Munitions Empire

That's right, speedboat attacks seem like a good idea.

Moreover, they don't need to conduct suicide attacks using speedboats packed with explosives like the Mirage Country, because their technology has indeed progressed, and they have many more cards in hand compared to Mirage Country back then.

First, the Mirage Country had no so-called torpedo weapons back then. Now, every country in the world has its own torpedoes. Speedboats equipped with torpedoes turning into torpedo boats seem quite promising.

At that time, hundreds of torpedo boats can launch torpedoes and attack from seven or eight kilometers away, which clearly has a higher success rate than a suicidal high-speed collision.

Extending from this, could loading some jet planes with explosives and having the jet fighter pilots initially conduct mass suicide attacks be more efficient, with a higher chance of success?

As long as the fleet of the Tang Empire suffers losses, wouldn't a transoceanic landing fail? As long as one Tang Country attack is thwarted, subsequent invasions are likely to become more cautious, possibly leading to abandonment of the idea of invading the Eastern Continent.

In conclusion... the plan is feasible!

At least it's more promising than building those so-called destroyers and cruisers.

"Torpedo boats, large torpedo destroyers, torpedo attack aircrafts... even jet fighters... we are producing more decisive battle weapons, Your Majesty... there is still hope," the Prime Minister tried to comfort the somewhat anxious Dorne the First with a sliver of hope.

As the former Chief of Staff of the main naval fleet, Mike Ravel still possessed a certain degree of ability. After much consideration, he also deemed similar small ship plans as more promising than past plans.

At the very least, the difficulty for the Tang Army to sink 100 speedboats is completely different from sinking five to eight destroyers. Creating some trouble for the Tang Army's landing is really the only thing the Dorne Navy can do now.

"I don't agree with having pilots drive jets for suicide strikes, as I see no meaning in that. However, the torpedo boat plan, I'm very supportive of," the former Chief of Staff advised Dorne the First: "Rather than wasting valuable pilots, we should develop our own missiles."

With the efforts of many technicians, and inspired by some technological spillovers from the Tang Empire, many countries on the Eastern Continent are working on their own missiles.

After all, the Tang Empire previously exported Scud missiles to them, so things like gyroscopes and servos aren't secrets to these countries anymore.

Dorne has research in this area, and it's one of Dorne's top secrets, codenamed "Divine Light." Dorne the First hopes to use this secret weapon to surprise the Tang People.

Unfortunately, similar research is not going smoothly, as the Shenguang Missile, a radio-guided thing, cannot be used under electromagnetic interference. Once launched, it falls like a headless fly under electromagnetic interference without exception.

Dorne's technical staff couldn't figure out how to correct the missile trajectory using radar and such equipment, so similar efforts have stalled.

Given that Dorne's radars were still not small enough to fit at the front end of missiles, even with similar radars, there wasn't a way to get it to work in conjunction with the servo at the moment.

Recently, the research has had some breakthroughs, with autonomous control being achieved within a huge missile by Dorne.

However, most of the inner space of this missile was given over to the massive radar and corresponding control equipment, rendering the range limited and the power mediocre, with an overly large size.

The eventual compromise was that Dorne still had to develop a massive carrier to specifically launch this Shenguang Missile.

The Navy thought of utilizing those newly launched small destroyers with little weaponry: Their tonnage was large enough with considerable space, perfect for modification into missile destroyers.

The Air Force also showcased its "platform," expanding the largest bombers they could find and created a monster with six propeller engines.

This super giant bomber was dubbed "Great Mountain" by Dorne, and it seemed quite fitting. However, this aircraft was not a qualified bomber as it could hardly carry other bombs.

The Shenguang Missile was really too large, too large to be mounted under the belly of the bomber: Landing gear wasn't long enough, and ground clearance was insufficient.

So this bomber designed specifically for the Shenguang Missile had an indented bomb bay at its belly that couldn't carry other bombs.

In fact, Dorne never expected it to serve as a strategic bomber: Under the overarching context of opposing the Tang Country, heavy bombers that couldn't fly to Tang Country soil were utterly meaningless.

"Without knowing which tactics might work, no tactic can be abandoned! Thus, training new pilots, selecting warriors from among them, and letting them drive aircrafts to strike Tang Country ships is a plan that must be pursued!" Dorne the First said coldly, disregarding the eager Mike Ravel's wish to advise further.

"Hopefully our preparations can heavily damage the Tang Country's navy, forcing the arrogant Tang People back to the negotiating table, abandoning their insane idea of further attacking the nations of the Eastern Continent." The Prime Minister also supported the Emperor, because in his view, any method that could force a truce with the Tang Country should be tried.

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"Hit!" came the sound of the judge's verdict through the headset, and Wang Hai knew the Infrared Guided Combat Missile he had "fired" had just downed the target.

The two planes had been mutually locking onto each other, with the Yinglong demonstrating astonishing maneuverability in close combat. In the end, Wang Hai's superior skill preserved the dignity of the veteran pilot. The new trainees once again tasted defeat, although their performance indeed improved remarkably.

After bringing down the "enemy aircraft," Wang Hai breathed a sigh of relief and leveled his aircraft. The two Yinglong fighters, just engaged in fierce dogfighting, joined the previously downed Yinglong and returned to the exercise base.

All participants in the confrontation exercise had to gather there, discussing the gains and losses in the simulated air combat together. Everyone must summarize their own mistakes, then speak of others' strengths, and draft a report, submitting it for corrections by the Air Force staff.

No choice, since the enemy couldn't provide more data for the Air Force to study, they had to create more data themselves to establish the new aircraft's data repository.