The wind outside was very strong and a little cool.

In fact, the sea area where the fleet is located is close to the equator and there are no strong winds and waves all year round. Because of the high-speed navigation, there is a strong deck wind.

As for the cooler temperature, it was because it was dawn and the sun had not risen yet.

Even near the equator, the temperature at night is only 20 degrees Celsius.

"Do you know General Ding Zhennan?"

Bai Zhizhan suddenly asked, which made Jiang Wenlong confused and didn't react at all.

"Are you talking about General Ding Zhennan who commanded the Boshawan War?" Jiang Wenlong muttered until Bai Huawei looked back.

Is there a second Ding Zhennan?

Bai Huawei didn't answer the conversation, just looked at Jiang Wenlong.

This made Jiang Wenlong feel uncomfortable and could not turn around and walk away, so he could only nod honestly to show that he knew who Ding Zhennan was.

"Then you must know that he had concluded many years ago that even if we fought a few more global wars, we would not be able to achieve a complete victory, that is, defeat all enemies and unify the whole world under one central government, at least within one alliance."

Jiang Wenlong was secretly shocked and frowned unconsciously.

Seeing his expression change, Bai Huawei smiled and shook his head.

Obviously, Jiang Wenlong didn't know that when he felt something, especially when his emotions fluctuated, he would always frown unconsciously.

This is actually a general statement, introducing the "new military theory".

“We were wrong from the beginning, according to his point of view.”

"wrong?"

"The military idea of ​​fighting a global war, or hoping to solve all problems through a large-scale war."

Before Bai Huawei said this, Jiang Wenlong sighed secretly.

The view proposed by Ding Zhennan, the commonly referred to as the new military doctrine, was spread throughout the imperial army and received the support of almost all young and powerful officers.

However, most young and powerful officers feel that they will be beneficiaries of this theory.

The reason is also very simple. If the traditional method cannot win the global war, military reform must be carried out and more resources must be invested in the military field. No matter how it is done, it will bring substantial benefits to young soldiers and give more opportunities.

Obviously, Ding Zhennan’s original intention was not to endorse the young and strong officers.

There are not many people who truly understand and believe in this view, and there are even fewer people who support it with full strength. Bai Huawei is one of them.

If you want to say it, Jiang Wenlong is also a fan of Ding Zhennan.

At the beginning, he gave up the full scholarship from Imperial University with the third place in the school and the top 50 in the province, and chose the Imperial Naval Academy. In addition to liking military affairs since childhood, one of the most important reasons was that he was influenced by the new military theories.

During the years when Jiang Wenlong was in high school, Ding Zhennan became famous and proposed a new military theory by publishing articles.

Then, he became Jiang Wenlong's idol.

However, Jiang Wenlong’s first choice is actually the Imperial Army Academy.

Unfortunately, a few days before the physical fitness test, I was unable to meet the minimum standards of the Army Academy because I suffered from a severe cold.

Fortunately, I did not miss the Naval Academy admissions exam.

As for the Air Force Academy, there is no need to think about it. His naked eye vision is only 4.8, which just meets the minimum requirement for enrollment of the Naval Academy, while the Air Force Academy requires naked eye 5.0.

Before graduating from the Naval Academy, Jiang Wenlong read all the articles published by Ding Zhennan.

Although it cannot be said that he memorizes it in a slight way, he must be familiar with the main content, especially the core idea.

To be fundamentally speaking, the new military theory has only one core idea: completely abandoning and denying the idea of ​​fighting a global war, restraining and consuming opponents through small-scale wars, achieving the goal of dragging down opponents, and then completing the goal of dominating the world for decades or even hundreds of years.

However, it is too difficult to get the top leaders of the empire to accept the new military doctrine.

Not to mention others, just the empire's chief minister Zhou Yongtao, he is not very interested in the new military theory, or he does not think that this is the only correct choice.

As mentioned earlier, almost all those who support the new military doctrine are young and strong officers, and they can mainly benefit from the new military doctrine.

Then, except for the young and powerful officers, his soldiers, especially those who hold high positions and hold real power, will definitely be damaged by the implementation of the new military doctrine. From the perspective of power struggle, these high-ranking generals will inevitably hinder the promotion of the new military doctrine.

When young and powerful officers are placed in the position of real power and become senior generals, they will do the same.

In addition, there are more essential problems.

Adopting the new military doctrine is equivalent to recognizing the main opponents, namely the Republic of Newland and the Empire of the World War, and having an international status on par with the Empire, is equivalent to giving up the dividends of the Second Global War and the title of global hegemony.

Politically, this is obviously unacceptable.

Although the Tyman Empire was also a victorious country, according to the many agreements signed in the late war, the Tyman Empire was only subordinate. It not only recognized the empire's leadership, but also gave up some of the war dividends, such as the garrison of several military bases in the Kingdom of Bran.

This is also in line with the performance of the two countries in the war and the comparison of national strength.

Given the situation at that time, the Tyman Empire was actually forced to compromise.

If the Tyman Empire refuses to compromise and recognizes the dominance of the Liangxia Empire, the third global war is likely to break out immediately or within 10 years. For the Tyman Empire, which has exhausted its national strength, was strategically bombed and urgently needed to be rebuilt after the war, even after 10 years, it is definitely not a match for the Liangxia Empire. It will lose the war on the day the war begins.

Decades later, the Torman Empire was obviously unwilling to accept this result.

In fact, after the war, the Tauman Empire had been seeking a super hegemony, and all its efforts were made to achieve this goal.

Unfortunately, as long as the Kingdom of Bran and the Liangxia Empire are garrisoned, the Thuman Empire is not super hegemony.

At least politically, it is not a genuine super hegemony.

Don’t forget that the Kingdom of Bran is a member of the Western Continental Group and an ally of the Tianman Empire.

Obviously, no superhegemony would allow other countries to garrison in the territory of the Allies, let alone occupying forces symbolizing the victors.

Of course, the Tyman Empire is nothing.

In any case, the Tauman Empire was the victorious country of the Second Global War, and the dominant country of the Western Continental Group, and a traditional Western power.

The key is the Republic of Newland.

Although it did not recognize defeat and did not sign any international treaties related to surrender, the Republic of Newland was a de facto defeated country.

Is it super hegemony to admit that a defeated country?

There is no doubt that this is definitely a huge political disaster.

When the resumption of diplomatic relations with the Republic of Newland, the imperial authorities only agreed to temporarily shelve the dispute on several extremely critical issues. This includes the ownership of the Hovay Islands. It was through this method that the empire retained its identity as a victorious country.

Simply put, as long as the Hovay Islands are still in the hands of the empire and the Republic of Newland claims to have sovereignty over the archipelago, then the empire is the occupying power. According to international law, only the victorious state has the right to occupy, to be precise, it is to garrison the defeated state, so the garrison is a symbol of the victorious state.

In fact, it was only when the Imperial House of Representatives continued to garrison troops in the Hovay Islands that the two houses of the Imperial House passed a bill to restore diplomatic relations with the Republic of Newland.

It can be seen that even if the Republic of Newland has developed into super hegemony, and this is the only one in the Liangxia Empire, it is a defeated country in terms of law.

This identity is not just a symbolic meaning.

Because it is a defeated country, among many international organizations, the Republic of Newland has a low status, even worse than the Kingdom of Raleigh and Sban. These victorious countries with much worse strength have to bear more heavy obligations, such as paying more member annuities.

Of course, the key is the international discourse power.

To this day, the influence of the Republic of Newland has been limited to the Gu Continent, and is mainly in the Beigu Continent, and has no impact on some countries in the Nangu Continent.

In comparison, the political and diplomatic influence of the Tauman Empire was much greater.

Taking these factors into consideration, at least in peacetime, the imperial authorities would never promote new military doctrines.

This creates an extremely serious problem.

A global war is inevitable!

In fact, the new military doctrine is fundamentally to eliminate global wars, or to promote new military doctrines, so as to avoid global wars.

The core idea of ​​the new military theory is to replace "whale swallowing" with "cannibalization".

If measured by scale, the global war is a "whale swallowing strategy", that is, defeating all powerful enemies through a large-scale war. In contrast, the new military doctrine is a "cannibalization strategy", through many small-scale wars, they defeat all opponents one by one in a planned manner.

However, in terms of specific operations, the new military theory also has many problems.

The most prominent problem is how to define "beat".

In a global war, this definition is very clear, that is, occupying an enemy country or surrendering an enemy country.

However, in the small-scale war advocated by the new military theory, this definition is very vague.

Fight until the enemy surrenders?

So, then what?

After the First Global War, even if the opponent was defeated, he rarely blatantly invaded the opponent's territory, let alone annexed the opponent.

Strictly speaking, wars for territory are over when the era of global industrialization comes.

The result is that it is impossible to completely defeat the opponent!

Take Luo Sha for example. First, Emperor Shiwu defeated Luo Sha Empire and obtained the extreme north, and brought Luo Sha Empire back to its original form in one fell swoop; next, in the First Global War, the Luo Sha Empire collapsed in an instant, and after several years of war, it was replaced by the Luo Sha Federation; in the Second Global War, it rekindled again, and the Luo Sha Federation became the most uncertain and one of the most threatening enemies; even after the Second Global War, the threat from Xi Luo Sha still made the empire feel as if it was shining.

It can be seen that in more than 100 years, three large-scale wars have been fought, but none of them have been able to completely eliminate Luo Sha.

As for military occupation, it is even less worth considering.

The colonial era has long been declared over, and in the non-colonial era, military occupation of any kind means that economic gains are not worth the loss.

During the period of total war, economic issues can be temporarily shelved.
To be continued...