The 906th year of Black Iron Calendar was a relatively tranquil year since Taixia Country entered the holy war. This year, since Immortal Qianji killed a heavenly demon knight and some shadow demon knights at the bank of Weishui River, the momentum of demons' eastward advance was curbed. As a result, the armies of humans and demons on the east and west banks of Weishui River were relatively tranquil and confronted each other. Small-scale conflicts occurred every day. The ground corps of humans and demons in Helan Mountain Range were always in full swing. However, on the whole, there were only a few battles involving over 1,000 knights.
Compared to the previous two years, such a situation could only be described as tranquil.
Although the battle at the bank of Weishui River came to a temporary halt, this year was a hot year for Fiery Oil across Taixia Country. In this year, over 16000 fiery oil production bases had been added across Taixia Country. Across Taixia Country, Xuanyuan Hill and all the major clans and governments across Taixia Country had great expectations and enthusiasm for Fiery Oil. As fiery oil production bases spread over the country, in the name of resisting demons and defending Taixia Country, the tide of new industries represented by fiery oil airplanes and various fiery oil weapons officially swept across Taixia Country. The entire Taixia Country was like a machine that was suddenly started. After being injected with fiery oil, it started to release a great energy.
In only one year, independent air cavalry corps had been established across Taixia Country. Those slower ones had even built their skeletons. The top four armies of Taixia Country had already started to establish a wholly new fully-mechanized corps. Such a grand occasion might only be matched by those industrial revolutions before the Catastrophe. Many rune alchemists and traditional mechanical engineers in Taixia Country wanted to make a fortune from the gold mine of fiery oil. They were racking their brains to make various fiery oil instruments or weapons. On this occasion, fiery oil weapons and machines had sprung up across Taixia Country like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, dazzling people …
Only within one year, the number of dual-drive engines in Taixia Country had surged to over 100. Additionally, fiery oil engines with different displacement and models had appeared in the sky of Taixia Country. According to incomplete statistics, the types and quantity of airplanes in the sky of Taixia Country had surged to hundreds from a few last year. Many provincial armies of Taixia Country were equipped with airplanes of different models. The top four armies of Taixia Country which had a powerful system and production capacity even started to develop new fiery oil airplanes and weapons independently.
In this case, in order to unify the equipment and logistics supply system of the armies across Taixia Country, Xuanyuan Hill had to issue a strict standard for the unified supply of fiery oil weapons and equipment to each province and the top four armies. Those that didn't meet this standard were not allowed to be purchased by the provincial armies and top four armies.
Nobody would deny that Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory was the holy land of air cavalries. However, the industrial production capacity of Youzhou Province and Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory couldn't match that of Taixia Country at all. As long as Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory could produce weapons and airplanes, those provinces, prefectures and clans which had powerful industrial production capacity would soon produce the same, even better and more varied products.
The tide of fiery oil was still in the ascendant. Besides fiery oil, various provinces and prefectures in Taixia Country started to be divided due to the shortage of grains, which could be described as ice and fire.
In those provinces and prefectures which were seriously affected by the shortage of grains, the local authorities across Taixia Country had already opened their official warehouses for disaster relief. As a result, the shortage of grains that lasted for two years had been relieved. Places like Youzhou Province and Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory had gained an unprecedented bumper harvest last year. Even the official fields in Ninghe Prefecture that Zhang Tie had rented led the entire Ninghe Prefecture to gain a bumper harvest. The bumper harvest of Ninghe Prefecture further stabilized and relieved the shortage of grains in Yanzhou Province. Now, the entire Northeast Military Region, including those major clans were gazing at Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory and Ninghe Prefecture. As soon as the bumper harvest of grains in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory and Ninghe Prefecture, before those grains entered the warehouse, most of them had been dispatched by major clans to purchase them at a high price.
Northeast Military Region recovered its composure first from the shortage of grains across Taixia Country. Because of this, Cheng Honglie the commander of Northeast Military Region was even rewarded by Xuanyuan Hill, making him the most outstanding one among all the military regions in Taixia Country.
In the same year, Zhang Clan of Huaiyuan Palace was in a turmoil. After Immortal Qianji recovered his wounds and returned to Youzhou Province from Xuanyuan Hill, Immortal Qianji's "disappearance" caused a great hubbub across Taixia Country. Closely after that, Zhang Taixuan the head of Huaiyuan Palace was possessed by the devil and died suddenly. Closely after that, Huaiyuan Palace was divided and Zhang Clan of Jinwu Palace became independent. After that, Immortal Qianji gained the Dongtian of Great Wilderness Sect in South Border and the top three sects of Taixia Country sent black invitation cards to Iron-Dragon Sect, which aroused great public sentiment across the country …
In such restlessness and turbulence, the 906th year of Black Iron Calendar gradually passed by and the 907th year of Black Iron Calendar arrived unstoppably …
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On January 18th, it was still snowing heavily in Xuanyuan Hill. In the weapon test field in the base of God's Will Army of the top four armies of Taixia Country in the east of Xuanyuan Hill, Xuanyuan Changying, some commanders of the top four armies and those military commanders of Taixia Country who came to Xuanyuan Hill for debriefing were sitting in a temporary rainshed on the top of a mountain in the weapon test field. They were watching the program that His Majesty brought to those feudal officials of Taixia Country …
Xuanyuan Changying was wearing the dragon robe of crown prince and a cloak with a fiery fox fur coat. In the heavy snow, he looked extraordinary.
"Your Majesty, they're coming …" After hearing the warning of a commander of God's Will Army, Xuanyuan Changying picked up his telescope as he looked at the sky in the north. Like Xuanyuan Changying, some of the commanders of God's Will Army also picked up their telescopes and looked at the sky in the north together with sparkling eyes.
Through the telescope in Xuanyuan Changying's hand, he could see two rows of black spots in the sky. They were flying towards him in the wind and snow at an altitude of over 10,000 m. After a short while, the image became clear. He could see that the two rows of black spots were two rows of airplanes flying in formation.
They were not ordinary airplanes. They were utterly different than the earliest airplanes produced by air cavalries in Fire-Dragon Bounty Territory. Compared to those airplanes that had been equipped by air cavalries in the frontline of Weishui River, those airplanes in the sky were absolutely huge.
Each plane was more than 70 meters long in the sky, with a wingspan of more than 60 meters and a height of more than 8 meters. Its body was wide, and each wing was equipped with four high-power engines.
There were a total of eight airplanes in the two rows. When they appeared in the sky, they looked like two rows of big birds. Compared to the airships, it was more shocking. Moreover, there was no doubt that those airplanes were faster than the airships.
Watching the increasingly clearer airplanes in the sky, all the commanders at present changed their looks. As for these chancellors of Taixia Country, they had seen a lot of airboats and airships; however, it was their first time to see such a huge airplane.
After a short while, the two rows of airplanes arrived above the weapon testing ground. The roar of the huge engines reverberated from the sky, as if there were several trains running in the sky. It was deafening. Then, under everyone's gaze, a hatch suddenly opened under each airplane. Then, bombs rained down from the airplanes like eggs and fell into the valley between the two mountains in front of everyone. In a split second, a fire dragon appeared out of nowhere and engulfed the valley with an area of more than 10 square kilometers in the blink of an eye …
The fiery dragon melted the ice and snow and scorched the soil. Some steel brackets in the valley also turned red and softened in the fiery dragon. Finally, they melted like candles. Additionally, as the flames burned, a greyish-black mist spread out and covered the entire region around the valley.
Even though they were very far away, the burning fire dragon still made the people sitting on the top of the mountain feel a wave of threatening heat.
Over 10 minutes later, when the fiery dragon and the greyish-black mist disappeared, the valley in front of them had become a scorched, lifeless land.
Watching such a scene, all the commanders and commanders were shocked. Everybody knew the meaning of those airplanes in the sky. Those airplanes could carry over 50 tons of ammunition each time. However, they moved many times faster than airships. Such airplanes were definitely sharp weapons on the battlefield. With one air strike, they could cause a great blow to the ground corps. No matter how fast the ground corps could run, they could never match such airplanes. Therefore, such a large airplane could make up for the shortage of airships in air strikes. Even if it was not used for air strikes, it could also bring great convenience to the logistics of troops.
However, it was not over yet. After a short while, with the reminder of a general of God's Will Army, everybody moved their eyes onto the end of the valley in the far.
At the end of the road, there was a square formation of a total of 40 odd-looking heavy half-track trucks driving over.
The heavy-duty trucks looked strange because each of them carried a few rows of huge pipes on their backs.
When they were more than 30 kilometers away from the valley, the 40 odd-looking half-track heavy-duty trucks stopped altogether. Then, the rows of pipes on their backs began to rise, aiming at the valley.
After those pipes stopped rising for half a minute, they spurted flames out of those pipes one after another. Closely after that, huge "rockets" were ejected out of those huge pipes at a speed faster than airplanes. When they arrived at this valley, the valley which had been burning was covered by high-temperature flames once again …
"Commanders and commanders, how do you feel about the two sharp weapons?" Xuanyuan Changfeng put down his telescope as he asked the commanders and commanders with a smile …
(To be continued.)
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