not recognize them as the sphere of influence of those three first-class powers.

Prime Minister August hesitated for a moment and said: "According to the report from our Inlobal intelligence department, people from the Tang Empire are now lobbying the Weiyue Kingdom, the Guhe Kingdom, the Langyue Kingdom and the Xiyou Kingdom to let these four countries Become a vassal state of the Tang Empire again."

Emperor Penello said: "Relying on the strength of our Nine-Nation Military Alliance and the Tang Empire, in fact, which side has those four more countries, the impact is not great. Since the super dreadnought battleships and battleships of the countries on our Nine-Nation Military Alliance All the cruisers have already entered service, so I think the date for the declaration of war should still be set on August [-]st."

At 3016:[-] a.m. on August [-], [-] in the Tang calendar, the Empire of England, the Empire of Sharad, the Empire of Noomi, the Empire of Monia, the Empire of Jisk, the Empire of Rielland, the Empire of Orensa, and the Empire of Heser The ambassadors of the Kingdom of Er and the Kingdom of Revilli in Chang'an City submitted a declaration of war to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire.

The staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Great Tang Empire handed over the declaration of war that had been prepared long ago to the ambassadors of the nine countries. So far, the war between the Great Tang Empire and the nine-nation military alliance officially kicked off.

(End of this chapter)