On the night of September 11, the Zhangara Army Base in the western part of the Federal Republic of Luosha.

Before the Imperial Army came here to establish a military base, Zhangara was a town with few people knowing only a few hundred permanent residents.

The reason is also very simple. Zhangara is located north of the Rennes Desert, and further north is the Western Siberian Plateau.

The reason why the city was able to be built here, or if someone settled here was only because it was close to the lower reaches of the Xiaowujin River, it was not as vast as the riverbank plains and could barely be cultivated.

However, the Xiaowujin River is a typical inland river and the amount of water is not large.

The Imperial Army's military base was built west of Zhangara, next to the Little Ujin River.

In order to control the water source, the Imperial Army also built a dam downstream, and the river channel near the base became a reservoir.

Although the military base occupied a large amount of fertile land, and after the dam was built, all the fertile land downstream turned into deserts due to water shortage, local residents have long stopped making a living by farming. The main source of income is the thousands of imperial soldiers who have been stationed here for a long time.

Even in peacetime, there were more than 5,000 Imperial soldiers stationed here.

In addition, the base can accommodate up to 2 divisions, that is, about 45,000 officers and soldiers.

Although Zhangara is a small town and cannot be found on ordinary maps, it has irreplaceable strategic value in the Northwest War Zone.

The key is that the place guards the two strategic channels of Southern Ural and Northern Kuohai!

About 250 kilometers northeast of Gala is Ural, and this city is the key military location and transportation hub that is necessary to pass from Saratov to Orenburg. It has the largest train transfer center in the southern Ural region, and it carries about one-third of the transportation volume in the east and west directions.

In addition, Orenburg is a must-pass place to enter Yebao, and it is also a strategic important town that must be won.

The first strategic line of defense of Oriental Group in the northwest direction was actually built around Orenburg, so Orenburg is the central axis of the entire line of defense.

Urals are the forefront of Orenburg, and Zhangara is the forefront of Urals.

This is not all.

About 300 kilometers south of Campara is Astrakhan.

This city located on the northern shore of the Kuohai Sea and the Volga Estuary Delta has a strategic value above the Urals. It can be said to be Orenburg in the North Kuohai Plain.

On a strategic level, the Western Land Group had to advance eastward, even if it was just to capture the Federal Republic of Luosha, that is, to occupy Yebao, which acted as its administrative capital, and there were only two routes of march, namely, the Southern Urals of Orenburg, and the North Kuohai of Astrakhan.

The other routes, even if they look closer, are actually more difficult to enter.

For example, from Perm to Yebao, the straight line distance is only more than 200 kilometers, but there is the Ural Mountains in the middle, and there is only one road and one railway.

Mountainous areas are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and bridges and tunnels along the way are easily damaged, so the possibility of directly crossing the Ural Mountains is almost zero.

Of course, mountainous areas are not suitable for armored troops to fight.

Because logistics support is unsustainable and even the transportation capacity of the railway is very limited, even if you cross the Ural Mountains, you cannot invest heavily in this direction.

Continue to go north and enter the extremely cold Arctic Circle, and there is a lack of railways and other transportation facilities, which is more likely to support large corps operations.

As for Ufa to Chelyabinsk to the south of Yebor, there is also a problem of crossing the Ural Mountains.

To avoid the Ural Mountain, you can only advance from the south, either choose to take the Orenburg line or pass through Astrakhan.

If the main purpose is to attack Yebao, then Orenburg will definitely be chosen.

After taking Orenburg, you can advance eastward along the railway main line, and then turn north in Orsk to attack Talyabinsk.

As long as you can reach Chelyabinsk, you will definitely be able to march into Yebao and control the area east of Ural Shandong.

The biggest advantage of this offensive route is that there are railways and highways along the way, and there is no problem of logistical support not keeping up.

In fact, the Juxi First Trunk Railway, which is from Orenburg to the east to the east Wangyang Port City, has the capacity to support the combat of 5 million troops.

If you want to say it, this is also the most important trunk railway on the battlefields of the Huge Land and the Western Continent!

In the last war, the Imperial Army suffered enough of poor logistics support.

In the first two years, the Imperial Army did not make a breakthrough on the huge land battlefield due to insufficient logistics support. It was not until the Navy invaded the Sea of ​​Mo and landed on the north side of the Caucasus Mountains, that is, the Shackled Land Bridge, and opened up the sea route, that the problem of insufficient logistics support was solved.

After the war, the Imperial Army learned from its mistakes and invested huge amounts of money to build railways and roads on huge lands in order to solve the difficulties in material transportation.

Of course, this is also related to the great development of the Federal Republic of Luosha after the war.

To be honest, the Juxi First Trunk Railway, which has a total mileage of more than 10,000 kilometers, has been built in accordance with the standards of the global war since the beginning, and dozens of train transfer centers were built along the way.

Controlling this railway is equivalent to controlling the artery in the northern part of the world island!

Interestingly, it was not the Imperial Army that actively promoted the construction of the first trunk railway, but Dongluosha.

Dongluosha quickly revived after the war, and in just 35 years it surpassed Xiluosha, which had a better foundation. The first pot of gold for realizing industrialization came from this railway.

The steel and cement needed for the construction of the railway, as well as the trade brought about after the railway is completed, are all key factors in the ability of Dongluosha to take off.

If it weren't for this railway, Dongluosha would probably be a wild place.

However, no one can deny the military value of the first trunk railway.

In theory, just relying on this railway can support 5 million troops to fight on the front line, and it will no longer be difficult to capture Yebao.

There has been debate on how much significance it is to capture Yebao.

Yebao is only the administrative capital of the Federal Republic of Locke. The nominal capital is still Mosa, and a nominal presidential palace was established in East Mosa.

The key is that Yebao is only the administrative capital in the Federal Republic of Rock.

After decades of development, Yebao has long been the only central city in the Federal Republic of Luosha.

Although Yebao is still the most populous city in the east Luosha, more than ten years ago, Astrakhan in the south and Samara in the west Luosha had surpassed Yebao in terms of economic scale, and the industrial output value has always been focused on Chelyabinsk.

Excluding political factors, even if Yebao is occupied, it may not be possible to surrender the Federal Republic of Luosha.

In addition, military significance is not much.

The first trunk railway connecting the East and the West is actually hundreds of kilometers south of Yebao, and there are also big cities such as Chelyabinsk in the middle.

In other words, even if Ye Fortress is occupied, Ye Fortress cannot be regarded as a base for marching eastward.

If you continue to advance eastward, there is no need to attack Yebao!

More than 40 years ago, the Imperial Army did not go north to attack Yebao, but chose to continue to assault westward and concentrate its forces to advance toward Baku.

To be fundamentally speaking, the military value of Yebao is actually to serve as a bridgehead in the east of Ural Mountain.

Because in modern warfare, the military value of Ural Mountain is not as good as before, Yebao has long lost its strategic position.

Today, Yebao is actually a resource city dominated by administration.

Without hundreds of years of precipitation, Yebao would have been surpassed by other emerging cities in the wave of industrialization.

It can be seen that unless the Western Land Group intends to go from attack to defense after crossing the Ural Mountain, there is no reason to spend time and troops to attack Yebao.

On the contrary, cities in the plains of the northern Kuohai, such as Astrakhan, have an important strategic position.

This city was the economic center and chemical center of the Federal Republic of Luosha more than ten years ago, and is now the largest city in the Federal Republic of Luosha.

The reason is that the Baku Oilfield is located on the south side.

Because the southwest coast of Kuohai where the Bakuo Oilfield is located is too narrow, and the Boyi Kingdom is close to the south, lacking the space and security required for development, Dongluosha has not invested much resources in Bakuo in the past few decades, but has regarded it as an oil-producing area.

As a result, Astrakhan, to the north of the cave, received great attention.

Of course, geographical location is also crucial.

Because they are all cities along the broad sea coast, shipping can solve the problem of transportation and minimize logistics costs.

More importantly, relying on the second trunk railway passing through the Beikuohai area, the resources produced can be transported to the east or west very easily.

It is precisely because Astrakhan has developed into the largest population and largest economic city in just a few decades.

The military value of Astrakhan is actually here.

By controlling Astrakhan, you can easily capture the caves in the south and obtain the highest-yield super oilfield in the entire western continent.

In addition, chemical companies in Astrakhan can also be used.

As for transportation, there is no need to say more.

Starting from Rostov, the second trunk railway that extends to the East Viagra Port has a transportation capacity of 80% of the first trunk railway in the north, and there are more cities along the way, so it has strategic value no less than the first trunk railway.

The key is that the second trunk railway is mainly on the plains in the huge land hinterland.

In other words, it is more suitable for armored troops to fight.

In fact, for this reason, this trunk railway that can support the battle of 4 million troops was delayed for 20 years before construction started.

Because it was postponed for 20 years, the last phase of the project has not been completed yet!

From a military perspective, or from the standpoint of the Imperial Army, I actually do not want to build this trunk railway.

According to the strategic plan made by the Imperial Military, a trunk railway is enough, and even during the counterattack stage, it still needs the help of the navy.

In fact, there will be no strategic counterattack before opening up the maritime route.

To put it another way, by the time Oriental Group has the ability to launch a strategic counterattack, it will definitely seize the power to control the sea long ago, so there is no need to worry about shipping.

From the perspective of economic construction, the value of this railway is actually even greater.

Without the second trunk railway, there would definitely be no Federal Republic of Luosha now!

In fact, it was under the insistence of the Federal Republic of Luosha that the second trunk railway was established, and even the relevant funds were raised by the Federal Republic of Luosha.

This railway is actually a sign that the Luosha Federation will move towards independence and autonomy.
To be continued...