The end of the military era

"How much does it cost?"

Prime Minister Salento hesitated and said: "If six super aircraft carriers are built at the same time, the cost can be reduced to 6 billion silver coins each."

When Emperor Kosno heard that the cost of each super aircraft carrier was as high as 63 billion silver coins, his heart trembled, it was too expensive!

However, in the previous decisive battle between the joint fleet of the nine navies and the main force of the Han and Tang Empire navy, the six super aircraft carriers of the Han and Tang Empire Navy performed very eye-catching.

Even after being hit by multiple aerial bombs and aerial torpedoes, the six super aircraft carriers of the Han Tang Imperial Navy were still not sunk, and even until the end of the war, the six super aircraft carriers of the Han Tang Imperial Navy still maintained a certain level of combat effectiveness .

"No matter how expensive it is, we must build it!

Our Golden Lion Empire currently only has 24 Stinger-class aircraft carriers and 53 Poisonous Lotus-class aircraft carriers left. We must build more powerful aircraft carriers.

A total of 15 billion silver coins were auctioned off for some rare treasures in the royal treasury before, plus the war debt sold for billions of silver coins, our Golden Lion Empire built 6... There is no problem in building 8 super aircraft carriers! "

Chapter 3 Nineteen Failed to Lure the Enemy Deep

At 1558 o'clock in the morning on February 2, 15, the Han and Tang armies launched a full-scale attack on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire.

However, the Allied Forces of the Nine Nations, including the Black Bear Army, defended very tenaciously. The Han and Tang Army attacked for two consecutive days, but failed to break through any point on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire. Instead, they suffered great losses.

Of course, with the assistance of the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empire, the nine-nation coalition forces on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire also suffered a lot.

At the headquarters of the Jingzhou Military Region, Song Shenghe, as the commander of the entire campaign, saw the telegrams sent back by the various frontline departments, and said helplessly to Li Guangbei, the deputy commander of the Jingzhou Military Region: "Old Li, the loss is too great. Let the Air Force use Molotov cocktails to solve the problem."

Li Guangbei said with some hesitation: "Since the gasoline bomb was used on Silver Light City, our military has been under a lot of pressure from public opinion. Many domestic newspapers think that the gasoline bomb is a very inhumane weapon." .

Many well-known domestic scholars and experts have published articles in newspapers, advocating the prohibition of the use of gasoline bombs on the battlefield. "

Song Shenghe snorted coldly and said, "Some people are pure and noble.

This is a battlefield of life and death, and any weapon is to destroy the enemy.

Anyway, the emperor still gave us the right to use incendiary bombs, which means that the emperor has no objection to us continuing to use incendiary bombs. "

After a pause, Song Shenghe continued: "This time, our Han and Tang Empire has gathered 120 group armies, 500 garrison divisions, and 70 air divisions.

In any case, we must break through the border defenses of the Black Bear Empire. "

After the Han and Tang army's attack on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire was blocked, Song Shenghe, the commander of the entire campaign, immediately issued an order for the Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empire to use gasoline bombs to bomb.

The Royal Air Force of the Han and Tang Empire selected several points on the long border defense line of the Black Bear Empire, and then dispatched a large number of bombers to carry out carpet bombing on these points with gasoline bombs.

Relying on the powerful power of gasoline bombs, the Han and Tang troops finally broke through these points on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire.

Next, the Han and Tang troops passed through these points and began to quickly outflank the rear of the Black Bear Empire's border defense line, trying to encircle the nine-nation coalition forces stationed at the Black Bear Empire's border defense line.

On the side of the Nine-Nation Allied Forces, a large number of troops were mobilized to counterattack several lost positions. Unfortunately, after paying huge casualties, they still failed. Order.

At the headquarters of the Nine-Nation Allied Forces in Gaget City, the second capital of the Black Bear Empire, Rafika, the Army Minister of the Golden Lion Empire, said to Ulyan, the Army Minister of the Black Bear Empire: "Marshal Ulyan, our coalition forces are in the Raku Province and Sot Nepal Province, there is no way to resist the Han and Tang troops.

The terrain of these two provinces is flat, which is very suitable for the mechanized troops of the Han and Tang Empires to fight.

Coupled with the fact that the Han and Tang forces occupy the air supremacy, even if our coalition forces invest a large amount of troops in Raku and Sotney provinces for defense, it will only slow down the attack speed of the Han and Tang forces in the end. "

The Black Bear Empire has a territory of about 1500 million square kilometers in the Western Continent, and it is divided into eight provinces in total. Among them, the Raku Province and Sotney Province border on the northern part of the Silver Wolf Empire.

Black Bear Empire Army Minister Ulyan asked in a deep voice: "Marshal Luo Feika, do you mean to let the coalition forces retreat to Geyada Mountain?"

Geyada Mountain can actually be called the Geyada Mountain Range. It is a mountain range that traverses more than half of the Black Bear Empire, and also divides the Black Bear Empire into two.

Part of it is the Raku Province and Sotney Province to the south of the Geyada Mountains, and the other six provinces of the Black Bear Empire to the north of the Geyada Mountains.

Luo Feika, the Army Minister of the Golden Lion Empire, nodded, "I really think so.

Our coalition forces can use Geyada Mountain to rebuild the defense line. Moreover, Geyada Mountain is dangerous and difficult to defend. "

Hearing that Rafika mentioned the incendiary bombs used by the Han and Tang troops, Ulyan's heart sank.

To be honest, Ulyan is certainly unwilling to give up Raku Province and Sotney Province. These two provinces are the two largest provinces of the Black Bear Empire in the New World. Both have 300 million square kilometers.

These two provinces alone occupy about two-fifths of the Black Bear Empire's territory in the New World, and Raku Province and Sotney Province are also important grain-producing areas of the Black Bear Empire.

But even if the Nine Nations Allied Forces desperately defended the provinces of Raku and Sotney, the Han and Tang troops with incendiary bombs might turn the towns in these two provinces into ruins.

Seeing the tangled expression on Ulyan's face, Rofika said again: "Marshal Ulyan, if our coalition forces can stop the Han and Tang troops on Geyada Mountain, our coalition forces can take the opportunity to gather troops and carry out a battle of encirclement and annihilation." , to reverse the entire situation of the war!"

"Siege battle?"

"Yes! It's a battle of encirclement and annihilation relying on Geyada Mountain!

Today, the four provinces of the Silver Wolf Empire have almost been turned into white ground by both of us. As long as we make all the towns in the Raku Province and Sotney Province, they will become the same as all the towns in the four provinces of the Silver Wolf Empire. Like towns, the supply lines of the Han and Tang armies would become extremely long.

This gives our coalition forces a chance to turn the tide of the war! "

Ulyan finally sighed and said: "It's indeed a good plan to lure the enemy deep, but this matter is too big and I can't make the decision. I have to report to the emperor of our Black Bear Empire."

"Marshal Ulyan, although abandoning the provinces of Raku and Sotney will cause a great loss to the Black Bear Empire, but if they cannot withstand the Han and Tang armies, what happened to the Silver Wolf Empire will likely repeat itself on the Black Bear Empire. .”

The Black Bear Empire finally agreed to the plan to abandon the provinces of Raku and Sotney, and then the troops of the Nine Nations Allied Forces, including the defenders on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire, began to retreat all the way to the Geyada Mountains.

Of course, in order to confuse the Han and Tang troops, the Allied Forces of the Nine Nations left some troops in every town in Raku and Sotney to defend these towns and slow down the advance of the Han and Tang troops.

In addition, these coalition forces staying in the towns have another important task, which is to turn these towns into ruins before the Han and Tang troops capture these towns.

As for how to turn these towns into ruins, it is self-evident.

After the Han and Tang army broke through the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire, they retreated very quickly due to the nine-nation coalition forces on the border defense line. In the end, the Han and Tang troops did not encircle many troops of the nine-nation coalition army.

The losses of the Nine Nations Allied Forces on the border defense line of the Black Bear Empire totaled less than 150 million.

Next, the Han and Tang armies quickly advanced to the hinterland of the Black Bear Empire’s Raku and Sotney provinces. By mid-May in 1558, they had captured most of the Raku and Sotney provinces. , only a few towns near the Geyada Mountains remained, which were still under the control of the Nine Nations Allied Forces.

At this time, the Allied Forces of the Nine Nations had secretly assembled more than 3800 million army troops in the Geyada Mountains. Among them, the army of the Black Bear Empire alone exceeded 1500 million, waiting for the Han and Tang troops to hit them head-on.

However, at this moment, the offensive of the Han and Tang troops suddenly stopped.

At the headquarters of the Nine Nations Allied Forces, Uliyan, the Minister of Army of the Black Bear Empire, asked Rofika, the Minister of the Army of the Golden Lion Empire, with a worried look on his face: "Could it be that the Han and Tang armies have guessed the plan of our coalition forces?"

Luo Feika said helplessly: "I'm afraid it's really like this, but at least the Han and Tang troops stopped."

Ulyan's heart was bleeding at this time, and the Black Bear Empire paid a considerable price for this plan to lure the enemy into depth.

Not to mention the ruined towns in Raku Province and Sotney Province, how much damage will be caused to the Black Bear Empire.

Just to confuse the Han and Tang armies, the Black Bear Empire lost more than 200 million regular troops and more than 600 million militiamen in these towns. The combined losses of troops from other countries of the Nine-Power Allied Forces in these towns were less than 80.

You must know that the regular army and militia of the Black Bear Empire are shouldering the mission of death.