Chapter 119 The Last Visit
As the war approached, the main members of the parliament secretly evacuated from Saroyan. Here are the empire's blue corps, royal musketeers, and imperial naval fleets. The main military forces of the parliament are all foreign countries, and it is impossible to capture the important military lands guarded by the empire in a short time. The parliament can only leave as soon as possible before the war breaks out.
On the eve of leaving Saroyan, Speaker Peters secretly came to Elysee Avenue and visited Daliang for the last time.
At this time, Daliang Black Fire Airlines had begun to deliver the fighter planes ordered by the parliament one after another.
The parliamentary forces that received the fighter planes were extremely satisfied with the performance of this new weapon and required more aircraft to be obtained before the war began.
Peters was somewhat moved by being forced to leave Saroyan. He took off his hat and exposed his silver hair as a ponytail. He held a glass of red wine and said to Daliang, who was sitting opposite him: "I am leaving Saroyan. Leave this nostalgic city before the Empire abolished the Marcels Treaty and closed the parliament."
Daliang asked: "When will the war break out in full swing?"
Speaker Peters replied while drinking: "According to our intelligence, the Empire is gradually converting the Dosan Railway into full military use, and the Emperor is constantly entering Marcelus through this railway.
The Empire will give priority to establishing a Dosan Railway defense system to protect the logistics lifeline of the war and then strengthen the military strength of the main cities of Marceles. After all, Marceles is so big, and although the parliamentary army is on the border, as long as the war begins, it can quickly invade the hinterland of Marceles with the assistance of local armed forces.
The Emperor** belongs to the enemy army, and does not have so many troops to defend the entire territory of Marceles. And to complete the entire defense system... it will take at least six months or even one year. During this period, the Empire will not take the initiative to provoke war.
And the parliamentary army... we have only trained ten divisions now, which is very different from the Emperor. The army cannot even fight in the border, so we also need time to organize and arm local troops, which will take about half a year to a year.
During this period, the Empire and the Parliament will not turn against each other, so I estimate that the full outbreak of the war will be a year later. After all, once the war begins, there will be no way out. We and the Empire are very cautious."
Speaker Peters said the war start time was similar to Daliang's estimate.
This is a war about destiny. Both sides will do their best to win the final victory, so they want to prepare more fully.
With about a year of peace left, Daliang was considering his plan. He asked Peters: "Are you sure to defeat the empire?"
Speaker Peters answered questions today, saying: "The Empire is not sure to win us, this is war, and no one knows the outcome until the last moment...
But Young Master Liang and Heihuo Company are definitely winners.
The Parliament and Scarlett Company have a very good cooperative relationship. Some time ago, they also offered to fund the Parliament's funds and weapons to launch a war. But not long ago, Scarlett Company suddenly terminated all cooperation with the Parliament...
I think this should be the one that Mr. Liang has some operation in it.”
Daliang replied with a smile: "Yes, I have reached some agreements with Madame Eliza of Scarletts. If Scarletts can comply with the agreement, they will not interfere with the Marcelus conflict. In this way, Blackfire will not have too strong opponents in some areas.
We will be committed to maintaining friendly relations among all parties...
The Marquis of Whitehead has also promised me that the Blackfire Company, the Demilitarized Zone, will be very safe for the Parliament to order weapons from us."
Hearing that the Marquis of Whitehead had agreed to establish a demilitarized zone, Speaker Peters couldn't help but frowned and said, "The Governor easily agreed to establish a demilitarized zone, which was beyond my expectations. He should have seen the fighter planes that Black Fire Airlines kept testing, and he should also know that we ordered a large number of fighter planes.
What conditions did you promise him?”
What President Peters was most worried about was that the Blackfire Company provided aircraft to the Empire. His purpose this time was to confirm that this fighter was unique to the parliamentary army for a period of time.
Daliang knew what Speaker Peters was worried about, so he comforted him: "Your Excellency the Speaker can rest assured about the aircraft. Marquis Whitehead did want to order fighter jets, but I refused. I promise that before the outbreak of the Marcels War and within six months after the outbreak, Blackfire Airlines would not sell aircraft to any other party.
The Marquis promised to set up a demilitarized zone, mainly because the empire needed the turtle-class multi-functional combat platform of the Black Fire Shipyard and the fighter jets of the Future Black Fire Airlines…”
Speaker Peters said: "Half a year is too short. I ask the Black Fire Company not to sell fighter jets to third parties within three years after the outbreak of the war."
Daliang spread his hands and said helplessly: "Half a year is the limit that Marquis Whitehead can tolerate. If it were you, could you last for three years under the bombardment of the plane without blowing up the Black Fire Airlines?
Moreover, the aircraft engine technology is not too complicated. It will be researched by various countries soon, and then various models of aircraft will appear. If Black Fire Airlines does not want to lose the world-wide aircraft market, it cannot tie itself to the parliament.
Of course, the turtle-level multi-functional combat platform will also be put into the world's ship market half a year after the battle breaks out.
Lord Speaker, I am a businessman...what pursues profits.
The year before the war was enough for the parliamentary army to train a strong air force; the half year after the war began, and it was enough for the parliamentary army to use aircraft to obtain the results you want; and then for a long time, the parliamentary army's air force could still suppress the emperor. After all, the imperial team bought the aircraft from me and could not immediately form combat effectiveness.
Therefore...even if the Blackfire Airlines opens the fighter jet market, the parliamentary forces will not be subject to too strong air threats for a long time."
Speaker Peters could not refute Daliang. This is the disadvantage of weapons being held hostage by suppliers. What the supplier wants to do, the demand side has no way to counter the situation.
To get rid of the situation where the supply of fighter jets is being restrained, the parliament must develop its own fighter jets.
In fact, the first batch of fighter jets delivered to the parliamentary army by Blackfire Airlines have been dismantled, and some results have been made in the reverse research of engines and fuselages. As Daliang said, the engines of piston aircraft are not complicated, and the fuselage is not difficult to copy according to the match. The aircraft research group organized by the parliament is very confident that it will be studied by the parliamentary itself.
Chapter completed!