According to air reconnaissance, Wuyang Mansion discovered more than 130 ships, scattered in more than ten docks. Most of these ships were merchant ships captured by the Ao people, as well as a small number of Ao people's message transmission clutches.

"Interesting, it seems they finally found out." After reading the battle report, Renault laughed. The Aoist's reaction was much slower than he thought. This was thanks to the blockade of the Divine Worker Navy and the Air Force. Until now, the Aoist's understanding of the Divine Worker City is still limited.

The Austrian Clippers have passed by here several times, but they were sunk by the Shengong Navy and Air Force first, and they have not let go of a single Austrian.

This is the case in this era. Without mobile phones, radios, information networks, and information transmission is all dependent on people. With the power of Shengong City, it is easy to block the waters within a range of hundreds of miles.

The Shengong Navy has not many, but the airships of the Air Force are quite powerful. In addition to sending out four air fleets to support the army, the Shengong City Air Force also has eighteen air fleets, with a total number of more than one thousand airships.

This is just the air force of Shengong City. The number of airships in the entire Great Chu has exceeded 5,000. Even so, it is still far from enough.

The main function of the airship is not to the battlefield, but to transport. In the Death Mountains, five air fleets are maintained all year round to transport various resources. Every day, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of various minerals, fuels, and herbs are transported from the mountains to Shengong City.

Ten air fleets are used to transport food and daily necessities. Except for Renault's personal air fleet, the remaining air fleets are busy all year round. People can rest, but airships cannot be idle. Even so, the food and food resources of Shengong City are barely enough.

"Have the General Staff calculated?" Renault asked. The general staff's name was naturally chosen by Renault. Most of the first batch of staff came from military academies. They received corresponding education. Although they were incomparable to the staff on earth, at least they did not know the basic mathematics of the consultants in the Great Chu Army.

"It has been calculated that the voyage of a month can carry 27,000 people, and it is impossible to have more." Mo Xiang replied.

This is the advantage of having the General Staff. Regardless of the news sent by the reconnaissance team, you can only calculate it based on the size and load of the ship, plus the range, and you will know the maximum number of enemies you face.

As for the lack of mobilization of the Ao people, this is normal. As long as the troops are mobilized at night, the airship troops cannot detect them.

Wuyang Mansion has now become the base camp of the Ao people, and there are not many people living in Da Chu there. It is almost impossible to expect them to convey useful information. Renault would not let his subordinates venture into Wuyang Mansion. This has been done in the southern theater of Da Chu, but it ends up going but not returning.

The difference between the Chu people and the Ao people is too big, and it cannot be solved by painting the color of the skin black. Several commanders of the Ao people are quite smart. The Da Chu's understanding of the Wuyang Mansion all comes from the reconnaissance of the air force.

"Not 30,000 people?" Renault smiled and shook his head. This was the result of information asymmetry. In addition to 400,000 craftsmen and coolies, Shengong City also has 100,000 soldiers from the Desert Legion. Although most of them are new recruits, they have been training for more than a year. In addition to not seeing blood, they are also considered elite soldiers.

The equipment is naturally the best when guarding Shengong City. Not only are the soldiers and armor well-armed, Renault also sent people to train them in firearms. Now the army of 100,000 people has nearly 100 artillery pieces, all of which are the rear-mounted artillery eliminated by Shengong Navy and Army before.

Although Renault doesn't look down on these cannons, they are actually good things, much better than the solid front-mounted cannons of the Osman.

Unfortunately, muskets were not able to be truly mass-produced. Renault has tried every means to continuously increase production. The monthly output is still less than 500. It sounds like a lot, but compared with the Great Chu coalition, millions of troops were unable to equip half of the troops for a hundred years.

What's more, as a weapon, the loss rate is not low. Even if you use alloys, you can only hit about one thousand rounds. Renault attaches great importance to training, and now most of the output is consumed during training.

In his opinion, if a musketeer does not fire hundreds of bullets before going to the battlefield, he will not be considered a qualified musketeer at all. On average, two to three musketeers will have to kill one musketeer.

In addition to muskets, ammunition is also a problem. Mozi has not been able to develop a mechanical assembly line so far, and he still uses manual operation. The monthly bullet output is less than 30,000 rounds, which is pitifully small.

You should know that the Shengong Army has 1,000 regular soldiers. With the speed of the Shengong musket, each person has thirty bullets, which is less than ten minutes of consumption.

The Divine Workers Army has been formed for quite some time, and has participated in dozens of battles. The rear is still training new troops. If it were not for the constraints of ammunition, it would have been possible to expand the army long ago.

"How is the technical school?" Renault asked. Shortly after the establishment of the military academy, Renault discovered the shortage of craftsmen. Like the production of ammunition, the problem can be clearly seen. The number of craftsmen with the ability to independently produce ammunition is too small, only a few dozen.

Purely handmade ammunition, each craftsman produces only a dozen or even a few rounds a day. How can this work?

Technical schools came into being, and the number of enrollment was huge. As long as you are willing to study in technical schools, no matter what your identity is, even a slave, you will be fine. As long as you succeed in your studies, you will immediately become a free person.

"Sir, it will take half a month for the first batch of technical school students to graduate." Mo Xiang, as a personal secretary, knows the best what the teacher cares about. She will send people to ask questions every day to obtain first-hand information.

"How many people have graduated in the first batch?" Renault asked.

"There are more than 1,700 people, including 800 ammunition craftsmen. They can already complete the production of bullets and shells independently, but the quality and quantity are not enough." Mo Xiang replied.

"Very good. Tell the technical school that we need to speed up. The issue of miniaturization of steam machines has not yet made progress?" Renault continued to handle official business.

"With the horsepower unchanged, the No. 96 steam engine ten days ago has been successfully tested and its weight has been reduced to one and a half tons." Mo Xiang answered serenely.

Renault shook his head while touching his chin. How could this happen? It was too different. He wanted an engine weighing hundreds of pounds. It seemed that the steam engine could not be counted on. It was used for miniaturized steam engines. It was insufficient horsepower and was not much small. It seemed that he had to find new resources to make the internal combustion engine more promising.

"Check the progress of Project A19."

This time Mo Xiang did not answer directly, but looked through the information. There were too many projects in the laboratory, and each item was very important. She would take the experimental progress every three days. It would be too difficult to remember it all in her mind.

"There is no progress in the project A19th," Mo Xiang said after looking at the information.

The laboratory topics are divided into two topics: long-term research topics. No. 19 is a long-term research topic that does not require completion in a short period of time. However, this topic has been studied for more than three years and has not made any progress, which is somewhat unreasonable.

Someone once asked Zhang Tan and Mo Zi that he gave up this research team and was rejected by Renault in the end. The internal combustion engine must be studied, but it was useless to be anxious. This is a big project. Now that the fuel problem has not been solved, there is naturally no progress.

"Well, I understand. Pass the abnormal movements of Wuyang Mansion to Jing Lan and General Zhu Zhang, and let them prepare for the battle." Renault said.

Zhu Zhang was General Hu Ben of the Desert Legion and was also the commander-in-chief of the Desert Legion transferred to Shengong City. According to the Da Chu army system, a general Hu Ben could only command 10,000 troops. With the invasion of the Ao people, many military rules have been loosened.

The large number of recruiting new recruits was not enough. The eight major legions of Da Chu were all in the hands of the generals. Chu Ren intervened, and only had a good relationship with them and could mobilize the legion. The eight generals still had to ask the opinions of the eight generals for their opinions.

Zhu Zhang, the nephew of Zhu Chongjiu, the general of the Desert Legion, was several generals in the Zhu family. The most outstanding one was Zhu Fu, the son of the general, and the fiancé of the Ninth Princess, who died in the forty-eight countries of the plateau.

Now the leader of the next generation of the Zhu family is Zhu Zhang. Although he is just General Hu Ben, that is because he is still young and has insufficient military achievements, otherwise he would have been promoted to the right general long ago.

Renault naturally doesn't care about tens of thousands of Austrians. With air force reconnaissance and naval interception, it's hard to say whether these ships can rely on them. The army's war preparations are just a precaution.

Wuyang Mansion, Gongyang Mansion.

Jiya was half lying on the bench, and two maids were doing full care for her.

Grandmaster Jiya is the commander of the fourth fleet of the Austrians. She is nearly thirty years old. Among the masters, she is also very young. She comes from a famous family and is originally a princess from a country in Austria.

Unfortunately, the country has long disappeared, and the identity of the princess is nothing. What’s important is that not only has the strength of a master, but the original country’s army has also been preserved.

There are constant natural disasters in Austria, and having military power in her hands is the bottom line. After her father's death, she led an army of 600,000 to occupy a place in the Olympic League and took over the position of commander of the Fourth Fleet.

She was not very lucky. Before landing, she encountered the Shengong Navy Army and lost more than half of it. Now she has only more than 200,000 personal troops in her hands.

After Zuo Qing was attacked, Jiya and the Third Fleet commander Guan Shengjie competed for the command of the Five Yang Mansion Austrian Army, which made her physically and mentally exhausted. She could only relax for a moment during half an hour of maintenance every day.

"Sir, Lord Guan refused to send his ships." A female official stepped forward and said. At this time, he should not have disturbed Jiya's rest with official duties, but Lord Ji said that this matter is of great importance and can be rewarded at any time.

"I understand, you go down." Jiya said calmly. She had known this before. After Zuo Qing's death, the two of them had never agreed to their opinions.

The second, third and fourth fleets gathered in Wuyang Mansion, with more than 800,000 soldiers, more than 1.9 million craftsmen and strong men, and nearly 3 million people gathered within a range of hundreds of miles of Wuyang Mansion. This would not work.

Guan Shengjie believed that it was necessary to expand outward, and after receiving the information from the thunderstorm, Jiya decided to raid the Shengong City first to solve the big trouble.
Chapter completed!