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By the end of April, the Southern and Western Xinjiang Special Administrative Regions had taken over all local powers.

The two SEZs occupy a total land area of 5.88 million square kilometres.

By 1 June, Zhang Wei's system score had reached 13.51 million points for land area alone, giving Zhang Wei a system quota of 350,000 officers and soldiers.

The General Staff, for its part, was also ready to attack the Philippines.

The General Staff arranged two Lanfang-class battleships and two Lanfang-class battlecruisers on Hainan Island, with one division of the Marine Corps as the vanguard landing force and one army stationed in Yazhou as the main combat force, to launch an attack from the northern part of the Philippines. The infantry and navy of the Archipelago Military Region have all been concentrated in Manado and are preparing to attack from the southern part of the Philippines.

In order to better maintain law and order in the occupied areas, the Archipelago Military Region has also organized eight regiments of indigenous mercenaries, who have the same language and ancestry as the indigenous people of Mindanao and Luzon, and are more convenient to communicate with the indigenous Filipinos. Three of these regiments have already been stationed on Hainan Island, and five regiments will land with the bulk from southern Mindanao.

The brigade-level units of the six Japanese mercenaries stationed in the military districts of Hainan, Taiwan Island, and the archipelago will be the main force fighting against the US forces, and this time is to test the combat effectiveness of the Japanese mercenaries; if the Japanese mercenaries do well in this war against the United States, the Xia Empire will form more Japanese mercenaries in the future.

The commander-in-chief of the northern front is Lieutenant General Chen Dezhi, deputy governor of the Northern Theater Command, and the commander-in-chief of the southern front is Lieutenant General Han Shin.

Han Xin's stay in the Southwest Dominion was really boring, and he was eager for military merits, and he applied to Zhang Wei many times to participate in the battle, and did not want to continue to stay in the remote place of the Southwest Dominion; Zhang Wei also felt that Han Xin had joined his forces very early, but he had never participated in the real war, so he approved his application; This time, Zhang Wei transferred a vice governor from the archipelago province to serve as the governor of the southwestern autonomous territory, and liberated Han Xin to serve as the commander-in-chief of the southern front, responsible for attacking the Philippines from the south.

On 15 June, Zhang Wei had completed the synthesis of all the officers and men needed within the system, and made the final preparations for the war against the United States.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the final attack.

At 8 o'clock in the morning of the 15th, Zhang Wei said goodbye to Xiao Yu'er, Lu Weimin and others in the palace, and he will take a plane to Suolong Air Base.

Zhang Wei instructed everyone: "I rushed to the Suolong Air Base today, rested for 1 night, and set off for Hawaii tomorrow, there is a distance of more than 8,000 kilometers from Solong to Hawaii, and it will take nearly 30 hours. After the complete occupation of Hawaii, Prime Minister Chung Do-woo declared war on the United States. ”

Zheng Daoyou immediately replied, "Yes, Your Majesty! ”

Lu Weimin replied: "Your Majesty, the key to this campaign is whether or not Hawaii can be completely occupied, as long as Hawaii is occupied, the retreat and supply lines of the US troops in the Philippines will be cut off, and the intensity of the war to occupy the Philippines will not be very large." ”

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "Chief of the General Staff, please rest assured, according to Li Minmin's report, there are 2 Lanfang-class battleships and 2 Lanfang-class battlecruisers in the Philippines, as well as 10 old-fashioned battleships and some destroyers and cruisers. ”

Li Zhaoshui proposed: "Your Majesty, is it too early to expose the Orion-class battleships and the Seydlitz battlecruisers?" Britain, Germany, the United States and other countries similar to the Lanfang-class capital ships are under construction, and now that we have exposed more advanced battleships, they will stop work, even the designed battleships will not continue to be put into production, which is not conducive to our overall plan. ”

Zhang Wei said with a smile: "Our empire will always lead the new trend of world battleships, that is, let their battleships always lag behind the level of the empire's battleships, so that they will buy battleships from the empire, and the design and production and construction of their own battleships will be seriously weakened, which will only benefit the empire and not harm." ”

Lu Weimin said: "In this case, there will be no suspense in the war to occupy the Philippines, and the main ships of the Navy and the Marine Corps are now conducting military exercises in the South China Sea, and as long as they receive instructions from His Majesty, this side will launch an attack on Luzon Island at any time, and it will definitely catch the United States by surprise." Now the United States is still thinking about when the empire will start a war against Britain and France, and it will not think at all that the empire will first launch a war against the United States. ”

Xiao Yu'er originally wanted to sit in the General Staff and be responsible for liaising with the General Staff and Zhang Wei, but Zhang Wei considered that Xiao Yu'er was already a few months pregnant, and he didn't want to let her be frightened and affect the development of the fetus, otherwise it would be too late to regret it, so he said to Xiao Yu'er: "Haha, is the queen worried that our Xia Empire will not be able to defeat the Americans?" You know, this time I have made full preparations, not to mention how much higher the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is than the United States, just to say that the number of soldiers is several times that of the American army, and the empire is a surprise attack this time, and it will definitely be able to catch the Americans by surprise, and it will be difficult to win. Let you inform the Chief of General Staff of the Army to launch an attack on the Philippines, but I will be on the plane at that time, and it is inconvenient to send a telegram. ”

Xiao Yu'er said: "Your Majesty, don't be careless, if you fight against the United States, even if Britain and France do not participate, they will provide material support to the United States, and the United States has a huge population, developed industry, and mobilization capacity should not be underestimated, I hope Your Majesty will be cautious!" ”

"Don't worry, the queen is on the mainland of the United States, if there is a situation like the queen said, I will invest more national defense forces at any time, and I will crush the US army with absolute superiority and achieve brilliant results, besides, from the beginning of the Xia Empire to the present, the imperial army has not lost on the battlefield."

Xiao Yu'er was helpless, so she had to say: "Then please be careful Your Majesty and be sure to ensure your own safety." ”

In order to comfort the queen, Zhang Wei continued: "Haha, the queen's worries are purely superfluous, don't you know my life-saving method, if I want to hide, who in this world can find me, who can hit me?" The queen can rest assured, and it is your task to raise the fetus with peace of mind; During my absence from the empire, Concubine Jing and Concubine Lan assisted the queen in managing the affairs inside and outside the imperial family, and did not let the queen be too tired. ”

"Yes, please rest assured, Your Majesty, we will definitely take care of the Empress!"

After explaining the affairs in the palace, Zhang Wei said to the ministers: "During my absence from the empire, military affairs are fully responsible for the chief of the army general staff of the General Staff, and the government affairs are under the full responsibility of Premier Zheng Daoyou of the Government Council, the air force should do a good job of air patrols around the empire, the navy and army should be well prepared for battle, and other departments should do a good job of cooperating. ”

"Yes, please rest assured, Your Majesty!" The crowd replied.

Subsequently, Zhang Wei said goodbye to everyone, got into the car that had been prepared a long time ago, and quietly rushed to the air base, preparing to take a plane to Suolong Air Base.

The Orion-class battleship was named the Xia-class battleship by Zhang Wei, and in the future, the battleship class of the Xia Empire will be named after the dynasty; The battlecruiser Seydlitz was named the Baiqi-class battleship, and in the future, the battlecruisers of the Xia Empire would be named after historical figures.

The main parameters of the Xia-class battleships were:

The standard displacement is 22,200 tons, and the full load displacement is 25,870 tons;

The ship is 177 meters long, 27 meters wide, and has a draft of 8.2 meters;

The main engine output is 27000 horsepower, speed: 21 knots. Endurance: 6,730 nm/10 knots;

It is equipped with 10 twin 13.5-inch/45-diameter main guns, 16 4-inch/50-diameter secondary guns, and 3 21-inch underwater torpedo tubes;

Main armor belt (maximum) 12 inches, turret (frontal) 11 inches, gun mount 10 inches, conning tower 11 inches;

Crew: 752 people.

For the first time on a dreadnought, the Xia-class battleship adopted the form of all the main gun turrets arranged along the longitudinal central axis of the hull, with five twin main turrets, two of each of the bow and stern of the hull, and one amidship behind the chimney, which was convenient for all the main guns to carry out the same side fire. Since then, the battleship has abandoned the design of arranging the main turret on the side of the ship, and the main turret is all arranged on the center line of the hull to promote the side-firing firepower has become the mainstream.

The Summer Tier further strengthened the defensive armor in the vital area. In order to control the weight, the Orion class did away with the rear main mast of previous battleships.

In order to improve the hit rate of the battleship, a central fire control system was installed on the battleship, and the firing command azimuth disc was installed under the firing command post of the foremast, and the fire control center controlled the firing aiming of each gun on the ship.

The main parameters of the Baiqi-class battlecruisers were:

Displacement: 24,988 tons (design) / 28,550 tons (maximum);

Dimensions: length 200.6 meters, width 28.5 meters, draft 9.29 meters;

The power plant is 27 boilers, 2 steam turbines with a maximum power of 67,000 hp (overload power 89,738 hp); 4-axis, twin rudders;

The speed was 26.5 knots, and the sea trial reached 29.12 knots; Endurance: 4200 nautical miles at 14 knots;

Armament: .1 in)/50x diameter main gun, five twin turrets; 12 x 150 mm (5.9 in)/45x secondary guns with single mounts; 12 88 mm (3.5 in)/45x diameter anti-aircraft guns, single-mounted; 4 500-mm torpedo tubes, installed underwater, one at the bow and one at the bow and one at the bow and one under the two A turrets;

Armor (inches): main armor belt 3., deck 1-2.5, watertight compartment bulkhead 5.9, turret 9.8-3.9, conning tower 13.8;

Crew: 1,068 in peacetime, 1,240 in wartime.

The Baiqi class is an improved version of the Lanfang-class battlecruisers. The hull of the Baiqi-class battlecruisers was longer than that of the Lanfang-class, the hull strength was strengthened, some major improvements were made in armor and watertight protection, the bow freeboard was raised, the seaworthiness was improved, and the thickness of the armor on the side waterline was close to that of battleships of similar tonnage.

According to Xiao Yu'er's reminder, Zhang Wei made a certain degree of changes to the Baiqi-class battle cruisers, and improved the protective measures of the ammunition storage room and ammunition delivery channel, so as to prevent the turret and its ammunition delivery channel from being damaged and the fire from reaching the ammunition depot, thus endangering the safety of the whole ship. (To be continued.) )