Chapter 243: Military Alliance of the Nine Nations
The matter of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire suddenly having a large number of warships, because the Tang Empire did not deliberately block the news, it quickly spread throughout the world.
For the Tang Empire, which has grown in strength, the British Empire, the Sharad Empire, the Noomi Empire, the Monia Empire, the Gisk Empire, the Ryerland Empire and the Orenza Empire, which were the original Seven Nations Alliance, not only did not have any intention of retreating, but accelerated the process of forming a military alliance.
However, the Hessel Kingdom and the Revelli Kingdom, which originally intended to join this military alliance, became a little hesitant because of the soaring strength of the Tang Navy, but in mid-February of the Tang Dynasty 3016, the prime ministers of Hessel and Revelli came to Feni City, the capital of the Sharad Empire.
At this time, the prime ministers of the six countries of Yingluoba, Noomi, Monia, Gisk, Rillland, and Orenza had also come to the capital of the Sharad Empire, Feni City, to participate in the meeting to form a military alliance.
On the morning of February 18, 3016 in the Tang Dynasty, in a conference room of the Prime Minister's Office in Feni City, the Prime Minister of the Sharad Empire, Shurik Lang, said: "Welcome to Feni City, the gathering of nine of us here today is of historic significance, and it will be the beginning of the restoration of order in the world!" ”
Before the birth of the Tang Empire, all first-class powers were white countries, although many whites were reluctant to admit it, but now the Tang Empire has become the world's first power, and in the eyes of white people, this is equivalent to the Tang Empire destroying the order established by the white world.
August Prime Minister of the Yingluoba Empire nodded slightly and said: "The rise of the Tang Empire has not only affected the economies of our various countries, but more seriously, the Tang Empire has continuously strengthened its military strength, forcing us countries to invest huge sums of money to launch a large-scale arms race with the Tang Empire. ”
At this time, Uriso, the prime minister of the Hessel Kingdom, suddenly said in a deep voice: "Everyone should already know, the Tang Navy doesn't know where to go, and hundreds of warships have come out, including sixty super dreadnought battleships, sixty-eight battle cruisers and twenty dreadnought battleships, so that even if the navies of our nine countries are combined, they may not be able to defeat the Tang Navy. ”
The words of Uriso, the prime minister of the Hessel Kingdom, made the expressions of the seven prime ministers of the original Seven Nations Alliance much more solemn.
Yulian, the prime minister of the Noomi Empire, pondered for a while and said: "It is precisely because the strength of the Tang Empire continues to increase that our nine countries should form a military alliance as soon as possible to jointly suppress and even disintegrate the development of the Tang Empire, otherwise the whole world will be decided by the Tang people in the future!" ”
Tolicika, the prime minister of the Monia Empire, immediately said: "I feel that the combined strength of the navies of our seven countries may not be inferior to the Datang Navy, at present, only the capital ships of our Monia Royal Navy include fifty-three super dreadnought battleships, fifty-two battlecruisers, five dreadnought battleships, eight former dreadnought battleships and ten ironclad battleships, if the war with the Tang Empire can be delayed until after August next year, We, the Royal Navy, Monia, will also add thirty new super-dreadnoughts and thirty new battlecruisers. ”
After the end of the last war, the fifty Fantasy-class super dreadnought battleships with 381 mm guns and the fifty Tornado-class battlecruisers with 381 mm guns built by the Monia Empire have all joined the sequence of the Monia Royal Navy, and with the support of the Monia royal family, the Monia Empire has begun the construction program of thirty new super dreadnought battleships and thirty new battle cruisers.
The thirty super dreadnought battleships and thirty battle cruisers that the Monia Empire had just begun to build, all of which had 406 mm main guns, but the sixty giant ships built could only be completed in July and August of 3017 in the Tang calendar, and it was almost a year and a half away.
As soon as the words of Tolicika, the prime minister of the Monia Empire, fell, the prime ministers of other countries also spoke about the strength of their respective countries' navies.
"Our Royal Navy at Innova currently has seventy-six super-dreadnought battleships, sixty-seven battlecruisers, thirteen dreadnought battleships, thirty former dreadnought battleships and twenty ironclad battleships, and in May of this year, thirty more super-dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers will be completed."
"Our Royal Navy in Sharad currently has thirty-one super dreadnought battleships, thirty-one battle cruisers, ten dreadnought battleships, twelve former dreadnought battleships and twenty-four ironclad battleships, and by July of this year, the number of super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers will increase to eighty-five."
"Our Royal Noomi Royal Navy currently has fifty-two super dreadnought battleships, fifty battle cruisers, ten dreadnought battleships, thirteen former dreadnought battleships and twenty-seven ironclad battleships, and by June this year, there will be thirty-six super dreadnought battleships and thirty-six battle cruisers to join the Noomi Royal Navy sequence."
"Our Gisk Royal Navy already has thirty-six super dreadnought battleships, thirty-two battlecruisers, six dreadnought battleships, six former dreadnought battleships and seventeen ironclad battleships, because twelve super dreadnought battleships with 381 mm guns and twelve battle cruisers with 381 mm guns have just joined the Gisk Royal Navy, so in a short period of time, the number of our Gisk Royal Navy capital ships will not increase."
"Our Royal Navy in Ryerland currently has seventeen super dreadnought battleships, seventeen battle cruisers, eight dreadnought battleships, nine former dreadnought battleships and twelve ironclad battleships, and in July of this year, eight more super dreadnought capital ships and eight battle cruisers will join active service."
"Our Royal Navy in Orenza has sixteen super dreadnought battleships, sixteen battle cruisers, five former dreadnought battleships and two ironclad battleships, and in June of this year, sixteen super dreadnought battleships with 356 mm guns and sixteen battle cruisers with 356 mm guns will join the active service of our Royal Orenza Navy."
After the seven prime ministers of the original Seven Nations Alliance spoke about the strength of their national navy, Urisol, the prime minister of the Kingdom of Hessel, hesitated for a moment and said: "Our Royal Navy of Hersel now has sixteen super dreadnought battleships, twelve battlecruisers, sixteen dreadnought battleships, sixteen former dreadnought battleships and twenty ironclad battleships, and the Hessel Royal Navy has no new shipbuilding plan for the time being. ”
Parto, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Revelli, continued: "Our Royal Navy of Revelli currently has twelve super dreadnought battleships, twelve battle cruisers, four dreadnought battleships, four pre-dreadnought battleships, and six ironclad battleships, of which four super dreadnought battleships with 356 mm guns and four battle cruisers with 356 mm guns have just been completed. ”
Soon the nine prime ministers calculated the combined strength of the navies of the nine countries, and by the end of July this year, the combined navies of the nine countries would have 453 super dreadnought battleships, 433 battle cruisers, 72 dreadnought battleships, 103 former dreadnought battleships, and 138 ironclad battleships.
German, the prime minister of the Ruierlan Empire, frowned and asked, "Which country has the most accurate intelligence of the Tang Navy?" How many capital ships does the seven main fleets of the Datang Navy have? ”
August August, the prime minister of the Yingluoba Empire, immediately spoke: "According to the latest information from our Yingluoba intelligence department, the current number of capital ships of the Datang Navy is about 321 super dreadnought battleships, 313 battle cruisers and 127 dreadnought battleships, this number should be relatively accurate, there are only a few more than a few above, and in June this year, the Datang Navy will have 36 new super dreadnought battleships and 36 new battle cruisers in service, By the end of this year, the Datang Navy will have twenty-four super-dreadnought battleships and twenty-four battlecruisers completed. ”
After a pause, August continued: "These are only the number of capital ships of the seven main fleets of the Datang Navy, the Datang Navy also has twenty-four garrison fleets, these twenty-four garrison fleets are equipped with hundreds of former dreadnought battleships and hundreds of ironclad battleships, although the strength of the Datang Navy is outstanding, but if the navies of our nine countries can unite, I believe that they can still suppress the Datang Navy." ”
Seeing Uriso, the prime minister of the Sharad Empire, and Parto, the prime minister of the Hessel Kingdom, and Parto, the prime minister of the Revelli Kingdom, still had a look of hesitation on his face, and couldn't help but change the topic and said: "Everyone, the Tang Empire has a land area of more than 87 million square kilometers, once the military alliance of our nine countries can defeat the Tang Empire, there will be vast land and countless wealth, waiting for our nine countries to share, should we study it now, how to distribute benefits after the war?" ”
In the end, relying on the pie drawn by the seven prime ministers of the original Seven Nations Alliance, he successfully persuaded Uriso, the prime minister of the Hessel Kingdom, and Parto, the prime minister of the Revelli Kingdom, so that the Hessel Kingdom and the Revelli Kingdom agreed to join the Nine Nations Military Alliance against the Tang Empire.
The prime ministers of the nine countries also worked out the principle of distributing the share of post-war interests according to the amount of contribution each of the nine countries to the war.
This principle of post-war benefit distribution is roughly the same as the principle of post-war benefit distribution formulated by the Seven-Nation Alliance in the last war.
The prime ministers of the nine countries discussed an initial plan, that is, the territory of the Tang Empire, which exceeded 87 million square kilometers, would be divided into 200 parts.
According to the strength, achievements and losses of the armies of various countries participating in the war, 80 parts of the territory of the Tang Empire will be divided after the war, according to the number of warships, results and losses of the navies of various countries participating in the war, 80 parts of the territory of the Tang Empire will also be divided after the war, and according to the number of warships, results and losses of the air forces of various countries participating in the war, 30 parts of the territory of the Tang Empire will be divided after the war.
The remaining ten territories of the Tang Empire will be compensated according to the situation that each country has paid for the logistics support of the entire coalition army.
The army, navy, and air force of the nine countries will be divided into three major theaters, namely the Eastern Theater, the Southern Theater, and the Western Theater.
The main force of the Eastern Theater will be composed of the armies of the Monia Empire and the Ruierlan Empire, and the Lanshui Kingdom, which belongs to the sphere of influence of the Monia Empire, and the Wupe Kingdom, which belongs to the sphere of influence of the Noomi Empire, and the Dongyao Kingdom, which belongs to the sphere of influence of the Yingluoba Empire, will all be divided into the Eastern Theater, and these three small countries in the northeast of the Tang Empire have been tied to the chariot by the Nine Nations Military Alliance without knowing it.
Most of the Lanshui Kingdom, Wubei Kingdom and Dongyao Kingdom are grasslands, of which the land area of Lanshui Kingdom is about 4 million square kilometers, with eight provinces, and a population of 100 million, about 90% of them are Tang people, and the remaining 10% are Qiang people, but the Qiang people belong to the ruling class of Lanshui State.
The land area of Wupe is about 4.6 million square kilometers, with nine provinces and a population of about 90 million, of which two-thirds are Tang people and one-third are Heng people.
The land area of Dongyao is about 5.4 million square kilometers, with eleven provinces, and a population of about 130 million, of which the population of 100 million is the Tang people, and the remaining 30 million are Yao people, and the Dongyao country is also ruled by the small number of Yao people.
The southern theater will be composed of the armies of the Gisk Empire, the Orenza Empire, the Hessel Kingdom and the Revelli Kingdom, the western theater will be composed of the armies of the Yingroba Empire, the Sharad Empire and the Noomi Empire, and the western theater will also be the most powerful theater in the entire Nine Nations Military Alliance.
On the issue of command authority in the three major theaters, the prime ministers of the nine countries finally decided to set up a theater joint command to be responsible for the navy, army, and air forces of the countries in the entire theater.
In order to deal with the powerful Datang Navy, the main forces of the navies of the nine countries are also preparing to wait for an opportunity to gather together to form a joint fleet of the navies of the nine countries, and defeat the main force of the Datang Navy in one fell swoop with absolute superiority, and control the sea supremacy in the hands of the military alliance of the nine countries.
Because of the geographical location of the nine countries, the sea supremacy is particularly important to the Nine Nations Military Alliance, if the Nine Nations Military Alliance loses the sea supremacy like in the last war, then the three major theaters of the Nine Nations Military Alliance will be divided, giving the Tang Empire a chance to break through.