Chapter 1348
After hearing Mellonz's words, the middle-aged gentleman was a little confused. It was naturally a joy to be able to fill the appetite of the Tang people at the expense of the interests of the Luzons. However, Fermi also knew that the appetite of the Tang people was not so easy to fill. It is hard to say whether Li Wufeng's ambition was so great. However, the situation was unstoppable. The Tang army now set an stance in the province of Rosse to open up the passage to the Baltic. At this point, Pauling did not seem to be lying. Of course, they could attack the Kermann province westward, or advance southwest along the Volga River into the Xize province. This depends on the intention of the Tang army commander.
But since we have this hope, we can work hard in this regard. Fermi never thought that the Hansen Alliance could form a solid alliance with the Luzons. As an old politician who has been in the diplomatic circle for decades, Fermi knew that those alliances were not much more effective than waste paper. They could be used for themselves and would be abandoned if they could not. The Hansen Alliance and Luzon had no interest in any way, and they came together purely because of the interests on the issue of Indian and German affairs. However, now facing the huge pressure of the Tang army, no one wants to face the Tang army's first shot head-on. Although the situation was forced by the situation, both the army and the government were skeptical about this alliance, and no one was willing to take the initiative to act as a target for the Tang army's attack, and were more willing to wait until the other party and the Tang army had a cruel war to play a decisive role. In this case, it was indeed difficult to share the same hatred of the enemy.
"Mellonz, do you think we can convince the Luzons to give up the province of Xize in exchange for the Tang people's stop?" Fermi asked back after thinking for a long time.
"I'm afraid not. The province of Xize is like the province of Kermann for our alliance. Besides, will the Tang people stop after obtaining the province of Xize? From a geographical point of view, the province of Xize and Leibo are connected together. It is entirely possible that they will go south along the Volga River and enter Leibo. The Luzons will collapse if they get everything in Southern India and Germany, so the Luzons will never tolerate such things." Shaking their heads, Mellonz was skeptical of this possibility. He had served in the Union military department for a long time and had a little military attainment. He was very familiar with the situation in the east coast of the Baltic Sea.
The coastline of the Indian Kingdom is very straight, and there are not many excellent harbors. There are not many islands along the coast. Originally, sovereignty has always belonged to several islands in the Indian Kingdom, but in essence they are controlled by pirates who are rampant on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Because the Indians have almost no naval power, they only nominally retained their sovereignty over those islands, but in fact they have never exercised sovereignty. Many places in the coastal areas are semi-desert areas, which are not very important in terms of economic value. In addition, the Indians attach importance to the tradition of land and the rampant Baltic pirate forces, so in fact, all Indian and German tribes do not attach much importance to this area.
In name, there are four provinces in the Indian Kingdom that are bordered by the Baltic Sea. The provinces of Leibo and Xize, which were originally controlled by the Tics, and the Kerman and Fahan, which were originally controlled by the West Indian Kingdom and the Yakuans. The four provinces have a controlled area on the not-too-long coastline. Together, they separate the Hansen Alliance and the Duchy of Meli, the country of spices.
Due to the rampant pirate forces in the Baltic Sea, a considerable number of spices sent from the Principality of Meli to the Hansen Alliance countries were transited through the Indian-Dermanian land passage. However, due to the high cost of land transportation, and the social security situation in this area is also poor, the bandits and horse thieves who appear in the desert are not inferior to their peers at the sea, and are also very arrogant. Many bandits and horse thieves even colluded with nomadic tyrants who have strong strength in this area.
They rose up and robbed the caravans of passing by together, and the top leaders of the Yakuan people turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, which further encouraged the arrogance of the powerful horse thieves in these places to do their own things. This has become more and more intense in recent years, and has also made the source of spices extremely unstable, leading to a sharp rise in spice prices in the Hansen Alliance, seriously damaging the interests of commercial nobles in various countries within the alliance. From a certain perspective, this is also one of the reasons why the Hansen Alliance sent troops to the West Indian and Germans.
Now the Luzons control the provinces of Leibo and Xize in the south, while they control the two provinces of Kerman and Fahan. If the Tang people want to obtain an outlet to the Baltic Sea, they can only choose one of these four provinces. Xize and Kerman are both the Tang people's first choice targets now. How to make the Tang people turn their troops to the southwest? This problem is placed in front of Fermi and Mellons. Although they are senior officials of the Alliance Foreign Affairs Office, this matter cannot be decided by the Foreign Affairs Office. This requires coordination with the military. Although the military does not believe that the alliance with the Luzons can be maintained for a long time, they believe that at least the alliance and the Luzons are tied to a rope now, and both sides should work together. As for the future, they need to wait until the big trouble of the Tang people in front of them is solved.
But the problem before us is that the Tang people are likely to leave the Luzons behind and launch an attack westward with all their might. After all, the Luzons have heavy troops stationed in the Southern Indian and Germans, but there are more than 150,000 reserve troops stationed in the Komini area in the rear, and they can reinforce at any time. The Tang army will not see this. In the Western Indian and Germans, there are only 200,000 alliance troops, and the riots of the Nileites in several provinces are becoming more and more intense. Will the Tang army ignore the differences between these two areas? No, it can be imagined that they will never!
Fermi once discussed this issue with General Suvorov, the commander of the Allied Army in the West Indian and German region. Suvorov also admitted that he could not quell the riots of the Nieti people in various provinces in a short period of time, and even if the Allied adds another 100,000 troops to him, it would not be possible. The rebound power of religious forces was expected. While the Holy Spirit Cult achieved fruitful results in the upper class of the West Indian and German region, it also exposed their weakness in the middle and lower class strategies. Among the middle and lower class people, they had almost no support. It was too difficult to rely on the military force of the Allied to complete this task alone. The top leaders of the Holy Spirit Cult seemed to have realized this, and they were gradually changing their strategies, but there was no obvious effect in a short period of time. This was a arduous and complicated long-term work that required time to gradually fill in the lack of faith in the people's minds, but it seemed that the Tang people were unwilling to give their own side too much time.
In this case, the possibility of the Tang army and the Luzons secretly making peace so that they can launch an attack on the alliance-controlled area has greatly increased. The Tang army gathered heavy troops on the border of the Pamet province controlled by the Mish people and threatened the Dexin province under its control seems to be a proof. Fermi believes that it is necessary for him to return to Blue Fort immediately to discuss the possible impact of the changes in the situation. Since the Tang people have disclosed such information, the side can also give positive responses while ensuring that their interests will not be damaged. Sometimes, it is terrible to sacrifice the interests of allies for their own interests. Moreover, whether the "ally" admits or not is still an unknown number, and at most it can be called a temporary ally.
"Now the Luzons' strength in the southern Indian and German regions is similar to ours in the western Indian and German regions, but the Luzons have sufficient reserves in the southern Comini region. If they can lead the Tang army to capture the two provinces of Xize and Leibo, as you said, the Luzons will definitely not give up and will definitely fight with all their strength. I think the war between the Tang army and the Luzons will be difficult to decide the outcome in a short period of time, so we can win a precious respite. I don't think the military will have much objection to this plan. After all, they also need time to calm the riots of the Nietites in several provinces."
Fermi finally made up his mind that he needed to return to Blue Castle immediately to negotiate with Suvorov. This plan must also be supported by the military, and they still have a lot of work to do, so they can only leave it to Mellonz to take charge.
"Mr. Fermi, have you decided?" Although Mellonz has always supported this idea, he was a little worried that this matter was not without risks. The Tang army would definitely go very smoothly with its own cooperation in the early stage, but the Luzons' strength in this area exceeded that of the Allies. Once the Tang army thought that the Luzons' bones were not easy to chew, they turned to attack the Allies. Without the support of the Luzons, the Allied Army would fight alone, unless they received support from the rear, they would probably cause trouble.
Fermi was a little unhappy. The original intention of this plan was proposed by the other party, but he just substantively turned it into practice. But now hesitated. No wonder this guy is not doing well in the military affairs department and the Foreign Affairs Office. How can this indecisive personality stand on his own?
"Merronz, what else do you have to say?"
Chapter completed!