Four days later, a piece of news came back from Dongwan Island, forcing Tang Mo to hold a plenary meeting again to discuss the issue of Zheng Guo's strategy.
"Things have become difficult to handle." Putting down the information in his hand, Nangong Hong said with a bit of laughter and tears: "I really didn't expect that your methods could be so effective, so effective that even I was caught off guard... …”
There was a bit of sarcasm in his words, which made Leo feel a little embarrassed. Most of the time, matters in this area were handled by his intelligence department. When something like this happened, he was really surprised.
Just yesterday, a very shocking thing happened: a man whose wife starved to death and all his children died of illness, after losing all hope, fled to Linshui Port and became a dock worker.
After working for a few months, the dock worker suddenly became extreme when he saw the beautiful side of the world.
He stole a sum of money that his foreman used to pay wages, fled back to his hometown, pretended to have a profound background, paid off the city defense army, and obtained a batch of propellant for artillery.
Then the eldest brother actually used this batch of gunpowder to make a dynamite pack and blew up the government office in the county that destroyed his family...
By coincidence, the government office that the eldest brother blew up happened to be the place where Zheng Tong, the leader of the Zheng Kingdom, and his confidants were stationed to spy on Linshui City's intelligence.
What makes people even more speechless is that before detonating the explosives, the elder brother gave a passionate speech along the street, promoting the happy life of the Tang people and telling everyone that they were all Tang people, not Zheng people who were subjected to mermaids!
After the "hero" spread the word, Linshui City had countless bread gruel and countless job opportunities. The news that everyone could live with dignity spread like wildfire and became an open secret.
Likewise, this kind of gossip can no longer be hidden. Zheng Tong's confidants will always gain something by casually investigating and making secret inquiries.
"This is the third similar incident recently. There are even more cruel ones..." Loew added helplessly: "Several miners who received night school education thought they had learned the truth and returned to their hometown to organize a group called 'Miners. The self-rescue team's organization easily gathered more than 300 people. They seized the armory in the town where they were located, and even defeated the local Zheng garrison. The 300-man group killed 500 people, and then... they still hung hangings on the city walls. The dragon flag and dragon emblem..."
After hearing the news, Nangong Hong's eyes widened, as if he didn't believe it. Leo became even more depressed and explained: "Actually, it's nothing. Those miners are hard-working and their combat effectiveness is higher than that of the pampered city guards. It's not surprising."
You Lin looked at Tang Mo and analyzed: "Intelligence shows that the situation in Zheng State has begun to escape our control. We underestimated the determination of the civilians there to resist, and also underestimated the chaotic state of management there. Previously, the following The executor didn’t think it was a bad thing, so he didn’t actively report it, so there have been more similar things recently.”
"Moreover, it exceeded our ability to control." Leo sighed and admitted his mistake: "I am responsible, and I acted too hastily."
"The main task of the workers and farmers we control in Linshui City every day is not to stir up the revolt of these workers, but to find ways to calm their fanatical thoughts of making trouble." You Lin continued: "It is like a powder keg, Just throw a match at random, Peng! It will explode."
"The executor over there reported it truthfully." Leo also continued: "If we didn't tell everyone to calm down as much as possible and wait for our actions, a conflict would have broken out there now."
Datang Group underestimated the impact of Zheng's corruption on people's livelihood. After a long period of oppression and exploitation, the local people had already suffered terribly.
They hope that someone can save them from the dire straits, and those hungry people hope that someone can give them a bite to eat.
As a result, Datang Group appeared, and they gave these miserable people a hope, a hope to become Tang people and continue to live, live happily, and live with dignity!
"The high-level officials of Zheng Guo are trying to find ways to investigate the situation in our infiltration area, and we are also trying our best to conceal the truth of the matter. But as time goes by, this response becomes increasingly inadequate." As the director of intelligence, Li Ao is very sorry for his mistake.
The manpower deployed in the Zheng Kingdom was originally insufficient, but as a result, a large part of it was used in drawing maps and bribed local officials, etc., leaving little power to deal with Zheng Guo's secret spies.
Even so, relying on their own combat effectiveness, Datang Group's intelligence personnel still defeated more than 80% of Zheng Guo's secret spies' intelligence spying operations.
It's a pity that the hundred secrets are still sparse. Expecting to completely destroy the opponent's intelligence system and completely block the opponent's ears and eyes is an unrealistic luxury in itself.
Therefore, Leo could only expect the enemy to be lenient: "The other party has roughly understood part of the truth. Although it is not yet certain to what extent they have control, we can be sure that the other party is already making responses. Zheng Tong is sending his confidants, Conduct a more detailed investigation near the area we control, and the Zhang family is also desperately trying to get the information they want."
Military matters were reported by Loew. He then reported on the recent developments of Zheng's troops: "On Li Jun's side, our control is also declining. He has realized the danger and has mobilized his most trusted troops. Stationed at a key position in Zheng State."
"The basic IQ of these people in power is still there. If they are greedy for money and get benefits, they will accept it without hesitation and be willing to do more. But if they really sell their power, they will not agree." Nangong Hong I sighed.
Leo withdrew a piece of new information to the center of the table: "Yes. There is information that Zheng's top leaders have begun to consider killing the goose that lays eggs across the country, expropriating all the factories, and seizing the fruits of industrialization."
"Once Zheng Tong is allowed to take action, our losses will increase, and our efforts to manage the entire territory of Zheng will also be affected." Parker, who is in charge of industrial development, reminded worriedly.
Datang Group's investment in Zheng Guo has been staggering, including roads, factories, schools, etc. If these things were snatched away by Zheng Tong first, part of them would inevitably be lost if they were snatched back again.
Over and over again, I'm lucky to be able to save half of it. This kind of thing is something that Datang Group, which is rich in industry, would never try easily.
"What do the staff mean?" Tang Mo looked at the map hanging on the wall, looked at the progress bar with the magnet cursor on it, and finally looked at Loew and asked.
In fact, he already had his own answer, he just wanted to listen to his subordinates' suggestions.
Everyone here knows the answer, because during the discussion just now, everyone's tendency was very obvious.
Sure enough, Loew gave Tang Mo the expected answer: "Start taking action in advance and implement the 'Dragon Plan' before Zheng Tong takes action."
"Now?" Tang Mo glanced at everyone sitting on both sides of the table in front of him.
"Now!" Loew continued to nod, once again giving a positive answer.
Tang Mo saw the firm look in the eyes of everyone present. He nodded, and then said, "Okay, I will sign the order, and the command of the front line will be given to Tiger."
"Green Gourd Sword Fairy"
After that, he added: "The naval fleet is heading to the Mirage Kingdom as a deterrent according to the plan! Tell them that if they dare to steal chickens when we attack Zheng Kingdom, I will kill the rabbits and kill them too!"
"Yes!" Loew stood up and saluted.
Tang Mo also stood up and ended the impromptu combat meeting: "Call Tiger to start implementing the 'Dragon Plan'! The starting time... the moment the message is sent."
"The Tang Dynasty will win!" Nangong Hong, who was so excited, immediately stood up and praised loudly. Because he moved too much, his chair scraped against the ground and made a harsh sound.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of chairs scraping against the ground came one after another. Everyone stood up and sang loudly with their chins raised: "The Tang Dynasty will win!"
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"The highest-level secret message. From Dragon Island." A female officer walked into Tiger's office on Dongwan Island and handed the secret message sent from Dragon Island to Tiger, who was handling military affairs.
Tiger took the telegram, looked down at the content, and his eyes immediately became sharp.
He grabbed the phone in front of him and shook the handle: "Get me the 1st Infantry Division Headquarters! ... I'm Tiger! The Dragon Plan has begun! Assemble the troops and board the ship within 10 hours!"
"Yes!" After the majestic voice on the other end of the phone answered, Tiger hung up the phone.
On the other side, in the naval headquarters, Bernard was also giving boarding orders to the 1st Marine Division.
After hanging up the phone, he continued to order: "Assemble the fleet! The Dongwan Island Squadron is responsible for covering the landing of the troops. The main fleet will follow me north to visit the Mirage Country."
"Then we missed the landing battle?" The adjutant looked at his coach with some regret and asked.
"There won't be any decent naval battles..." As the commander of the most powerful fleet in the world, Bernard sighed with regret: "The Tamaki 2 will arrive tomorrow, and we will join it in the open sea."
"Invincible... sometimes it's boring." The adjutant couldn't help but sigh. He had already seen the majesty of the Tamaki No. 1 battleship. Now, they have two such battleships!
Linshui City was almost undefended, and Zheng's naval fleet was in name only. Even if the other party knew the full extent of Long's plan in advance, they would not have enough strength to prevent everything from happening.
There is a high probability that Datang Group's first batch of landing troops will be transported directly to the port terminal by a transport ship for unloading. The Zheng army in Linshui City did not even show any resistance.
According to the plan, this was not a landing battle at all, but a daily operation similar to mobilizing troops to change defenses. When several divisions of troops were deployed in the hinterland of Zheng State, King Zheng Tong of Zheng State would realize that his enemies had been killed before his eyes.
With the sound of a whistle, in the densely packed barracks on Dongwan Island, the soldiers began to organize their equipment.
Counting the soldiers recruited from Beiling and other areas, the Datang Group's troops on Dongwan Island have been accumulated for such a long time, and the total strength is close to 160,000.
Although according to standards, most of these troops are light infantry divisions, their combat effectiveness is still not comparable to that of traditional troops.
These troops are divided into 8 divisions in total, including 4 main divisions, namely the 1st Infantry Division, 1st Motorized Infantry Division (formerly the 5th Division), 1st Marine Division, and 4th Infantry Division.
There are also 4 light divisions, namely the newly formed 5th Division, 6th Division, 7th Division and 8th Division.
In recent months, the troops stationed on Dongwan Island have been training for cross-sea operations. Everyone is looking forward to the outbreak of war, and everyone is waiting for another opportunity to make achievements.
Different from the capture of Dongwan Island, this time it was a true battle to found the country of the Tang Dynasty. Everyone who participated in the battle had the merit of following the dragon! How could this not be exciting? How could it not be exciting?
In the port, a huge crane began to lift supplies onto the Liberty Ship. The sound of whistles echoed in the harbor. The soldiers crowded on the dock could not see the end of the ship.
Bunas, Harry hurriedly walked into the conference room and nodded slightly to the envoys from various countries. He walked to his seat, paused for two seconds, and said: "Gentlemen, I invite you to come here this time because I want to announce something..."
After a slight pause, he continued to state a fact to everyone: "Unfortunately, a new war has begun. Datang Group has officially declared war on Zheng Guo."
Of course, this result seemed to be expected by everyone. There was not enough whispering or making noise. Everyone was looking at Harry, waiting for him to continue.
Harry gave everyone a moment to digest the news, and then he continued: "My teacher, Mr. Tang Mo, will voluntarily give up his status as Marquis of the Lions Empire... He will stand on his own on Dragon Island. For the king, the country’s name is Tang.”
"In this war, Zheng Guo will disappear from this world and the Kingdom of Datang will replace it. From this moment on, the Datang Group will officially separate from the Kingdom of Datang and become an independent industrial group, still maintaining a neutral stance towards all countries. The provision of arms and other supplies to various countries will not be affected in any way, and all treaties and contracts are operating normally."
This news seemed to be more explosive than the Tang Dynasty Group's invasion of Zheng State. The next second after Harry finished speaking, envoys from various countries immediately began to whisper among themselves.
Datang Group continues to remain neutral. Strictly speaking, this is good news for everyone. At least the Datang Group will maintain the superficial principle of fairness and maintain arms supply to all countries.
In the same way, the establishment of the Tang Dynasty is also news worth pondering: not using the imperial title is obviously the result of careful consideration within the Datang Group - Tang Mo does not want to irritate the Great China Empire, and at the same time avoids being involved in the empire. In the first year of the year, he announced his imperial title in such an awkward time.
"Subsequently, the envoys from the Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty will take notes and hand over letters of credence to the special envoys..." After Harry briefly explained the situation, he ended the meeting: "There are too many specific operations, and there will be It’s very complicated and this process may take days or even months, so I won’t waste everyone’s time here.”
"Thank you all for coming despite your busy schedule. Goodbye." After he finished speaking, he left the conference room, leaving only the special envoys from various countries talking and discussing.
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Sorry, I'm still feeling very unwell. I only have one more update...
