In order to avoid a strong attack, Liu Zunshan proposed to use Mengguo.

Unfortunately, it was directly rejected by Ding Zhennan.

If you want to say something, Ding Zhennan didn't think about it, but knew that this method would not work.

When it was decided to launch an amphibious landing operation on the east coast of Vanluo Kingdom, Ding Zhennan had the idea of ​​attacking Gal through Bangkok.

However, after weighing the left and right, Ding Zhennan gave up this unrealistic idea.

First of all, there are problems at the strategic level.

More than a decade ago, Bangladesh was once part of the Pakistani railway. Because it was in the east, it was called Dongba, and now the Pakistani railway was called Siba. During the Second Southern Subcontinental War, Bangladesh was besieged by the Fan army and captured within a few dozen days. It was not until after the capture of Bangladesh that the Fanluo Kingdom accepted the mediation of the international community and announced a ceasefire. The Liangxia Empire could not help the independence of Bangladesh. After all, at that time, the international community generally accepted this faita accompli, and it was useless to oppose the Liangxia Empire.

At that time, the only thing the Liangxia Empire could do was to ensure that the Vanluo State withdrew from its allies after the formal armistice.

That is why Bangladesh declared permanent neutrality immediately after gaining independence.

Of course, the so-called "permanent neutrality" is just to ensure one's own safety, or to survive in the cracks of a great power.

The key is that when Bangladesh was independent and founded, the Liangxia Empire was in a post-war trough, otherwise it would not tolerate the Fanluo Kingdom showing off its power. Therefore, when Bangladesh needed security protection the most, the Liangxia Empire was powerless, so the Bangladesh authorities had to adopt the "permanent neutrality" strategy.

In essence, Meng has always been a quasi-ally of the Liangxia Empire.

Long before Zhou Yongtao moved into the official residence of the Prime Minister, the Bangladesh authorities had secretly contacted the Empire and negotiated related matters about joining the Oriental Group.

However, on the issue of Bangladesh's alliance, the imperial authorities' attitude has always been neither hot nor cold, or they are not very concerned about it.

The reason is also very simple. Myanmar, in the east of Bangladesh, was one of the founding members of the Oriental Group. The empire worked hard in Myanmar for decades, built a large number of military bases, and built Myanmar into a forward base that surrounded the Vanra and prevented the Vanra from infiltration into the southeastern region.

In the strategic system that surrounds and blocks the Kingdom of Vanluo, Bangladesh is a strategic buffer zone sandwiched between the Kingdom of Vanluo and Myanmar.

It is not that Myanmar is under too much threat, but that Myanmar is too backward and too small in size, so there is no capital to challenge Fanluo.

If there is a conflict, the empire still has to end in person.

In this way, a "permanent neutral" buffer becomes particularly important.

If you want to say it, this is also the main reason why the imperial authorities did not adhere to principles and recognized the independence of Bangladesh in the later period of the Second Southern Subcontinental War.

The reason is also very simple. If Meng Guo is still Dongba, it will not be a buffer zone.

Here, there is also a very critical issue.

Main attack direction.

Although the Empire had been operating the Southeast for a long time after the war, and once regarded the Southeast as a springboard for the march into the Fanyan Ocean. The most representative one was that it annexed the City of Lion Spring after the war and built it into a military fortress that guarded the Throat Channel, a series of events that occurred after the war, such as the premature decline of the Goman Empire, the rapid retreat of the Bran Kingdom in the southern subcontinent, and the Republic of Newland was extremely conservative in its expansion, resulting in the Empire not encountering challenges when it marched into the Fanyan Ocean.

Strictly speaking, except for the Fanluo Kingdom, there are no decent opponents in the Fanyan Ocean area.

Even the Boy Kingdom, which made the empire taste the taste of failure, was just a small country and had no capital to confront the empire at the strategic level.

To put it bluntly, if there were no support from the Republic of Newland and the Torman Empire, let alone defeating the Liangxia Empire, the Boyi Kingdom would probably not even have a chance of birth.

It can be seen that the empire's military strategy in the Fanyan Ocean region revolves around curbing the Fan Luo Kingdom.

In the strategic encirclement against the Vanluo Kingdom, Myanmar seems to be very important. For example, it is a country in the southeast region, a member of the Oriental Group, and the Southwest Railway also passes from its territory, but in actual operations, there are many problems that cannot be solved at all.

The most serious thing is its complex ethnic problem.

Although Myanmar was a country in the southeast, before independence, she belonged to the Bufan Empire. It was only in the Second Global War that it was captured by the Imperial Army, unlike other countries in the Southern Subcontinent, it was independent before the end of the war.

Because it is located at the junction of Eastern civilization and Fanluo civilization, the ethnic issues of Myanmar are very complicated.

The most direct impact brought about by this is that the empire's top leaders never regard Burma as a valuable or promising ally.

In terms of overall strategy, Myanmar is actually an isolation zone between the Southeast region and the Southern Subcontinent.

In short, after the Second Southern Subcontinental War, the empire turned its attention to Pakistani Railway and strengthened its aid to Pakistani Railway.

Affected by this, it is even more unlikely that Bangladesh will receive attention from the senior leaders of the empire.

Although after Zhou Yongtao came to power, the empire's military strategy in the southern subcontinent became more active, such as building several new frontier military bases and strengthening its military existence, Bangladesh is still a buffer zone for isolating the Vanluo Kingdom, and its existence value has not changed much.

In addition, there are some objective factors that cannot be avoided.

Bangladesh is the third largest country on the southern subcontinent, and its population ranks third. According to official statistics, it exceeds 100 million, but it is likely to have reached 200 million.

The key is that there are so many people with a total living space of less than 150,000 square kilometers.

There are almost 50,000 square kilometers of nature reserves here!

The population density of Bangladesh is as high as 1,000 people per square kilometer, the Vanluo country is only 300 people per square kilometer, and the Pakistani railway is only 250 people per square kilometer.

It is no exaggeration to say that among countries with a population of more than 100 million, Bangladesh has the highest population density.

Such a high population density is still a traditional agricultural country, and the only result is extreme poverty.

In a sense, this is also the key reason why the empire is unwilling to form an alliance with Meng.

If Bangladesh really joins the Oriental Group and receives treatment from member states, these more than 100 million poor people will become a trouble for the empire.

Apparently, for the imperial authorities, similar troubles are enough.

In fact, there has been controversy within the empire about the value of the Oriental Group, and even within the army, there are many voices of doubt.

The key is that, except for a few member states, most of the member states of the Oriental Group are very poor, and the main purpose of joining the alliance is to surrender to the empire, or to rely on big trees to enjoy the shade. Almost all of these poor and backward allies are large populations.

The Oriental Group has been established for decades, and the Empire has always been a exporter of interests.

However, the more important fact is that the largest nature reserve in Bangladesh is located in the estuary delta of the Yunwu River, adjacent to the Gangalo River Delta in the territory of the Vanluo Kingdom, that is, the world-famous Sundalbans Nature Reserve, which covers an area of ​​more than 50,000 square kilometers.

The protected area is divided into two parts, and there are still about 20,000 square kilometers in the territory of Fanluo.

The result is that even if you pass through Bangladesh, you will be exempted from the trouble of amphibious landing operations, and the ground troops will detour from the north, that is, go deep into the inland.

As for the nature reserve to the south, there are no roads available at all.

Obviously, it is definitely not an easy task to attack Gal from the inland.

Not to mention how much troops it needs to be spent in Bangladesh, just poor road traffic and long supply lines are enough to make Ding Zhen look south.

The same is true.

According to the judgement of the staff, the force used for logistic support will exceed 50,000 by borrowing from Bangladesh, and tens of thousands of troops will also be arranged to enhance Bangladesh's border defense.

Don’t forget that Bangladesh has always been a permanent neutral country.

Because he has never joined the Oriental Group, Meng is not very hard-working in national defense construction, or even hard-working in national defense construction is not very meaningful. After all, compared with Fanluo, Meng is too small to stop millions of Fan army without foreign aid. If there is foreign aid and strong enough, then Meng's own defense strength is not enough.

If you need to control the big cities of Bangladesh, even if it is just the capital and main ports, more troops will be needed.

With so many troops, why not attack Gal directly?

There are only three choices to directly attack Gal.

First, go ashore at Canning Port south of Gal, and then advance northward along the river channel.

Although this offensive route is the shortest and has an inland waterway to use, Canning Port is the outer port of Gal and the infrastructure is very complete, it is also the most difficult to attack Canning Port. After all, no matter how careless the Fan army is, it will definitely arrange heavy troops to guard Gal's gateway port.

Direct landing not only requires sufficient troops to invest, but also requires a large number of casualties.

In addition, there is no guarantee that the combat mission can be completed within the specified time, and it is even impossible to guarantee that you will be able to march into Gal from this.

The second option is Port Diamond in the southwest.

Strictly speaking, Diamond Port is Gal's outer port, while Canning Port is an inner port.

Because it is farther from the city of Gal and the infrastructure has not kept up, especially the road connecting the two places has not been expanded, let alone widening, and even the cement pavement has not been paved, so the scale of Port Diamond is not very large and cannot be compared with Port Canning.

To be said, it is actually that the economy of the Vanluo Kingdom is not developed enough and the demand for shipping is not too great, so there is no need to develop a second port.

However, the conditions in Port Diamond are actually better.

Not to mention, the average water depth of Diamond Port exceeds 20 meters at low tide, and the main channel reaches 40 meters, which allows any ship to enter and exit. The average water depth of Canning Port is only 10 meters, and the main channel is only 20 meters. Large ships with a displacement of more than 50,000 tons can only enter and exit at high tide.

Because it is too far from the city, there are definitely not many troops guarding Port Diamond.

In addition, due to road restrictions, the Fantasy army deployed in the city may not be able to reinforce Port Diamond in a timely manner.

In other words, it is much less difficult to attack Port Diamond than to attack Port Canning.

However, there is a serious flaw in Port Diamond.

This port is not at the mouth of the Gangaro River, but at the mouth of the Hugli River.

Although the two rivers are not far apart, the inland waterways are not connected. After controlling the Port of Raymond, you still need to capture the Port of Canning before you can enter the Gangaro River.

If you want to use inland shipping, you still have to attack Canning Port.

As for the third option, it is to go to the farther Ganti. After getting ashore there, push northward and surround Gal from the west.

Relatively speaking, the battle difficulty of logging into Ganti is the least.

Although Ganti is a big city with a population of more than 1 million, Ganti is not big compared to other cities in the region.

The key is that Ganti is not a modern city, but more like a big countryside.

According to the analysis made by the staff, it is not difficult to occupy and control Ganti, and after the landing is successful, there is no need to capture the city.

Of course, Ganti is too far from Gar.

If you go north, the mileage of ground propulsion exceeds 200 kilometers and the straight line distance is more than 150 kilometers, exceeding the range of most supporting weapons.

In the face of extremely poor road traffic conditions, let the Marines advance 200 kilometers in the river network area?
To be continued...