Chapter 150 The More...
February 8, 1000 in the Gregorian calendar
The capital of Takagi Kingdom, Takata City Royal Palace
"His Majesty……"
"Get out of here!"
Bang!
Accompanied by the sound of various debris being swept to the ground, or being smashed directly to the ground, a group of ministers quickly fled from the inner hall of the palace.
If nothing else, the king of the Takagi Kingdom, Takagi Shungo, was furious when he heard that the rebel forces on the southern border used large-caliber mortars to set up an ambush and shelled the rebel base camp last night.
Moreover, the troops he sent to suppress the rebels in the south actually killed 143 soldiers, and the material losses cannot be calculated for the time being...
Is his kingdom just a bunch of trash just for show?
It didn't matter if he couldn't defeat the Japanese and Mai people's regular army. Anyway, he had never thought about the "great achievements" of the soldiers he sent out to fight with the pig-headed people. His simplest idea was to survive as many battles as possible.
After all, the soldiers he handed over to the pig-headed men were not really professional warriors at all. They were all low-level pariahs that the Takagi Kingdom did not need and were disobedient. His real purpose is also very simple. He hopes that these untouchables can be sold at a good price so that the Akitsu Empire can always ensure that his seated throne will not fly away easily from under his butt.
In other words, he, Shungo, never handed over the regular soldiers of the Takagi Kingdom to the Akitsu Empire to fight for the Akitsu Empire's Hachiyu. On the contrary, he has one and only one purpose, that is, there cannot be any "non-national" in the Takagi Kingdom who opposes him and does not enter the prison waiting to be blown up with cannons.
The existence of these "non-nationals" is a crime in itself.
A crime against the resources of the Takagi Kingdom.
Of course, instead of sending troops to capture or eliminate the rebels yourself, it would be a better way to find some reason to let them voluntarily work for the Akitsu Empire.
Yes.
Most of these "non-nationals" are poor people who don't have enough to eat, so King Junwu also told them very simply and straightforwardly that if they fight for the Akitsu Empire, they can eat high-quality polished rice for every meal.
However, King Junwu himself knew very well that the cannon fodder he sent to the Akitsu Empire to fill the trenches would not survive long.
As long as they are dead, then I don't have to worry too much about the Akijin Empire causing trouble for me.
But now...
Unexpectedly, the Japanese and Mai people of the Krorod Empire were so cunning. They even reached a prisoner of war trade agreement with the Dark Elf clan who had no common sense in society. As a result, the largest rebel force in the southern part of the Takagi Kingdom now has tens of thousands of soldiers. Military strength, territory of at least ten cities.
Even the three most powerful rebel forces today have formed an alliance to deal with their own counter-rebels.
no!
If he continues to fail like this, he will definitely not be able to sit on the throne peacefully. One of the things that the pig-headed people of the Akitsu Empire least want to see is that their country is in the middle of a full-scale civil war.
The Takagi Kingdom, under a full-scale civil war, simply had no ability to provide soldiers to support the Akitsu Empire's war to conquer the Japanese and Mai people, especially when the Akitsu Empire's population was simply not as good as the Japanese and Mai people.
Therefore, King Junwu knew very well that if he really could not stabilize the domestic situation. The pig-headed man will definitely prepare a knife to step down, and then support a new king who can stabilize the situation to come to power.
have!
How about giving these traitors a taste of the unwanted gadgets from the Akijin Empire?
Compared to Junwu's "fantastic ideas", Zelen, who returned to Sugui City, saw a picture album, and inside the picture album was the arsenal's latest design drawings for the mecha unit.
Zelen: "Remove the cannons on both arms of the Cyclops and convert them into self-loading 120 mm caliber main guns. The missile launchers on the back will remain... When I say Marietta, do you mean to use the Cyclops as a mobile turret? "
Marietta: "Originally, the Cyclops used to throw stones from a long distance to attack the city and annihilate groups of enemy troops. Now that we have more advanced weapons, there is no need to throw stones. What's more, compared to stones , the 120 mm caliber automatic loading main gun will be improved to a higher level in terms of accuracy and power.”
Zelen: "Aren't you worried about emergencies at close range?"
Marietta: "So the Cyclops's feet have special thickened armored knee pads, and the opposite on our side is also very simple, which improves the Cyclops's already very accurate shooting ability to the extreme. As for close combat, who can stand it? The death ray that lives in the Cyclops? Next, it’s time for me to focus on the Behemoth mecha..."
Zelen: "Stop! I can just look at this myself."
Compared to Marietta's bragging, Zelen still read the instructions in the album carefully.
In addition to the chain sword that the Beamon mecha originally had, what surprised him a little was that the two Getters, which were obviously thicker and larger than the Getters generally equipped by the Vulture attack aircraft, were installed on the Behemoth's. Both sides of the head.
Obviously, these two gates are used as close defense.
However, regarding such a design, Zelen himself did not have a conclusion that was more convincing to the army.
no way.
Let the Ministry of National Defense and the soldiers make their own choices.
Marietta: "No big talk?"
Zelen: "Talking too much? You think too highly of me. I am not the one who really has the right to speak. I can only give you a reference at most."
Marietta: "Uh..."
Unlike Marietta's unhappiness, Zelen was focusing on another matter that was not worth his life for the time being.
Food and drink. Thanks to the previous restrictions, the people's food and drink problems could be maintained to a point where everyone could survive, and even improved with the "assistance" of the Akitsu Empire.
But rebuilding agricultural production requires a stable environment.
But there is none now.
Not to mention that some factories that originally produced tractors for farms and provided fertilizers and feed were all included in the military control.
As for fishing boats, needless to say, many of them are probably used as transport boats now, right?
So he had an idea, could he make a dual-use ship, or a vehicle, such as an airplane?
After all, the war will always end one day, and the Akitsu Empire lacks stamina, especially in terms of troops. Without the Takagi Kingdom to provide a sufficient amount of artillery fodder in the long term, how can the Akitsu Empire, with a population of less than 100 million, continue to fight against the Krurod Empire, which now has at least 200 million people in its ruling area and many people in the occupied areas are still carrying out underground resistance activities?
Zelen believes that the Krurod Empire can survive to the end and see the dawn of victory.
So his idea was naturally agreed by Prime Minister Envira who came to the palace to report on political affairs, except...
Envira: "But the problem is that we have more than just pig-headed people and black-haired dog-headed people now, there are other enemies against us."
Zelen: "That's why I hope that every soldier can squeeze out the value of every enemy as much as possible. What's more, I really don't believe that the economic situation of the Akitsu Empire is a hundred times better than ours. For those mechas, the research and development and manufacturing costs will definitely not be low, and they must be higher than our armored vehicles. And when I inspected the front line, the number of ghost king mechas deployed by the pig-headed people would not exceed 30 at most, and the number of the steel ronin could be counted on ten fingers."
Envira: "Well ..."
Zeren: "Although many of the Pig-headed people's mechas are now equipped with self-destruct devices as a measure to counter our attempts to seize them. However, I don't think that the Pig-headed people will specialize in producing time bombs that can walk on their own."
Envira: "After all, a mecha driver can't just be caught on the street and trained casually."
Zeren: "Therefore, I doubt whether these mecha drivers are really willing to die."
Envira: "The more ignorant they are, the easier it is to be instigated to become cannon fodder who voluntarily goes to the front line to die."
Zeren: "The more knowledge you have... No, to be precise, the more knowledgeable the elites are, the less likely they are to make stupid mistakes and easily go to the front line to serve as sandbags to fill trenches."