Chapter 1 The enemy is thousands of miles away

Sun Tzu said: All those who fight, with the right fit, with the odd victory. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "The Art of War: Military Momentum"

Husbands and fighters, regardless of the times, regions, or levels of human civilization, can only win by making surprising moves.

The same is true of this B-century colonial intercontinental war.

Before the outbreak of the intercontinental war in the colonies in the B century, the United Empire of San Romain-Santa Sunia and the Empire of Marne-Rocco were at peace, without any realistic military-political or even commercial conflicts, nor any actual conflicts of interest. The two countries are far apart, and the closest distance from the territory of the United Empire to the territory of the Marnerocco Empire is 4073 km. This is the distance between the St. York Islands in the western ocean of the continent of the United Empire and the island of Curry on the outer edge of the Sarnar colony on the Sahiran mainland of the Marnerocco Empire. The distance from the westernmost naval base of the United Empire to this colonial island was 8,713 kilometres (transit distance via St. York).

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In the west of the central continent to which the United Empire belongs, there is the vast Luxi Ocean, and beyond the Luxi Ocean is the Saheir Continent, which is an extremely rich land at that time, rich in products, especially all kinds of mineral resources, with huge recoverable reserves, and the ore grade can be described as the best. Further west of the Sakhir continent, about 3,500 kilometers, there is an ancient state, the Marnerocco Empire, the world's leading power at that time.

In the northern part of the Sasil continent, there is coal and iron. It is also the colonial territory of the world's number one power, the Marnerocco Empire, and it seems that it will be rich and glorious, but the development is really limited, and it is the most backward area of the Marnrocco Empire.

The coal mines here have not been mined commercially because of the price. China dumps high-quality coal in the Central Continent, and it is not profitable for him to mine coal here and transport it to the Central Continent for sale, although the quality of the coal here is better. According to expert calculations, the proven reserves of China and Yanar coal mines together account for exactly half of the world's total proven reserves, and there are slightly more in China. It produces 25% of the world's high-quality iron ore, and the reserves can be mined for thousands or even 10,000 years. There are very few bad impurities in the iron ore here, and there are no iron and steel cancer elements such as sulfur and phosphorus, and the purity is high, with a grade of 50-55 abounds, and there are also grades above 65.

Naru in the south, rich in non-ferrous metals. It was also a colonial territory of the Marne-Rocco Empire, the world's leading power. His degree of development is much higher than that of Yanar, probably because of the high value of non-ferrous metals and the fact that the empire is more willing to develop.

The Naru Copper Mine has the largest reserves in the world, and it is said that it can be used for more than 10,000 years in the world, and perhaps copper will be useless at that time. There are many reserves and high grades, and the dehydrated ultra-high-grade ore and flotation ore can generally reach 80% of the metal content. The proven reserves of tin ore are the third in the world, with a tin ore grade of about 40%. Lead-zinc ore, antimony ore, nickel ore, all of them, and there are many reserves, which cannot be entered by the top five in the world, but at least there is no shortage.

The Carolene Hill region in the western part of the continent is rich in gold and silver, and the indigenous people there have mined these two metals for millennia. The terrain is complicated, and it is better to colonize and conquer than to exchange cloth for gold and silver, and any civilized person thinks so, so no one goes there to develop colonies. The natives of the mountains have always been savage, and their fate seems to be protected by the mountain gods they believe in and sacrifice, and they are destined to permanently deviate from the shackles of civilization and enjoy the freedom of the wilderness. Until a hundred years later, modern human society still maintained its original state. Cloth for gold and silver, other light industrial products, refined agricultural products for gold and silver, cheaper than any form of mining.

Since high profits can be achieved through fair trade, who still goes to war, who still goes to colonize. There is no need to plunder others through bloodshed, bullying and oppression, sit down and trade fairly, this is in line with human nature, and the market is the fairest. The indigenous tribes in the center of the continent relied on the principles of fair trade to survive the era of colonization and remain noble and free until now.

There are several coastal ports on the east side of the continent, and the Saxony-Windsor Empire has long established trading ports and developed a number of coastal trade colonies here. Colonizers, indigenous, exchange, fair trade. This is the harmonious world. That's how the world should be............

But something will always come up at the right time to break this harmony.

This Saheir continent is a rich treasure land. In 55 of the B century, something more useful was discovered. Yanar in the north of the continent, in the northern coastal lowlands of Yanar, there is oil, a lot of oil. This will change the balance of power in the world, which will make the already powerful Marnerocco Empire even stronger.

The Marne-Rocco Empire, the world's leading power at that time, did not seem to be in a hurry to develop. He has always been a steady country, and stability here refers to the national policy. This country always thinks about it and looks good before doing it. This is determined by the country's cabinet system and constitutional monarchy. Power belongs to the Cabinet, which is a collective leadership organization with nine full-time members and 16 (later increased to 20) members of the Enlarged Meeting, or voting rights for big decisions. The fact that major state policy decisions are to be voted on by a plenary vote at an enlarged cabinet meeting is by no means a one-man statement. Nine members of the Standing Cabinet and 16 members of the Enlarged Council all have the right to vote, and the Imperial Cabinet Ordinance requires a three-fourths majority to approve a given national policy. What's more, what's more...... Officials who have become cabinet members, you can understand it 10 minutes before you read the CCAV news, old man!!

A good system coupled with its own strength, as well as the unique regional location advantage of isolating overseas and having no strong enemies around, this country has been sitting firmly in this number one position for hundreds of years, and there is no sign of aging, an open country is not easy to age, even if it is the old man who leads him. On the contrary, the classicist political style of the old men has made the country's domestic and foreign policies stable. Only when the country's political situation is stable, policies are coherent and there are few changes, can the people live a stable life. The collective leadership of the 9-member cabinet plus the 16-member voting team has maintained this stability and coherence, and coupled with the colony's ultra-low supply of all kinds of supplies needed by the empire itself, the Marne-Rocco Empire is a paradise country for any petty bourgeoisie.

He is also the country of the cause of the gods of science and technology and entrepreneurship, science is developed, it is easy to start a business, there are many people with knowledge, there are many people with money, and the society of the country also respects these two types of people, especially those who are knowledgeable, it is best to engage in invention. In this kind of humanistic environment, how can the level of science and technology be weak??!!

It can be said that the empire has always followed the trend of world science and technology, and although it is politically classical, it is not conservative in scientific exploration and research, especially in military innovation.

In this great B century, the Saxony-Windsor Empire spoke highly of this - "The armies of the Marne-Rocco Empire have repeatedly shown their sensitivity to information on military scientific and technological inventions and military technological innovations, and their military doctrine and equipment are the latest in the world." Their own military scientific and technological inventions and technological innovations are also extremely creative, and many of their own unique weapons are extremely distinctive. ”

This is not a sycophant pat on the back of businessmen to the strong, history testifies that this Marne Rocco Empire can be described as an absolute pioneer of military scientific and technological invention and technological innovation.

In the middle of the A century, the Imperial Navy was ahead of the world in shipbuilding technology, inventing and equipping armored sail warships with iron clad superstructures, which was a version of the sail warship era of modern armored cruisers.

At the end of the A century and the beginning of the B century, the Imperial Navy for the first time loaded the giant fortress gun on the naval warship, and invented the fleet decisive battle ship (commonly known as the one-shot sinking enemy ship), which can be said to be the forerunner of the concept of today's battleship, and can also be regarded as the ancestor class of modern battleships.

At the beginning of the B century, the Imperial Navy used the main gun rotating turret technology on the fleet decisive ships, and it was fully extended to other warships, and since then, the main gun firepower of warships has been fully utilized. Modern warships look like this.

The Marne-Rocco Imperial Army has likewise produced a convincing example of military invention and innovation.

At the beginning of the B century, the country's army invented the first truly reliable grenade - the fire-type time-delay fuse grenade (the grenades in the anti-Japanese war film are basically this product, in 1804, British Army Lieutenant Jack Wilson invented, remember to burn some royalties for people). In fact, there were grenades before the 15th century, and they were like big firecrackers, you had to light them with matches. In the American blockbuster "300", Persian fools bombed Greek Spartan warriors with BC grenades. The Eastern Roman army had 20-pound lime grenades for a long time, which could only be used to defend the city, but unfortunately the Ottoman Turks had long-range artillery. )

In the 30s of the B century, the Imperial Army invented rockets and slide rocket artillery, and continued to improve them. (Invented by the Prussian army in 1724, although it is said that similar drawings are available in the Library of Constantinople in the Eastern Roman Empire)

The Imperial Army of Marnerocco used these two patented treasures very effectively, using them to inflict huge casualties on our troops in the war, and even sinking our warships with rocket artillery.

In terms of organization, the country's army has invented a modular organization and organization model across the era, and it can be said that it is an army that is extremely advanced in terms of the organizational concept of the army. (Just like the task modular brigade proposed by the U.S. military, the military operation command department is fixed, but the establishment of the troops under its jurisdiction is not fixed, and it is adapted to local conditions, sometimes armored brigades, sometimes mechanized infantry brigades, and it can also feel that there is too much money in the bag, and all of them are replaced by mobile suits.) In fact, the Great Forbidden Army of the Great Song Dynasty used a modular organization. At that time, with this model of army formation and organization, it was good or bad, it's hard to say, silent mourning)

In terms of scale, because the country has insisted on implementing the compulsory military service system for many years, the army standing army is very large, with a number of 2.2 million posts, and there are many veterans, which can be expanded to 4 million, 6 million, or even 8 million in a short period of time.

As for the specific weapons and equipment of the army, the world's number one power will not be far behind. This is an army that loves modular formation, and this idea is also applied in the allocation of equipment, and the specific equipment situation depends on the tasks of that unit, what kind of work, what kind of equipment, and the composition of weapons and personnel can be described as flexible and changeable. There will be specific weapons in the later chapters.

In the middle of the B century, epoch-making historical events began. WHAT?? The arms race in the B century.

As the world's premier true power at the time, the Marne Rocco Empire had to compete. Maybe the competition is not aimed at him, but he must also improve if other countries progress, otherwise the strategic balance of power will be broken. In B43, the Marnerocco Empire voluntarily joined the arms race in the B century. The mighty Marnerocco Empire is confident that it has the ability and the strength to win this race.

Recap:

"In the 40s of the B century, the Saxony-Windsor Empire, which was the first to implement a constitutional monarchy and a system of aristocratic councils, was also the first to start a revolution in military technology. Countries around the world followed suit, triggering the first global arms race, an arms race that lasted for more than half a century.

The Saxony-Windsor Empire was a traditional maritime power, and this arms race war was also based on naval equipment innovation. In 41 of the B century, the Royal Navy of the Saxony-Windsor Empire decided to develop in the direction of an all-armored battlefleet, and began trial construction of dreadnoughts the following year. Other high-tech powers such as the Kingdom of William and our own country followed......"

In B43, the Imperial Navy renovated the existing ships, strengthened the armor of the warships, and realized the full armor of the main ships in service in batches.

In B46, the Imperial Treasury allocated a huge amount of money for the manufacture of warships for the manufacture of new capital warships. The specific time for the construction of the new capital warship and whether to build a fully armored battleship are professional issues that are chosen by the Navy department. If the funds are insufficient, a report can be uploaded, and it will be approved as long as the budget is reasonable.

In 49 of the B century, the country achieved the full armor of the main fleet, 7 years earlier than the Saxony-Windsor Empire. But there was still a big gap from the battlefleet. The new capital warship has not yet been built. No military expert can accurately predict the pattern of war in 20 to 30 years, and it is difficult for any country's navy to make a decision about which warship to serve as the capital ship in 20 years.

In B48, "Marnerocco was the first non-central continental nation to join the arms race in the B century, and the country's sense of distress is commendable." …… Such an enlightened atheist state should be able to fully embrace Hallelujah ......" - Hallelujah Orthodox Emperor St. Ronaldo III in the 50s of the B century. In the same year, Pope San Ronaldo III sent the Hallelujah Religious Science Motto to the Marne-Rocco Empire to preach and preach science. The famous Hallelujah Science Monitor was founded by these scientists. The visit was unexpectedly popular, and it went smoothly, and many scientists became friends with the dignitaries of the empire.

Louis Blauy, the designer of the century-class ships in the missionary group, became friends with Marshal Ponep, who was then the commander of the Marnec Rocco Imperial Navy, and exchanged telegrams and letters frequently. It's not that the commander of the navy is flattering, in this country, scientists are more respected on the streets than provincial governors and ministers, so that they will have the blessing of ranking first among the world's powers for hundreds of years.

The ship's designer, Louis Blaui, was well aware of the troubles of the commander of the Navy, the Imperial Marshal Ponep. The two men have a surprisingly similar view on the future of naval warfare, which is an important reason why they have become friends.

At the end of B50, the Marnerocco Empire began to build a new type of capital ship, which, when completed, would serve as the capital ship of the Imperial Navy for the next 20 years. There are 18 capital ships of this type, divided into three batches, and 6 ships are started each time. The first batch of six ships was completed in three years, B55 years, and officially counted into service with the Navy.

In the middle of B51, the Marnerocco Empire began construction of 4 second-class capital ships, and planned to build 24 ships in six batches. The initial plan is to complete the construction of one batch every two years.

On October 13, B53, the first batch of second-class capital ships was completed. The new ship was named the Yanar type ordinary battleship.

On December 31, B53, the first batch of new capital ships was completed. The new ship was designated as the main battleship of the Naru type.

Before the start of the war, the Imperial Navy of Marnerocco had been equipped with a large number of newly built ships such as 12 Naru-type capital battleships, 12 Yanar-type ordinary battleships, and 20 Crown-class fleet cruisers.

In addition, 21 large cruisers and 54 medium cruisers were equipped with old ships, all of which had been strengthened with armor and were not inferior to those of the new cruisers.

In addition, within two years it will be possible to equip 6 more capital battleships of the Naru type and 4 ordinary battleships of the Yanar type.

Unlike other countries' naval warships, the country uses the ship type plus number method to name warships, such as Yanar-06 and Nalu-08. This is more concise and clear, and the author of the province I named the warship, so it's not interesting to spend my brains, it's better to go to Alibaba to send my product information. I sell aluminum silicate ceramic fiber products, and our product is actually a physical and chemical product, which can be used for steel and colored glass. I also used it to make shells.

On January 1, B54, another important invention in chemistry exploded. The house of the country's important inventor and great chemist Masayo Shimose exploded...... Accidentally exploded, and Dr. Shimose happened to go out shopping with his wife.

(Picric acid, which was first studied by Japanese engineer Masayoshi Shimose in September 1888, was successfully formulated in 1891 with picric acid as the main ingredient, and was named Shimose gunpowder.) In fact, picric acid was synthesized in England as early as 1771, and it is a yellow crystal, which was originally used as a yellow dye and later discovered its explosive function. When the shells of Shimose Gunpowder explode, they not only form the same shock wave and shell fragments as when ordinary black powder shells explode, but also accompany a fire with a core temperature of up to 1,000 degrees Celsius, which is said to ignite steel, and the flames formed by the explosion of this gunpowder will spread out and flow like gasoline on fire, and can continue to burn for a period of time even in water. The main ingredient of Shimose gunpowder, namely 3nitrophenol, is highly corrosive and can corrode metals to produce a highly sensitive and explosive picrate. The solution to this problem is to apply a layer of wax to the inner wall of the shell, but the wax does not adhere well to the metal, so it is difficult to completely avoid the corrosion problem after a long time. In fact, the real reliable solution is to apply colloidal silica to the aluminum silicate fiber diaphragm. )

A great chemical experiment, a new type of explosive was introduced. The birth of this invention tells us that it is really important to take time to go shopping with your wife, not only to reduce the burden on your wallet, but also to save your life. Dear, stay away from friends, cherish your wife!! You will have a very happy life.

Mr. Shimose tested again, and the samples were taken to the field for experiments. OH!! Cake seller!! What a power!! With this stuff, you don't have to pay for cut cakes anymore!!

After the explosion of this new product and new gunpowder, it will not only form the shock wave of ordinary black powder shells, but also be accompanied by a fire with a core temperature of up to 1,000 degrees, and even steel can ignite. Terrible!! (After World War II, Soviet military experts have repeatedly tested and proved that the maximum temperature of the explosion point of the Japanese army's Shimose gunpowder can reach 3,000 degrees, which definitely has the effect of iron burning.) Iron melting point: 1535 degrees, steel melting point: 1515 degrees. If you don't believe it, you can Baidu. )

Increase the dose, try again, and show your power. The medicine can't be stopped!! Come to a deserted lake. Let's go.

The flames of this gunpowder explosion will spread out and flow like gasoline on fire, and can continue to burn for a period of time even in water.

What a great invention! Wouldn't it be very cool to use this cannonball! Burn it! Small gunpowder! You will usher in an era!!

(In the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, four warships of the Beiyang Naval Division sank, and three of them were shot and caused by violent fires that could not be extinguished, and eventually led to the sinking of the hull.) The reason for this was that the Japanese army used the explosive Shimose gunpowder, which completely put the Beiyang Naval Division fleet at the bottom line. SINA network video documentary "The Truth of Jiawu")

From October 55 of the B century, the Imperial Army and Navy of Marnerocco began to use Shimose gunpowder as a charge for shells. This is definitely big bad news for his enemies.

In November 56 of the B century, another great invention of the Marnerocco Empire, which came from the internal cooperation of the army, the old invention of the army and the new thinking of the navy, carried out a very successful grafting, and new equipment was born. Specifically, the rockets ate a lot of pig feed and then loaded them on warships, which are large-caliber and very large, and it is necessary. This experiment worked super well. The results of the experiment show that the enemy warship can be sunk with one shot, and it is no problem to sink a 2,000-ton warship with one rocket.

In terms of specificity, and in terms of what the object looks like, the appearance of the new mass killing weapon is similar to that of the ONESELF-MADE vehicle-mounted 700 mm caliber rocket of the Syrian Free Army. As for the principle of action, this rocket is the same as all the rockets of the Marne Rocco Empire, the Drill Monkey solid rocket engine, to put it bluntly, is a pile of gunpowder pushed up.

Within two years, warships that are equipped with this weapon of mass destruction, including all ordinary battleships of the Yanar type and the main battleships of the Naru type, will be equipped with this weapon of mass destruction, which has high and low functions to rotate, which is necessary.

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Let's summarize the Marnerocco Empire:

A cabinet system of government in the form of a constitutional monarchy. The political situation is stable and the policy is close to the people.

The colony is vast and rich in resources, and the people of the country live in abundance.

A paradise country for any petty bourgeoisie.

Science is developed, it is easy to start a business, there are many people with knowledge, and there are many people with money. The cultural environment is good and the level of science and technology is high.

The army standing army is very large, with a number of 2.2 million personnel, and there are many veterans, which can be expanded to 4 million in a short period of time.

Naval fleet: 12 Naru-type main battleships, 12 Yanar-type ordinary battleships, 20 large cruisers and other newly-built ships. In addition, 21 large cruisers and 54 medium cruisers were equipped with old ships.

There are also shells with gunpowder from Shimose and rockets with a maximum caliber of 700 mm.

The world's largest power in terms of genuine value, and the absolute superpower of that era.

Dude, isn't this United Empire of St. Roman-Súñia crazy, taking the initiative to fight the colony of this goods, and going alone!!

Julius Caesar went, Caesar was like that, but he was by no means insane.

Catherine Alexievich Konstantin once mentioned in his memoirs that Romeo Emilius Julius Caesar the Great wrote in his war diary of that year:

"I come, I see, I win. Just like my ancestors. ”

The exact date of that diary is October 24, 59 B, when the two armies were engaged in a fierce battle.

The 1,122-day war lasted from October 20, 58 to November 16, 61 B, and lasted only 370 days before Julius Caesar was convinced that he had won. Two years later, Julius Caesar led the United Empire of St. Roman-St. Sunia and really won!! It's not just because of the surprise attack that the victory is. The advantage of late surprise attacks has long since disappeared. At that time, the war was already a confrontation between the national strength of the two countries, a contest of the talents and wisdom of the leaders of the two countries, and a contest of all people, all things, and the overall war.

Romeo Emilius Caesar, Catherine Alekseyevich Konstantin will always have a young heart in the heart of the eternal male god, this Julius Caesar will always have a young heart.