"The Qin army has appeared on the battlefield." Tang Mo put down the report in his hand and rubbed the bridge of his nose. He's been a little busy recently, and his body really can't keep up.
He couldn't neglect a few princesses just because of the war. In addition, he had to work overtime to get new technologies and come up with more research and development ideas... So, if he was not careful, he would be a bit weak.
After all, he doesn't have the mental power of a great mage, nor the physical strength of a berserker. He is just an ordinary person, and he just can't do things he can't do.
"Your Majesty, although youth is good, you still need to be moderate." Only Roger can say this, and only he has this qualification.
Tang Mo giggled twice and changed the subject: "Leif, is the Qin army really as powerful as the report says?"
A slightly embarrassed Loew nodded and quickly picked up Tang Mo's topic: "Boton has tried to fight several battles, and several battles broke out between the two sides. In short... our losses are much greater than before. a little."
"Normally, we have to lose a dozen soldiers, or even dozens of soldiers, before we can seize a village or a highland from the Qin army... If it is the Dahua army, we may only need to lose seven or eight people. We did it." After he finished speaking, he also sighed: "The other party is very brave, tenacious, and tenacious, but their weapons and equipment are inferior."
The chief of general staff of the Tang Army could make such a comment that the Qin Army's combat effectiveness is indeed very strong. Obviously, not everyone in the Chinese military circle is a loser.
"We captured a few Qin soldiers and interrogated them. They gave their numbers, and then they didn't know anything else." Seeing that Tang Mo was silent, Le Fu continued and added: "Now we have about 4 division-level numbers of the Qin Army."
As he spoke, he walked to the front of the map and roughly made some gestures: "It's very scattered, here, here, and here... They are all defensive supports. Feng Kezhi obviously also knew the Qin army's combat effectiveness and put them as the most important thing. position."
"I heard that the Shu army has also begun to appear in the southern region?" Tang Mo asked again. These tributary countries of the Great China Empire have declared war on the Tang State, and their troops are also being reinforced to the front line.
"Yes, Your Majesty. Redman also discovered different troops in the direction of Zangjian Gorge. Their weapons and equipment were also different from the Dahua troops. They judged them to be the Shu *** troops." Loew nodded and replied.
Different troops have different fighting styles, so they are very easy to distinguish. Even if they wear the same military uniform, they will show completely different states during the battle. What's more, even the military uniforms and weapons and equipment of the Qin and Shu armies are completely different from those of the Great China Empire.
At present, the Tang Army has figured out the equipment of the Qin Army. Due to the natural dangers of the Zangjian Gorge, there is no more news about the Shu Army.
The Qin Army's helmets are similar to those of the Ice Empire. It can be seen that their modern armament system is similar to that of the Ice Empire.
These Qin troops wore long green military uniforms, and their rifles were Mosin Nagants. The style of their bayonets was different from those of the Ice Empire, and was more slender.
It can be seen that the Qin State attaches great importance to its army. The soldiers generally have kettles and other equipment.
This point is obviously in contrast to the previous Qi State and Zheng State. It can be easily seen from here that Qin State's national power is not weak, and it is also willing to invest money in the military.
"It seems that it is not easy to seize Fengjiang and defeat the Dahua Empire in one fell swoop." Tang Mo sighed with some disappointment.
"You can't say that. Although the Qin army is very difficult to deal with in a small-scale battle, it's still unclear how it will fare in a large-scale battle." Le Fu said to Tang Mo.
"In small-scale battles, the fighting spirit and courage of both sides are the key to victory or defeat. As long as you dare to fight and fight, you can achieve certain results." As the chief of staff of the Tang Army, he still has a good vision after so many years of accumulation. .
Therefore, his analysis also made the senior Tang officials present feel very reasonable: "But in large-scale battles, the human factor is infinitely compressed. When it comes to logistics and strategic reserves, I believe our advantages are still very high.
Very obvious. "
Tang Mo heard the meaning of Loew's words: the staff did not intend to give up next year's spring offensive. Whether Qin and Shu can fight will not be known until after the defeat.
He also felt that it would be really frustrating not to give it a try. After all, if the Tang army could capture Fengjiang, it would maintain a relatively intact state on the front.
"Then continue to prepare for the spring battle." He said this, and then ended the battle meeting.
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A Tang submarine was sunk, and the sea was covered with oil stains. Dozens of submarine officers and soldiers were captured simply because they did not expect that two 150 mm caliber naval guns were installed on a transport ship!
Although these two naval guns don't even have gun mantlets, they are just temporary installations on the deck covered with canvas, but they are still naval guns...
When fighting a submarine with no armor protection and only one gun, a naval gun with a larger caliber is obviously more advantageous.
Caught off guard, the submarine officers and soldiers of the Tang Army, who were about to rob some food and drink supplies, and then continue rampaging on the sea, suffered a big loss.
They really didn't expect that the enemy would play such a dirty trick: first, they would use a white flag to lure the Tang Army's submarine closer, and then suddenly open fire with a naval gun, seriously damaging the submarine's shell.
The two sides fought fiercely for nearly an hour. Unable to dive, the officers and soldiers on the Tang Army submarine fought bravely and almost sank the freighter.
After all, everyone has no armor protection and is vulnerable to artillery... But in the end, the freighter relied on its larger tonnage to take advantage and sank the unlucky U-shaped submarine.
But such a thing is unlikely to happen in the future: before being sunk, the officers and soldiers on the submarine sent their experiences back to the submarine command headquarters on Long Island before destroying the cipher machine.
This incident attracted great attention from Admiral Bernard, who strictly ordered U-boats not to continue to use looting tactics in the future.
In fact, this order is not good news for the anti-Tang alliance's maritime transport fleet, because from this time on, the Tang army's submarines will directly launch torpedo attacks.
Although this reduced the efficiency of the Tang Army's submarines and shortened the cruise time of the Tang Army's submarines, it also made the Tang Army's submarine attacks more ferocious.
