LRAB Chapter 602: 561 returns to the team
Chapter 602: 561 returns to the team
Chapter 602: 561 returns to the team
After a bumpy journey, a C47 finally came to a steady halt in the middle of the runway at Anpu’s military airport. The cabin door opened, and two people dressed in the uniform of major generals, carrying briefcases and holding their hats, descended the gangway.
“Welcome, both of you!” Luff said with a smile to the newcomers.
The guards on either side stood to attention and saluted, holding their Mauser 98K rifles in front of their noses. The two major generals returned the salute and then followed Luff to a campsite filled with radio antennas.
The campsite was right next to the airport, and one could see Bofors anti-aircraft guns erected nearby. Cars were parked everywhere, with Rolls-Royces not being uncommon.
“His Majesty is in the base. Now that you two have returned safely, I have someone I can use here,” Luff said as he led the way.
Strauss, who had come a long way, had a somewhat pale complexion as it was his first time flying, and he had flown all the way from Dragon Island to Anpu.
Although the agony was considerably shortened in time, the degree of suffering had not lessened in the slightest. Despite being decent, the C-47 transport plane was still an old aircraft from the World War II era, and the riding experience was rather uncomfortable.
General Bolton was also not in good spirits, having little experience with flying. In the turbulent airflow, he had thrown up more than once throughout the journey.
“I heard that the 4th Armored Division...” Strauss began to inquire while following Luff, “is advancing quickly toward Nanye?”
“You’ve just got off the plane, so the news might be a bit slow. They’ve already taken Nanye and are now attacking near King City,” Luff said, updating Strauss with a smile.
“So fast?” Bolton was startled by the speed of the advance. When he boarded the plane, the Tang Army was still near Nanye; now that they had captured it, the speed was indeed formidable.
If one looks at the bigger picture, after seizing Nanye, the situation was greatly in favor of the Tang Army: The Qi Army could no longer maneuver on a large scale and had become meat on the chopping block.
“His Majesty means that we can speed up even more,” Luff spoke without turning around. “And indeed, we have sped up.”
“Faster still?” Strauss was startled by the answer, his steps faltering momentarily as he nearly tripped over himself.
Both he and Bolton had previously conducted rapid attack operations and had shocked the world with their actions in Dorne.
However, back then, they faced much weaker enemies, with both sides committing at most a few hundred thousand troops to battle.
The situation was now completely different since all countries had a certain industrial base, and armies often involved hundreds of thousands of soldiers. In such circumstances, to achieve a swift and decisive victory was clearly even harder.
Therefore, neither Strauss nor Bolton had ever contemplated that they or anyone else could launch such a lightning-fast offensive to end a war.
In their view, the war that Redman fought years ago, which led to the obliteration of the Kingdom of Gemalin within just over ten days, was a classic that seemed impossible to replicate.
“Haven’t we always been creating miracles? Or should I say, hasn’t His Majesty... always been leading us in creating miracles?” Luff stopped, turned his head back, and said to the two men.
...
“Yes, Your Majesty!” Bolton snapped his legs together, making a clicking sound, “I will do my utmost!”
While the three of them were reminiscing, a tall and burly bartender in charge of intelligence walked over. He slightly bowed his head and whispered into Tang Mo’s ear, “Your Majesty, there is intelligence from within the Ice Cold Empire.”
“Speak,” Tang Mo said, not intending to hide anything; he still trusted the dandelions he had carefully cultivated.
“Shireck has copied our Type 4 Tank and produced the Shireck Type 2 Tank, and sent the blueprints unconditionally to the Ice Cold Empire and the Laines Empire...” the bartender spoke a little louder as he reported.
Then he continued, “Just over an hour ago, the King of Dorne proclaimed himself Emperor, and the Laines Empire along with the Ice Cold Empire and other countries declared recognition of the Dorne Empire...”
“So they were prepared all along,” Tang Mo revealed a meaningful smile as he looked at Strauss and Bolton in front of him.
The two generals were somewhat embarrassed; after all, they each had a hand, more or less, in Dorne’s rise to power.
“Don’t be constrained! It’s not your fault! I won’t bother about how Dorne jumps around, we will settle this score sooner or later,” Tang Mo reassured them, allowing them to relax a bit.
“My debt is not so easily owed!” Tang Mo turned his head to look at the bartender, “Get the specifications of the Shireck Type 2 Tank sorted out!”
“Your subordinate understands!” The bartender bowed slightly and then retreated.
After having a drink with the two, Tang Mo began to ponder over the Shireck Type 2 Tank. It seemed the enemy could save a lot of time by mimicking his actions.
Shireck already had experience in manufacturing tanks and after witnessing Tang Mo’s Type 4 Tank, they played the game of copying.
Making an exact replica was obviously unlikely; however, copying the basic outline of the tank was certainly no problem.
The Shireck Type 1 Tank already had a small turret, copying a slightly larger one wasn’t difficult. Since the Shireck Type 1 Tank already had tracks, mimicking them wasn’t a challenge either.
So Tang Mo had already guessed what the Shireck Type 2 Tank might look like, but this kind of copying didn’t affect him much.
Copying the appearance is easy, but copying the soul is the key: without the support of wireless radio, the Type 4 Tank is just junk.
Without the cooperation of the air force, without the so-called Blitzkrieg system, even if Shireck produced a Maus Tank, what of it? It’s just a target.
Moreover, Tang Mo didn’t dislike such copying, because only with continuous copying could the more advanced weapons and equipment in his mind have the possibility of seeing the light of day again.
It would be too boring if only weapons like the Stuka Dive Bomber were to be used; Tang Mo was planning to sell some A-10s for fun... or come up with some F-5s, F-16s, and Mirage 2000s to sell.
Then, playing target practice with his Hongqi-9 or playing a Turkey Shoot game with the J-20, wouldn’t that be interesting?
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