On September 17, the 109th year of the Holy Gu Calendar, the first National Conference was held on Xia Hong Island.

Members of the Xishui Port and the ports along the southern coast also participated in the meeting by means of electric towers.

The members of this meeting can be divided into three categories, forming a situation similar to the trivialization.

The first is the military-industrial faction of Xinzhu, Yuqian and others. They can be regarded as mastering the high-tech part of the industrial chain, as well as the relevant legislative and judicial departments.

The second is the military faction: they have their own supply chain for the Linlong military industry, which is maintained by state funds. Of course, there are procurement funds every year to replace the relevant industrial chain from the military industrial faction and maintain upgrades.

The third is the large civil service. This system controls tax revenues and is responsible for infrastructure investment and law and order. In recent years, a large number of people have been recruited, and the speed of expansion is the fastest.

And the 'third' bureaucratic organization is the most helpless part of the tour.

Although it has tried very hard to instill the rules of modern management into it, it has had to leave justice and legislation to the control of the capitalist factions such as the core plant, because there are still a lot of old bureaucratic ideas within it.

As for why not get rid of the old and keep the new? At present, the people have not yet made up their minds, and most of them have only scratched themselves out of the consciousness of serfs and subordinates.

If you naively enlighten a group of conscious vanguards, these vanguards will be bullied to death by an unenlightened society, and then after hitting a wall, they will quickly 'enlighten' and turn back to feudal warlords.

Not everyone can hit a wall four times in a row and still hit their heads forward.

Zhou You: "In a society like this, at least many revolutions are needed, and each revolution needs a purge from within to establish new responsibilities. At present, the task of racial survival is the first to be the majority. ”

In the conference room, the black-and-white TV interfaces have been opened, and the seats in the conference hall are also filled with people straight.

Yu Qian, who had snatched the position of secretary again, opened the map in front of Zhou You, and then stood aside silently.

Four minutes later.

When everyone had looked at the map, Zhou You raised the tip of his pen and drew a circle at the place where the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Ocean met, and said, "Which force is here?" ”

Yu Qian stood up and explained to Zhou You, "This is the territory of the vassals under the command of White Whiskers. Then she recounted the territory, territory, economic production, and the situation of several Gu clans here. This kind of ecology of the upper political circle, no one here knows better than Yu Qian.

Zhou You thought for a moment, paused and said, "That's it." ”

Everyone looked at it, and Zhou You slowly explained: "To curb the numerical superiority of the north, heavy firepower platforms are needed. And the only place in the world where large heavy firepower platforms can maneuver is the ocean. ”

Zhou You looked at Yu Qian and asked her to release the information.

Yu Qian received the promise and turned to the other attendees and introduced, "A large landing ship is being built. ”

She opens the slideshow. On the slide plane, there is a black armored 'hull'. The upper part is a smooth arc, like a beetleshell, and dense hexagonal electromagnetic armor squares are arranged on its surface. This is an electromagnetic reaction structure that was removed from the organization of the Linlong, so it is enough to cover the entire battleship 'cheaply'.

The gunwales are wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, which is the structure of early ironclad cruisers. The entire airworthiness ...... Extremely poor, obviously just to mess around in the Mediterranean. And this type of ship has two large tracks of five meters on the bottom.

The Burning Wheel Alliance designed this 2,400-ton sea warship not for inshore fire support, but to load the Cuckoo Assault Robot for landing. - Nominally made by Yu Qian, but the design was supported by Lu Boya, and as for the name, it still came from Lu Boya: War Tortoise Transport Ship.

Zhou You cut off Yu Qian's information: "Okay, just give a general introduction, and the information of the later classes will also be sent to them, they will read it themselves." We're all ready in terms of weaponry, but in terms of determination, I'd like to stress again—"

Turning to everyone, as well as the TV interface in front of him, Zeyou said solemnly: "Now we shoulder the responsibility of the continuation of mankind. Under the major rights and wrongs, we must have a clear calibration in our hearts. ”

Speaking of this, Zeyou raised a new letter and said: "The messenger from the north has come these days, and their general has delivered a letter. ”

Zhou You raised the letter in his hand and said to everyone: "In addition to some continental politics, this letter also involves some private proposals. ”

Yu Qian on the side stared at the letter and realized something, and couldn't help but feel uneasy.

And Lu Boya, who was in the corner, was dumbfounded when he saw Yu Qian's demeanor, then smiled, and said silently in his heart: "There are too many gaps in the times, and it is destined to be delusional." ”

Zhou You: "I won't say anything about what it is, the privacy of the writer needs to be protected. But when it comes to the attitude of my camp, I must make it clear to you that she has made some personal proposals to bridge the contradictions between our two camps by establishing a certain relationship with her. Well, I can tell you that it is not possible, the system of the burning wheel is always based on the public interest, and will not be linked to any private association. ”

Zeus's lobbying was categorical, and some of the students below seemed to understand, some were thoughtful, and some, such as Yuqian, were blank in their eyes.

……

On September 18th, in the northern part of the coastline, the sea breeze was mixed with the smell of spores.

In the Brilliant Wings City, an emerging Blue Gold Gu Nest base towers here. A large number of tower nests are guarded, and a large number of golden-glowing insect swarms are multiplying.

In the former castle of the Burning Locust family, in the garden of Pleasure Tan, a huge golden beetle rests here. Leaning on the wings of the insects, the firefly looked at the reply from the south, his face was like frost.

Faced with her kind offer, Zeyu simply refused. Even if they still have to make a hostile posture of 'supporting the Northern Locust and other families'.

Jue Hotaru, who was born on this planet, after learning about the origin of the universe, reacted to the expedition not from a political point of view, but thought that "the expedition does not look down on himself as a low-level native", so he hates it. She shoved the beetle's corrosive maw into the corrosive maws of the beetle, and the paper melted into the digestive juices like a marshmallow in water.

Sometimes 'positive friendliness' suddenly turns hostile, and that's just as inexplicable and swift as it gets.

……

October of the 109th year of the Holy Gu calendar.

War has been declared between Ranlun and the Northern General. The firefly swept further towards the northeast coastline. The burning wheel is against the dry, increasing the support of equipment. At the same time, it will help the northeastern continental power to move from the Mediterranean coast to the '?' The eastern coast region of the northern part of the continent.

Due to the good armor-piercing ability of the 20 mm caliber long-barreled anti-tank guns (cannons) aided by the burning wheel, some northern knights led the Gu worm squad to carry this weapon in ambush operations, killing important targets such as the 'host' many times.

This result made the Blue Gu Tide appear a trend that was better in the eyes of Zhou You—the Gu worms under the command of Jue Ying began to stack their armor. This stack of armor sacrificed the ability to move, and the 'powerful ground electromagnetic cannon unit' that worried Zeyuyou did not appear. This allows the Ranlun to consider less projects in future landing operations.

And now, the main job of the fuel ship is to stabilize the sea.

The Golden Beetle Empire has now entered the peak of shipbuilding. Hotaru requisitioned all the factories in the coastal areas to produce armor as well as battleship guns.

On the seaside, a large number of Gu Nests began to be produced in full force. Some Golden Beetle warships with a physique of more than 200 meters and a tonnage of more than 20,000 tons appeared on the water. It seems that he is preparing to prepare a wave of navy and directly take Xia Hong Island. Captured alive - ahem......

……

In the face of such a challenge, the Burning Wheel Alliance immediately sacrificed its ultimate defensive weapon on the northern coastline of the Mediterranean.

A large number of engineering ships, on the seabed at a depth of fifty meters, lay tracks.

This track is a huge reinforced concrete concrete groove. There are seven grooves on each track, each with a depth of fifty centimeters.

This was prepared for the movement of sea fortresses. Tonnage of sea fortresses: 180,000 tons.

This huge sea fortress will move along this track with a width of 80 meters. Take full advantage of buoyancy, as well as low friction with large balls and grooves at the bottom.

Such a behemoth with four turrets, each of which was triple, that is, twelve guns. The caliber of the gun ranged from 210 mm to 238 mm. As for the barrel length, 38 meters. Even if there are some sea creatures attached to the groove, they will be crushed by this ball.

To be clear, this is a pedestal with twelve "Paris Cannon" tubes, and it is maneuverable.

Voyage to the Mediterranean: You don't have to build a fleet in the Mediterranean. We have a strong infrastructure, lay tracks, and give her a ring of the Taiping Sea, well, the Mediterranean.

Yu Qian's nuclear-powered shallow sea system can just cooperate with Linlong's excavation power on the seabed to build on the shallow continental shelf of the Mediterranean.

The plan of the Burning Wheel is: the turret will come to the door.

The main orbits of these fortresses are distributed parallel to the coastline, and the mobility mainly depends on the extension of the tracks.

However, the main track has multiple sections that are protruding towards the shoreline. This lordosis is only 40 kilometers from the nearest part of the coastline. That is, the artillery fires in this area and is able to hit a direction of one hundred and fifty kilometers inland. Now, 80 percent of the big cities in the 'Woo' civilization circle are within 100 kilometers of the coastline.

What should I do if the warhead is not allowed? No problem, 12 cannons fired a salvo, and the probability of hitting is very high. If it really doesn't work, let three or four fortresses move over (ride faces) for a salvo.

In the second half of 109, eight such mobile fortresses were quickly poured by the Burning Wheel. After confirming that the results were good, he hurried up the time to pour more sea forts.

This thing is more convenient than shipbuilding, and it is much easier to pour reinforced concrete directly than shipbuilding. The only difficulty is to drag these large cement fittings down from the sea. If this is the earth, it can make it difficult for mechanics to die, after all, no one has ever built such a steel machine. But the world ...... Who called it a Gu nest that could produce brute force monsters.

On the coast, the construction process goes like this.

Step 1: Hundreds of dragon beasts dragged the chassis of the sea fortress poured on the steel plate like slender men, and let it sail into the sea at a depth of twenty meters.

Step 2: After pouring the base in the shallow sea, drag it again towards the deeper water.

The third and fourth steps are similar, that is, during the construction process, the buoyancy of the sea water is used to move.

As for the life of concrete buildings, it is not necessary to have a long time - when the eight-year service period is reached, they are thrown into the shallow sea to become artificial islands.

As for the livery, Zeyu: "Paint crab legs on the walls of the fortress!" That's right, it's the kind that is rampant and domineering. ”

12/12/109.

This type of sea fortress was first used when the fortress was located 78 kilometers near the coastline. Thirty kilometers inland from the coastline, the Northern Legion was advancing eastward, preparing to break through the last checkpoint defended by the Burning Locust Clan's forces.

In the blue sea, the fortress moves like a black mountain on the bottom of the sea. The waves crashing against its walls did not shake its stability at all, and the 10,000-ton ship also swayed in the waves.

At 9:13 a.m., the fortress came to a standstill.

In the center of the fortress, 12 huge barrels began to adjust the elevation angle under the flat pull of the steel cable. The pool in the center of the fortress was slowly filled with water, and the thick cement turret in the center was also slowly rotated under the buoyancy of the force. There is a five-centimeter gap between the cement turret and the pool in which it is located, and the water in the gap not only provides buoyancy, but also counteracts recoil.

Of course, in order to prevent bumping and breaking, it is necessary to insert a few skids as a cushion. So on the inner surface of the fortress, there are more than 200 people busy.

After the adjustment of the turret angle was completed, the tower on the fortress, the steel bridge structure of the tower on the side, fell on the steel rail behind the turret, and the shell fell into the entrance of the turret through the slide rail.

At this time, the people who were originally busy above the fortress quickly lined up in the sound of whistles and quickly entered the fortress bunker along the slide. to prevent the enemy from being injured by a powerful sonic boom.

The soldier in the turret pushes the bullet into the barrel as if it were a bullet being loaded; At the same time, the explosives bag like a middle school student's school bag was stuffed, and the gun lock with the diameter of an iron pot and a length of one meter was also stuffed into the base, and it was locked along the thread.

Ten minutes later.

The cannon barrel fire shook the sea, making the heavens and the earth tremble. On the sea around the fortress cannon, countless giant shrimp-like Gu worms were frightened and jumped in the waves of the sea.

……

Well, then the video footage of this turret raising the big root and firing was first transmitted to the allies on the northern coastline, and finally I don't know who sent it to the firefly.

It is said that Ju Hotaru has a weird face, biting her lip and staring at this video. I watched it for a minute.

On her desktop, there is a scene of shelling sent by the generals of the front.

12 200-kilogram shells, covering a total area of about four hectares. Although there was a certain deviation in the landing point, the central formation of the Gu insect swarm was still beaten out of the debris splash area of different sizes.

Might, according to Zeyou's evaluation: acceptable. After all, it is a caliber of two hundred millimeters, and for such a powerful existence as a Gu worm, shrapnel is also extremely terrifying.

But in fact, this is the first time the world has encountered such a super cannon.

Facing the blow of the artillery, the generals of the Northern Gu Army were hammered.

Their morale is very high. Soaring all the way, capturing the city and destroying the army, although some knights were damaged in order to observe the front line, they were able to destroy the enemy who damaged them every time.

But on the 12th, the floating island fortress guns of the burning wheel were rounded every two hours on average. The generals and knights of the Legion had no means of defense, and watched as the earth was ploughed like a fountain. The Gu worm that was blown up was like - Zhou You: "It's like a shell that has been dug out of the dung heap." So the Golden Beetle Empire is the Shell Lang Empire, um, mmmm. That's what I said in the mission, what's the matter? That's how the flyer was dropped on me. ”

The generals on the front line did not have time to be angry at the insulting words sown by the burning wheel biplane drone. They are at a loss right now. It's like being forced to do a certain problem, but you really can't do it.

It's not that they haven't encountered ultra-long-range strikes. Many suicide Gu worms can bomb from a distance.

However, even the cruise missiles of the Locust family have a maximum speed of only one hundred and fifty meters per second in the final acceleration stage. You can use a large number of electro-shot mosquitoes to hover in the sky and intercept them in advance. But this unreasonable cannon shell is completely impossible to intercept.

As long as the Northern Legion continues to concentrate its corps to attack, there is always the possibility that the unlucky ghost will be harvested by the cannonballs from the sea, just like playing the Russian wheel. Human beings, if there is a matter of life and death, they are always distracted if they can't solve it on the sidelines.

So.

At the suggestion of the generals in the north, Hotaru ordered the front line to dig trenches to defend against artillery bombardment. At the same time, the corps made a detour to the north, preparing for the '?' On the northeastern coastline of the mainland, the newly opened logistics zone of the Northern Alliance was attacked.