I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

It's not their fault. Didn't she feel the same way? It was a feeling that even if the road ahead was a dead end, she would go to hell with them without hesitation.

When Labland's broken fleet returned to the Alliance port exhausted, a larger fleet had been waiting for a long time.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Labland learned that this was a new fleet that had been sent from the other side of the alliance, consisting of two battleships and 40 cruisers.

This is the last batch of new warships. Even if we build them at full capacity, it will take at least eight months for the second batch of battleships to be launched.

However, according to the shipyards, the Alliance delegated cruiser construction technology to civilian shipyards. In addition to manufacturing dreadnought-class battleships, the large military shipyards started building new super-large slipways not for dreadnought-class battleships, but a batch of giant ships of a completely new specification.

At the same time, the giant airship manufacturing slipways within the alliance have also received the design drawings of the new airships, all of which have groundbreaking technical standards with a diameter of 800-1200m.

The appearance is a parallel airship with a hard shell in the middle and two soft shells on both sides.

The upper part of the middle hard-shell airship is hollow and open at the top. Only half of the shell is used as a supporting structure to connect the soft-shell airships on both sides. Helium is only filled in the airbags in the lower half, and the upper half is replaced by a set of deck runways.

There is no doubt that this is a brand-new airship developed for use as an aerial aircraft carrier. Two and a half airbags stabilize the center of gravity at the bottom, and the upper level is used as a mobile platform for docking and taking off and landing fighter jets.

Apparently the alliance was no longer satisfied with the fighter's short combat radius and began looking for new solutions.

After Media officially set the tone, the Seris Alliance began to rush towards the path of a military-industrial complex.

A large number of new weapons projects have been launched, and laboratory-level black-tech weapons have begun technical research all night long, striving to test out solutions that can be put into mass production.

At the same time, private factories were united in upgrading their technology, and machinery factories that previously manufactured civilian tractors and other machinery began to manufacture tanks in small batches for technical verification.

The production lines of various small handicrafts were sealed and they began to produce bullets. All kinds of infrastructure raw material factories were also transformed to make artillery shells and rockets.

A large number of military equipment orders are continuously flowing into various civilian factories. In automobile manufacturing plants, a large number of three-wheeled motorcycles, transport trucks, and infantry fighting vehicles are driven off the production lines every moment.

All train locomotives have been transformed into weapon platforms, police and security personnel are undergoing more rigorous military formal training to complete the transition from police to the military, and city security is taken over by retired police officers rehired by various states.

Before the Allies came

Seris quickly formed a first-line regular army with a mixture of active and retired troops, a second-line special police and police security reserve, and a third-line multi-level national defense system composed of 20-45 young and strong mobilized soldiers who have received compulsory military training.

Veterans over 45 years old serve as reserve soldiers for the entire army, and young soldiers under 20 and over 14 years old are also used as reserve soldiers.

"Among the three main battlefields, Ernesto's defense line is the most likely to be breached. The speed of the Allied Forces' advance on the Surya side is suppressed by our air force, and the Western Front... is the key to this war."

"There are not many areas that can sustain the supply of the Alliance's army. The Port of Bared in the Kingdom of Ixia and the Port of Moseradele in the Kingdom of Puelent are the only river transport transit points that go directly inland."

"According to the plan of the General Staff, we will send the First Reinforced Army to attack the coastal states and towns of the Kingdom of Puelente. After we capture the state of Guerleg, we will build permanent fortifications on the spot to contain the allied forces in the port of Moseradeal."

"Of the 120 divisions and 200 million men of the Western Army, 35 divisions will be assigned to Port Donis and Manarazani to assist in the defense and alert the direction of Sansa."

"The main force of 70 divisions is stationed in Odrinsar, the state closest to the Kingdom of Cabancia in the subcontinent, and 15 divisions of coastal artillery positions are set up in the port city of Tagora to jointly block the route to Port Bared with the submarine force."

A general in the room raised his hand and asked, "Why did the General Staff think the Allies would land in Cabancia? Is there any intelligence to support this?"

The non-commissioned officer on the podium nodded when he heard this: "In fact, everyone has seen the intelligence at the beginning, which was the naval battle of the Moseladale fleet."

"The fact that Moseladale was attacked by an air force led by two Saint-level dragons shows that the Allies attach great importance to this area, because it is one of the inland waterways closest to us and within the control of the enemy that is suitable for large ships to sail."

“More people is not necessarily a good thing.”

"Only a wide sea transport line of this level can support the material supply needs of the Allied Forces' huge army. Even we find it difficult to transport millions of tons of goods across thousands of miles."

"Besides Morceradele and Sansa, the nearest port is Bared Harbor, 4000 kilometers away. As long as our fleet can firmly block Bared's route into the continent's inland sea, they will have no choice but to land at Cabancia."

"The vast coastline of Cabancia allows transport ships from various countries to bypass our fleet and supply the troops. The enemy commander will definitely not give up such an advantage!"

"But what if our fleet can't block the entrance to the inner strait?"

"The Cabancia landing is inevitable, but whether the main force or auxiliary force of the Cabancia landing will be used depends on the specific outcome of the war. I can only express my expectation for the abilities of my colleagues this time~"

Chapter 252: Capital is ready to move. Madam, I know a little way~

After a battleship was sunk in the Battle of Moseladale, the Admiralty immediately recalled the fleet from Lapland to port for replenishment with new warships and sailors.

At the same time, most of the main forces of the Alliance Navy on the Demetria side were withdrawn, including four dreadnought-class ships and more than ten cruisers, plus two newly added dreadnoughts.

主力战列舰凑出了7艘，还有50余艘巡洋舰和100多艘装备两套四联装533鱼雷发射管和6门75毫米高平两用主炮的驱逐舰，占据当前联盟80%的水面舰艇力量。

This integrated fleet is the Alliance's trump card force used to blockade the continental strait line. The Alliance has no idea how many warships and air cavalry regiments the Allied Forces can muster, so it can only gather most of its own forces to counter the Allied Forces' moves.

Medea in the Demetria war zone also completely let go of her worries, and it was only with her approval that Fenica dared to release the divine spell directly.

When the army of military souls summoned by the divine spell was wreaking havoc in the territory of the Holy See, four demigods from the witch clan opened a long-distance teleportation array across the sea, and 50 local alliance reinforcements were teleported directly across the ocean to the Holy See.

With the cooperation of the 1st and 2nd Airborne Divisions that had taken over Lezhsk to support Ernesto, the troops on other fronts cut the Holy See in half and devoured it piece by piece.

Before being completely annihilated, the Divine Curse Legion scraped across most of the Vatican like a wooden comb, wiping out most of the private armies organized by the nobles, causing the quality of the army to decline.

The serious economic crisis in the Vatican has led to a rapid increase in the number of unemployed people. They are penniless and have no other way to make a living except to join the army. They are forced to wear military uniforms or live on the streets.

However, the Holy See put such people who had no faith and only wanted to have enough food and clothing into the army, which greatly diluted the combat effectiveness of other regular troops of the Holy See.

In addition to the fact that having too many people is useless, it also leads to serious misjudgments by commanders. The quality of the troops except for a few numbered legions becomes a complete mystery, which makes commanders feel constrained when mobilizing troops.

The Vatican did not feel much when it received the news of the fall of Bezutsk, because although they did not succeed in blocking the attack of the Alliance, they also achieved the strategic goal of delaying until other troops gathered.

With the withdrawal of troops from various battlefields and those recruited from all over the country, the size of the Vatican's military force had expanded to millions.

Compared with this terrifying base number, the loss of hundreds of thousands of border troops on the fortress defense line does not seem to be too conspicuous.

It was not until then that the senior generals within the Vatican Army realized what they had lost.

Any country can cultivate an army with a strong desire to fight and a strong sense of patriotism. As long as a country can exist and continue, it will inevitably have a group of beneficiaries.

Their children are no longer worried about food and clothing, and have more time and money to learn knowledge and exercise. They are the group that supports this country the most, the so-called children from good families.

The army composed of them has high morale, comes from wealthy families and has excellent armor, and is a natural elite.

However, the number of people in this group is ultimately limited within the feudal state's distribution system, and at best they can only form one or two legions.

In the many wars with the Alliance, the Alliance successively destroyed several elite legions of the Holy See, and in this siege battle, it once again wiped out the remaining elite border troops. The substantial decline in the military strength of the Holy See was an inevitable result.

However, the Vatican officers who had been unconsciously influenced by the ideas of the Seris Alliance over the years thought that anyone could mobilize young people across the country to fight bloody battles, and the war became a numbers game.

But the number of people has never been the decisive data in war.

There is strong pressure from the alliance outside and the economic depression inside, which makes people change their minds.

The elite army, like a stabilizing force, can still serve as a sword of Damocles hanging over our heads to drive the lords of the country to fight together. After all, if I can't beat the outsiders, can I not kill you?

But the loss of all border troops was the last straw that broke the camel's back. The military power balance within the Holy See was completely unbalanced, the cost of betrayal had been reduced to the lowest, and they no longer worried about being liquidated after the war.

The re-mobilized soldiers looked numerous, but in fact they were not even equipped with weapons. They were pushed onto the battlefield like pigs to respond to the transfer orders from the Vatican's central military headquarters.

All the central government could see was the exaggerated comparison of military strength between the two sides on paper, which was confusing enough to make anyone confused: the Holy See's five million regular troops fighting against the allied army of just over 75.

But most of the officers who came out of the territory didn't care about winning or losing. The Seris Alliance had no tradition of killing prisoners and did not pursue war crimes.

Even soldiers who bravely fought against foreign enemies would be protected regardless of their race, and those who surrendered calmly would receive preferential treatment as prisoners.

Respecting and recognizing the existence of their national and racial heroes, winning fairly and losing honorably can greatly ease the hostility between the two sides.

Of course, the past is the past, and the present is the present.

What is venerated during the commemoration is not how many Allied soldiers were killed or wounded, but their heroic spirit. Those who deliberately undermine unity will enjoy the three guarantees of food, accommodation and work.

It doesn't matter to ordinary Vatican soldiers, as they spend much more time carrying hoes than holding guns.

The leaflets dropped by the Seris Alliance and the slogans about democracy and fairness, as well as the opening of warehouses to release grain, fully satisfied their basic demands when they joined the army. There was no rape or looting, so naturally they had no will to resist.

Whenever the alliance's soldiers moved to an area to prepare for battle, the local organized Vatican army would surrender on the spot in an organized manner. They might not even move at all and just do whatever they were told.

In some areas, there was even an absurd scene where a single Union platoon was able to capture several infantry divisions, which formed a sharp contrast to the Vatican soldiers who refused to surrender and resolutely defended super fortresses such as Bezutsk at the beginning.

After the internal military imbalance, a vacuum appeared in the power nodes. The business owners and capitalists who had been dormant and obedient began to rise again. While pretending to obey and passing off inferior goods as good ones, they instigated vagrants and unemployed people to cause trouble with the workers in their factories and attack the nobles' manors and the city lord's mansion.

The business owners even took the initiative to contact the alliance and provided detailed local maps and intelligence to help the alliance launch targeted attacks on the manor owners' base and divide and disintegrate the manor owners and tenants.

Compared with the Holy See, although the Alliance has very strict control over capital, it is very fair when it comes to doing things within the rules. It does not discriminate and orders are issued entirely based on technical levels.

The vast majority of private enterprise capital has not yet enjoyed the pleasure of disorderly and crazy expansion. Compared with being dogs for the Vatican nobles, most of the profits have to be taxed, and they are often extorted by the children of the nobles.

The alliance obviously brings them more benefits. At least it provides them with a fair and stable business environment and a broader consumer market.

Especially after the alliance officially lifted the military production threshold, the army's demand for weapons was almost unlimited, and the orders on the market could not be digested at all.

It can be said that as long as they join the alliance now, they will never have to worry about not earning gold coins.

Chapter 253 Hedgehog Position, Type Zero.

The so-called five million troops on paper by the Holy See not only did not bring any good news to the commanders of the major legions, but a series of "entire army killed in battle" battle reports made many officers mistakenly believe that the entire alliance was attacking.

The most direct impact of the chaotic military system was that the Vatican's previously efficient intelligence agencies were overloaded and gradually paralyzed. It was difficult for them to filter out useful information from the messy war reports.

The lag of news will be superimposed

Often, soldiers on the front line have surrendered and have been taken by the Alliance to mine for less than a week, but suddenly they may receive a letter from the Vatican asking them to defend a certain place to the death, or some other ridiculous orders and instructions.

Gurugram

The assault force used its absolute firepower advantage to clear the surrounding area, and stopped at Guleg to begin constructing and digging complex permanent fortifications.

Because of the severe situation on the front line, the Alliance reduced the attendance rates of most bombers, freed up airports for transport aircraft to use, and airdropped various professional engineering equipment.

For example, special tunneling machinery used to dig trenches drilled the ground frantically all night long. The dust and sand that were blown out could be put into explosion-proof walls and used as defensive fortifications above the trenches.

This deep and wide trench will surround the position half a circle, and a large number of reinforced concrete military fortresses will be built on it to install heavy machine guns, recoilless guns and dual-purpose machine guns.

A large number of hollow steel frames with mortise and tenon structures will once again build a solid armor on the outer layer of the explosion-proof wall. The reserved gaps inside can be used to install integrated energy crystals and etched small-scale chimeric magic array generators.

On the outside, a large number of steel conical steel cages with foundations more than half a meter deep into the ground are arranged. Later, cement will be poured on them all the way to the outside to form an anti-tank and anti-aircraft dragon tooth array with a solid foundation and a surface height of 90 cm.

The outermost layer is solid steel anti-tank chevaux de frise with its bottom deep underground and multiple layers of barbed wire, and a large number of anti-personnel mines are placed in the gaps between the dragon teeth and the chevaux de frise array.

At the innermost side of the trench is the traditional trench network, with steel frames supporting cement pouring on the outside and explosion-proof walls poured with cement inside as stone pillars to support the trench barracks and command post two meters underground.

The industrialized metal etching method ensures that all hollow steel frames produced by Seris are equipped with reserved crystal energy interfaces, which can be reinforced with multiple layers of protection according to their own needs, thereby achieving dual defense at the physical and magical levels.

It can be said that the Alliance spent the most effort and paid the most attention on the Gulleg defense line.

Because as long as the Gurleg Line of Defense is not lost, Seris can continue to send reinforcements through the continental salient at the shortest distance to land on the main continent to fight.

This area will also be a core strategic location for both sides to compete for in the future. Whether it is a counterattack or an attack, this corridor is the fastest shortcut.

The Allies did not sit idly by and watch the Alliance plant its seeds on the main continent, and the air forces of both sides engaged in a fierce firefight above Moseradale.

The Alliance Air Force suffered a lot in the first week, because it was difficult for traditional parallel machine guns to penetrate the thick skin of the Dragon Clan's main flying beasts in a short period of time in the ever-changing air battlefield.

It was not until the second batch of heavy machine guns were removed and replaced with parallel 20mm machine guns that the results of the battle began to be expanded, reducing the casualties of both sides to around 1-1.85.