Thirty-Four Tough Enemies
Just like the sword of Damocles hanging above his head, the shadow of the magic empire always lingers on Chris's head.
The conflict with the Arrant Empire will alarm the Magic Empire as long as he wins. Chris really doesn't want to have a conflict with the Magic Empire. At least he doesn't want to expose his strength in front of the Magic Empire until he reserves enough power.
If possible, he really wanted to come up with some kind of long-range bomber first, come up with an atomic bomb, and then go to trouble with the Magic Empire—but that wasn't an achievable strategy.
All industries need to be accumulated and fortified before they can finally rise. Similar to Chris's previous evil way of relying on handicrafts to manufacture cannons, it is actually impossible to develop for a long time.
It was also fortunate that he met Des and Gurlo, which allowed him to correct his development model and have an industrial system that could barely support the economy.
And this industrial development system, which has already been on the right track, has just budded, and it has burst out with amazing power. Various industrial products have been manufactured and flooded people's lives. In just one year, the life of the common people in Ailan Hill has undergone earth-shaking changes.
With soapy baths, personal hygiene improved dramatically, disease rates began to drop, and the population exploded. More babies have survived this year than in the past three years.
In the same way, a lot of cheap cloth became a lot of cheap clothes: the world's clothes have never been cheaper. Clothing factories set up in various places even directly make fabrics into finished clothes with numbers and sell them directly to ordinary people.
Clothes that are all the same style are very popular because they are really cheap and time-saving. Just go back and change it up a bit, and you can wear it well.
Moreover, everyone wears the same clothes, which weakens the so-called distinction between high and low. People with similar incomes wear similar clothes - just like in the 1960s and 1970s, gray and black, almost printed and dyed Ailan All cities in Hill.
The management matters also began to become detailed and rough. All cities and villages in Ailan Hill must fly the king's flag of Ailan Hill. The banner of the black and white eagle is hung on the flagpoles of the city walls and fortresses, facing the wind. fluttering.
With the rapid establishment of factories, villages and towns quickly turned into cities, and countless idle agricultural populations poured into Des's factories and began to engage in simple production work.
No one ever thought that such a scene would appear in one's lifetime: countless children, women even have jobs, and every family is frantically accumulating its own wealth. But their wealth, because of the need to improve their lives, once again poured back into the treasury of Elland Hill like a thunderbolt.
Improving living conditions requires cement to build new solid houses, and new houses require metal and ceramic utensils. In order to hold these utensils, brand new furniture is needed, and then the family sits at home and thinks about the education of their children.
Just like the new China in a certain period, people who got rich began to think about more and more things. There is no era in which people are stupid, they are only restricted by reality and cannot see further.
Once they see hope, they will keep chasing the light, even if it is a blazing flame, they will pounce on it without hesitation, just for that illusory future.
The good news for the common people of Ireland Hill is that the future that Chris is giving them is a proven, powerful and correct future.
After Chris captured Vast Sea, he only stayed for a few days before leaving for Serris City. This is his root, after all, and the industrial core of all the regions around him. Because the degree of industrialization is the highest here, the support of the people is also the highest,
Chris is also the most dominant.
Having swept through five territories along the way, Chris actually faced a lot of problems. He lacks officials to manage these territories, and he can't promote the officials of Seris City by cronyism-he can only use some local bureaucrats and let them temporarily manage them for later effects.
The advantage of this is to maintain the stability of the region, and the bad news is not without it. Some officials who are rotten to the root are still delaying the development of the region, making Chris's industrial advancement plan slow.
Entering the territory of Serris, looking at the towering chimneys, Chris's mood became more comfortable. He rode on his horse, turned his head sideways and said to Des: "To fight against the Legion of Magicians, relying on infantry alone is obviously insufficient."
He looked at each other, and while pulling the reins to let the warhorses move forward slowly, he continued: "We have artillery and rifles for the ground troops, and the firepower is the strongest... But we still don't have the weapons to defend the dragon knights."
If described in modern tactical terms, Chris's troops are the strongest in ground-to-ground operations, and the ground-to-air is basically still in a blank state: "If you encounter a magic army on the ground, I don't know the composition of rifles and artillery. Can our defense line be able to resist, but if we encounter a dragon... the troops in our hands will suffer."
Des was a little embarrassed, and answered Chris's question: "Your Majesty, in fact... we don't know much about the Mage Legion of the Magic Empire. The records are very vague, and there are only a few words in some historical materials."
"In the war between the Magic Empire and our mortal empire, the dragon knights and some monster cavalry are usually dispatched. So we know the dragon knight and the monster cavalry in more detail, and even have some ways to fight." Des put himself Say everything you know.
He looked at Chris and explained in detail: "Usually, to fight against dragon knights, you need to prepare more ballistas... but this is only a very reluctant method, because there are very few troops that can resist the sky and the Simultaneous attack underground."
"Warcraft cavalry has thicker armor and higher combat effectiveness than ordinary cavalry, so it is difficult to block. The opponent's charge can easily penetrate the defense line of traditional infantry." Des, after all, had an "anti-magic empire" idea. The mortals he knew were very detailed.
"Tanks with bombers..." After hearing Des's description, Chris covered his face and gave an evaluation that was in line with his knowledge. No wonder the Magic Empire can crush the mortal civilization for thousands of years, making the mortal civilization stagnate in the weak and cold weapon era.
If there is a civilization on the earth, it can create terrifying war machines such as tanks and bombers in 1627, and it would not be difficult to bring all the civilizations around it back to the barbarian era.
"There's a question I've been meaning to ask." Chris ignored the doubts on Des's face, and didn't explain what tanks and planes were. Instead, he asked a topic of interest to him.
"What's the problem?" Hearing Chris' question, Des was very curious and looked at Chris beside him: "Your Majesty?"
"Why have we rarely seen high-level wild beasts living in the jungle or deep mountains until now." Chris asked in confusion.
"I can tell you this question. It's actually very simple. Just like a magician, the more advanced the beast, the higher the affinity for magic elements... These creatures with advanced wisdom are also willing to live in those magical atmospheres. Place." Des had researched a lot about the Magic Empire, so the answer came right up.
"It's no wonder, so mortals can survive in this world, because we can only occupy the places that those magicians and those monsters can't look down on." Chris said with a sneer.
He paused, and then asked again, "Since this is the case, is it possible that we find some wild beasts to test our weapons and equipment?"
Des, who can be said to be well-informed, shook his head and replied, "As far as I know, even in the Holy Demon Empire, a wild powerful beast is very expensive and dangerous. And they won't sell one. Only give monsters to mortals, this is their pride."
"Proud...ha!" Chris smiled in a self-deprecating manner: "I believe that soon they will put down their pride, condescend to come before us, and have a chat with us on an equal footing!"
Des nodded and said: "I also believe that this day will come soon! My Majesty! I have been reading various ancient books, including various documents from more than 1,000 years ago... There are many mortals who have carefully prepared, killed The dragon died."
Having said this, he looked at Chris and said, "Since these giant dragons can be killed by swords, they can be killed by shells! I am convinced of this! As long as we are equipped with enough With modern weapons, we can challenge these damn monsters!"
"This is the most optimistic estimate, we have to prepare for the worst..." Chris said with a strong sense of urgency, "So we have to prepare more powerful weapons until we are absolutely sure to win!"
"What's your plan?" Des looked at Chris in surprise and asked, "Let's make more advanced weapons?"
"Yes! We can't just be beaten passively, we have to fight back! Not only do we have to defend against their attacks, we have to go to their territory to attack them!" Chris clenched his fists and said to Des.
Chris's idea is actually very simple: since he can't come up with advanced technical weapons such as tanks and planes in a short time, he should concentrate on anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns!