Time was pressing, and after returning to the naval headquarters to receive the combat order, Bai Zhizhan took Zheng Jiangming's car to the suburban airport overnight.

Zheng Jiangming did not go to the official residence of the first assistant to attend the meeting, and he has not yet reached the level of becoming a guest of honor in the first assistant's seat.

It's just that he didn't send Bai Zhizhan to the airport for no reason.

Only at this time did Bai Zhizhan know that the army was planning more than just attacking the Boyi country!

If you want to say it, you are wrong to blame Xue Yuanzheng.

According to information revealed by Zheng Jiangming, the army originally planned to move north from the Boi country, either over the Caucasus Mountains or across the open sea.

All in all, it is to attack the Luosha Federation from the direction of the shackled road bridge.

In this way, the Luosha Federation can be attacked from two directions.

Counting the battle lines on the Western Continent and facing the Empire, the Luosha Federation will fight in three directions at the same time.

It is precisely because of this that Peng Huaisheng has long proposed that as long as he fights according to this plan, he will have the hope of joining forces with the Human army in the capital of the Luosha Federation in the summer of 103 of the new calendar.

But the problem is that Xue Yuanzheng does not support the army's claims.

As for the reason, Zheng Jiangming mentioned the southwest and east.

Bai Zhizhan was not stupid, and immediately understood what Zheng Jiangming meant.

After defeating the Rosa Federation, the Imperial Army will face a situation where it lacks a weighty opponent for the time being. Because it was impossible to cross the Guia Ocean to attack the Nuland Federation, the Imperial Army, which was already close to 10 million troops, inevitably needed a new opponent, and the only one that could be chosen was Austria.

But the problem is that it is the navy, not the army, that marches into Austria!

Without naval support, no matter how large the army is, it will not be able to cross the Guia Ocean and land on the Austrian mainland.

Obviously, herein lies the problem.

Judging from the current situation, in the second half of the new calendar 103, and even in the new year 104, the imperial navy could not enter the Austrian continent.

To be precise, after taking care of the main direction and attacking the Khowaii Islands, there were no spare forces to attack Ojau.

Then, if Austria were to be attacked in 103 or 104 A.D., the attack on the Khowaii Islands would have to be postponed or even abandoned.

There is no doubt that this is an unacceptable result.

Instead of attacking the Khowaii Islands, the end result would be to prolong the war for 2 to 3 years and increase the number of casualties by more than 1 million.

Crucially, the attack on Austria is of little significance.

The current attack on Austria is only to satisfy the vanity of the officers and soldiers of the army, especially the senior generals, and to prove the value of the army with war.

Obviously, this is also the reason why Xue Yuanzheng is not very interested in this.

Fundamentally, it is actually to control the progress of the attack on the Luosha Federation.

In Zheng Jiangming's words, at least before the navy invades Lu Xinhai, it cannot defeat the Luosha Federation, and the Luosha Federation must continue to serve as a war black hole for the alliance group.

Here, the strategic assistance provided by the Nuland Federation is involved.

Although there are no exact statistics, there is enough information to prove that after the end of the Southwest Fanyan Ocean Naval War, the Luosha Federation received more aid than the Bran Kingdom and became the number one aid target of the Newland Federation, and the North Sunset Ocean Route also became extremely busy.

In fact, this is also the key to Dunz's ability to become commander-in-chief of the submarine force and gain arbitrary power.

In addition to the loss of sea transportation, the consumption on the battlefield of the huge land and western continent is also very terrifying.

During the Battle of Atyrau alone, the Luosha Federation lost more than 2,000 tanks and consumed more than 5 million tons of ammunition and other combat materials.

Even if only a tenth comes from the Newland Federation, it is equivalent to the volume of two convoys of 50 ships.

In a sense, the Luosha Federation has become a black hole that devours war materials.

The Nuland Federation has no choice at all, and must be transfused for the Luosha Federation, so the extremely low efficiency consumption is not enough strategic potential.

Comparatively speaking, the losses of sea freight are actually greater.

According to Zheng Jiangming, only about 4,000 tons of 10,000 tons of goods sent from the Nuland Federation can reach Murmansk in the Luosha Federation.

Replenishing sunken transport ships also requires significant resources.

In addition, the use of aid by the Locka Federation is very inefficient.

For example, the 1,500 M3 and M4 tanks provided by the Nuland Federation were all equipped with second-line troops and were not used on the frontal battlefield.

It can be seen that as long as the Luosha Federation has not been defeated, it will continue to consume the war potential of the Newland Federation.

None of these are the key reasons, though.

Zheng Jiangming also mentioned a point.

The most crucial reason why Xue Yuanzheng did not want the army to win a quick victory in a huge land battlefield was that he did not want to provide a reason for an armistice to the appeasers in China.

Although the Nuland Federation has not yet been defeated, the Imperial Navy has gained enough strategic advantage to basically regain the overseas territories lost in the last war. Seeking more overseas territories, or expanding spheres of influence, has not been the aim of the Empire.

Control and Domination of the Guia?

Even if the imperial military and civilians had such thoughts, the imperial top brass would not be so ignorant.

Even Xue Yuanzheng admitted that it was very difficult to completely defeat the Newland Federation, and he would definitely have to pay an extremely heavy price.

If anything, even if it defeats the Nuland Federation, it will definitely be more than worth the loss.

This means that there is no viability at the political level.

In the long run, the most desirable outcome that the Empire can pursue is for the Nuland Federation to admit defeat and accept the Empire's dominance of the international order.

Crucially, there is no explicit, or real, conflict of interest between the Nuland Federation and the Empire.

Until 30 years ago, the Nuland Federation had a common interest with the Empire, overthrowing the international order dominated by established empires such as the Kingdom of Bran.

Conversely, the Rosa Federation has a direct conflict of interest with the Empire, and poses a serious threat to the Empire itself.

It is precisely this that the number one reason for deciding when this war should end is not in the Guia Ocean.

On the huge land!

After defeating the Luosha Federation and eliminating the threat to the mainland, what reason is there to continue fighting, or what kind of practical benefits can be gained by continuing to fight?

If anything, the absolute security of the homeland has also been the highest goal pursued since the establishment of the empire.

In that year, Emperor Shiwu launched a war against the Luosha Empire, that is, for the security of the homeland.

In Zheng Jiangming's words, after the defeat of the Luosha Federation, even if Xue Yuanzheng refused to give in, the appeasers in the country would propose a truce.

The point is, no one can guarantee that allies such as the Empire will continue to fight!

Don't forget, the number one threat to the Riman Empire is also the Raksha Federation.

From a geopolitical point of view, the previous Luosha Empire, the current Luosha Federation, has always been the basis for the Liangxia Empire to maintain an alliance with the Manman Empire.

In addition, the Empire had already defeated the Locke Republic, controlled the western part of the Western Continent, and even sent troops to control the Beixuan region.

Except for the Luosha Federation, the Riman Empire is already the de facto overlord of the Western Continent!

So, after the Bran Kingdom announced its defeat, ceded Lu Xinhai's sea dominance, and even handed over the Xifan Canal, what reason did the Empire have to continue fighting?

For hundreds of years, what the Manman Empire has sought is not to dominate the Western Continent and travel the sunset oceans?

Obviously, as long as the Manman authorities decide that it is the most ideal option, then after the defeat of the Luosha Federation, the war is likely to be over.

Unfortunately, peace will not last long.

As expected, in 20 years the war will break out again.

In fact, this is also the key to Xue Yuanzheng's insistence on achieving a comprehensive victory.