This actual situation is actually the force that can be used.

However, the number one factor in determining the strength of troops is in another direction.

Before returning to the imperial capital, Bai Zhizhan received a telegram from Zheng Jiangming.

The Empire and the Raleigh Kingdom have agreed in principle to launch a campaign to march into the Xuan Continent and attack the Xifan Canal within the first quarter.

The key is that the Riman Empire agreed to send troops to the Xuan Continent and undertake the main combat mission.

To say, this is also related to the Imperial Army, or related to Lian Xusheng.

Although he has only arrived at the Northwest Front, the prestige of the "armored god of war" is not blown. On the first day of March, the armored forces sent by him took Karaganda.

This was the only place to march into Fort Ye, and it was the first military fortress of the Rosa Federation in the vast hinterland of the continent.

Before Lian Xusheng returned, the Imperial Army had been delayed here for a full five months.

Of course, the season is the main issue. After the onset of winter last year, the Imperial Army ceased its offensive operations and did not storm Karaganda again.

It's just that the role played by Lian Xusheng cannot be denied.

According to the original plan, the attack was supposed to be launched in late March, when it warmed up and the daytime temperatures were above freezing.

As a result, Lian Xusheng directly overturned the original plan and advanced the attack time by a month.

Although it caused a lot of trouble to the attacking troops, and thousands of tons of antifreeze alone were delivered to the front line, it also caught the enemy by surprise, and the Luo Sha army guarding Karaganda did not expect that the imperial ** team would relaunch the offensive before the arrival of spring.

The war materials hoarded by Luo Sha's army on the front line were pitiful, and even ammunition was seriously insufficient.

As a result, after breaking through the outer defense line of Luo Sha's army, it took less than 10 days for the Imperial Army to capture this military fortress, known as the "Versailles of the East", annihilating and capturing more than 300,000 enemies, and killing the commander-in-chief of the Luo Sha Army's Southeast Front.

This assault can be said to be heart-wrenching.

However, in the words of the army soldiers, it is actually a shame.

After the defeat of Karaganda, no matter how much humiliation it suffered before, it can be left behind, and no one dares to say that the Imperial Army is a wreck.

The key is to open up the situation at once.

Karaganda is the eastern part of the Locka Federation, the first railway hub in the vast land hinterland, and the center of the road transport network.

Prior to this, the Imperial Army had been laying roads and railways while attacking, so the speed was not fast at all.

After that, it was possible to advance with the help of the railways of the Luosha Federation.

Although the Rosa Federation used narrow-gauge railways, which were different from the standard gauge of the Empire, Karaganda was always a transshipment center and had a railway locomotive factory.

Before the war, the empire was exporting railway locomotives to the Luosha Federation, which was able to produce locomotives and carriages suitable for the Luosha Federation.

In addition, almost all of the pre-war trade between the Empire and the Rosa Federation passed through Karaganda.

According to the information obtained by the Sixth Bureau, the daily transmission capacity of the Karaganda railway station can reach at least 50,000 tons, which can meet the logistical support needs of 2 million troops.

All in all, having captured Karaganda, everything is easy to say.

Of course, for the Luosha Federation, it was a different situation.

The point is, from Karaganda to the west, all the way to Yebao, there is no danger to defend!

There aren't even a few rivers along the way!

Then, no matter how fully the defensive deployment of Luo Sha's army is, it must be prepared to defend Yebao, and at least it is necessary to increase troops to Yebao.

If it's just a stick to Fort Leaf, it's nothing.

Yebao is the strongest military fortress of the Luosha Federation on this side of the huge land, and it is the third largest city, and it has been painstakingly operated for hundreds of years.

At the beginning, the emperor ** team commanded by Emperor Shiwu did not defeat Yebao!

The key point is that Yebao is backed by Ula Mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It's just that in the time of Emperor Shiwu, the army did not need to consider the problem of fuel when fighting.

It is precisely because of this that the emperor's ** team dared to storm Yebao instead of going south to sweep the north shore of the broad sea.

Now, apparently, it's different.

Luo Sha's army not only needs to defend Yebao, but also has to hold the plain area from the Broad Sea to the Ula Mountain, and prevent the emperor's ** team from attacking the caves.

From a strategic point of view, the importance of the cave lies above the Yebao.

Badong is not only one of the world's three major oil producing areas, but also the only oil producing area of the Luosha Federation, which can be said to be the lifeblood of the Luosha Federation.

Throw away the caves, and there will be no oil available in the Luosha Federation!

In addition, to the west of the caves, is the eastern plain of the Western Continent, which is the area with the best climate, water, soil and light conditions in the Luosha Federation.

There is the granary of the Luosha Federation!

If it is said that a few decades ago, due to the limitation of transportation capacity, the imperial ** team did not dare to trade in, and had to storm Yebao.

Now relying on the railway, the imperial ** team can completely abandon or bypass Yebao, directly attack the caves, and then sweep the eastern plains of the Western Continent.

In addition, after laying the cave, you can go north, go around to the rear of the Leaf Fort, and completely surround the Leaf Fort.

The road to the rear was cut off, and no matter how many defenders there were in Yebao, they had no choice but to disarm and surrender.

Without supplies from the rear, it only takes one winter to freeze or starve millions of soldiers and civilians in Yebao to death!

It can be seen that after Lian Xusheng took Karaganda, the problem in front of Luo Sha's army was that the entire front from Yebao to Kuhai must be defended.

This means that more troops need to be committed.

It is conservatively estimated that at least 5 million will be needed, and they will have to be deployed in depth according to the echelon.

Up to now, the Luosha Federation has mobilized more than 7 million troops.

That is, more than 70 percent of the troops will be used in the east.

So, how many troops can be used to attack the Empire.

In addition to the lack of troops, Luo Sha's army also lacked main battle weapons.

The Imperial Army threw in a lot of armored troops, and the Luo Sha army would definitely have to invest enough armored troops in the east if they wanted to hold the front.

Just as in the ocean battlefield, only aircraft carriers can deal with aircraft carriers, in the vast land battlefield, only tanks can deal with tanks.

In this way, Luo Sha's army should not want to invest too many armored troops on the Western Front.

And how many armored units are available in the Luo Sha army?

In the case of tanks, I am afraid that there will be no more than 5,000 vehicles that can be dispatched now, and no more than one-third of the total number that can be put into front-line combat.

If there are more tanks for defense, there will be fewer for offense.

Even according to the most optimistic estimates, the Rosa Federation could use no more than 500 tanks on the Western Front, and a maximum of 3 armored divisions could be formed.

All in all, with the Imperial Army moving to the northwest, the situation of the Empire has greatly improved, and at least there is no danger of annihilation.

According to the information provided by the Sixth Bureau, the authorities are ready to regain lost territory within the year.

However, it is unlikely that it will be implemented.

With the current situation, it is more significant to march into the Xuan Continent and attack the Xifan Canal.

It is precisely for this reason that the Manman authorities promised that as long as the Raleigh Navy won sea supremacy, they would send at least four armored divisions to participate in offensive operations in the Xuan Continent.

In the Xuan Continent, this is an incredible force.

In the Beixuan region north of the Sahar Desert, Bran's army did not have a total of 100 tanks.

According to this estimate, it may be possible to build the Xifan Canal within half a year.