In peacetime, the first thing to consider is economic issues.

The most typical example is the Boy War.

Although the imperial army suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties in this war, but only 50,000 soldiers were killed and killed, setting the highest level after the war, it was not a huge casualties that forced the empire to withdraw. After all, in the two global wars, more than 1 million soldiers died.

The key is that the cost of this war is too great!

Including indirect expenses, a total of about 20 trillion gold yuan was used up.

This is the 20 trillion gold dollar in the era of the gold standard!

The year when the troops were sent to the Boy region, the empire's GDP was less than 10 trillion gold, and the year when the troops were withdrawn was only 20 trillion.

In other words, this war directly burned the empire's GDP for one to two years!

In fact, the huge expenditure in the Bo-Iran war created a huge deficit, forcing the imperial authorities to announce the abolition of the gold standard after that.

According to unofficial statistics, of the 20 trillion war expenses, less than 1 trillion is used for direct operations, while the cost of occupation is as high as 4 trillion.

In addition, about 60% of the casualties suffered were related to the occupation.

During the large-scale combat operation, less than 50,000 casualties were killed or killed.

This was the case during the Boei War, and it is even worse now.

Directly annex the enemy country?

What to say is the only feasible solution.

However, this is also the most unlikely method adopted by the imperial authorities.

Don’t forget that after Emperor Shiwu, the empire had stopped expanding externally, no longer sought new territory, and began to restrict foreign immigration.

After completing industrialization, this xenophobic idea became more prominent.

The reason is also very simple. After becoming rich, the people of the empire were unwilling to add burdens, that is, they were unwilling to share the fruits of modernization with outsiders.

For example, long before the outbreak of the First Global War, King Gao Ju proposed to be a special vassal state of the empire with high autonomy. It is obvious that he hoped to obtain the assistance of the empire, but did not want to give up his vested interests, especially privileges within the kingdom. As a result, the imperial authorities rejected the request for enclosure made by King Gao Ju on the grounds that he "does not recognize the king of a different surname."

After that, after the end of the Second Global War, the Sadou Islands also proposed to be attached.

Although the Sadou Islands have higher strategic value and have a population of less than 1 million, and the tourism industry can be developed and will not add much burden to the empire, the imperial authorities repeatedly refused. Later, after nearly 20 years of negotiations, they were incorporated into the empire as a special administrative region.

This identity has caused the residents of the Sadou Islands to lose their citizens' right to vote and have little chance of participating in political activities.

From these aspects, we must completely defeat the enemy country by annexation, not to mention whether the army can do it, but there are a lot of opposition voices within the empire.

This is also the key to the reluctance of the empire's senior officials to accept the new military doctrine.

Even Zhou Yongtao, if he openly supports the new military doctrine, he will be given the title of "Prince of Power" and may even be impeached.

However, Zhou Yongtao cannot be unclear about the value of the new military doctrine.

Otherwise, Ding Zhennan would not have had so many opportunities.
Chapter completed!