The road to national restoration that began at the end of the century

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 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 any “great achievements” that the soldiers he sent out to fight with the pig-headed people could achieve. 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 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 Krurod Empire were so cunning, and 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 today’s three most powerful rebel forces have even formed an alliance to deal with their own counter-rebel forces.

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… I said 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 kneepads, 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 of 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 his energy on another matter that was not life-threatening for the time being.

Eat and drink. Thanks to the previous restriction order, the problem of food and drink for the people can be maintained until everyone can sustain it, and even improved with the “assistance” of the Akitsu Empire.

But things like rebuilding agricultural production require a stable environment.

But not now.

Not to mention that some factories that originally produced tractors for farms, as well as provided fertilizers and feeds, were classified as objects of military control.

As for the fishing boats, it goes without saying that many of them are now used as transport boats, right?

Therefore, he had an idea whether he could create a ship, vehicle, aircraft or other dual-use military and civilian vessels.

After all, the war will eventually end. In addition, the Akitsu Empire has insufficient stamina, especially in terms of soldiers. Without the Takagi Kingdom to provide a sufficient amount of cannon fodder for a long time, the Akitsu Empire has a population of less than 100 million. How can it be the same as the current rule? The region has a population of at least 200 million, and many people in the occupied areas still carry out underground resistance activities. Will the Krurod Empire continue to fight?

Zelen firmly believes in one thing, that is, the Krorod Empire can survive until the end and see the final glimmer of victory.

So his idea was naturally approved by Prime Minister Envira, who came to the palace to report on political affairs, but…

Envilla: “But the problem is that we now have more than just pig-headed men and black-haired kobolds, we also have other enemies against us.”

Zelen: “That’s why I hope that every soldier can squeeze out as much value as possible from every enemy. What’s more, I really don’t believe that the economic situation of the Akijin Empire is a hundred times better than ours. Just those The cost of research and development and manufacturing of mechas will definitely not be that low. It must be higher than our armored combat vehicles. Moreover, I inspected on the front line and found that the number of Ghost King mechas dispatched by the Pig-Headed Man will not exceed 30 at most, like that of the Iron Ronin. The number can be counted on ten fingers.”

Envira: “Well…”

Zelen: “Although many of the pig-headed mechas are now equipped with self-explosion devices as a measure to counter our attempts to capture them. However, I don’t think that the pig-headed man will specialize in producing time bombs that can walk on their own.”

Envilla: “After all, a mecha pilot can’t just be picked up on the street and then trained and put on the job.”

Zelen: “Therefore, I highly doubt that these mecha pilots will really risk their lives willingly.”

Envilla: “The more ignorant you are, the easier it is to be instigated into cannon fodder who actively goes to the front line to die.”

Zelen: “The more knowledge they have… No, to be precise, the elites with more knowledge are less likely to be stupid and easily go to the front line to act as sandbags to fill trenches.”