Mid-December.

Tianjin City assembled the first batch of three thousand-man arquebus regiments, and rode ten new three-masted artillery warships to the battlefield of Kyushu Island in Japan in a low-key manner to conduct actual combat tests. First, let's test the actual combat effect of these weapons, and second, by the way, make a name for the firearms produced in Tianjin.

The player who leads this fleet is a low-key person, but he is very murderous and has offended many powerful players. He knew Qin Xiaobai when he first entered the game, but later he was cornered and was forced to take refuge in Qin Xiaobai and became the cadre of the Xiaobai Army

This time he went to the Japanese island, but he took the initiative to invite Ying, wanting to relax. It is said to be distracted, but in fact, it is to avoid the limelight. He beat one of the giants of the gamer in Jicheng, and the man came all over the world to seek revenge on him. Just when Bloody Dancing Yang learned that Qin Xiaobai was going to send a small fleet to sea for actual combat tests, he hurriedly found Qin Xiaobai and asked to go to sea.

Qin Xiaobai knew this subordinate very well, and if he hadn't caused trouble, he decided that he wouldn't want to run far away, so he asked him what was going on.

The blood dance remnant sun scratched, and said embarrassedly: "Boss, that day I was playing with a few brothers in Jicheng, I drank too much, and I had an argument with a person in Jicheng who was very similar to a ruffian hooligan, and killed him by mistake, I didn't expect him to be the right-hand man of the blood-colored sky of the Jicheng giant." Boss, you let me go out and hide for a while, and when the anger on the blood side is gone, I will go back to make amends to the blood. ”

Qin Xiaobai smiled bitterly and shook his head, I'm afraid that Jicheng will be annoyed for a while. There were no other suitable candidates around him to go to sea, and besides, this was a trivial matter, so he allowed it.

The blood dance was overjoyed, and he hurriedly took the firearms and the army, and took more than a dozen of his like-minded brothers to the Tanggukou Military Port to get on the ship and go to sea.

Ten three-masted battleships crossed the sea, crossed the Bohai Sea and the Korean Peninsula, and headed directly for the Japanese island of Kyushu.

According to the firearms test plan drawn up by the Zhou Water Military Department, they need to go to Jeju Island first. Then, the South Korean team will pick them up from Fukuoka and land them on the 6th Kyushu Island, and then the South Korean side will arrange specific battlefields to conduct actual combat confrontation tests between the arquebus regiment and the Japanese corps.

This is not only for actual combat testing, but also for the main purpose of taking care of the face of the South Korean side, and also to open up the firearms market for Korean players and pave the way for the sale of firearms. After all, firearms need to be sold for money when they are produced, so it is important for sellers to feel that they have face.

At the same time, it can also open up the market for Japanese players. If Korean players play arquebuses well, and Japanese players suffer under arquebuses, I am afraid they will also go to Taiwan Freeport to buy them. The arms market in Taiwan's free port is open to all Asian countries at the same time. The number of sales is limited though. But it will always sell.

Unfortunately, plans are not as fast as change, and even the best plans need people to execute.

When his fleet arrived in the Korean Strait, he suddenly remembered that there was such a plan.

But after reading the plan, he was a little angry: Damn, Lao Tzu is here to fight. Why should you be restricted by Korean people? He didn't bird it at all, threw it casually, and shouted at his brothers, "I'm not going to Jeju, and I'm not going to Fukuoka." Diversion, immediate diversion. ”

Several players who were frolicking on the armor hurriedly ran into the cabin cab and said, "Boss Remnant Sun." Don't go to Jeju and Fukuoka. So where do we go? ”

Bloody Dance Remnant Yang pointed to the navigation map and said: "Jeju is in the hands of the Chinese brothers, Fukuoka is in the hands of the Koreans, Nagasaki is in the hands of the Koreans, Kumamoto is in the hands of the Philippine army, and there are people in the north who occupy us to go to the south of Kyushu Island, Kagoshima or Miyazaki, these places are still in the hands of the Japanese army, there should be many warships and the 6th Army." We're on 6 here. Fight a few battles! ”

"Boss Remnant Yang is right. Let's go straight to Kagoshima. ”

The players immediately shouted loudly, and then asked the NPC helmsmen of each ship to turn the course. Travel to Minami Kyushu.

Speaking of which, this is also a small negligence on the part of Qin Xiaobai, if he arranges a more stable player to perform this task, he will definitely be able to perform the task according to the plan. It's a pity that the Blood Dance Remnant Yang is not the kind of person who obeys the rules, he is not, and none of his brothers are. There was no one here who could suppress them, and as a result, they were given a chance to tamper with the mission.

It also gave them a chance to inflict a heavy blow on the Japanese fleet and shake the entire Japanese archipelago.

The source of this incident was triggered by something thousands of miles away, the Chinese fleet's expedition to the Indian Ocean.

Changi Military Port, Singapore.

The 5,000 large warships of China's Indian Ocean Fleet have been assembled here, and all the ordnance, medicine, wine, and grain have been transported from the Big 6, and water, vegetables, and fruits have been continuously transported from Southeast Asian countries and hoarded in warehouses in Singapore.

For this battle, the Chinese fleet has been preparing for two or three months. Establish port supply bases in Southeast Asian countries, support cronies and players, and ensure that supply lines are unimpeded.

Originally, I wanted to prepare for a little longer, and all the nails in Southeast Asia were removed, and the player organizations in the southeast countries were subdued.

However, Pakistan's military situation is urgent, and it is too badly beaten by the Indian army, and it may be wiped out at any time. The Chinese fleet must attack the Indian fleet from all fronts in the Indian Ocean as soon as possible and take the initiative to attack the Indian fleet, so that the Indian army and resources cannot devote themselves to the national war with Pakistan, so as to relieve Pakistan's pressure on the ocean.

The commander of China's Indian Ocean Fleet is Sea Soul, and he also presided over the operation against the Indian Fleet this time. Regarding the ability of the sea soul, Qin Xiaobai was very relieved, and let him fight. As long as the Indian attack on Pakistan can be delayed, the operation will be considered a success.

After half a month to a month, the bronze gunboats and flintlock regiments were massively equipped with squadrons, and that was when the Indian regiments were defeated.

Sea Soul reviewed the Indian Ocean Fleet and checked the number of munitions hoarded in warehouses and decided that the time was ripe. He officially ordered 2,000 warships to be the vanguard in the Indian Ocean.

The first objective is to capture the Indian islands of Nicobar and the Andaman Islands, and take out the two Indian players' forward positions in the Bay of Bengal. These two strongholds have hundreds of thousands of Indian NPC soldiers and an unknown number of warships. The Indian fleet can rely on these two strongholds. Attack Singapore across the sea with ease. If these two strongholds are not uprooted, the subsequent activities of the Chinese fleet in the Indian Ocean will be affected.

December 16th.

China's Indian Ocean Fleet publicly announced that in order to protect the Allied Kingdom of Pakistan from being attacked by the Kingdom of India, the Indian Ocean Fleet under the Great Zhou Dynasty will attack the two major islands of India from now on, and if the Kingdom of India still does not repent, the Chinese fleet will continue to attack until the Kingdom of India stops invading the Kingdom of Pakistan. The cloth of this declaration of war officially opened the prelude to the naval battle between the Chinese and Indian player fleets in the Indian Ocean.

The world of Empires is filled with countless players from all over five continents and four oceans. Waiting. Watch the battle. You must know that the political map of the world of "Empire" is currently mainly divided into five regions: Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, and South America.

To become a world-class empire, you must first become the five regional hegemons.

Australia in Oceania is not to be mentioned, although it "dominates" a large area of state. But the player population base is so small, only a few million, that no one recognizes its supremacy, and no one thinks it is worthy of a world-class empire. Because of its proximity to Asia, it is included in the Asian sphere of influence.

At present, the only regional hegemon that is not controversial is the United States. It has a large population and dominates North America. Spread fast again. Canada next to it simply can't compete with it. Therefore, it is currently the only regional hegemon in the world. And it's still innate, taking advantage of the location.

In Asia, there used to be four major players who were favored by players: China, Russia, Japan, and India.

With the defeat of the Russian players in the Far East, they were expelled from the Far East and Siberia by the Chinese players. In addition, although Japan was ambitious, it was stuck by the neck of the Chinese fleet, and it was weak and unable to exert its strength. The two of them have been disqualified from regional hegemony.

For the rest, only China and India are qualified to become the hegemon in Asia.

The Chinese fleet and the Indian fleet officially began to clash in the Indian Ocean, which was the prelude to the beginning of the struggle for Asian hegemony.

There are many powerful countries in Europe. Britain, France, Germany, and Russia confronted each other. It is very difficult for a hegemon to emerge in a short period of time.

The most favored power in South America is Brazil, but Brazil wants to become the dominant power in South America. I'm afraid it's a little difficult. Because the United States, the hegemon of North America, is already eyeing the tiger, the first step for American players to become the world's hegemon is to win the domination of South America, and naturally they will not tolerate the emergence of a hegemon in South America.

There is no hegemon in Africa, and the slightly stronger countries are Egypt, Sudan, South Africa and other countries. This state has a strong Arab power, is close to Europe and Asia, and has a good cold weapon strength in the early eras of "Empire", but their technology exhibition is too slow, and sooner or later it will lag behind Asian and European powers, so it is not favored.

If you have scanned the world, you will find that although the five major regions are constantly at war, in addition to North America, the second most likely hegemonic region can only be Asia.

List of countries in the five regions:

North America: One overlord, one client state, no small states.

South America: A large country, a group of hard-line small countries, has a very low chance of producing a hegemon with US interference.

Asia: Overlord to be determined, a number of fraternal states, a number of client states, a large group of very many minor brother states.

Europe: Four powers, it takes a strong battle to produce a hegemon from them, a large group of little brother countries who stand on the sidelines.

Africa: A number of large countries, a large group of small countries without owners, with no hope of producing a hegemon, let alone a chance of becoming a world empire.

As can be seen from this list, after North America, Asia is the most likely to produce a hegemon, which will greatly change the world political map of Empire. It will not just be the United States that will win the title of world-class empire.

If China or India were to take over the hegemony of Asia and subdue many small countries with the might of a hegemon, the power would be far greater than that of the United States. Because there are too few countries in North America, there are no junior brother countries, and only by subduing South America can you get many little brothers.

The naval battle between China and India cannot but attract attention.

Players in North America, South America, and Europe, although they have the intention to sit in the village, but because the distance is too far, they only have the opportunity to watch the battle, and it is difficult for the sailing ships of these countries to run thousands of nautical miles to intervene in the naval battle between China and India.

One of the closest powers is the Arab countries of Central Asia, very close to the Indian Ocean.

The Indian player invites the Arab fleet to fight against the Chinese fleet, but the Arab refuses. They did not benefit from this naval battle, but destroyed their navigation line, and they did not want to get involved in the naval battle, let alone offend either China or India.

Many small countries in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean did not dare to send their own fleets to easily get involved in this naval battle, and they did not dare to put all their bets on one family until the Asian hegemony was decided. Although they were willing to provide some logistical supplies and the like, most of them politely refused or hesitated to send a fleet to war.

The fleets of these small Southeast Asian countries are weaker in combat effectiveness, and the sea spirits have no hope for them, nor do they force them, but only let them be responsible for safer transportation at sea.

Noun Definition Notes:

The hegemon, a powerful country that acts hegemonically, is a candidate for the title of a world-class empire. Client states, some powerful powers, provide some helpful services to the overlord. Once the overlord loses, the client state will most likely suffer heavy losses. The little brother country, although the strength is small, can wave the flag and shout and cheer, before and after the saddle. Once the hegemon loses, most of them will immediately change their appearance and welcome the new overlord.