Chapter 1169: The Coming of War

"Your Majesty, the Sam Country has indeed rejected our ultimatum to unite with the Indian Nation; war is unavoidable."

Yancheng, Imperial Palace, Imperial Study.

Chang Wei's expression was excited; clearly, this war with the Sam Country was something he had long anticipated.

If the Sam Country had accepted, he would have been disappointed instead.

"Since the cockroaches refuse to move out, we shall help them along and send them back to their old home," Zhao Xu said indifferently.

Today, the Dongtu region, including Da Song, is peaceful, prosperous, and full of vitality.

With everything proceeding according to plan, the entire region can develop stably, and neither he nor the Cabinet needs to expend too much effort.

Under such circumstances, the focus of Da Song has naturally shifted from internal governance to the confrontation with the Western world.

A centipede dies but does not stiffen; to prevent the Westerners from retaliating in the future, he must thoroughly crush the West, place Da Song in a position of absolute superiority, and then establish an international order centered on Da Song.

Using this order as a cage to suppress the Western world.

In his view, the Westerners claim to be a civilized world, but in reality, they are robbers and barbarians wearing the cloak of civilization.

They do not understand Da Song's way of civilizing the world.

As the saying goes, barbarians fear power but do not cherish virtue; the only thing they can understand is the sound of guns and artillery.

Since that is the case, all he will give the Westerners is gunboat diplomacy.

This Sam Country is the first battle of this gunboat diplomacy.

Although he has already defeated the Western Lands Allied Forces in Tianzhu.

But if Da Song captures the Sam Country, he believes the Westerners will be even more shocked than they were by the battle in Tianzhu.

After all, the battle in Tianzhu took place in Tianzhu, while the Sam Country is a formal Xitu Guo they recognize.

This is equivalent to Da Song bringing the flames of war to the Western world.

"Your Majesty's way of putting it is so vivid, hahaha..." Chang Wei rubbed his hands together.

He was very much looking forward to the first application of the Han Series firearms and artillery in war.

"Keep an eye on the military equipment replacement; let Zhou Yi's Marine Corps and Qin Shan's Azure Dragon Army use them as soon as possible," Zhao Xu instructed Chang Wei again.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chang Wei gave a military salute to Zhao Xu and left excitedly.

Because electricity brought a huge improvement to the efficiency of Da Song's industry.

With the military factories operating at full capacity, the production capacity of the Han Series firearms and artillery was very sufficient.

Even if the armies within Da Song and the armies abroad were to re-equip at the same time, it would be enough to cope.

Therefore, in the following months, one steam transport ship after another, fully loaded with firearms and artillery, headed for Hawaii.

The equipment of the Marine Corps and the Azure Dragon Army was soon brand new.

And the equipment they phased out was used to arm the Indian Nation according to the orders of the Defense Department.

"Everything is ready; we can officially launch an attack on the Sam Country."

On this day, the wind was light and the clouds were thin, the blue ocean was sparkling with golden light; looking at the crowded Hawaii port, Zhou Yi felt a surge of ambition.

Not to mention that their Marine Corps had re-equipped with Han Series guns and artillery.

At the same time, thirty-six Ironclad Warships and over one hundred Steam Troop Transport Ships were launched from Da Song's major shipyards one after another.

The number of Da Song Navy Ironclad Warships reached forty-eight.

Eighteen of the thirty-six Ironclad Warships arrived in Hawaii, giving the Hawaii port twenty-four Ironclad Warships.

Besides that, there were sixty-four Steam Troop Transport Ships, allowing them to project thirty thousand troops to the Sam Country mainland at once.

Such a massive naval force had already placed them in an invincible position.

After witnessing the power of the Han Series firearms and artillery, he was even more convinced that a one-time projection of thirty thousand troops could destroy any country, and no army could stop them from storming the beach.

"The Sam Country people have prepared long enough, so let us tell them that any preparation they make is futile." Qin Shan put his hands on his hips, stuck out his belly, and looked toward the direction of the Sam Country.

During this time in Hawaii, he had eaten well and lived well, and being very idle, he had gained quite a bit of weight.

However, he never forgot his mission.

In fact, even after the Azure Dragon Army had fully re-equipped, he did not show the slightest contempt for the enemy.

That was his temperament in fighting; no matter how weak the enemy was, he would treat them seriously.

Through reconnaissance, in order to prevent them from landing, the Sam Country people had deployed a large number of defensive works along the long coastline in key areas, including trenches and forts.

In addition, they had also stored a large amount of food in the battlefield area to prepare for a protracted war.

At the same time, for this war, the Sam Country people had indeed carried out sufficient mobilization.

According to intelligence provided by Silver Fox personnel, all men in the Sam Country between the ages of thirteen and fifty had been conscripted into the army. The women were responsible for the transport of supplies in the rear.

It was just that for Qin Shan, the hysterical war mobilization of the Sam Country could not make him feel a shred of sympathy.

Because during these days in Hawaii, he had heard too many tragic stories of the Indians.

For a group of robbers who occupied the magpie's nest, no matter how determined their resistance was, it was disgusting.

Exchanging a knowing smile with Zhou Yi, the two went to find the Indian Nation Grand Chief, Watusi.

They decided to launch the attack from three fronts.

These three points were Seattle, San Francisco, and Long Beach.

Among them, Long Beach was located in the south and was the responsibility of the Azure Dragon Army; the middle one, San Francisco, was the responsibility of the Marine Corps; and Seattle was the responsibility of the Indian army.

According to intelligence, the number of troops the Sam Country deployed in Seattle was the smallest, only one hundred thousand.

Because this area was very desolate, and they had only recently seized this area from the Indians.

Moreover, there were still many remaining Indian tribes here.

It was very appropriate to let the Indian Nation's army attack this place.

And Long Beach was the Western city that the Sam Country had operated the longest; the Sam Country had deployed four hundred and fifty thousand troops there.

San Francisco was slightly less, with three hundred thousand troops deployed.

These three points are locations they cannot bypass when attacking Sam Country.

Sam Country has a vast territory but a sparse population; even now, Sam Country only has a little over seven million people, and they are only gathered in the colonial areas they have built.

Other regions are rarely inhabited.

To defeat Sam Country, one can only implement a point-extraction strategy to destroy their residential areas.

After meeting Watusi, Zhou Yi and Qin Shan conveyed to him the idea of setting off for Sam Country in three days.

Although weak, Indian Nation currently only lives under the protection of Da Song.

Yet they did not look down upon the Indians and the nation they established because of this.

This is also the diplomatic policy pursued by Da Song.

"We have waited for this day for too long; two generals, our Indian warriors will shed their last drop of blood for this war," Watusi said with an excited expression.

He is already very old, and his only wish now is to be able to return to that land of his dreams within his lifetime.

This is also the thought of all of them.

Previously, this idea was far out of reach.

But now, with the help of Da Song, they have this opportunity, and they will hold onto this opportunity tightly, even if a generation dies in the war with Sam Country.

The three of them reached out their hands at the same time, palms stacked together.

The Indian war of national restoration is about to officially begin.