Alien Arms Empire

Chapter 775 Chapter 775
"Ugh..." Zhao Kai lay pale on the shoulder of a servant, retching non-stop in front of a washbasin, as if he wanted to spit out everything in his stomach.

He just made an unreasonable decision: order to play a recorded video from the front line in his hall.

With the vigorous development of the film industry in the Tang Dynasty, things such as cameras are no longer so mysterious. Many countries have purchased this expensive equipment to record some weird things.

For example, similar equipment will appear in palace banquets. When film was still very expensive a few years ago, nobles used it to show off their wealth.

The camera will record those extravagant aristocratic lives. In the silent film without sound, the aristocratic woman looks at the camera curiously, showing off her gorgeous clothes.

These images are also precious, recording the life of the nobles, reflecting the customs of various places, as well as the changes in clothing and makeup over the years.

It has to be said that Tang's makeup and clothing have profoundly influenced many countries. Tang's skirts have gradually become the mainstream of clothing for noble women in various countries. The difference is that the styles popular in each region are slightly different.

At the same time, various countries are also trying their best to form their own film teams to shoot some stories to counteract the seemingly invisible cultural invasion of the Tang Dynasty.

For example, Tang State exported more than 30 films to various countries every year before the war, and most of them were very popular.

These movies spread the ideology of the Tang Dynasty, and there are many things in it that annoy the old nobles.

For example, the positive images in the movies of the Tang Dynasty are often the new-style aristocrats who are benevolent, kind, and noble. These aristocrats are social elites who have made outstanding contributions. They are handsome and wealthy in the movies. Our warm welcome.

One of the most famous movies is the one called "The Earl of Kunlun Mountain". It tells the story of a commoner whose wife was taken over by the local old nobleman. Since then, he was sent to Long Island to study and progress, and finally learned all the skills, became the earl of the Tang Dynasty, worth hundreds of millions, and finally rescued his wife, the story of revenge.

Originally, this story didn't have many brilliant places, it was nothing more than an old-fashioned revenge story.However, the background of the rise of the Tang Dynasty was added to make people more convincing.

Many people found their first pot of gold in Bunas back then, and many people changed their life destiny in Tang State.

In the Tang Dynasty, you can indeed become a respected and loved consul by virtue of your studies, and you can indeed realize your political ambitions through hard work.

Therefore, when a very realistic and ideal story is placed in front of everyone, the impact is real and fascinating.

As a result, many countries began to shoot their own films and tell their own stories-this method of recording images has also spread and spread rapidly in a wider field.

Later, after discovering that the camera can record the real situation in the distance, shooting and recording and bringing back these precious live images became an important use of the camera.

Cyric engineers use this method to analyze the battlefield performance of weapon systems, so the cameras are often taken to the front line for use.

Then, as Tang's new weapons and equipment began to be put into the battlefield in large quantities, taking pictures of some Tang army weapons has also become an important part of recording and analyzing Tang army weapons and equipment, and plagiarizing the appearance of weapons.

This time, a camera happened to capture the white phosphorous bombs of Tang State attacking Fengjiang City. Cyric sent the film back to Dahuadidu for processing and analysis, because the conditions here are better.

After getting the news, Zhao Kai was very curious about the white phosphorous bomb that Feng Kezhi highlighted in his report. He really wanted to know how powerful the weapon that could make Feng Kezhi fear three points.

So Zhao Kai summoned Cyric's advisers and ordered them to play the scene of the front line being attacked by white phosphorus bombs in his palace.

At first, the engineers of Cyric refused. After reading the content, they felt that it was too shocking and not suitable for Zhao Kai to watch.

However, Zhao Kai insisted on seeing it with his own eyes, and even invited Shen Chuan and Chu Muzhou, as well as Chen Jing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and other ministers.

In the end, Cyric agreed to Zhao Kai's request. Anyway, if you want to see it, you can show it to you. If you see a problem, don't blame us for not warning you.

As a result, Zhao Kai saw on the big screen the attack of white phosphorous bombs that suddenly exploded in the sky like thousands of meteors falling to the ground.

He saw with his own eyes that the soldier contaminated by the burning white phosphorous twisted and rolled on the ground like an eel, struggling constantly.

In the picture, houses are burning, and thick smoke is billowing everywhere.The officer waved his hands helplessly, and there were already burning soldiers shouting at him beside him.

Because there was no sound, Zhao Kai couldn't hear the miserable cries of those soldiers.But he could clearly see that the other party opened his mouth wide, and he could clearly feel the hysterical despair through the screen.

The picture soon became densely packed with wounded soldiers, including wounded soldiers with burned arms, ruined buildings and barricades piled up with rubble and rubble.

The whole city is burning, and there are black smoke columns in the distance.Fengjiang City has long lost its original appearance, and it has almost been destroyed.

Dahua soldiers holding weapons stared at the camera with numb faces, and some even had wrinkles on their foreheads.Many are no longer young, and many are underage.

These soldiers who were drafted to fight for their country had just lived through a disaster that wasn't quite over when they faced the cameras.

The fire burned for three days and three nights before it subsided, and a large number of wooden structures were burned down, leaving only piles of black ashes.

"This is not a weapon that belongs to this world at all." Chu Muzhou looked palely at the emperor Zhao Kai who was vomiting non-stop, and then said to Chen Jing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, beside him.

Chen Jing sighed, and sighed to the old prime minister: "We just fumbled to make some planes and tanks, and they came up with a lot of new things... The craftsmen have tried their best, but..."

Chu Muzhou also knew that the Ministry of Industry had actually done its best. These days, Chen Jing had been living in his office, personally urging some craftsmen to improve their weapons and equipment as soon as possible, so as to bridge the gap between the Dahua army and the Tang army.

But the results of the hard work are minimal, what the craftsmen of Cyric cannot produce, the craftsmen of the Dahua Empire are also unable to understand.

The Dahua Empire's ability to produce new tanks and aircraft is already the strength of the whole country, which is the limit of the empire's technology.

The Ministry of Industry really has no way to deal with this kind of bomb that is more terrifying than the devil. Even if they have the ability to get white phosphorus, the Dahua Empire does not have bombers that can go deep into the Tang country to drop these bombs, right?

As for the new bomber?Don't think about it any time soon.The new aircraft production line developed by Dahua Empire is not enough to produce and assemble Dahua 1 new fighter jets, and there is no way to reproduce bombers.

Even if there is a second production line, it should meet the air force's needs for fighter jets and vigorously produce fighter jets for air defense. Where can it produce bombers?

Coupled with the lack of engine production capacity, the Dahua Empire simply has no more engines to supply bombers for production. Even if the fuselage can be manufactured, there are no engines available.

"Production of artillery, anti-aircraft guns, tanks and planes...the Ministry of Industry has no spare manpower, let's take care of other things..." Chen Jing shook his head, looking like I really had no choice.

"Chen Shangshu's hard work, of course I know." Chu Muzhou didn't mean to blame Chen Jing, and immediately comforted him: "It's just that the white phosphorous bomb is really too vicious, it really makes people feel lingering fear."

Not to mention that the civil servants of the Dahua Empire have never been to the battlefield, even if they have led soldiers to fight, the battlefield they are familiar with is not like the one in the image in front of them.

Compared with the wars they knew or heard about, the image of the burning and collapsing city was simply the hell in the scriptures.

"Fighting against such an opponent, it is a miracle that we have persisted until now and have not lost." Hubu Shangshu Wang Yucai said in a low voice to Jiang Run, the Rites Shangshu beside him.

Jiang Run wiped off the cold sweat on his face, nodded and agreed with Wang Yucai's words: "Master Wang's words are absolutely true! This Tang country is really like a wolf and a tiger, rude...inhuman!"

Everyone was terrified by the terrifying scene in the picture. It wasn't until this time that the ministers present finally had an intuitive understanding of the brutality of the war.

The previous war was just a cold number to them. Hundreds of thousands of people died and millions of gold coins were lost... These numbers were too abstract and not real at all for them.

At this moment, the most real thing was in front of them, and they finally began to seriously think about whether it was necessary to continue this war.

Of all the people present, none was more proud than Shen Chuan.As Minister of the Ministry of War of the Empire, he had always been scolded and blamed, the one who was not liked by others.

It's all right now, everyone has realized how much pressure he was under before.Now he can fight back, he can finally bow his hands in a cheap way, and say the classic line of "You can do it!"

"Master Shen..." The emperor over there was still retching, and the meeting couldn't go on for a while, so Chu Muzhou moved to Shen Chuan's side, lowered his voice, and asked, "In your opinion, what should I do?" Is good?"

He didn't say what it was, but Shen Chuan knew what he was talking about.

What Chu Muzhou asked was about this war... or how to deal with this mess.

Finally, Zhao Kai recovered.Although many people felt that it would be better for him to vomit until he died, he recovered and sat back on his throne.

His face was pale, he looked down at the servants at his feet, and it took him a while to say something: "Everyone...do you have anything to say?"

The reason why his face turned pale was that on the one hand he was frightened by the cruel scene, and on the other hand he was suffocated by vomiting just now.

Such an embarrassing embarrassment in front of all the ministers, Zhao Kai, who wants to save face the most, feels that he is not good.

While he complained in his heart that these people in Cyric were ignorant and shouldn't have brought such disgusting things to him; on the other hand, he hated even more the Tang Kingdom that made him embarrassing in public, and hated that bastard called Tang Mo.

Zhao Kai, who was so precious from birth, has never hated a country or a person so much.Because in the past, if he hated, he could vent his hatred immediately.

Someone disobeyed him?Just kill it.Has a vassal offended him?It is enough to issue an imperial edict to reprimand and send troops to the border to intimidate.

But the emergence of the Tang Kingdom brought an existence next to the Dahua Empire that could not be offended and could not be killed, an existence that Zhao Kai hated but could not solve.

The ultimate hatred was nothing more than making Zhao Kai furious, but just now, when Zhao Kai was lying there vomiting stomach acid, he suddenly thought of a terrible question.

The imperial city of the Great Hua Empire, the imperial capital... It is also an old city where most of the city is made of wood!If the Tang army bombed the imperial capital with white phosphorous bombs, then this city that had been glorious for hundreds of years might really be destroyed in one fell swoop.

Zhao Kai didn't dare to imagine that his palace was ignited by raging fire, and his body was burnt to pieces.

So he was afraid, he was terrified, this feeling that he almost never had before made him strange and confused.At the same time, this feeling was really uncomfortable, so Zhao Kai unexpectedly calmed down.

Some ministers stood up and began to denounce Tang as vicious, inhumane, and devil-like, he deserved to die!
But if their curses worked, it is estimated that the Dahua Empire would have ruled the world a hundred years ago, and it would not wait until today to be beaten like this by the Tang State.

Regardless, the tone has to be set.It is always necessary for a few young people to speak up and talk about the scene again, so that the real high-ranking officials who will speak later will have the opportunity to talk about serious things.

After these ministers finished shouting their slogans, the first one to stand up was Jiang Run, the Minister of Rites. This time, he was extremely bold to speak out, bluntly saying that this war has lost control, and it is better to end it as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty! The empire needs to recuperate and live for the sake of the common people. It should send a special envoy to make peace with Tang Guo!" Jiang Run bowed his head and gave his own suggestion.

As the Ministry of Rites, he was in charge of the diplomacy of the Dahua Empire. This time, the Ministry of Rites couldn't push back to sue for peace after the defeat, so he took the initiative to undertake it, and let the emperor remember that he was brave enough to do things.

Zhao Kai raised his eyebrows when he heard someone mention the word peace for the first time after the war started.He really wanted to scold a few words, but he swallowed the words back.

Even though he still hated his generals for their incompetence, and hated Tang for cooperating without leading the way, he still had to admit that seeking peace might be the best way he could think of now.

"I think it is still necessary to increase the frontline and stabilize the defense..." Shen Chuan came out at this time, but what he said was not a suggestion for peace.

Chu Muzhou glanced at Shen Chuan's back, then lowered his head again.He had just communicated with Shen Chuan, and Shen Chuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, also told the Prime Minister Chu Muzhou his thoughts.

Shen Chuan's idea is simple: If you can't win on the battlefield, everything is zero.Peace talks must be stabilized on the battlefield and show their own strength, so that there is hope for talks!

If Fengjiang City is lost, and there is another big defeat before winter, and the Tang army goes deep into the hinterland of Dahua, how could Tang be willing to negotiate with the Dahua Empire under such circumstances?
Chu Muzhou also felt that if the Tang army was victorious, he would not be willing to negotiate peace easily if he were the prime minister of the Tang state.

That's why Shen Chuan suggested increasing troops to the front line. This is his opinion on the situation as Minister of the Ministry of War: "Your Majesty! If we can't stop the Tang army from advancing, then even if Tang agrees to negotiate, the demands will be frighteningly high!"

"That's right..." The ministers behind whispered to each other, instead of the previous cynicism towards Shen Chuan, they began to discuss and praise Shen Chuan's wisdom: "Master Shen's suggestion still makes sense."

"We need to increase troops? Didn't we just conscript 50 troops a few days ago to go to the front line?" But there were different voices, and some ministers immediately expressed their disgust towards the conscription.

Conscripting civilians into the army is not a trivial matter. The Dahua Empire has conscripted five times in a row before, and now it can be said that the people are full of grievances and complaints.

The first conscription was to attack Tang with an army of one million and capture Xi Cong.Dahua recruited 70 new recruits, and these troops basically became prisoners along with Qian Jinhang.

The second conscription was to deal with the Tang State's counterattack. 30 people were recruited across the country, and these troops were basically exhausted.

The third time was when the Tang army stormed Nanfengkou and recruited 20 people nearby.Before waiting for the 20 people to exert their strength, Tang Jun captured Nanfengkou, and the 20 people scattered like birds and beasts.

The fourth conscription was for the Zangjianxia defense line——Zhao Chen recruited 90 troops in the southern region at one go. Up to now, the southern region has been unable to resume production due to floods and conscription.

The fifth time was Feng Ke's defense of Fengjiang. He recruited 30 recruits along the way, and they were almost filled in Fengjiang's defense line. Now the reserve team is almost used up and needs to be supplemented urgently.

Before and after this, a total of 240 million strong men were recruited. In the past, it was enough to fight ten wars.As a result, the war was not over yet, and it was all lost.

Therefore, at this meeting, Shen Chuan brought up this new round of conscription plan that was very criticized before.

Although it is a headache, the Dahua Empire has indeed reached the point where it has to recruit troops to fight again.

"Your Majesty! General Feng Kezhi is in Fengjiang. He has to deal with the Tang army and guard against Qin's 20 barbarians. If the support is cut off, the consequences will be disastrous!" Shen Chuan bowed his head, his voice echoing in the hall.

Zhao Kai also knew that the soldiers borrowed from Qin State were borrowed soldiers after all, not his own.

If these Qin soldiers are lost, the Dahua Empire will pay for it!And if Qin State withdraws these soldiers, he can't treat Qin State like this.

Therefore, the Dahua Empire should really replace it to the front line with its own troops as soon as possible. Only doing so is safe.

Zhao Kai was in favor of conscription. In his opinion, increasing troops to the front line was much more pleasing to the eye than the proposal of directly suing for peace just now.

In addition, he had just seen the horror of the white phosphorus bomb with his own eyes, and his impression of Shen Chuan, who had been maintaining the front without collapse, changed, so he was more willing to support Shen Chuan.

So, Zhao Kai asked, "I don't know Mr. Shen, but how many recruits do you think is appropriate?"

When he asked this sentence, what he was thinking in his heart was that if Shen Chuan's request was not high, he would directly make a decision to satisfy Shen Chuan.

But who knows, Shen Chuan replied directly: "Report to Your Majesty! I think that 150 million new troops should be recruited immediately and sent to the front line as soon as possible."

"Not...how much?" Hearing the number that Shen Chuan said, Zhao Kai felt that he was not well.What is 150 million?Are you awake or not?

If 150 million people were really recruited, the Dahua Empire would have recruited nearly 300 million troops for this war.

Can't make it through this day?You must know that all the people on the battlefield are young and strong!What is young and strong?youth!prime of life!They are all working labor!They are all valuable production cores!
Those people all want to farm, and in the coming spring they will all want to farm and engage in agricultural production!What will happen next year's spring plowing if we are killed in battle and lost?Are the dams and canals still being repaired?Is the mine still dug?
Now there have been reports from officials saying that every family wears filial piety and every household wears hemp, and another 150 million people will be recruited. I am afraid there will be rebellion?

"I think it's 150 million!" Shen Chuan felt that taking advantage of this good opportunity, he had to get something more to support Feng Kezhi, who was fighting hard on the front line.

The reason why he proposed this figure was actually calculated carefully.If you exclude the 20 Qin army who are now more and more unwilling to do things, if you want to hold the line of defense, and prepare enough reserves so that Feng Kezhi can continue to make a fuss about Fengjiang, then at least 100 million people are needed.

But now, looking at the battle situation and Tang's new weapons, an additional 50 is needed to fill up the defense lines in other areas, so as to be safe.

In this way, in fact, 150 million is already a very conservative figure. Under normal circumstances, 200 million is not too much.

"Master Shen! Don't say that His Majesty can't agree to the number you said, and our Ministry of Industry can't gather so many weapons to equip your 150 million people!" Seeing Zhao Kai showing signs of breaking out, Minister of the Ministry of Industry Chen Jing came out first and rescued Shen Chuan.

Shen Chuan sighed. He knew that Chen Jing had good intentions, but if Chen Jing explained it like this, he would lose hope if he wanted these 150 million people.You know, this can be said to be what he fought for Feng Kezhi, the last bit of hope.

Without this hope, Feng Kezhi probably won't last long in Fengjiang.

Listening to the words of the ministers in the court of the Dahua Empire, Cyric's advisers also looked solemn. The war they planned now seems to have lost.But if you lose, someone needs to take the blame, and someone needs to take responsibility... Last time, someone died.What about this time?

(End of this chapter)