Chapter 196: Merging the Purple Moon Empire (Fourth Vote Request)
After the upgrade of two large armored cruisers failed in a row, Su Yi was unwilling to put the upgrade target on the Wiesbaden-class light cruisers.
Su Yi felt that the upgrade of the two large armored cruisers had failed, so no matter what kind of product was upgraded next, the probability of success would increase a lot, and even Su Yi had a hunch that the next upgrade would definitely succeed.
Su Yi first chanted the blessing of the Buddha in his heart, and then clicked on the red plus sign behind the Wiesbaden-class light cruiser with his consciousness, and then Su Yi excitedly swung several punches into the air and laughed.
Baltimore-class heavy cruiser (unit price of 180 million yuan, limited to 24 units per year) (can be upgraded+).
The Baltimore class is a heavy cruiser built by the United States in World War II, and it is also the first heavy cruiser built by the United States after getting rid of treaty restrictions.
Baltimore class, standard displacement 14,704 tons, full load displacement 17,304 tons, maximum speed 33 knots, armed with three triple 55 times caliber 203 mm main guns, six twin 127 mm secondary guns, forty-eight 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, twenty 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, two aircraft catapults, four reconnaissance fighters, 152 mm main armor on the side belt, 64 mm deck armor, 203 mm main turret armor, 1,142 crew members.
Twenty-four light cruisers for twenty-four heavy cruisers, such a deal is simply irresistible, or rather, it is more reasonable to gamble.
Su Yi then couldn't help but upgrade the Cairo-class light cruiser as well, which made the smile on Su Yi's face even brighter.
Japan's Myo-premium heavy cruiser (unit price of 150 million yuan, limited to 24 units per year) (can be upgraded +).
The Myo-class heavy cruiser is a 10,000-ton cruiser built by the Japanese Navy before World War II, the Myo-class is very outstanding in terms of firepower and speed, and the Japanese Navy in order to pursue the power advantage of a single ship and even does not hesitate to use concealed means to exceed the "Washington Treaty" on the displacement limit, despite this, the weight after completion is still beyond the plan, the Washington Treaty stipulates that the standard displacement of combat ships other than capital ships and aircraft carriers cannot exceed 10,160 tons.
The Myo-premium heavy cruiser, with a standard displacement of 11,300 tons, a full load displacement of 14,900 tons, a maximum speed of 33 knots, was armed with five twin 50-caliber 203-mm guns, four twin-mounted 127-mm anti-aircraft guns, forty-eight 25-mm anti-aircraft guns, four quadruple-mounted 610-mm torpedo tubes, two aircraft catapults, three reconnaissance fighters, 102 mm of main armor on the side of the gunwale, 35 mm of deck armor, 76 mm of main turret armor, and a crew of 970 people.
After turning the two light cruisers into two heavy cruisers, Su Yi no longer dared to upgrade any warships in the system mall, and according to the probability of success, the next upgrade was likely to fail.
Among the remaining warships in the system mall, any one of them disappeared, which had to make Su Yi feel distressed for a long, long time.
Today, I got a super dreadnought battleship, a battle cruiser, two heavy cruisers and a tank, Su Yi is already very satisfied with this, and Su Yi still understands the reason for being too late.
At dinner on April 14, Su Yi was eating with Queen Ouyang Xue, Ouyang Xue saw Su Yi's red face, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Your Majesty, is there anything happy today?" ”
Su Yi smiled slightly and said: "I am a little happy, the armored unit of our Royal Army of the Tang Empire is about to be equipped with a more powerful tank, maybe the appearance of this tank can change the stalemate between our Royal Army of the Tang Empire and the armies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi." ”
"Your Majesty, if our Royal Army of the Tang Empire can break through the defense line in the eastern part of the Sharad Empire, will the war end?"
"I don't know where the bottom line of the Seven Nations Alliance is, but judging from the current comparison of the strength of the two sides, we will at least not lose!"
Ouyang Xue suddenly hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, for example, the forty provinces of the Star Empire today have all become the land of the Tang Empire, and three of the four major powers of the Eastern Continent have been merged into the Tang Empire, I wonder if the Purple Moon Empire will also be officially merged into the Tang Empire, I don't want to keep the title of Empress of the Purple Moon Empire, I only want to be the empress of the Tang Empire." ”
Su Yi frowned slightly, "Xiaoxue, did someone say something?" ”
Ouyang Xue hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't think about it, no one said anything, anyway, the Purple Moon Empire will be merged into the Tang Empire sooner or later, if it is earlier, it will also allow people with ulterior motives to cut off those unrealistic ideas, the emperor, don't forget the hidden forces within the Purple Moon Empire." ”
A cold light flashed in Su Yi's eyes and said: "That secret force is hidden deep enough, the Purple Moon Empire's military intelligence bureau has used a large number of people, and still has not traced any important clues about this, only some peripheral personnel of this secret force have been arrested, and as for the core personnel of this secret force, none of them have been found." ”
Ouyang Xue hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, if the Purple Moon Empire is merged into the Tang Empire, will that hidden force be unable to bear it and thus expose its feet?" ”
Su Yi touched the stubble that grew on his chin, and then said: "You can give it a try, according to the current situation, merging the Purple Moon Empire into the territory of the Tang Empire should not cause any chaos, and I will discuss it with Xu Haoming and Shi Jian tomorrow." ”
On April 20, 3014 in the Tang calendar, Ouyang Xue, the empress of the Purple Moon Empire, suddenly issued an edict, announcing that the Purple Moon Empire would be officially incorporated into the Tang Empire from today, and the Royal Navy and Royal Army of the Purple Moon Empire would all be included in the establishment of the Royal Navy and Royal Army of the Tang Empire.
The Purple Moon Empire has a land area of about 15 million square kilometers and 33 provinces, and after the Purple Moon Empire was merged into the Tang Empire, the Tang Empire's land area exceeded 87 million square kilometers, the number of provinces expanded to 179, and the total population reached 5 billion.
Purple Moon City, the capital of the original Purple Moon Empire, will become the third companion capital of the Tang Empire, considering the feelings of Ouyang Xue's three sisters, Su Yi did not give Purple Moon City a new name, and still used the word Purple Moon.
After the entire Royal Army of the Purple Moon Empire was merged into the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, the establishment of the entire Royal Army of the Tang Empire included ten Guards Infantry Divisions, three armored divisions, two hundred and fifty field infantry divisions, one thousand one hundred provisional infantry divisions, and one hundred and seventy-nine garrison independent infantry brigades, with a total strength of more than 110 million, including two armored divisions, which were only established at the beginning of this year.
When Su Yi saw that the total strength of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire exceeded 110 million, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, you must know that in order to maintain such a huge army, the military expenditure every month exceeded 1.2 billion silver dollars, and it was also thanks to Su Yi's relatively solid family background, otherwise the finances of the Tang Empire would have been dragged down by the huge military expenditure.
After discussing with He Yunfei and Cheng Ziwen, Su Yi decided to reduce the 300 temporary infantry divisions and restore them to reserve forces, reducing the total strength of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire to more than 88.6 million people, so that the military expenditure of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire can be reduced by almost 200 million silver dollars every month.
Cheng Ziwen will serve as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire in the future, and the position of commander-in-chief will still be held by He Yunfei.
After the officers and soldiers of the 300 temporary infantry divisions are restored to the reserves, they can also strengthen the strength of the militia forces in various places, and if necessary, they can also quickly reorganize the 300 temporary infantry divisions that have been reduced.
The five main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire and the four main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire will be merged into seven main fleets, with Wang Chengliang as the commander-in-chief and Zhang Qihui as the deputy commander-in-chief.
The numbers of the original First Fleet, Second Fleet, Third Fleet and Fourth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire remain unchanged, the first fleet of the original Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire will be changed to the Fifth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, the second fleet of the Royal Navy of the former Purple Moon Empire will be changed to the Sixth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, and the third fleet of the Royal Navy of the former Purple Moon Empire will be changed to the Seventh Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire.
The forty former dreadnought battleships of the former Fifth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, as well as the twenty-eight former dreadnought battleships of the Fourth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Purple Moon Empire, will be assigned to the garrison fleets of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire to enhance the strength of each garrison fleet.
In addition, Su Yi also assigned the four newly acquired Brittany-class super dreadnought battleships to the Sixth Fleet, and the Third Fleet, Fourth Fleet, Sixth Fleet, and Seventh Fleet, each with six Moltke-class battlecruisers.
As for the newly acquired forty-eight heavy cruisers, they will be evenly distributed among the seven main fleets to form a formation of seven heavy cruisers.
The thirty Type VIIC submarines of the Royal Navy Submarine Force of the Purple Moon Empire will also be merged into the submarine force of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire, plus the Type VIIC submarines imitated by a shipyard of the Tang Empire, and the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire currently has eighty Type VIIC submarines.
The officials of the original Purple Moon Empire basically stayed, and some were transferred to new positions, such as Guo Xian, the former prime minister of the Purple Moon Empire, who was appointed by Su Yi as the second vice premier of the cabinet of the Tang Empire.
Thanks to the army of the entire Purple Moon Empire, it has long been firmly controlled by Su Yi, so the merger of the Purple Moon Empire into the Tang Empire is still relatively smooth, even if someone does not want the Purple Moon Empire to disappear from now on, they are powerless to stop it.