Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

While keeping a close eye on the war against the rebels, Shen Moshen, who was holed up in Youzhou, not only did his usual daily tasks, but also tried to systematically understand the situation of the various powers.

It also focuses on comparing the mainstream weapons and equipment used by the armies of major world powers.

Through various channels, Shen Moshen compiled a comprehensive summary of the standard equipment and military strength used by countries such as the Georgian Union, Dunli, Lanxi, Prun, Sharo, and Yiguo.

The main purpose is to use this method to make a comparison between the equipment used by the Youzhou Army and that of the major powers, so as to understand what level the equipment of the Youzhou Army, which was built by the system, is at in this world.

After all, so far Shen Moshen has only fought against the local armed forces in Youzhou.

There's no need to elaborate on the level of military strength in Youzhou before – they were among the worst-equipped in the entire Daqian Kingdom, making them completely unworthy of comparison.

Moreover, comparisons should be made with the powerful nations of the Western Luo Continent to have any reference value and to better help Shen Moshen understand the weaponry level of this world.

Shen Moshen would still feel somewhat uneasy until he figured out the problem.

Even now, thanks to Shen Moshen's relentless grinding of missions, Youzhou Province and Youzhou Army have become an industrial powerhouse comparable to Germany during World War II.

But when facing the Western Luo Kingdoms of this world, Shen Moshen didn't really have a definite answer as to what level Youzhou, which he had carefully built, was at.

Although Shen Moshen believed that the Youzhou Province and Youzhou Army were now a very powerful force.

However, Shen Moshen wasn't sure whether Youzhou Province and Youzhou Army could be considered among the top tier of the world's leading military powers.

Therefore, he can only get a preliminary rough reference by looking at the weapons, equipment, and military strength of various countries.

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Based on the current situation, this world has not yet experienced a global war.

However, its level of technological development is in no way inferior to that of World War II.

In some aspects, it was even slightly ahead of the World War II era.

Moreover, there's another less-than-ideal point.

That is—the Western Luo Kingdoms have an extreme obsession with dividing up the Great Qian Empire, the world's number one superpower.

The competition among the Western Luo states for interests in Qian was also intensifying day by day.

Therefore, decades ago, some people asserted that if a world war were to break out, it would certainly be related to the division and struggle for the interests of the Great Qian Dynasty...

In other words, in this world, the Great Qian Empire, which has been regarded as a super fat sheep, has become the main battlefield for various powers to compete for interests.

The reason they haven't taken that step yet is simply because the various countries have long failed to reach a consensus on how to divide the interests of the Great Qian Dynasty.

There was no way around it; the resources contained within the Great Qian Empire were simply too abundant.

For the various powerful nations, unequal distribution would seriously affect the balance of the Western Luo Continent.

As the Gelian people said, occupying more territory in the Great Qian Empire could potentially lead to the rise of a Western Luo nation!

However, the contradictions between the great powers would eventually lead to a consensus on dividing the spoils due to the enormous lure of profits.

Therefore, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Great Qian Empire will eventually be divided up and destroyed by the Western Luo states.

Moreover, Shen Moshen had already clearly sensed this crisis.

He believes that the balancing policy adopted by the Western Luo states towards the Great Qian Empire has begun to spiral out of control.

The ongoing war against the rebels is the best example of this.

The root cause of this war was the imbalance of interests in the region between the Gelian and other states and the Salo and Yi states.

Therefore, Shen Moshen believes that regardless of whether Zhuo Yongwang or Xie Kangnian wins this war, it will ultimately become a catalyst for the Western Luo countries to forcibly divide up the Great Qian Empire!

At that time, the Great Qian Empire will need a powerful armed force like the Youzhou Army to protect and safeguard its sovereignty.

If the Great Qian Empire relies on the various warlord armies, large and small, it will ultimately be doomed to be destroyed and divided up.

Fortunately, after comparison and reference, the conclusion is that the weapons and equipment used by the Youzhou army still have many advantages over the Western Luo states.

The most obvious point is that, at least at present, the standard rifles used by the Western Roman countries are still mainly bolt-action rifles.

Although Sharo and Prun were also equipped with a small number of semi-automatic rifles, the number was very limited.

Only the entire army of the Dunli Kingdom was equipped with a single type of semi-automatic rifle.

In this respect, the improved STG-44 automatic assault rifle used by the Youzhou army is unique.

Without a doubt, the Youzhou Army was already at the forefront of the world in terms of standard rifles, and their individual soldier advantages were quite obvious.

As for heavy weapons, such as the medium and heavy tanks, fighter jets, and warships equipped by the regular forces of countries like Georgia, information is currently limited.

Therefore, Shen Moshen could not obtain a very accurate comparison result in a short period of time.

After all, there was still a certain gap between the weapons and equipment that the Western Luo countries sold to the Daqian army and those used by their own regular armies.

The Western Luo states will not sell their most advanced weapons to Daqian.

Aside from artillery, the tanks that flowed into Daqian were mostly light tanks.

Not to mention important weapons such as airplanes and warships.

However, through comprehensive comparison, Shen Moshen's conclusion was still quite favorable.

Although Shen Moshen could not guarantee with absolute certainty that the tanks, aircraft, warships, submarines, and other equipment of the Youzhou army were absolutely more advanced than those of the Western Luo countries.

However, at the very least, they shouldn't be worse than them!

Moreover, there is one thing that Shen Moshen is almost 100% certain of: the firepower configuration of the Youzhou army far surpasses that of the Western Luo Kingdoms in terms of the same level of combat units.

Seeing that the scale and direction of the war against the rebels that was unfolding were far beyond his original expectations, Shen Moshen felt an unprecedented sense of urgency.

Shen Moshen had even made preparations to leave the mountain ahead of schedule.

If this million-strong war ultimately leads to a rapid consensus among the Western Luo states, thus initiating a plan to divide up the Great Qian Empire...

Therefore, Shen Moshen and his Youzhou army undoubtedly became the last straw to save the Great Qian Dynasty from being divided up by foreign powers...