Chapter 172: Reinforcements at Sea
The two military intelligence bureaus subordinate to the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire, although they have not been established for a long time, but these two military intelligence bureaus have taken advantage of the opportunity of the Liuyun Empire and the Celestial Star Empire to expand their armies and installed a large number of intelligence personnel into the army of the Liuyun Empire and the Celestial Star Empire.
These intelligence officers of the military intelligence bureaus of the two countries took advantage of the dissatisfaction of the young officers of the Liuyun Empire and the Tianxing Empire with the betrayal of the royal family to persuade a large number of young officers to defect to the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire, which made the millions of Liuyun Empire troops and Tianxing Empire troops surrender to the Royal Army of the Tang Empire and the Royal Army of the Purple Moon Empire.
Su Yi next said to He Yunfei: "Now in the territory of the Liuyun Empire, there are not many land forces in the Sharad Empire, so next our Royal Army of the Great Tang Empire must speed up the pace of the march, and strive to take down the Liuyun Empire before Chinese New Year's Eve, in addition, the Royal Navy of the Great Tang Empire has ordered the Royal Navy of the Great Tang Empire to block the sea area of the Liuyun Empire as much as possible to prevent the land forces of the Salad Empire, as well as the land forces of the Monia Empire and the Ruierlan Empire on the northern continent, from entering the territory of the Liuyun Empire. ”
He Yunfei nodded and said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, according to the information held by the Military Intelligence Bureau, now the Shalad Empire has only eight infantry divisions in the territory of the Liuyun Empire, and each infantry division adapted from the Shalad Empire Army is about 100,000 people, and now there are four infantry divisions of the Shalad Empire Army, which are surrounded by our Royal Army of the Tang Empire on the border of the Liuyun Empire, and the Liuyun Empire's own army, because of too many weapons and equipment, has too many recruits, and its combat effectiveness is very weak. As long as the navy can guarantee that the sea passage of the Liuyun Empire is cut off, our Royal Army of the Tang Empire is fully sure that it will complete the occupation of the entire Liuyun Empire before the Chinese New Year's Eve of this year, of course, this refers to the condition that the railways and highways are not greatly damaged. ”
Su Yi glanced down at the military map on the table in front of him, and then asked He Yunfei, "What advice do you have for the battle in the Celestial Star Empire?" ”
He Yunfei immediately replied: "Your Majesty, according to the intelligence sent by the Military Intelligence Bureau of the Purple Moon Empire, the current army of the Jisk Empire in the territory of the Celestial Star Empire exceeds 3.2 million, and on the border of the Celestial Star Empire, the Gisk Empire has deployed more than 2.5 million troops, which makes the border defense line of the Celestial Star Empire not completely defeated like the Liuyun Empire, and the army of the Gisk Empire and even the Orenza Empire can also continue to join the battlefield of the Celestial Star Empire. Therefore, the minister believes that the Royal Army of the Purple Moon Empire should fight steadily and steadily, and at the same time, it is best to divide some forces to directly launch a containment attack on the homeland of the Jisk Empire and the Orenza Empire. ”
Su Yi nodded slightly, "It seems that in terms of the army's weapons and equipment, it is more inclined to some temporary infantry divisions of the Purple Moon Empire's Royal Army, so that the weapons and equipment of the two hundred temporary infantry divisions of the Purple Moon Empire's Royal Army can reach the standard as soon as possible." ”
After a pause, Su Yi continued: "Now that both the Yingluoba Empire and the Noomi Empire have begun to transfer a large number of land forces to the territory of the Sharad Empire, we must be careful of the invasion of the armies of these three countries at any time. ”
He Yunfei said with a smile: "Your Majesty, rest assured, now our Royal Army of the Tang Empire has arranged a total of sixty field infantry divisions and one hundred integrated infantry divisions in the border area near the Sharad Empire, with a total strength of up to tens of millions, and a large number of fortifications have been built. We, the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, will definitely let the armies of these three countries run into blood. ”
The countries of the Seven Nations Alliance were not too surprised by the armies of the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire that suddenly invaded the territory of the Liuyun Empire and the Celestial Star Empire, but they felt a little unbelievable at the poor performance of the two armies of Liuyun and Tianxing, after all, just one day after the war, the Liuyun Empire lost more than four million land forces, and the Celestial Star Empire also lost almost two million land forces, and more than ninety percent of the officers and soldiers of the two armies chose to surrender, which is unprecedented in the history of war. I believe that it will be difficult to appear in the future.
The Celestial Star Empire was included in the Southern Theater by the Seven-Nation Alliance, and then the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire, which were subordinate to the Southern Theater, began to draw land forces to prepare for reinforcements to the Celestial Star Empire.
The armies of the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire have also imitated the original establishment of the Sujia Army, and have undergone some reorganization, or the new establishment of the Salad Empire's Army, and the infantry divisions adapted from the Gisk Empire and the Orenza Empire are also about 100,000 people.
In the Seven-Nation Alliance, the three countries that have fought with the Su Army have adopted a new establishment of their land forces, and the other four countries that have not fought with the Su Army still have their land forces according to the establishment of corps, divisions, wings, brigades, squadrons, squads, and squads.
Different from the situation of the Celestial Star Empire, the Liuyun Empire, which was classified into the Eastern Theater by the Seven Nations Alliance, was not so easy to get reinforcements, and the Salad Imperial Army, Monia Imperial Army, and Ryerlan Imperial Army, which were subordinate to the Eastern Theater, needed to go through the sea if they wanted to send troops into the Liuyun Empire, but the powerful Royal Navy of the Tang Empire was not a decoration.
On the morning of October 5, 3013 in the Tang calendar, on the vast sea, there was a huge fleet heading in the direction of the Liuyun Empire, and some of the warships of this fleet were flying the flag of the Monia Empire, and the other part was flying the flag of the Ruierlan Empire.
In the bridge of the Monia Empire's Royal Navy's super dreadnought battleship Banshee, the Monia Empire's Admiralty Senior Counselor Pifanu held a telegram in his hand, sighed and said to Harowe, the captain of the Banshee: "Two days ago, the army of the Tang Empire has invaded the territory of the Liuyun Empire, and the performance of the Liuyun Empire's army is very bad, His Majesty the Emperor ordered us to arrive at the port of the Liuyun Empire as soon as possible, so that two infantry legions of the Monia Royal Army and an infantry legion of the Ruierland Empire will join the battlefield of the Liuyun Empire. ”
This fleet was formed by the joint forces of the Monia Royal Navy and the Royal Navy of Rillland, and the task of this fleet was to escort the first land forces of the two countries to the Liuyun Empire, and the Monia Imperial Admiralty High Staff Pifanu was appointed as the commander of the Royal Monia Navy's escort fleet.
Harowi, the captain of the Banshee, frowned and said: "Commander, after the Tang Empire attacks the Liuyun Empire, it will definitely blockade the coast of the Liuyun Empire, just with the strength of our escort fleet, can we successfully break through the blockade of the Tang Empire's navy?" According to intelligence, the Tang Imperial Navy had fifty-eight super dreadnought battleships, twenty-six battle cruisers, twenty-three dreadnought battleships and forty-two former dreadnought battleships only as the capital ships. ”
Commander Pifanu shook his head and said, "I don't know if it will succeed, but the Salad Navy is currently stationed in Huitong Port, the largest military port in the Liuyun Empire, and has a fleet with good strength, which should be able to cooperate with our escort fleet and help the three infantry legions land." ”
In the northern continent, the Monia Empire has a land area of 25 million square kilometers, the third largest country in the world, with fifty states and a population of more than one billion.
The Monia Empire's navy currently has ten super dreadnought battleships, ten battle cruisers, twenty dreadnought battleships, twenty-two former dreadnought battleships and forty ironclad battleships, the Monia Empire's land force originally had twenty infantry regiments, and after declaring war on the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire, the Monia Empire immediately began to form twenty new infantry regiments.
Also in the northern continent, the Ruierland Empire, with a land area of 13 million square kilometers, 30 states, and a population of more than 400 million, before Su Yi was born, the comprehensive national strength ranked sixth in the world, with the world's sixth-ranked navy, but the original strength of the Ruierlan Royal Army was average, ranking even after the original Cangyu Empire Royal Army, ranking eighth in the world.
At present, the navy of the Ryerland Empire has four super dreadnought battleships, four battle cruisers, sixteen dreadnought battleships, twenty former dreadnought battleships and thirty ironclad battleships, and the Rillland Empire originally had thirteen infantry legions, and after declaring war on the Tang Empire and the Purple Moon Empire, the Rillland Empire is ready to form seven new infantry legions.
This time, in order to escort the three infantry regiments of the two countries to land in the Liuyun Empire, the escort fleet sent by the Monia Royal Navy included six super dreadnought battleships, six battle cruisers, ten dreadnought battleships, ten former dreadnought battleships, twenty ironclad battleships, twenty large armored cruisers, twenty medium armored cruisers, thirty light cruisers and forty destroyers, almost taking out more than half of the strength of the Monia Royal Navy.
For this escort, the Royal Navy of Ryerland did its best, transferring four super dreadnought battleships, four battle cruisers, ten dreadnought battleships, fourteen pre-dreadnought battleships, twenty ironclad battleships, fourteen large armored cruisers, twelve medium armored cruisers, twenty-eight light cruisers, thirty-six destroyers, and sixty torpedo boats into the escort fleet.
In addition, there are more than 200 transport ships of the two countries carrying three infantry regiments and a large amount of supplies, many of which are large cargo ships and large cruise ships with a displacement of more than 10,000 tons.
Harowe, the captain of the Banshee, frowned even tighter and asked Commander Pifanu, "Commander, how many capital ships does that Sharad naval fleet in Huitong Harbor have?" ”
Commander Pifanu said: "According to the news sent by the Sharad Empire, there are seven super dreadnought battleships, six dreadnought battleships, ten former dreadnought battleships and ten ironclad battleships of the Sharad Navy fleet in Huitong Port, in addition to the twelve ironclad battleships that the Sharad Empire wants to give to the Liuyun Empire, as well as two former dreadnought battleships and six ironclad battleships of the Liuyun Empire Navy, and there are about three hundred warships of other types of the Sharad Navy and the Liuyun Empire Navy. ”
Harowe, the captain of the Banshee, sighed: "Commander, didn't you say that the navies of the seven countries will form a combined fleet?" Can you ask the navies of Yingluopa, Sharad, and Noomi to send part of the main forces to the coast of the Liuyun Empire, with the strength of our escort fleet and the Sharad naval fleet in Huitong Harbor, I am afraid that it will not be so easy for the three infantry legions to land on the Liuyun Empire. ”
Commander Pifanu hesitated for a moment and said: "If it is difficult to land directly in the Liuyun Empire, let the three infantry legions land in the Lanshui Empire, and then let the three infantry legions enter the northern region of the Liuyun Empire from the Lanshui Country, at present, the main forces of the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi are ready to gather together, ready to find an opportunity to have a decisive battle with the navy of the Tang Empire, maybe the main forces of the navies of these three countries will come to the coast of the Liuyun Empire, but unfortunately the situation in the Liuyun Empire cannot afford to wait, So we can't count on the main forces of the navies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi. ”