Udaipur, the command of the Southern Cluster of the Vatican Army, after the news of the "Pelodi's victory" came, a group of senior officers were indeed cheering.

feelings, really won the battle.

It's just that Chagit, who was alone in the commander's office, was not happy at all.

Can this be called a "big victory"?

In order to deal with the vanguard with a total strength of less than 3,000, the Central Army dispatched two main divisions and thousands of officers and soldiers from the other three divisions, with a total strength of nearly 30,000. With a superiority of more than 10 times in troops, it was still unable to completely annihilate the vanguard at the cost of tens of thousands of casualties, thousands of main battle equipment, and dozens of combat aircraft.

This is not a "big victory" at all, but an out-and-out fiasco!

After all, the Central Army suffered a defeat, and the main force participating in the war was almost wiped out, and it would definitely not have a good impact if it was passed out. As long as it can inspire the officers and soldiers at the grassroots level, what if they talk nonsense?

Besides, this is not the first time this has been.

By now, if you fully believe the information released by the official propaganda organization, the Van Luo Kingdom has already won the Great War, and there is no need to fight on the soil at all.

It's just that such a lie can only be told to the officers and soldiers below.

At the beginning, Tigara personally called and asked Chajit to make adjustments to the combat deployment as soon as possible, that is, to recapture Deogle, which was controlled by the enemy, and let the southern cluster rush to the aid of Jodhpur to assist the Central Army in the battle, and to hold this vital city.

To put it bluntly, the responsibility of guarding Jodhpur fell to the Southern Cluster.

According to the information sent before, the two main divisions besieging the vanguard of the Liang army came from Jodhpur, and they were still the absolute main force guarding Jodhpur. What's worse is that there are only 3 main divisions in Jodhpur, so after the battle of Pelodi, there is only 1 left.

In fact, this is also the key to Tigara's personal call to Chagit.

There is only one main division left, even if the total strength exceeds 300,000 and there are still hundreds of thousands of militia available, it will definitely not be able to stop the sharp edge of the Liang army.

Nearby, the closest is the southern cluster that is attacking Deogle.

As for the pumping of troops from Jaipur, it is simply impossible.

Tigara made it clear in the phone call that the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division, which was deployed in the northern part of Pakistan, and the 33rd Infantry Division, which was even more threatening, had behaved abnormally. There is reason to believe that these two forces will attack at some point, and therefore the reserves in Jaipur cannot be used.

In addition, it was a little further from Jaipur to Jodhpur, and the railway to the south had to pass north of Deogle, which was likely to be cut off by the enemy.

As for the other railway, although it is a direct to Jodhpur, and there are several straight lines, it has always been under the priority of the Eastern Coalition Army, and the traffic capacity is very limited, and it may not be able to send the main force of Jaipur to Jodhpur in time, but it is very likely that it will be hit on the way.

Chagit did not refuse the Prime Minister's request, and promised to do his best to take Deogle and immediately lead his troops north.

Chagit was clear that he simply couldn't deliver on that promise.

In fact, there is a problem with this promise itself.

What is "after taking Deogle"?

If Deogle had not been taken, it would have been impossible to go north to aid Jodhpur.

So, how sure are you that you will take down Deogle?

Chagit was not sure about this at all.

If nothing else, he stayed in Udaipur and did not follow the southern cluster to the north, which is actually the best proof.

The point is that Chagit is a general of the northern faction, and he has little to do with the southern faction, and he can't pee with the generals of the southern faction. It was precisely because of this that Chajit sent the southern cluster out, but he stayed behind with the army from the north to Udaipur.

Tigala sent Chajit to Udaipur in order to use his control of the main forces of the southern faction to prevent the generals of the southern faction from surrendering without a fight.

In addition, the battle reports from the front line also made Chagit not optimistic.

The battle for the assault on Deogle had been going on for several days, but the southern cluster was still standing still, let alone continuing to advance northward, and it was lucky that it was not routed by the enemy's tactical counterattack. The crux of the matter is that the hard fighting, which lasted for several days, has dealt a heavy blow to the morale and fighting spirit of the officers and men at the grassroots level.

This is also the key to Decheng's eagerness to announce the "good news".

But the problem is that the reason for the low morale of the Southern Cluster is not only the blockage in the offensive, but also has a lot to do with Chagit. Especially for high-ranking officers, not to mention treating Zhjit as their own, it would be very good to be able to carry out the orders given by Chagit as they were.

Tigara has his own little abacus, don't the officers and soldiers of the southern faction have it?

To put it bluntly, Degara did not trust the officers and soldiers of the southern faction, and the officers and soldiers of the southern faction did not trust the commanders appointed by Tigara.

In this case, why believe that the Southern Cluster will be able to take Deogle?

If you want to say, when he sent the southern cluster north, Chagit didn't think that he could recapture Deogle, but only hoped to contain the local Eastern Coalition Army through the offensive and consume the combat capability of the Eastern Coalition Army. According to Chagit's assumption, after it turned into a war of attrition, the Eastern coalition would naturally retreat from Deogle. After all, this small town, located deep in the Aravalli Ridge, did not have the basic conditions to support the battle of the Great Army.

Even if it is supported by airdrops and airlifts, it will not be able to support the ground forces to storm Udaipur.

Of course, to make this arrangement, Chagit has his own ideas, or he is following Tigara's instructions to let the Southern Cluster act as cannon fodder.

In Tigara's words, if the main forces of the southern faction are depleted, even if there is an accident in the south, such as the outbreak of serious unrest, it can be quelled after the war. If the main forces of the southern faction are preserved, there will definitely be even more trouble in the future.

It is precisely for this reason that before the outbreak of the Great War, Tigara concentrated the main forces of the southern faction in Udaipur through various means, and formed the southern cluster, and also arranged for the generals of the southern faction to serve as commanders. As for Chagit, he served as a battlefield commander.

Tigara's instructions were very clear, and Chajit naturally had no reason to follow the southern cluster north, let alone let the main force of the southern cluster stay in Udaipur.

The problem now is that the situation on the battlefield is not what was envisaged.

It was previously envisaged that the Eastern Coalition would attack Udaipur first, and would not besiege Jaipur until Udaipur had been captured.

After all, leaving the hundreds of thousands of troops on Udaipur's side, no one dared to storm Jaipur.

In this way, it will be possible to use the southern cluster to deplete the combat power of the Eastern coalition forces and weaken its offensive power by holding on to Udaipur.

If they fight well enough, they may be able to force the Eastern Coalition to abandon their plans to attack Jaipur.

At that time, not only will all the main forces of the Central Army be used in the northwest region to fight to the death against the Eastern Coalition Army, but it will also allow the combat units of the northern faction to fully support the Central Army. Theoretically, the Central Army and the northern faction could mobilize 3 million troops, while the Eastern Coalition could not have invested more than 500,000 troops in the northwest. With a six-fold superiority in troops, the chances of victory for the Van army will certainly not be too small.

It is a pity that with the current situation, only a small force of the 5th Marine Division has strangled the passage of the southern cluster to the north.

Eliminating the threat from Udaipur's side, the Eastern coalition forces will inevitably storm Jaipur.

The 17th Panzer Division's assault on Jaiselmeir and then on at Pelodi was actually a precursor to the Eastern Alliance's preparations to attack Jaipur.

The reality in front of Chagit was that the Southern Cluster could not move in Deogle, and the Southwestern Army Group, which was under his direct command and was subordinate to the Northern Cluster, was also unable to move north, so to reinforce Jodhpur, the only way to reinforce it was to use Army Group Central deployed in Kota.

Although Army Group Center also belongs to the Northern Cluster, with as many as 350,000 troops and several main forces, for this Army Group to go to Jodhpur, it is not only necessary to seek the nearest and farther, but also involves more serious problems, such as the deployment of troops in the entire Gangaro Plain region of the Northern Cluster.

Among other things, Kota is on the south side of Jaipur, far from Jodhpur.

In terms of vital rail traffic, without passing through Udaipur, the garrison of Kota would have to travel to Jodhpur via Jaipur.

Since it was going to pass through Jaipur, wouldn't it be superfluous to send Kota's Central Army to reinforce Jodhpur?

If you have that thought, it is better to directly dispatch the Central Army in Jaipur.

The key, of course, is the overall military deployment in the north.

To put it more bluntly, Army Group Center deployed in Kota is not only responsible for connecting the northern region with the northwest region, but also serves as a strategic reserve for the entire Gangaro Plain. If necessary, it was necessary to take over the Gangaro Plain and assist Army Group East in taking control of the estuary area.

This strategic mission has given the Central Group Army very obvious regional characteristics.

Among the main forces of the Vatican army, Army Group Central was the only combat unit facing the plains and river network areas, mainly equipped with light armored platforms.

For this reason, the Central Army Group not only has a large number of wheeled armored vehicles, but also quite a few amphibious armored vehicles.

In addition, compared with other units, the proportion of engineering troops in the Central Group Army is obviously on the high side, and even some battalion-level units have engineering platoons.

To a large extent, this organizational characteristic determines that the Central Group Army is actually a combat unit of a fast and reactive nature.

In other words, Army Group Center is suitable for emergency relief and mobile warfare, not for attacking fortified positions, let alone fighting positional defensive warfare with the enemy.

There is no doubt that there is little point in sending Army Group Center to Jodhpur.

Obviously, for the task of reinforcing Jodhpur, Chagit was simply not able to do anything.

It was for this reason that, in his reply to Tigara, he stressed the importance of retaking Deogle and made it a prerequisite for reinforcing Jodhpur.

However, this does not mean that Chagit has given up on his efforts.

The inability to send troops to reinforce Jodhpur does not mean that it is impossible to contain the main forces of the Eastern Alliance.

Don't forget, the other line of troops of the Eastern Coalition has already entered Gugibang and is besieging Palampur.

Although there is enough intelligence to prove that it was also the Fifth Marine Division that attacked Gugibang, and the previous raid on Daioger was also related to this, that is, through the raid on Daiogle, the southern cluster deployed in Udaipur was contained, and favorable conditions were created for the main force to move south to sweep Gujibang, but Chajit always felt that it was definitely not only the Fifth Marine Division in Gujibang, or the purpose of the Eastern Coalition Army to attack Gujibang, not only to occupy the area, but also to move southward or even to the inland area.

Let the 5th Marine Division act as the vanguard, only because the terrain of Gugibang is flat, which is very suitable for Marine Corps operations.

It is precisely because of this that Chagit has always felt that the Eastern Coalition Army may not be dominated by the northwest at this stage, after all, the main force of the Vatican army is all in the northwest region, and even if enough troops are invested, it may not be able to open up the situation in the northwest battlefield in just a few months, but it is possible to fall into it.

By April next year, that is, after the beginning of spring in the hinterland of the mainland, the mainland battlefield will inevitably usher in a new decisive battle. At that time, if the main force of Liang Xia's army could not withdraw, not only would it suffer a crushing defeat on the mainland battlefield, but it would also be impossible to have a good result on the side of the southern subcontinent.

From this point of view, the Eastern Bloc will certainly have to lower its campaign objectives, or set a target that can be achieved within a few months.

Obviously, it is much easier to sweep the western coast than to capture the northwest.

Even if the attack on Meng Pao is counted, it does not need to invest too many troops, and there is a high degree of certainty that victory will be achieved within a few months.

Even if it can't be defeated, it will be more convenient to withdraw troops if they fight in coastal areas.

If this is the case, the 17th Panzer Division's march into Jaipur is actually a feint, in order to contain the Central Army and make the main force of the Van Army dare not go south.

In addition, it is to let the southern cluster storm Deogle.

If Jaipur had not been threatened, the southern cluster would not have gone north at all, so when Guji was attacked, it would certainly have moved south.

After linking these events, Chagit had enough reason to believe that as long as he could crush the 5th Marine Division's combat operation to attack Gujipu, he would be able to force the Eastern Coalition to increase troops in Gujipur, or even abandon the attack on Jaipur, and relieve Jaipur of the threat.

However, this is just Chagit's speculation.

Even if Chagit was convinced of this assumption, he would have to convince Tigara that he could support Jaipur by reinforcing Gugibang.

Then you need hard evidence, or reliable intelligence.

After much deliberation, Chagit had to admit that with his personal ability and the resources at his disposal, it was impossible to obtain evidence or information that would convince Dejara. Or, if there is such evidence or information, it will be sent to Tigara first.

It's just that Chagit didn't give up.

Although he is the commander-in-chief of the southern battlefield and the representative of the northern faction, it does not mean omnipotent, if anything, his ability is not as good as that of a Nuland adviser with only the rank of major, especially the voice and influence in front of Tigara.

It was so, after talking to Tigara on the phone, that Chagit immediately contacted Major Thompson.

Before Major Thompson arrived, he had thought of a rhetoric.

In any case, as long as Major Thompson can be persuaded to bring this Newland adviser forward, there is a good degree of confidence that Tigara will make adjustments to the combat deployment.

Obviously, as long as there is no longer an emphasis on the southern cluster going north to help Jodhpur, then everything is easy to say.