Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

In order to transport five divisions to the new country, the fleet recruited by the Little Locust made a total of four round trips.

The first three times, one division was transported each time, plus weapons, food supplies, etc. The fourth time, most of the dwarf locust army was transported.

Even so, the supplies delivered to the new country were only enough for five divisions to fight for several months.

The most important cannons and shells to be transported are not only heavy, but also take up a lot of space. In order to transport these weapons, a lot of space is taken up.

There were also military rations prepared for the army. Since they were fighting in the new country, they naturally could not treat the soldiers unfairly. So the dwarf locusts transported a lot of canned food, refined rice, biscuits, dried vegetables, seasonings, etc. to the new country.

Hearing the question raised by the Minister of Finance, the dwarf locust looked at the Minister of the Army, Makino Eikaki.

"Mr. Makino, how is the training of the new army going? How are the equipment of the ten divisions being prepared? Can they all be equipped?"

"Your Majesty, we have enough Type 38 rifles, but there are still many gaps in light and heavy machine guns, as well as artillery." Makino Eikai reported truthfully.

During soldier training, a gun is not only given to one soldier, but also the training gun will be fired every day, so its accuracy will become very poor and the rifling will be severely worn, making it not suitable for being equipped on the battlefield.

Therefore, the Dwarf Locust Kingdom chose to distribute new equipment to soldiers only after they completed their recruit training.

Hearing that there were gaps in the light and heavy machine guns and artillery, Little Locust couldn't help but frowned: "My lords, this battle is related to the development of the empire and the fate of Little Locust. I hope you can unite sincerely."

Hearing what the dwarf locust said, everyone felt a little nervous, fearing that the dwarf locust would ask them for money.

"Your Majesty, please tell us directly if you have any ideas. We will do our best to implement them."

"Yes, for the sake of the Little Locust Nation, even if I have to go to the battlefield, I am willing to do so."

Everyone immediately expressed their opinions. We can do whatever you want to do, but whether we can do it is another matter. Well, we can contribute, but if we want to donate our wealth, we have to think about it.

The little locust did not hide anything and directly expressed his thoughts: "My lords, I am going to sell national debts to the country for this war. As long as the front line wins, I will definitely get a lot of wealth from the new country."

"Your Majesty is wise. This method is feasible."

Everyone looked at each other and had no objection to the idea as long as they didn't have to pay.

The Minister of the Interior, Saito Taro, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the war on the front line is now at a stalemate. It will take at least a month to reorganize the new army in the country and to raise enough money. I am afraid that time is not enough."

"I wonder what solution Mr. Saito has." The little locust frowned. He didn't know what Saito Taro meant by this.

Is there a solution, or is this just a joke?

Saito Taro chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, we can organize a formal delegation to negotiate with the Nanshan government to delay the new government's offensive and give the frontline troops a chance to catch their breath."

"When the new army in the country is fully trained and sufficient supplies are prepared, we will transport the new army to the front line and concentrate our superior forces to defeat the Nanshan government."

"If we send troops to Singapore little by little as we did before, it will be easy for the Nanshan government to defeat them one by one."

"That's right." Makino Eikaki agreed very much with what Saito Taro said.

Two divisions of the Little Locust have been wiped out. Not to mention the Komoto Division, the Tamura Division was simply unable to resist the Nanshan Army because it had too few troops.

As for Ito Sanefumi's request for help, the crisis mentioned in the telegram is similar. The problem is that there are too few troops to guard various parts of Qiyuan Province, and they can only be divided by the Nanshan government.

"Moreover, after the Yamauchi and Fujii divisions arrive in the new country, they should not immediately fight with the new country's army, but should re-arrange the defense line, defend some important cities, and wait for the subsequent reinforcements to arrive before engaging in a decisive battle with the Nanshan government."

Ito Mifumi reported that the Nanshan government had 400,000 troops on the Qiyuan border and in Qiyuan, and had an absolute advantage.

Even if the dwarf locust army has strong combat power, it is difficult to defeat the Nanshan government without 200,000 or 300,000 people.

This is how war works. When the number of people increases, having strong ships and powerful guns does not necessarily mean you can easily defeat the enemy with a small number of people.

Just like the Battle of Songhu in Blue Star, the Dragon Kingdom had 700,000 people and the Dwarf Locust had 220,000. The Dwarf Locust not only had strong ships and powerful guns, but also had elite soldiers and weapons that far surpassed the Dragon Kingdom army.

People usually only talk about the tragic defeat of the Dragon Kingdom’s army, but fail to notice that under such a huge disadvantage, the Dragon Kingdom not only held on for three months, but also achieved a record of 25 to 4.

The Dwarf Locusts were equipped with powerful aircraft cannons and a lot of automatic firepower, which could inflict 40,000 casualties on the Dwarf Locusts and allow them to hold out for three months.

Doesn't this just demonstrate the tenacity of the Dragon Nation's army, and that even with a huge gap in equipment, it does not necessarily lead to a crushing situation?

Equipment is an advantage in winning, but having advanced equipment does not mean you will definitely win. Other conditions must also be considered.

Everyone nodded in agreement with Muye Rongxian's opinion. Now that they occupied the new country of Qiyuan, this place was not seized but allocated to them by the northern government. They had a certain legitimacy.

Their top priority now is to defend the Qiyuan outpost to facilitate the continuous transportation of troops from the country to the new country.

The little locust looked at Prime Minister Okada Keisuke and said, "Okada-kun, what do you think of the situation in Qiyuan?"

"Your Majesty, what Saito said is correct. We can do it accordingly. As for the situation in the new country, the current unfavorable situation is inseparable from Ito Mifumi."

"It is true that Ito Shifumi is not suitable to be the commander in Singapore, but the current situation in Singapore is unstable, so we cannot move him for the time being."

The dwarf grasshopper nodded, agreeing with the Prime Minister's opinion.

"Yes, the situation in Singapore is closely related to Ito Mifumi. We could have run Qiyuan in Singapore with peace of mind." Makino Eikaki said again.

"If they hadn't designed the Heyuan flag change incident, Qiyuan and Nanshan governments wouldn't have bordered each other, and there wouldn't have been any subsequent events."

Everyone nodded. Indeed, if the Heyuan flag change incident had not happened, there would be no need for the dwarf locust to send reinforcements to Qiyuan now.

If Ito Mifumi was here, he would definitely feel very wronged. After all, the change of flag in Heyuan was not his idea, but Qingshui Qianyun's own decision.

He also reported the matter to his country at that time, but in the end he still had to take the blame.

There was no way around it. Shimizu Asoyun’s rank was too low, so in order to shirk responsibility, the army naturally had to put the blame on Ito Mifumi.

Now that they had reached a consensus, the little locust asked again: "Everyone, who should be sent to negotiate with the Nanshan government? And who should be responsible for issuing national debts?"

Faced with the first question, everyone looked at each other. Naturally, they were unwilling to go to the new country and contact the Nanshan government.

The Prime Minister at the side said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I think the military major general and staff officer Toyotomi Fumitsugu is good. He is calm and steady in his work, and he will definitely be able to complete the task assigned by Your Majesty."

"Okay, then let Toyotomi Fuminori go to the new country to negotiate with the Nanshan government." The little locust agreed without much thought.

The next thing to discuss is the issuance of national debt. The Prime Minister turned to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and said, "Your Majesty, the issue of national debt can be handed over to the Ministry of Finance."