The airship of the military observation group was at an altitude of several hundred meters. They could clearly see how the Swedish army was defeated.
Imperial General Wang Shangfu said in confusion: "There is a gap between the tanks made by the Rui Kingdom and the Empire. I knew about it before the war started.
This is also the reason why I am more optimistic about the Shu Army.
But I really didn't expect that the Shu army would be able to exert at least 80% of the performance of its tanks after just a few months of training.
The Shu army's chariots and soldiers cooperated tacitly, and the three chariots formed a horn formation, forming a combat group.
The Swedish tanks fought independently, and even accidentally hit friendly forces.
The hit rate of the chariot troops of both armies is not very high.
But the Shu army was defeated because of the strong protective capabilities of the chariots and the way the chariots were organized for combat.
Its fault tolerance rate has been greatly improved. Even if a mistake is made on the battlefield, it will not cause too much negative consequences.
The Swiss army's use of tanks was already far behind.
Before firing their cannons, their tanks had to stop where they were and serve as targets.
The most important thing is that the Swedish army has no room for error. As long as it is broken through, defeat will be inevitable."
Imperial General Wang Shangfu looked at the situation on the battlefield below.
The Shu army has come out to clean up the battlefield, and the only remaining soldiers of the Swedish army are retreating towards Jishan Town.
The victory or defeat on the battlefield has been decided, but he has to take the initiative to lower everyone's expectations for the imperial tank.
As a person responsible for promoting arms, if he said these things, it would be outrageous.
General Wang Shangfu was puzzled by the situation of the Shu army.
He saw the performance of the Shu Army's chariots on the battlefield, and clearly saw the shadow of the Imperial Royal Army in them.
However, considering that all the major vassal states all inherited the Imperial Army, it is normal for them to have similar tactics.
General Lu Kun of Chu State frowned. He seemed to have remembered something, and the expression on his face was very complicated.
He finally said tentatively: "It will take the Shu army a few months to make the chariot look like this.
Even if the chariot soldiers are kings of soldiers, they cannot do this.
These tacit understandings on the battlefield cannot be formed in a short time.
I wonder if the army below is an army from a certain country that has put on the uniforms of the Chu army."
General Lu Kun still did not dare to say that the Imperial Army changed its vest to help the Shu Army win this war.
He must have no evidence, and there will be a price to pay for speaking nonsense.
But what he meant was understood by all the generals present.
Imperial General Niu Feng emphasized: "His Majesty the Emperor and the Governor-General have given orders.
The imperial army will never interfere in wars between vassal states.
Even if there is a situation where the empire must intervene, the empire will send a note in advance.
The empire is an upright and upright army of kings and will never engage in villainous behavior."
General Niu Feng noticed that everyone had strange thoughts and immediately reiterated the empire's attitude.
The empire sent them to sell arms to vassal countries, so it would never be biased towards a certain vassal country.
The generals from various countries in the military observation group still have doubts in their hearts.
The airship descended and they returned to the camp.
Visit the Shu army and discover how they won.
If you can't detect it, you can only report the news to the country and use extremely hidden spies.
None of them expected that things would go very smoothly.
When they went to the Shu army camp, the Shu army was celebrating the victory of the mercenaries.
When the imperial general Wang Shangfu learned about the situation of the mercenaries, he finally let go of his worries.
He is in charge of arms sales, and he doesn't know much about the secrets of the Governor's Mansion.
He was really afraid that the Governor's Mansion had a secret mission, but was hit by a military observation group.
In this way, the vassal countries will no longer trust the empire, and arms sales will become extremely difficult.
General Lu Kun of Chu State learned the whole story, and he looked at Imperial General Wang Shangfu with surprise.
"General Wang, aren't these mercenaries part of the imperial military?"
General Wang Shangfu's eyes widened and he said in a serious tone: "How could General Lu say that? This is not a slander out of thin air.
Mercenaries are people who have retired from the military, and they have not retired in the past year.
These people are already considered ordinary civilians.
They choose which vassal states they go to, and the empire will never interfere.
Not to mention others, General Lu himself was also from the Imperial Royal Army.
Could it be that General Lu was serving in Chu State because of the empire's interference?
In the armies of the major vassal states, the proportion of officers with the background of retired imperial soldiers should be considerable.
If Shu did this, you can do the same.
The Empire neither recommends nor prevents this situation."
The generals from various countries in the military observation group had just encountered this incident, and they had similar thoughts to General Lu Kun.
My first reaction was, can I still do this?
If you don't have skilled officers yourself, then hire retired officers from the Imperial Royal Army.
The generals in the military observation group are all high-level leaders of their respective countries. They understand the problems currently encountered by their respective countries.
When Wei and Shu went to war, all countries realized that war was inevitable, and a chaotic war sweeping Europe would break out in the near future.
To a greater or lesser extent, all countries have already mobilized.
Through the war between Lu State and Shu State, they have seen that Shu State can withstand the Russian attack except for the arms support provided by the empire.
The most important reason is that the Shu Kingdom completed military mobilization ahead of schedule.
If the Shu Kingdom had not completed their mobilization, they would have already lost the Hongshanling area in the first wave of Rui Kingdom's offensive.
As an agricultural country, Shu State can resist the attacks of industrial countries at an early stage after mobilization.
In this way, countries formed a consensus.
No matter how powerful the army is, if it does not have a mobilized army, it can be regarded as non-existent.
The preparations for war in various countries can be said to be basically completed.
Now there is only the last link left, which is ordinary soldiers, which can be solved by mobilizing citizens to participate in the war.
The problem of shortage of officers cannot be solved by relying on military mobilization.
An army without the command of grassroots officers is just a ragtag group of people, and it will easily collapse when encountering difficulties.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The mercenaries that were the first to be recruited by the Shu Kingdom have directly made up for the last missing link in various countries.
When the generals of the military observation group realized this, their expressions changed one after another.
This means that the critical point of the European War may break out at any time after all countries have completed the recruitment of officers.
The generals in the military observation group are even aware of this.
They also sent the whole story of the war back to China as quickly as possible.
Now it depends on the speed of each country. If the enemy country gives priority to completing the recruitment of officers, they will suffer huge losses.
When General Niu Feng saw this situation, he smiled and said, "Old Wang, we won't have to worry about orders from now on."
General Wang Shangfu nodded in agreement: "The coming period will be the busiest time for arms sales."
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In Warsaw, Shu Kingdom, Shu King Qian Mingyi has been waiting for the outcome of the war.
When he received the news of Shu's victory, he burst into laughter before he even put down the phone.
"Okay, great.
King Su Lei of Rui has some strength, so he doesn't take me seriously.
Now let this kid learn a lesson and let him realize the capabilities of this uncle of mine."
King Qian Mingyi of Shu immediately called Chief of General Staff Zhao Zhifang.
He ordered the Shu army to increase their efforts and hire retired officers from the empire.
The skills these retired officers have learned have not faded at all.
It is much easier to hire mature officers than to train officers yourself.
King Qian Mingyi of Shu discovered the power of mercenaries.
He also wanted to be a charioteer and artilleryman of the Shu army, but his performance was a bit unsatisfactory.
King Qian Mingyi of Shu proposed that not only the retired officers of the empire, but also the retired technical arms of the empire could be hired if there is an opportunity.
He wanted to build a comprehensive mercenary army and let them help Shu win this war.
King Qian Mingyi of Shu could understand that it was better to give money to mercenaries than to pay war reparations to other countries.
…
King Sulei of Rui learned the news that Rui's elite mechanized divisions were defeated miserably on the front line.
He couldn't believe it was true. After confirming it repeatedly, he immediately broke through the defense.
Rui Wang Sulei dropped the microphone in his hand directly to the ground, shattering it into pieces.
"The first mechanic is the ace army that I spent 20 million taels of silver coins and worked hard to build.
The first time he appeared on the battlefield, he returned immediately defeated.
This is twenty million taels of silver coins, all of which were wasted.
This king spent a huge amount of money to raise a bunch of trash, what use do you have?"
He immediately summoned Prime Minister Yu Tianfang, Governor Qi Kuohai and others.
King Su Lei of Rui was furious in the palace, facing everyone in the Governor's Mansion.
All the officials in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion lowered their heads.
The first mechanic who had high hopes failed miserably, and King Rui Sulei was furious.
They can't find any reason to excuse themselves.
If they lose to other countries, they can still find reasons.
But they lost to Shu, and there was no room for excuse.
Everyone knows the situation of Shu. It was only an agricultural country before, and there were not even many tractors in the country.
The Kingdom of Shu received the imperial chariot and trained it for only a few months.
No matter from any angle, the chariot soldiers of Shu are a group of new soldiers.
The First Mechanic is the ace of the Rui Kingdom, but it cannot even defeat the new recruits of the Shu Kingdom.
In this situation, how could King Rui have a good temper?
If it were not a formidable enemy now, King Rui would definitely cut military spending.
King Rui Sulei was getting angry when a yellow-haired young eunuch walked into the room with a sealed telegram.
Everyone looked at the nervous little yellow-haired eunuch, knowing that if he came in at this time, there must be an emergency situation.
Rui Wang Su Lei barely suppressed the anger in his heart.
He began to read the urgent telegram.
After Rui Wang Sulei read it, he laughed.
"The First Mechanic was not defeated by the Shu people, he was defeated by the Imperial Royal Army."
As soon as Rui Wang Sulei said these words, the expressions of everyone present changed drastically.
When they heard this, they thought that the empire would personally intervene in the war between vassal states.
Prime Minister Yu Tianfang was the most nervous, and he said with a trembling voice: "How is this possible?
Before we declared war, the war had been limited to the Hongshanling area because we were afraid of imperial interference.
There is no reason for the empire to interfere in this war."
When they saw the contents of the telegram, they breathed a sigh of relief.
What King Rui just said did not mean that the empire sent troops to intervene, but that the first mechanic lost to the mercenaries.
Prime Minister Yu Tianfang knew that he had made a fool of himself just now, and now he needed to change his image.
"Your Majesty, if the bandits can go, I can go too.
We can also do this if we find that Shu is hiring veterans from the empire.
Our country's population and industrial strength surpass those of Shu in all respects.
The number of wars Shu can win now is just a coincidence.
Our country can not only hire officers from the empire, but also from our ally Cao State, through this method."
Officials of the Metropolitan Government also realized that this was an opportunity to enhance the strength of the Swedish army.
King Sulei of Rui was only angry for a moment, but when he realized that doing so could enhance the overall strength of Rui.
He immediately agreed to the suggestions of his ministers.
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In the editorial department of Chu State's "Geographical Interests", editor-in-chief Mi Youde looked at the latest information he learned.
He immediately called the editor and ordered: "The latest issue of the magazine will contain my newly written article. Replace the original article."
The editors are checking the latest articles one after another. If the editor can choose to change the article, something major must have happened.
They look at the title of the article first.
"Every country has completed the last step, and the war is about to break out"
This article is another one of predictive nature.
Editor-in-Chief Mi Youde's tone became more determined, as if he had seen a full-scale war breaking out in Europe.
The content of this article is very concise.
Just to name a few, countries such as Chu, Yue, Wu, Gui, and Rui sent people to the empire and spent huge sums of money to recruit veterans of the empire to become mercenaries of various countries.
The shortage of excellent grassroots officers in various countries has been holding back the pace of military expansion in various countries.
The emergence of this method of directly hiring retired military officers from other countries has allowed the armies of various countries to make up the last step in their military expansion.
There is no longer any force that can stop countries from expanding their armies.
When countries complete preparations for military expansion, that is when war breaks out.
Since retired officers are hired rather than selected and trained from scratch, countries will expand their armies very quickly.
A young editor of a magazine saw this article.
He asked in confusion: "Shu is the instigator, so it's not good for him to do this!"
Isn't this just introducing the power of the empire, but it's just disguised.
Countries want to recruit enough veterans in the empire.
We must cooperate with certain forces in the empire to achieve this request in a short time.
The army of the empire did not interfere in the vassal countries, but some forces in the empire used this method to interfere in the situation in Europe.
It’s not that European countries are united in resisting the empire’s entry.”
Editor-in-Chief Mi Youde saw the young editor and asked some naive questions.
He was in a good mood and replied directly: "The bustling world is all for profit; the bustling world is for profit.
Only when it causes major erosion of interests to all countries will they unite to resist.
The matter of mercenaries is obviously beneficial to all countries.
Of course, countries will selectively ignore this issue.
As long as we grasp the core interests, the way of looking at the problem will become simple."
A new issue of Geo-Interest magazine will be published soon.
Its headline article directly ignited public opinion.
Editor-in-Chief Mi Youde reminded readers of the magazine through detailed arguments that the European War was coming.
