Except for those kingdoms that knew about the existence of wireless telegraph machines, and some areas that had heard about the magic of Datang Group's telegraph machines, no one could believe that a force could be so sensitive and quick to respond to emergencies in local areas. Responses.
In fact, only 7 hours had passed from the time the leader of the Jaeger Patrol was killed to Longgang's response, and the speed of information dissemination was measured in minutes.
Bunas received the message from Longdao a few minutes later, and the military forces belonging to the Tang Group also began to mobilize a few minutes later.
Inside the combat headquarters, a huge map of Dragon Island hangs on the wall. As the military staff officer of Datang Group, Loew is responsible for reporting all wartime situations to Tang Mo: "The current situation is very opaque. It has been determined that on Dragon Island An unknown number of enemy troops landed on the beach area in the southeast."
He pointed to the light yellow beach part on the map: "Here! This area is not an area we are focusing on developing, so there are no defense lines set up and no troops stationed."
The development of Longdao is mainly for oil refining and plant expansion, so everything is operated with economic interests as the center. Roger is busy building Dragon City, and most of the people transported to Dragon Island are workers and their families.
Therefore, although Longdao's oil refinery has been put into production, Longdao's wharf has been built, and even Longdao has its own dock that can manufacture large ships, most of Longdao is still in its primitive state. , an inaccessible state.
On the one hand, such a decision led to the rapid development of Longdao's industry, and on the other hand, it also caused today's emergency - on the other coastlines of Longdao, there were almost no people from the Datang Group active.
From another perspective, Long Island seems to still be an unowned land, and from a fundamental interest point of view, even if Long Island is already an owned land, there will still be people who come to provoke it.
After all, the island had not been discovered for a long time, and several major maritime powers felt that they were capable of swallowing this rich island alone.
As Loew spoke, he handed the information of the deceased personnel to Tang Mo: "A captain of the patrolling Jaeger unit died. The two people who came back confirmed that the number of the opponent's landing force was between 100 and 150, but the specific number There should be more than that.”
"The two hunters who returned to the center of the island claimed to have seen at least five enemy sailing warships, so we estimate that the opponent's landing force was about 500 people, almost the strength of a battalion." After finishing speaking, Loew said in the dragon On the sea in the southeast direction of the island map, five models of sail warships were placed. There is a magnet at the bottom of this thing, so it sticks to the map hanging on the wall.
"But we estimate that there should be more than 5 enemy ships, because they will definitely bring craftsmen to open up wasteland, so the number of ships should be between 8 and 15." Loew added.
It's just that no one cares about this. Everyone knows that one armored ship is almost enough to deal with this enemy fleet, so several people attending the meeting seemed to be still thinking about the sacrificed patrol captain.
"This unit should be traveling through the dense forest now, approaching Dragon City. The opponent's flag is brown, with a steering wheel emblem on it." He picked up the small flag representing the enemy and posted it at a random location in the dense forest. Loew continued.
He mentioned the style of the flag that could prove the opponent's identity. This was also important information sent back by the reconnaissance force.
When Loew said this, he pulled out a few more documents from the document and handed them to Tang Mo: "We have investigated clearly and found out that the opponent's flag belongs to the Tarun Kingdom, one of the four strongest sea powers, and its overall strength is greater than that of the Yangmu Kingdom. A little higher.”
There are four sea overlords on the Endless Sea, one is the Yangmu Kingdom, the other is the Talon Kingdom, the other is the Zheng Kingdom, and the other is the Mirage Kingdom farthest from Bunas.
It is said that the Mirage Kingdom is a goblin kingdom. The people there are short, thin, cunning and fierce, and have never been liked by other countries.
As for the State of Zheng, it is inextricably linked to Tang Mo and Li Ao: Zheng State is a servant state of the Dahua Empire and the so-called Dongzhen State of the Dahua Empire. Tang Mo and Li Ao, etc. The guilty people were basically exiled by Zheng Guo.
The hometown that Leo mentioned was the suzerain country of Zheng, which was the Great China Empire. The people there have black hair, black eyes, and fair complexions.
This kingdom called Tarun, like the Kingdom of Wright, has mostly blond people. Their navy is huge and owns many islands and ports, making them a veritable maritime power.
Of course, the Yangmu Kingdom, the former maritime overlord, has now declined. Because in the past two months or so, they have lost 32 main warships, hundreds of armed merchant ships and transport ships, and completely lost control of the northern ocean of the Endless Sea.
The successor to the Yangmu Kingdom is the maritime force of the Datang Group. This force is small in scale, but its quality is truly extraordinary.
The Datang Group, which only owned 6 warships, only dispatched 3 warships, and they still attacked in turns, beating the Yangmu Kingdom, one of the former maritime overlords, into a sieve.
Loew drew a few strokes at the bottom of the map with his hand, pushed several sailboat models representing enemy ships directly below the island, and said at the same time: "In addition, their fleet may go west along the coastline to try to block us. port...so I have ordered Bunas 4 to search for enemy maritime forces along the southern coastline."
Judging from the landing site of the other party, it is likely that the other party is groping along the coastline from the south of Long Island. This seems to be in line with the other party's action logic - since we know that there are people on the island, we naturally need to find the settlements along the coast first, blockade and assault, or directly suppress and control the other party.
Obviously, the speed of battleships is faster than the speed of infantry groping forward in the jungle, so the opponent will definitely let their fleet take action.
After Loew finished speaking, he began to introduce the action plan of his own warships: "To be on the safe side, the Bunas 5 battleship is on standby in Longgang, lest the Bunas 4 miss the enemy warship and put Longgang in danger. middle."
As he spoke, he pushed the battleship representing Bunas 4 to a rough location along the southern part of the island.
"If Bunas 4 does not find the enemy fleet in the sea area where it is expected to contact the enemy, it will immediately return at full speed to join Bunas 5." After Loew finished speaking, he told Redman and others He had long reported the naval mobilization arrangements to Tang Mo: "Bunas 6 is on its way to Long Island. After getting the news, I have asked the owner for instructions and ordered them to move forward at full speed."
"The Bunas 3 battleship returning from the South Water has sufficient remaining fuel and the personnel are in good condition. Therefore, I have asked for instructions and issued an order for them to divert to Long Island to participate in the battle." He then continued to add .
After finishing speaking, he placed the model of another warship returning southward outside the Bunas port: "The Bunas 2 battleship is returning to Bunas, preparing to rest..."
Knowing that it was his turn to speak, Redman stood up and took over Love's work: "Tiger is not here, let me say something for him..."
After saying that, he walked to the front of the map, nodded to Tang Mo, and then said: "The army's combat readiness situation is that the 2nd Infantry Regiment stationed on Dragon Island has all entered a state of combat readiness. Commander Tiger asked them to follow the preparations. The defense fortifications are deployed to protect factories such as refineries and power plants that are operating at full capacity."
"We have too many important facilities on the island and they are quite scattered, so Tiger cannot organize enough manpower to fight back. He can only assume a defensive posture." He explained helplessly.
There is no way, because the mining areas are relatively scattered, so the oil mining facilities are not around Longcheng, so Tiger has to disperse his troops to ensure the safety of the oil fields.
A battalion of the 2nd Regiment was forced to position itself in the direction of the oil field. The defense was also stretched thin and it was a bit cramped.
In addition, there is a large and large oil refinery, and land has been reserved for expansion, so Tiger can only place another company of troops here.
Of the remaining two companies, one company had to defend the front to prevent the other party from directly attacking Longcheng. The other company was placed at the hydropower station because it was also a heavily protected industrial facility and there was a water supply plant next to it.
After much work, Tiger only had one battalion of mobile troops left, and these people still had many directions to look after.
If it weren't for the equipment of machine guns and new artillery, as well as road support and automobile transportation, Tiger would not be able to defend so many strategic locations.
"The 1st Regiment stationed in Bunas also needs to protect a lot of areas, and I can't allocate extra troops to support Tiger..." At this point, Redman emphasized again.
Tang Mo was also helpless. This was the disadvantage of concentrating on developing technology and building factories. The combat readiness force in his hands is still too little, and it is obviously not enough in the face of a sudden war.
According to the normal development rate, he should now have 4 infantry regiments of security forces, but currently his strength is only half of the minimum requirement.
There are trade-offs, and there will be gains after trade-offs. The lagging military development allowed Tang Mo to concentrate on developing his own factory.
This is why, in just one year, he was able to build 6 steel battleships and deploy wireless telegraph machines in dozens of cities.
However, Tang Mo felt that as his power continued to expand and develop, there would definitely be more and more conflicts with other forces. It was time for him to develop his own power to prepare for emergencies.
233 Unexpected needs
