Originally, the high-ranking people of the Liang Yan Empire believed that after the war between the Han and Tang Empires and the Nine Nations Military Alliance ended, the Han and Tang Empires would at least recuperate for a while.

After all, for this war with the military alliance of the nine countries, the Han and Tang Empires expanded the army alone to 130 million, plus the navy and air force, the Han and Tang Empire's monthly military expenditures are astronomical.

The post-war disarmament of the Han and Tang Empires also proves this.

However, what is surprising is that at the end of January 1552, the Han and Tang armies divided into nine routes and brazenly invaded the Qi'an Empire.

The armies of the various forces of the Qi'an Empire, in the face of the attack of the Han and Tang armies, could not resist at all, after all, the gap between the weapons and equipment of the two armies was too great.

Many forces in the Qi'an Empire were not even equipped with warplanes and tanks.

Even if some forces purchased some fighters and tanks from the Liang Yan Empire, their performance could not be compared with the fighters and tanks of the Han and Tang Empires.

Because the Liang Yan Empire and the forces of the Qi'an Empire, the Western Qin Empire and the Eastern Qin Empire had formed a four-nation alliance against the Han and Tang Empires, after the Han and Tang armies invaded the Qi'an Empire, they were immediately strongly condemned by the Liang Yan Empire, the Western Qin Empire, and the Eastern Qin Empire.

Fan Yi, the emperor of the Liang Yan Empire, also made a speech, strongly stating that if the Han and Tang armies did not immediately withdraw from the Qi'an Empire, the Liang Yan Empire would not rule out declaring war on the Han and Tang Empires.

It's just that the toughness shown by Fan Yi, the emperor of the Liang Yan Empire, was ignored by the Han and Tang Empires, and put on a posture of "if you want to fight, you will fight".

In fact, according to the treaty of the Four-Power Alliance, after the Han and Tang armies attacked the Qi'an Empire, the Liang Yan Empire, as well as the various forces of the Western Qin Empire and the Eastern Qin Empire, should assume the obligation of being allies and directly choose to declare war on the Han and Tang Empires.

However, the forces of the Liang Yan Empire, the Western Qin Empire, and the Eastern Qin Empire have only been strongly condemning, but they have no intention of sending troops to support the Qi'an Empire.

In a large hall of the imperial palace in Lingyang City, the capital of the Liang Yan Empire, Emperor Fan Yi asked Prime Minister Lu Qing in a deep voice: "Does Lu Xiang think that our Liang Yan Empire should declare war on the Han and Tang Empires?" ”

Emperor Fan Yi's face was very ugly, and he swore not long ago that the Han and Tang Empires would not provoke another war in the future, but he was soon slapped in the face.

Prime Minister Lu Qing said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, our Liangyan Empire and the Qi'an Empire do not border, even if war is declared on the Han and Tang Empires, it will be difficult for our Liangyan Empire to provide any support to those forces of the Qi'an Empire."

Moreover, our Liang Yan Navy only has 3 super submarines in service, if there is really a war with the Han and Tang Empires, our Liang Yan Navy may not pose any threat to the navy of the Han and Tang Empires. ”

Emperor Fan Yi frowned and said, "But according to the treaty of the Four-Power Alliance, our Liang Yan Empire should declare war on the Han and Tang Empires at this time. ”

"Your Majesty, the purpose of our Liangyan Empire signing the Four-Power Alliance with those forces of Qi'an, Western Qin, and Eastern Qin is to let those forces contain the Han and Tang Empires, not to act as a protective umbrella for those forces."

Emperor Fan Yi said with some reluctance: "Do you want to let the Han and Tang Empires unscrupulously annex the Qi'an Empire?"

Today, the Han and Tang Empires will send troops to the Qi'an Empire, and tomorrow the Han and Tang Empires will send troops to the Western Qin Empire and the Eastern Qin Empire, so what if the day after tomorrow, the Han and Tang Empires invade our Liang Yan Empire?

Without the forces of Qi'an, Western Qin, and Eastern Qin to contain it, can our Liang Yan Empire alone resist the Han and Tang Empires? ”

Prime Minister Lu Qing sighed and said, "Your Majesty, but our Liang Yan Empire is really not suitable for war with the Han and Tang Empires now.

Perhaps we in the Liang Yan Empire could consider finding some stronger allies. ”

When Emperor Fan Yi heard this, his face couldn't help but change, "I will never agree to form an alliance with those beast countries!" ”

Prime Minister Lu Qing persuaded him: "Your Majesty, this time and that time.

Now the Han and Tang Empires are the biggest threat to our Liang Yan Empire.

And those beast countries, after losing to the Han and Tang Empires one after another, no longer have any conflict of interest with our Liang Yan Empire. ”

"But with an alliance with those beast countries, can the people of our Liangyan Empire accept it in their hearts?"

"Your Majesty, as long as the threat of the Han and Tang Empires to our Liang Yan Empire is vigorously promoted, presumably most of the people will still be acceptable."

"I'll think about this again!

And what about the Qi'an Empire? Do we really care? ”

"Your Majesty, it's not that you don't want to care, but the timing is not right, our Liangyan Empire has not yet completed its preparations for war."

Among the Four Nations Alliance, the Liang Yan Empire, which occupies the dominant position, did not move much after a burst of thunder and rain of small condemnation.

The various forces of the Western Qin Empire and the Eastern Qin Empire, seeing that the Liang Yan Empire did not abide by the covenant, of course they would not stupidly send troops to send their heads.

As a result, the Nine Route Army of the Han and Tang Empires was overwhelming in the territory of the Qi'an Empire.

Many forces of the Qi'an Empire, under the powerful offensive of the Han and Tang armies, had to choose to surrender, so that at least their families could continue.

In four months, the Han and Tang armies annexed 8.18 million square kilometers of land and 300 million people of the Qi'an Empire in just four months.

Next, the Han and Tang armies attacked the Western Qin Empire and the Eastern Qin Empire respectively without stopping.

In mid-September 1552, the Western Qin Empire, with a land area of 6.27 million square kilometers and a population of 280 million, and the Eastern Qin Empire, with a land area of about 6.06 million square kilometers and a population of 250 million, were all annexed by the Han and Tang Empires.

At this point, in the entire Eastern Continent, except for the Han and Tang Empires, there was only one Liang Yan Empire left.

And in the whole world, there are only 6 countries left, in addition to the Han and Tang Empires and the Liang Yan Empire, only the Golden Lion Empire, the Black Bear Empire, the Flying Leopard Empire and the Silver Wolf Empire remain.

The land area of the Han and Tang Empires, after annexing the three kingdoms of Qi'an, Western Qin, and Eastern Qin, also increased to 99.06 million square kilometers, and the population increased to about 3.48 billion.

The Qi'an Empire, the Western Qin Empire, and the Eastern Qin Empire were divided into 18 new feudal towns by Zhou Rui, and every six feudal towns were divided into one military region, namely the Minzhou Military Region, the Longzhou Military Region, and the Weizhou Military Region, making the military districts of the Han and Tang Empires increase to 15.

The number of feudal towns in the Han and Tang Empires immediately increased to 92, in addition to the separately taken out capital Tiansheng City and the accompanying capital Ganyang City.

And when the Han and Tang armies attacked the Western Qin Empire and the Eastern Qin Empire, the Liang Yan Empire openly formed a military alliance with the Golden Lion Empire and the Black Bear Empire, and soon the Silver Wolf Empire and the Flying Leopard Empire also joined this new military alliance.

Many people in the Liang Yan Empire were opposed to forming an alliance with the beast countries, but the Liang Yan Empire quickly calmed down the indignation of the domestic people against the alliance with the beast countries by constantly promoting the threat theory of the Han and Tang Empires.

The reason why the Han and Tang Empires attacked the three kingdoms of Qi'an, Western Qin, and Eastern Qin so quickly was because Zhou Rui received three tasks from the lottery system at once: "annexation of the Qi'an Empire", "annexation of the Western Qin Empire" and "annexation of the Eastern Qin Empire".

After completing these three tasks of the lottery system, the lottery system rewarded Zhou Rui with three five-star lottery cards, which increased Zhou Rui's points in the lottery system by 150 points to 180/800.

Zhou Rui originally had the intention of annexing the three countries of Qi'an, Western Qin, and Eastern Qin, and the lottery system suddenly released these three tasks at once, so Zhou Rui immediately made a decision and issued an attack order.

The Han and Tang Empires did consume a lot of military expenses in the previous war with the Nine Nations Military Alliance, but because Zhou Rui exchanged hundreds of thousands of tons of gold from the magic world, the Han and Tang Empires had enough funds to start a new war.

What's more, with the strength of the three kingdoms of Qi'an, Western Qin, and Eastern Qin, the Han and Tang Empires don't need to pay much price if they want to annex them.

In fact, it took less than 8 months for the Han and Tang Empires to annex these three countries, and the Royal Army and Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires combined suffered less than 400,000 casualties, of which less than 150,000 were killed.

After the three five-star lottery cards were used by Zhou Rui, the gold bricks and silver bricks opened were worth 20 billion silver coins, as well as 15 billion bags of rice and 15 billion bags of flour, as well as a large number of weapons and equipment of the navy, land and air forces.

Only the US Midway-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 59,901 tons, a total of 40 ships were opened with three five-star lottery cards, and 600 MiG-15 fighters were also launched.

The MiG-15 fighter is the first generation of jet fighters designed and developed by the Soviet Union in the late 40s of the 20th century, with a maximum flight speed of 1078 kilometers per hour, a maximum ceiling of 15544 meters, a range of 1782 kilometers, and an equipped 37 mm cannon and two 23 mm cannons.

The comprehensive performance of the MiG-15 fighter far exceeds that of several fighters currently equipped by the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires.

In the imperial palace of Tiansheng City, the capital of the Han and Tang Empires, Song Limin, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy, introduced to Zhou Rui: "Your Majesty, at present, the navy of the Liang Yan Empire has a total of 118 battleships with full main guns, 78 battlecruisers and 40 aircraft carriers.

If there is a war against the Liang Yan Empire, our Royal Navy will have an overwhelming advantage.

However, the navy of the Liang Yan Empire is equipped with a super submarine that can carry 3 folding water dive bombers, and this super submarine also has a range of up to 58,000 kilometers.

If our Han and Tang Empires go to war with the Liang Yan Empire, we need to be careful that the folding water dive bombers of the other side's super submarines will attack the coastal areas of our Han and Tang Empires. ”

"I didn't expect that the ship designers of the Liang Yan Empire would design this kind of super submarine that can carry bombers.

Old Song, do you think we should also build a submarine that can carry bombers? ”

Song Limin shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I don't think it's necessary.

The reason why the Liang Yan Empire would design this kind of super submarine was because they knew that it was impossible for them to control the sea power in front of our Han and Tang Empire's Royal Navy.

The role of this kind of super submarine is mainly used to sneak attack the enemy's coast, and if our Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires wants to attack the enemy's coast, it is enough to directly gather hundreds of aircraft carriers. ”

Zhou Rui nodded and said, "The Royal Navy really doesn't need this kind of submarine for sneak attacks.

Now that the Liang Yan Empire has formed a new military alliance with the Golden Lion Empire, the Black Bear Empire, the Flying Leopard Empire, and the Silver Wolf Empire, the follow-up plan to attack the Liang Yan Empire has been canceled! ”

Although the lottery system did not issue the task of "annexing the Liang Yan Empire", the human countries in the entire world are now only the Han and Tang Empires and the Liang Yan Empire, and Zhou Rui certainly hopes to unify all the human countries.

Therefore, after formulating a battle plan to attack the three kingdoms of Qi'an, Western Qin, and Eastern Qin, Zhou Rui also asked people to formulate a battle plan to attack the Liang Yan Empire.

Song Limin nodded and said: "Our Han and Tang Empires have just annexed the Qi'an Empire, the Western Qin Empire and the Eastern Qin Empire, and then our Han and Tang Empires should focus on how to smoothly absorb the more than 800 million people of these three countries."

I heard that the 18 newly established feudal towns have recently been the subject of a series of rebellions. ”

Zhou Rui said in a gloomy tone: "There are some families who are unwilling to give up their huge wealth.

I have already ordered that these ignorant families should be treated as an example to them! ”

Song Limin then changed the subject, "Your Majesty, Minister Kang of the Ministry of Industry, found me a few days ago.

Minister Kang said that at present, the Ganyang Aircraft Factory is developing jet fighters, and the new aircraft carriers currently under construction by the six major shipyards are preparing to carry jet carrier-based aircraft. ”

Zhou Rui nodded, "The Royal Air Force has been equipped with a batch of jet fighters, this jet fighter was obtained by me through special channels, and the maximum flight speed can reach thousands of kilometers per hour.

However, the performance of this jet fighter is still low, the speed is not enough, the ceiling, acceleration, and climb rate are not high enough, and the weapon system and airborne equipment are relatively simple, so the combat capability still leaves great shortcomings.

I hope that the Ganyang Aircraft Factory will use this jet fighter to develop a more advanced jet fighter that can be at least twice the speed of sound. ”

Song Limin looked surprised, "A fighter with more than twice the speed of sound? Can the Ganyang Aircraft Factory develop it? ”

"After the annexation of the three kingdoms of Qi'an, Western Qin, and Eastern Qin, our Han and Tang empires should have a long period of recuperation.

I believe that with the technical strength of the Ganyang Aircraft Factory, we will be able to overcome the difficulties and build a second-generation jet fighter. ”

Of course, if Zhou Rui can drive the second-generation jet fighter from the lottery system next, then it will be easier for the Ganyang Aircraft Factory to build the second-generation jet fighter by itself.

The Ganyang Aircraft Factory had relied on the fighters that imitated the lottery system, so as to control the manufacturing technology of more advanced fighters.

Song Limin said with a sigh: "If our Royal Navy's aircraft carriers can be equipped with carrier-based aircraft with a speed of more than twice the speed of sound, then even if we fight with the military alliance of the nine countries, our Royal Navy is confident that it will completely defeat the combined naval fleets of their nine countries." ”