The end of the military era

The tone of the elf queen Brenna suddenly became a little dignified, "Prime Minister Prono, this time our natural elves, even the light elves and dark elves, will make an unprecedented gamble.

For this gamble, our three elf countries have done everything possible to expand the armed forces of the sea, land and air. In this gamble, none of our three elf countries can afford to lose. "

Relying on the allies of the Golden Lion, Black Bear, Silver Wolf, and Flying Leopard, the three elf countries imported a large amount of iron ore from the above four orc countries, making the three elf countries the same as the Red Tiger Empire. Get rid of the limitation of lack of iron ore, and also embark on the rhythm of crazy military expansion, especially for the navy.

At present, the navy of the Natural Elf Empire has a full 240 aircraft carriers, even more than the number of aircraft carriers in the Golden Lion Empire, including 120 Huoling-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 45000 tons and 120 Shuiling-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of 58000 tons .

In addition, the navy of the Natural Elf Empire also has 183 battleships and 160 battlecruisers, of which 160 battleships and 160 battlecruisers were newly built in two batches after the war.

160艘战列舰都是巨木级，满载排水量48000吨，最高航速30节，装备了4座双联装45倍口径400毫米主炮。

160艘战列巡洋舰都是紫叶草级，满载排水量51000吨，最高航速35节，装备了3座双联装45倍口径400毫米主炮。

Chapter 3 and nine

Although the bet has been placed, facing a Han and Tang Empire with a population of 35 billion and the elf queen Brenna of the Natural Elf Empire, she feels very uneasy.

After all, a few years ago, the military alliance also composed of three elven countries and six orc countries had already lost to the Han and Tang Empire once.

According to the information obtained by the Natural Elf Empire, the expansion of armaments of the Han and Tang Empires in the past few years can be called crazy. A full 10 aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of more than 200 tons have been built, which is enough to prove that the Han and Tang Empires How powerful is the background.

However, in order to be able to seize a territory in the new world rich in mineral resources, the elf queen Brenna thinks it is worth taking some risks. Naturally, the elf empire can't expect to import a large amount of iron ore from several orc countries all the time, can it?

Elf Queen Bryna then asked Prime Minister Prono in a deep voice: "Has the expansion of the army been completed?"

Prime Minister Prono said: "His Majesty the Queen, after this expansion, the total strength of the army has exceeded 1300 million.

Because the recruits recruited are all reservists, they have not affected the combat effectiveness of the various units of the army, and basically it can be said that the expansion has been completed. "

"Then organize the expeditionary force as soon as possible, enter the territory of the Silver Wolf Empire, and join forces with other allied forces."

"Your Majesty, how many troops are you planning to send to join the first expeditionary force?"

"The military strength must be at least 500 million, and the Silver Wolf Empire is immediately required to allocate enough airports for our natural elves' air force.

Without air supremacy, no matter how many army troops are dispatched, it is useless. "

The Red Bee fighter jets currently equipped by the Natural Elf Empire have very good overall performance. Although the Natural Elf Empire only sent more than 400 Red Bee fighter jets to support the second border defense line of the Silver Wolf Empire, they are fighting In the fierce battle for air supremacy, many Magpie jet fighters of the Han and Tang Empires were shot down.

In addition, the magic sound jet fighter of the Golden Lion Empire, the Flying Tiger jet fighter of the Scarlet Tiger Empire, the Rising Sun jet fighter of the Bright Elf Empire, and the Black Wind jet fighter of the Dark Elf Empire are all similar to the Red Bee jet fighter of the Natural Elf Empire. All the same, belonging to the second generation of jet fighters.

In the fierce battle for air supremacy, the above-mentioned four second-generation jet fighters also performed well against the Magpie jet fighters of the Han and Tang Empires.

However, due to the limited number of airports, the number of jet fighters that were reinforced by other countries in the 9th Alliance was far less than the Magpie jet fighters that the Han and Tang Empires could participate in.

Even with the addition of the first-generation jet fighters of the Silver Wolf Imperial Air Force, there is still a huge difference in the number.

The result was this battle for local air supremacy. The Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empire won the final victory by virtue of its absolute superiority in numbers.

The Han and Tang armies, which possessed air supremacy, quickly tore open several gaps in the second border defense line of the Silver Wolf Empire under the cover of powerful land and air firepower.

With the opening of several openings, the armored troops of the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empire began to quickly penetrate behind the second border defense line of the Silver Wolf Empire, trying to follow the example of a gourd and encircle the silver on the second border defense line. wolf army.

Governor Igna, who had already returned to Silver City, the second capital of the Silver Wolf Empire, had no choice but to order the Silver Wolf Army on the second border line of defense to retreat in order to prevent more Silver Wolf troops from being surrounded.

However, Governor Igna asked all the Silver Wolf troops to retreat to the nearest towns and rely on each town to resist the invasion of the Han and Tang troops.

At the same time, Governor Igna also delivered a speech, demanding that all wolf and dog people in the Violet Province and Calla Lily Province of the Silver Wolf Empire, regardless of men, women, or children, take up all available weapons to fight against the invaders of the Han and Tang Empires. fight to the end.

As of June 1557, 6, the border defense line built by the Silver Wolf Empire at a huge expense had all fallen into the hands of the Han and Tang troops.

In this blitzkrieg initiated by the Han and Tang armies, the Han and Tang armies wiped out more than 460 million soldiers of the Silver Wolf Empire, almost one-third of the army of the Silver Wolf Empire in one battle.

In addition, the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empires also severely damaged the air force of the Silver Wolf Empire during this blitzkrieg, destroying and blowing up tens of thousands of fighter planes of the Silver Wolf Empire, of which jet fighters accounted for more than half. You must know that the entire Silver Wolf Empire China's air force had only nearly [-] jet fighters before the war.

The other eight countries of the 9th Alliance also lost more than 4000 jet fighters in this fierce battle.

Of course, the army of the Han and Tang Dynasties achieved such great results, and their own losses were not small.

The troops of the Imperial Army of the Han and Tang Dynasties participating in the offensive suffered a total of more than 180 million casualties, of which more than 120 million were killed.

Here I have to mention the tenacious fighting will of the Army of the Silver Wolf Empire. Even if it is heavily surrounded by the troops of the Han and Tang Empires, it will still fight to the last moment.

The casualties of the Royal Army of the Han and Tang Empires were so great, many of which were caused when the silver wolf army in the encirclement was wiped out.

It was precisely because the surrounded Silver Wolf army was very tenacious that the battle dragged on until June 6th.

At this time, part of the reinforcements from other countries of the 9th Alliance had entered the Violet Province and Calla Lily Province of the Silver Wolf Empire.

The frontline commander of the Han and Tang Empire, Song Shenghe, the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou Military Region, decided to suspend the attack on the hinterland of the Silver Wolf Empire's Violet Province and Calla Lily Province after analyzing the situation of the enemy and us.

When Zhou Rui received the telegram from Song Shenghe, he was at the Crescent Island Naval Base, and the purpose of Zhou Rui coming to the Crescent Island Naval Base was to extract all the warships reserved in the lottery system.

虽然汉唐帝国皇家海军的现役当中，拥有566艘航空母舰、1820艘战列舰、600艘战列巡洋舰、1500余艘重巡洋舰、1800余艘大型装甲巡洋舰、4300余艘轻巡洋舰、5800余艘驱逐舰、1300余艘潜艇、2000余艘近海炮艇和3000余艘鱼雷艇。

In addition, the Imperial Navy of the Han and Tang Dynasties also had 493 battleships, 312 battlecruisers and 2000 warships of other types sealed up.

The 232 Dongfang-class escort aircraft carriers will soon be delivered to the 12 main fleets of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

It can be said that the size of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires is enough to single out the navies of the nine countries of the coalition forces.

But, who would think that they have a large number of warships?

Zhou Rui came to Crescent Island this time, and extracted all the warships in reserve in the past few months and the previous lottery system, including a total of 320 battleships, 188 battlecruisers, 236 heavy cruisers and 306 light cruisers.

There are 320 battleships and 188 battlecruisers, most of which are the capital ships of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

However, there is a battleship and a battlecruiser among them, which are newly launched warships, and the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires was not equipped with them before.

The German H44 super battleship is a battleship planned by Germany in 1944 during World War II but not built. It has a full load displacement of 141500 tons and a maximum speed of 32 knots. It is equipped with four triple-mounted 4-caliber 48mm main guns. .

The o-class battlecruiser is a follow-up ship to the Scharnhorst class that Germany planned to build during World War II. It has a full load displacement of 42100 tons, a maximum speed of 32 knots, and is equipped with three twin 3mm main guns.

There are 216 heavy cruisers and 286 light cruisers, which add up to 9 types, all of which belong to warships during World War II.

Song Limin, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy of the Han and Tang Empires, was no stranger to the thousands of new warships that appeared overnight.

Song Limin excitedly said to Zhou Rui: "Your Majesty, with this batch of new warships, our Royal Navy is more confident.

The minister plans to use the reserve officers and soldiers, and then transfer a group of backbones from the active officers and soldiers to fill up the personnel of these new warships first.

As for the battleships that are sealed up, you can take a break first. "

The thousands of warships that appeared at the Crescent Island Naval Base are all new warships, especially the capital ships. Most of the models are active capital ships of the Imperial Navy of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Compared with these new warships, those sealed warships, Song Limin certainly hoped to use these new warships to increase the number of warships of the Imperial Navy of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Zhou Rui said immediately: "How to use these new warships, you navy should study by yourself.