Chapter 431: Chapter 430

On the front lines in the south of the country of Shaoze and the north of the country of Langya, Nan Gongzhi stood on a high ground in his own line, frowning and looking towards the south.

The war has been going on for almost twenty days, but at this time there is no dawn of victory in sight. Moreover, this confrontation made it impossible for both parties to stop.

A quick solution is already impossible, and now... it seems that there is no better way than stalemate!

After watching for a long time, Nangong Zhi found the generals on the front line and asked about the war weapons of both sides. But after a while, Nangong Zhi's face became serious.

Now, the main offensive weapons of both sides are cannons; the main defensive weapons are ballistas, sky-sealing formations, and barriers.

Because Nangong Zhi directly purchased a lot of artillery and related technologies from Dayang Group, the range of the artillery of the Shaoze Kingdom can reach 20 kilometers.

The attack distance of 20 kilometers was beyond the imagination of Nan Gongzhi in the past. In the past, even the most long-range attack was one or two kilometers - no matter how far away, the attack could reach, but the strength was not enough to break through the defense.

But the country of Langya is not bad here; more precisely, it is the country of Langya with the support of the Xiaoyao faction, and it is developing very well now. The artillery produced by Langya Kingdom also has a range of 20 kilometers!

Fang Rong came over and said to Nangong Zhi: "General, according to our information, Langya Kingdom now has a 'Lingbo Group'. This Lingbo Group has provided Langya Kingdom with technologies including artillery, machine tools, and welding."

"Lingbo Group?" Nangong Zhi frowned, "Like the Dayang Group in Qixia Country?"

"Almost! But this Lingbo Group is completely supported by the Xiaoyao faction. Its owner is called 'Wang Ruiyang', this general should have an impression.

This person bought two warships from Dayang Group and directly joined the Xiaoyao faction. These two battleships are now the Hailong and Hague of Langya Kingdom. "

Nangong Zhi's face suddenly darkened, "The deal between Dayang Group and Wang Ruiyang is tricky! I don't believe that Wang Ruiyang in the past could give away so much wealth in one go, and I don't believe that Dayang Group didn't notice it. It's more like a A premeditated transaction."

Fang Rong smiled helplessly: "General, it is useless to say these things. Our top priority is to change the situation of the war."

Looking at the shells flying around in the sky and the defensive barriers on both sides, Nangong Zhi felt a little helpless: "I can't think of a solution for the time being. The war is like this... hey!"

Nangong Zhi regretted it a little. Why did he want to attack the country of Langya in such a rush? Why didn't he expect that technological progress would bring such changes to the war.

Even if it is unexpected, it should be expected that the progress and development of technology will inevitably lead to some unexpected changes in the war. But...it's too late to say anything.

Fang Rong thought for a while and said, "General, maybe... Dayang Group will have a solution!"

Nangongzhi's eyes suddenly sharpened, and it took a while before he said slowly: "Then you go to the Dayang Group, visit Zhang Hao in person, and ask about the situation. In addition, you have to observe Zhang Hao carefully, and read all his expressions carefully.

If Zhang Hao really knows everything, then this friend... we have to be careful. "

"Understood." Fang Rong bid farewell to Nangong Zhi and set off immediately.

Nangong Zhi continued to observe the front line. There was a scream in the sky, it was the sound of shells flying back and forth, terrifying and ear-piercing. The cannonball shuttled through the air at several times the speed of sound, and a faint red light could be faintly seen on the surface of the cannonball—it was caused by the friction between the cannonball and the air due to its speed. This phenomenon has been accepted and understood by everyone.

The shells kept falling, in some places the shells were dense and in some places sparse.

The artillery on the side of the country of Shaoze also continued to attack, and the shells scattered or concentrated fire.

The sound of explosions and artillery firing echoed between the sky and the earth. There are bomb craters all over the ground.

The defensive barriers of the two sides, like layers of water films, covered their respective battle lines. The defensive enchantment generally has two layers, which can almost block most shells. If there are still shells penetrating, there is no way.

The amount of spiritual stones consumed by the two layers of enchantment is already somewhat unbearable—this defensive enchantment is not just a single point, but spreads for tens or hundreds of miles.

In front of the battle formation, there is a small team formed by Jin Danqi. They lead the formation of sealing the sky and locking the earth, looking for opportunities to attack. But in fact, there are only a handful of teams that both sides dare to sneak attack now.

High in the sky, there are Nascent Soul stage war observers on both sides responsible for guiding the shells.

For the sake of the war, it was a complete failure for the country of Shaoze. They are already powerless to attack. The development of industrialization makes the war more beneficial to the defender in a short period of time. The large array of sealing the sky and locking the ground, combined with the dense ballista and crazy artillery, and the no-man's land between the two sides of more than ten kilometers, made the attack almost impossible.

Nangong Zhi looked at it for a long time, finally sighed helplessly, and retreated. With the current battle situation here, he is really helpless and helpless.

Back to the rear, Nangong Zhi looked at the war information of the Canglan Kingdom again, and they were also in a stalemate, and even seemed to be retreating steadily.

The Land of Canglan had three steel warships, but the Land of Langya broke out and actually built a technologically mature black iron warship. Now, the black iron warships in service in the Nation of Langya have a displacement of 5,000 to 6,000 tons; and the Nation of Langya is already accelerating the research on warships of 10,000 tons.

The situation is getting worse.

With the retreat of the sea power, the military pressure of the Canglan Kingdom on land is also increasing.

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At this time, Cui Yan, the general of Zhennan, also frowned deeply on the front line of the Land of Canglan. Now Cui Yan is under much greater pressure from the war than Nangong Zhi expected.

After all, Nangong Zhi relied on his own strength to unify the country of Shaoze, which can be said to be unparalleled in power and influence. But the Land of Canglan is different here. Since the war has been fought, there are more and more domestic opposition voices.

In a war with no hope of victory in sight, it is quite normal to have opposition. Many people in China have said: The occupied areas are enough now, let's consolidate the occupied areas first. Be careful not to chew too much.

But Cui Yan wanted to scold his mother very much--the war has come to this point, and the Xuanzhen Sect and the Xiaoyao faction are even more faintly involved behind it, how can it be stopped if it is said to stop!

It's just that the war is really unsustainable now.

As the main combat faction, the left minister Huang Shaoxian also stayed on the front line as the supervisor of the army at this time. He also understands the situation here.

Another new battle report was sent. After listening to it, Huang Shaoxian said with emotion: "All the rapid advances we made before were due to the assistance of sea power. Now the sea is struggling, and the front line may not be able to stop it."

Cui Yan gritted his teeth and said, "We must hold on! We must not let Langya Kingdom see the possibility of victory, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable."

A military adviser next to him analyzed: "It is not difficult to block it on land, just learn from the kingdom of Langya. The difficulty is at sea.

We now only have three steel warships, and the rest are wooden warships. It is simply not enough to block the black iron battleship of Langya Kingdom.

However, there are more wooden warships in the Kingdom of Langya, and the quality is better. This is beyond our reach.

We need a warship that can compete with the black iron warship. This kind of warship can at least surpass the warships of the Kingdom of Langya, the number must be large enough, and the cost must be very low! "

Everyone frowned and thought for a long time, but finally couldn't think of any better way.

"Ask Dayang Group? Anyway, if you don't make a deal, you don't need to inform His Majesty at all." Huang Shaoxian only thought of this method in the end.

Cui Yan thought for a while and nodded. Looking at the military adviser next to him: "Wang Duan, you should go to Dayang Group. It's best to meet Zhang Hao."

"Yes." Wang Duan set off immediately. For the time being, both Cui Yan and Huang Shaoxian are inseparable, and only Wang Duan has enough weight, at least not to make Dayang Group feel contemptuous.

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The test of the battleship Arctic Ocean was perfect. Dayang Group's rich technical background, experienced engineers, and half a year of design and construction time have made the warship more perfect-this is the longest construction time among all steel warships in the past.

But no matter how perfect the test was, the engineers carefully checked every corner after the test, especially the power system.

But Zhang Hao has already started preparing for a new 'Arctic Ocean Fleet'.

The fleet of Dayang Group was finally divided into two, and the Atlantic Fleet and the Arctic Fleet were established respectively.

Atlantic Fleet, continue the previous missions, etc., the person in charge is Zhao Yuhang; Fu Yun and the ship in the transformation stage.

The Arctic Ocean Fleet, with the Arctic Ocean as its flagship, is headed by Dugu Junjie. Chen Yansong followed the boat during the transformation period.

Because in the past six months, the Dayang Group has launched 40 warships successively. Except for some of them handed over to Xuanzhen Sect and Qixia Kingdom, there are also a few ships sold to Tianmo Sect and Red Lotus Sect. The rest are all within Dayang Group, a total of 24 ship.

After careful consideration, the fleet is divided as follows:

Atlantic Fleet: Atlantic Fleet: 14 Zhenyuan-class and 14 Iron Duke-class warships;

Arctic Ocean Fleet: 1 Arctic Ocean + 4 Zhenyuan-class warships + 2 Iron Duke-class warships.

Now, there are still five Zhenyuan-class ships and five Iron Duke-class ships in the dock, which will be completed within 20 days. The number of warships in Dayang Group is a bit too much—there are not too many masters and not enough manpower. Wait, it's saturated.

Thinking of this, Zhang Hao immediately ordered: After the new steel warship is launched, go all out to develop a fast, super-large displacement warship. For example, 40,000 tons. The construction of the rest of the warships, except for the 30,000-ton class, is suspended; steel, etc., are used in other fields.

In his spare time, Zhang Hao opened a battleship form and began to calculate.

As of now, among the warships built by Dayang Group, except for two sunk ones—all of them are now rampant in the sea.

There are two ships from the Land of Langya and three ships from the Land of Canglan, all of which are 10,000-ton and Iron Duke class.

In addition, the Tianmo Sect purchased a 10,000-ton class, and the Red Lotus Sect purchased two 10,000-ton class ships and one 20,000-ton class ship.

The rest, including:

Ocean Group's Atlantic Fleet: 14 Zhenyuan-class ships + 14 Iron Duke-class ships;

Ocean Group's Arctic Ocean Fleet: 1 Arctic Ocean + 4 Zhenyuan-class ships + 2 Iron Duke-class ships;

Weihai Fleet of Xuanzhen Sect: 4 Zhenyuan-class ships, 12 Tieduke-class ships;

The Pearl Fleet of Qixia Kingdom: 3 Zhenyuan-class ships, 6 Iron Duke-class ships.

The additional warships of Weihai Fleet and Mingzhu Fleet also paid a huge price. Although the two fleets have made a lot of business recently, they still have to pay a lot of extra money to buy new warships.

Fortunately, the Qixia Kingdom said that the empress was planning to give a piece of land to Dayang Group to offset the price.

The Xuanzhen Sect was miserable, and they paid a lot of Nascent Soul Stage quotas, and even took out a lot of precious pills, core materials, formations, cultivation techniques, etc.

After sorting out all the information, Zhang Hao knocked on the table: "The battleship market is temporarily saturated. Even if other countries want to buy it, they will not sell it to them.

That West Kunlun may be the next market, and the warship that is about to be launched in the dock may be sold to them. But we must be cautious, we don't know anything about West Kunlun for the time being.

Forget it, don't think about it for now. Anyway, when the warship is launched, there should be many countries rushing to buy it. High-tech products have always been a seller's market! "

Zhang Hao sorted out all the materials and was about to leave the office. But at this moment, a guard came in to report: Fang Rong, the envoy from the country of Shaoze, and Wang Rui, the envoy from the country of Canglan, arrived together and asked for a visit.

"What are they visiting?" Zhang Hao was a little curious.

When we met, Fang Rong probably got acquainted with Zhang Hao, so the guy opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Zhang, I have seen you. We are here for help."