Munitions Empire

Chapter 447 : 434 tear down the wall_2

he was well aware that if he didn't show these people the full strength of the great tang group, they wouldn't understand that the times had changed.

not far away, the city's residents had also been gathered together, inexplicably standing on high ground, waiting for the grand "self-introduction" that was soon to come.

it would be a memorable bombardment feast, as well as the old dongwan port's final scene in this world.

after a moment's silence, rolling thunder began to sound from the sea. as the rich landlords standing behind dino saw the entire battery being turned upside down, they were so frightened that they could hardly stand steady.

one by one, thin or fat, the old and middle-aged men were scared silly, collapsing to the ground to feel the tremors emanating from beneath them.

before their eyes, the grand battery that had been painstakingly built over hundreds of years by ten generations of people was being demolished by cannon fire into a pile of ruins and rubble.

the massive explosions sent stones flying dozens of meters into the air, dust churned in the sky, and shockwaves carrying fine gravel swept everything around, followed by the rising plumes of black smoke.

"how about the navy... of my great tang group?" dino didn't look at the scenes he had already seen but, with the explosion at his back, looked at the locals who were already terrified out of their wits and asked loudly.

as he asked his question, more artillery fire came, striking the battery, which could momentarily be seen only by the brief flashes of fire amidst the clouds and mist stirred by the explosion.

however, those local aborigines witnessing these explosions knew very well that if there were soldiers there, or rather, no matter how many soldiers were stationed there, they would be done for by now...

no wonder these foreigners wanted to dismantle the batteries, no wonder they didn't need batteries... because no one could breach such a navy and threaten the city from the sea! no one!

just a few breaths later, the local aborigines witnessed the impressive sight of 155mm caliber cannons dismantling the city walls.

in the previous battles, two shots from 105mm cannon had brought down a section of the wall, and the local shen country's troops surrendered, so no one knew what was actually happening outside the city.

but now, everyone could see with their own eyes the great tang group's artillery troops were bombarding the walls with their cannons, each shot causing the walls to fracture and collapse amidst terrifying explosions and deafening roars. the war became tremendously alien to them.

standing over there, the surrendering general of the shen country, shenwu xiong, also witnessed this incredible scene. only now did he finally realize just how thoroughly the shen country had been defeated.

"you always enjoy teasing people," yulin, with her face blushing to the tips of her ears, turned around, her face blooming like a peach blossom and her eyes misty with spring, "you have a meeting in 15 minutes, will you make it?"

tang mo coughed. although he was happy to take advantage, if he really caused a scene, he truly wouldn't have enough time...

so, he withdrew his hands, stepped back a bit with reluctance, and opened some distance between them: "i heard he's made a list?"

"workers, training teachers, engineers, books, food, seeds, agricultural guidance... according to his demands, we might as well move to dongwan island," yulin said as she straightened tang mo's disheveled clothes, her voice filled with a hint of exasperation.

"ha, i still need to send soldiers, cannons, ammunition, steel, machine tools, generators, gantry cranes... to dongwan island. transport capacity is indeed tight," tang mo sighed. he was really a bit troubled about how to quickly develop dongwan island.

you must know, according to tang mo's plan, at least 100,000 troops would be stationed there, and there had to be a production capacity for war equipment to supply 100,000 soldiers—probably not enough even in a year.

or more precisely, far from enough! even with the full support of the great tang group, for dongwan island to catch up with dragon island's level of development within a year would be a pipe dream.

don't assume dragon island was built so quickly because brunas had a prior accumulation of population and technical personnel. now, half of the dividends accrued by brunas had been allocated to dragon island, and further dividing resources for dongwan island was obviously insufficient.

after all, hotwind port, winterless city, eternal winter port, and osa were all eagerly waiting, hoping that the great tang group could give them more technical talents and materials.

to support dongwan island, tang mo had pulled out all the stops, even leasing sailing fleets from other countries, desperately transporting materials to dongwan island.

but dongwan island was in desperate need of so many things. having just gone through a war, agriculture was neglected, the population was dwindling, everything was in dire need of rebuilding.

thinking of all this, tang mo felt immense pressure. he rubbed his forehead, turning to yulin, "what about that bastard nangong hong? thinks he can give me a bad idea and then go slack off in hotwind port? call him back!"

"hasn't he been there for just over ten days?" yulin reminded with a smile.

"consider it a vacation," tang mo raised an eyebrow, deciding that nangong hong should hurry back and offer him advice, "send him a telegraph."

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