In this case... it is better to hope that Constantinople will not be invaded than to hope that the barbarians will send a declaration of war before the invasion - at least this means that they are a little more civilized, but the fight still has to happen.
Thinking of this, Yang Hao fell silent.
He wondered how many cards he had in his hand to stop the barbarians from invading Constantinople, but then he thought that if he couldn't stop the barbarians in the north, the port given to him by Isgard would be looted.
Not to mention that the Barbarian invasion might cause heavy casualties to the landing forces of Isgard.
Although Yang Hao hopes that Isurgard will fall into the quagmire of war, this does not mean that he hopes that Isurgard will be defeated directly...
Not to mention that if the barbarians really won a complete victory and completely occupied the rich land of the Roman Empire, it would be very troublesome to fight back later...
So after thinking about it, we have to not only stop the barbarians first, but also find a way to annihilate them to prevent the colonial army of Ishugard from being stillborn
I really don't know what to say...
"well… "
His Majesty the Regent sighed.
"In this case, we will have to use our former technology to fight against the barbarians."
"Do you have any ideas?"
"The Gappa 1405 machine gun can make these people on horseback sing and dance, and the existence of the so-called "barbed wire" can make the barbarians in a dilemma. And combined with the Golem machine guns and howitzers, I don't believe their land forces can break through our defense line."
"They might even step on the corpses of their companions."
"Then we'll lay more barbed wire. To put it bluntly, the barbarians' land units, except for the trolls, are still flesh and blood. Their bows and javelins can't shoot as far as our rifles, let alone direct hand-to-hand combat with golems."
"Then let our Hippogriff Knights deal with the harpies flying in the sky?"
"Yeah. It's a good opportunity to test new weapons."
During this period, Yang Hao did not stop improving his weapons.
The elves have already given birth to oak factories, which are temporarily producing small-caliber rifles and bullets for Bayer Jans to be used by humans, and the elf instructors are temporarily training them with wooden sticks and Gappa 1404 rifles.
It is expected that in a year the existing army in Constantinople will replace its weapons with rifles and completely abandon its past cold weapon tactics.
The rifles used by the Byerjans soldiers are called "Byerjans Rifles", or "little guys" as the elves call them.
After all, compared to the 12.7×108mm caliber Gappa 1404, this 8×60mm caliber rifle does seem a little smaller...
Especially now that the elves prefer big guns, when small-caliber rifles appeared, they were even despised by the elves for a time...
Although Yang Hao didn't know how to complain about the current aesthetic view of some elves that "big is good, big is art, big is strong", it's enough for them to like it.
These weapons were also given to the Hippogriff Knights. After all, with their small caliber, the Hippogriffs could withstand the recoil in the air, and it would also make it easier for the Knights to aim.
With the new weapon, the barbarians' harpies should no longer be a threat to the United Nations today - just as Yang Hao was thinking about this, he realized that Finn was not actually worried about the barbarians.
Because now it is very easy for them to stop the barbarians from moving south, not to mention that the barbarians themselves are an uncivilized tribe. There won't even be too many casualties in intercepting them, just a large loss of bullets, that's all.
Their key goal is to find out the real reason why the barbarians are willing to move south with their entire tribe, even at the risk of genocide.
After all, no one knew what kind of horrible thing would force the fearless barbarians to flee to the south. And in terms of geographical location, there were only two important areas in the north of the barbarians.
One is the Mountains of Sorrow, a group of mountains and ridges, where a group of even more bizarre alien races live.
Further north of the Mountains of Sorrow is what is called the "Arctic Land" in the Byzantine documents. Due to some powerful high-level demon, the temperature is always below zero degrees Celsius and there is endless snowfall all year round.
Considering that the aliens in the Mountains of Sorrow should not have the ability to threaten or even intimidate the barbarians, Yang Hao could only look at Fen tentatively:
"demon?"
"Demon. But we're not sure. Because we can't find any actual evidence." Fin nodded, then shook his head.
"But this may be a sign before the magic disaster occurs - and you also said that your ex-girlfriend also told you that there is a strange servant in the Roman Empire who can [keep magic residue in the body]... You know, even if we are elves, we dare not rashly absorb magic residue into our bodies. Let alone preserve them."
"So Fin, do you think it might be the devil that caused the barbarians to move south?"
"It's very likely. After all, Your Majesty, the Regent, don't forget... we defeated the demon thousands of years ago."
Nervous and uneasy, Finn spoke out word for word what he was worried about.
"Thousands of years ago, the demons lived deep underground and engaged in endless bloody battles. In addition, the lack of resources caused their evolution to be very slow... But what if the demons that appeared in this disaster are some kind of "evolved" life
The difference between them and ancient demons may be greater than the difference between humans and monkeys.
I now even suspect that the servant is the devil... But in the final analysis, if we don't catch him, everything we say now is just speculation.
We can only express concern and vigilance based on speculation, but we simply cannot focus all our resources on an unknown direction at this time."
"So we need to stop those barbarians." Yang Hao continued.
"Kill them, find out what they are afraid of... and then find a way to track down the servant?"
"Perhaps. But there's no need to track down that servant—he's lurking in the palace in the Roman capital, but the rangers can't get in now."
"Why?"
"Because after the Alesse entered, they searched all the damaged parts of the palace! Under their control, the only way for the rangers to enter was the main gate, but the security force at the main gate was too strong..."
Fen's bitter smile made Yang Hao look extremely strange.
I didn’t expect that the renovation of the blind spot in the Roman Palace’s defense was led by the Alesse people…
If my brother was watching from heaven, he would have probably vomited blood, right
He wanted to laugh but felt sad at the same time.
And just at this time, an elf walked in and said that the black dragon of Ishugard was asking to see him in Caparia, and the person he specifically mentioned was His Majesty Yang Hao.
Chapter 3: Ishgard's Conditions and Broken Love8K
Black Dragon's request for a meeting forced Fen to immediately end this short break.
She used teleportation magic to teleport Natalia and Yang Hao to the green courtyard, and after whispering to Yang Hao, "Don't be too busy," she left first.
Yang Hao has his own work, and so does Fen. So at this moment, they have to fight on their own battlefields again.
Originally, Yang Hao was planning to let Natalia take a break and do something. After all, strictly speaking, Natalia didn't have any work to do.
But this stubborn and serious girl finally decided to follow and witness Yang Hao's hard work, so he had nothing to say.
"Then let's go check on Anna after I finish my work in Gaparia. Let's go, she's your acquaintance after all, so you don't have to be so serious in front of her."
“But work is work and life is life.”
"You're still as serious as ever, Natalia."
Yang Hao and Natalia chatted as they walked through corridor after corridor. Finally, they met Miss Black Dragon, who had requested a meeting, in the reception room.
Miss Black Dragon was wearing her most beautiful clothes. Although she looked elegant and calm, she was actually constantly rubbing something on the table with her fingernails.
Yang Hao didn't know why he always felt that she seemed to treat herself as a "commodity". In short, her various behaviors made Yang Hao feel weird.
"Miss Nia, what happened?" He thought for a while. If he finished his last work in Caparia as soon as possible today, he could return to the Purple Palace to continue working after accompanying Anna for half an hour, and leave some time to take a walk with Theresa in the evening.
So he chose to get straight to the point. "I'm very pleased with you in our recent cooperation - so let's get down to business as usual, shall we? This will be good for both of us."
"That would be great, but Your Majesty Yang Hao..."
Heilong glanced at Natalia, who came in with Yang Hao and was now sitting on a chair in the corner.
Heilong seemed to not want others to record what happened in the reception room, but Yang Hao waved his hand and said that he would tell her anyway if she asked, so it would be better to let Natalia sit in.
This made Natalia's eyes look softer when she looked at Yang Hao, and also made Hei Long realize that the position of this woman who was said to be the former chief judge in Yang Hao's heart was not simple... So she chose to obey Yang Hao's idea, and then coughed twice.
"In fact, this is related to the accident that happened to our colonial fleet... When they were heading towards the Elucia continent, they encountered a typhoon, which caused many overloaded supply ships to be silenced. As a result, our fleet may arrive at the Elucia continent ahead of schedule, but will also face extremely serious... logistical problems in the short term.
So... In other words, we hope to get industrial assistance from Gaparia...
We hope that Gaparia can produce "bullets" for us as consumables. For this, we are willing to pay a high price..."
Nia knew Yang Hao's habits, so after she made her words clear as quickly and concisely as possible, she appeared calm but was actually anxiously waiting for Yang Hao's answer.
When Yang Hao heard this, his face was filled with surprise.
He had told everyone before that Ishgard had chosen a bad time to invade—
During the typhoon season, Isgard may face extremely serious logistical problems after the landing operation, and it is therefore concluded that Isgard is destined to be stuck in the quagmire of war and cannot extricate itself.
But he didn't expect that Ishgard would be so unlucky that even the troops that had just landed couldn't get enough supplies to fight.
After thinking about it, the people of Isgard are really unlucky - but, producing "bullets"...
Yang Hao stretched out his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, then asked: "Ms. Nia, I remember that Ishugard should use "Paper Shell Fixed Bullet" right?"
"Yes... I know this is a heavy burden for Gaparia, whose industrial resources are also scarce, but as long as Gaparia and Bai can ensure three months... no, just one month of ammunition supply for us, then our colonial war will stabilize.
We are willing to pay a very high price for this. To use an analogy that you can understand, Your Majesty the Regent, if the reward you ask for is our President’s daughter, I can go back and kidnap her now…”
"That's not necessary. Can you let me think about it?"
To be able to make a diplomat say that he would kidnap his own supreme leader to pay off his debts... It seems that the current situation of the colonial army is extremely bad.
At this moment, Yang Hao was completely unaware of Nia's rhetoric. It would be better to say that few people would take this joke seriously.
But in fact, if Yang Hao really planned to ask the president's daughter to come over, then Nia would not only really kidnap the president's daughter, but also let Yang Hao take charge of the affairs of Isgard directly.
But to Nia's disappointment, Yang Hao actually thought it was a joke - she was very disappointed. The feeling of gathering all her strength only to punch cotton was really frustrating.
As for Yang Hao, he was considering the various details that Nia had just raised.
There is no doubt that Isgard is not aware of the true industrial strength of Japaria. They also mistakenly believe that our industrial capacity is very limited and that we will not provide them with too many supplies under normal circumstances. That is why they are so humble and prepared to pay a high price before making such a request to us...
In fact, for Caparia and Bayerjans, if Ishugard was really in such a desperate situation that it needed the United Nations to provide ammunition, then they would only need to let Naruga's small golems manually produce paper shell fixed ammunition in a temporary factory.
The advantage of small golems is that they can work non-stop twenty-four hours a day, and their work efficiency is better and faster than that of biological workers.
The only thing that needs to be paid attention to is the problem of the charge... Yang Hao is not sure whether the weapons of Ishugard can withstand the powerful force of the explosive gunpowder. He really is not sure: because that thing is designed for use by extraordinary races such as elves. Even the Bayerzas are now using a version with reduced charge...
But the so-called reduction in propellant only takes into account the fact that the recoil force that soldiers need to withstand when firing should not be too great, rather than the possibility that the barrel may explode!
In this situation, Yang Hao was really worried that Ishugard's rifle would explode... So after thinking it over again and again, he could only conclude that the charge would have to be reduced to one-tenth to ensure safety.
Then again, although Yang Hao was willing to help Isurgard in his heart, after all, he didn't want Isurgard to lose - but before that, Yang Hao still had to consider the interests of the United Nations.
Since Ishgard mistakenly believes that our industrial capacity is low, we might as well continue pretending.
But considering that they are so honest and have had a pleasant cooperation before, it is not impossible to give them some "sweetness"...
Thinking of this, Yang Hao pretended to be extremely distressed and said, "Ms. Nia, let me be frank. You also know that the industrial output of our two countries is also very limited... We really can't provide you with too much supplies, unless..."
He paused for five seconds, confirming that the calmness on Nia's face had been visibly distorted. After confirming that Nia had been trapped by him, he sighed and said:
"Unless you can give us enough "things" - after all, you know, I have to be responsible for my country. I can't risk letting my people starve to concentrate resources to meet your needs without any benefit, so you must at least let my people see the benefits, so that they are willing to endure... Do you understand?"
In fact, no one in the two countries of Gabai will go hungry, and the working small golems are even less likely to complain. The only impact is that the output of small golems in the near future will be concentrated on the supply production in Ishgard. Even after the production is completed, these small golems can be reprogrammed to do other work.
Yang Hao originally wanted to mass-produce small golems to "correct" the population structure, and now he can use them directly - in other words, he is actually using a no-cost business to harm the wealth of Ishugard!
But who can blame the United Nations for not only being Ishugard's only ally in Elucia, but also the only life-saving ally that can save them now
Just like the profiteer who was the only one who could send them life-saving food during a famine, even if Yang Hao didn't really want to harm the people of Isgard, he couldn't resist the red envelopes sent by Isgard...
What's more, if I were to foolishly agree to Nia's request while pretending that "industrial capacity is insufficient", I might be suspected by the other party.
So after much thought, His Majesty the Regent, who fully understood how difficult social occasions between people were, decided to do Nia a favor in a "reasonable" way in exchange for deeper cooperation between Ishgard and the United Nations in the future.
As expected, Nia was visibly relieved when faced with Yang Hao's "request".
After all, she was afraid that Yang Hao would suddenly and straightforwardly agree to this difficult request, or that Ishugard would not need to pay the price - it was really hard not to wonder whether the two countries of Canada and Bai would have some conspiracy.
Fortunately, Yang Hao asked Isgard to give corresponding compensation. This proved that the industrial capacity between Gabai and Gabai was indeed limited, and also proved that Gabai and Gabai were willing to cooperate further with Isgard. In this case, Nia was naturally grateful for the proposal of His Majesty the Regent.
She thanked Yang Hao for his sincerity, and even more thanked Yang Hao for giving her a favor, allowing her to have the initiative to "bid" instead of having to accept the demands of the two countries of Gabai. So after Nia pondered for a long time, she coughed twice, and then tentatively said:
"Your Majesty Yang Hao, one month's ammunition supply, plus one month's food supply, I am willing to use the authority of Isurgard's special diplomat to bring you the Siren's technology and part of the migration, as well as... some of our Isurgard's confidential research data."
"Huh? Please tell me in detail."
Then comes the never-ending commentary time.
Nia explained to Yang Hao the power of the Siren's innate magic and a list of confidential research in Ishgard.
As a return gift for a favor Yang Hao did for her, she also gave Yang Hao the power to choose the core research of Ishugard.
Yang Hao was thinking thoughtfully - the Siren's innate magic sounded strange and impressive, and it seemed that there was a lot of technical potential. Even if the upper limit was low, being able to make a simulated happy cup in Ishugard, where magic power was scarce, was enough to prove their value. Therefore, Yang Hao felt that he had to grasp the Siren's technology and possible immigration.
He was even more interested in Isurgard's core technology: in Isurgard's core research, something called "individual mecha" had been put on the agenda.
According to Nia's explanation, the so-called "individual mecha" is an experiment conducted in consideration of the intensity of future wars.
Of course, Nia didn't dare to say that this was a study conducted by Ishugard using the elves of Japaria as an imaginary enemy...