Chapter 572: A Critical Battle
"What is the situation in the country?"
"It's quite calm, the control of public opinion in the early stage has been done well, and the main attack on the enemy has won the support and support of the majority of the military and the people."
Bai Zhizhan coughed a few times impatiently.
Obviously, that's not what he wants to know.
"If you want me to say, the situation is still not very rosy." Zheng Kaiyuan sighed and said, "The Empire has put a lot of pressure on Shoufu, and on the huge land battlefield, because we have stopped attacking, Luo Sha's army is already adjusting its deployment, and it may rush to attack in winter." ”
"Winter?"
"The Allied forces landed in the Beixuan region and strengthened the attack on Malta, clearly to force the Manman Empire to increase troops in the area around the land and the sea, and weaken the defense on the battlefield of the western continent." Zheng Jiangming paused for a moment before continuing: "There is already information that after the successful landing in the Beixuan region, as long as the Luosha Federation launches an attack on the eastern front of the Western Continent, the Nuland Federation and the Bran Kingdom will open up a new front. Not only to fulfill the promise, but also to quickly defeat the Riman Empire and gain absolute strategic superiority. ”
"Landing directly on the Western Continent?" Bai Zhizhan has already guessed.
Zheng Jiangming nodded and said: "Landing in the Beixuan area can be regarded as a warm-up exercise, after all, the alliance group has not fought a large-scale landing war before, and the Nuland Army has not participated in large-scale battles, and the feelings are like a fat man who is seriously lacking in exercise, so it is necessary to launch a small-scale landing operation, so that the Nuland soldiers, who are usually pampered and well-treated, can even be said to be low-eyed, understand the war." ”
At this time, Bai Zhizhan had already locked his brows.
Although Zheng Jiangming's remarks are a bit shocking, the truth is not wrong.
At the strategic level, only by quickly defeating the Riman Empire can the Liangxia Empire be defeated.
Don't forget, in the last war, it was only after the defeat of the Empire that the Liang Xia Empire gave up the idea of winning and sat down to negotiate with the Alliance. If the Empire had not been defeated, the Liang Xia Empire would certainly not have agreed to an armistice. The big war continues, and the outcome will be difficult to predict.
"What are the probabilities?"
"More than half."
After Bai Zhizhan let out a long sigh, he rubbed his forehead vigorously.
Obviously, this is also the key to the necessity of venturing into the narrow sea and attacking the Yufan Canal quickly, and it is also the key to the Shousuke to eradicate the domestic rebels by thunderous means.
In a sense, what happens in the next few months will determine the outcome of the entire war.
As long as you stick with it and take your chances, you have a good chance of winning the event.
On the contrary, the best possible outcome is a truce with the Alliance, a repeat of the outcome of the last war, and a resumption of the war decades later.
Of course, it is not only the Liangxia Empire that faces the test, but also the Juman Empire and the Bran Kingdom.
To put it simply, it depends on who falls first.
The decisive battle will take place on the Xifan Canal.
As long as the Imperial Navy can forcibly take the Xifan Canal and open up a route to Lu Xinhai, even if it can't reach Telok Fortress or Fanyan Ocean, it can also send supplies to the western continent of the Raleigh Kingdom and the Republic of There, and then transport them to the Manman Empire by rail.
In addition, it is also very convenient to send troops to the Western Continent.
To put it bluntly, as long as the Xifan Canal can be captured, the Manman Empire will not be defeated.
As for the other hot spots, even Malta, which now seems to be crucial, cannot decide the final victory.
At the strategic level, there are actually only two decisive ones, the Sivan Canal in the west, and the Khowaii Islands in the Guia Ocean.
Crucially, after the loss of the Shivan Canal, the kingdom of Bran will inevitably be defeated, and Chull, who has taken a hard stance, will definitely step down.
At that time, the kingdom of Bran may not seek a dignified exit from this war.
In fact, similar signs have already appeared.
According to Zheng Jiangming, last month, several politicians from the Bran opposition party signaled a truce to the Liangxia Empire through neutral countries.
Specifically, as long as the Liang Xia Empire is willing to make a guarantee to effectively protect the core interests of the Bran Kingdom, such as restoring the Bran Kingdom's sphere of influence before the outbreak of the Great War, they will try to remove Chull from power, or dissolve the current government, and negotiate an armistice with the Empire after taking control of the caretaker cabinet.
However, the imperial authorities did not respond.
The reason is also simple, the Empire could not have made a commitment to restore its pre-war sphere of influence.
By now, it is impossible to go back to before the outbreak of the Great War.
To put it more bluntly, the most the Empire can give is to maintain the status quo at the time of the armistice, and to return some of the areas controlled by the Alliance, such as Ozhou and Maple Leaf, to the Kingdom of Bran, or to be entrusted with the management of the Kingdom of Bran. As for the Van Roe region, which is of great value, as well as the order on the Western Continent, it must be in the interests of the Entente group, and it is absolutely impossible to deal with it according to the wishes of the Bran Kingdom.
Of course, it has not yet reached the point where negotiations have to take place.
In other words, there is no chance that Chull will step down, so there is no need for secret negotiations with opposition politicians who have no real power and can only talk about themselves.
However, this also reflects.
Within the kingdom of Bran, there are also anti-government forces, and this undercurrent will grow as the situation changes.
It is precisely in this way that there is enough reason to believe that after taking the Shifan Canal, the kingdom of Bran may surrender, or at least withdraw from the alliance group.
According to the analysis made by the sixth game, even if the guys in the opposition party fail and Chull retains the position of prime minister, the Bran Kingdom will seek to use the last bit of value to trade with the Entente group before losing all its bargaining chips to ensure a place in the post-war world.
Wang Kaiyuan's sentence is the most representative.
Whether it is the current Chull or the great politicians in history, without exception they are nationalists, and they care about the core interests of the Bran Kingdom.
If we can't even protect the core interests of the country, what can we do if we win the war?
On the contrary, as long as the core interests of the country can be preserved, what if it surrenders?
If this is the case, the final victory will be just around the corner.
Of course, this is also the main reason why Zheng Jiangming came to the 11th Task Force.
Although he didn't say so, the meaning was very clear, he was here to supervise the war, and it was not Liu Changxun who sent him, but Xue Yuanzheng.
However, Xue Yuanzheng also gave enough face.
Zheng Jiangming is a sworn friend of Bai Zhizhan, so he will definitely think about Bai Zhizhan and will not restrict Bai Zhizhan's hands and feet in the name of supervising the war.
On the Task Force 12 side, that's not the case.
It was a senior intelligence officer from the Sixth Bureau, and he was a close confidant of Wang Kaiyuan. In Zheng Jiangming's words, that guy is the real intelligence worker.
The implication is that basically oil and salt do not enter.
No matter how bold Liu Xiang is, and the Liu family is behind him, he doesn't dare to go against the sixth game, after all, the sixth game is directly responsible to the first assistant.
However, Bai Zhizhan didn't think much about it.
In the current situation, what is most needed is actually to achieve a decisive victory, that is, to quickly take the Xifan Canal!
For this reason, the imperial authorities sent more than two intelligence officers.