The Qingguo Cabinet announced through the Qingguo Radio Station that the corn harvest in Beishan Prefecture of Qingguo has been completed.
Qingguo's autumn harvest has officially ended, and this year's food supply has experienced high growth for five consecutive years.
The grain harvest in Qingguo has been completed, but the number of busy cars on the road has not decreased.
A large amount of food and various materials were transported to the railway by car, and then transported from Qingguo to Guiguo via transnational railway.
At ten o'clock in the morning in the Qing Palace, King Qing Jiang Zhiyu held a state banquet in the palace to entertain King Qutian of Gui, King Zhang Wan of Fujian, and King Su Sheng of Tang.
The situation in Europe was so tense that the four monarchs did not discuss the issue through a telephone conference, but went to Qingguo, located behind the four countries, to discuss relevant issues in person.
The kings of Guangxi, Fujian and Tang Dynasty traveled in secret.
If their information is made public, it will inevitably cause shock to the outside world.
There are only a few matters left that the four monarchs can discuss in person, and each one will cause huge turmoil in the European situation.
The four kings sat down, with only a few people accompanying them at the table.
Qing Wang Jiang Zhiyu, as the host, raised his glass and said: "Celebrate the unity and cooperation of our four-nation alliance to jointly cope with the current crisis."
The other three monarchs raised their glasses and drank the wine.
While drinking, they talked about some of the things the four countries had experienced in overcoming difficulties together.
King Qing Jiang Zhiyu put down his wine glass because the atmosphere was already tense and asked: "Are you ready?
Once you start, you can't stop."
King Gui Qutian said with a bitter look on his face: "It is so easy to prepare well when you are well prepared.
Not to mention such a short period of time, even if we were given another ten years, we would not be able to say that we would be fully prepared.
Brother Jiang is living a good life, but he doesn't know that our life is very difficult now.
Qingguo's industries are mainly agriculture and petroleum processing.
There are also some primary industries.
There is no need to worry about the sales of food and oil now, and Qingguo also has enough money to mediate domestic economic problems.
Countries like ours do not have a steady stream of oil that can be exchanged for money, so they can only rely on selling industrial products to earn funds.
There was no way to export it, it couldn't steal the empire's goods, and it would encounter tariffs imposed by eager vassal states.
The scale of internal sales is too small, and it can barely support each company.
The economy in this situation is very fragile.
The situation in Europe was unstable, and a lot of money was spent to expand armaments.
The fragile economy is already on the verge of collapse.
There are only two ways to reverse this trend.
Give up armaments and go all out to develop the economy.
This is a dead end. There is no way to protect one's own country. That is a big fat pig full of meat. The final result is to be served on the dinner table.
The path we can choose is to build an army with all our strength.
Let the army win and the benefits gained from the war feed back into the domestic economy."
When Gui Wang Qutian mentioned this situation, he picked up a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp.
"Our country of Gui is at the forefront of the war, and the situation is the most tense.
Two months ago, Gui was already unable to withstand the situation. Food prices were skyrocketing and the economy was showing signs of collapse.
This king directly killed a large number of businessmen to reverse the situation, but this was only a temporary solution.
What makes this king make up his mind is to observe the conflict between Rui and Shu.
Shu State was originally at a disadvantage, but by hiring a group of veterans from the empire, Chu State's disadvantage was reversed.
Now Ruiguo still occupies Jishan Town, but it is already more defensive than aggressive.
Of course, I will not give up this method that can greatly strengthen the army.
We had a phone conference and discussed this issue.
The king directly used the 30 million taels of silver in his reserves to purchase technology, arms, and hire veterans from the empire.
Gui Gui is now ready for war.
If we wait any longer, the military will be better trained, but the domestic economy will no longer be able to sustain it."
King Qing Jiang Zhiyu only paid attention to the macro situation of various countries. He did not have that detailed understanding of the internal affairs of Guangxi and the situation of the Gui army.
He knew that the four countries had formed an alliance and needed to advance and retreat together, so he immediately expressed his attitude.
"Gui Guo has made up his mind, and Qing Guo, as an ally, will fully support Gui Guo.
Qing's soldiers were poorly trained, but I was reminded by Brother Qu and hired some officers from the empire.
As a guest army, the Qing army cannot serve as the main force, but as a partial army, it can still do the job."
King Qing Jiang Zhiyu's attitude made King Gui Qutian very happy.
Qingguo joined the alliance in order to prevent itself from being annexed and used its allies as a buffer zone.
As a result, the only three parties left in the countries surrounding Qing Kingdom were the allies, the Empire, and the Liang Kingdom.
Allies and empires will not threaten Qing's security.
The Liang Kingdom had huge problems of its own, as it was difficult for the domestic Han people to integrate with the local nomadic indigenous people.
King Su Meng of Liang was also not good at governing the country, which resulted in Liang having no strength to expand outward.
Qingguo's own security is guaranteed and they have the opportunity to develop safely. They also know that the current good geopolitical environment can only be achieved by relying on their teammates.
Qing State obtained a safe development environment and chose to devote resources and troops to support its allies in their operations.
Only when this attitude is shown will the four-nation alliance become more stable.
The remaining three countries of the Four Kingdoms Alliance all have territorial borders with the alliance formed by the State of Wu.
Only the Qing Kingdom can stay out of the matter. If it doesn't pay more, the other three countries will definitely feel unbalanced.
The King of Fujian Zhang Wan said simply: "Our four countries are weak in national power, so we can unite to keep warm.
A powerful country like Chu could last long enough due to their domestic situation.
We really can’t hold on, even if we are pioneering for the king, it is better than the collapse of the country now.”
The King of Fujian Zhang Wan is still confident, even if the Four Kingdoms Alliance is really defeated.
The country of Fujian ceded territory and paid indemnities to survive, and retreated to the banks of the Nile to play in the sand.
The empire can allow a certain country to become a regional hegemon, but it will never allow this hegemon to annex surrounding vassal states.
It is in the interests of the empire that there are many small countries in areas that the empire does not directly control.
The mistakes made in America will never be repeated by the Empire.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! King Zhang Wan of Fujian had the courage to risk everything, and his words naturally had special appeal.
Tang Wang Su Sheng said excitedly: "It's done.
The war between Shu and Rui has given us great inspiration.
As long as we can mobilize first, we have a high chance of defeating powerful opponents.
What's more, Wu State doesn't look that powerful."
The four monarchs decided on the general policy of launching a war.
They began to discuss the issue of Wu and its allies.
There are also countries such as Shu and Song who are currently staying out of the matter.
The choices they might make after the war breaks out.
The specific war preparations of the four countries were left to the ministers for discussion.
After discussion among the four monarchs, they agreed.
It is easier to guess the behavior of Chu State and which force is weaker in their alliance with Wu State.
The Chu State will definitely support the party that is about to collapse, and it will never sit back and watch a powerful alliance appear in Central and Eastern Europe.
The result of the war was a balance of power, and the Chu State stood still.
As an island country, what kind of strategic choices did the Song Dynasty make?
The four monarchs were unable to make a clear judgment.
After their discussion, the ministers also discussed the specific direction of the war based on the current situation.
As a representative, Bayi, the Grand Governor of Gui State, reported: "Wu State is the core of the alliance, and it is also the country that poses the greatest threat to the alliance.
The alliance must contain Wu's military strength as soon as possible.
Wu State became the alliance's primary target.
Gui State dispatched 100,000 troops as the main force to attack Wu State.
The Tang State sent 20,000 troops, the Min State sent 20,000 troops, and the Qing State sent 10,000 troops.
Attack the State of Wu from the Quling area of the Tang State.
This time we sent a total of 150,000 troops to test the reaction of Wu and other European countries."
King Qutian of Gui saw that the number of troops agreed upon was almost the same as he had expected.
The total strength of the World Alliance is over 400,000. If fully mobilized, a million soldiers will not be a problem.
However, due to two reasons, it is impossible for the alliance to just throw all its troops into the battlefield.
The first reason is to leave enough troops to deal with changes in the situation.
If there is no military strength in the country, the indigenous people who have been completely suppressed now are likely to be instigated by the enemy and choose to take the opportunity to rebel.
This is a very likely event, and we must take precautions in advance.
If a country like Chu, which stayed out of the situation, saw that the alliance was weak, it would probably take the opportunity to take action.
Even the beneficial countries involved in the war are likely to get involved.
The alliance must not leave the opportunity to other countries to choose whether to attack.
Based on domestic security, the alliance cannot devote all its troops to frontline operations.
The second reason is that Gui and Fujian have been developing industry.
But their industry, especially their military industry, is not very strong.
To prepare for this battle, we still need to purchase weapons and ammunition from the empire.
Without delaying the normal development of industry in various countries, it can maintain logistical supplies for up to 150,000 people on the front line.
As the number of troops on the front line increases, logistical supplies will inevitably compress the space for industrial production and delay the industrial development of the alliance.
For these two reasons, it is impossible for the Alliance to put all its troops on the front line.
As the core of the alliance, Gui is also the most powerful country in the alliance.
Qutian, the king of Gui, stood up and said, "Gui will declare war on Wu soon."
Zhang Wan, the king of Fujian, solemnly said: "After the Gui State declared war, the Fujian State fulfilled its covenant and simultaneously propagandized to the Wu State."
King Qing Jiang Zhiyu drank all the wine in his glass and said boldly: "Qing will definitely fulfill its alliance and declare war on the enemy."
Su Sheng, king of the Tang Dynasty, said firmly: "The Tang State will follow the Gui State and declare war on the Wu State together."
The four monarchs reached a consensus and achieved their mission during this meeting.
The four countries immediately began to mobilize troops and supplies in the name of exercises.
A large amount of food and oil from Qing State were shipped to the front lines of Gui State and Tang State.
The most powerful army of 10,000 from the Qing Kingdom rushed to the Tang Kingdom by railway.
The state of Fujian mobilized troops from Europe and went to the state of Tang to join the alliance army.
They also mobilized troops from Egypt to closely defend the border with Jin.
Gui State declared war on Wu State, and other countries in the alliance followed suit.
The Jin State is an ally of the Wu State and is very likely to declare war on the Fujian State and send troops to the Fujian State in an attempt to regain the land previously ceded by the Fujian State.
The Tang State began to mobilize its troops to Quling Mansion, which was the border between Tang State and Wu State.
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King Gui Qutian returned to Xuanjing by special train.
After the war started, they, the monarchs, could only communicate by phone. It was basically impossible to leave the country.
Gui Wang Qutian was very worried about whether this attack could achieve the expected results.
He grew up with the Imperial Royal Army and saw too many proud armies that suffered complete defeats on the battlefield.
Europe has always claimed to be powerful and disdainful of its opponents' strength.
This country is Switzerland, which has become a joke now.
Before the war started, I was confident that I could easily win the Hongshanling area.
Now it has become a tug-of-war, and we have been trapped in the Hongshanling area.
King Qutian of Gui looked at Governor Bayi and asked, "This is our country's main attack. We can make slow progress and suffer setbacks, but we must not suffer a disastrous defeat.
The outcome of the first battle will affect the morale of the entire army."
When Governor Bayi heard King Gui's question, he immediately stood up and responded: "Your Majesty, in order to win the first battle, our army has made complete preparations at all costs."
He saw Gui Wang Qutian leaning on his seat, waiting for the introduction to continue.
Governor Bayi immediately took the sand table aside.
He inserted small flags of different colors on the sand table.
"Your Majesty, through this sand table, we can see that the main area between our country and Wu is the Great Plains.
Rivers and mountains will not be obstacles to progress.
In this situation, it is very suitable for a chariot.
We learned about the war between Rui and Shu.
Purchase imperial chariots to form a Class A chariot unit, a chariot unit specially used to attack the enemy.
The self-produced tanks form a Type B tank unit and are used to break through enemy positions and trenches."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When Gui Wang Qutian heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and praised: "Okay, this method is very good.
Switzerland's tragic defeat has provided lessons to all countries.
If our industry and technology are not good enough, then we must admit it.
Imperial tanks have excellent performance, which has been tested on the battlefield.
It can completely become the strongest mobile force in our hands to deal with enemy tanks.
Face the gap in weapons, rather than considering the false reputation of self-production.
This is a sign of military maturity.
As for our country’s self-produced tanks, which are not very good in performance, they have no problem dealing with infantry. This can be regarded as making the best use of resources and not wasting resources.”
Governor Bayi continued: "Weapons like chariots will not meet their opponents on the battlefield.
If the enemy uses the same type of tank, it will only be a protracted war of attrition.
The chariot is the most important weapon and it can do no wrong.
The other weapons of the army are also selected from the best.
Unless it is a domestic company, the indicators can meet the requirements.
Otherwise, I would rather buy from the empire at a high price than purchase domestic products of low quality.
Our country is now fully prepared for war.
Except for a small number of ammunition and weapons with special functions.
Our country can produce most of the weapons on its own.
This ensures that all external arms channels are cut off.
Our country can still rely on self-produced weapons and ammunition to continue fighting on the front line."
When Gui Wang Qutian heard this, he smiled.
He has always insisted on producing his own weapons and ammunition.
Even if you can save a dime on consumables such as ammunition, the overall sum is an astronomical figure.
Only cheap ammunition can allow Gui Guo to achieve final victory.