Chapter 6: Treasure Island

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On August 14, 99 B, the Saxony-Windsor Empire began to form the first batch of attack forces, requisitioning fleets, transport fleets, mobilizing army and logistics supplies, and recruiting and training supplementary personnel.

On August 24, 99 B, the expeditionary fleet was formed.

On 11 September B99, the Saxony-Windsor Imperial Ocean Attack Force sorted.

In the middle of the night of December 30, 99 B, the attacking force reached the vicinity of the sea off the coast of its destination.

In the middle of the night on December 30, 99 B, the Imperial Expeditionary Fleet of Saxony and Windsor arrived near its destination.

This is an unprecedentedly powerful fleet, with more than 300 ships and supply ships of various types. The main ships are as follows:

10 battleships, 8 Daystar-class battleships, 2 King-class battleships.

14 battlecruisers, 6 coma-rated high-speed battlecruisers, and 8 Pluto-class battlecruisers.

Heavy cruisers were used for the defense of the homeland and were not sent.

50 light cruisers, 10 Sunset (Xiaguang) class light cruisers, 20 Full Moon-class light cruisers, 20 Galileo 305 heavy gun light cruisers.

Destroyers, 20 destroyers of various types of M, are mainly used to protect the transport and supply fleet and do not participate in battles.

The main landing combat force of the fleet is an amphibious combat force of 60,000 people, which is jointly formed by the Navy and the Army, with three Marine Divisions, the 1st Marine Division, the 2nd Marine Division, and the 3rd Marine Division; In addition, there was an army tank brigade and a colonial force of about 20,000 men.

This was followed by several months of long sailing. It's finally time to reach its destination.

Admiral John Jericho, Commander of the Fleet: "There are still a few hours to go, it's time for the soldiers to get ready." ”

Adjutant: "I'll give the order to blow the bugle immediately, just do you want to wake up the Duke?" ”

Admiral: "Wake him up, this is a historic moment, and some words must be said by the nobles." ”

At 23:30, all ships of the fleet sounded the wake-up call. After getting up, sorting out the equipment, forming the team, and completing the standard work nervously, some of the officers and men of the expedition heard about the combat mission from the superior officers: "The combat objectives are: the garrison of Treasure Island of the Delstein Dynasty of the Manrocco Empire; Combat mission: Capture the country's important overseas islands, and build a new international shipping cargo turnover center, Treasure Island. “

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At 23:50, on the loudspeaker inside the ship, the new Admiral Duke Herman Norton, who was the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, began to "leak" confidential documents to the ordinary officers and men of the expeditionary force.

"The objectives of the battle are: the Marne-Rocco Empire; Combat mission: capture the country's important overseas islands, and build a new international shipping cargo turnover center, Treasure Island. ”

The island is located just a dozen kilometers west of the international shipping date line, and it can be said to be the first land in the world to usher in the sun.

After the leak mission was completed, the duke was full of passion and victory, and confidently broadcast to the entire fleet the text of this expedition, "The Derstein Dynasty of the Mannrock Empire - The Cause of the Fall of the Saxony-Windsor Empire, and the Seven Hatreds of Our Country for the Country". This crusade sums up the contradictions between the two countries as follows:

The first hate, his family has exploded the army combat readiness arsenal of our Saxony-Windsor Empire. The weapons that the army has eliminated can no longer be sold. Our backlog of army weapons has almost squeezed combat readiness warehouses. It has seriously affected the renewal of the equipment of our army. Who, isn't your brother just finished blowing up the cannon, missing half a head or only half a head left? Come back to me, I'll make a bet with the Fleet Commander.

The second big hatred is that his family has made our warships backlog for 10 years and cannot be sold. The shipyard became a dry dock cargo hold for the storage of specialized ships. Navy brothers, hit hard, hit hard. He has made us not make extra money for ten years, how much money is this less!! In a moment, you will organize the marines and go ashore to get them back.

The third hate, his family built the Treasure Island shipping center, and my family's business in Rockdel Point was seriously affected. That Treasure Island is the pirate base that stole our gold. Treasure Island, where there should be gold and silver. Bunnies, we have old rules, you know. Like Captain Jack and his pirates.

The fourth hatred is that his family collected reserve gold at a high price, causing me to not receive gold. What about my currency gold standard, so that I have no gold, doesn't this cost me my life? Rabbit cubs, our country's gold standard has collapsed, and your military pay is waste paper. You are fighting for yourselves. If you are defeated, the money in your pockets can only be used to roll cigarettes and smoke.

The fifth hate, his family sells explosives at ultra-low prices, and he has bankrupted all these private explosives factories in my family. There is no way, but in B96, the government can only invest in a house, and the laid-off workers will be recognized, otherwise they will blow up xxxx. The specific model is based on a certain believer today. The dynamite in their house is really QZ. You can put it in the ramen.

The sixth hate, his family sells textile light industrial products at low prices, and my textile girls are laid off and stand on the street. My poor sailor cubs and army doglegs, you complain that you can't find a good woman, and that's the real reason. But you think that the civil servants have harmed you with leftovers...... How can a government functionary of a country be wronged? They really have a low salary, and not everyone has a wallet and a second wife.

The seventh hate, the container ship standard that his family first advocated and promoted, my traditional standard fleet was directly bankrupt. My poor sailor bunny cubs, this Internet café bomb has left you with no professional counterparts.

The above is the text of the Seven Hatreds of the Delstein Dynasty of the Derstein Dynasty of the Saxony-Windsor Empire to Defeat the Birthplace of Evil. The genuine Pig Khan's "Seven Hatreds" article is written by the Houjin boss Wild Boar Pinuer Ha, which is more funny, and you may wish to Baidu if you are interested.

Duke Sherlockburn, commander of the expeditionary fleet, inspired his subordinates who fought the first war: to raise troops and suppress bandits, the army of kings, to fight for the country, and to fight for justice. Look at our mighty fleet! Look at the cannons on our capital ships! It's definitely a winner! Our army will win!!

A few hours later, the fleet crossed the date line and entered the sea area where the landing force was scheduled to be unloaded. At dawn on January 1 of the first year of the C century, the landing battle on Treasure Island began.

On January 1, the first year of the C century, the first day of the new human century, it began with the rumbling of battleships. Humanity will never come out of war unless it comes to the moment of destruction.

Overview of Treasure Island:

First, the geographical situation

Treasure Island is located at 1°28'N latitude and 179°55'E longitude, in the central and eastern part of the Ping'an Ocean, with a number of important international routes newly opened up nearby. It is named after the abundance of gold and silver on the island. The land area of the island is 1618.3 square kilometers, the coastline is more than 400 kilometers long, and the country is composed of more than 30 islands such as the main island of Treasure Island, York Island, Xingxing Island, and Yuanbao Island. The island is located just west of the International Date Line and is almost the first place in the world to welcome the sunrise. The island is an extinct volcanic island with complex topography but gentle relief, with the western and central regions consisting of mountainous and hilly terrain, mostly covered by forests, and the eastern and coastal strips are plains, with the highest point being Mount Juma, which is 953 meters high. There are 15 major rivers on the island, most of which have been converted into cisterns to provide drinking water for residents. A total of 17 reservoirs have been built to store fresh water for the public. These reservoirs are almost sufficient to meet the island's water needs, and in order to make the water source more reliable, several large-scale desalination plants have been built. With the completion of the world's largest desalination plant at the time, desalination could meet more than 60% of water demand, thus providing a stable and reliable supply of fresh water.

In terms of climate, the island is located in the tropics, controlled by the equatorial low pressure zone for many years, and has an equatorial rainy climate, with a small annual temperature difference and daily temperature difference. The average temperature ranges from 23 to 34°C, the average annual rainfall is around 2,400 mm, and the humidity ranges from 65% to 90%. The rainy season runs from November to January to March, with unstable weather under the influence of the humid northeast monsoon, usually with thundershowers in the afternoon and an average low of 24 to 25°C. From June to September, the southwest wind is the driest when it blows. During the monsoon months, April to May, and October to November, the winds on the ground are weak and the sun is very hot, and the maximum temperature on the island can reach 35°C.

Second, the island's economy

After more than 20 years of construction, Treasure Island has become one of the world's busiest ports and major entrepot hubs, as well as the world's largest fuel supply port, with more than 100 international routes connecting most of the world's important ports. By the end of B98, the container throughput of the Golden and Silver Ports had risen by 14% to 8.9 million TEUs, ranking first in the world, according to the Imperial Maritime Department and the Specific Port Authority, which oversees Treasure Island. In terms of fuel sales, Treasure Island is also the world's largest bunkering port, with a total of 9.4 million metric tons of fuel sold in B98 and a record 770 million gross tons of ships arriving at the port.

The island is not just a shipping center, it also has a well-developed manufacturing and service industry. The island's manufacturing products mainly include chemicals and chemicals, transportation equipment, petroleum products, oil refining and other products. In addition, the island was home to a large number of ship repair plants, the largest shipbuilding base in the ocean, and the fourth largest oil refining center in the world at the time. In order to assist the development of shipping and manufacturing, Treasure Island's service industry plays an important economic role, and the main industries include business services, financial services, catering and accommodation, and legal. The service industry is also a major industry on the island, and it can be said that it is the well-established service industry that Treasure Island has established itself as a world-class shipping center and trade center in the middle of the ocean.

Third, the cultural and political situation on the island

As of June 99, Treasure Island had a total permanent population of 620,000, of which 540,000 were local registered citizens or "long-term working residents", about 31,000 non-local military personnel such as foreign mercenaries in the garrison of the Delstein Imperial Standing Army and the Islanders' Self-Defense Force, and nearly 50,000 foreign businessmen who were personally engaged in business or hired and dispatched. One thing, very thunderous, this island, which was built with huge investment by the Delstein dynasty of the Marne-Rocco Empire, was never the territory of the Marnrocco Empire.

Treasure Island, the full name of the Treasure Island Free City-State Republic, is an independent international polity on this ocean, and the international system is a people's parliament and a senatorial republic. The history of this small island nation dates back to the early days of the Age of Discovery.

400 years ago, when the Age of Discovery had just begun, many islands were undiscovered or unexplored, and people were willing to live away from the mainland unless there was a special reason. At that time, more than 1,000 kilometers from here, the rich and powerful Mural dynasty took a coup d'état. The prime minister who staged the coup took control of the army and wanted to kill the royal family and their supporters. At that time, the navy was firmly on the side of the emperor and protected the emperor and his supporters from taking refuge at sea. The prime minister was strong and there was no hope of recovering the country, and a detachment happened to have visited the island, so the defeated fugitives came to the island to multiply. Soon after arriving on the island, the fugitives discovered gold mines on the island, and relying on the gold and silver produced by the mines, they began to trade extensively by sea, as well as develop agriculture and fishing.

For hundreds of years, the island belonged to the Müller dynasty. At the beginning of the B century, the last emperor of the dynasty, who was educated abroad, decided to implement a constitutional monarchy and establish a modern state system following the example of developed countries abroad. This man also abolished the aristocratic polygamy that had lasted for a thousand years, probably because he had no heirs. Towards the middle of the B century, the last emperor issued a decree on his deathbed to implement a democratic system. Shortly thereafter, the country established a parliamentary democracy based on the original modern state system, which continues to this day.

Since the 65th century B, a number of new international routes have been opened through the seas near the country. The government was interested in developing the shipping industry, but lacked the funds and experience.

In 69 B, the Delstein dynasty of the Manlok Empire sent dignitaries to visit the country and initially established the intention of cooperation.

In 71 of the B century, a cooperation agreement was reached for the Treasure Island shipping hub project. The following year, construction began in earnest.

In the mid-70s of the B century, the free city-state republic of Treasure Island joined the "National Agreement for World Peace", which stipulated: "The member states shall respect each other and shall not take the initiative to provoke war, nor shall it be used by one of the parties in the war." Negotiated settlement of international disputes. …… Member States recognize each other's status as permanent neutrals. "The country's accession to this agreement guarantees to some extent long-term peace in the region.

This agreement was initiated in the late 60s of the B century, and was one of the initiators of the Delstein dynasty, the restorer of the Marnerocco Empire. At that time, the purpose of the establishment of this agreement was to ensure a long-term stable and peaceful geopolitical environment around the country, and to develop the economy with peace of mind, and after the goal of becoming a military power was defeated, the country turned to aspire to become an international economic power.

Since the mid-80s of the B century, under the coordination of the International Trade Cooperation Organization initiated by the Marne-Rocco Empire, a number of new routes through the nearby waters have been successfully opened, and the geographical location of the island has become more and more important.

In the 90s of the B century, with the increasing expansion of the organization of the Global Trade Agreement, this port has increasingly become an international transportation hub and shipping center on the safe ocean.

By the end of the B century, Treasure Island had enjoyed unprecedented prosperity, and its highly developed economy attracted immigrants or migrant workers from the region. The opulence here is beyond imagination. In B98, the island's economic growth rate was 15.6%, eight times the world average at that time, and the per capita income of the people reached a staggering 8,000 silver dinars. The currency of the Delstein dynasty was the silver dinar, and the circulating currency, the first dinar, was a 20-gram silver alloy coin, but the specific silver content was not specified. The purchasing power of 1 silver dinar was about 50 yuan today. The per capita income of 400,000 yuan is only an average level in today's rich Western countries.

It's a wealthy place, like Saudi Arabia; It's a promising place, like Shanghai. It's also a safe enough place, like Switzerland.

But it was in this place, on the first day of the first day of the C century, that a new war broke out here. On the first day of the new century, this small island, which had been peaceful for hundreds of years, was plunged into war, and what happened in the following years was even more bloody.

At noon on December 31, B99 local time, a passing merchant ship kindly informed Treasure Island that "a large fleet is heading in your direction." The country's top brass identified this as a hostile fleet and ordered, "First Class Combat Readiness, Standing Army and First Batch Civil Defense Forces to be combat-ready."

When the powerful fleet of the Saxony-Windsor Empire attacked in the early hours of the next morning, the defenders were already prepared.

The history of the Imperial Naval War in Saxony-Windsor records: At about 23 o'clock in the evening of December 30, 99 B century, the capital ships of the Imperial Expeditionary Fleet began to approach the waters off Treasure Island. Prior to this, the fleet was discovered by the Delstein merchant fleet, and the defenders of the island immediately began preparations for battle. The defenders here seem to be far more powerful than our army had previously anticipated, and even more than we had imagined the worst-case scenario.

The military defense forces on Treasure Island are divided into three categories: the foreign mercenaries of the port management company, the garrison of the Marne-Rocco Empire on Treasure Island by the majority shareholder, and the self-defense forces of the Republic of Treasure Island (complete navy and land forces, as well as aircraft) owned by the landlords.

Foreign mercenaries, with a total strength of about 5,000 people, are mainly tasked with guarding the island forts on the four outer islands of the port area, where the conditions are relatively poor, and the locals do not like to be stationed here, so the port management company has hired a large number of foreigners to guard these outer ring guard positions, but in the command system, these foreign soldiers are still under the unified command of the defense department of Treasure Island. These outer island batteries were designed by the Imperial Academy of Military Sciences of Marnerocco and built by the country's engineering troops, with a total of 4 large-caliber coastal defense guns, one for each battery, specifically: one for 305mm and three for 280mm, all of which are deployed in the fortifications of the strong port armored batteries, which cannot be destroyed at all unless the enemy's heavy artillery with a caliber of more than 200MM is directly hit, and can also be fired 360 degrees, which is extremely powerful. There were also 12 57mm anti-aircraft guns and 30 25-mm double-barreled anti-aircraft guns deployed around the battery as anti-aircraft fire. In addition, there were a total of about 24 cannons of 120 mm caliber in the fortifications around the three main batteries. The military defense forces on Treasure Island fall into three main categories. The defenders were armed with 200 light and heavy machine guns and 4,500 rifles or submachine guns.

The Treasure Island garrison of the Manlocco Empire, this force is more of a symbolic armed force, with only more than 2,000 people. They guarded a large battery on the outer islands, which was also the largest. The battery was armed with two 305-mm shore fortified guns, also designed and built in the country, in the same configuration. The garrison also had 30 anti-aircraft guns and 12 150mm cannons, and its auxiliary firepower was stronger than that of foreign mercenaries. In addition, this unit is equipped with a large number of rockets, which can be used as an anti-landing near-shore weapon.

The Self-Defense Army of the Republic of Treasure Island, as the landlord, this army is mainly stationed on the main island of Treasure Island and on the large island with better conditions. The total strength of the landlord's army is 23,000, of which about 18,000 are in the army, which is organized into a mobile defense brigade (each with 2 infantry regiments, 1 reconnaissance battalion, 1 mobile howitzer artillery battalion, 1 mobile cannon artillery battalion, and 1 engineering battalion), two fortress artillery brigades, an air defense artillery regiment, and an independent armored battalion (42 vehicles plus coordinated infantry). There are about 4,000 people in the navy (there is a naval bomber/reconnaissance regiment) and more than 1,000 people in other agencies. Although there are not many troops, they are already the limit of the military service rate of the people of the island. This is not all of the defenders, due to historical traditions and other reasons, the country pursues a "comprehensive defense" national defense policy, known as "all the people are soldiers", the first batch of 50,000 civil defense troops (first-class reservists), only 6 hours can basically complete the mobilization; There are also 200,000 people of the Civil Defence Force, which can be put into battle at the last moment.

The armament of this armed tycoon includes 16 320 mm coastal fortress guns, 60 150 mm cannons or howitzers, and more than 300 75 mm or 90mm guns; There are also 160 light mortars of 81 mm caliber as auxiliary weapons. Anti-aircraft armament consisted of 64 anti-aircraft guns of 57 mm caliber, 200 anti-aircraft machine guns of 20-25 mm caliber. Soon after the advent of effective tank tactics, the country purchased 48 light tanks and specially trained 600 specialized cooperative soldiers to defend the main island, and the main island civil defense force was also equipped with anti-tank weapons, and the armament warehouses on the main island had 32 anti-tank guns of 47 mm caliber, and the country's anti-aircraft guns could also shoot tanks in flat fire. In addition, the defenders of the Civil Defense Forces on the main island are also equipped with a large number of rocket artillery for the use of the Manx Rocco Empire, which can be used as a sharp weapon to attack the enemy's landing force on the beachhead, and can fire rockets with a range of 2-3 kilometers from 90 kg to more than 7 km from 250 kg to form a fire cover on several landing beachheads.

The sea forces of the defenders are: 6 advanced warships customized from abroad, a new concept warship developed and manufactured by the New World York Federation, which is the first time that this type of warship has been put into battle; Thirty high-speed torpedo boats, also high-priced torpedo boats (PT high-speed torpedo boats).

The country's historical rivals are less than 1,000 kilometers away, and the country has no strategic depth on a few small islands. Therefore, the country pursues full deterrence in its military security strategy, one is to intimidate the adversary from the combat effectiveness of its army, and the other is to deter the adversary from the resistance of its whole population. The country's cooperation with the Marne-Rocco empire and its membership in a number of international organizations are essentially a clever act of joint defense and self-preservation, seeking collective security. The country's leaders have always believed that it is far better to contain a potential enemy by collective defense than to fight alone, but they never imagined that these deterrent defense forces would actually be used in actual combat.