Ming Empire, Zhongdu, underground receiving room of the Imperial Telegraph and Telephone Center.
Here, as in the past, the ticking sound of telegraphs resounds day and night, and every ticker prints out hundreds of kilometers of telegraph notices every day.
A female telegraph operator in front of the telegraph machine did not even need to raise her head. She could copy the telegram code just by relying on the ticking sound. It was the same day as usual. When the female telegraph operator received an email with a special mailbox code, she immediately raised her head.
After raising her hand, the supervisor who was patrolling walked up to her, glanced at the mailbox code, tore up the telegram slip, and then hurried into another office.
In this telegraph center, there are many secrets, both personal and official, and of course there are many stories on the hidden front.
In war, in addition to the bloody killings of swords and shadows on the front line, there are also invisible fronts. Spies have been an indispensable role in war since ancient times. No one knows that they will be in the war.
What role will they play, but one thing is for sure, their intelligence will change many things.
A few hours later, a car drove through the palace, and Qian Zizhuang, carrying a briefcase, walked into the imperial garden again. Before he arrived, he heard a burst of rapid machine gunfire. It was the army's new machine gun in the palace.
Practice shooting inside.
When he came to the lawn of the Imperial Garden, he saw a tall and strong soldier holding a thick cylinder and shooting. Seeing Qian Zizhuang, Sun Hu smiled sideways and said,
"Minister Qian, look, this is the Type 26 light machine gun that the Army has just finalized. How about, one person can carry it and shoot it."
"……What?"
Qian Zizhuang opened his eyes in shock and said in surprise.
"You, you call this a light machine gun?"
That thing, which is not much thinner than a thigh, must weigh forty or fifty pounds no matter what!
Is it a light machine gun?
"Yeah, didn't you see? It can be carried by one person. If there is no water in the cooling cylinder, it weighs less than 15 kilograms..."
Sun Hu said quite proudly.
"Now the troops on the front line need machine guns that can accompany the troops in the attack. Real machine guns. Although submachine guns are good, their range is too short. Therefore, the technicians of the arsenal have successfully developed this light machine gun based on the ten-year-old machine gun.
, a gun stock was added to it, and a pistol-type grip was added. The tripod was removed and replaced with a simple bipod, which is much lighter than the ten-year-old model..."
Looking at Sun Hu's proud look, Emperor Zhu Da said helplessly.
"Okay, compared to the ten-year-old model, it is indeed much lighter, but what? I think it would be better if the cooling water cylinder was lighter. We can consider air cooling. Isn't that what is used on airplanes?"
Look at the machine gun held by the 1.9-meter-tall strong man - loaded with one hundred rounds of bullets and cooling water, it weighs nearly 20 kilograms.
They actually called him a light machine gun...
It's a shame that they were able to scream. After sighing helplessly, Emperor Zhu looked at Qian Zizhuang and asked.
"Is there anything going on with Qian Qing's family?"
"The eagle has entered the cage."
Qian Zizhuang said.
"oh!"
Emperor Zhu Da raised his brows and smiled. A few minutes later, in the study, he put down the telegram sent back from London. Emperor Zhu Da said "hehe" with a sneer and said to Qian Zizhuang, Sun Hu and others.
said:
"The British took the bait!"
While sneering, Emperor Zhu walked to the globe in the middle of the study, turned the globe and said.
"We have endured for so long just to get the British to take the bait. Now they have taken the bait. If this battle is successful, at least for the next year, we will not need to consider the threat from the sea anymore!..."
After saying that, Emperor Zhu looked at Sun Hu and said with a smile.
"The South Pacific operation can be put on the agenda by then. How many landing ships do we have now? How many troops can be transported to land?"
In fact, this war was too hasty even for the Ming Dynasty - although the plan was perfect, it was not until the actual battle that it was discovered how hasty the preparations were.
For example, when the war broke out, the Marine Corps only had two divisions, the most important landing ships were only 32, and there were only 376 aircraft. Although there were as many as 1,100 tanks, which are extremely important for land warfare,
But they are scattered everywhere.
As for new recruits, new recruits need time to train. It is not three months of training. Three months can only complete preliminary training. They also need two months of basic infantry skills training. If they are artillery or tank troops and other technical arms, the time required
It's longer.
In fact, everyone is pretty much the same. Throughout 1995, everyone was training and going all out to detonate troops.
When is the real war?
It’s 1996!
This is similar to the First World War in one world. The war started in 2014, and the real killing came after the spring of 2015.
Because of this, last September, the Imperial Headquarters formulated a plan to gain control of the sea through a decisive battle.
In fact, in terms of naval power, the Allied Powers had an absolute advantage over the Allies. If the Ming Dynasty had not directly severely damaged the US Navy in Hampton at the beginning of the war, the US Navy would have almost returned to before liberation overnight.
It is still unclear who has control of the sea.
Therefore, from the submarine strangulation battle in the Atlantic to the overwhelming superiority of the French and Russian coalition forces in the Mediterranean, they were essentially all designed to promote the Royal Navy's full deployment.
Based on the experience of World War I and World War II in another world, Emperor Zhu Da knew very well that if Britain wanted to continue the war, they had to seize control of the sea. Even if the control of the sea was affected, the situation was unbearable for the United Kingdom.
Therefore, this war is inevitable. The only question is how much money Britain will invest. As long as the United Kingdom, the United States and even Germany are dragged into this naval battle, the outcome of failure must belong to Britain, not the Ming Empire.
"Your Majesty, after nearly a year of preparation, the Army now has the capacity to transport 300,000 troops to land at one time. The Marine Corps can also transport 200,000 troops at one time, and it is fully capable of carrying out operations in the South Pacific."
After glancing at Sun Hu, Emperor Zhu nodded. Why did he not implement the South Pacific Operation? He was worried that it would become a "refueling war." The most taboo thing in a landing battle was the "refueling tactic" caused by insufficient transportation capacity. Whether it was World War I
The defeat of the British in the Dardanelles and the defeat of the Japanese army in Guadalcanal in World War II were essentially due to insufficient transportation capacity and the inability to transport a large number of troops, and the situation where the superior defenders were unable to advance or retreat.
In the end, the landing battle turned into a refueling battle, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers died meaninglessly on the battlefield. It was not only the lives of soldiers, but also the loss of technical equipment.
In fact...in the simulator, the imperial army did suffer a defeat in Australia, which is why Emperor Zhu Da postponed the South Pacific campaign.
Now, everything is just fine. Although the enemy is preparing, the empire is more fully prepared. Thinking of this, Emperor Zhu turned to Qian Zizhuang and said firmly:
"Now we must keep an eye on the British's movements. As soon as they attack, we will deal with them. If they don't move...then we will force them to move!"
When Emperor Zhu Da finished speaking, Qian Zizhuang continued to report.
"Your Majesty, in addition, we have obtained information that the British are making secret contacts with Russia. The British may offer certain conditions to persuade Russia to withdraw from the war!"
What!
The sudden news made Emperor Zhu raise his eyebrows and ask.
"Is the information accurate? From what channel did you get it?"
The reason why Emperor Zhu asked this question was because Russia was different from other countries in that most of its senior officials were nobles, which made it difficult for the empire's spies to penetrate its senior levels. Naturally, the channels for obtaining intelligence were also very limited.
(End of chapter)
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