Chapter 825: The Jackal and the Hungry Tiger
At 8 o'clock in the morning of October 23, 1360, the Kingdom of Kas and the Kingdom of Merlin held a press conference in their respective capitals at the same time, in response to the unreasonable invasion of the Eastern Continent by the Lombalou Empire, in order to safeguard the interests of the countries on the Eastern Continent, the military alliance formed by the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom officially declared war on the Lombalou Empire. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Subsequently, the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom mobilized the armies of the Great Chu Empire, the Great Wu Empire, and the Great Liang Empire to gather in the coastal areas of the above three ancient empires, preparing to resist the armies of the Lombalou Empire.
In the palace of Bianliang City, the capital of the Great Liang Empire, Ouyang Hong, the emperor of the Great Liang Empire, said with a wry smile to Wang Puqi, the prime minister of the Great Liang Empire, and Yang Zhongming, the military minister of the Military Department of the Great Liang Empire: "I didn't expect the Lumbaru Empire to also get involved, although the Lumbaru Empire declared war on the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom on the grounds of maintaining peace on the Eastern Continent, but for our Great Liang Empire, the Lumbaru Empire is even more terrible enemy than the Merlin Kingdom. ”
Prime Minister Wang Puqi said gloomily: "Your Majesty, the intention of the Lombalou Empire is obvious, it is to grab territory!" If the Lombalou Empire defeats the Merlin army in our Great Liang Empire, then our Great Liang Empire will face the Rumbaru Empire, which is super militarily strong, and in that case, the situation of our Great Liang Empire will be even worse. ”
As of October 23, 1360, the 60 provinces of the Great Liang Empire have lost almost 17, and the losses of the three armies of the sea, land and air force are even more amazing, it can be said that the Great Liang Empire faced the attack of the Merlin Kingdom, it was defeated again and again, if it were not for the huge population of the Great Liang Empire, the number of its reservists was amazing, and a large number of reservists could be recruited to join the active forces of the Great Liang Empire, maybe the Great Liang Empire would have collapsed long ago.
Minister of War Yang Zhongming followed in a deep voice: "The standing army of the Lombal Empire is very large, as high as 15 million in peacetime, and according to the Lombalou Empire, they have the ability to double the number of standing armies in two months, and now the Lombal Empire is deliberately coming to the Eastern Continent to grab territory, maybe the number of their standing army has become 30 million." ”
Emperor Ouyang Hong immediately asked Minister of War Yang Zhongming, "How many troops does our Great Liang Empire's army currently have?" ”
Minister of War Yang Zhongming replied: "Because of our recent large-scale military expansion, the total strength of our Daliang Imperial Army is still more than 8 million, even more than before the war, but because many of them are newly formed troops, they are not satisfactory in terms of combat effectiveness, compared with the army of the Merlin Kingdom, it is much worse, and if we face the Lombalou Imperial Army, which has more obvious advantages in weapons and equipment, the result may be even more pessimistic." ”
After the Meilin Kingdom launched an invasion war against the Great Liang Empire, up to now, the Great Liang Empire's army has lost more than 4.5 million officers and soldiers, including killed, captured, missing and seriously wounded, but the Great Liang Empire benefited from having a large number of reservists, not only quickly replenished the number of troops lost, but even exceeded the number of standing armies of the Great Liang Empire before the war.
Prime Minister Wang Puqi continued: "The strength of the Lombalou Empire's air force and navy is stronger, and our Daliang Empire's air force and navy don't have to think about confronting them. ”
Emperor Ouyang Hong was silent for a moment and said: "The Lombal Empire is now directly declaring war on the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom, and the areas attacked by the Lombalou Empire are all controlled by the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom. ”
Minister of Military Affairs Yang Zhongming said at this time: "Your Majesty, the information on the military strength of the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom that our intelligence department has obtained before is somewhat inaccurate, the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom have hidden a lot of military power on the surface, after our Great Liang Empire and the Great Chu Empire and the Great Wu Empire formed an alliance, the intelligence from the Great Chu Empire shows that the current military strength of the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom is much stronger than we know. ”
Emperor Ouyang Hong's brows furrowed, this was the first time he had heard this, Ouyang Hong opened his mouth and asked, "Then what is the current military strength of the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom?" ”
Minister of Military Affairs Yang Zhongming said in a deep voice: "The total strength of the army of the Kingdom of Kas is currently about 6 million, the air force of the Kingdom of Kas has at least 4,000 fighters, the navy of the Kingdom of Kas has at least 7 aircraft carriers, 10 missile battleships and 7 missile battlecruisers, and the total number of missile cruisers, missile destroyers, missile frigates and submarines exceeds 100!" In addition, the Merlin Army, which invaded our Great Liang Empire, has a total strength of more than 7 million, and the number of fighters of the Merlin Air Force must also be more than 4,000, and the Merlin Navy has 10 aircraft carriers, 14 missile battleships and 12 missile battlecruisers, and the number of warships of other types is more than that of the Navy of the Kingdom of Cass. ”
Emperor Ouyang Hong's brows furrowed a little deeper, "I won't say much about other data, but according to the intelligence of our Great Liang Empire's intelligence department, isn't there only 5 aircraft carriers in the navy of the Merlin Kingdom?" How did it double all at once? ”
Minister of Military Affairs Yang Zhongming said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the navy of the Merlin Kingdom has deliberately hidden its strength, they have indeed equipped 10 aircraft carriers, of which 4 are large aircraft carriers, and the remaining 6 belong to small aircraft carriers, our intelligence department was misled by the navy of the Merlin Kingdom, thinking that it only has 2 large aircraft carriers and 3 small aircraft carriers. ”
Prime Minister Wang Puqi interjected: "Your Majesty, the minister has reprimanded several heads of the intelligence department in response to this matter. ”
Emperor Ouyang Hong waved his hand and said, "The affairs of the intelligence department, the prime minister can just look at it!" Prime Minister, the combined military strength of the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom is not weak, and the Lombalou Empire is fighting across the sea, do you think they have the possibility of losing both? ”
Prime Minister Wang Puqi thought for a while and sighed and said: "Although the minister also hopes that the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom will lose both sides of the Lombalou Empire, but the strength of the Lombarou Empire is there, and the name of the world's second superpower is not in vain. ”
"Prime Minister, what should our Great Liang Empire do next? Is the strategic intent of exchanging space for time still being carried out? ”
"Your Majesty, now that the Merlin Kingdom is taking care of itself, according to the minister's speculation, the Merlin Kingdom should use the main army to resist the Lombalou Empire in the next period of time, and it is impossible to launch a large-scale attack on our Great Liang Empire."
"So Prime Minister, are we taking the opportunity to recover some of the territories occupied by the Merlin Kingdom?"
"Your Majesty, if you want to take advantage of the fisherman, our Great Liang Empire had better respond to all changes with no change, and don't make too big moves when a big war breaks out between the Merlin Kingdom and the Lombalou Empire! Of course, it's still possible to take the opportunity to regain a little lost ground! ”
In the palace of Shangluocheng, the temporary capital of the Great Wu Empire, Nangong Qian, the emperor of the Great Wu Empire, said to Yu Hongji, the prime minister of the Great Wu Empire, and Liu Changwei, the military minister of the Military Department of the Great Wu Empire, with a gloomy face: "Now that the Lombalou Empire is meddling in the Eastern Continent, it is a blessing and a curse for our Great Wu Empire!" ”
Yu Hongji, the prime minister of the Great Wu Empire, nodded solemnly and said: "What Your Majesty said is reasonable, for our Great Wu Empire, the Kas Kingdom is a jackal, and the Lombalou Empire is a hungry tiger, and the hungry tiger is more difficult to deal with than a jackal." ”
Minister of War Liu Changwei followed and said: "After all, the Lombalou Empire is the second superpower in the world, and its military strength is extremely strong, at least several times stronger than the Kas Kingdom. ”
Emperor Nangong Qian smiled bitterly and said, "What should we do next?" The Kas Kingdom is already difficult enough to deal with, if it is replaced by a more powerful Lombalou Empire, our Great Wu Empire will really be destroyed at my hands, alas-"
Prime Minister Yu Hongji said: "The Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom have just officially declared war on the Lombalou Empire, if they can fight each other and lose both, it will be a blessing in misfortune for our Great Wu Empire, for the Great Liang Empire and the Great Chu Empire!" However, the minister is worried that the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom will not be able to resist the attack of the Lombarou Empire, in that case, it is likely that our Great Wu Empire, the Great Liang Empire and the Great Chu Empire will face an even worse situation than now. ”
Emperor Nangong Qian hesitated for a moment and asked, "Prime Minister, if the Lombalou Empire really defeats the Kas Kingdom, what should our Great Wu Empire do?" ”
Prime Minister Yu Hongji gritted his teeth and said: "If it is really as Your Majesty said, the minister hopes that Your Majesty will lead the royal family members to immediately set off for the Mistu Empire, form a government in exile, remotely lead the people of the Great Wu Empire, and continue to resist the invaders until the invaders are driven out of the land of the Great Wu Empire!" ”
Prime Minister Yu Hongji's words made Emperor Nangong Qian's face change drastically, "Prime Minister, can't our Great Wu Empire resist the invasion of the Lombalou Empire?" ”
Prime Minister Yu Hongji shook his head with a heavy face and said: "Your Majesty, in recent decades, the development of armaments of our Great Wu Empire has lagged behind the world's powerful countries, even if the army of our Great Wu Empire still has 5 million troops, but among the officers and soldiers of these 5 million troops, most of them are new recruits, and the weapons and equipment are even more than that of the Lombarau Empire. Not to mention the even more powerful Lombalou Empire! As long as the Lombalou Empire replaces the Kas Kingdom and launches a full-scale attack on our Great Wu Empire, our Great Wu Empire will not last long, so we must plan early! ”
Emperor Nangong Qian opened his mouth and didn't say anything more, just let out a long sigh, the expression on his face was very ugly.
At this time, Minister of Military Affairs Liu Changwei suddenly asked: "When a great war broke out between the Kas Kingdom and the Lombalou Empire, did the army of our Great Wu Empire take the opportunity to launch a large-scale counterattack against the areas occupied by the Kasi people and recover some lost territory?" ”
Prime Minister Yu Hongji immediately said: "No! We should now hope that the Kasi army will block the attack of the Lombalou Empire, and if we take the opportunity to launch a large-scale counterattack, we may be able to recover some of the land occupied by the Kas, but it will also be equivalent to pulling the Kass back, and if the Kas' army is defeated, the situation of our Great Wu Empire will be even more difficult. ”
In the temporary residence of the eldest princess Murong Qian in Liuchuan City, Liu Ying, the chief of the guard, walked into the room of the eldest princess Murong Qian in a panic
Murong Qian, who was leaning on the head of the bed, said urgently: "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, the news has been clarified, the Lombalou Empire suddenly declared war on the Kas Kingdom and the Merlin Kingdom, and sent 12 aircraft carrier formations and millions of army units to attack the 12 port cities occupied by the Kas army and the Merlin army of the Great Chu Empire, the Great Liang Empire, and the Great Wu Empire, one of which is under the jurisdiction of the Free Legion. ”
"What? Did the Lombalou Empire declare war on the kingdoms of Kas and Merlin? Not good! In this way, it may be even worse for our Great Chu Empire! The Lombalou Empire is clearly here to grab territory! The more Murong Qian spoke, the tighter her brows furrowed.
Then Murong Qian asked again, "Then the port under the jurisdiction of the Free Corps has been captured by the troops of the Lombal Empire?" ”
Liu Ying, the chief of the guard, swallowed his saliva and said, "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, it's incredible!" The other 11 port cities of the Great Chu Empire, the Great Liang Empire, and the Great Wu Empire have all been captured by the troops of the Lombalou Empire, but the port city under the jurisdiction of the Free Corps was not only not captured by the troops of the Lombalou Empire, but the 1 Lombalou Empire Navy aircraft carrier formation that participated in the attack was eaten by the Navy and Air Force of the Free Corps! ”
When Murong Qian heard this, she immediately asked in disbelief, "Did this princess hear it wrong?" Sister Liu, are you saying that the 1 aircraft carrier formation of the Lombalou Imperial Navy was eaten by the Free Corps? ”
Liu Ying, the head of the guard, nodded affirmatively and said, "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, it's true!" 1 aircraft carrier, 1 missile battleship, 1 missile battlecruiser, 2 missile cruisers, 4 missile destroyers, 4 missile frigates and 4 submarines of the aircraft carrier formation of the Lombalou Imperial Navy were all sunk, and not a single combat ship of the entire aircraft carrier formation survived! ”
Murong Qian calmed down for a moment, smiled and said: "I didn't expect that the strength of the Free Army is much stronger than we imagined, and this is the first time that Princess Ben knows that the Free Army also has a navy, hehe, the stronger the Free Army, the more generous the return on investment will be for Princess Ben!" ”
Liu Ying, the chief of the guard, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, the Lombalou Empire is known as the second superpower in the world, can the Free Army resist the attack of the Lombarou Empire?" ”
Murong Qian stroked the long hair of the shawl and said, "This princess has a feeling that that that Lin Dashuai and his free army will bring even greater surprises to this princess!" (To be continued.) )