Chapter 380 No Need for Anthrax...
Compared to the unreliable and blood-dependent magic power, cannons and various types of artillery are definitely heavy weapons that every non-magic country needs.
Just like the Republic of Titania, this country realized this truth during the Hundred Years' War. There is only one god of war like Roth in the history of the Republic of Titania, and he is the first warrior in the Republic of Titania who can create a new medal. For this reason, the Republic of Titania does not expect the birth of the second Roth at all, and quickly made up its mind to vigorously develop and improve artillery to keep the enemy out of the country as much as possible.
You must know that even a country like the Negan Empire, which is actually a magic country, has a large number of artillery that fires explosives and artillery shells. If it is replaced by other countries that do not use magic...
Of course, the reason why the Negan Empire vigorously developed firearms in its early history of founding the country was actually because it was small and weak, and faced the threat of destruction from hostile forces outside at any time.
But such a result has promoted the rapid development of the military modernization of the Negan Empire.
Especially in the war between the Negan Empire and the Gnolls, the cannons of the Negan Empire beat the large number of Gnolls like locusts and made them dare not move forward. What's more terrifying about the Negan Empire is that the cannons of the Negan Empire were originally developed by themselves.
They started from scratch, relying purely on imagination and certain fixed data for design and manufacturing.
So in the later development of the Negan Empire, the Gnolls were frightened and scattered many times by the firepower of the Negan Empire's cannon every 5 meters. Especially when most of these cannons were self-propelled and equipped with automatic loading functions.
So under the "guidance" of these two countries, Zelen has always hoped that domestic arms dealers will not always focus on light weapons. Heavy weapons are the cornerstone to ensure the strength of the Krurod Empire.
Spells and so on, the training time of a great wizard is enough to build all the cannons and their matching shells needed in a major battle.
Although if we really want to talk about the cost and benefits...
Hmm...
Anyway, Zelen himself thinks that producing more aircraft cannons, tank warships, missiles and guns is the right way.
The swords and magic described in fantasy novels basically do not exist in the Krurod Empire. Since they have guns and cannons in their hands, why are they so stupid to draw swords and charge?
Even the pig-headed people who regard slashing the enemy as the most sacred way of fighting and deliberately engrave acceleration runes on the grip of the thermal light knife to increase the user's action and reaction speed, they also have wave energy rifles and even wave energy machine guns to shoot.
In short, close combat will definitely become less and less with the development of the times and reality. Artillery battles, even beyond-visual-range missile battles, are likely to become the future development direction.
Being able to eliminate the enemy from a distance before seeing the enemy...isn't this a very good way of fighting?
Why do we have to come into face-to-face contact with the enemy?
Moreover, cultists like these have a burning helmet in their hands, so they have the ability to stare the enemy to death and turn the enemy into a walking candle.
The whole process can be completed by the person wearing the burning helmet squatting in some hidden buildings. If the reaction is not timely, the person who is burned to death may not be able to find the location of the murderer until the end.
Not to mention that the cultists now have the ability to control the mind, and can control some guys who are not mentally strong enough to use for their own purposes.
So in the Wanxi Liberation Force Command of the Takagi Kingdom, Nagamasa was extremely angry that his food production had to rely on the fertilizer provided by the Negan Empire to ensure the food rations of the military and civilians.
But he had no way here.
Due to his anthrax weapons and the pollution of beta poison, the areas he controlled often left serious "life restricted areas" due to previous operations.
As a result...
A piece of land that cannot be used for farming, let alone living, really means little to him. But if he does not control it, he will wait to be controlled by the enemy, and the bloodshed and sacrifice of the soldiers of the Wanxi Liberation Force will be in vain.
For this reason, Nagamasa himself realized that he could no longer use biological weapons to fight against the pig-headed people and the rebellion army of the tyrant.
But...
If he didn't use biological weapons, could he beat these guys?
Compared with his reckless and ignorant subordinates, Nagamasa was a wise man who was well-informed and could think carefully.
Although he said that he wanted to be the King of the Takagi Kingdom, it did not mean that he was willing to be the King of the Land of Death.
The Land of Death.
What was the point of him being the King in such a place?
He was very clear about the principle of being a commander without troops.
He did not want to be such an unlucky guy.
However, what should he do to make up for the disadvantage of not being able to continue using biological weapons?
Obviously, knowing that you have to do it and actually doing it are two different things. Nagamasa himself is in a dilemma.
If you make a bad choice or make a mistake in the middle link, it will be a choice that will collapse the Wanxi Liberation Force.
Especially when he and the members of the Wanxi Liberation Force really don't want to become servants of the Negan Empire.
Serving as a vassal force for the Negan Empire is a humiliation for every male black-haired dog-headed man.
Not to mention that the Negan Empire threatened Wanxi Liberation Force to serve it by almost putting a sword on them.
What to do?
What should he do now to prevent the "bastards" of the Negan Empire from succeeding in their conspiracy?
After thinking about it, Nagamasa finally figured out a way.
He should clean up the water and soil contaminated by biological weapons such as anthrax by himself, and restore these places to their original vitality as soon as possible to ensure that they can provide the most basic food production for himself.
Otherwise, with the warning of the Negan Empire to cut off the fertilizer supply at any time, Nagamasa was very confident that the Negan Empire was not the type that could not be done.
You should know that the Negan Empire had tried to use the zombie plague virus to clean up the dog-headed people and the indigenous humans of the Neoland continent who had not yet completely perished.
As for the effect?
Anyway, according to the information Nagamasa knew, 60% of the territory of the Negan Empire was now seized by force in this way.
Of course, the later Negan Empire was also trapped in its own cocoon. The zombies created by the zombie virus did not have much normal mind and were unlikely to be obedient. As a result, they obeyed their instincts and headed towards the towns of the Negan Empire, causing the Negan Empire to now have to maintain the establishment of militia forces to ensure its own safety.
After all, it takes time for the regular army to deploy troops to the areas where the situation occurs. Before that, the militia formed in each town is the most important front-line guard.
Moreover, the Negan Empire is a magic kingdom, and the quality of the militia is not low. Therefore, this is one of the reasons why the Gaomu Kingdom cannot infiltrate the border towns of the Negan Empire, or even establish an underground communication station in the territory of the Negan Empire.
Even if the militia of the Negan Empire only uses cold weapons, they can still beat the regular military and police of the Gaomu Kingdom. Not only is the Takagi Kingdom no match for the Negan Empire in terms of military, but the successive kings of the Takagi Kingdom have deliberately suppressed and eliminated the martial spirit of the people (everything is to ensure that the people are obedient and completely sheep-like, so as not to become a major threat to the Takagi royal family's rule over the Takagi Kingdom). The military and police of the Takagi Kingdom are fundamentally unable to confront a country like the Negan Empire where every household has some martial arts and even enjoys watching fighting dramas.
Yes.
This is another feature of the Negan Empire.
Although this is a matriarchal society, the degree to which this country respects literature and martial arts is far better than many countries in the Neoland continent. Moreover, as an Eldar country split from the United Kingdom of Eri, the drama culture of the Negan Empire now extends to different types of film and television dramas.
Among them, action movies, this type of drama is very famous in the Takagi Kingdom. Even if the actors in the drama don't know how to fight, they have professional martial artists and even non-commissioned officers who have served in the army to guide them. Therefore, including Nagamasa, he has to watch more of these dramas to understand what traditional bayonet fighting is all about...