Hearing Zhou Rui mention the Dongfang-class container ship, Prince Zhou Jun said with a wry smile: "Father, the Dongfang-class escort aircraft carrier is not a real aircraft carrier after all, and its defense capability is too weak.

Perhaps a few anti-ship missiles can sink the Vostok-class escort aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of more than 100,000 tons. ”

In the last war with the military alliance of the nine countries, the Han and Tang Empires transformed and built a total of 532 Dongfang-class escort aircraft carriers, of which 152 Dongfang-class escort aircraft carriers were sunk in the war, and only in the decisive battle between the 12 main fleets of the Han and Tang Empire's Royal Navy and the combined fleet of the nine navies, 137 escort aircraft carriers were sunk.

The remaining 380 Vostok-class escort aircraft carriers after the war were soon dismantled from their anti-aircraft weapons, turned back into container ships, and were assigned to the Han and Tang Empire's ocean shipping groups.

Today, the ocean shipping group, which is controlled by the royal family of the Han and Tang Empires, still has 375 Oriental-class container ships in use, and the other 5 Oriental-class container ships have been scrapped and dismantled due to various accidents.

Zhou Rui nodded and said, "As a last resort, it is true that the escort aircraft carrier cannot be used."

The loss of an escort aircraft carrier does not matter, but the officers and men above and the carrier-based aircraft equipped with it can cause great losses. ”

Crown Prince Zhou Jun then said: "Father, several countries on the side of the Nine Nations Military Alliance have lodged strong protests against our conscription of reserves, and the Liang Yan Empire has also responded to the expansion of our army, hoping to give an explanation. ”

After Zhou Rui made up his mind to start a war against the military alliance of the nine countries, the three armies of the Han and Tang Empires immediately began to expand their plans.

In addition to speeding up the commissioning of 60 Fuyun-class aircraft carriers, the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires also unsealed 298 aircraft carriers, 712 missile battleships, 208 missile battlecruisers, 2,050 missile cruisers, and 1,360 missile destroyers.

In order to replenish the officers and men of these warships, more than 3 million reserve officers and men of the Royal Navy were called up.

The Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires planned to expand the original 120 group armies and 1,000 garrison brigades into 150 group armies and 1,000 garrison divisions.

In addition to the reorganization of 30 new group armies, the reorganized garrison divisions are the same as the infantry divisions under the group army, with two mechanized infantry brigades, two motorized infantry brigades, and one division headquarters under their jurisdiction, with a total strength of about 40,000 troops.

The main difference between a mechanized infantry brigade and a motorized infantry brigade is that the former travels mainly in infantry armored vehicles, while the latter travels mainly in cars.

In addition, motorized infantry brigades mainly use individual weapons, while mechanized infantry brigades mainly use vehicle-mounted weapons, such as artillery, anti-tank missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, vehicle-mounted mortars, vehicle-mounted howitzers, etc., and individual weapons are secondary.

After the expansion of the imperial army of the Han and Tang Empires was completed, its total strength would rise to 70 million.

Even the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires re-recruited many pilots who had transferred to civil aviation.

With such a big move by the Han and Tang Empires, there was no way to hide it from other countries, and the countries of the Nine Nations Military Alliance had no choice but to bite the bullet? Maintain the current size of the army? Even some countries have to recruit some recruits? to replenish previous losses in the war.

To know the interior of the Nine Nations Military Alliance? Just ended a war, according to common sense? After the end of the war, should the forces that were expanded during the war be reduced as soon as possible? to reduce military spending.

It's a pity because of the actions of the Han and Tang Empires? None of the six orc nations and the three elven nations dared to reduce the number of their armies.

Zhou Rui's brows furrowed slightly, "It's normal for the Nine Nations Military Alliance to protest over there, I didn't expect that even the Liang Yan Empire would dare to let our Han and Tang Empires give an explanation."

It seems that the tiger is not powerful, and the Liang Yan Empire really treats our Han and Tang Empires as a sick cat. ”

With a land area of about 6.2 million square kilometers and a population of about 360 million, the Liangyan Empire? Is it in addition to the Han and Tang Empires? The only human nation.

The entire Eastern Continent is currently divided by the Han and Tang Empires, but the Han and Tang Empires occupy an area of more than 70 million square kilometers in the Eastern Continent.

About 12 years ago, there was a coup d'état in the Liang Yan Empire.

At that time, Fan Xin, the second prince of the Liang Yan Empire, suddenly put the crown prince Fan Pu under house arrest while Emperor Fan Yi was seriously ill and bedridden? And the palace was blocked.

Eventually, after the death of Emperor Fan Yi, Fan Xin became the new emperor of the Liang Yan Empire.

After Fan Xin ascended the throne? He began to crack down on some domestic monopoly consortia, and took many mining resources and oilfield resources into the state? And began a series of economic reforms.

Now that the economic reform of the Liang Yan Empire has begun to bear fruit, the Liang Yan Empire has a lot of money? Can be thrown into armaments.

The crown prince Zhou Jun said: "Father? The Royal Intelligence Agency has achieved great results on the side of the Liang Yan Empire over the years? Is it time to consider solving the problems of the Liang Yan Empire? ”

Zhou Rui shook his head and said, "It's better to take advantage of the fact that the war has just ended within the Nine Nations Military Alliance, solve the problem of the Nine Nations Military Alliance first, and then study the Liang Yan Empire!"

Anyway, the Liangyan Empire is already meat on the chopping board of our Han and Tang Empires, and you can eat it whenever you want. ”

Crown Prince Zhou Jun nodded and said, "According to the situation of the Liang Yan Empire, it is indeed no longer a threat to our Han and Tang Empires.

I advocate taking action against the Liang Yan Empire, in fact, considering that the navy and air force of the Liang Yan Empire can increase the chances of our Han and Tang Empires facing the military alliance of the Nine Kingdoms. ”

Zhou Rui said with a smile: "The navy and air force of the Liang Yan Empire are indeed developing well.

I have already regarded the navy and air force of the Liang Yan Empire as a hole card of our Han and Tang Empires. ”

In a large hall of the imperial palace in Lingyang City, the capital of the Liang Yan Empire, Emperor Fan Xin asked Wang Gang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Air Force of the Liang Yan Empire, "How many fighters has the Air Force been equipped with at present?" ”

Wang Gang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Air Force of the Liang Yan Empire, immediately replied: "Your Majesty, our Royal Air Force has been equipped with more than 2,000 fourth-generation fighters, and our Royal Air Force also has more than 6,000 third-generation fighters. ”

Emperor Fan Xin sighed and said: "Recently, the expansion of the Han and Tang Empires has been very large, although it is aimed at the military alliance of the nine countries, but our Liang Yan Empire has to guard against it.

The speed at which the Air Force is equipped with fourth-generation fighters must be accelerated, and the Air Force must have at least tens of thousands of advanced fighters, so that when I face the Han and Tang Empires, I can have confidence in my heart. ”

Compared with the fourth-generation fighters, the third-generation fighters are slightly behind in performance, but they are not powerless in the face of the fourth-generation fighters, and the two third-generation fighters currently equipped by the Liang Yan Empire even surpass the third-generation fighters equipped by the air forces of many countries in terms of comprehensive performance.

Wang Gang immediately said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, according to the production capacity of several large aircraft factories in our Liang Yan Empire, we can have tens of thousands of fighters in our air force within a year." ”

Emperor Fan Xin then asked Sun Baogang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Liang Yan Empire, "How many fourth-generation carrier-based fighters does the navy currently equip with?" ”

At present, the navy of the Liangyan Empire has 140 aircraft carriers, including 20 Hive-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 25,000 tons, 20 Eagle's Nest-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 4.2 tons, 20 Shanfeng-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 5.8 tons, 40 River-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 135,000 tons, and 40 Lake-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 278,000 tons.

In addition, the navy of the Liang Yan Empire also has 88 missile battleships, 68 missile battlecruisers, 226 missile cruisers, 286 missile destroyers, 450 missile frigates and 260 attack submarines, and its overall strength is not much weaker than the navy of the Golden Lion Empire.

Sun Baogang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Liang Yan Empire, said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, at present, our Royal Navy is only equipped with more than 1,000 fourth-generation carrier-based fighters, and the average of 40 Lake-class aircraft carriers is that each can only be equipped with more than 20 fourth-generation carrier-based fighters for the time being.

Most of the production capacity of several large aircraft factories has been taken up by the Air Force's Caifeng-class fighters.

According to the standard equipment of the Lake-class aircraft carrier, it can carry 96 White Eagle-class carrier-based fighters and 96 Black-Eagle carrier-based fighters. ”

The White Eagle class carrier-based fighter and the Black Eagle class carrier-based fighter are both fourth-generation carrier-based fighters independently developed and produced by the Liang Yan Empire, and the Caifeng-class fighter is the fourth-generation fighter equipped by the Liang Yan Empire's Air Force.

Emperor Fan Xin immediately turned his head to Prime Minister Zhu Honggui and said: "Expand the production capacity of those large aircraft factories as much as possible, our Liangyan Empire has more fourth-generation fighters, so we dare to say 'no' to the Han and Tang Empires." ”

Prime Minister Zhu Honggui nodded and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister is already arranging to add new production lines to several large aircraft factories." ”

At this time, Geng An, commander-in-chief of the Royal Army of the Liang Yan Empire, complained and said: "Your Majesty, our Royal Army is about to become a mother-in-law."

At present, the armies of various countries have been equipped with a large number of third-generation main battle tanks, but our Royal Army is still equipped with second-generation main battle tanks.

When will our Royal Army be equipped with third-generation main battle tanks? ”

Prime Minister Zhu Honggui hurriedly said at this time: "Commander Geng, you also know that the third-generation main battle tank of our Liangyan Empire has been developed, but the recent expenditure of the empire's finances is too great, so the production of the third-generation main battle tank has been suspended. ”

Emperor Fan Xin then said: "This is what I mean, after all, if you want to wrestle with the Han and Tang Empires, if you don't have air supremacy, everything is in vain, and you can only give priority to the production of fourth-generation fighters." ”

Geng An, commander-in-chief of the Royal Army of the Liang Yan Empire, asked helplessly: "Your Majesty, when will the third-generation main battle tank be ready for mass production?" ”

Emperor Fan Xin pondered for a while, and then instructed Prime Minister Zhu Honggui: "I will allocate some funds from the imperial treasury, and then let the Ministry of Finance squeeze out some funds to produce a batch of third-generation main battle tanks for the army first."

Also test the performance of this third-generation main battle tank in all aspects. ”

After leaving the palace, Prime Minister Zhu Honggui invited Sun Baogang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy of the Liang Yan Empire, and Wang Gang, commander-in-chief of the Royal Air Force, to the prime minister's palace to discuss the distribution of production capacity of several large aircraft factories.

In a study in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the three important ministers of the Liang Yan Empire said things that were not close to the production capacity distribution of the fourth-generation fighter.

Prime Minister Zhu Honggui whispered to Sun Baogang and Wang Gang: "There is news from home, let us step up the infiltration of the army, once the family is ready to start, I hope to reduce the losses caused by the war as much as possible." ”

Sun Baogang sighed and said: "Now that the navy and air force have been run by me and Lao Wang, they are like a monolith, plus many middle and senior generals in the navy and air force are all our people, so the problem should not be too big."

However, on the army side, there are not many troops that our people can control, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of trouble. ”

Wang Gang immediately said: "We have completely controlled the air force and navy of the Liang Yan Empire, I don't know why the family still hasn't done it?"

Without air supremacy, even if the army resists, how much can it make waves? ”

Fan Xin, the emperor of the Liang Yan Empire, would definitely go crazy if he heard the conversation between these three important ministers.

Emperor Fan Xin would never have thought that the three most trusted confidants and important ministers were all from the Royal Intelligence Bureau of the Han and Tang Empires.

The coup d'état launched by Fan Xin was actually completely designed by the Royal Intelligence Bureau of the Han and Tang Empires, and the infiltration of the Liang Yan Empire by the Royal Intelligence Bureau of the Han and Tang Empires has even lasted for more than 20 years.

Prime Minister Zhu Honggui pondered for a while and said: "Since there are requirements in the family, we can only do as much as possible."

Next, I am going to start a storm of integrity within the Army, take down some people who get in the way, and push our people up. ”

Sun Baogang's brows furrowed slightly, "Can Fan Xin agree at this time?" ”

Prime Minister Zhu Honggui said with a smile: "Under the leadership of Commander-in-Chief Geng, the problem of corruption within the army has become more and more serious, and some people have even begun to resell military supplies, and even second-generation tanks and helicopter gunships dare to sell to orcs.

If Fan Xin can even tolerate this, then he is not Fan Xin. ”

Wang Gang exclaimed: "I didn't expect the problems within the army to be so serious, I don't know if I can use this incident to bring down that Commander-in-Chief Geng?" ”

Prime Minister Zhu Honggui shook his head and said: "Geng An's status in Fan Xin's heart may be higher than the three of us, after all, Geng An is still the national father, Geng An's eldest daughter is the queen, and the second and third daughters are imperial concubines, and it is impossible to bring down Geng An." ”

Sun Baogang then said: "Lao Zhu, try your best to control the few troops around Lingyang City in the hands of our people, so that maybe the people of the Liangyan Empire will not be affected by the war." ”

Prime Minister Zhu Honggui, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Sun Baogang, and Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force Wang Gang have been lurking in the Liangyan Empire for almost 30 years, although they are still extremely loyal to the Han and Tang Empires, they still have deep feelings for the Liangyan Empire, especially the people of the Liangyan Empire.

The three people have made so many efforts over the years, and the most desired result is that the Han and Tang Empires can annex the entire Liangyan Empire without blood.