The spread of information in this world is no longer so slow. With the new communication method of telegraph, many people can receive news from far away at the first time.
The news that the Ice Empire was at war with a small kingdom nearby was spread throughout the world the next day.
Many countries are aware that the possible impact of this war will spread to the entire world!
Previously, due to economic pressure, all countries thought of starting a war to shift conflicts and alleviate their own problems.
However, with the arrival of orders from the Datang Group, many countries have given up on such dangerous thoughts, so the clouds of war have temporarily dissipated.
However, as the Ice Empire launched a new war, the atmosphere around the world once again became turbulent.
The Nanla Empire, which already had a vast territory, suddenly attacked southward, starting a new round of expansion war.
This time, the opponent Nanla Empire chose for itself was also a little-known kingdom. This kingdom's combat effectiveness was not strong and it didn't even have a few machine guns.
The Nanla Empire almost used the same tactics as the Ice Empire to start this war. On a night approaching spring, the Nanla Empire's airship troops directly raided the capital of this kingdom.
The other side was unprepared, and the entire royal city collapsed that day because of the bombing. The power of the new war machine was displayed in front of the whole world, and the airship became the most popular topic for a while.
The Kingdom of Susas, which had previously prepared a large number of airships, took advantage of it this time and used an even crazier war to show everyone the terrifying face of "future war".
The Kingdom of Susas attacked its neighboring country to the north. On the day after the attack began, the Susus airship force dispatched 50 Kirov airships, loaded with bombs, to raid this unfortunate neighbor.
In just one day, this unfortunate neighbor to the north collapsed. They lost their transportation railways, their arsenals were bombed, and their war potential was almost wiped out. So they chose to surrender honorably the next day.
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As soon as the air force appeared on the battlefield, it demonstrated its powerful combat effectiveness. It was easier than ever to destroy industrial cities, and it also made people fully understand how fragile their rear was.
The war in the Ice Empire is still going on, and the external expansion war of the Nanla Empire has just begun. The Kingdom of Susas, which has more than 70 huge airships, has already annexed a country, which makes everyone extremely envious.
It was only today that everyone realized that the money spent by the Kingdom of Susas on the construction of the airship army was not in vain! It can even be said that it was worth every penny.
They captured a neighboring kingdom without losing almost a single soldier. This is simply a new miracle in the history of war. It is also the first time in the history of the world that the air force determines the outcome of a war!
But then Tang Mo received some not-so-good news: the civil war between the trade alliances that he didn't want to see finally broke out.
In other words, on the 15th day after the three local wars broke out, the real world war... broke out completely.
The Yangmu Kingdom suddenly attacked its neighbor Pinewood Kingdom, and a fierce conflict broke out between the two sides on the border.
It is completely different from the previous wars between countries. This time the civil war between the elves can be said to be a truly modern war between two industrial countries that have basically completed the industrial revolution!
Both sides have deployed large-depth trench defense lines on the border, and have also strengthened their artillery units. Although the Yangmu Kingdom has the advantage in terms of total military strength, the Pinewood Kingdom has passive defense support.
In addition, the two were equally matched in terms of artillery firepower. The Poplar Kingdom deployed 500 cannons, while the Pinewood Kingdom had 450 artillery pieces on the border to fight. The two sides fought back and forth.
What is even more shocking is that when the war started, the Poplar Kingdom imitated the tactics of the Ice Kingdom and the Kingdom of Susas and sent airships to try to attack the rear industrial facilities of the Pinewood Kingdom.
The result was unexpected. The airship attack tactics that had been tried and tested several times before did not work this time, because the Pinewood Kingdom had anti-aircraft guns purchased and produced by them!
The Pinewood Kingdom, which had already witnessed the power of airships in the expansion wars of the Ice Empire and the Kingdom of Susas, was naturally more cautious.
They deployed anti-aircraft guns in advance in cities close to the border and within the airship's range, so when the Yangmu Kingdom's airship launched an attack, they were greeted by artillery fire all over the sky!
The Yangmu Kingdom's airship force that entered actual combat suffered heavy losses instantly. 20 airships never returned and all were shot down.
However, these airships were not completely in vain. They crashed into the city with full ammunition, which still caused a lot of trouble for the Pinewood Kingdom.
Subsequently, the Pinewood Kingdom retaliated, and their airship troops attacked the border city of the Poplar Kingdom a few days later, but also suffered heavy losses.
The dispersed airship force failed to complete the bombing mission. Seven airships never returned, and the remaining three barely returned. Their bombing results were limited, but the anti-aircraft artillery force of the Poplar Kingdom was proud for once.
This airship attack battle proved to the world that airship tactics are not indefensible, and fragile aerial bombing machines are not actually invincible.
The use of several rounds of airships has also taught the world a lesson: the correct use of expensive war weapons is the only way to gain an advantage, but wrong command will only waste expensive high-tech equipment.
At the same time, all countries have also seen the power of the multi-layered trench defense system supported by powerful artillery firepower.
It effectively helped the pinewood kingdom, which was at a disadvantage in terms of military strength, to withstand the attack of the powerful poplar kingdom. It also effectively reduced losses and preserved its effective strength.
Especially the permanent fortifications built of concrete are simply killing machines fixed on the position. The countless bunkers are like the blades in a meat grinder, swallowing the blood of attackers.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After three days of fierce fighting with no results and finding that it was impossible to break through the border defense line, the Yangmu Kingdom had to change its tactics.
The navy of the Yangmu Kingdom quickly moved south and blocked the ports of the Pinewood Kingdom, trying to force the navy of the Pinewood Kingdom to fight and take the opportunity to seize control of the sea.
Not to be outdone, the Navy of the Pinewood Kingdom immediately assembled its main fleet and launched a fierce battle with the main force of the Yangmu Kingdom's fleet in its own waters.
This naval battle is called: Yangsong Naval Battle. It is the first modern naval battle in the true sense! What’s interesting is that Datang Group is the developer, designer and manufacturer of new weapons in this world. As a result, new weapons in this world
The first time I went into actual combat, it seemed that it had nothing to do with Datang Group.
During the Yangsong naval battle, the Yangmu Kingdom dispatched 3 Bunas-class ironclads, 7 simple destroyers manufactured by the Datang Group, and 9 new destroyers manufactured by Cyric.
Among the fleets facing the Pinewood Kingdom, there are also 3 Bunas-class ironclads, 13 Datang simple destroyers, and 33 sail warships.
The outbreak of the naval battle was very dramatic. The Yangmu Kingdom's fleet had already missed the main force of the Pinewood Kingdom's navy, but then they discovered the 33 Pinewood Kingdom's sail warships that had been separated due to their slow speed.
Seeing the fat, the Yangmu Kingdom fleet was naturally unable to let go of this large fleet of sail warships, and immediately launched an attack.
The main fleet of the Pinewood Kingdom, which also missed the enemy ship, immediately turned around and entered the battlefield from the rear.
As a result, the Yangmu Kingdom fleet, which clearly had superior numbers and firepower, had a poor formation, and the inferior Pinewood Kingdom fleet accidentally found the enemy's flaw.
Both sides were steel battleships, and it was difficult for them to sink the other side immediately to achieve victory. Except for the Pinewood Kingdom, which lost dozens of wooden sailing ships, the naval battle was once a stalemate.
However, as the battle continued, losses inevitably occurred. A new destroyer produced by Cyric in the Poplar Kingdom was bitten and sunk, becoming the first new type of warship to be sunk in the world.
Immediately afterwards, the Yangmu Kingdom began to forcibly adjust their formation to face the Pinewood Kingdom fleet that entered the battlefield from the rear - for this, they paid the price of sinking another warship.
Relying on its advantages of having more warships and larger artillery caliber, the Yangmu Kingdom regained the initiative after losing two warships.
The distance between the fleets continued to get closer, and the bombardment gradually became crazy. Later, warships on both sides were hit by bullets and caught fire. Many warships were hit and slowed down, and even began to roll.
After sinking two more of Cyric's new destroyers, a destroyer produced by Datang was also sunk in the Pinewood Kingdom.
After finally leveling the number of warships to an even level, the morale of the Pinewood Kingdom Navy was greatly boosted, but they soon realized that there was a big gap in firepower between themselves and the enemy.
Cyric's destroyer has a significantly higher firepower configuration. Although its defense is average, it can rely on more artillery and its combat effectiveness is obviously stronger.
After all, this kind of destroyer was developed based on the simple-equipped destroyers of the Datang Group, so it is certain that its performance will be more targeted.
As the fighting time continued to extend, the navy of the Pinewood Kingdom gradually began to be overwhelmed. Soon two of their warships were seriously flooded and had to withdraw from the battle sequence.
In a desperate move, the naval commander of the Pinewood Kingdom decided to take the lead in changing his formation and concentrate his firepower on a Bunas-class ironclad ship in front of the enemy, hoping to regain the advantage.
Then the two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle around the armored ship. In the end, the Bunas-class armored aircraft of the Yangmu Kingdom was sunk.
However, the Pinewood Kingdom also paid a heavy price with two destroyers in order to sink this ironclad ship.
The sky was getting dark, and the Yangmu Kingdom fleet, which had already had the upper hand, was afraid of something unexpected happening at night and took the lead in withdrawing from the battle.
In this afternoon's fierce battle, they lost three Cyric destroyers, two Tang destroyers, and a Bunas-class battleship was sunk.
Their opponent, the Songmu Kingdom, did not fare well either. Six Datang destroyers were sunk during the battle, and an additional 20 sail warships were lost. It can be said that the losses were heavy.
However, after this naval battle, the Yangmu Kingdom failed to realize its strategic intention of annihilating the Pinewood Kingdom's naval fleet. At the same time, due to its own losses, it was no longer able to blockade the Pinewood Kingdom's ports.
The navies of both sides were afraid of suffering further losses and did not mobilize on a large scale for a long time. Both sides only occasionally sent one or two warships to sneak attack several enemy transport ships and fishing boats, and the results were very limited.
Rather than saying it is breaking up the war, it is more appropriate to say it is venting hatred and revenge.
Just when the war between the Yangmu Kingdom and the Pinewood Kingdom reached a stalemate, and Tang Mo was about to come forward to persuade the two countries to stop fighting and make peace to maintain the internal harmony of the trade alliance, the Gales Kingdom joined the war.
After the Pinewood Kingdom withstood the pressure from the Poplar Kingdom, the Kingdom of Gales declared war on the Poplar Kingdom and announced an alliance with the Pinewood Kingdom half a month after the Poplar War broke out.
The Yangmu Kingdom, which originally had the advantage, instantly fell into a passive situation of fighting on two fronts. John's father had to withdraw and return to the royal city, once again mobilized an army of 100,000 troops, and turned back to fight the orc troops. The original situation of attacking the Pinewood Kingdom
, and it instantly became a two-sided defense.
As a result, something even more magical happened: the orc troops attacked the border of the Yangmu Kingdom, but were also held back by the border defense line. The attack was blocked, and the attack lasted for three days without any results.
At the same time, feeling that the time had come and the enemy forces were in an unfavorable situation in a two-front battle, the Pinewood Kingdom also launched a counterattack on the border of the Poplar Kingdom.
Later, they also discovered that they could not chew through the countless bunkers, trenches and barbed wire on the border of the Poplar Kingdom.
After two days of fierce attacks and the loss of thousands of troops, the Kingdom of Pinewood, the Kingdom of Poplar, and the Kingdom of Gales all gave up their futile offensive battles, and instead began the long "World War I mode" of digging trenches and waiting for the enemy to fall into their trap.
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For a time, no one could do anything about it, and everyone was unwilling to shake hands and make peace easily, so a magical scene appeared: there was constant sound of artillery on the border, but almost no soldiers were seen attacking.
Just when everyone thought that this melee was over, the Lions Empire suddenly declared war on the Kingdom of Dorne.
The Kingdom of Dorne then declared war on the Empire of Lions - a rupture between the two sides that suddenly caused the entire Trade Federation to exist in name only.
Under the instigation of Cyric, the Goblin Kingdom also joined the war. They declared war on the Kingdom of Dorne and formed an alliance with the Lions Empire. In an instant, the relationship between the forces in this war was changed.
It became confusing.
Because everyone knows that the Lions Empire has always been a die-hard ally of the Tang Group in the Trade Alliance, but now this ally has formed an alliance with the Gobel Kingdom, which obviously has the shadow of the Cyric Consortium...
Such a change made Tang Mo, who was about to go out and calm the situation, to take back his hand. He really wanted to see how this group of allies could turn this civil war into...
