The size of the combined fleets of Prussia and Lucia can be said to be absolutely crushing compared to the fleets of the three Nordic monarchs.
The fleets of the three countries did not offer any effective resistance at all.
The Three Kingdoms fleet didn't even think about resisting. They thought about escaping from the beginning. In the end, they couldn't even escape.
The two countries of Prussia and Lu made calculations mentally or not, but the main fleet went all out under the guidance of the aircraft carrier, leaving them no room for maneuver at all.
The battle at sea lasted less than two hours in total.
The battleships and escorting cruisers of the Three Kingdoms fleet have completely lost their combat effectiveness, and their sailing speed has dropped to only a few knots.
If the attack continued, the warships could be sunk.
Therefore, although they were extremely angry and unwilling, the monarchs of the three countries finally had to put down their dignity and ordered the remaining ships in the fleet to raise the white flag.
The original meaning of the white flag is a request for negotiation.
But asking for negotiation when being attacked is actually a conditional surrender.
The monarchs of the three kingdoms felt that the Lucians and Prussians were crazy and might sink with the battleships if they did not surrender.
Lucia and the Prussian naval fleets stopped their attacks and arranged for warships to approach the three fleets to inspect and accept their surrender.
King William III of Prussia in Berlin was currently in the conference room of the palace, gathering with his main staff and ministers.
As the highest decision-making and command center for combat operations, it can receive information from all aspects at any time and make responses and strategic arrangements at any time.
There is a special communications room next to the conference room. Various messages from the front line will be sent directly to this communications room, and then sent directly to the conference room by the telegraph operator.
News that the navy successfully intercepted the fleets of the three Nordic monarchs, and that the fleets of the three countries were flying white flags, were sent to the conference room one after another.
William III and several of his ministers and generals were in a good mood.
Chief of General Staff Gneisenau said with joy on his face:
"If the king is successfully captured, this war is more than half successful. The other half depends on the efforts of the young men in the army and air force."
Other ministers and generals also nodded.
William III also said with great satisfaction:
"Solve Denmark's problem as soon as possible, and then go all out to deal with Austria."
The staff officers, generals and ministers on the scene agreed together.
Then William III asked a little worriedly:
"Do we need to specifically inform Ming Dynasty about our actions and results of the Danish war?
"Will Daming make any demands or make any comments on our actions?"
Prime Minister Stein nodded and said:
"We should inform Ming Dynasty, so that we can observe Ming Dynasty's reaction more intuitively, so as to continue to analyze and clarify Ming Dynasty's attitude towards war."
Chief of Staff Gneisenau also agreed:
"If Ming Dynasty reprimands us forcefully, or even threatens war, then we will have to be a little more restrained in our subsequent actions.
"If Ming directly ignores us, then continue to act according to the plan."
William III thought about it for a while, approved the analysis of the prime minister and the chief of staff, and accepted their suggestions.
Arrange communications personnel to report relevant news to Ming Dynasty through the League of Nations channel.
On the morning of February 6th of the Ming Dynasty, the Wenhua Hall in the new capital city of Yingtian Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty.
During the daily morning routine, the Minister of Honglu Temple would make a summary report to the emperor after sorting out the various news received throughout the day yesterday.
Ming Emperor Zhu Jingyuan did not give any direct response in the morning meeting.
After the morning dynasty ended, a group of important civil and military officials remained and held a small meeting in the small conference room in the emperor's office in Wenhua Hall.
Lu Liang, the governor of Xichang, first explained the new news about Xichang:
"Yesterday, Lucia's army and air force carried out surprise attacks on Norwegian and Swedish engines, and Prussia launched the same operation against the Danish mainland.
“The two navies of Prussia and Prussia used eight battleships and four aircraft carriers to attack the fleets of the three monarchs in northwestern Thailand.
“Prussian officials informed us of the results of the battle at sea through diplomatic channels and confirmed that the monarchs of the three countries were captured.
"Xichang has obtained more details of the battle on land and at sea.
“The armies and air forces of Lucia and Prussia both adopted rapid advance tactics of air-ground coordination.
“They all achieved very good results in the battle.
“Lucia advanced the front line for at least sixty kilometers in one day, and the current forward momentum still shows no signs of weakening, and may even be faster.
“Because the Norwegian and Swedish troops deployed near the border were quickly eaten up.
“There is a massive armed vacuum behind the national borders.
“It may take days or even months for the two countries to organize a new line of defense again.
“At that point, they may have to fight it out on the outskirts of the capital.
“Because Denmark is warmer than Norway and Sweden, and because Denmark itself is basically a plain.
“So the Prussians were more efficient than the Lucians.
“They advanced at least eighty kilometers in one day.
“At the same time, in yesterday’s battle, the navies of the two countries applied the tactics they had practiced in coordinating aircraft carriers with the main fleet.
“The aircraft carrier is responsible for reconnaissance and discovering the enemy’s fleet.
"At the same time, the aircraft carrier is also responsible for vanguard warfare and is required to destroy the enemy fleet's operational capabilities as much as possible.
“And the main fleet launched a war of annihilation based on the news from the aircraft carrier.
"Both countries believe that the corresponding tactics are quite successful and should continue to improve and expand the scope of application."
After Zhu Jingyuan listened to the general explanation, he flipped through the written report handed over by Lu Liang, and then commented expressionlessly:
“It was all an undeclared war, and these two lunatics, Lucia and Prussia, really took the permission I gave them to the limit.
“I said that for those countries outside the alliance, you can deal with them however you want.
“Now they are really using force completely unreasonably.
“The key is that they also directly attacked the fleet of the Three Kingdoms Monarchs.
"That's the fleet that returned after participating in my coronation ceremony.
“They still have the nerve to report the situation directly to Honglu Temple through alliance channels?
"Are you trying to see how Daming and I will react?"
The courtiers at the scene were silent for a few seconds. Zhu Zhaoxie, the military minister who was born in a royal family, was the first to speak:
"Your Majesty, I think that if I want to kill him, I will make him crazy.
“So I suggest that Honglu Temple should deliberately show weakness in this matter.
“Unless Prussia or Lucia continues to grow bigger and has a real chance to unify the entire continent of Tessie, we don’t need to directly interfere.
"Prepare for a comprehensive war step by step, and just give a full blow in the end.
"With the new element bomb at hand, any form of resistance is meaningless.
"In fact, the more complete the mainland of the Western mainland is integrated, the larger the size of the troops gathered.
“The more Taixi living forces we can directly annihilate.
"It will be more conducive for us to truly control the western continent."
Zhu Jingyuan chuckled and said:
"Uncle Emperor, don't worry, I won't be angry because of this.
“This is the strategic direction we have determined, and I have already known about the occurrence of this situation.
"Uncle Huang just needs to draw up the application plan related to the new element bomb.
"At the same time, Dijin, through the Huangzhuang Economic and Management Department, sent a notice to Xintianfu to make every effort to ensure that the production capacity of new element bombs is ramped up.
“I’m going to see two thousand bombs in three years.
"Uncle Da Zong, sent a message to Prussia and Lucia through Honglu Temple.
“Require them to ensure the personal safety of the monarchs of the three countries and abide by the regulations of the alliance during the war.
"At the same time, a final reminder. Even if the two countries launch a war against a country outside the alliance, they must inform Ming before taking action."
Military Minister Zhu Zhaoxie, Huangzhuang Headquarters Operations and Management Department Manager Zhu Zhujin, and Grand Uncle Shen Fu all bowed and agreed:
Shen Fu agreed in a relaxed tone:
"I obey the order."
After Zhu Jingyuan arranged this matter, he turned to look at Jiuqing Sikong Liu Ruozhi, who was in charge of the industrial system:
"What is the progress of strategic missile and rocket-related projects?"
Liu Ruizhi immediately stood up and explained the situation:
"Your Majesty, the range of the experimental missile has successfully exceeded one thousand kilometers.
"As long as we continue to enlarge the normal size of the rocket, it will not be too difficult to reach the target range of 3,000 kilometers.
"What's more important is that the rocket project is also progressing simultaneously.
“The capability of the rocket needed to send the false moon (artificial satellite) into space is enough to deliver a bomb tens of thousands of kilometers away.
“With the current research progress and investment, whether it is a launch vehicle or a strategic missile, we should be able to produce experimental finished products within two years.
“At present, the main difficulties and research directions in rocket and strategic missile projects are guidance methods, control and communication methods.
“We must ensure that the missile can be delivered to the designated place and the rocket can fly to the designated coordinates.
“Currently, the accuracy of experimental missiles with a range of one thousand kilometers is relatively limited.
"The error is still in the range of three to five kilometers.
“However, current radio detection equipment and transistor technology are being rapidly upgraded.
“Existing ship-based and land-based conventional tactical missiles, and related technologies of turbojet engines can also provide reference.
“The accuracy of tactical ballistic missiles with a range of one hundred to two hundred kilometers has now been reduced to within one kilometer.
“For missiles with a range of less than 50 kilometers, if artificial radio remote control is used, the accuracy can be further reduced to within 100 meters.
“Researchers are now confident that within the next three years, the range of strategic missiles will reach 3,000 kilometers while reducing the error to less than one kilometer.
“The research on rockets itself is basically in sync with strategic missiles.
“A practical launch vehicle is also expected to take three years to complete the experimental product.
“The construction of the rocket launch base is now in full swing.
“It is expected to be completed within two years.
"Just in time for the official launch test of a large rocket."
Zhu Jingyuan listened to the report and tapped his fingers gently on the table to consider:
"An error of three to five kilometers...if it is to be used in the military to deliver new element bombs to destroy the enemy's effective forces.
“The range of one thousand kilometers and the error of three to five kilometers are barely usable.
"As for the range of three thousand kilometers, the error within one kilometer is enough to be used as a standing strategic weapon."
"The war in Thailand and Spain should last for at least three years...
"But weapons that will mature in three years may not be widely used on the battlefield within five years..."
Zhu Jingyuan thought about it for a while and muttered a few words.
When the surrounding ministers heard this, they subconsciously thought that Zhu Jingyuan would order the mass production of missiles with a range of one thousand kilometers as soon as possible.
But Zhu Jingyuan did not express all his thoughts.
The following train of thought already involves past life memories, so of course I only consider it in my mind instinctively.
The best partners of strategic missiles and nuclear bombs in previous generations have never been used in actual combat.
In particular, the top strategic missiles will not enter actual service until the 1960s. Of course, they have no chance to participate in actual combat.
However, bombers were lucky enough to drop two atomic bombs in actual combat.
At the same time, the United States in its previous life had more powerful aviation technology than its old rival Red Lucia.
Before the 1960s, air-dropping nuclear bombs from large bombers was a natural choice.
The United States once maintained a bomber fleet to ensure that there were bombers on standby in the sky with nuclear bombs at all times.
If an unexpected situation occurs, the bombers in the air will fly directly to the intended target.
This is also where strategic bombers are more flexible and convenient than strategic missiles.
When he thought of this, Zhu Jingyuan added the last sentence of his idea and gave his direct order:
"Fortunately we have bombers that are ready to be used...
“Although bombers require pilots to fly directly, they still involve certain risks and uncertainties.
“But now it’s more flexible and convenient to use.
"Let the craftsmen working on strategic missile-related projects not be in a hurry and continue to advance step by step without forcing a rush.
“But we can try to install atomic bombs on tactical missiles with a range of one to two hundred kilometers.
“At the same time, a notice will be given to Daming Military Flight Machinery Manufacturing Factory, Daming Flight Machinery Company, and Daming Aviation Military Aircraft Manufacturing Factory.
“Speed up the production and ramp-up of jet bombers with a range of more than 8,000 kilometers and a combat radius of more than 3,000 kilometers.
"Some non-critical parts can be outsourced to private aircraft manufacturers."
The relevant personnel immediately stood up and agreed.
At the same time, everyone also understood that the emperor meant that it would be useful as long as it was useful, and would not force the pursuit of a certain weapon.
This approach is also completely reasonable and realistic.
The Ming Dynasty Military Flying Machinery Manufacturing Factory was the aircraft manufacturing factory of the former Ministry of Industry of Ming Dynasty and later the Ministry of Ordnance.
After the establishment of the government-run Daming Consortium, the corresponding industries were divested and merged into the government-run consortium system.
At that time, a factory name used by regular manufacturers was specially formulated.
Factories affiliated to other agencies such as the Ministry of Construction and the Ministry of Industry were also individually named and merged into the government-owned consortium system.
A court yamen directly manages a factory exclusive to its department, which itself is a rule that easily breeds corruption and small groups.
For more than 400 years since the Ming Dynasty, these directly managed industries under the Ministry of Industry and relevant yamen can be considered traditional.
It was not until the establishment of the government-run consortium that this moderate problem that had been left for many years was finally solved.
At the same time, before Zhu Jingyuan succeeded to the throne, Daming Airlines under his name was nominally a private industry and did not have a license to produce military aircraft.
But in fact, this factory is just a military aircraft that does not produce finished products.
As long as it is not equipped with military weapons, it is not considered a military aircraft and can be used as a dual-use transport aircraft, trainer aircraft, performance aircraft, etc.
At the same time, the engines of Daming Airlines are also the highest level in Daming.
The airline has long supplied engines and various key components to the Ordnance Department and the factory of Daming Analytical Machinery.
After Zhu Jingyuan ascended the throne, these private properties under his personal name were collectively integrated into the properties directly under the jurisdiction of the new food emperor.
As a matter of course, it obtained the production license for military aircraft.
There are three factories: "Da Ming Aviation" from the Da Shi Department, "Da Ming Aircraft" from the Royal Family Foundation, and "Da Ming Military Aircraft" from the Ordnance Department.
Now it is the iron triangle of the Ming Dynasty's military aircraft industry.
