It was not until midnight that Zhou Yongtao waited for Lin Shiping and Qin Fenglie.

The situation is worse than expected.

In the northwest direction, the key is not the Xiluosha army that has already been put into battle, but the Xiluosha Group strategic reserve team followed behind, mainly composed of the Tyman army.

What kind of results can be achieved in the offense, or where it can be advanced, depends on the strategic reserve team.

In the face of a modern large-scale defense system, even a strong army cannot penetrate the opponent's defense line. It requires continuous attacks and invest in the strategic reserve team to strengthen the offensive efforts at appropriate times, so that the opponent has no time to strengthen the defense line and adjust the deployment.

But the question is, no one can say exactly how many troops the strategic reserve team of Xilu Group has.

To be fundamentally speaking, this has a lot to do with the basic strategy of Xilu Group in the mainland direction, or the internal contradictions of Xilu Group.

From the day of its birth, Xi Luosha insisted on maintaining the momentum of strategic offensive and recapturing Dong Luosha through offense.

In a sense, realizing the great cause of international nation unity is also the legal basis for the existence of the Xiluosha regime.

For the Dongluosha regime, it is actually the same.

It was not surprising that the political stance of the Xiluosha regime was a few decades ago, when the last war just ended.

At that time, the population of Xiluosha was three times that of Dongluosha, the industrial output value was ten times that of Dongluosha, and the comprehensive national strength was more than ten times that of Dongluosha.

The key is that the capital Mosa is also in Xiluosha. Even if half of Mosa City is under the control of Liangxia's army, Mosa is also the nominal capital of Dongluosha.

At that time, Dongluosha was a barren land.

Although it has the largest oil field in the Western Continent, 80% of the land is deserts and snow fields.

The core area of ​​Dongluosha is actually in the west, next to the west bank of the Volga River in Xiluosha. Its population is 80% and almost all of its heavy industries are in the area. Even the Baku oil fields and the main grain-producing areas, the North Caucasus region is also in this narrow zone.

If it were to be said, if it weren't for the hundreds of thousands of occupying troops of the Liangxia Empire, the Xiluosha army would have crossed the Volga River shortly after the war and unified the entire territory.

When Xilu Group was established, Xiluosha clarified the strategic purpose of unifying the country.

But the problem is that in terms of crucial core strength, Xilu Group is no match for the Oriental Group at all and cannot support Xiluosha to complete the great cause of unification.

In addition, the restrictions arising from geography are also very critical.

Xiluosha is the strategic frontier of Xiluo Group in the mainland direction and is a strategic barrier for the entire Western continent, so there is absolutely no mistake.

For the strategic security of itself and the group, the Tyman Empire would never let Xi Luosha launch a war of unification as he pleases.

In short, on this big issue, Xiluosha has very serious differences with other member states of the Western Land Group, including the Tyman Empire.

It is precisely because Xiluosha established the largest and very complete national defense industrial system within the Xiluo Group within the decades after the war.

By simply comparing production capacity, Xiluosha's military industry has long surpassed the Tyman Empire.

In terms of the army, Xiluosha's T-series tanks are the leader. Not only is the largest production of the Western Land Group, but it is also the most produced main battle tank in the world. It also has developed three generations of BMP series infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled artillery and a wide variety of rocket launchers and other main battle equipment. Xiluosha has built a ground equipment system that is enough to compete with the entire Oriental Group with only the strength of one country.

In comparison, other countries of the Western Land Group, even the Greater Empire, are all trash!

In terms of the air force, all of Xiluosha’s fighters are designed and produced according to wartime standards. Although their performance is slightly worse, they are extremely cost-effective and can be produced on a large scale during wartime. Because of their very low prices, they are very popular in the international market. However, the MG series fighters are sold well in dozens of countries and have participated in almost all regional wars after the war, with very eye-catching performance.

Among the Western Continental Group, the only one that can be compared with the MG series fighter jets is probably the "Phantom" series of Rock Kingdom.

Even though Xiluosha is almost an inland country, it has no need to develop a global navy and has built a huge fleet of submarines to fight the main force. Because of its low price and easy daily maintenance, Xiluosha's submarines have been successfully sold to dozens of countries. In addition, there are large-scale anti-ship missiles, which are suitable for missile boats that operate offshore, and are also the best choice for many weak countries.

If it is fighting in the near-shore, the Xiluosha Navy is definitely a powerful force that cannot be underestimated.

In a sense, Xiluosha actually revolves around the modernization of military industry and has achieved industrialization.

From another perspective, Xiluosha has built the largest military industrial system of Xiluo Group, which is largely related to the overall lack of strength of Xiluo Group.

Xiluosha's strategy in turn kidnapped Xilu Group.

Simply put, if Xiluosha adopted an active offensive strategy after the outbreak of the war, Xiluosha would not have been mainly defensive from the beginning.

The key is that Xiluosha cannot give up Xiluosha.

As mentioned earlier, Xiluosha is the front line of defense of the entire Xiluo Group.

To the west of Xiluosha is the Goman Empire!

Give up Xiluosha is equivalent to giving up the only strategic barrier outside the local area.

That's why in terms of the basic strategy facing the mainland battlefield, the Western Continental Group is actually divided into two parts, but actually two stages.

The strategic defense mentioned above is actually the second stage.

The first stage is to assist Xiluosha in launching a strategic offensive.

In the past few decades, led by the Tyman Empire, the Western Land Group deployed a large ground force within the territory of Xiluosha in the name of occupation.

Among them, the Tsuman Army alone exceeded 500,000.

These armies are basically deployed on the second front and act as strategic reserves in strategic offensives. After the Xiluosha army breaks through the frontline defense line of the Eastern Group, they will then enter the battle, expand the breakthrough on the battlefield, or advance in depth, and achieve greater victory.

Because in the past few decades, Xiluosha has been preparing for unification, and the millions of troops have always been waiting for the battle without any slackness, the strategic mobilization of the Western Land Group mainly refers to the mobilization actions of other member states such as the Taurus Empire, allowing frontier troops to enter a state of combat.

Over the past month, the Tyman Empire has been strengthening its frontier deployment.

According to the information provided by Lin Shiping, in the past month, the Tyman Empire has been transporting main combat equipment and combat supplies to the front line.

Conservatively estimated that it can support the consumption of 500,000 ground troops for more than half a year.

In addition, the second-line troops of the Tauman Empire have also completed mobilization, with a total force of between 800,000 and 1 million, and can be deployed within three months.

Other member states of the Western Land Group have basically completed mobilization, with a total of about 1 million troops being invested.

Of course, this is only now.

Xiluosha took the lead in starting a full-scale war mobilization. Even according to the most conservative estimate, the total number of troops will exceed 4 million in half a year, and it can also mobilize about the same amount of paramilitary forces. Including the existing ones, the total force will exceed 10 million in half a year.

However, this is also the limit of Xiluosha.

After half a year, as long as the mobilization goes smoothly, other member states have carried out full-scale war mobilization in a timely manner. Including paramilitary forces, the total force of the Western Continental Group is expected to exceed 25 million. Unfortunately, the probability of other member states carrying out full-scale war mobilization in a timely manner is almost zero, especially Locke, Raleigh and Sban, located in the westernmost part of the mainland, and the Kingdom of Bran, which has long been apart, it is almost impossible to carry out full-scale war mobilization as planned. Therefore, the total force of the Western Continental Group will definitely not have so many in half a year.

In fact, there is no need to mobilize so many troops.

What modern warfare is not about troops, but about the delivery ability determined by logistics.

In addition, the status of the Army has long been much worse than before.

It can be seen that the key is the material that can be invested.

According to the information mastered by the Military Intelligence Bureau, to be precise, the conclusion drawn from analyzing these information, the first phase of the Western Land Group's offense can only last for half a year at most.

It is not difficult to judge from this that the main strategic purpose of Xilu Group is actually to capture Dongluosha.

As for continuing to advance eastward, such as attacking the Liangxia Empire, it is obviously powerless.

Based on this judgment, Lin Shiping made a bold guess.

The Beigu Group, led by the Republic of Newland, will not participate in the war at the first time, that is, within half a year, and will delay it until half a year later as much as possible.

Zhou Yongtao did not raise any objections to this.

The reason is also very simple. If Xilu Group stops after achieving limited results, and the Oriental Group accepts the fait accompli, Beigu Group will have no reason to join the war.

However, Lin Shiping also emphasized one thing.

Beigu Group is likely to take this opportunity to expand its foothold on the World Islands and enhance its regional influence, especially in the Southern Subcontinent.

Although the Southern Subcontinent is half apart from the Newland Republic, the Southern Subcontinent plays an important role in the strategy of the Newland Republic.

The Republic of Newland supports the State of Boei, which is to enhance its influence in the Southern subcontinent.

Here, the core strategy of Beigu Group is involved, which is commonly referred to as the "South Ring Plan".

Because the Republic of Newland has never recognized it, nor has it been recognized by other members of the Norse Group, the existence of the plan has always been a mystery.

For the Military Intelligence Bureau, it is obviously not that mysterious.

This plan does exist and has always been the core strategy of Beigu Group.

There is only one key.

The Republic of Newland has escaped its identity as a "defeated country" and has been recognized by the Liangxia Empire. That is, when diplomatic relations were established with the Liangxia Empire, the division of forces on a global scale had been completed. The World Island with the huge continent and the Western continent as the core had long been controlled by the Eastern Group and the Western Land Group. Even the barren Xuan Continent was divided up, leaving the Beigu Group with extremely limited space, almost all of them were marginal areas.

Strictly speaking, the main thing is that the ocean accounts for most of the southern hemisphere.

The Republic of Newland wants to break through and gain the same voice as the Liangxia Empire. The only choice is to make a fuss in remote areas of the southern hemisphere.

It is precisely this that the first step in the "big launch" of the Republic of Newland is to raise the banner of "Monroeism" and restore its dominance in the Nangu area.

After that, the Republic of Newland also marched into the western part of Xuan Continent, supported the Nanxuan Continent, which was dominated by the descendants of the colonists to carry out cruel isolation of Zeng Ce, and launched an expansion war, gaining a foothold on the other side of Nanxiluo Ocean. Thus, it bypassed the Zhiluo Strait controlled by the Western Continent Group and the Xifan Canal controlled by the Eastern Continent Group, and obtained a strategic channel to enter the Xiluo Ocean, and established a maritime route to the southern subcontinent.

On the east side of the Horizon, the Republic of Newland has been conducting strategic penetration into the southwest Horizon, and has also controlled many island countries, including New Zealand through its spokespersons.

It can be seen that in this strategic circle surrounding the southern hemisphere, what is lacking is the Southern Subcontinent and Austria.

Because Auzhou is under the direct control of the Liangxia Empire, what the Newland Republic can do when he is unwilling to fight directly with the Liangxia Empire is to start from the Southern Subcontinent.

Although strictly speaking, the Southern Subcontinent is on the world island and belongs to the Northern Hemisphere, its strategic position surrounded by the three sides of the Fanyan Ocean, coupled with the north being blocked by the Wuji Plateau, makes it more like a country in the Southern Hemisphere and has irreplaceable value in controlling the Southern Hemisphere ring.

The key is that the Southern Subcontinent has always been outside the strategic control system of the Liangxia Empire.

In this marginal area with more than 800 million people, Pakistan, with only more than 100 million people, is truly integrated into the strategic system of the Liangxia Empire.

In addition, Bangladesh can be included at most.

The dominant country of Fanluo, which has nearly 600 million people, has been resisting the Liangxia Empire, trying to break free from the control of the Liangxia Empire and become the overlord of the southern subcontinent, further dominate the entire Huanfanyan Ocean region, and eventually become a global power that can be on par with the Liangxia Empire.
To be continued...