The current situation can be said to be quite delicate.

Both sides of the war are well aware that the vast Deccan Plateau is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and they hope that the other side will focus on the south and do everything possible to steer the tide of the war in this direction. In fact, however, both sides were focused on the north, especially the northwest, with the intention of defeating their opponents in a decisive battle, achieving a crucial victory, or even ending the war, at least as the Eastern coalition envisioned.

But the problem is, it's easier said than done.

In Thompson's view, the biggest problem for the Van Rowe administration is that the top leaders, including Tigara, have not yet understood the nature of the war.

Is this the third global war?

In other words, is this global war the same as the previous two global wars?

The answer is clearly no.

As long as we have carefully studied the "new military doctrine", we can clearly understand that the Liangxia Empire has long given up the traditional military thinking of fighting a global war, at least in this direction, because in essence, this war is actually the Western Continent group in its dying throes.

The reason is very simple: if the military reform is carried out according to the new military doctrine, the Empire will inevitably lose its military hegemony in the near future.

At the speed of technological development, this "near future" will arrive in 20 years at the earliest.

For the Riman Empire, which had the worst overall strength, military hegemony was the cornerstone of maintaining its core interests in the Western Continent and maintaining unity and stability.

Without military hegemony, there is no need for external pressure at all, and internal contradictions can tear the Western Continent bloc apart.

If nothing else, after losing the checks and balances of the Manman Empire, or unable to obtain security guarantees from the Western Continent Group, Xi Luosha will seek national reunification in a non-war manner at the first opportunity. Even if you lose your sovereignty because of this, it is much better than being the object of unification.

In fact, Xi Luosha has long been dissatisfied with acting as the vanguard, or cannon fodder of the Empire.

In addition, the number one factor preventing the unification of the East and West Luosha has always been the military hegemony of the Empire.

As for the role played by the Liang Xia Empire, it is not very prominent, after all, the empire itself has a strategic depth far beyond that of East Luosha in the hinterland of the World Island, which is enough to act as a strategic barrier in the core area of the mainland, and there is no need for East Luosha to block guns.

Besides, if the East Luosha unifies the West Luosha, it is equivalent to strengthening the security barrier of the empire itself.

It can be seen that this is a global war sought by the Western Continent Bloc, not the Liangxia Empire, or even the global war that the Nuland Republic needs.

In the wave of military reform promoted by the new military doctrine, the Nuland Republic has not been pulled down, and there is no need to worry about losing military hegemony. Besides, the Nuland Republic relies not only on military hegemony to maintain regional hegemony, especially the leadership of the Northern Orphan Group.

In addition, in the new round of confrontation, the first to fall will inevitably be the Western Continent group.

Then, by absorbing the members of the Western Continent Group, such as the Kingdom of Bran, the Kingdom of Weijing in the north, the Kingdom of Span in the south, etc., the Republic of Nuland can completely replace, at least partially, the dominance of the Empire in the Western Continent, and maintain the hegemony of the North Sunset.

In reality, the Republic of Nuland is doing the same.

Understanding this relationship, it is not difficult to understand the attitude of the Republic of Nuland towards this war.

To say, in the early stage, especially before the formal entry into the war, through active and effective communication, the Van Luo high-level had a clear understanding of this issue.

It was precisely because of this that it was delayed until the Nuland Navy rushed to the Khowaii Islands before sending troops into the war.

But the problem is that after officially entering the war, the top brass of Van Luo was confused.

Not to mention the ambitious high-ranking generals, even the always sensible Tigara suffered from paranoia because the early stage of the war was not a major victory.

If you want to say anything, when giving advice to the Van army, the Nuland military advisers led by Colonel Jackson hinted in various ways, hoping that the Van Luo high-level would remain sane and not take it for granted that the Nuland Republic would gamble on the national fortune for this ally separated by half a planet.

If the cost of victory outweighs the benefits of victory, war is no longer the only option.

No matter how romantic the war is portrayed by writers, it is only a means to achieve a political end, not an end to be fought for.

The question before military advisers such as Thompson is:

How can we make Digara and other leaders realize and accept the fait accompli without affecting the alliance?

What is a fait accompli?

Many countries, including the Van Luo Kingdom, are all victims of this war, and the Nuland Republic is also helpless to help it.

Upon returning to the station, Thompson immediately contacted Jackson.

For the sake of secrecy, he used satellite telephones issued to intelligence officers and did not use the communications network of the Vatican Army.

Although the cable network was built by a company from the Republic of Nuland, it has been managed by the Vatican since it was delivered. Even if a special communication line was reserved for the Nuland garrison, it was easy to eavesdrop, not to mention that there was never a shortage of spies from enemy countries within the Vatican army.

The signal of the satellite phone is not very good, and the communication time is very limited, mainly because the several communication satellites launched by the supplementary network can not achieve global coverage, so the satellite phone can only be used in a specific period, and the call time each time is very limited, generally no more than 15 minutes.

After Thompson reported on the meeting with Chagit, Jackson gave no instructions and told him to be patient.

In this regard, Thompson is also helpless.

In fact, at the same time that Thompson went to see Chagit, Jackson also went to the Prime Minister's Office and talked to Tigara alone for almost two hours.

What we are talking about is nothing more than the development of the war situation.

If anything, Tigara's worries about the outcome of the battle are far above Chagit's.

Although he is not a soldier, his keen political vision allows Tigara to see many details that will be ignored or not taken seriously by the military.

For example, the Eastern Coalition has actually been strengthening its forces in the northwest.

In addition to the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division stationed in Pakistan, the 33rd Infantry Division has also been strengthening in the northwest region of the Liangxia Empire. According to the reports provided by the intelligence cabinet, the 33rd Infantry Division will certainly be able to complete its reintegration by December, or by the middle of December at the latest. Although the mountains will be covered by heavy snow in winter, the Liangxia army has been working hard in the area for decades, and has long built a forward camp in Nanli on the Wuji Plateau. The point is that long before the entry of the Van Luo Kingdom into the war, the vanguard of the 33rd Infantry Division had already been stationed in the forward camp.

Now, counting the 17th Panzer Division, which is advancing towards Jaipur.

Even if you don't count the Pakistani Railway Army, just in the northwest direction, the Liangxia Army can put in 3 divisions, with a strength of up to 150,000!

If the three roads are concurrent, the Vatican army will definitely not be able to hold it.

Obviously, there were already enough indications that the Liangxia Empire intended to launch a general offensive within the year to ensure that the main forces were sent back to the mainland before the beginning of spring.

That's why Tigara approached Jackson to ask what to do.

To Tigara's main concern, that is, whether and in what way Nuland will provide assistance, Jackson gave a seemingly clear, but in fact ambiguous answer. The Nuland Republic will definitely actively assist Van Luo Kingdom, but it still needs a lot of time to complete the deployment adjustment and plan the corresponding combat operations, and he is also waiting for news from Hwaseong.

As for the substantive assistance, it can be said that it is pitifully small.

Because of the lack of sea transportation, the blockade of air transport, and the fact that no transport aircraft could fly directly from Nuland to Van Roe Country, the assistance provided by the Republic of Nuland, with the exception of some necessary fighter parts delivered by large attack submarines that arrived irregularly, and which was mainly provided to the Nuland Expeditionary Air Force, was only humanitarian supplies for the relief of refugees that were sent to Van Roe through a third-party diplomatic mission. It is mainly a scarce drug that cannot be produced in the country of Van Luo, and the use and dosage are strictly regulated.

In fact, many high-ranking officials of the Van Roe administration send their children abroad through the diplomatic missions of neutral countries.

This also reflects from one side that the senior leaders of Van Luo do not have much confidence in this war, and even feel that it will be defeated.

As for countermeasures, Jackson didn't hide it.

With no hope of outside assistance, and the fact that the Eastern Coalition is unlikely to focus on the south, the Vatican Army's only option is to concentrate its forces in the northwest and fight to the death with the Eastern Coalition here. Don't have any illusions, it's better to be mentally prepared to fail.

In order to make Prime Minister Van Rowe realize the seriousness of the problem, Jackson made it clear.

Choose a companion as soon as possible.

Because the early deployment was not in place, and because the combat effectiveness of the Vatican army was indeed too poor, according to Jackson's judgment, even if all the troops were mobilized, they might not be able to hold the city, but it was possible that because of the defense of the city, there would not be enough troops to defend other areas.

In Jackson's words, the loss of defending the city of Germany is not worth the loss.

In the case that the Eastern Coalition Army could not be forced to attack the southern region, the only option for the Vatican Army was actually to make full use of the Gangaro Plain, especially the middle and lower reaches of the dense river network, and it was necessary to consider abandoning Decheng, or using Decheng to consume the strength of the Eastern Coalition Army.

For this reason, it was necessary to fight a decisive battle with the Eastern Coalition forces in the northwest region centered on Decheng.

As for how to fight, Jackson did not say clearly.

It's not that he doesn't know, but there is no need to tell Tigara, after all, Tigala is only the prime minister of the country of Van Luo and is not very good at military issues.

What needs to be known to Tigala is that in his capacity as prime minister, he will draw troops from the northern region.

The point is that the Vatican army cannot abandon the city of Decheng for no reason.

If the Van army is defeated without a fight, fails to inflict heavy losses on the Eastern Coalition in the northwest region, and consumes the strength of the Eastern Coalition Army, then no matter how many combat troops are saved, it will not be able to hold the Gangaro Plain. In fact, both the Vatican army and the defense industry, which directly determines the war potential of the Van Luo Kingdom, need to be redeployed, and it will take enough time. Among them, the transfer of the defense industry is even more crucial than the adjustment of military deployment.

In fact, Jackson's number one mission in coming to Van Roe was to assist him in the transfer of the defense industry.

In the past ten years, that is, after the alliance with Van Luo Guo, the most important assistance provided by the Nuland Republic is to help Van Luo Guo establish a relatively complete set of defense industry with sustainable development capabilities, which has laid a solid foundation for the national defense construction of Van Luo State.

If anything, this is also the cornerstone of the alliance between the Van Luo Kingdom and the Nuland Republic!

In the Second Southern Subcontinent War, the Van Luo Kingdom had the advantage, and in the end had to accept the relatively unfavorable ceasefire conditions proposed by the Liang Xia Empire, which was related to the lack of a modern defense industry and the lack of sufficient war potential, that is, the Liang Xia Empire was able to use a strategic blockade to make the Van Luo Kingdom lose all its strategic advantages, lose the fruits of victory it had achieved, and even lose the entire war.

It was in this way that Van Roe fell into the arms of the Nuland Republic thereafter.

To put it more bluntly, Van Luo is allied with the Republic of Nuland, that is, the industrial power of the Republic of Nuland.

Don't look at the Nuland Republic as a defeated country in World War II, but after decades of development, it has long been the second largest industrial power after the Liangxia Empire.

If there is one country that can help the country industrialize, it is the Republic of Nuland.

At least for the leaders of the kingdom of Van Luo, who had just swallowed the bitter fruit, the Republic of Nuland was a savior sent by Lord Shiva.

Of course, providing relevant assistance to help Van Luo build a modern defense industrial system is also the basic condition for the alliance between the two sides.

In the more than ten years since then, the Republic of Nuland has indeed actively helped the country.

Although the defense industry does not exist alone, it must be built on a complete modern industrial system, and cultivating an industrial power with a population of one billion people may not be in line with the national interests of the Nuland Republic, but at that time, a powerful Van Luo State could contain the Liangxia Empire, and even force the Liangxia Empire to shift its strategic focus to the west and reduce its military deployment in the Guia Ocean, thereby reducing the military pressure on the Nuland Republic.

From this point of view, it is clear that the advantages of the armed Van Luo Kingdom outweigh the disadvantages.

If anything, especially in the first decade, the Nuland authorities have really done their best, not only to give active support at the hardware level, but also to help Van Luo Guo cultivate talents. In the past ten years, there have been as many as 500,000 Van Rowe students who have taken scholarships from the Nuland authorities to study at Nuland University, and more than 90% of them are engineering students, many of whom have also obtained doctorates.

Crucially, the Republic of Nuland has hosted more than 1.3 million international students in the past decade, and only about half of them have received scholarships from the Nuland authorities. Obviously, the proportion of international students in Van Luo is the highest in terms of both the total number and the number of scholarship recipients.

The extent of this assistance cannot be said to be insignificant.

During the same period, there were almost 2.5 million international students studying in the Liangxia Empire, but only 1 percent, that is, about 250,000 international students, received scholarships provided by the Liangxia Empire, of which only 4 percent were funded by the Liangxia authorities, and the other 6 percent came from social institutions.

In order to contain the Liang Xia Empire and create trouble for the Liang Xia Empire, the Nuland Republic can be said to have suffered a lot of money.

Unfortunately, there is a huge gap between reality and ideals.

Of course, it can also be said that it is "entrusted to non-people".

The large-scale aid, which lasted for more than ten years, or nearly 20 years to be precise, not only failed to help Van Luo establish a modern national defense and military industry, but left a huge mess, or even a big tail, and seriously affected the reputation of "Made in Newland".

Jackson can be said to be deeply touched by this.