After a month's stay in the rich Bix.

The train set off again. After passing through the high walls of Bix and passing through a jungle in the southeast of the Principal of Bix, the train headed east and came to the boundary of Pratwheat.

This is a country with a very high degree of militarization.

The dense railways on the plains spread like ivy creeping on the plains, with small cities standing like military fortresses.

In the center of every small city is a huge steam energy tower. The pipes on the steam tower are intertwined

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The train is close to a small city station, making supplies halfway through.

Chengtuo was busy negotiating with the nobles of Pratt & Whiss, while Binghe ran off the train without anyone taking care of it and began to observe the city.

Walking on the street, Binghe looked at everyone on the street

There are only a few very monotonous types of clothes for people in the whole city. Blue worker clothes, yellow military clothes, and gray-white female worker clothes. Everyone has a serious expression. When talking to each other, they are very rigid in terms of tone and expression.

And when these people found that Binghe was looking at them, they turned their heads and looked at Binghe with novelty.

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Half an hour later

Binghe climbed up the metal tower in the center of the city. Standing at a high place, he observed the whole picture of this small and medium-sized city with a population of no more than 100,000.

After seeing the various phenomena of "students lined up in neatly in the school district" and "workers walking in the factory district".

Binghe couldn't help but recite in his heart: "Nationalism?! This is an advanced thing."

Suddenly, Binghe's stomach started to scream in time.

Binghe took a candy cube from his pocket and threw it into his mouth. The sweet taste in his mouth soothes the protest in his belly.

Suddenly, Binghe said with a frown, "Grain, by the way, how did they solve the problem of food?"

Along the train, Binghe saw that the investment in agricultural water conservancy in this place was obviously worse than that of Oka.

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This question came to mind.

Binghe closed his eyes, raised his head, and focused his attention on his nose. He sucked and tried hard to distinguish the air

Soon Binghe opened his eyes and turned to look at a factory area in the city.

Because the viewing angle is blocked by the building

So "clang clang", Bingshu continued to climb upwards,

Climbing to the height of the mechanical tower forty meters, Binghe looked at a city area in the distance, and said in surprise: "Damn, no, right."

What Binghe saw was a large number of spherical metal pots. This kind of thing Binghe recognized was hydrolyzing pots. This kind of equipment used for grain making. However, the scale here is a bit large.

However, when Binghe emptyed his right hand and pointed a little with his finger to count how many hydrolyzing pots there were.

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At this time, the peso came from the under the tower with some nervous sounds.

"Ruan Steel, come down quickly, come down"

Beside the peso, a local officer stood by, and behind the officer were teams of infantry holding guns. The climbing of the nuclear power was not popular with the people of this city.

This is a military country, and the behavior of the Kuo is considered to be suspected of spying by local nobles.

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That night, Binghe returned to the train and was locked in a confinement car by Chengtu. Chengtu was in front of the locked confinement room.

Chengtu said angrily: "Before you arrive at Vikra, please take it in the car." Peso, who was standing next to Chengtu, spread his hands to Binghe, signaling "I can't do anything about it."

After the lockdown gate was closed, Binghe, who was sitting alone in the carriage, did not feel confined at all. Instead, he twisted up a piece of grass, chewed it in his mouth, then spit out the grass residue, nodded suddenly and said, "The hydrolysis of cellulose is sugar."

The train continued to move forward and left the city of Pratt & Whiss.

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Vikra, the capital of the Principality of Oakley.

Two thousand years ago, this city was the most important city in the eastern part of the Heman Empire. Before the Earth Dragon was extinct (before the Steam Calendar, it was the Beast Calendar).

There is the largest heavy cavalry corps on the continent. Three thousand years ago, the heavy cavalry corps stationed in Vikra drove the nomads in the east to the barren grasslands, and among the commanders of the Vikra heavy cavalry, the ancestors of the Oakley family were present.

During the Beast Control Festival, there was no so-called Oka Empire. The marriage between the Floating Ice Family and Bickley was the core line of Ximan.

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At that time, the legend of dragon cavalry and dragon spear was so powerful that the continent. However, after thousands of years of ups and downs, when the power of gunpowder weapons became increasingly powerful, and when railway logistics turned war into the roar of artillery pouring out steel and iron hail, heavy-armed dragon cavalry completely declined. The earth-moving dragon, which once consumed a large amount of military resources in the country, was no longer raised. (The feed of a ground-moving dragon is equivalent to eight military horses)

Gradually, the Earth Dragon became extinct, and this biological skeleton now only exists in museums. Of course, the permafrost glaciers on the northern islands still retain frozen corpses.

By the way

The Longya Duke in the north of Saint Sok, which was the one who commanded the Dragon Cavalry family back then. In theory, the Longya Duke was also qualified to participate in the selection of Ximan as the Emperor. But no one mentioned this matter now. The Longya Duke would never ask for trouble to mention this matter. After all, there was only one emperor in the Saint Sok Empire.

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Two hundred and seventy years ago, the cavalry regiment of the Principality of Oakley was the most glorious time of the mainland's modern cavalry.

At that time, the Oakley Cavalry, led by the wife (professional general) who served as Grand Duke of Oakley, crossed the northern forest, and gave a fatal blow to the logistics line of the Oka Empire. It caused four armored brigades of the 140,000 troops on the front line of the Oka Empire to be defeated and retreated. The Oka Empire finally gathered at that time, a counterattack that completely stopped.

Now Oakley still maintains the most powerful cavalry legion in the Western Continent. However, the glorious cavalry of that time has now appeared to be single.

Although cavalry is still a very useful type of troops. In the battle situation, its high maneuverability can form a strong impact on areas with weak firepower.

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The problem with the Grand Duchy of Oakley over the past century is that they have lagged far behind other industrial countries in other aspects, except for cavalry.

Until now, Oakley, located in the middle of the mainland, has mostly been pastoral and noble in the social structure. It has not transformed into an industrial country.

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More and more railway networks have been built in the Western Continent in the past two hundred years.

With the progress of logistics, infantry corps carrying heavy artillery also had long-distance offensive capabilities. The cavalry offensive role was replaced by a large number of cavalry offensive functions.

Military academies of various countries in the mainland believe that cavalry offensives still have an advantage over infantry groups.

That is, the cavalry has the right to choose between time and space on the battlefield.

Cavalry can use their mobility to choose to attack in weak places of the enemy. The correct choice is crucial to the cavalry commander.

The cavalry is by no means choosing to conquer the fortress with tight defenses, nor is it choosing to confront the current two-legged armored troops. The current armored troops are very slow and I wish I could catch the cavalry troops and crush them. If the cavalry chooses such an enemy, it means that the cavalry commander chose the wrong choice from the beginning.

However, there are often many situations where you have to choose on the battlefield.

That is, the important strategic location of one side is attacked, and the troops in the area are empty, and the only thing that can be reached is the cavalry, so even if the cavalry is at a disadvantage, they must arrive in the area.

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Now Oakley may face a large-scale war in the future.

Assuming that the Grand Duchy of Oakley faces a war from the west, the Oakley commanders may have to think about not attack, but how to block the heavy firepower regiments of the P&W Railway logistics in the east.

With the support of the railway, the ten divisions of Pratt & Whis have extremely fast troop transport capabilities. Facing the Pratt & Whiss' heavy artillery regiment, the Oakley Cavalry regiment with only light artillery will be at a loss if they have to fight hard.

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But now the commanders of the nobles of Oakley still adhere to the principle of "the cavalry group can only go around and find the weaknesses of the logistics line", which is the glorious old almanac two hundred and seventy years ago.

But when the problem arises, it takes time to detour.

If the Oakley's cavalry corps were in the Great Detour, the attack of the Pratwheat's heavy fire infantry corps had completed and captured the military center of the Oakley Logistics Base, the troops carrying out the Great Detour would become the isolated army with logistical cuts.

Whoever takes the first step on the battlefield will win. Obviously, Oakley is at a disadvantage in speed now.

There is a way to make up for this disadvantage, that is, the fortress profession.

Although the fortress profession has declined more and more in recent centuries, the major military powers on the mainland have begun to claim that there are no fortresses in the world that cannot fall. As long as there is enough firepower, it can completely destroy cities with fortresses within two days. (All the fortress professions in the Oka Empire have now entered the battleship service in battleships)

However, the fortress profession has not completely declined. They can still play a strategic role in retarding the large legion.

For example, Oakley can block the enemy's heavy firepower corps in a city for two days, which means Oakley's cavalry corps have two days to detour the enemy's logistics line, thus ensuring that the battle situation becomes a favorable state.

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The Grand Duchy of Oakley has two high-ranking professions, one is authority and the other is general. But there is only a lack of fortresses. In the past, the fortress families in the old Grand Duchy of Oakley maintained good relations. But now? Well, Oakley is very arrogant now.

The entire Principality of Oakley is now in a crisp state. All economic, industrial and military cities are in plains and are not blocked by mountains. All fortifications were built standard two hundred years ago, and are increasingly unsuitable for the increasingly larger siege mortars that appeared in this world.

It is the year of Steam Calendar 1026. What can Oakley use to block Pratt & Whisse, which has become an industrial country?

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The current upper class of Oakley is mostly home to the pastoral aristocrats, and has a mysterious confidence in the cavalry. Even the firepower development of major powers in the mainland in the past two hundred years is still in the impression of the launch of artillery two hundred years ago. The representative of this is the current Grand Duke of Oakley.
Chapter completed!