On the front line in the south of the country of Shaoze and the north of the country of Langya, Nangong Zhi stood on a high ground in his own front, frowning and looking south.

The war has been going on for almost twenty days, but at this time there is no light at all in sight of victory. Moreover, this confrontation makes it impossible for either side to stop.

A quick solution is already impossible, and now ...... It seems that there is no better way than to stalemate!

After looking at it for a long time, Nangong Zhi found the generals on the front line and asked about the war weapons of both sides. But after a while, Nangong Zhi's face became serious.

At present, the main offensive weapons of both sides are artillery, and the main defensive weapons are ballistas, the Great Array of Heaven and Earth, and the Enchantment.

Nangong Zhi directly purchased a lot of artillery and related technologies from the Ocean Group, so the range of artillery in the country of Shaoze can reach 20 kilometers.

The attack distance of 20 kilometers is already unimaginable for Nangong Zhi in the past. In the past, even the most long-range attack was a kilometer or two - no matter how far it was, the attack could be reached, but the strength was not enough to break through the defense.

However, the country of Langya is not bad, and more precisely, the country of Langya with the support of the free faction is also developing very well. The artillery produced by Langya Country itself has also reached a range of 20 kilometers!

Fang Rong came over and said to Nangong Zhi: "General, according to our intelligence, there is now a 'Lingbo Group' in the country of Langya, and this Lingbo Group provides the country of Langya with technologies including artillery, machine tools, and welding. ”

"Lingbo Group?" Nangong Zhi frowned, "Just like the Ocean Group is to the country of Qixia?"

"Almost! But the Limbo Syndicate is entirely backed by the Loose Faction. Its owner is called 'Wang Ruiyang', and this general should have an impression.

This man bought two warships from the Ocean Group and went directly to the Loose faction. These two warships are now the Sea Dragon and The Hague of the Langya Country. ”

Nangong Zhi's face suddenly became gloomy, "The transaction between Dayang Group and Wang Ruiyang is a trick! I don't believe that Wang Ruiyang in the past can take out so much wealth in one go, and I don't believe that Dayang Group didn't notice it." It's more of a premeditated deal. ”

Fang Rong smiled helplessly: "General, it's useless to say this, our top priority is to change the situation of the war." ”

Nangong Zhi looked at the cannonballs flying in the sky, looked at the defensive enchantments of the two sides, etc., and was a little helpless: "I can't think of any way for the time being." The war was fought like this...... Hey!"

Nangong Zhi regretted a little, why did he want to attack the country of Langya in the first place, why did he not expect that technological progress would bring such changes to the war.

Even if you can't think of it, you should think that the progress and development of technology will inevitably lead to some unexpected changes in the war. But...... It's too late to say anything.

Fang Rong thought for a while and said, "General, perhaps...... Dayang Group will have a way!"

Nangong Zhi's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he said slowly after a while: "Then you go to Dayang Group, visit Zhang Hao in person, and inquire about the situation." In addition, you have to observe Zhang Hao carefully and read all his expressions carefully.

If Zhang Hao really knows everything, then this friend ...... We need to be careful. ”

"Understood. Fang Rong said goodbye to Nangong Zhi and set off immediately.

Nangong Zhi continued to observe the battle line. In the sky, there was a scream, it was the sound of cannonballs shuttling back and forth, terrifying and piercing. The shells travel through the air at several times the speed of sound, and a faint red light can be faintly seen on the surface of the shells - this is caused by the speed of the shells being too fast and rubbing against the air. This phenomenon has been accepted and understood by everyone.

Shells kept falling, some places dense, some sparse.

The artillery on the side of the country of Shaoze also continued to attack, and the shells were scattered or concentrated.

The sound of explosions and artillery firing echoed through the heavens and the earth. The ground is full of craters.

The defensive barrier between the two sides is like a film of water, covering their respective fronts. The defensive enchantment is usually two-layered, and can block almost most of the shells. If there are still shells penetrating, there is no way.

The number of spirit stones consumed by the two layers of enchantment is already a little unbearable - this defensive enchantment is not a little, but spreads for dozens or hundreds of miles.

In front of the battle array, there was a team formed by the Jindan period, and they took the big array of sealing the heavens and the earth, looking for an opportunity to attack. But in fact, there are only a handful of teams on both sides that dare to sneak attack now.

High in the air, there are infancy and war observers on both sides who are responsible for guiding the shells.

The war to this point is a complete defeat for the country of Shaoze. They are no longer able to attack. The development of industrialization made war more beneficial to the defender in a short period of time. The massive array of sealed land, the dense ballista and the frantic artillery, combined with the more than ten kilometers of no-man's land between the two sides, made the offensive almost impossible.

Nangong Zhi looked at it for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly and retreated. For the time being, he is really helpless and helpless in the battle situation here.

Back in the rear, Nangong Zhi looked at the war intelligence of the country again, and he was also stalemate, and even a little bit of defeat.

There are three steel warships in the country of Canglan, but the desperate situation of the country of Langya has broken out, and it has actually created a mature black iron warship. At present, the Xuantie warships in service in the country of Langya can have a displacement of 5,000 to 6,000 tons, and the country of Langya is already accelerating the research of 10,000-ton warships.

The situation is getting worse and worse.

With the retreat of the sea power, the military pressure on the land of the country of Canglan is also increasing.

............

At this time, on the front line of the country of Canglan, Cui Yan, the general of Zhennan, was also frowning. Now Cui Yan is under much greater pressure from the war than Nangong Zhi expected.

After all, Nangong Zhi relied on his own strength to unify the country of Shaoze, and it can be said that the power is incomparable. But the country of vicissitudes is different here, and now that the war has been fought, there are more and more voices of opposition in the country.

In a war with no hope of victory, it is normal to have opposition. Many people in the country have said that the places occupied now are enough, and let's talk about consolidating the occupied areas first. Be careful not to chew too much.

However, Cui Yan wanted to scold his mother very much-the war was fought to this extent, and the Xuanzhen Sect and the Xiaoyao Sect were faintly involved behind it, how could it be said that it could be stopped!

It's just that now the war is really unsustainable.

As the main battle faction, Huang Shaoxian, the left minister, also stayed on the front line as a supervisor at this time. He also understands the situation here.

There was a new war report, and after Huang Shao heard it, he sighed with emotion: "All of our previous advances were because of the assistance of sea forces. Now the sea is struggling, and the front line is afraid that it will not be able to stop it. ”

Cui Yan gritted his teeth and said: "We must resist it! We must not let the country of Langya see the possibility of victory, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable." ”

There was a military advisor next to him who analyzed: "It's not difficult to block it on land, just learn the country of Langya." It's the sea that's hard.

We now only have three steel ships, and the rest are all wooden ships. If you want to block the Xuantie battleship of the country of Langya, it is simply not enough.

And the country of Langya has more wooden warships and better quality. This is something we can't compare.

We need a ship that can compete with the Darkiron Battleship. This kind of warship can at least surpass the warships of the country of Langya, the number of them must be large enough, and the cost must be very low!"

Everyone frowned and thought for a long time, but finally couldn't think of a better way.

"Ask the Ocean Group? Anyway, if you ask, and you don't make a deal, you don't need to inform Your Majesty at all. Huang Shaoxian only thought of this method in the end.

Cui Yan thought about it and nodded. looked at the military advisor next to him: "Wang Duan, you should go to the Ocean Group." It's best to meet Zhang Hao. ”

"Yes. Wang Duan immediately set off. For the time being, neither Cui Yan nor Huang Shaoxian can do without, and only Wang Duan is still weighty, at least it will not make Dayang Group feel despised by it.

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The test of the battleship Arctic Ocean was perfect. The Group's rich technical heritage, experienced engineers, and up to half a year of design and construction time have perfected the battleship – the longest of all steel warships in the past.

However, no matter how perfect the test was, the engineers carefully inspected every corner after the test, especially the powertrain.

However, Zhang Hao has already begun to prepare for the new 'Arctic Ocean Fleet'.

The fleet of the Ocean Group was finally split into two, forming the Atlantic Fleet and the Arctic Ocean Fleet respectively.

The Atlantic Fleet, continuing the previous mission, etc., is in charge of Zhao Yuhang, and Fu Yun in the Transformation Period is following the ship.

The Arctic Ocean Fleet, with the Arctic Ocean as the flagship, is in charge of Dugu Junjie. Chen Yansong followed the boat during the transformation period.

Because in the past six months, the Dayang Group has launched 40 warships, in addition to some of them being handed over to the Xuanzhen Sect and the Qixia Kingdom, a few of them have been sold to the Heavenly Demon Sect and the Red Lotus Sect, and the rest are all within the Dayang Group, a total of 24 ships.

After careful consideration, the fleet was divided as follows:

Atlantic Fleet: Atlantic Fleet: 14 Zhenyuan-class and 14 Iron Duke-class battleships;

Arctic Ocean Fleet: 1 Arctic Ocean + 4 Zhenyuan-class + 2 Iron Duke-class battleships.

Now, there are still five Zhenyuan-class and five Iron Duke-class ships in the dock, which will be completed in 20 days, and the number of warships of the Ocean Group is a bit too much - there are not too many masters in their own country, and there are not enough manpower, and the navigation line and port are saturated.

Thinking of this, Zhang Hao immediately ordered: after the new steel battleship is launched, he will make every effort to develop a fast and super-large displacement battleship. For example, 40,000 tons. The rest of the warships, except for the 30,000-ton ones, were suspended, and steel and other fields were used.

In his spare time, Zhang Hao opened a battleship table and began to calculate.

As of now, all but two of the warships built by the Ocean Group are sunk - and now they are all rampant on the sea.

There are two ships in the country of Langya and three ships in the country of Canglan, all of which are 10,000-ton and iron duke-level.

There are also Heavenly Demon Sect that bought one 10,000-ton one, and the Red Lotus Sect that purchased two 10,000-ton and one 20,000-ton one.

The rest, including:

The Atlantic Fleet of the Ocean Group: 14 Zhenyuan-class + 14 Iron Duke-class;

Ocean Group's Arctic Ocean Fleet: 1 Arctic Ocean + 4 Zhenyuan-class + 2 Iron Duke class;

Xuanzhenjiao's Weihai fleet: 4 Zhenyuan-class, 12 Tatie-Duke-class;

The Pearl Fleet of the Land of Qixia: 3 Zhenyuan-class, 6 Iron Duke class.

The increased warships of the Weihai Fleet and the Pearl Fleet also paid a huge price. Although the two fleets have made a lot of money from business recently, they still have to pay a lot of extra costs to buy new warships.

The country of Qixia is good to say, the empress is planning which piece of land to give away to the Ocean Group to offset the cost.

And the Xuanzhen Sect was miserable, and it paid a lot of places in the Yuan Infant Period, and even took out a lot of precious pills, core materials, formations, cultivation exercises, and so on.

After sorting out all the information, Zhang Hao knocked on the table: "The market for battleships is temporarily saturated. The rest of the countries will not sell to them, even if they want to.

That West Kunlun may be the next market, and the warships in the dockyard that are about to be launched may be sold to them. But we must be cautious, we don't know anything about this West Kunlun for the time being.

Forget it, don't think about it for now. Anyway, when the battleship is launched, there should be many countries coming to rush to buy it. High-tech products have always been a seller's market!"

Zhang Hao sorted out all the information and was about to leave the office. But at this moment, a guard came in to report: Fang Rong, the envoy from the country of Shaoze, and Wang Rui, the envoy from the country of Canglan, actually arrived together and asked to visit.

"What are they visiting?" Zhang Hao was a little curious.

When they met, Fang Rong was about to be a little familiar with Zhang Hao, and this guy opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Zhang, I can be regarded as seeing you." We're here for help. ”