Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

"The entire Yi Kingdom has been sealed off by the Qian Kingdom!"

"All channels, including land, sea, and air, are controlled by the people of Qian."

"I'm afraid that if we want to carry out the 'Doomsday Migration' plan..." Kensuke Tokii, senior advisor to the Yi Kingdom's headquarters, hesitated before speaking.

Snapped!

Honno slammed his fist on the table, roaring with a ferocious expression, "No matter how difficult it is, the 'Doomsday Migration' plan must be carried out!"

Anger, resentment, despair and other negative emotions filled the room.

Honno Yo could no longer maintain his composure under immense pressure!

Because Honno Yo knew—the entire Yi Kingdom probably wouldn't survive this calamity...

That deep-seated sense of despair, powerlessness, and helplessness completely broke Motono Yo.

However, he also knew that no matter how much the empire collapsed, as the chief minister of the Yi Kingdom, he had to do something in the final moments of the Great Yi Empire.

No matter how slim the chances, he was determined to fight for a sliver of hope for the survival of the Great Yi race.

The nation will perish and the race will be wiped out!

Honno Yo never dreamed that these four words would actually happen to a barbarian country.

"The military and intelligence headquarters must spare no effort to send the 'relocated' personnel out."

“Every inch of the Yi Kingdom’s land is within the bombing range of the Qian Kingdom people.”

"Those who remain have absolutely no chance of survival!"

"The continuation of the Great Yi race depends on the 'Doomsday Migration' plan..."

"We must prioritize selecting those of pure blood, good health, and the greatest loyalty to the Great Yi Empire, and do everything possible to break free from the shackles of the Qian people."

"Only by finding a way to leave the homeland of the barbarian kingdom can they have a chance to survive and continue the flame of the Great Barbarians!"

"Nitta-kun............"

With that, Honno Yo turned his gaze to Nitta Nao, the pale-faced Minister of the Foreign Navy: "Let's cancel the Imperial Navy's plan to raid the homeland of Qian."

"Tell the Imperial fleet that has already withdrawn not to make any rash moves and not to provoke the Qian people."

"At least not now!"

"Perhaps, the Imperial Fleet will be the last surviving armed force of the Great Yi Empire."

"The Imperial Navy fleet that carried out the evacuation and evasion order immediately broke into smaller units and dispersed to lie in wait in the Western Sea."

Honno Yo's words were filled with bitterness and helplessness: "The headquarters has secretly reached an agreement with Xiluo."

"They will accept and provide port facilities for the Imperial fleet."

"However, the Imperial fleet arriving in Xiluo must be brought under the unified command and arrangement of the host country."

"This is already the best arrangement to preserve the Imperial Navy fleet and to avenge the Empire in the future."

"If the Imperial Fleet can successfully enter the Western Luo Sea, when the Western Luo countries launch a full-scale war against the Great Qian, our fleet can also cooperate with the Western Luo people to avenge the Great Yi Empire!"

"We will definitely settle this blood debt owed by the people of Qian Kingdom!"

"Even if we lose our homeland, we will make the people of Qian pay the price they deserve in other ways..."

"Understood!" Nitta nodded reluctantly: "The Navy Department will immediately convey the latest orders from the General Headquarters to the four fleets so that they can carry out the new instructions."

"It's a pity that the suicide squads secretly trained by the Navy on the mainland, as well as the mass-produced 'Dauntless' man-portable underwater attack system and 'Glory' torpedoes, all met a tragic end before they could even be shipped out..."

It turns out that the secret training bases for suicide squads established by the Yi Kingdom's naval forces on Yi Kingdom's territory, as well as the secret arsenal responsible for producing the "Fearless" individual underwater attack system and the "Glory" torpedo, had all been destroyed by the air raids of the Daqian Zhenguo army.

Under such intense air raids, the indiscriminate dropping of large numbers of incendiary bombs meant that even temporary production lines hidden in underground fortifications could not escape destruction.

Therefore, the series of "reversal and comeback" plans formulated by the foreign navy, with the "Fearless" man-portable underwater attack system and the "Glory" torpedo as the core, were directly plunged into the abyss.

Even Koyama Takasuke, the Navy's chief weapons engineer who invented the "Dauntless" man-portable underwater attack system and the "Glory" torpedo, died in an air raid a few days ago....................

The "comeback" plan, which the foreign navy had high hopes for, was extinguished in the preparation stage before it could even enter the actual combat phase.

This dealt a fatal psychological blow to the Yi Kingdom's navy, which had always wanted to become the "savior" of the Great Yi Empire.

The repeated and relentless shattering of hopes plunged the entire Yi Kingdom headquarters into an unprecedented sense of despair.

This time, they truly experienced the fear of national subjugation and annihilation.

Although, before this, the Yi Kingdom's headquarters had been clamoring for the slogan "Better to die a glorious death than live a shameful life," calling on all Yi people to display their fearless spirit and fight the Daqian Zhenguo army to the last moment!

Back then, in a public speech, Honno Yo made a bold statement: "Unless all the barbarian people are wiped out, the Great Qian Zhenguo Army will never be able to occupy the barbarian homeland!"

Their slogans were shouted so loudly that they fully demonstrated their heroic spirit and determination to fight to the death.

However, at that time, neither Honno Yo nor anyone in the entire Yi Kingdom headquarters would have imagined that the Daqian Zhenguo Army would actually carry out such a "heartless" fighting style on the Yi Kingdom battlefield!

This clearly shows they're aiming for the complete annihilation of the Great Yi Empire...

In other words, at that time, the Yi Kingdom's high-ranking officials, including Honno Yo, never imagined that the situation in Yi Kingdom would become so serious!

They couldn't believe it from the bottom of their hearts—the Great Qian Dynasty, which had always been known as a "land of gentlemen," could be so ruthless in its treatment of foreigners...

"Commander Motono, the intelligence headquarters has launched the 'Dark Knights' project."

With an extremely heavy tone, Ii Gou, the head of the intelligence headquarters of the Yi Kingdom, reported to Motono Yo: "All our agents hidden outside the Yi Kingdom will automatically carry out a mission!"

"That is—not limited to Qian Kingdom itself, but Qian Kingdom citizens anywhere in the world will be assassinated by us!"

"This is a long-term, permanent assassination plan targeting all citizens of the Qian Kingdom."

"As long as our undercover agents seize the opportunity, any citizen of Qian will be among our assassinations."

Jing Yihao brandished his fist, filled with hatred: "No matter who they are, as long as they are from Qian Kingdom, they deserve to die!!!"

"We must record all the misfortunes and tragic scenes that the barbarian country has encountered."

"We must let the whole world see the true, ugly face of the Qian people—the numerous crimes committed by the Great Qian Zhenguo Army in foreign countries must be made public!"

"The people of Qian are the most ferocious, tyrannical, and inhuman demons in the world!"

Motono Yo gritted his teeth and ordered Ii Go, the head of the intelligence headquarters of the Yi Kingdom, "Film the scenes of the indiscriminate bombing of the Yi Kingdom by the Qian Kingdom. These are evidence of their crimes!"

"We want the whole world to know clearly what the people of Qian Kingdom have been doing in foreign lands..."

"Give the evidence and film to the Xiluo people so that they can more directly see the cruelty of the Daqian Zhenguo Army!"

"A nationwide telegram is issued—8000 million barbarian people vow to live and die with the Great Barbarian Empire!"

“Every citizen of the Yi Kingdom must carry forward the fearless spirit of our Great Yi Empire, and even if they die, they should die on the road of charging forward.”

"Commander Motono, should we issue the order for the 'Great Charge'?" Japanese Army Minister Inai Shinichi asked Motono.

“Publish it…” Honno Yo nodded bitterly: “From the moment the Qian people rejected us, the Great Yi Empire had already entered its final moment.”

"When the 'Great Charge' plan was first formulated, I thought it would never be used."

"I didn't expect this plan to not only be used, but to come so quickly..."

The "Great Charge" plan mentioned by Shinichi Inai is a plan in which all the people of the Yi Kingdom spontaneously charge at the enemy when the entire Yi Kingdom reaches its final moment and loses effective command.

Based on the tactics employed by the Daqian Zhenguo Army in the Yi Kingdom, the Yi Kingdom's main headquarters has now lost contact with many of its troops.

Moreover, even the main base of the Yi Kingdom could be subjected to a devastating attack by the Daqian Zhenguo army at any time.

If it weren't for the fact that Yidu, where the main base of the Yi Kingdom was located, possessed the most comprehensive and dense air defense capabilities in the entire Yi Kingdom, it would have been a different story.

It's likely that the main base of the barbarian kingdom has already been razed to the ground by the aerial bombardment of the Great Qian Zhenguo army.

Even so, the location of the Yi Kingdom's main camp was secretly moved several times in succession, just to prevent the Daqian Zhenguo army from knowing the exact location of the Yi Kingdom's main camp.

Even under such extreme caution and care, Hinano Haru still experienced a terrifying moment a few days ago.

A special operations team from the Daqian Zhenguo Army, which had infiltrated Yidu, carried out a decapitation strike against Motono Yo.

Although Motono Hikaru was lucky enough to escape unscathed, his stand-in wasn't so fortunate and was killed off on the spot...

Therefore, Honno Yo is very clear that the current Yi Kingdom could enter a state of disorder at any time.

The headquarters could lose contact with the foreign army at any time.

Therefore, in the face of a barbarian state that could enter a state of commandlessness at any time, the "Great Charge" plan, which was originally designed for situations where command was lost, was put on the agenda.

"Order each department to fight independently, and all barbarian peoples to spontaneously engage in resistance, vowing to fight the Qian people to the bitter end!"

"We must summon our courage and bravely charge into enemy-occupied territory to fight the Qian people in their final battle..."

With incredibly mixed feelings, Honno Yo confirmed the order and officially launched the "Great Charge" plan.

In fact, on the fourth day of the "Plowing Operation" of the Daqian Zhenguo Army's Special Task Force for the Expedition against the Barbarians.

The chief minister of the Yi Kingdom, Honno Yo, sensed that the situation was not good and secretly proposed to the Daqian side the intention of peace talks or even unconditional surrender.

However, the reply that Motono received was only eight simple words: "The war has begun, and it will not end until we are dead!"

In other words, the Daqian side directly rejected the barbarian side's request for unconditional surrender.

Now that things have come to this point, the intentions of the Great Qian side are quite clear.

That is—they are determined to exterminate the entire barbarian kingdom!

Moreover, there is absolutely no room for easing tensions...

Unless the barbarians can turn the tide, destruction is the only thing waiting for them!

When the Daqian side rejected the unconditional surrender request secretly put forward by Benye Yang on behalf of the Yi Kingdom, Benye Yang truly saw and experienced Shen Moshen's ruthlessness.

It was only then that Benye Yang realized that from the very beginning, Shen Moshen had no intention of letting the Yi Kingdom go.

Honno Yo even suspected that there must be some personal grudge involved!

Otherwise, when one side in a conflict offers to surrender unconditionally and to bear any compensation for the war.

Under normal circumstances, who would refuse to win with minimal casualties and losses?

Even at this point, Motono Yo was still completely baffled by the problem.

Because, no matter how much he thought about it, he still couldn't figure out the real reason why Shen Moshen refused the unconditional surrender of the Yi Kingdom...................

Given the current tactics employed by the Daqian Zhenguo Army, what would be the point of them eventually conquering all of Yi Kingdom's territory?

In the end, what they will get is a "country of ruins" that has been completely destroyed.

From a purely profit-driven perspective, this is absolutely a very unprofitable deal.

This is like—a robber could easily steal a large sum of cash, but instead chooses to burn it all…

So what was the purpose of the Qian Kingdom fighting this battle?

Was it just to vent anger? Was it to retaliate for the massacre committed by the barbarian army on the battlefield of Luyang?

The barbarian country has already been beaten to such a state, aren't you satisfied yet?

It should be understood that the benefits of occupying a barbarian country that has not been reduced to ruins are still quite considerable.

However, it seems that the Daqian side doesn't consider the value of interests at all.

The amount of ammunition they would consume if they continued fighting like this would be astronomical.

From the perspective of long-term interests and economics, it seems that the Daqian side has no reason to refuse the unconditional surrender of the barbarian country.

However, the answer given by the Great Qian was crystal clear—they would rather occupy a "country of ruins"......................

Therefore, Benye Yang was once caught in a dilemma and doubt—how exactly did they offend Shen Moshen, who ruled the Great Qian Dynasty, to such an extent?