The confrontation between the Asian-European military alliance and the North Atlantic military alliance has become the most important force influencing the world pattern. The world's major countries have joined these two military alliances. As time passed, the contradictions between the two opposing military alliances became more and more severe. Although, both sides are trying their best to refrain from doing so. However, everyone knows that when restraint is not enough, war will break out.

This war will be the largest war in history, and if it breaks out, countless countries and populations will be involved in it. This big war is inevitable.

All the member states of the two major military alliances have made the expansion of arms war a theme, and as for the other aspects, the economy and people's livelihood, all have to give way to war. Only by ensuring victory in the war can we be qualified to talk about anything else. Otherwise, you will lose the war and have nothing left, and naturally you will not have the opportunity to talk about other aspects.

As the world's leading power, the leader of the Asia-Europe military alliance. The Chinese Empire was also making great efforts to develop its military strength. Arsenals and shipyards were built. In the event of war, these arsenals and shipyards, in addition to meeting the consumption of the Chinese Empire's army and navy, would probably have to take on the heavy responsibility of providing support to other allies. After all, the Chinese Empire is the most powerful in the entire Eurasian military alliance, but it is far from the European battlefield. The European theater will become the main battlefield of this war.

Fortunately, after so many years of development, the industrialization of the Chinese Empire was almost complete. The average level of industrialization. There may still be a gap compared with the advanced powers of Europe. However, in terms of cutting-edge technology and total industrial volume, it has become the world's first without dispute. This is coupled with the huge population of the Chinese Empire. This enabled the military strength of the Chinese Empire to be quickly unleashed. It is unlikely that the North Atlantic Military Alliance will win this battle.

Two years have passed quickly, and the situation in the world has become increasingly tense during these two years. There have been many conflicts within the Asia-Europe Military Alliance and the North Atlantic Military Alliance, all of which have almost turned into wars. If war breaks out. According to the Covenant, other countries would join the war, leading to the outbreak of a world war. Fortunately. Both sides are still relatively restrained, knowing that if war breaks out now, it will not be beneficial to both sides. So, these conflicts have been suppressed. But. The contradiction has not been resolved. It's just hidden. As time goes on, the hidden contradictions will grow. When the time comes, once it erupts, it will be impossible for anyone to stop it. At that time, the world war will break out completely.

In May 1853, on the Mongolian steppe, the emperor Long Yufei and the chief of the general staff, General Sun Hao. Lieutenant General Liu Zhongming, Chief of Operations, and two deputy commanders of the Imperial* Army. Field Marshal Niu Meng and Field Marshal Zhao Yi all gathered here. On the other side were the commanders of several armies of the Imperial Army. They were all ordered by the emperor Long Yufei to return to China to report on their work.

Emperor Long Yufei believes that in the past two years, the contradictions between the two major military alliances have become more and more acute, and it may not be long before the outbreak of the Great War. Therefore, Long Yufei believed that it was necessary to gather the senior generals of the imperial army and navy to make a unified deployment. Once war broke out, these generals would not be caught off guard.

On the other side, Lieutenant General Zhao Xingchuan, Minister of Logistics and Equipment of the Empire, was busy receiving and receiving telegrams with several communications officers.

What will be held here today is an exercise and the inauguration ceremony of the Imperial Air Force. Under the leadership of Emperor Long Yufei, the Imperial Air Force has gradually developed. Today, it is the debut of the Imperial Air Force, which will also be officially established through this exercise.

"Your Majesty, the situation is getting more and more tense now. Although our army has expanded to 50 infantry corps, plus other troops, the total strength has reached more than 1.8 million men. The size of the Navy's fleet has also doubled. However, I still have some doubts in my heart! "Deputy Commander-in-Chief Field Marshal Niu Meng was a little worried. Although he has retired from the post of chief of the General Staff, he is still following the development of the Imperial Army and Navy, and at the same time, he is also paying close attention to the development of the world situation.

"Hmmm! This war will be the largest war in history, and I am afraid it will last for a long time. For this reason, we can only prepare for war as much as possible! Long Yufei nodded. One million and 800,000 troops, which seems like a lot. However, in the context of this war, it seems somewhat insignificant. The standing army of the Russians alone is already as high as 1.5 million men. Once the war broke out, Tsar Alexander II would definitely be desperate to expand the army, with 60 million Russian men, Alexander II would expand the size of the army to at least 3 million men. If faced with the danger of losing the country, the number of Russian land forces may be further expanded. In addition, the Imperial Army had to face multi-front operations again. Therefore, this point of strength does seem to be somewhat insufficient.

"Your Majesty, Marshal, for the past two years, the General Staff has been building a more perfect mobilization system. Once war breaks out, within three months we will mobilize twenty infantry corps into the battlefield. Within half a year, this number will be expanded to fifty infantry corps. As the war progresses, the more troops we can mobilize! Chief of the General Staff, General Sun Hao, said. The population of the empire has already exceeded the 400 million mark, and if war breaks out, there will be an inexhaustible supply of soldiers, which is much better than those of the European powers.

"In addition to soldiers, weapons and equipment should also be valued. But don't be at that time, if someone doesn't have a gun, that's a big problem! Field Marshal Zhao Yi also said. As the former deputy chief of the General Staff and director of logistics and equipment, he attached special importance to armaments.

"Marshal, don't worry! General Zhao Xingchuan did a good job! Our weapons and equipment production capacity is enough to ensure our military expansion! Admiral Sun Hao said with a smile.

"That being said, we still have to be prepared in advance. I am afraid that this war will not end in a short time, and I am afraid that it will last longer than we expected. Maybe in three or four years, you may not be able to tell the winner! Long Yufei said with a stern face. Wasn't the First World War, which he was familiar with, fought for four years? Later, the Second World War lasted even longer.

General Sun Hao, Chief of the General Staff, nodded, if a large-scale war really lasts that long, then the current preparations of the Chinese Empire undoubtedly seem to be somewhat insufficient. Fortunately, now that the war has not broken out, there is still enough time to prepare.

"Your Majesty, today you brought us all to the grassland to attend the founding ceremony of the Air Force. Is this Air Force really that important? Field Marshal Niu Meng asked. He knew that the equipment of the Imperial Air Force was those airships. As for the power of those airships, he really didn't see it. However, since Long Yufei attaches so much importance to it, it is obviously not too bad.

"Wait, you'll find out!" Long Yufei had a mysterious smile on his face.

The Air Force is the master of the battlefield of the future. It's just that, constrained by the current scientific and technological strength, the Air Force is still just in its toddler infancy. The Imperial Air Force is only equipped with airships. As for the more advanced aircraft, they are still under development. By now, several planes have been dropped, and even a lot of people have been sacrificed. However, with the improvement of technology, the aircraft that can be applied to the battlefield are getting closer and closer. Even in this war, planes were not used. But Long Yufei also believes that in the next big battle, it will definitely be used. If it is developed first, the empire will be able to have an advantage in future wars.

This world war is nothing more than the first war. Because of the existence of the North Atlantic Military Alliance, the countries of the Eurasian Military Alliance can unite and jointly deal with the North Atlantic Military Alliance. However, after defeating the opponent, in order to strive for their own interests, the countries within the Asia-Europe military alliance will certainly clash over their interests, or even break out into war. In the future, there will be a new big war. Many of Long Yufei's preparations are for that future war!

The generals were whispering, and compared to the high-ranking officers of the General Staff, they knew even more about the Imperial Air Force. However, everyone is more curious about the Imperial Air Force. Among the armies of the Empire, the Army is the undisputed boss. Compared to the navy and the army, it is much worse. As for the Air Force, it was officially formed only today.

I waited until 11 o'clock in the morning, and small black dots appeared in the distance in the sky.

"Here, Your Majesty, the airship of the Air Force is here!" The head of the guard, Li Hu, said excitedly.

"Bring the binoculars!"

Long Yufei and a group of generals all held binoculars and looked into the distance.

The white airships appeared in the eyes of everyone, although they were far away, but they were still shocking. The white airship, with a metal pod under the huge airbag, looks like a white cloud drifting in the sky from a distance.

Soon, these airships flew in, and some of the generals who saw the airships for the first time were even more surprised to grow their mouths. Originally, it didn't look like a big airship, but now it has shown an extremely huge figure, like a giant in the sky! (To be continued......)

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