Chapter 8 Trade-offs
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Maier and Liu Xiu returned to Byron City with 30,000 new rifles and 1 million rounds of ammunition, which were taken out of the warehouse in the Bluestone Palace for less than a week and distributed to 30,000 Taeyong goblins who were willing to follow Mel.
Maier established a stronghold between the Tajon Elf Settlement and Byron City, and the 30,000 Tajon Elves were stationed in this stronghold, and all the food and training ammunition were provided by the Tajon Elf Settlement.
Maier handed over this unit to Liu Xiu, handed over the information summarized by the experimental army to him, and let him take full responsibility for the training of the 30,000 Tairong goblins. The Taerong goblin is very obedient and trains very well, Liu Xiu only stayed in the stronghold for a month, then became a shopkeeper and went home to accompany his daughter-in-law.
In January 139 of the new calendar, Liu Xiu sent a report to Meier. He said that Taeyong goblins are good everywhere, but they are too unassertive. They can become qualified soldiers, non-commissioned officers, and junior officers can barely do it, but not middle-level officers and high-level officers.
In the letter, Liu Xiu told such a story to Meier. He conducted a military exercise in mid-December of the 138th year of the new calendar, during which the Taeyong elves made all sorts of unbelievable decisions.
For example, a unit suppressed by fire does not call for friendly support, but launches a decisive charge; The various units like to act in groups during combat, walking and stopping together, and the synchronization rate is very high, but the target is also very large, and the enemy's scouts have discovered their presence across a wood; When a senior commander encounters a problem, he always likes to discuss with the people around him, and when the decision is made, everyone comes to the headquarters.
Similar problems will always arise with the troops under the command of the Taeyong goblins themselves, but not with the troops commanded by Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu said that this unit needs a large number of middle and high-level officers, otherwise the Tairong goblins will not be able to exert 100 percent of the combat effectiveness of the new rifle.
At the same time, Liu Xiu also reported to Maier the research results of the new artillery. The research on new artillery occupies nearly 15 percent of the funds of the scientific research department, and Liu Xiu has seen many kinds of artillery on television and the Internet, but he does not know the structure of these artillery. He had the impression that the cannonball was an oversized two-kicker, and that the gun itself was a container for firing the two-kick - that is, he didn't know as much about artillery as the New World.
However, Liu Xiu knew the development prospects of artillery, and he knew that it was a weapon that could change the form of warfare like a new rifle. In the scientific research department, new artillery is given a higher priority than hybrid crops. However, the artillery technology of the new world is too backward, and it is not easy to climb up in a short period of time.
It was not until November 138 of the new calendar that the Ministry of Scientific Research created an artillery that could be put into actual combat. This gun can still only fire spherical solid shells, with a caliber of about 200 mm, a gun body about two meters long, a dead weight of about two tons, a range of about 1.5 kilometers, a rate of fire of about one shot every five minutes, and no explosions or accidents in the 30 test firings.
The accuracy of the gun, named "Experimental Gun No. 14", was still poor, and only two of the thirty test firing hit the target area, which was a three-meter square plank one kilometer away from the gun, and both hits hit the edge of the plank.
Liu Xiu reluctantly said that this kind of artillery is still not practical, but Meier feels that this kind of artillery is already very powerful. It can guarantee that there will be no accidents in 30 test launches, although the accuracy is still very low, but it is enough to hit the city wall. Now the city of Byron can produce this kind of artillery, and if it is fully produced, it can build three guns per month, but the dead weight of two tons is still too high, and it is inconvenient to transport and deploy. The direct-fire artillery, which could only fire solid shells, was not suitable for defending the city, and after weighing it, Meier still listened to Liu Xiu's advice and continued to develop a new type of artillery.
In June 139 of the new calendar, Liu Xiu sent another report to Meier.
According to the report, the new army, composed of Taeyong goblins, can theoretically be put into use, but in the absence of mid- and high-level officers, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. The test firing of the new gun, called the "Experimental Gun No. 18", was completed in early May, and this type of gun is similar in appearance to the "Experimental Gun No. 14", and it is a front-loading direct-fire gun, which can only fire solid bullets, because the Kingdom of Byron only has solid bullets.
The No. 18 experimental gun had a lengthened barrel of three meters, a caliber reduced to about 150 millimeters, a dead weight of more than three tons, a rate of fire of about one round every four minutes, a firing range of more than two kilometers, and no accidents occurred during fifty test firings. The accuracy of this type of gun has improved considerably, thirteen of the fifty test shots hit the plank at a distance of 1 km, this time the plank used was still a square plank with a side length of three meters, three of which hit the central area of the plank.
After Liu Xiu reported the experimental data, he complained about the weight of the new artillery. The designers increased the stability of the gun by increasing the dead weight and reducing the caliber, so that the stability did increase, but the power of the gun also decreased, and the dead weight of more than three tons increased the difficulty of transportation and deployment.
Liu Xiu's report gave Maier the idea of using the Tairong Goblin Legion and the new artillery, and he knew that as soon as the Tairong Goblin Legion came out, the battle damage of the coalition army would be reduced immediately, and the appearance of the new artillery would greatly reduce the difficulty of the battle. However, the Taeyong Elf Legion is far away from the training base, and it will take at least a month for them to enter the battle. The new artillery has not yet been put into mass production, and when the city of Byron produces a few guns and ships them to the front, it will definitely be two months later.
Now most of the settlements of Chaoxin have been captured, and only four settlements are still resisting. Two of these settlements are small towns with populations of less than 20,000 and two are large towns with populations of more than 50,000. The coalition could take these four towns within a month to end the war, or they could rest for two months and wait for the Tajon elves and artillery to settle the battle.
Two months is enough time for a lot to happen.
At the beginning of May, the offensive of the various Ira forces weakened, apparently having eaten enough and digesting the fruits of the battle. The nobles of Taeyong took the opportunity to send envoys to negotiate with Ira. The nobles of Taeyong said that they were willing to work with the Ira people to crusade against the Mingji people and capture the land of the Mingji people.
If the Taeyong nobles only sent envoys to negotiate with the Ira, the Ira would definitely not buy it. How much loss does it cost to hit the Mingji people? How much does it cost to fight the Tairong people? With a little thought in your head, you can make a decision. However, the Tayyong nobles came prepared this time, they had already contacted the Anwick people and formed a temporary alliance with them, and they had the Anwick people contact the Tugu people, and the Anwick people had formed a temporary alliance with the Tugu people.
There was a lot of business between the Anwick and the Tugurs, and when the Anwicks were short of money, they would reduce the scale of the massacre, take the population back to the country, and then resell it to the Tugurs. The fierce dogs produced by Anwick are very popular with the rich people of Dugu, which is another way for the Anwick people to make money. So far, there has been no large-scale war between the Anwick and the Tufols.
The Dugu people have fought an all-out racial war with the Mingji people, and they have a deep hatred for the Mingji people. In addition, the Kingdom of Egus had already joined the war against the Chaoxin Kingdom, and Ramogis also publicly made anti-Mingji remarks, and quite a number of Dugu Kingdoms formed a temporary alliance with the Anwick people and began to dispatch troops to prepare for the Mingji people's country.
An ally of an ally is not necessarily an ally, but it also does not have to be an enemy. As long as the purpose is the same and there is no conflict of interest, both parties will be fine. In this way, a temporary alliance of the Tayyongs, Anwick and Dugu people was established, and the situation became two tribes and a half-dozen tribes - the Tayyong nobles suffered huge losses in the war, and the Tayyong kingdom was not on their side, so they were only half-clans at best. But on the surface, this is still a three-clan fight one, and the advantage is huge.
Although the Mingji people will pay a lot of losses, it is not without benefits. First of all, all the Mingji people in the occupied area can be killed, and all the land can be occupied by the nobles. Land means food and resources, and population is readily available, so you can't buy slaves! As long as resources can be produced, who will not do the work?
The Mingji people's settlements had large tracts of cultivated land, which would attract population, and as the population increased, the strength of the nobles naturally increased. If we were able to divide up the land of the people in a "peaceful and fraternal manner", the losses caused by the war would not be very large. After all, the Mingji people's settlements have a high degree of autonomy, and as long as the main force of the Mingji people is eliminated, the nobles can steadily advance and expand their territory like the Byronic Kingdom.
Of course, the Ira people still have their own little calculations. If they can find a reason to move some of the Tairong people out of the occupied area, and then move in some of the Ira people, they will be able to assimilate the Tairong people in the occupied area more quickly, and the encroachment on the land of the Mingji people can provide them with a reasonable excuse.
After much deliberation, the Ira nobles accepted the Taeyong nobles' proposal. By the end of May, the advice of the Ira princes flew like snowflakes, and Emperor Ira, knowing what they wanted to do, and knowing that their actions were expected by Gray, agreed to their request and prepared to make peace with the Taeyong nobles.
If the Ira join the war against the Mingji, the Elts will surely join as well, expanding their territory while eliminating potential hidden dangers. It won't be long before the Letings join in. At that time, the Mingji people will become the target of public criticism, and their land will become the target of major forces.
After the Mingji people are eliminated, the war will not end. Some forces will break out into war because of the unequal distribution of spoils, and the new world will be chaotic again. The forces that do not participate in the war will honestly digest the results of the war, and unless there is an accident, these forces will not have military action for a long time.
During this time, Gray and Maier can do what they want with peace of mind. As long as they keep a low profile, they can accomplish the goal of the plan before the outside forces notice the anomaly.
However, if Maier had used the Taeyong Elf Legion and new artillery in his war against the kingdom of Chaoxin, the situation would have been completely different. Equipped with a new rifle, the Tajon Elven Legion can crush any current nation's army, and the output of a stable new artillery can blast through any wall within range. Together, the two are "invincible".
When the whole world is in fear, the forces will unite and attack the kingdom of Byron and its allies as if they were crazy. Although Chaoxin does not have an army of third-party forces other than the coalition army, Maier does not dare to guarantee that there are no spies from third-party forces here. In the unlikely event that word of the Tajon Elf Legion and the new artillery leaks out, Gray and Mayer's plan fails.
But without the use of the Taejung Elf Legion and the new artillery, the coalition will have to pay the price. This made Mel very conflicted, and he weighed it for a long time. He knew that the losses paid by the coalition forces were much smaller than the losses of the besieged kingdom of Byron and its allies, but the lives of the coalition soldiers were not fateful?
As a ruler, Mel knows that she must learn to make trade-offs, and she knows how to make them. The overall situation is important, which is the premise of the ruler's choice. But no matter what he chooses, he will feel guilty.
On July 5, 139 New Calendar, the coalition forces ended all military operations in the territory of the state of Chaoxin. Just like Gray promised everyone at the beginning, at the end of the war, no one in Chaoxin was alive, and Chaoxin completely disappeared in the historical occasion.
Although the war ended, the coalition forces were still stationed in the territory of the former Chaoxin Kingdom. The territory of Chaoxin was all annexed by the Kingdom of Byrons, and the Republic of Bujin, the Kingdom of Tairong, and the Kingdom of Ogus did not gain anything in the war.
In fact, Maier really wanted to give half of the territory to the Republic of Bukin, because the Byronic Kingdom was short of manpower and could not afford to send people to immigrate here. And the Republic of Bujin is facing the same problem, they also have no ability to migrate here. The Tairong Kingdom and the Egus Kingdom have enough manpower, but the distance between the immigrants is too far, and the land they occupy is still an enclave, which will make the immigrants feel insecure, or increase the independence of the immigrants, so the Tairong Kingdom and the Egus Kingdom cannot send immigrants here.
Do you want to let the land of Chaoxin be barren?
The answer, of course, is no.
On August 18, 139 of the new calendar, the first batch of immigrants came to the territory of Chaoxin. This group of immigrants is none other than the Taerong goblins who live in the temporary Taerong goblin settlement.