Chapter Ninety-Eight: New Equipment for the Sharad Empire (Part I)
In a large hall of the imperial palace in Feni City, the capital of the Sharad Empire, Emperor Herris said in a deep voice to more than a dozen important ministers of the Sharad Empire: "According to our intelligence from all sides, the Su family army in the Purple Moon Empire is preparing to invade the Cangyu Empire, what suggestions do you have for this?" ”
As soon as Emperor Herris's words fell, Prime Minister Shurik said urgently: "Your Majesty, now that our Sharad Empire has begun construction in Cangyu City, the capital of the Cangyu Empire, and the concessions of the capitals of fifty-two provinces, our domestic merchants have also acquired many mining areas in the Cangyu Empire, so our Shalad Empire must prevent the Su family army from invading the Cangyu Empire." ”
Prime Minister Shurik's family has purchased more than a dozen mining areas in the Cangyu Empire, including gold and silver mines that produce gold and silver.
Valerian, the Minister of War of the Salad Empire, followed and said: "Your Majesty, this time our Salad Royal Army will never take half a step back, and will definitely defend the interests of our Salad Empire in the Cangyu Empire!" ”
Gavril, the Minister of the Navy of the Shalad Empire, also immediately said: "Your Majesty, the independent fleet of the Su Family Army is as deep as the sea with the Royal Navy of Sharad, and our Sharad Empire must not back down half a step to the Su Family's Army!" ”
"Your Majesty, our Shalad Empire must not give up the interests of the Cangyu Empire!"
"Your Majesty, this time you must teach that Su family army a hard lesson!"
More than a dozen important ministers of the Sharad Empire have completely unanimous opinions, and they all believe that it is necessary to prevent the Su family army from invading the Cangyu Empire, you must know that not only the family of Prime Minister Shurik has invested in the territory of the Cangyu Empire, but also the families of other important ministers of the Shalad Empire have also extended their tentacles into the Cangyu Empire.
Emperor Herris nodded slightly and said, "But this time we must be well prepared to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, especially the Royal Army, I don't want the things in the Purple Moon Empire to happen again." ”
War Minister Valerian hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the combat effectiveness of the army units under Su Yi is very strong, and in order to prevent the recurrence of the Purple Moon Empire's affairs, the minister feels that it is necessary to send some more reinforcements to the Cangyu Empire." ”
Emperor Herris frowned and said: "Now in the territory of the Cangyu Empire, there are twelve legions of our Salad Royal Army, and after replenishment, these twelve legions have reached full strength, isn't the three million and 600,000 troops of the Royal Army enough?" What's more, in the face of the invasion of the Su family army this time, the millions of troops of the Cangyu Empire should also fight side by side with the Royal Army of Sharad! ”
War Minister Valerian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister just hopes to be safer, after all, the Cangyu Empire is too important to the Sharad Empire, and the twelve legions of our Sharad Royal Army are distributed in the fifty-two provinces of the Cangyu Empire. ”
Prime Minister Shurik immediately said: "Your Majesty, our Salad Royal Army was defeated by the Su family army in the Purple Moon Empire before, and a big reason is that our Sharad Royal Army did not pay enough attention to the Su family army, so the minister also felt that we should send some more troops to the Cangyu Empire." ”
The Royal Army of the Sharad Empire has always ranked second in the world, and before the outbreak of the war between the three first-class powers and the four eastern countries, the Royal Army of Sharad had 26 infantry regiments and eight independent infantry divisions, with a total strength of more than 8 million.
And after the outbreak of the war, the Sharad Empire needs to start a big war with the Cangyu Empire on the one hand, and on the other hand, it must add more land forces in the border area adjacent to the Noomi Empire, in case the Noomi Empire takes the opportunity to make trouble, you must know that there is a feud between the Sharad Empire and the Noomi Empire, and the Sharad Empire has to have some precautions against the Noomi Empire.
As a result, the Royal Army of Sharad soon expanded to 32 infantry regiments and 16 independent infantry divisions, with a total strength of more than 10 million, and this size has been maintained until now.
Emperor Herris pondered for a moment and asked War Minister Valerian, "How many more troops do you think should be sent to the Cangyu Empire?" However, the ten infantry regiments and six independent infantry divisions in the border area near the Noomi Empire must not be transferred! ”
"Your Majesty, the minister feels that it is better to send four more infantry legions, and the transfer of four infantry legions does not need to mobilize troops close to the border area of the Noomi Empire."
Emperor Herris nodded and said, "Then do what your War Department wants!" By the way, what happened to the airship unit that the War Department is preparing to form? ”
War Minister Valerian said excitedly: "Your Majesty, now an arsenal under our War Department has produced a kind of load-bearing airship, the airbag of this load-carrying airship is one hundred and twenty meters long, the maximum diameter is seventeen meters, the airbag can hold 25,000 cubic meters of hydrogen, the gondola carriage below is six meters long, three meters wide, three meters high, can carry seven tons, this kind of load-carrying airship has a full load cruising speed of forty kilometers per hour, and the maximum operating altitude is 1,500 meters. ”
Airships appeared in this world more than a hundred years ago, but the first airship that humans can manipulate only appeared in the Yingluoba Empire more than ten years ago, and just a few years ago, the world's first airship unit appeared in the Yingluoba Empire, and then various powers also began to develop military airships.
Emperor Herris's eyes lit up, "So you can use an airship to drop bombs on the enemy?" ”
War Minister Valerian nodded and said: "Your Majesty, the arsenal has modified a batch of aerial bombs used in airships with 81 mm mortar shells, and it is indeed possible to use this kind of load-carrying airship to drop aerial bombs on the enemy on the ground." ”
"How many of these airships does the airship force have now?"
"Your Majesty, there are already seven airships, and it will reach fifteen by the middle of next month."
"Airships must be built more, I heard that the airship troops of the Yingluoba Empire have hundreds of airships of all sizes, and this time to fight against the Su family's army, I hope that the airship troops can also participate in the war!"
War Minister Valerian patted his chest and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, this time our airship unit of the Royal Army of Sharad will definitely teach the Su family army a profound lesson!" ”
Emperor Herris asked the Minister of War Valerian: "How is the design of the army's new reconnaissance aircraft?" ”
When the Royal Army of Sharad fought against the Su Army in the territory of the Purple Moon Empire, a total of twelve reconnaissance planes were dispatched to reconnoiter the situation of the Su Army, but the reconnaissance aircraft equipped by the Salad Empire had very average performance and did not fly high, and finally there were nine reconnaissance planes, which were shot down by the MG-42 general-purpose machine gun equipped by the Army of the Su Army.
"Your Majesty, the new reconnaissance plane is still being designed, and our War Department is also planning to install a machine gun on top of the new reconnaissance plane, so that the new reconnaissance plane can not only attack the enemy's reconnaissance plane and airship, but also strafe the enemy on the ground!"