Out of the cage

In the 89th year of Fengfuli, three new forces on the mainland signed the "Meridian Treaty" around the newly built Meridian Railway Line.

"Meridian" is a line of longitude, and it is a line of great significance for planning the longitude and latitude of the earth after the human beings in the main world entered the age of enlightenment. And the delineation of the "prime meridian" is the supreme honor of the country that initiated the industrial revolution.

On the Fengfu Continent, based on the first railway running from north to south, it is reasonable to set the "prime meridian".

After the division of this line, "Science", "Industry", and "Mechanics", are the first joint actions. It is the face-to-face of the three contests.

At the southernmost tip of Fengfu Continent, a large number of warships began to gather,

In the most prosperous commercial port, amidst the sound of sharp slogans, a large number of soldiers wearing khaki cloth began to board the troop carrier, and farther away, there were battleships with towers and bridges holding cannons as thick as arms Tube.

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On the largest battleship, the Mutsu with a standard displacement of 35,000 tons. One of Shanzhen's fifteen avatars, an admiral, stood on the bridge, reviewing his strength.

In front of Shanzhen's eyes, brightly colored chamber of commerce flags were flying on the port square, and amidst the familiar naval music, the energetic navies in the port began to gather.

Shanzhen's memory couldn't help but return to the historical line where he was born.

However, when thinking about that historical line, the fate of my own country, as a maritime country, declined after the re-emergence of World Island. He sighed helplessly.

Shan Zhen held up the wine glass with white gloves, and murmured: "Science and industry can only stand on one side." ——Choosing sides between East and West is a difficult problem for every Neon person.

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Due to the recent history, technology and industry exploded from the west.

As an ancient civilization that has been passed down for thousands of years, the Eastern Huaxia system is a tenacious self-sustaining civilization. It is not easy not to let the moral system completely return to zero (Yi Di, who is ashamed and drinks blood).

But this stubborn self-sustainment eventually made it difficult for him to break through the philosophical system before the industrial revolution.

Neon, as a fringe civilization, does not have the profound heritage of China, and does not want to perish under the wheels of Western expansion, ****. Become a "bat" in the camp of Eastern and Western civilizations.

However, as the Eastern civilization got out of the dead cycle of philosophy and correctly and objectively understood science and technology, post-industrial, it showed a strong potential for development, and its own social and ideological system burst out with vitality.

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In Shanzhen's historical line, when the Asian empire was hard to return, he was the "Oriental Returnist".

After the second industrial revolution, when it was difficult to break through the third technological revolution, everything Nihong learned from the West in the historical line of Shanzhen was difficult to apply to maintain a huge multi-ethnic country. ——I can only turn around and look for the Confucian system.

However, there are "Oriental Returnists", and there are also "Albino Schools" who continue to be friendly to Europa, that is, the idea of ​​​​excellent races in Germany, and the "Albino School" thinking is the group of Imperial Army obsessed with old horse dung in the early 20th century. Insist on the 'big and superiority', and insist on subdividing the race within Asia.

The "Oriental Returnists" believe that it is precisely because of the brain-filling behavior of the "Baihua faction" that the Asian empire can only control Jiangnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, and the Bohai Sea region at most, and cannot solve the resistance of Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan and other vast areas .

The resistance on the East Asian continent is different from Europe, where there are multiple batches and small groups of resistance forces, but a truly unified organization that runs through millions of square kilometers. This is the characteristic of Eastern civilization. Compared with the European resistance organizations fighting on their own, the Eastern gangsters can always gather together to make things bigger.

And in terms of technology, these insurgents who occupy the second tier with their backs on the plateau and launched a counterattack against the empire from west to east are not alone.

After Germany completed its comprehensive suppression of Europe, a large number of former Eastern European scientists and technicians ran into the cave dwellings and translated countless technical drawings and parameters in square characters. A real, global union of the proletariat.

This led to the fact that in the late Asian Empire, the excellent light infantry and ground artillery coordination lagged behind the Eastern Uprising Army.

On the black land in the north, those gangs of geisha hug each other every day, degenerate, known as the flower of the empire, but in fact Malu is unbearable, perfectly stepping on the avalanche of fighting power of countless small dynasties (Jin, Liao, Yuan) in China for 5,000 years the big pit.

Among the countless failures in the later period, the one that most frustrated the scholars of the Imperial Island was: the fifth and sixth tank divisions with a long history were directly surrounded and wiped out in Fengtian, and the imperial navy bombarded Tashan for four days Four nights, failed to get through the rescue channel.

So - before the soul is packaged.

Shan Zhen lamented that the ideology of the Asian empire was divided as if she lamented the withering of the cherry blossoms, which made Ni Hong lose the only chance to become the protagonist. ——Of course, after learning more historical lines, he saw the worse future of the main world (for him, Neon is a dog of the United States, which is a worse future).

He can only acquiesce - the protagonists of the earth's civilization are the Eastern and Western civilizations of the world island, and Neon's ultimate destiny can only be to choose one to integrate.

Oh, this moment is just like that moment.

In this different world, "technology" and "industry" are the strong players in the equal contest, and machines are the middle-of-the-road who are difficult to be independent.

Shanzhen doesn't know what her long-term goal is, but she just needs to do something. Pretend you know the goal. Well, the performance is a little hot-blooded.

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The 'machinery' is running mechanically, and both 'industry' and 'science' are checking and predicting the situation of the 'machinery'.

The Southern Chamber of Commerce, these colonial troops summoned from the countryside, are holding the muskets of the Northern Territory in 1981

This firearm uses a low-velocity heavy round of 20 mm caliber. As for these soldiers with muskets, their training level is equivalent to that of the militia in the Northern Territory five years ago.

The range of the bullet can kill unarmored targets from two hundred meters away. Basically, it can achieve the performance of an archer.

The soldiers in these troop carriers were bankrupt farmers and unemployed people in the south of the main mainland a year ago.

The muskets and bullets of industrial products have accelerated the training of such standard long-distance troops.

Please note: Fast training means low cost. The cost depends not only on the price of equipment, training consumption, but also on the overall social cost.

It takes two to three years to train an archer, so the lord cannot give up such an archer casually, and needs to continue to be responsible for the livelihood of the archer, so that he can become a soldier out of production.

The musketeers can form an army within three months if they receive sufficient food, strict discipline, and live ammunition drills. Then after the war is over, they can be quickly disbanded and sent back to society to serve as the labor force of the prime of life. No maintenance costs.

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The north is the region with the highest level of basic natural education, and there are no such militias anymore. ——In the red sun game, United Industries has high requirements on the quality of manpower for combat readiness.

With the productivity of northern industries, it is better to popularize education than to waste economic potential and build such a militia.

The reserve soldiers who receive public meals in the joint industry must know more than one hundred runes and pass the assessment to stay in the post.

And it is such a reserve, the gunpowder weapons operated are all rapid-fire weapons such as "Chicago typewriters".

As for the regular troops in the Northern Territory, all the "shoulder cannons", "magnetic energy metal spears" and "energy shields" have been popularized.

Shoulder Cannon: On the frame of the whole body exoskeleton, a second-ring energy-level beam energy weapon is installed on the shoulder.

Magnetic energy metal spear: This is a weapon like a baton in the constricted state. With a swish, it unfolds like a tape measure and ejects to a length of eight meters, but it is different from the material of the main world. This "weapon instantly strengthened by a magnetic field" is very hard within five seconds of deployment. Similar to the three-ring strengthening technique. ——Holding this thing against light infantry of the same level is like A4 paper in the main world folded into spikes, which can pierce a can.

Energy Shield: The principle is the same as the magnetic energy metal spear, and the material is also very small, and it is strengthened and expanded under the action of energy. A translucent shield with a diameter of 1.5 meters was formed on the arm.

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Obviously, the Southern Chamber of Commerce, the base of 'machinery', cannot be as bold as the two great powers in the north. They can only choose relatively cost-effective, but actually outdated armed forces, and carry out poor imperialism against the even more backward southern continent.

Regarding the fact that southern merchants picked up second-hand equipment and were able to launch an expedition, and the generals of the Northern Industrial Party who held mechanized troops were unwilling.

The thoughts of these ghost fire boys back then: my side is so well equipped, but I can’t move due to the situation, and the south side can use the equipment we eliminated, but it can leverage the situation.

Similarly, some of the Austrian generals in the Alliance of Truth have the same idea.

In terms of tactical magic cannons, the giant cannons installed on these battleships of the Southern Chamber of Commerce are all second-rate, first-class high-energy magic cannons, all of which are on standby at key fort positions.

There are space teleportation arrays (quantum channels) between the fortresses of the Alliance of Truth, and magic cannons can be teleported in each position.

In terms of vehicles, the Alliance of Truth has studied floating battleships, each of which is about 6,000 tons, and can allow two to three magic cannons to fire on such a battleship.

The average price of one is 100,000 gold coins! The economy of the Olympic Alliance has improved greatly, but the annual tax is calculated in gold coins, which is more than 8 to 9 million, which can only maintain five ships. (The total tax revenue of the joint industry is 30 million.)

It can be seen that the Alliance of Truth also holds the same vigilance against a certain "imaginary enemy".

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In the calculation of "technology", "industry" is too powerful now, and it is out of balance.

The economic scale of the Industrial Party is three times that of the Alliance of Truth. With huge steel and heavy mechanized troops, this is by no means something that the Alliance of Truth can clear with a wave of arcane weapons.

High technology can suppress quantity with quality, but Wei Keng is so vigorously catching up, the quality advantage of "science" may not be able to suppress the quantity advantage of "industry".

Last year, the Alliance of Truth obtained the main battle armor of the Northern Territory through special channels, the 250-ton "Heavy Knight (Iron Buddha)" heavy tank.

It uses a triple-mounted turret, adhering to the requirement that the larger the caliber is the truth, the rune tungsten bullets inscribed with the effects of "penetrating" and "penetrating" are enough to smash through any castle fortress of the Xuan Austrian Alliance.

On the armor level, the composite structure of the electromagnetic shield, ceramics, and steel armor is densely packed with protective runes. The overall structure is capable of withstanding more than three high-level magic cannons.

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Moreover, the organizational capabilities of the Industrial Party need to be considered in addition to technical and economic factors in the confrontation.

In the year 2284 of Fengfuli, in order to build floating battleships, the Xuanao Alliance worked out the "ground suspension theory", that is, to let the ground air flow form a liquid rigidity under the evocation spell, allowing large vehicles to sail on dry land.

Caret's joint industry is very fast, and it has also introduced this technology, and has gone through special tackling

This technology of United Industries is not used on large suspended vehicles. Instead, a dedicated tactical paving team was set up. Let a group of light tanks with only about five tons cast spells on the road while driving, so that the road airflow temporarily appears "rigid" air shafts, the effect is like "roller air columns" appearing on the road, which can support heavy units' sliding '.

Therefore, the heavy armor cluster of United Industries can be strategically maneuvered. It is self-evident who is planning such a strategic capability.

The joint industry can use 30 tons of coal-fired electricity every 50 kilometers on low-standard roads or even plains to temporarily suspend the roads, allowing a brigade of more than 20 "Heavy Knights" to go from here Rolling action on the road.

The three major armies of the Industrial Party maintain a total of about 800-900 "heavy knights". During the Red Sun exercise, they also practiced multiple routes going south at the same time to counter the possibility of armed invasion by the "blue army imaginary enemy". That scene was like a sandstorm going south.

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Now that 'industry' and 'science' are competing, if the pattern of World War I follows, when both sides make a large number of military allies, the entire Fengfu Continent will definitely fight.

However, Carret's strategy is very conservative, and he does not provide military protection to the southern trading parties, and has no substantial military allies. It seems to be a loner, but it also reduces the risk of being passively involved in the war, and in essence has the freedom to choose to participate in the war (not to say that it is not predictable)

Sainz, who was also born in the main world, also has a deep historical memory of this.

After all, after the end of modern history, the civilizations of the Mediterranean system and the civilization of the great river system had collided many times, and they knew about both sides.

He also curbs the possibility of the hawks playing the military card on the north side of the Xuan Olympic Alliance.

Once it is affected by hotspot events and forced to play the military card, it is very likely that at the wrong time and in the wrong place, it will be eaten up by Eastern strategists suddenly.

This has a cascading effect in the region, which will have a severe negative effect like a domino.

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All in all, Sainz was also helpless by Wei Keng.

"Science, industry, machinery" should maintain a delicate balance when developing

Sainz's point of view: Only when one's own camp shows a delicate balance, the gods dare not act rashly, and as long as the gods do not act in the short term, the future belongs to the new gods. But this balance must be grasped by oneself.

Sainz has done internet tech between Arcanist towers,

And this kind of Internet has begun to spread downwards, and the mutual exchange of information in the information age has seen large-scale new information extensions. The massive information proliferation that has already appeared in the etheric world has made the growth of the etheric world a hundred times higher than at any time in the past.

In this way, in the future civilization, technology will dominate the information proliferation under the virtual network, making Fengfu planet grow into a high-end religious planet.

This—the more you think, the more you believe in. Build several large-scale game worlds such as "World of Warcraft" and "Jian Wang", which will last for hundreds of years. , probably no less than a large world with multi-level dungeons.

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When preparing to do this task, Sainz had already conceived the development of the situation:

Industry provides the realistic material basis for maintaining informatization.

Machinery—the most ruthless and cold force in charge, outputting symbols outward.

And I am "science", grasp the source, and steer the development.

Once the new era is completed, the old gods can be pushed back. ——The concept of the old gods will be washed away by a large number of new concepts. Only the gods in charge of basic concepts such as goods trade and night and dawn can be spared.

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In this plan, Sainz set 'science' as the dominant position, chose 'science' godhead, and then used skills to win over and build an alliance.

You know, before Wei Keng sent the invitation letter back then, he took Shan Zhen as an ally first.

[Sains has always been vigilant that Wei Keng may be allied with Shanzhen, both of whom belong to the Eastern Department. Um, in fact, Bai Linglu really has this consideration. Master Wei insisted on "Ri Yamamoto Immortal" and rejected neon lights when making plans. 】

When Sainz determined that "industry" was isolated, he once thought he was sure of winning.

But he never expected that this "industrial" development, as a "high-end arcane field shredder, pushed forward too fast." Narrator: From Wei Keng's perspective, he is always catching up, so he must be modest and cautious .

Sainz found that "Carret" was more difficult to deal with than he thought.

He began to re-evaluate 'Carret', and found that this competitor cannot be won by small means. quite assertive,

Sainz looked back and recalled that during the first meeting, Wei Keng hadn't been able to make Wei Keng obey his strategy at all. And the follow-up development is always unambiguous in the competition in various fields. (Humble evaluation from the Bailinglu team: Although he is very nerve-wracking, he will never lose his share.)

Now "industry" has directly built the Meridian Railway line southward, running through the mainland, dumping a large amount of basic consumer goods, and accelerating the flow of technology to the north.

Sainz fell into a passive state. The leadership of 'science' has been oppressed by the backbone of 'industry'.

In the military, the offensive technology developed by the Alliance of Truth encountered mutual deterrence from the "industrialized combat readiness and counterattack system" established by United Industries, and the military card could not be played.

And economically! The Suspended Olympic Alliance is at a disadvantage. Yes, Sainz has to admit that the Eastern industrial concept is more comprehensive in the planning of the total production chain.

He calculated it in a mathematical formula. As long as there are no major changes, "science" can attract 1% of the population in Fengfu Continent, and "industry" can mobilize the remaining 80% of the population.

Even if one percent of the elite population breaks through to the high-level mage (seven rings), the probability is seven times that of the "industrial" side.

The total value of the labor value-added chain controlled by the Olympic Alliance is still not able to reach one-third of the value chain controlled by the comprehensive education system of United Industries.

Oriental Industries' concept of large-scale collaboration allows "quantity" to triumph over "quality".

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Therefore, if 'Science' wants to break the game, it can only play the resource card.

But it can't be played by the Xuan Olympic Alliance, but let the "machine" play this card as an agent.

Occupy the south, control more and broader resource chains, and exert influence on industry from upstream high-tech and resources. But—this war material still has to be bought from 'Industry'.