Empire Conquest
Chapter 304 - 300 Godzilla

Chapter 304: Chapter 300 Godzilla

"Speaking of which, aside from the Newland Federation, there really isn’t much to worry about.

The current situation can be said to be very favorable.

Over in the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom, the West Saiyi regime had stabilized its stance and, beginning from late August, the ’Saiyi National Self-Defense Team’ that it formed progressively replaced the Liangxia troops on the front lines, becoming the main force on the battlefield of the Main Island, even though their combat effectiveness was too dreadful to witness.

Even if it turned into a war of attrition, it was still a civil war within Saiyi and had little to do with the Liangxia Empire.

Although there was a need to supply weapons and ammunition to arm the Saiyi Self-defense Force, as well as provide food and fuel supplies, the aid given to the West Saiyi Regime still fell short of the consumption by the Special Mixed Fleet executing blockade missions in the northwest East Ocean, which allowed the Empire’s Army to withdraw from the battlefield.

Mainly light weapons, almost all secondhand.

Many were old bolt-action rifles made during the last major war and sealed away after the war had ended; even if still usable, their performance was long outdated.

In addition, many were war trophies seized on the Ice Storm Peninsula.

As for ammunition, it’s not a problem at all.

Any single ammunition production line could produce hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition a year.

Moreover, there was a lot of ammunition produced during the last major war still unused in the military arsenals of the Empire’s Army.

Other supplies, such as food, would still need to be aided to the West Saiyi Regime, even if the Saiyi Self-defense Force wasn’t sent as human shields.

Hundreds of thousands of secondhand rifles, some ammunition that would otherwise have to be disposed of, a small number of machine guns and artillery, and other necessary equipment such as uniforms, letting hundreds of thousands, even millions of Saiyi Self-defense forces officers and soldiers take the place of the Empire’s soldiers to bleed and sacrifice was more than worth it.

Continuing the fight like this was, in fact, a good thing for the Liangxia Empire.

The reason was simple: as long as the East Imperial Capital Regime, that is, the East Saiyi Regime, had not yet met its demise, the Liangxia Empire wouldn’t need to provide aid to the tens of millions of Saiyi people under its rule.

If the civil war ended and the East Saiyi Regime was finished, those tens of millions would still need to be fed by the Liangxia Empire!

Additionally, the strategic bombing targeting the East Saiyi Regime had not ended, it was just not as intense as it had been at the beginning of the year.

It was not out of mercy, but rather a need to allocate forces to aid the Tiaoman Empire and support the Luosha Federation, which necessitated a reduction in the bombing intensity against the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom.

The critical point was, there wasn’t much left worth bombing.

From April to August, over five months, there was a massive strategic bombing every five days on average, deploying hundreds of bombers to bomb one or several major cities.

However, the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom didn’t have many cities to begin with, let alone major cities.

Setting aside others, large-scale bombings targeting just the East Imperial Capital had been carried out no less than five times.

According to the pilots, they could drop bombs over the East Imperial Capital with their eyes closed.

The main way to strike the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom was through strategic blockades.

After the Special Mixed Fleet began its blockade mission, the situation for the East Saiyi Regime immediately became extremely difficult.

Beforehand, quite a few merchant ships would still secretly head for the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom via the remote Northwest passage since deploying long-range patrol planes stationed on the Volcanic Islands was unfeasible due to the distance, sending battleships was impractical, and the use of submarines was even less to mention, not to speak of implementing unrestricted submarine warfare.

In short, before June, quite a few ships still managed to ’sneak’ through successfully.

When the 41st Special Mixed Fleet replaced the 21st and took over the blockade led by Bai Zhizhan, the Northwest passage was completely blocked.

According to Newland media: Bai Zhizhan was a demon sent by Amaterasu to punish her people.

Furthermore, the Saiyi people even gave Bai Zhizhan a nickname.

Godzilla."

In the myths of the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom, "Godzilla" is the dominating sea dragon, undefeated in the ocean.

Although there is no accurate statistical data, there is reason to believe that between June and August, the number of cargo ships that arrived intact at the East Saiyi ports would not exceed ten, and all of them were under 5,000 tons with high-power engines specifically used for smuggling and fast transportation.

If the speed weren’t fast enough, it would be impossible to break through the blockade line of the 41st Special Mixed Fleet.

Two months, only ten cargo ships, at most 50,000 tons of supplies; what’s the use?

Due to high-intensity strategic bombing, the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom’s summer harvest was almost entirely wiped out; there was no spare food, hence the issue of feeding tens of millions of people was extremely severe.

It was the food aid provided by the Liangxia Empire that allowed the West Saiyi Regime to quickly take control of the Nine Islands, Four Islands, and the western region of the Main Island, gaining the support of the local people. In an extremely short period of time, they consolidated their regime and even formed a considerable size of the National Self-Defense Force.

Many who joined the National Self-Defense Force did so simply to have a full meal.

Since the spring, severe famine had erupted in regions controlled by the East Saiyi Regime, rendering thousands helpless and turning them into refugees.

According to a report submitted by the Sixth Bureau.

In the areas controlled by the East Saiyi Regime, there were approximately fifty million people, with a daily minimum food consumption of 25,000 tons.

Even if supplies were limited and wild vegetables substituted, 15,000 tons were needed every day.

Meaning, even if those ten cargo ships carried only food, it would only last for three days.

Before the autumn harvest, the food shortage of the East Saiyi Regime would be at least 1 million tons.

Since the autumn harvest was also not optimistic—if not entirely wiped out, the risk of reduced yield was very high and the extent of reduction would certainly be significant—so even if they lasted till the autumn harvest, the situation wouldn’t improve but would worsen. When winter arrived, even the wild vegetables used to stave off hunger would be gone.

Similarly, based on intelligence provided by the Sixth Bureau, the famine in the East Saiyi region was already very severe.

It’s not just in small areas; even in East Imperial City, people starved to death almost every moment. Many just collapsed on the roadside while walking, never to rise again.

In some remote areas, incidents of cannibalism had already occurred.

According to reports published in Newland newspapers, in the northern part of the Main Island, due to severe famine, starving people resorted to secretly feeding on each other’s children to survive.

Some regions even experienced unrest, it just wasn’t publicly reported.

To prevent refugees from fleeing to the western region of the Main Island controlled by the National Self-Defense Force, the East Saiyi military had erected barbed wire, almost resorting to the use of machine guns.

The unprecedented severe famine had rendered the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom no longer formidable.

Even though the war on the Saiyi homeland was not yet over, and it seemed it wouldn’t end anytime soon, the struggling East Saiyi Regime no longer posed a threat. Even if there was a threat, it would first have to deal with the Long Sorrow regime and would hardly affect the Liangxia Empire.

If there was anything to be concerned about, it would only be whether the Newland Federation, after joining the war, would provide assistance to the East Saiyi Regime.

Actually, this too was not a concern.

Would it be more convenient for the Newland Federation to assist the East Saiyi Regime, or for the Liangxia Empire to assist the West Saiyi Regime?

Just in terms of sea transport distance, they couldn’t compare.

If the Newland Federation truly intended to assist the East Saiyi Regime, Saiyi would become a quagmire for the federation.

Moreover, no matter what the Newland Federation planned to do, they first had to defeat the Liangxia Navy in the East Ocean before their transport fleet could head to Saiyi.

Even if both parties provided assistance, no matter how the situation unfolded, it would be the Saiyi people who suffered.

Clearly, even though the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom was still struggling for survival, it was merely persisting.

The Saiyi Imperial Kingdom had already been defeated, and the military operations against the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom had effectively ended on the day the National Self-Defense Force of the West Saiyi Regime landed on the Main Island.

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