The Presidential Palace in the capital of the Boian State.

After seeing off the ambassador of the Republic of Nuland, who had arrived as a special envoy, Jarazadeh returned to his study and instructed the secretary not to let anyone disturb him.

The visit of the ambassador of the Republic of Nuland only touched on one thing: when would Poland be ready to enter the war.

As on previous occasions, Jarazadeh did not give a clear answer, saying only that more time was needed.

As for how much time it will take, Jarazadeh also did not make it clear.

In fact, Jarazadeh has been paying close attention to the war since more than a month ago, that is, after Iraq sent troops to annex Kuwait.

Initially, especially in July, Jarazadeh also thought that Hussein would make the Liangxia army suffer.

For Hussein, an opponent who has been fighting for eight years, Jarazadeh can be regarded as a well-known opponent.

Although he also knew that the Iraqi army would never be able to defeat the coalition army under the command of the Liangxia Empire, and the combat effectiveness of the two was not at the same level at all, he also felt that he only needed to show the ruthlessness of fighting the Iran-Iraq war, even if he could not defeat the Liangxia army, it would be able to cause a lot of trouble for the Liangxia Empire.

Don't say a few years, drag it out for a few months, and it's definitely no problem.

Where did I think that less than half a month later, Jarazadeh's illusions were all shattered.

In just over 10 days, the Iraqi Air Force was defeated, and not only almost all air bases were blown up, but even the air defense system was completely destroyed.

In the end, all the remaining more than 100 combat planes flew to Poland for refuge!

At the beginning, the Polish Air Force received the support of the Nuland Republic and obtained advanced fighters like the F-14A, which did not defeat the Iraqi Air Force for eight years, but suffered a lot of losses, while the Liangxia Empire destroyed the Iraqi Air Force in only 10 days.

How powerful is its combat power!?

If you change to Boi, how long will you be able to hold on?

Heading into August, Jarazadeh has a clearer idea.

The strength of the Liangxia Empire was not only the air force, or air strike force, but a complete tactical system, as well as a military theory based on the tactical system.

To put it simply, the Liangxia Empire has gained the ability to destroy a country with air strikes!

In just one month, Iraq was bombed into ruins, bombing all of its industrial cities and losing almost all of its industrial capacity.

In order to prevent Iraq from increasing its forces in the south and to limit and weaken the Iraqi army's ability to mobilize on the battlefield, the coalition forces also focused on bombing the transportation system, which is dominated by roads and railways. The bridges over the Euphrates and Tigris rivers were almost completely blown up by the coalition forces.

Under the blows of the coalition forces, Iraq has been completely paralyzed.

So, can the Poian state behave better than Iraq?

The answer is clearly no.

At the end of July, Jarazadeh had the military organize a strategic-level war game in the event of an all-out war with the Liangxia Empire.

As for the deduction results, there is really nothing to say.

According to the striking power shown by the Liangxia Empire in the Polish-Iraqi War, especially the air strike force, the Polish-Iraqi Empire could hold out for up to 3 months.

Crucially, in the absence of air supremacy, there is almost zero point in waging a ground war.

To put it simply, unless the enemy invades the mainland of Poland and fights a defensive battle on the mainland, the standing force of up to 1 million will not be useful at all.

So, after 3 months of indiscriminate bombardment, how many million troops can still fight?

The conclusion is also simple.

Against the backdrop of high-intensity modern warfare, especially all-out warfare, it is impossible for Poland to repeat the miracle of those years.

It only takes a few months of high-intensity air strikes to return the Boi Kingdom to the Stone Age.

If it is in peacetime, or just a local war, it can also give the enemy enough casualties by fighting a war to defend the homeland, so that the enemy can admit defeat.

More than 20 years ago, the Boi Kingdom relied on the defense of its homeland to defeat the powerful Liangxia Empire and establish an independent state.

But the problem is that during the Polish-Iranian War, the Liangxia Empire was a trap and never used all its strength, let alone fight against the Nuland Republic that supported the Polish-Iraqi State behind the scenes.

In a full-scale war, this condition simply does not hold!

Even if the Liangxia Empire is unwilling to get bogged down in the war of the Boi State, it can let the client state send troops.

In this case, go to the fire for the Nuland Republic?

Jarazadeh would certainly not say yes.

In essence, Poland and the Republic of Nuland are really just allies of interests.

Although the Nuland Republic has given tremendous support and played an indelible role in the struggle for independence of the Boish Republic, the Nuland Republic has never provided direct support, and in many cases deliberately kept its distance from the Boi State.

This position of the Nuland Republic was prominent during the Iran-Iraq war.

For example, when it comes to arms sales, the Republic of Nuland has been demanding that the Polish-Boyish Republic pay all the money in cash, and it must be in New Zealand dollars.

As a result, Poland could only reserve New Zealand dollars and sell off overseas assets to obtain foreign exchange for arms purchases.

By the time the Iran-Iraq war was over, the poor of the Polish-Iraqi country were ringing out, while the arms dealers of the Nuland Republic were rich.

In addition, because of the insistence on using the New Zealand dollar for trade settlements for eight years, especially for the export of oil, before the end of the Iran-Iraq war, the financial lifeblood of Poland had fallen into the hands of the Nuland Bank, and the entire country's economic and financial system was controlled by the Nuland financial capitalists.

In folk parlance, the Polish-Polish state spent its wealth on eight years of war, benefiting from the arms dealers and financial capitalists of the Nuland Republic!

And, of course, the voice of the Republic of Nuland in the international oil trade.

Before the Iran-Iraq War, the second settlement currency after the Liangxia Empire's gold dollar was the gold mark, and its weight was about one-third higher than that of the New Zealand dollar. By the end of the Iran-Iraq war, the New Zealand dollar had replaced the Golden Mark, and its weight had increased by more than 100 percent in eight years.

Without the Iran-Iraq war, there would be no current Republic of Nuland!

Can such an ally be trusted?

If anything, even if it is an arms export, the Nuland arms dealers did not give Poland a discount because of their allies.

For example, Poland paid NZ$4 billion for 80 F-14A and 780 AIM-54 long-range air-to-air missiles, and the unit price after deducting missiles was as high as NZ$40 million, while the price of the F-14A purchased by the Nuland Navy during the same period was less than NZ$12 million.

That is, the price for the purchase of these fighters by the Boi State is equal to 3.5 times that of the Nuland Navy!

Although the exported fighter will definitely be more expensive, after all, the arms dealers have to make money, and they also need to share the development costs, but usually the price is raised by 50 to 100 percent, and a 250 percent increase at once is not only very rare, but it is only possible to sell to those customers who have ordinary relationships.

So, is this still worthy of the status of an "ally"?

The explanation given by the Nuland authorities is that the F-14A is only in service with the fourth-generation heavy fighter, and the Polish country requires that it be able to obtain the spot in time and immediately form combat effectiveness, which also needs to occupy the production capacity originally allocated to the Nuland naval aviation, so the purchase price will definitely not be too low.

In addition, compared with the fourth-generation fighter of the same era, the unit price of 40 million New Zealand dollars is not too expensive.

Not to mention anything else, the price of the "Zhan-9" export version of the Liang Xia Empire was as high as 35 million gold dollars, which was converted to 50 million New Zealand dollars. As for the "Zhan-11", which was put into service a few years later, the price of the export type is as high as 50 million gold dollars, which is almost 70 million New Zealand dollars.

The key is that only hardcore allies such as the High Giant Kingdom and Pakistan Railway have a chance to get this price!

But Jarazadeh is well aware that these are all rhetoric.

Can the $40 million 16 million of 16 years ago be compared to the $70 million of today?

When the Boi purchased the F-14A, the Nuland, the Man, and the Liangxia Empire did not abolish the gold standard, and at that time, 40 million New Zealand dollars could buy about 1 million ounces of gold, and now, 50 million New Zealand dollars can buy up to 400,000 ounces of gold.

In gold terms, the New Zealand dollar lost 74% of its value.

Of course, after the abolition of the gold standard, the gold yuan of the Liangxia Empire and the gold mark of the Juman Empire were also greatly depreciated.

In fact, Jarazadeh has long figured out that among the allies of the Nuland Republic, the Poi country can only be ranked second at most.

For the Nuland Republic, the number one ally is the Van Roe state on the Southern Subcontinent.

There is only one point: the Boi state is not essential.

Apart from the geographical advantage of being close to Posha Bay, the Poy State has nothing that interests the Republic of Nuland.

Of course, if it is only for the purpose of blockading Posha Bay, then even if there is no Boi country, it can be done by relying on the Van Luo country.

It's also a very awkward place.

The Republic of Nuland itself is an oil-producing country, ranking third in the world in terms of production, and it is basically self-sufficient in oil, and there is no need to import oil.

In other words, even without the Boi as an ally, the Nuland Republic has little to lose.

From a strategic point of view, the main purpose of the Nuland Republic's support for Poland and Iran in the war of independence was to return to the international community and integrate into the international order dominated by the Liangxia Empire, so as to dismantle the Liangxia Empire and the Tiaoman Empire and safeguard and consolidate its own interests.

Obviously, this is also the key reason why the Republic of Nuland is reluctant to invest in the country of Poland.

In the past few decades, the Republic of Nuland has been willing to help Van Luo to carry out education and improve the quality of its citizens, so as to achieve industrialization, but it is not willing to invest in the construction of chemical plants in Poland, let alone let Poland industrialize and become an industrial power in the Poshawn region.

Of course, this is not a situation that is new to the moment.

It is precisely for this reason that after the establishment of the independent state, the Boi State has always pursued a relatively independent foreign policy and has made efforts to develop its own industry.

As for whether it is a fire for the Nuland Republic, it depends on the price set by the Nuland authorities.

It is a pity that the Nuland Republic has so far not offered a price that would make Jarazadeh happy, or even 60 million Poydians.

As the Nuland envoy mentioned at the beginning, after the Polish state enters the war, the Nuland Republic will provide it with an unconditional loan of 20 billion New Zealand dollars, but it can only be used to purchase weapons and equipment produced by Nuland enterprises, and arrange warships to escort the convoy to ensure that the equipment purchased can reach the ports of the Polish country.

What can you do with this money?

Based on the export quotation of Nuland Arms Corporation, 20 billion New Zealand dollars can only purchase about 400 F-15 fighter jets, not including support equipment, weapons and ammunition. Or 1,500 AH-64A, or 7,500 M1A1s, or 20 Kidd-class destroyers, are only weapons platforms themselves, and do not include support equipment, weapons and ammunition.

If you want to fight only a local war, this is barely enough.

To fight a full-scale war with the Liang Xia Empire, even if it is expanded by 10 times, it is far from enough!

What Poland lacks now is a complete and advanced military system, especially an air supremacy and air defense system, which involves cutting-edge weapons and equipment that the Nuland Republic has so far refused to export, such as the E-3A large early warning aircraft, the "Patriot" air defense system, and so on.

Of course, even if the Nuland Republic were willing to sell these sophisticated weapons, Jarazadeh would not be tempted.

The answer is also very simple, it takes time to build a complete military system, at least for several years, not that with advanced weapons there is a strong combat effectiveness.

The most important thing is actually to participate in the war itself.

During the meeting with the envoy, Jarazadeh once again tactfully put forward the position of the Polish state, that is, it would not enter the war before the Nuland Republic.

Only after the entry of the Nuland Republic into the war will the Boi state consider entering the war.

Of course, it's just a consideration.

Whether or not to enter the war at that time still depends on whether the benefits given by the Nuland Republic are enough.

In fact, last month, Jarazadeh had asked the ambassador to Nuland, in his capacity as a special envoy, to send a list to President Nuland.

It is said to be a list of arms purchases, but in fact it is a list of untasted aid.

Before entering the war, the Republic of Nuland will provide Poland with 300 F-14D and 500 F-16C/D fighters, 350 AH-64A helicopter gunships, 600 CH-60 utility helicopters, 150 CH-47 heavy transport helicopters, 4,500 M1A1 main battle tanks, 3,000 M2/M3 infantry cavalry fighting vehicles, 2,500 M109 self-propelled howitzers, 4 Kidd-class destroyers and 8 large attack submarines.

Of course, this is only a request made by the Boi country, and it is naturally a sky-high asking price.

Jarazadeh was not stupid and knew that the Nuland authorities would not be able to accede to so many demands anyway, and it would be nice to be able to provide some of them.

According to Jarazadeh's plan, wait for the Nuland authorities to make concessions before making the most critical demands.

Send 3 divisions in advance to help the Boi State defend the vital Low Provinces and block the Strait of Hormuz, and have to obey the command of the Boi State.

Nominally, this is to fulfill the security guarantees to the Polish-Iraqi state, that is, to provide defense assistance.

But in fact, it was to ask the Nuland Republic to send troops to participate in a ground war that confronted the Liang Xia Empire.

To put it bluntly, it is actually to prevent the Nuland Republic from staying out of the situation and abandoning second-tier allies such as the Bouillan State after the situation has changed.

Of course, if the Nuland authorities promised to send ground troops to fight in the Poian state, then aviation would definitely be sent, at least pilots.

At that time, the assistance fighters will naturally be out of the question.

It must be said that Jarazadeh is indeed smart.

In the face of the powerful military power displayed by the Liang Xia Empire, even if the Boi Kingdom is larger, the end of the confrontation with the super-hegemon will not be much better.

With the example of Iraq, coming out now is tantamount to death.

Besides, a global war has broken out.

Since the Nuland Republic attaches more importance to the Van Luo country in the southern subcontinent, it is better to let the Van Luo country come out.