Chapter 19: The Sudden Outbreak of a World-Class War
On the morning of January 20, 3011 in the Tang calendar, in the prime minister's mansion in Cangyu City, the capital of the Cangyu Empire, Wu Zhang, the prime minister of the Cangyu Empire, frowned and said to Yang Zhi'an, the ambassador of the Liuyun Empire to the Cangyu Empire, and Xie Donghao, the ambassador of the Tianxing Empire to the Cangyu Empire: "The two ambassadors are calm, we are not gathered here to quarrel!" ”
At this time, Sun Songlin, the ambassador of the Purple Moon Empire to the Cangyu Empire, followed and said: "The two of you are angry, the key to negotiation is to talk about one word, since there are differences, then let's talk slowly!" ”
Yang Zhi'an, the ambassador of the Liuyun Empire, snorted coldly and said: "The conditions offered by the Celestial Star Empire are really insincere, not only asking our Flowing Cloud Empire to cede the entire Hedong Province, but also our Flowing Cloud Empire has to compensate 300 million silver dollars and two super dreadnought battleships, such conditions, our Flowing Cloud Empire would rather fight with the Celestial Star Empire to the end!" ”
Xie Donghao, the ambassador of the Celestial Star Empire, pursed his lips and said: "If it weren't for the sake of the face of the Cangyu Empire and the Purple Moon Empire, you would think that our Celestial Star Empire would be willing to stop fighting now, and if you don't accept it, we will continue to fight, and when our Celestial Star Empire's army invades your capital, we will negotiate again!" ”
Wu Zhang, the prime minister of the Cangyu Empire, suddenly said with a stern tone: "Ambassador Yang, Ambassador Xie, now some powerful countries in the other three continents have penetrated their tentacles deep into the Eastern Continent, our four empires of Cangyu, Liuyun, Tianxing, and Purple Moon should support each other at this time, and if you two countries continue to fight each other like this, it will give those powerful countries of the other three continents a chance to reap the benefits of the fisherman, which is what our Cangyu Empire does not want to see and cannot tolerate!" ”
Sun Songlin, the ambassador of the Purple Moon Empire, also said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister Wu is reasonable, Ambassador Yang, Ambassador Xie, this war between the two of you should end as soon as possible, and now some powerful countries on the other three continents are moving more and more obviously, such as the Orensa Empire, which is adjacent to our Purple Moon Empire, has gathered heavy troops in the border area, and has launched military exercises one after another, our four eastern countries should be sincerely united at this time, instead of internal friction with each other!" ”
The Cangyu Empire is the most populous country in the world, with a total strength of more than nine million land forces, and is the first land power in the Eastern Continent and the largest army in the world, but it is not the country with the strongest army strength, ranking only seventh in the world.
The navy of the Cangyu Empire has two dreadnought battleships, eight former dreadnought battleships, and twelve ironclad battleships, ranking second in the Eastern Continent, and the comprehensive strength of the Cangyu Empire is well-deserved as the first power in the Eastern Continent.
The navy of the Purple Moon Empire ranks eleventh among the world's navies and ranks first in the Eastern Continent, and the army strength of the Purple Moon Empire is about three and a half million, but the Purple Moon Empire is the country with the strongest industrial strength in the Eastern Continent, and its army weapons and equipment are definitely the most sophisticated among the countries in the Eastern Continent, and the comprehensive strength of the Purple Moon Empire is the second most powerful country in the Eastern Continent.
The comprehensive strength of the Celestial Star Empire ranked third, and the comprehensive strength of the Liuyun Empire was at the bottom of the four major powers in the East.
Xie Donghao, the ambassador of the Celestial Star Empire, also knew that the armistice conditions proposed by him were a bit harsh, so he spoke: "The cessed land and war reparations can be discussed again, but those two super dreadnought battleships must compensate us to the Celestial Star Empire to make up for the losses of our Celestial Star Empire's navy!" ”
Yang Zhi'an, the ambassador of the Liuyun Empire, immediately shook his head and said: "The situation of those two super dreadnought battleships, presumably everyone knows that our royal family of the Liuyun Empire has no way to obtain control of those two super dreadnought battleships for the time being, and it is simply impossible to compensate those two super dreadnought battleships to the Celestial Star Empire. ”
"Then our Celestial Star Empire doesn't care, our Celestial Star Empire is in this war, but two former dreadnought battleships, two ironclad battleships, two armored cruisers and one light cruiser have been sunk, those two super dreadnought battleships, you Liuyun Empire must compensate us Celestial Star Empire!"
"The one who sank the seven warships of your Celestial Star Empire is the fleet under Su Yi's command, if your Celestial Star Empire has the ability, you can go to Su Yi to ask for compensation!"
Just when the negotiators of the Liuyun Empire and the Celestial Star Empire were arguing for their own interests at the negotiating table, a shocking news suddenly came, which immediately made the Flowing Cloud Empire and the Celestial Star Empire quickly reach an agreement, and hastily signed an armistice agreement, and the Celestial Star Empire agreed to withdraw the army from the Hedong Province of the Streamer Cloud Empire without even asking for any compensation.
In the early morning of January 24, 3011 in the Tang calendar, the Orenza Empire, one of the seven major powers in the world, dispatched the main naval force without warning and launched a surprise attack on the two major fleets of the Purple Moon Empire participating in the sea exercises, causing the two main fleets of the Purple Moon Empire to suffer heavy losses.
The two main fleets of the Purple Moon Empire's navy were sunk in this attack, two dreadnought battleships, five former dreadnought battleships, seven ironclad battleships, eight armored cruisers, thirteen light cruisers, eleven destroyers, and twenty-nine torpedo boats, and two dreadnought battleships, two former dreadnought battleships, and two ironclad battleships were seriously damaged.
The navy of the Orenza Empire only sank one dreadnought, one ironclad battleship, three light cruisers, six destroyers and twelve torpedo boats, and one dreadnought battleship and one former dreadnought battleship were seriously damaged.
The Orenza Empire is adjacent to the territory of the Purple Moon Empire, and when the Orenza Empire's navy launched a surprise attack, the Orenza Empire's army also crossed the border between the two countries and launched an attack on the Purple Moon Empire's garrison in the border area.
The Orenza Empire has a land area of about 1,000 square kilometers, 22 states, and a population of more than 600 million.
The navy of the Orenza Empire currently has fourteen dreadnought battleships, eighteen former dreadnought battleships, and twenty-six ironclad battleships, a total of fifty-eight capital ships, ranking seventh among the world's navies.
The army of the Orenza Empire has more than 5 million well-armed regular troops, in addition to tens of millions of reserve troops, ranking fifth in the world.
In the face of the Orenza Empire's undeclared war, the Purple Moon Empire, which was poorly prepared, suffered a big loss not only in terms of navy, but also in terms of land forces, and in just three days after the start of the war, the army of the Purple Moon Empire lost more than 800,000, including the most elite of the Purple Moon Empire's 500,000 Royal Army.
The Cangyu Empire, the Liuyun Empire, the Celestial Star Empire and the Purple Moon Empire, although they are not harmonious with each other, but after all, the four countries have the same root and origin, and in order to prevent the invasion of other continental powers, the four countries have already secretly signed an agreement on an offensive and defensive alliance.
On January 24, 3011 in the Tang calendar, the Purple Moon Empire officially declared war on the Orenza Empire, and the Orenza Empire immediately declared war on the Purple Moon Empire.
On the morning of January 25, the Cangyu Empire, the Liuyun Empire, and the Celestial Star Empire suddenly declared war on the Orenza Empire in the name of allies, and the Orenza Empire declared war on the Cangyu Empire, the Liuyun Empire, and the Celestial Star Empire respectively on the afternoon of January 25.
However, what is unexpected is that on the morning of January 26, the Sharad Empire and the Gisk Empire, among the seven great powers in the world, announced the formation of a military alliance with the Orenza Empire on the grounds of abiding by the covenant, and declared war on the four kingdoms of Cangyu, Liuyun, Tianxing and Purple Moon.
The Cangyu Empire, the Liuyun Empire, the Celestial Star Empire, and the Purple Moon Empire had no choice but to declare war on the Sharad Empire and the Jisk Empire, making this war a world-class war that suddenly involved three first-class powers and four second-class powers.