The current situation can be said to be quite subtle.

Both sides of the war were very clear that the vast Deccan Plateau was easy to defend but difficult to attack. I hope that the other side would focus on the south and do their best to guide the situation in this direction. But in fact, both sides focused on the north, especially the northwest, with the intention of defeating their opponents through a decisive battle, achieving crucial victory, or even ending this war. At least the Eastern Alliance had similar ideas.

But the problem is, this is not easy.

In Thompson's view, the biggest problem with the Vanro authorities is that the senior leaders, including Tigala, have not yet figured out the nature of the war.

Is this the third global war?

In other words, is this global war the same as the two previous global wars?

The answer is obviously no.

As long as you carefully study the "new military theory", you can clearly realize that the Liangxia Empire has long given up the traditional military idea of ​​fighting a global war, and is at least working in this direction. Therefore, in essence, this war is actually a dying struggle between the Western Mainland Group.

The reason is very simple: to promote military reform according to the new military theory, the Tauman Empire will inevitably lose its military hegemony in the future.

With the speed of technological development, this "narrow future" will arrive as early as 20 years.

For the Tauman Empire, which has the worst overall strength, military hegemony is the cornerstone of safeguarding the core interests of the Western Continental Group and maintaining unity and stability.

Without military hegemony, there is no need for external pressure at all, and internal conflicts can cause the Western Land Group to fall apart.

Not to mention anything else, after losing the checks and balances of the Tyman Empire or being unable to obtain security guarantees from the Western Land Group, Xiluosha will seek national unity in a non-war manner at the first time. Even if it loses sovereignty, it is much better than becoming the object of being unified.

In fact, Xi Luosha has long been dissatisfied with acting as the vanguard, or cannon fodder of the Tyrannosaurus Empire.

In addition, the number one factor that prevents the unification of East and West Luosha has always been the military hegemony of the Taurus Empire.

As for the role played by the Liangxia Empire, it is not very prominent. After all, the empire itself has a strategic depth far beyond Dongluosha in the hinterland of the world island, which is enough to serve as a strategic barrier in the core area of ​​the local area. There is no need for Dongluosha to block the gun.

Besides, if East Luosha is unified to West Luosha, it will be equivalent to strengthening the security barriers of the empire.

It can be seen that this is a global war sought by the Western Continental Group, not the Liangxia Empire, or even the Newland Republic.

In the wave of military reform driven by the new military doctrine, the Republic of Newland was not pulled down, so there was no need to worry about losing military hegemony. Besides, the Republic of Newland maintained regional hegemony, especially its leadership in the Beigu Group, and relied on more than just military hegemony.

In addition, in the new round of confrontation, the first one to fall must be the Xilu Group.

Then, by absorbing member states of the Western Continental Group, such as the Kingdom of Bran, the Kingdom of Wijing in the north, the Kingdom of Sban in the south, etc., the Republic of Newland can completely replace it, at least partially replace the dominance of the Troman Empire in the Western Continent, and maintain the hegemony of the North Xiluoyang.

In reality, the Republic of Newland is doing the same.

If you understand this relationship, it is not difficult to understand the attitude of the Republic of Newland towards this war.

What to say is that in the early stage, especially before formally joining the war, the senior Vanluo leaders had a clear understanding of this issue through active and effective communication.

It was precisely this that the Newland Navy sent troops to join the war before it rushed to the Hovay Islands.

But the problem is that after officially joining the war, the senior executives of Vanluo were confused.

Not to mention those ambitious senior generals, even Tigala, who has always been rational, suffered from imaginary symptoms because he was not a major victory in the early stages of the war.

If you want to say, when making suggestions for the Vatican army, the Newland military adviser, led by Colonel Jackson, issued hints in various ways, hoping that the Vanro's senior management would remain rational and not take it for granted that the Newland Republic would bet on the national destiny for this allies separated by half the planet.

If the price paid to win exceeds the benefits of victory, war is no longer the only option.

No matter how romantic the writer describes war, it is only a means to achieve political goals, not a purpose that needs to be fought for.

The problem facing military advisers such as Thompson is.

How can we make leaders such as Tigala realize and accept the fait accompli with the facts without having any impact on the alliance?

What fait accompli?

Many countries, including the Kingdom of Varo, were all victims of this war, and the Republic of Newland was also helpless.

After returning to the station, Thompson immediately contacted Jackson.

To keep it confidential, he used satellite phones assigned to intelligence personnel and did not use the communication network of the Fan army.

Although this wired communication network was constructed by enterprises in the Republic of Newland, it was managed by the Fan Army after its delivery. Even if a special communication line was reserved for the Newland garrison, it was easily eavesdropped, not to mention that the Fan Army had never lacked spies from enemy countries.

The signal of satellite phones is not very good, and the communication time is very limited. The main reason is that the few communication satellites transmitted through the network cannot achieve global coverage, so they can only use satellite phones in specific periods, and the duration of each call is very limited, generally not more than 15 minutes.

After Thompson reported on the talks with Chagit, Jackson did not give instructions and just asked him to wait patiently.

Thompson was helpless about this.

In fact, just as Thompson went to see Chagit, Jackson also went to the Prime Minister's Office and talked with Tigala alone for about two hours.

What we are talking about is nothing more than a matter of the development of the war.

If you want to say, Tigala's concerns about the battle situation are still far above Chajit.

Although he is not a soldier, his keen political vision allows Tigala to see many details that will be ignored by soldiers or will not be taken seriously.

For example, the Eastern Alliance has actually been strengthening its deployment of troops in the northwest direction.

In addition to the 24th Mechanical Infantry Division stationed in Pakistan, the 33rd Infantry Division has also been strengthening in the northwest of Liangxia Empire. According to the report provided by the intelligence cabinet, the 33rd Infantry Division will definitely be able to complete the reorganization before December and at mid-December at the latest. Although the mountains will be closed due to heavy snow in winter, the Liangxia army has worked hard in the area for decades and has built a forefront camp in Nanli on the Wuji Plateau. The key is that the vanguard of the 33rd Infantry Division had already entered the forefront camp long before the war in the Fanluo Kingdom.

Now, we have to include the 17th Armored Division who is advancing towards Jaipur.

Even if it is not considered the Pakistan Railway Army, just in the northwest direction, Liang Xia's army can invest 3 divisions with a force of up to 150,000!

If the three routes run concurrently, the Fan army will definitely not be able to defend it.

Obviously, there are enough signs that the Liangxia Empire intends to launch a general offensive within the year to ensure that the main force is sent back to the mainland battlefield before the beginning of spring.

It was precisely this that Tigala found Jackson to ask for countermeasures.

Regarding the question that Tigala is most concerned about, that is, whether the Republic of Newland will provide assistance and how to provide assistance, Jackson gave a very clear but ambiguous reply. The Republic of Newland will definitely actively assist the country of Vanro, but it still takes a lot of time to complete the deployment and adjustments and plan corresponding combat operations, and he is also waiting for news from Huacheng.

As for substantive assistance, it can be said that it is pitifully small.

Because sea transportation is blocked, air transportation is also blocked, and no transport aircraft can fly directly from Newland's mainland to Vanluo. Therefore, the assistance provided by the Republic of Newland, besides some necessary transports from large attack submarines that arrive regularly, and mainly provides fighter parts to the Newland Expeditionary Air Force, only humanitarian objects sent to Vanluo for the rescue of refugees through third-party diplomatic agencies. It is mainly a shortage of drugs that cannot be produced in Vanluo, and its use and dosage are strictly regulated.

In fact, many senior officials of the Van Luo authorities sent their children abroad through neutral diplomatic institutions.

This also reflects from one aspect that the senior leaders of the Vanluo Kingdom do not have much confidence in this war and even feel that they will be defeated.

As for countermeasures, Jackson did not hide his weakness.

There is no hope for foreign aid, and the Eastern Alliance is unlikely to focus on the southern region. The only option for the Fan army is to concentrate its forces to guard the northwest region and fight to the death with the Eastern Alliance. Don’t have any illusions, it’s best to be mentally prepared for failure.

In order to make Prime Minister Vanro realize the seriousness of the problem, Jackson clearly mentioned.

Choose a good accompanying capital as soon as possible.

Because the early deployment was not in place, and because the combat effectiveness of the Fan army was indeed too poor, according to Jackson's judgment, even if all the troops were mobilized, they might not be able to defend Decheng. Instead, it may be that the defense of Decheng would not be enough to guard other areas because of the desperation.

In Jackson's words, defending Decheng is actually not worth the loss.

When the Eastern Alliance could not allow the Eastern Alliance to attack the southern region, the only choice of the Fan army was to make full use of the Gangaro Plain, especially the middle and lower reaches with dense river networks. It was necessary to consider giving up Decheng, or using Decheng to consume the forces of the Eastern Alliance.

To do this, we have to fight the Eastern Alliance in the northwest region centered on Decheng.

As for how to fight, Jackson didn't say it clearly.

It’s not that he doesn’t know, but that there is no need to tell Tigala. After all, Tigala is just the prime minister of Vanluo and is not very good at military issues.

What Tigala needs to know is to draw troops from the northern region as the Prime Minister.

The key is that the Fan army cannot give up Decheng for no reason.

If the Vatican army collapsed without fighting and failed to severely damage the Eastern coalition forces in the northwest region and consumed the forces of the Eastern coalition forces, no matter how many combat troops were preserved, they would not be able to defend the Gangaro Plain. In fact, whether it was the Vatican army or the national defense industry that directly determined the potential of the Vatican war, it would need to be redeployed, which would take enough time. Among them, transferring the national defense industry is more critical than adjusting military deployment.

In fact, Jackson's number one task to come to Vanluo is to assist him in transferring the defense industry.

In the past decade, after forming an alliance with the Vanluo Kingdom, the most important aid provided by the Republic of Newland was to help the Vanluo Kingdom establish a relatively complete and sustainable development-capable national defense industry, laying a solid foundation for the Vanluo Kingdom's national defense construction.

If you want to say it, this is also the cornerstone of the alliance between the Varo Kingdom and the Republic of Newland!

In the Second Southern Subcontinental War, the Kingdom of Fanluo had the advantage, and in the end he had to accept the relatively unfavorable ceasefire conditions proposed by the Liangxia Empire, which was related to the lack of modern defense industry and the lack of sufficient war potential. That is, the Kingdom of Liangxia could use strategic blockade to make the Kingdom of Fanluo lose all its strategic advantages, the fruits of victory that had been achieved, and even lose the entire war.

It is precisely this that the Kingdom of Vanluo was later put into the arms of the Republic of Newland.

To put it bluntly, the alliance between the Vanluo Kingdom and the Republic of Newland is the industrial strength of the slandered Republic of Newland.

Don’t think that the Republic of Newland was a defeated country in the Second Global War, but after decades of development, it has long been the second largest industrial power behind the Liangxia Empire.

If there is any country that can help the Varo Kingdom achieve industrialization, it must be the Republic of Newland.

At least for the leader of the Varo Kingdom who had just swallowed the bitter fruit, the Republic of Newland was the savior sent by Lord Shiva.

Of course, providing relevant assistance to help the Vanluo Kingdom build a modern national defense industrial system is also the basic condition for the alliance between the two sides.

In the more than ten years after this, the Republic of Newland was indeed actively helping the Kingdom of Varo.

Although the defense industry does not exist alone, it must be based on a complete modern industrial system, and cultivating an industrial power with a population of one billion may not be in line with the national interests of the Republic of Newland, at that time, a powerful Vanluo State was able to restrain the Liangxia Empire and even force the Liangxia Empire to turn its strategic focus to the west, reduce the military deployment in the East Ocean, and thus reduce the military pressure faced by the Republic of Newland.

From this perspective, the armed Van Luo Kingdom obviously has more advantages than disadvantages.

To be said, especially in the first decade, the Newland authorities did their best, not only providing active support at the hardware level, but also tirelessly helped the Vanluo country to cultivate talents. In just taking scholarships provided by the Newland authorities, there were as many as 500,000 students studying at the University of Newland in this decade, and more than 90% were engineering students, many of whom also received doctoral degrees.

The key is that in this decade, the Republic of Newland has accepted more than 1.3 million international students, and only about half of them have received scholarships provided by the Newland authorities. It is obvious that the proportion of international students in the Vanluo Kingdom is the highest in both the total number and the number of scholarships.

This assistance cannot be said to be very large.

During the same period, almost 2.5 million international students went to the Liangxia Empire to further their studies, but only 10%, which means about 250,000 international students received scholarships provided by the Liangxia Empire, of which only 40% were funded by the Liangxia authorities, and 60 million were from social institutions.

In order to restrain the Liangxia Empire and cause trouble for the Liangxia Empire, the Newland Republic can be said to have invested a lot of money.

Unfortunately, there is a huge gap between reality and ideal.

Of course, it can also be said to be "the entrusted to be non-human".

It lasted for more than ten years, or to be precise, a large-scale aid that was nearly 20 years, not only failed to help the Vanluo Kingdom establish a modern defense and military industry, but also left a huge mess, even a big deal, and seriously affected the reputation of "Made in Newland".

Jackson can be said to have a deep impression of this.
Chapter completed!