Although the countries of the world had long expected the Purple Moon Empire to merge with the Tang Empire, it still shocked the countries of the world when a superpower with a land area of more than 87 million square kilometers and a population of 5 billion people appeared.

On the afternoon of April 24, 3014 in the Tang calendar, in the palace of Feni City, the capital of the Salad Empire, Emperor Herris said to Prime Minister Shulik in a deep voice: "Now that the Purple Moon Empire has officially been incorporated into the Tang Empire, our opponent is stronger!" ”

Prime Minister Shurik sighed and said: "Actually, whether the Purple Moon Empire and the Tang Empire merge or not, it is the same for our Seven Nations Alliance, after all, the empress of the Tang Empire is the empress of the Purple Moon Empire, and the entire army of the Purple Moon Empire is completely controlled by Su Yi, the emperor of the Tang Empire." ”

After a pause, Prime Minister Shurik said with a wry smile: "According to the information obtained by the intelligence department, after the Purple Moon Imperial Army was merged into the Tang Imperial Army, the Tang Imperial Army directly announced that it would disarm 24 million, and three hundred infantry divisions of the Tang Imperial Army would be disbanded directly, but what makes people feel depressed is that the Tang Imperial Army still has more than 80 million regular troops. ”

Emperor Herris asked with a gloomy face, "Prime Minister, do you think this news will be true?" If you count the 24 million troops that have been cut, then the Tang Empire is equivalent to having hundreds of millions of land forces! ”

Prime Minister Shurik said: "Your Majesty, the Tang Empire has a population of five billion, and it is not surprising that it can organize hundreds of millions of troops, and Su Yi, the emperor of the Tang Empire, has a very high prestige among the Tang people, not to mention hundreds of millions of troops, if necessary, it is very possible for the Tang Empire to make a billion army, of course, that is only a hypothesis." ”

Emperor Herris gasped and said: "The total population of our Sharad Empire is less than one billion, if the Tang Empire really makes a billion army, this war will not have to be fought, in fact, the current army of more than 80 million in the Tang Empire has already made me a little frightened, I don't know whether to continue this war." ”

Prime Minister Shurik immediately said: "Your Majesty, whether this war can end or not is no longer up to our Shalad Empire to decide, after all, there are seven countries in the Seven Nations Alliance. ”

Emperor Herris sighed and said: "Prime Minister don't worry, I just complained, I know that now is not the time to end the war, and the combined army of each country of our Seven Nations Alliance is not less than that of the Tang Empire." ”

Prime Minister Shurik pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, according to the situation on the front line, although the army of the Tang Empire has strong troops, it is still difficult to break through the eastern defense line of our Sharad Empire, and it is also difficult for our Sharad, Noomi and Yingluoba armies to overcome the fortifications of the Tang Empire's army, so that the land war between the two sides will be deadlocked, and perhaps the key to breaking this deadlock will come from the sea." ”

Emperor Herris frowned, "At sea? What does the Prime Minister mean by that? ”

Prime Minister Shurik explained: "Your Majesty, as long as we have the right to control the sea, then our armies of Sharad, Noomi and Yingluoba do not need to attack the strong positions of the Tang Empire on the border, and can land on the mainland of the Tang Empire from any place on the coastline of the Tang Empire, and even the armies of Monia, Gisk, Ruierland, and Orenza can also send troops to land on the mainland of the Tang Empire at that time, so as to realize the general division of the armies of our seven-nation alliance countries." ”

Emperor Herris said with a wry smile: "Where is it so easy to obtain sea dominance, after the last decisive battle with the main forces of the two navies of the Tang Dynasty and Ziyue, our Royal Navy of Sharad can be described as suffering heavy losses, and the capital ships that went out of the battle are only seven super dreadnought battleships, seven battle cruisers, four dreadnought battleships, six former dreadnought battleships and twelve ironclad battleships have withdrawn to the country, and now our Salad Royal Navy can cooperate with the shore defense forces, and it is not easy to hold the coast of our Sharad Empire." ”

Prime Minister Shurik immediately said: "Your Majesty, the twenty-four Tomahawk-class super dreadnought-class battleships and twenty-four Elk-class battlecruisers that our Sharad Empire is building will be completed in about mid-November, and when the twenty-four Tomahawk-class and twenty-four Elk-class join our Sharad Royal Navy, and then unite with the navies of other countries of the Seven Nations Alliance, we still have the strength to fight with the Datang Empire Navy." ”

Soon after the British Empire began to build thirty Tenacious-class Super Dreadnought battleships and thirty Ambush-class battlecruisers at the same time, the Sharad Empire gritted its teeth and began to build twenty-four Tomahawk-class Super Dreadnought battleships and twenty-four Elk-class battlecruisers at the same time, so as to prevent the Royal Navy of Sharad from falling behind in the military race.

The Tomahawk and Elk classes, like the Industrasal and Ambush classes of the British Empire, both have 381mm guns, and most of the construction funds came from the Sharad royal family.

Emperor Herris hesitated for a moment and asked, "I heard that the Thirty Tenacity-class Super Dreadnought Battleships and thirty Ambush-Class Battlecruisers of the Yingluoba Navy will soon be able to enter service?" ”

Prime Minister Shurik nodded and said: "According to the information of the intelligence department, these thirty Tenacity class and thirty Ambush class ships of the Yingluoba Navy will be able to enter service before October, and the other ......"

"What else?"

"In addition, the intelligence service has learned that the British Empire is preparing to build another thirty Tough-class and thirty Ambush-class, as well as thirty super dreadnought battleships with 406 mm guns and thirty battle cruisers with 406 mm guns."

"What? Has this information been confirmed? In this case, the Yingluoba Empire is equivalent to building sixty super dreadnought battleships and sixty battle cruisers at the same time, does the Yingroba Empire have so many large docks? ”

Prime Minister Shurik sighed and said: "Your Majesty, this information is true, the British Empire is preparing to build and renovate a number of large dockyards, and after the construction of the first batch of Tenacious and Ambush classes is completed, the second batch of Tenacity and Ambush classes, as well as the super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers with 406 mm guns, should start construction at the same time." ”

After Emperor Herris was silent for a moment, he asked in a deep voice, "Does our Admiralty of the Shalad Empire have a plan for building ships in the next phase?" ”

As soon as Prime Minister Shurik heard Emperor Herris's question, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty, the Admiralty of our Sharad Empire has also designed super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers with 406 mm guns, but the Admiralty thinks that the comprehensive performance of the Tomahawk class and Elk class is very good, and hopes to build a batch of Tomahawk class and Elk-class at the same time as building super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers with 406 mm guns." ”

Emperor Herris suddenly asked, "Prime Minister, presumably it is impossible for the Imperial Treasury's finances to support the Royal Navy in building new super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers, right?" ”

Prime Minister Shurik nodded and said: "In order to expand the strength of our Royal Army in Sharad, the Imperial Treasury is already in serious deficit, and it is indeed impossible to invest heavily in the Royal Navy. ”

Emperor Herris then said bitterly: "Prime Minister, the royal family's funds have been drained by me, and in a short period of time, I can't take out too much money to build more super dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers for the Royal Navy, and the royal family can support the Royal Navy for another 100 million S$ at most." ”

100 million S$ is equivalent to 20 million British dollars, barely enough to build seven Tomahawk-class super dreadnought battleships.

Prime Minister Shurik heard that the royal family could only come up with 100 million Sand Dollars, and his brows suddenly furrowed, "Your Majesty, in this case, our Royal Navy in Sharad can only slow down the pace of military expansion." ”

Emperor Herris sighed and said, "100 million sand dollars is already the limit of what the royal family can take out at present, but the royal family still owns a lot of shares in mines and oil fields, if it really can't, I can only sell some of these shares to support the Royal Navy in the construction of new super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers." ”

Prime Minister Shurik thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that I can call on the people of the whole country to donate to our Royal Navy of Sharad, our entire Sharad Empire has a population of more than 900 million, even if one person donates one Sha Yuan, it will raise 900 million Sha Yuan, which is enough for the Royal Navy to build dozens of super dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers." ”

When Emperor Herris heard Prime Minister Shurik's suggestion, he immediately said excitedly: "This is a good idea, Prime Minister, you should send someone to do this matter quickly, as long as the publicity is in place, it is possible to raise billions of Saudi dollars!" ”

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will personally grasp this matter, and the minister is willing to donate one million Sand dollars to the Royal Navy of Sharad to contribute a little bit of money."

Soon in the territory of the Sharad Empire, there was a wave of donations for the Royal Navy of Sharad, and donating money to build warships became the hottest topic in the Sharad Empire, in less than a month, the funds raised have exceeded 2 billion Saud dollars, and this number is still growing rapidly.

The Royal Navy, which had the funds, immediately drew up a huge shipbuilding plan, preparing to build twenty-four Tomahawk-class and twenty-four Elk-class battlecruisers after twenty-four Tomahawk-class super-dreadnought-class battlecruisers were put into service.

In addition, the Royal Navy of Sharad is also preparing to build a large number of 50,000-ton docks, and when these 50,000-ton docks are completed, 30 super dreadnought battleships with 406 mm guns and 30 battle cruisers with 406 mm guns will be built in this batch of docks.

In addition to the capital ships, the Royal Navy of Sharad plans to build a large number of new armored cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers and torpedo boats.