Alien Arms Empire.

The state of Chu has lived a pretty good life these years. To use a fashionable saying, what's so bad about being a rich man's dog?
Because it became a slave state of the Tang Empire, Chu's economy developed very fast, and even built a water conservancy system that hadn't been built in the past 100 years within two years.

The establishment of the dam finally freed the state of Chu from relying on the sky, and it could regulate the flood to irrigate the surrounding area. The power provided by the hydropower station also brought convenience to the surrounding mountain towns and farms.

With the improvement of infrastructure, Chu State has gradually developed many industries: the railway between Chu State, Shu State, and then to the Beast Empire has also become an important transportation line for Chu State to make money.

In order to supply the needs of the Beastman Empire, Chu State established a complete light industry with the help of the Tang Empire, clothing trade, footwear, and daily necessities. These things made Chu State earn a lot of money in trade with the Beastmen and the State of Shu.

With money, Chu State continued to develop many more advanced heavy industries. For example, Chu State's Nanshan Port has made great progress, and even won many ship orders from the Tang Empire.

Because of the Dragon Island incident, the Tang Empire even put the training of foreign pilots in Nanshan Port of Chu State, which is enough to show that the development of Chu State in the past two years has indeed been very fast.

Coupled with the addition of oil exports, the king of Chu Xiong Biao spent the past two years happily - even though his son Xiong Biao went to Tang as a proton for two years and never came back, he still felt It is worth sending a son to Chang'an.

But the good times seem to be coming to an end recently: the angels of the Tang Empire arrived at the royal city of Chu State, and brought a piece of bad news to Chu State.

As the suzerain state, the Tang Empire asked Chu to donate 100 butcher fighters and 100 Il (that is, Il 2) attack aircraft to Fengjiang.

Chu State has these two types of aircraft. As a vassal state of the Tang Empire, Chu State's air force was established with the help of the Tang Empire, and their aircraft were naturally sold to them by the Tang Empire at a discount.

Even, many of the C-47 transport planes were second-hand planes used by the Tang Empire and donated to Chu State free of charge.

Coupled with the relationship between master and servant, logically speaking, it is impossible for Chu to refuse the request of the Tang Empire.

But the problem is that doing so will anger the Dahua Empire, which has been the suzerain of the Chu State for hundreds of years.

The current wife wants her husband to slap his ex-wife... It seems like something terrible will happen if you don't do it or not.

In fact, this is the way the Tang Empire has no choice: if the Fengjiang defenders are strong, there is actually no need for the Tang Empire to play such a dirty trick.

But Fengjiang's defenders are not strong enough - the battle plan to go south to Shanping was almost executed on the bright side, but Zhao Zheng blocked him under the Shanping City, and the attack failed. The war turned into a trench warfare and a war of attrition.

If Fengjiang is not supported with some heavy weapons and equipment, Fengjiang may lose.After thinking about it, the Tang Empire thought of the Chu Air Force, which was equipped with the same aircraft as its own air force.

So the officials of the Tang Empire came up with such a trick: Let Chu take the lead and donate some fighter jets to Fengjiang.

These planes are only used to confuse people. There will be a lot of losses in the future. The Tang Empire can replenish the same type of planes. Anyway, the Dahua Empire has no way to distinguish which plane is donated by Chu State and which plane It was the Tang Empire who secretly supported Feng Jiang.

The reason why the Poplar Empire, which also has Butcher Fighters, is not allowed to "donate" is because the Butcher Fighters that the Poplar Empire spent a lot of money to buy have not yet been fully delivered.

From the point of view of the Yangmu Empire, shouldn't the butcher fighter jets of the Tang Empire be provided to them who paid the money first?What's the matter with calling Feng Jiang?

In the court hall of Chu State, after sending away the angel of the Tang Empire, the officials immediately began to whisper to each other.

The Minister of Rites of the Chu State looked at the prime minister at the side, and asked tentatively: "The Dahua Empire is now weak, so there is no need to think about it at all, right? Just agree to His Majesty Tang Emperor's request?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials at the side shook his head, thinking that this matter itself still needs to be considered: "But after all, it is not good-looking... We used to be vassals of the Dahua Empire, but now we have taken refuge in the Datang Empire, and we even openly support Dahua Empire. The civil war in the Hua Empire, this...is not pleasant to say."

The military commander standing on his right immediately became dissatisfied when he heard Shangshu's speech: "It doesn't sound good? We have offended the Tang Empire, how will we end then?"

The servant of the household department in the distance also seemed to remind him kindly: "His Royal Highness is still in Chang'an...this kind of thing...you should wait three or four."

But everyone present knew that this servant of the household department was a ruthless person who almost wrote the word "Tang people" on his forehead. He didn't act at all.

There is no way, sitting in the position of the household department, dealing with the merchants of the Tang State every day, even if he does not favor the Tang State, no one believes that he is the Zhongliang of the Chu State.

Seeing that there were still ministers pretending to be deep and vacillating, the general who spoke earlier shouted anxiously again: "I'm still thinking about it. The Tang Empire is coming, can you hold it?"

Just kidding, the civil servants present can still put on a show, but it really made things worse, and the dead are all generals like them.Whoever feels sorry for their lives, they would never dare to let them go to the front line to fight Tang Jun with their lives.

As soon as he heard his words, some civil servants were unwilling immediately, and sarcastically said: "Aren't you the soldiers who are responsible for guarding the land? Why let me go?"

The general was even more excited, being dragged by several colleagues, he still refused to let go: "Bah! Old man, you came up with an idea to fight against the Tang Empire, and then let me go to the Tang army to die, right?"

"Shut up! Shut up, everyone!" King Chu Xiong Biao slapped the armrest of the throne and shouted angrily.

"Your Majesty, calm down!" The civil servants immediately fell silent.

The generals also shut their mouths: "Your Majesty, calm down!"

"Stop arguing! Now that we have no border with the Dahua Empire, it's just that we look ugly... What are you afraid of?" Xiong Biao had his own ideas, he felt that he should lie flat and be Tang Mo's younger brother, after all The current prosperity and wealth are all obtained by this set of skills.

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites! After you leave the court, go and reply to the angel...just say that Chu Kingdom will do everything without delay!" He waved his hand and ordered directly.

"Minister, obey the order!" The Minister of Rites bowed his head, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

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On the outskirts of Nanshan Port, in the pilot training base, the faces of a group of pilots gathered together were full of joy: "This is a good thing, the air force of the Dahua Empire can't beat it, we went to earn tuition fees, and we can learn more something."

They just got the news that Fengjiang recruited pilots and mercenaries, the treatment was quite good, and the applicants could gain enough practical experience.

These pilots who came to learn civil aviation, as well as some pilots who learned to fly fighter jets, were very excited about the favorable conditions.

On the one hand, it is because they can get a lot of money, and on the other hand, they can also gain enough practical experience, and the latter is likely to be a boost for their promotion in their entire lives.

Another student nodded and said: "You are right. When we return to China, with this resume, we will definitely be able to become officers!"

A roommate next to him could think about it: "I heard that everyone who goes there has insurance, even if they die in battle, there will be huge compensation!"

Everyone immediately asked him to shut up: "You crow's mouth! Don't talk about it! What kind of compensation... Just talk about our ability, how can there be any danger?"

"Be careful what you say, the neighbors... are all students of Dahua." As they spoke, their voices gradually became louder, and soon a cautious student reminded them.

"Are they going back to China too?" Hearing what the students said, everyone immediately became more vigilant and lowered their voices to confirm.

A Shu pilot who knew about this said affirmatively: "Yes, I heard that I will return to China to join the war..."

The pilots here are from all over the world, some are from the Lions Empire, some are from the Dorne Empire, and there are even some elves and dwarves.

Several roommates glanced at each other, then looked at the side wall, and said with emotion: "In the future, we will be enemies, not friends, and we will meet on the battlefield."

The student at the head seemed to have made up his mind: "Do you still remember the words the instructor gave us? Drink the golden cup with you, and you will not be spared! Our flight class, this is life!"

"Yes! Compete with them!" Everyone became excited again when they heard the words that the flight instructors often taught them.

"Dangdang!" Just as they were talking, someone knocked on the door from outside.

The student closest to the door walked over and opened the door: "Who is it!"

"Me! The one next door." The door was opened, and there was a group of student pilots standing outside. They were all from the Dahua Empire.

"You...how did you come here?" The student who opened the door was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't close the door again.

The leading student from the Dahua Empire was very calm, and said the purpose of knocking on the door: "We are here to say goodbye."

The student from Shu who was the leader in the dormitory asked knowingly, "Are you going back to Dahua?"

The student pilot of the Dahua Empire nodded: "Yes! The country is in trouble, and I will return to the country to join the war. Although we are civil aviation pilots, the tuition fees are paid by our benefactors. Now we have to go back and repay the favor."

"Then we will meet later!" The students in the room said unevenly: "As the instructor said, drink the golden cup with you, and you will not be spared! See you on the battlefield someday, don't show mercy! To tell the truth, all of us are going to Fengjiang to try our skills."

"Ah?" Hearing what the students in the room said, the pilots of the Dahua Empire standing outside the door showed a surprised expression.

Then, one of the pilots of the Dahua Empire explained with some embarrassment: "Then, then we can go together, drop by..."

"Huh?" This time it was the turn of the people in the room to be puzzled.

"That, that... We are all sponsored by Fengjiang's business company to study here." One of the pilot students of the Dahua Empire outside the door explained embarrassedly: "We are going to Fengjiang to participate in the war, not to return to Dahua. magnificent."

"Uh..." An awkward atmosphere spread into the room, followed by a burst of laughter.