He was not a politician, but he was involved in the development of the strategic plan and had a very in-depth and comprehensive understanding of the planning of the imperial authorities.

Fundamentally, the attitude of the imperial authorities towards the Empire has always been tepid.

The reason for this is related to the world pattern after the Great War.

As mentioned earlier, after Xue Yuan's expedition, the top echelons of the empire had long realized that a new opponent must not appear after defeating the strong enemy of the alliance group. The post-war world can only accommodate one superpower, otherwise the victory will be eclipsed.

If you can't win, you don't need to think about it.

However, if a total victory is achieved, then the only one that can pose a threat to the empire after the war, or have the ability to compete with the empire on a global scale, is the only one who can compete with the empire.

It was this point that determined the attitude of the imperial decision-makers towards the Empire.

While cooperating, it is necessary to strengthen the restrictions on the Rimman Empire, so that the strength of the Riman Empire will not be strong enough to become a superpower.

The most representative is actually technical cooperation related to the Navy.

After more than two years of delay, the imperial authorities relented and promised to help the Empire build a fleet of aircraft carriers through technical assistance.

With the industrial strength of the Empire, it is certain that aircraft carriers can be built.

Don't forget that the shipyards of the Empire were capable of building 50,000-ton battleships, so it was certainly not a problem to build 20,000-ton fleet carriers.

Previously, the Empire had been reluctant to provide the Empire with the technology to build aircraft carriers, because of the expansive nature of the navy.

Even if it is promised to help the Empire build aircraft carriers now, it is a version with reduced performance, such as not being equipped with high-power hydraulic catapults.

In addition, in combat aircraft, which are dominated by heavy bombers, in fact, the same.

To date, the Empire has not provided the Empire with the technology to build heavy bombers, especially the process of manufacturing large structural parts.

This technology, which is directly used in industrial production, is mainly used to manufacture the fuselage load-bearing structure of bombers.

The restrictions on the Empire were not limited to technology.

In terms of resources, too.

The empire sent heavy troops to capture Posha Bay, and also mastered the sea routes by controlling the Kib fortress and Alexandria, in fact, it was making a fuss about the most important resources.

Of course, that's not all.

In the past year or so, the Empire has not launched a decisive offensive on the battlefield of the huge land hinterland, at least not with all its strength, which has a lot to do with the strategy against the Empire. Fundamentally, it was to make it impossible for the Empire to seize the initiative in the war against the Locky Federation, and to launch a strategic offensive after gaining an advantage, and to obtain an oil source that could replace Posha Bay.

In the eastern part of the western continent, there is a large oil field in Romania on the west coast of the Mohai Sea.

Although the production of Romanian oil fields is not as good as that of Bakrotto, let alone Posha Bay, it is still a lot, and at least it can keep the war machine of the Empire running.

In other words, after taking Romania, the demand for imported oil in the Manman Empire will be much lower.

With enough oil, the army might be able to launch an offensive on the eastern battlefield of the Western Continent, and it would be possible to take down the caves!

In fact, after the start of the war, to be precise, after withstanding the attack of the army of Luosha, the Hindan army was trying to advance towards Romania. Several counterattacks were launched against Romanian oil fields. It's a pity that the Luosha Federation also focuses on this side.

So far, Romania is still under the control of the Losha army, and the Manchu army is still hundreds of kilometers away!

In addition, on the eastern battlefield of the Western Continent, the Yama army was generally in a defensive position, and even if it launched several counterattacks, it did not change the overall situation.

That is, because they did not grasp the initiative and did not invest enough troops in the counterattack, the counterattack ended in failure.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with multi-front operations.

In Lian Xusheng's words, in the case of being besieged by the enemy, it has to fight on at least 3 fronts, and it is very good that the Manman Empire can withstand it.

As for the battle with the kingdom of Bran, it is essentially the same.

At best, the assistance provided by the Reich helped the Hinder Air Force withstand the strategic bombardment and weaken the enemy's attack power through counterattacks.

The strategic bombing of the Bran Kingdom has been going on, and it has never been able to achieve substantial results due to insufficient investment.

It can be seen that the imperial authorities have been trying to limit the development and growth of the Empire in the war.

So, can the Empire become the main force attacking the Nuland Federation?

This is also the biggest problem with the "total victory" strategy pursued by Xue Yuanzheng.

In order to achieve a complete victory, it is necessary to increase the contribution of the Empire to the Entente, which will inevitably allow the Empire to grow and develop in the Great War.

In order to prevent the Empire from becoming the next superpower and to challenge the Empire's hegemony in the post-war period, it is necessary to limit the position of the Empire within the Entente, and even try to weaken it, so that it will be difficult to achieve a complete victory within an acceptable range.

To put it seriously, there is no way to solve this contradiction.

The reason is also very simple, the empire is not strong enough to contain the Manman Empire and mobilize enough troops and resources to defeat the Newland Federation.

According to the war games done before the war, if the Newland Federation is singled out, the Manman Empire will become the number one winner.

Everyone understands the truth that cranes and mussels compete with each other and fishermen benefit.

This is also the number one reason for the appeasement faction in China to oppose Xue's expedition.

In the current situation, the Empire simply cannot suppress the Empire and the Newland Federation at the same time, so it must choose between the two.

Clearly, the appeasers chose to compromise with the Nuland Federation.

According to the theory propagated by the appeasementers, after defeating the traditional powers such as the Bran Kingdom and the Luosha Federation, they can at least coexist peacefully with the emerging industrial powers, and when the benefits are redistributed, several new industrial powers are more willing to sit down and develop together than to fight to the end.

The term "new industrial powers" here mainly refers to the Nuland Confederation and the Empire.

In addition, it is also possible to count the Imperial Kingdom of Sakuyi.

Of course, the appeasementers did not mention that the world is only so big, let alone three, even two super powers, it cannot be accommodated.

Even if both sides are willing to compromise, it will only be a temporary peace.

It was precisely for this reason that Xue Yuanzheng was resolutely opposed to compromise and was unwilling to cooperate with the appeasement faction.

However, this does not solve the most fundamental problem.

Regardless of Xue Yuanzheng's personal wishes, with the current strength of the empire, it is impossible to suppress the Empire while defeating the Nuland Federation, let alone having enough strength to dominate the world after defeating the Nuland Federation, so that all countries can recognize the empire as the only super hegemon.

In this regard, Bai Zhizhan has a clear enough understanding.

Although Xue Yuanzheng was unwilling to compromise with the appeasement faction and had been trying to advance towards the goal of achieving a complete victory, he probably had to bow to reality in the end.

As a bold commander, Xue Yuanzheng would not joke with the lives of millions, or even tens of millions of imperial soldiers and civilians.

However, when to compromise, it is a science, and it can even be said to be a profound art.