It can only be solved by war, by violent means, and by such unconventional means. The corners of my mouth almost curled, and it took a long time to recover into an angry face, and I shouted slogans with Brother Su Mingming and others.

Well, our efforts have not been in vain, from the Han Dynasty to the present, the powerful Chinese nation has always believed that the Wa Kingdom is just a barbaric land, plus there is a sea route to separate it, the transportation is not convenient, and the Wa people seem to be deferential at least on the surface, Fang has not thought about it, but today, they have angered Uncle Li, the great and powerful Tang Empire reader.

The fate of the Wa Kingdom, starting from the moment when Uncle Li issued the edict, has been self-evident, and even the "Tang Times Weekly" and "Datang Yuebao" have also published relevant articles, causing a sensation in the government and the opposition, and many generals and state officials stationed at the border gates also handed over letters to Chang'an, all of which were indignant, and at this moment, it can really be said that the whole country was shaken.

It seems that at the turn of the summer and autumn of the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty will set off a new round of expeditions, but this time the resistance encountered is far less than when it attacked Goguryeo, the main thing is that the current Wa State is only a small slave country, although from the previous dynasty to the present, there are no less than hundreds of envoys sent to learn the system, culture and technology, but a considerable part of them are no longer willing to return to the Wa land, so the current Wa State culture and technology level is still extremely low.

Since the beginning of a few years ago, Datang has been paying attention to the movements of students from various countries, so up to now, Datang's iron-making technology and various important technologies are firmly in the hands of Datang, and the weapons of the Japanese army have not even been made of steel.

As for the two vassal states of Silla and Baekje, they were willing to be vassal servants, and were willing to go to the expedition with the Tang Dynasty, but Uncle Li politely refused, and the Tang Dynasty did not need anyone's help, and now the Tang Dynasty has nearly 100,000 troops in Liaodong, and another 70,000 naval warships, 672 warships, and 487 grain ships, these forces are still in a state of first-class combat readiness, and the 127 gunners in the artillery regiment of the Datang Military Academy are still trapped in the Datang Navy. Together with the remaining artillery of my artillery regiment, it has also been peacefully accepted by the cheeky admirals, but it is also good that it has contributed to the early development of the navy after the Tang Dynasty.

---------------------------------------------------- can say that with the naval strength of the Tang Dynasty alone, it can already wipe out its country, but Uncle Li doesn't see it that way, because he is angry, this is not just a personal grudge, but the anger of the entire Tang Empire!

“…… Therefore, I asked your staff to draw up a detailed battle plan for me, and remember, I want to completely wipe out the Japanese kingdom. This move will inevitably have a shocking effect on the surrounding countries of our Tang Dynasty. I don't want to hear any news of the Wa Kingdom in the twenty-first year of my accession to the throne. Uncle Li stood in front of the sand table of the staff courtyard, biting his cheek and saying coldly.

"No!" In the General Staff Academy, the important ministers of Datang, the heads of relevant departments, and the military and political cadres at all levels of the General Staff Association all expressed their indomitable courage and determination to Uncle Li.

The General Staff Council has already gone all out to study how to fight against the Japanese and provide strong support in terms of intelligence. Naturally, I threw myself into the work I love the most with 120,000 enthusiasm.

"In any case, Your Majesty has already issued a death order, and at the latest at the beginning of next year, the war against the Wa Kingdom will be launched, and the stakes are very high. Sitting in the office of the Martial Arts Research Institute, I was conducting a general mobilization towards the officials of the Martial Arts Research Institute.

"Don't worry, sir, the rest goes without saying, mortars can now be made of steel with better strength than bronze, and as for artillery, the artillery of our Martial Arts Research Institute has been divided into two parts in accordance with your lord's order, one part is dedicated to the improvement of bronze artillery, and the other part is speeding up the development of artillery with a mother-to-mother bore......" Zhong Hua reported to me while submitting a written report.

It can be seen above that in the past two months, the steel output of the Martial Arts Research Institute has remained stable at around 80,000 catties per month, the output of soft steel is about 50,000 catties, and the output of hard steel is about 30,000 catties.

Because of the maturity of the firearms-making process, at this stage, mortars have been eliminated from heavy bronze barrels and cast with lighter steel.

Today's mortars are divided into three types according to their caliber. The heaviest is a large-caliber mortar, with a total weight of about 150 catties, and a firing range of up to 1,300 paces, and three people can form a combat group. The total weight of the smallest caliber is about 50 catties, and the firing range is about 800 paces. And the firing speed is not slow, the time of three arrows, can be fired once, this light mortar is specially improved for the operation of Lingnan, carried by a single soldier, used in mountain and jungle combat, two people can form combat effectiveness. Of course, in other war arenas, it can also play an excellent role in flexibility and power.

The output of mortars per month is about seventy, and the output of artillery is much lower, the most important thing is that in order to meet the needs of operations, improvements are being carried out in all aspects, and the number of finished products per month does not exceed ten, and the output of the first few months is all supplied to the artillery department of the Tang Royal Military Academy for the trainees to practice, and the number of shells per month is about 2,000, and nearly half of the ammunition supply must be provided to Jiannan and Lingnan in the south every month, that is to say, The number of pieces that can be retained per month is about 1,000.

I stood up: "The output of steel crossbows per month can be fixed at 2,500, and now we have nearly 5,000 in our inventory, and in the future, we will maintain an output of 2,500 steel crossbows per month, and by the beginning of next year, there will be at least 20,000 steel crossbows." As for the output of mortars, it can be slightly reduced, and it can be stabilized at 50 per month, but the output of artillery needs to be increased no matter what, because this official has already made a guarantee to His Majesty that by the beginning of next year, the Armed Forces Research Institute will be able to guarantee the supply of at least 20,000 steel crossbows, 500 mortars, 100 land artillery, and 100 ship guns, so as to ensure the combat effectiveness of our Tang Dynasty naval army and make the most basic preparations for being able to land on the Japanese land. ”

Uncle Li is asking for a quick victory, so this will be the first time in the history of Datang's war to use firearms in large quantities, think about the scene of hundreds of artillery, hundreds of mortars, and 20,000 steel crossbows and thousands of arrows fired together, I feel a little chilled in my heart, poor Japanese slaves, you can only blame you for being too ignorant.

----------------------------------------------------, "My lord, we try our best, but we still don't have enough manpower, can we transfer another batch of skilled craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry?" Zhong Hua's face was embarrassed.

I smiled bitterly and shook my head: "I can't be the master of this, now the skilled craftsmen who will be the supervisors of my Datang Dynasty have almost been transferred by my Martial Arts Research Institute, and Lord Yan of the Ministry of Industry has complained to this official many times, fortunately, we provide 10,000 catties of steel every month to gag his mouth, otherwise this will already be a trouble." However, His Majesty has already agreed to increase the supply of raw materials for our Martial Arts Research Institute by another 80,000 catties of iron ore every month. In addition, the iron smelting mill that will be supervised will be merged into the steel smelting plant of our Datang Martial Arts Research Institute. In this way, it can be regarded as solving a big problem for us. ”

After listening to my last sentence, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief, so that the raw materials are sufficient, and the manpower has also been increased, and on this basis, it is not impossible to increase production.

In the same way, after Uncle Li's order was issued, Laizhou Port and Beisha City, the two northern port cities, were refitting the Datang building ships, thickening the decks, canceling some unnecessary melee attack equipment, and making advance preparations for equipping ship artillery. Therefore, the retrofit project was not hindered much.

Under the influence of the public opinion-oriented bombardment of "Datang Times Weekly" and "Datang Daily", the Wa State has become the hottest topic in Datang today, and even some radical article authors have counted the disturbances suffered along the coast of the Central Plains since the written record, all of which have been counted on the brains of the Wa State, which has become a synonym for the most hated by the Tang Dynasty.

Originally, Uncle Li wanted to expel all these people from the Tang Dynasty, but I was so frightened that I hurriedly went to Uncle Li to dissuade Uncle Li from this idea of not doing him any good at all, but instead helped the Japanese state.

Now Uncle Li has strictly ordered that all these widows in Datang be closely monitored and live in a centralized manner, and no one can escape from them.

(To be continued)