Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 275 Chapter 275
In Bunas, the headquarters of Datang Group and Tang Mo's stronghold, a meeting is being held regarding the current situation.

The current situation is very clear, the opponent is obviously targeting the Datang Group, and the trick they use is to besiege all the forces that the Datang Group can radiate at present.

In the north, the Poplar and Pine Kingdoms are facing border pressure, and the Dorne Kingdom in the south is also very passive.

The Kingdom of Wright in the middle is also at war with the Kingdom of Gmelin, and Cyric obviously planned it carefully for a long time this time.

"The arrangement is good. Let the Kingdom of Gmelin involve Wright, and at the same time let Dorne and Suzas also fall into the war. The other party is more prepared this time than last time." Tang Mo leaned on the chair and looked at the map. I don't know if I'm being sarcastic or really complimenting.

He shifted his gaze and looked at Harry aside: "I heard that the profit of the munitions department has increased by [-]% recently. The situation is gratifying."

"Master, our situation is very unfavorable. A large number of arms orders have consumed our own material reserves. If the war is protracted, we will soon fall into the trap of shortage of materials." Harry reminded Tang Mo.

The other party is also an arms group, so it is natural to be able to speculate on the accumulation of the Datang Group to a certain extent.

In fact, although the Datang Group has risen rapidly and looks aggressive, it actually has its own weaknesses.

The weakness is materials - although the rapid development is fast, it requires a lot of consumable materials, so it is impossible to hoard too many materials.

It is true that the Datang Group has more efficient factories that can produce more advanced shells and more powerful artillery, and can even build iron-clad warships that Cyric cannot manufacture.

But once the scale of the war breaks out too large, or the war becomes protracted and cannot be ended, there will be serious problems in the supply of Datang Group.

This is almost Cyric's conspiracy. They have spotted the supplies in the Datang Group's warehouse, which cannot withstand the consumption of a large-scale war.

No way, Cyric's top executives were right, because Tang Mo's Datang Group really couldn't afford such consumption.

Don't look at Tang Mo's purchase of a large amount of steel, and even the construction of several large steel factories, popularizing more advanced iron-making technology, but the steel produced by Datang Group is scattered in a large number of related industries.

Rail trains need steel, even if the carriages are made of wood, but the rails are indeed a real consumption of steel.

Steel is also needed to build ships, and steel is also needed to make cars. Tang Mo's factory also needs steel for various equipment, so Tang Mo can allocate much less steel to weapon production.

Similarly, most of Tang Mo's metal reserves were used for expansion, and the outbreak of the war accelerated the consumption of these metals, which also made Datang Group's metal reserves begin to strain.

The war on the front line is not only consuming Tang Mo's material reserves, but also consuming Tang Mo's human resources.

In order to cope with the war, countless middle-aged laborers were assembled and concentrated on transportation and military training, which also slowed down Tang Mo's production expansion.

If there was no war, Tang Mo's expansion speed would have increased geometrically, and now his expansion speed has obviously slowed down many times.

These are all problems that make Tang Mo's Datang Group uncomfortable and have to bear.

"There is no way. In terms of absolute production capacity and material reserves, the Cyric Consortium has an absolute advantage. This cannot be changed in the short term." Tang Mo looked at his subordinates and admitted his shortcomings.

However, he went on to say: "But we have our own strengths, which were ignored by everyone in the past, but are becoming more and more important strengths now!"

He stood up, walked to the front of the map, and drew a big circle on the entire map with his hand: "It is true that Cyric is stronger than us as a whole, but, more than a year ago, why did they lose? Woolen cloth?"

"Because they can't concentrate their forces on us! Their size is so huge that they don't even know what happened in some areas!" Tang Mo said with a mocking smile.

Then he pointed to the war zone on the map, and continued: "Their strength needs to be transported, and it takes time to concentrate where it is needed, and we are obviously better than them in terms of transportation!"

"Further away, it's impossible for their supplies to gather in the war zone! The consumption on the road is enough for them to collapse, so in fact, it is still close to the war zone...these areas!" Swiping his finger across the map, he narrowed it down to nearby countries.

"Looking at the Cyric Consortium in these areas alone, or the industrial base of these countries, it is completely different from ours!" Tang Mo confidently gave his conclusion: "We are at least 2 of them. times, even 3 times!"

If the things produced cannot be shipped to the place where they are used, it is no different from being unable to produce them.

This era is deformed, because of the appearance of Tang Mo, the technological development of the whole world is completely chaotic and random.

Science and technology, theoretical knowledge can't keep up with the development of technology at all. Most of the technologies that Tang Mo has brought out lack sufficient theoretical support in other regions.

To put it bluntly, these technologies cannot be easily copied, and even if they are copied, they are poor imitations, and few people can fully understand them.

Similarly, in areas where Tang Mo did not have time to develop, the technological level of this world was still backward, lagging behind to the point of making people laugh and cry.

To give a simple example, the world already has cars. This is a new product launched by Tang Mo, and it is even used in many regions.

But for the refining of gasoline, probably only the Wright Kingdom and Dragon Island have a complete and large-scale production base.

What's even more ridiculous is that because of the method of transporting oil, Tang Mo's side is basically still in its original state. He doesn't have oil pipelines, nor does he have a special tanker for transporting oil.

Therefore, the gasoline produced by Longdao was actually transported to Bunas on a large scale in the form of wooden barrels and sailboats.

Similarly, most of the liquids produced by the oil refineries in Bunas and Wright Kingdom were transported to other places by primitive methods.

Who would have thought that the support of the gas station in Ice Crystal City, so that there is enough gasoline there, relies on the magical combination of the carriage and the wooden barrels originally filled with wine?
Tang Mo introduced a square tin gasoline barrel, but this luxurious way of transporting oil can only be popularized in Bunas, after all, things like iron are relatively expensive.

In places other than Wright and Dragon Island, everyone is not used to using iron as a material. Most of the time, iron is not used in places that can be replaced by wood.

"Although the enemy has carefully arranged, but...have they forgotten something?" Tang Mo asked his subordinates as he stood beside the map.

"The Poplar Kingdom and the Pine Kingdom are far from being able to quench their thirst, Susas has internal and external troubles, the Wright Kingdom is fighting hard at the border, and Dorne is too busy to take care of himself..." Loew shook his head, really unable to think of what else he could do on his side. The power to mobilize.

"The same is true for Long Island. Even if Roger stops construction, it won't be able to help here in a short time." Li Ao also shook his head.

"We still have a strength, they didn't take it into account..." Tang Mo laughed, and put his hand on a spot on the map: "I hope they can bring surprises to our enemies!"

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"Report!" A Gemelin officer shouted loudly as he opened the door of his general's room.

The general who commanded the army to invade Wright raised his head, and together with a group of officers who were studying the battle situation and the head of Cyric, looked at the officer who was responsible for delivering intelligence messages.

"What's the matter?" The general looked at the messenger officer who looked a bit unsightly, and asked, "What happened?"

"The message from the flanking officer! They said that we seem to be flanked by Wright's army!" The officer who sent the order hesitated to say the news from the flank.

"Huh?" The general frowned, a little unwilling to believe this kind of thing: "This is impossible! How could there be a large army in the Wright Kingdom? How many people are there?"

"The person who sent the message said that the other party has two legions... probably... there is another legion behind..." the officer stammered.

"It's impossible!" This time, it was Cyric's turn to yell loudly, "Where did they get so many troops?"

The officer who sent the order was also very embarrassed. He looked at his general, and he also saw doubts in the latter's eyes. Then he looked at the Cyric man again and said, "Xiao, the news is true. The person who came to deliver the letter said... said, that army was fighting... the wolf, the wolf flag."

"Northern Ridge!" The person in charge of Cyric turned pale for a moment, and it was only at this moment that he remembered that there seemed to be an "autonomous region" in the Kingdom of Wright that did not listen to the announcement.

On weekdays, everyone only remembers North Ridge, which is undergoing rapid industrialization, but they always habitually ignore the military power that has always existed in North Ridge.

What everyone doesn't know is that North Ridge has not been idle for the past two years. Since the assassination of the Earl of North Ridge, Earl Fischero, the troops of North Ridge have been expanding.

With the support of the Datang Group, Northridge's economic situation is so good that it is enviable, so the funds that can be used to raise soldiers in the hands of Ronin Alice, who has inherited the title of earl, have always been very sufficient.

What everyone does not know is that the small North Ridge has 6 regiments. These regiments are not legions in the traditional sense, but modern infantry regiments reorganized by graduates of Datang Military Academy.

(End of this chapter)