In the new year, there will always be new weather. After the people of the Tang Empire celebrated the Spring Festival, the atmosphere of the world situation became strange.
First of all, Dorne and Qin conducted a joint military exercise in the southern part of the Endless Sea. The two countries dispatched a total of 7 aircraft carriers, which looked really spectacular.
In fact, in the eyes of the officials of the Datang Empire, this exercise felt a little like trying to do what they wanted. You must know that in the Battle of Mirage, the Datang Empire invested ten aircraft carriers in one go.
The two countries not only practiced how to cooperate in operations during this exercise, but also verified each other's compatibility of command systems and the effectiveness of command and dispatch and other details.
This allowed the Qin Navy, which was not very powerful to begin with, to see the power of a "world-class" naval power and find many of its own shortcomings.
In March, the Tang Empire fulfilled the last batch of contracts and delivered the aircraft carriers purchased by the Poplar Empire and the Ice Empire to the two countries.
As a result, all the aircraft carriers sold by the Tang Empire have been delivered, including two from the Qin Empire, three from the Dorn Empire, two from the Lions Empire, and one each from the Ice Empire, Poplar Empire, and Nanla Empire.
The ten aircraft carriers were divided up by various countries around the world, which also made the navies of various countries more determined to believe that the strength of the Tang Empire's navy was no longer what it used to be.
Indeed, if the six new Nanshan-class aircraft carriers were not put into service, then the Tang Navy would have been confiscated by the navies of various countries.
But now, although it is not as good as before, the core combat effectiveness of the Tang Empire Navy... can still be maintained at about 99% of what it was before the sale of the 10 Essex-class aircraft carriers.
It has indeed been weakened...but not much.
In April, the Tang Empire's sixth Nanshan-class aircraft carrier Nanshan No. 6 was officially commissioned, and carrier-based aircraft units were on duty.
In May, the Lions Empire and the Dornish Empire Navy held a joint maritime military exercise. Five aircraft carriers participated. The scale was large and the exercise items were quite complex.
For a time, it seemed that countries all over the world were flexing their muscles, but only the Tang Empire kept a low profile and was a little unusual.
As the saying goes, a dog that bites must not bark. The Tang Empire was already sharpening its sword, so naturally it would not make unnecessary moves to increase the difficulty of its own game.
Tang Mo directly ordered more reinforcements to the Kingdom of Dahua. On that day, 100,000 artillery shells were transported to the front line of the Dahua Empire via the main railway line.
In June, a shocking change occurred on the battlefield of the Dahua Civil War. Li Mingshun suddenly arrived at the front line for some unknown reason and personally commanded the troops to fight. The Dahua Army changed its previous lazy style, attacked quickly, and rushed directly to the foot of Shanchong City.
Originally, the key battle areas between Zhao Yujun and Zhao Jiejun were in Pingfeng and Caili. No one expected that Zhao Yujun's real killer was placed in the Shanchong area, which seemed to be the safest.
It was difficult to attack because of the numerous mountains. However, the Dahua troops, which had received a large supply of weapons and ammunition, did the opposite and launched an attack in the most difficult place to launch an attack.
Shanchong is Zhao Jie's home base, and it is no exaggeration to call it a base camp. Now that the place is about to be defeated, Zhao Jie naturally cannot sit still.
On the one hand, he mobilized troops and generals to reinforce Shanchong, and on the other hand, he quickly asked the Qin Empire for help. The Qin State did not sit idly by and also allocated a large amount of supplies to Zhao Jie.
But before these supplies arrived, Shanchong was captured by Li Mingshun. Zhao Jie's army was defeated and retreated to Jutian in early July. Li Mingshun's army occupied Shanchong and continued to attack westward, chasing Zhao Jie's defeated troops and approaching Jutian.
The terrain of Jutian is wide and it is also an important place for money and food. It is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Zhao Jie's defeated soldiers cannot hold on here at all, so they have no choice but to give up quickly.
Before July was over, the situation in the civil war in Great China took a turn for the worse. Emperor Qin Yingduo discussed with Dorn I several times and finally determined that the Tang Empire was fully supporting Zhao Yu in ending the civil war in Great China.
The supplies of the Tang Empire have come to an end, so no matter how hard other countries try, they probably won't be able to save Zhao Jie from being destroyed. Unless the Qin Empire can directly participate in the war immediately, Zhao Yu's victory and unification of China will become unstoppable.
"Joining the war at the end of August... seems to be the last choice." Ying Duo stared at the world map in front of him and said to the ministers behind him.
In fact, he still wanted to wait a little longer. By October, the weather in the north would start to get colder, and it would become more difficult for large groups to fight. Qin would not need to worry about the northern defense line being broken through by the Tang army in one go.
Already.
Unfortunately, the situation does not seem to allow Qin to remain reserved. If Ying Duo does not send troops to participate in the war, then Zhao Jie is likely to be kicked out by Zhao Yu.
As a result, telegram communications between the Great Qin Empire and Zhao Jie began to become frequent again: almost all of them were requests for Zhao Jie to continue to persist, at least until mid-September.
It's a pity that Zhao Jie really couldn't hold on anymore. He really didn't know why Li Mingshun was so desperate, and he didn't know why Zhao Yujun, who was not very powerful in combat, fought so hard.
In mid-August, Zhao Jie once again sent a distress telegram, requesting Ying Duo to send troops to assist. After weighing several times, Ying Duo finally chose to send troops.
On the one hand, it was because he believed that Qin was ready for war, and on the other hand, he was also afraid that Zhao Jie was really finished and that he would lose the opportunity to intervene in Dahua's internal affairs with arms.
On September 1, Qin troops marched into Rushu and Pingfeng controlled by Zhao Jie. Zhao Jie's army, which had been unable to hold on, immediately stabilized its position.
Then, what no one expected was that the Qin clan general Ying'an became famous in one battle. In the Battle of Pingfeng, he defeated the famous Chinese general Li Mingshun and almost annihilated the well-equipped Chinese army.
In mid-September, the Qin Empire used the excuse that the king of the Kingdom of Dahua was in an unfair position and had killed his father and killed his murderers and was treasonous. They brazenly sent troops to break through the northwest defense line of the Kingdom of Dahua and occupied the important border town of Shahun.
Qin's fierce general Wang Luo led a huge force of 30 infantry divisions and 10 armored divisions to storm Daxiguan. The defenders of Daxiguan surrendered without a fight, which shocked both the government and the public in the Kingdom of Dahua.
Zhao Yu immediately asked for help from the Tang Empire and dispatched troops to guard the capital. You must know that once the Qin army passes Wangdu, the imperial capital will become a frontline city.
The war then spread to the south of the Western Continent: Qin declared war on Chu on the third day after it invaded Dahua. Qin general Zhang Xuan led 25 infantry divisions and 1 armored division to break into Chu territory.
King Xiong Biao of Chu was so frightened that he quickly asked for help from the Tang Empire. However, although his troops were equipped with weapons and equipment from the Tang Empire, they were unable to achieve the desired effect. After only resisting for a few days, they defeated the border fortress.
