Tigara is biting the military deployment in the Western Theater, not to find any bullshit countermeasures, but to need a certain general to stand up and take the blame.

The reason is simple: the defeat in this direction is assured.

Prior to the meeting, Tigara had received the latest information provided by the Nuland authorities and had the General Staff partially disseminated to the leading generals.

There is only one point, and the Fifth Marine Division, which is deployed in the southern part of Pakistan Railway, has reached full wartime strength.

In other words, the total strength of the division exceeds 40,000, and it is likely to be close to 50,000, and its comprehensive combat capability is stronger than that of the corps-level units of the Van Luo Army.

If anything, it is almost as good as an army group.

Not to mention anything else, there are nearly 1,000 main battle tanks alone, plus infantry fighting vehicles and other main battle equipment, and the total scale exceeds that of the Van Luo Army's group army.

At the beginning, that is, six years ago, the three main divisions of the Liangxia Army deployed to Pakistan and Tie totaled more than 50,000 officers and soldiers.

It can be seen that the Fifth Marine Division alone can sweep the entire western battlefield.

However, this is not all the troops invested by Liang Xia's army.

The 17th Armored Division of the Liangxia Army has also arrived at Kara Port, because the port's throughput capacity is limited, and priority must be given to ensuring the logistics supply of the Marine Corps, so most of the main battle equipment has been sent to Kuah Port, which also needs to be sent by rail, which will take some time.

Only, it's not something to rejoice about.

The 17th Panzer Division, which had participated in the Battle of Poshawan, had reached full strength before coming to the Southern Subcontinent, and its strength was no less than that of the 5th Marine Division. Because it has experienced actual combat tests and most of its officers and men have been on the battlefield, the combat effectiveness of the 17th Armored Division is still higher than that of the Fifth Marine Division.

In other words, the Liangxia Empire invested the equivalent of two army groups in the southern region of Pakistan!

If you don't launch a large-scale strategic offensive, you need to invest so many troops?

To put it bluntly, these two troops, who can stand alone anywhere, can easily break through the defense line set up by the Vatican army.

Crucially, there is a high probability that the 17th Panzer Division will move north from Kara Harbor.

Perhaps, this is also the main reason for sending the main battle equipment of the 17th Panzer Division to Kuah Harbor.

Anyway, by rail, there is no difference between sending to Hydebara and sending it to Sukkur, and the difference in transportation time is at most a few hours. As for transporting the officers and men of the 17th Panzer Division, it was even less difficult to speak of. Conversely, if the 17th Panzer Division is allowed to follow behind the 5th Marine Division, the main battle equipment should be sent to Kara Harbor, even if there will be some trouble in organizing the dispatch.

It is precisely in this way that the Nuland authorities issued a warning.

According to the judgment made by the Nuland Ministry of Defense, the main force is the 17th Armored Division, and the 5th Marine Division is responsible for feints.

Specifically, the 5th Marine Division launched the attack first and sought a breakthrough to the south of the defensive line, in fact, in order to force the Van army to increase its forces to the south, that is, to allow the main forces deployed in Jaipur to move south. The Liang Xia army would take advantage of this opportunity to destroy the main armored forces of the Van army through air strikes. However, the point is that after expanding to the south, the northern side of the defense line will definitely be porous due to the reduction of troops.

After discovering the loopholes in the Van army's defenses, the Liangxia Army would put the 17th Panzer Division into battle.

It's an assault from Sukkur's side!

By the time the 17th Panzer Division entered the battle, the 5th Marine Division would turn south, enter Gujarat, and then march through the coastal plains to Bombau. As long as Mumbai is captured, several landing operations are launched in the southern direction, and a few support points are captured, the entire west coast region can be controlled.

Do not forget that the Marine Corps is better suited to fight in the Primorsky zone.

Obviously, no matter how it is fought, even if the strategic reserve is dispatched, the Vatican army will definitely be defeated.

Crucially, even if the military offered to use strategic reserves, Tigara would never agree.

The reason is also very simple, most of the strategic reserves of the Van Luo Army are deployed in the northwest of the mainland, especially near Decheng, and the northwest is the main battlefield.

Sending the reserves of the Northwest Theater to the Western Theater is obviously problematic.

According to Tigara's judgment, the Liangxia Empire has not launched an offensive in the northwest direction, perhaps just waiting for the Van Luo Army to adjust.

In other words, when the Van Roe Army transfers the reserves of the Northwest Theater, the Eastern Bloc will launch a strategic offensive on the Northwest Theater. As long as there is an opportunity to capture Decheng, the Liangxia Army will even use the combat troops deployed on the mainland to open up a second front in the northwest battlefield.

There are no reserves available, not to mention the border defense line, and even the capital Decheng cannot be defended.

At this point, or in the current situation, the only rational choice is to make a trade-off and abandon a relatively minor strategic direction.

Obviously, it's definitely the southern region.

As mentioned earlier, the southern region not only has a very complex terrain and a high population density, but also a serious lack of roads and railways that can be relied on.

Even if the Liang Xia Empire has a strong army, it doesn't have a year and a half, don't want to occupy and control the southern region.

The problem, however, is that the southern region must not be ceded to the outside world.

On a military level, there was a need for a plausible reason to convince the population that Van Roe's army had lost the southern region only after a strong battle.

Of course, someone needs to stand up and take the blame.

Crucially, this person must be reliable enough to at least be able to carry out the orders given by Tigara to the letter, and make sure that everything goes according to plan.

Here, a very critical issue is involved.

The direction in which the tide of the war is going is not entirely up to the Van Roe authorities.

In other words, instead of abandoning the defense of the southern region, the Liangxia Empire would send troops to occupy the southern region.

It is only through more aggressive action that the goal can be hopefully achieved.

But the question is, what kind of action it is, Digala has no bottom in his heart, after all, he has no experience in the army, let alone commanding troops to fight.

To this end, the staff of the Prime Minister's Office, known as the "Small Cabinet", has already made recommendations.

At the military level, the key remains the deployment of troops.

To put it simply, the defenses in the Jaipur direction must be strengthened, and Jaipur is the bottom line, and the city located south of the city must be defended. This means that it is necessary to fight to the death with the Eastern Coalition forces in this direction, so it is necessary to adjust the deployment of troops in advance. The main thing was to send the combat troops that had been placed in the south to Jaipur and build a stronger defensive line around Jaipur.

What to do, the staff team did not give advice.

In fact, this is the main reason why Tigara needs to arrange for a high-ranking general to go to Jaipur.

After the evening, the meeting ended after the secretary came to remind him for the third time that it was time for dinner.

However, after returning to the study, Tigara did not eat dinner, to be precise, he listened to the report of the confidential secretary during dinner.

As a result, this report directly made him lose his appetite.

The report comes from the Foreign Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and some of its contents have been confirmed, and from a logical point of view, it is extremely credible.

The envoy of the first assistant of the Liang Xia Empire secretly went to the country of Paxi on the Southern Lonely Continent and met with the envoy of the Nuland Republic.

The Parsi did not participate in the war, as a neutral third party. Although it is located in the Western Hemisphere and closer to the Republic of Nuland, on the other side of the Sunset Ocean, there is a military base of the Liang Xia Empire in the western part of the Xuan Continent, and the Southern Xuan Kingdom is also a member of the Eastern Bloc.

Obviously, if the Liangxia Empire were to negotiate secretly with the Nuland Republic, Passy would indeed be the ideal location.

Although it is not clear for the time being why the Liangxia Empire and the Nuland Republic arranged a secret meeting between the envoys, let alone the content of the conversation between the two sides, one thing is certain, this secret meeting was of a very high level, and the envoys sent by both sides were all celebrities in the diplomatic circles.

It was Bai Huamin who negotiated on behalf of the Liang Xia Empire, and Jack Hewitt who negotiated on behalf of the Nuland Republic.

Needless to say, the former had previously served as a national security adviser, before the outbreak of the war, he went to the Western Continent Group as the top liaison officer, and after the Nuland Republic entered the war, he served as the chief liaison officer, and all three positions were directly reported to the president.

In other words, Hewitt is actually President Nuland's henchman.

Although Bai Huamin and Hewitt are not official officials, let alone high-ranking officials, their influence is definitely not below that of senior diplomats.

In addition, they must be the special envoys of the first assistant and the president, directly representing the supreme leaders of both sides.

Arranging for them to meet in secret was definitely not a trivial matter.

The Nuland Republic has declared war on the Liangxia Empire, what important matters do the two sides still need to negotiate secretly?

General matters, especially matters not related to combat operations, such as the repatriation of the opposing side's citizens, the proper resettlement and fair treatment of the opposing country's nationals, are generally conducted through formal channels, such as the diplomatic missions of neutral countries, and there is absolutely no need to arrange secret meetings between special envoys.

With the current situation, there is only one thing that the two sides can discuss.

Armistice.

From another point of view, after the announcement of the end of the offensive and defensive war in the Khowaii Islands, the balance of strength between the Liangxia Empire and the Nuland Republic returned to the balance point. Although this kind of balanced relationship is difficult to maintain for a long time, or even very short-lived, it does not mean that we should not seize this opportunity to work for a truce, after all, if we continue to fight, even the side that wins the final victory may not be able to obtain substantial benefits.

In fact, the offensive and defensive battles of the Howaii Islands are enough to prove that compared with the Second Global War, this war has not changed much in essence.

To put it bluntly, it is still a thousand kills and eight hundred self-losses.

The key is that both the Liangxia Empire and the Nuland Republic have to adjust their strategic deployment, and they need to gain time to complete the adjustment.

Then, it is also a good way to falsely propose to negotiate an armistice.

If it's just vanity and mischief, then there's nothing to worry about.

If the fake show is really done, it will be a big trouble.

The key point is that such a possibility cannot be completely ruled out.

The Liangxia Empire, at least in the past, has never regarded the Nuland Republic as its main opponent, at least not with the primary goal of completely defeating the Nuland Republic. Even after the Second Global War, when the sun was in full swing, the primary purpose of the Liang Xia Empire was only to dominate the World Island, to ensure absolute control over the Guia Ocean, the Rim of the Rim and the Nanxuan Continent, and to establish financial hegemony based on oil and gold dollars.

It was in this way that the Liangxia Empire recognized the Republic of Nuland after the Polish-Iranian War and established diplomatic relations with it.

It can be seen that as long as the Liang Xia authorities decide that there is no way to completely defeat the Nuland Republic in this big war, it is very likely to shake hands with the Nuland Republic at the right time.

Clearly, now is the "right time".

The reason is also very simple, after making peace with the Nuland Republic, the Liangxia Empire will be able to concentrate its forces, crush the enemies on land with the power of thunder, and dominate the entire world island.

So, will the Nuland authorities make a truce with the Liangxia Empire at this time?

Simply looking at it, the probability is extremely low.

After the return of the Khowaii Islands, the Nuland authorities did not have any bargaining chips in their hands to negotiate with the Liangxia Empire, so if they wanted to cease war with the Liangxia Empire, they had to make huge sacrifices, such as permanently ceding the Khowaii Islands to the Liangxia Empire, which was obviously unacceptable.

It can be seen that even if the Nuland authorities have retreated, knowing that they cannot achieve a final victory, they will concentrate all their forces to reverse the unfavorable situation.

It was only after gaining the upper hand that the Nuland regime could hope to secure acceptable terms for an armistice.

If anything, the Nuland authorities are working in this direction.

In Japan, President Nuland called Tigara and mentioned that the Nuland Republic would send ground troops to fight on the Western Continent within the year.

Subsequently, the Nuland Ministry of Defense sent a detailed plan.

To put it simply, it is to ensure that 220,000 officers and men from 10 divisions will be sent to the western continent before the arrival of Christmas, and that the main battle equipment will be sent in the first quarter of next year, so as to participate in the strategic offensive operations launched by the Western Continent Group on the mainland battlefield before the arrival of next spring.

The specific time is tentatively scheduled for early April, and it may be brought forward to the end of March, and no later than mid-April.

If anything, these arrangements have little to do with the kingdom of Van Luo.

Actively reporting the situation is actually to reassure the Van Luo authorities that the Nuland Republic will not be a shrinking turtle just because it has suffered a defeat in the Khowaii Islands, and when there is no way to send troops to the southern subcontinent, actively sending troops to the western continent can also reduce the pressure on the Van Luo country.

All in all, the Nuland Republic will fight to the end.

Only, what is the purpose of the Nuland Republic?

Fundamentally, it is nothing more than the recapture of the Khowaii Islands, which had been occupied by the Liangxia Empire for decades.

If the Liangxia authorities make concessions, such as returning the Khowaii Islands to the Nuland Republic, will the Nuland authorities continue to fight to the end?

Obviously, no one dares to make guarantees.

The key is that the person who mastered the "Liang Xia" was Zhou Yongtao.

This veteran from the Second World War, second only to the White Cease, is second only to the commander of the Imperial Navy, Digala knows better than anyone.

As early as 6 years ago, Zhou Yongtao had just moved into the residence of the first assistant, and he taught the leaders of the Van Luo Kingdom a lesson.

For a genuine realist politician, he only needs to give up an archipelago that does not belong to him, and he can make peace with the strongest opponent, so that he can defeat other opponents in a shorter time and at a smaller cost, and get more war dividends, and there will definitely be no hesitation.

As long as the negotiations can be reached, Tigara even feels that Zhou Yongtao is willing to put down his position and let President Nuland occupy the main position.

Thinking of this, Tigara's heart was extremely heavy.

Regardless of what the envoys of the two sides talked about, and whether or not they reached a conclusion, since President Nuland sent a special envoy to Passy to meet with the special envoy Liang Xia, it is enough to prove that the Nuland authorities are indeed actively seeking a truce with the Liang Xia Empire. The Nuland authorities did not report the incident, and perhaps did not intend to tell the allies.

That's not a good thing!