After deciding that the British Empire would build another sixty super dreadnought battleships and sixty battle cruisers at the same time, Prime Minister August said to Emperor Penelope: "Your Majesty, now a research institute under the Admiralty has developed a submarine detector, which can use the propagation characteristics of sound waves under the water to complete the positioning of underwater submarines through electroacoustic conversion and processing. ”

Emperor Penelope nodded and said: "Then let the warships of the Royal Navy of Yingluoba install submarine detectors as soon as possible, from the big battle with the navies of Datang and Ziyue, it can be seen that the warships of Datang and Ziyue should have installed similar instruments, otherwise the submarines of the combined fleet of the five navies will not lose so much, by the way, how is the development of new submarines?" ”

Prime Minister August said: "Your Majesty, the Admiralty has designed a new type of submarine, and has already built one, the comprehensive performance is okay, the surface displacement is 800 tons, the underwater displacement is 980 tons, the maximum surface speed is 15 knots, the surface endurance is 6,000 nautical miles, the maximum underwater speed is 5 knots, the underwater endurance is 80 nautical miles, the maximum diving depth is 140 meters, equipped with five 533 mm torpedo tubes, can carry fifteen torpedoes. ”

Emperor Penelope asked, "How much does this new submarine cost?" ”

"If it is built in batches, the cost of each submarine can be reduced to 280,000 British dollars, and the Admiralty will name this new submarine the Mullet class, and is ready to build another 29 at one time, while the Octopus-class submarines equipped by the previous submarine force are ready to build another 25, so that our Royal Navy Submarine Force in Yingroba will have 30 Mulus-class submarines and 70 Octopus-class submarines."

Emperor Penelope said dissatisfied: "The Admiralty is also a little too stingy, although the power of the submarine has weakened a lot because of the appearance of the submarine probe, but it is undeniable that the submarine under the sea still has a strong attack power, I remember that the cost of the Octopus-class submarine should be 130,000 British dollars, and I will take out another 26 million British dollars to let the Admiralty build 200 more Octopus-class submarines, and I will pay another 28 million British dollars, and the mullet-class submarines will also build 100 more!" ”

Facing the wealthy Emperor Penello, Prime Minister August really didn't know what to say, and then Emperor Penelope suddenly asked: "How is the design of our new fighter in the British Empire?" ”

On the front line in the eastern part of the Sharad Empire, after the Stinger fighters and Eagle bombers of the Yingluoba Empire were beaten by the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire, the Yingluoba Empire immediately began to develop improved fighters and bombers to deal with the more advanced fighters of the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire.

Prime Minister August smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the new fighter has not yet completed the final design, after all, there are fighters of the Tang Empire for comparison, and the performance requirements of the new fighter are relatively high." ”

Emperor Penelope asked again: "And what about the development of tanks and armored vehicles?" ”

Prime Minister August hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, referring to the tanks and armored vehicles of the Tang Empire, a scientific research institute under the Ministry of War recently completed the design of a light tank and an armored vehicle, and several large arsenals have begun to mass-produce this light tank and this armored vehicle. ”

Emperor Penelope said with some emotion: "I didn't expect the army of the Tang Empire to come up with so many advanced weapons, not to mention the new weapons and equipment such as fighters and tanks, the rifles and machine guns equipped by the army of the Tang Empire are better than the performance of our Royal Army of Yingluoba." ”

Prime Minister August said: "Your Majesty, the War Department has begun to develop new rifles and new machine guns, but the Minister believes that even if the new rifles and new machine guns are successfully developed, they cannot be reequipped during the war, after all, the total strength of our Royal Army in Yingluoba is close to fifteen million. ”

After continuous expansion, the Royal Angloba Army now has 46 infantry regiments and 20 independent infantry divisions, of which 20 infantry regiments have been transferred to the eastern front of the Sharad Empire.

Emperor Penelope nodded slightly and said: "It is indeed not an easy thing to let the entire Yingluoba Royal Army replace rifles and machine guns, last month, our Yingluopa, Shalad, and Noomi armies were on the eastern front of the Sharad Empire, repelled the counterattack of the Tang Empire's army, and now what is the situation on the eastern front of the Sharad Empire?" ”

Prime Minister August sighed and said: "Your Majesty, although the Tang Empire army cannot break through the defense line of our Yingluoba, Shalad, and Noomi armies, but our three kingdom armies have no way to take the fortifications of the Tang Empire army for the time being, and the positions of the Tang Empire army are also extremely strong. ”

At present, the armies of both sides facing off in the border area between the Shalad Empire and the Tang Empire have spared no effort to strengthen their defensive positions on this side.

For example, the Angloba, Sharad, and Noomi armies have set up multi-layered positions, including forward positions, main positions, and reserve positions.

The main purpose of the forward position was to delay the advance of the Tang Empire's army, buy time for the defending troops of the main position, and enable the latter to complete combat preparations.

The main position usually has several layers of defensive strongholds lined up in a line, each with hundreds or even thousands of troops, and these strongholds are constructed into a continuous monolithic position by using trenches.

When conducting defensive warfare, the armies of Yingluopa, Sharad, and Noomi will not sit back and wait for the Tang Empire army to break through the position line one by one, but will ensure that the first line can withstand the attack of the Tang Empire army as much as possible, and at the same time send reserves on the reserve position to concentrate on attacking the Tang Empire army advancing between strongholds and strongholds.

The armies of Yingluopa, Sharad, and Noomi relied on such multi-layered positions to disintegrate a large-scale attack by the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, causing the Royal Army of the Tang Empire to lose nearly 800,000 people.

The positions constructed by the Royal Army of the Tang Empire are even more solid than those of the armies of Yingluopa, Shalad, and Noomi.

The Royal Army of the Tang Empire has built a total of three complete trench systems, which are about a kilometer apart, even if part of the first trench system is occupied, it is impossible for the armies of Yingluoba, Sharad, and Noomi to achieve a decisive victory, after all, there are still two complete trench systems waiting for them behind.

After He Yunfei, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire, issued the order to retreat, the armies of Yingluopa, Sharad, and Noomi wanted to take the opportunity to break through the frontline positions of the Tang Empire army, but the armies of Yingluopa, Sharad, and Noomi were soon hit in front of the first trench system, and they had to retreat to the defensive positions in the Sharad Empire.

Emperor Penelope said helplessly: "It seems that in a short period of time, there should be no breakthrough progress on the eastern front of the Shalad Empire, and this war is not easy to fight." ”

On the evening of April 14, 3014 in the Tang calendar, in the Xiande Hall in the Imperial Palace of Chang'an City, Su Yi sighed and said to He Yunfei, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Army of the Tang Empire: "At present, the weaknesses of the two tanks equipped by the Royal Army of the Tang Empire are very prominent. ”

Several arsenals of the Tang Empire that imitated the Renault FT-17 light tank and the 2C heavy tank have produced more than 1,400 tanks in total.

He Yunfei hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly and said: "At present, the armored forces of our Royal Army of the Tang Empire still have more than 1,600 tanks, which is enough for the time being, but although these two tanks have such and such shortcomings, these two tanks are still in defense and offense, and can play a very big role. ”

Su Yi shook his head and said: "From the attack in March, it can be seen that the speed of those two tanks is too slow, and when the enemy is equipped with a large number of anti-aircraft guns, they have simply become live targets, I am not ready to let these two tanks be put into the offensive again, and the remaining more than 1,600 tanks will be strengthened to the defensive positions on the front line of the border!" ”

He Yunfei suddenly sighed and said: "The armies of Yingluopa, Sharad, and Noomi now have a large number of anti-tank weapons, and then our Royal Army of the Tang Empire can only engage in a super-large-scale positional battle with the armies of these three countries. ”

Hearing He Yunfei mention positional warfare, he couldn't help but remind Su Yi of the Battle of Verdun in the First World War of the original time and space, which made Su Yi's brows furrow, and positional warfare was almost equivalent to a war of attrition.

"Yunfei, if you fight a positional battle, it will become a fight for consumption."

He Yunfei said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't want to fight for attrition, but the armies of Yingluopa, Sharad, and Noomi have deployed at least more than 20 million land forces on the eastern front line of the Sharad Empire, and they also have perfect fortifications, plus the assault ability of our armored forces has been limited, and now there is only one way to fight positional warfare with the other side." ”

Su Yi frowned and asked, "Can you choose a few points as a breakthrough to break through the surface?" ”

He Yunfei shook his head and said: "According to our reconnaissance, the armies of Yingluopa, Sharad, and Noomi have also established three trench systems, and reserved a large number of mobile troops. ”