Chapter 112: Indispensable
On the issue of participating in the war, the opinions are still relatively unified, that is, government officials and military generals believe that when the global war has broken out, the Fanluo Kingdom will definitely not be able to stay out of the matter, so even if it drags on now, it will still participate in the war with the Liangxia Empire in the end.
However, on the issue of when to enter the war, there are more obvious differences.
Interestingly, it was government officials who did not understand military affairs who advocated entering the war as soon as possible, and it was the military generals who wanted to delay it for a while.
The reason for the former is simple: Van Roe needs the support of the Nuland Republic.
As for the latter, it only emphasized one point: if the Nuland Republic did not enter the war in the near future, as promised, the Van Luo Kingdom would face the wrath of the Liangxia Empire alone.
Obviously, with the strength of the Fanluo Kingdom, it was impossible to defeat the Liangxia Empire.
If the Nuland Republic is using the Van Luo Kingdom to attack and weaken the Liang Xia Empire by using the Van Luo State to attack and weaken the Liang Xia Empire, and it has not participated in the war for a long time, the Van Luo Kingdom is very likely to be destroyed by the Liang Xia Empire, and the sacrifices made by the Van Luo Kingdom are all serving the interests of the Nuland Republic and have become a stepping stone for the Nuland Republic to dominate.
The point of contention is whether the Nuland Republic will enter the war in the near future.
For several hours, both sides argued with reason.
Regardless of the fact that government officials are all sharp-toothed politicians, they have not taken advantage of this controversy.
The generals of the military are not stupid and have been repeatedly emphasizing a key issue.
How long can the Nuland Republic stay outside the battlefield?
On the continental battlefield, the Eastern Bloc had just launched a tactical counterattack. Although after adjusting the deployment of troops, the Western Continent Group has stabilized the battle line, the army of Western Luosha has also relaunched the offensive, and the vanguard has advanced to the outskirts of Novorossiysk and Astrakhan, but everyone can see that unless the sun comes out from the west, the Western Continent Group will definitely not be able to defeat Eastern Luosha within the year.
From a strategic point of view, the Western Continent Group has actually lost this war!
According to the speculation of the military generals, even if the Western Continent Group goes all out, it can only hold out for two years, and then it will be defeated by the Eastern Bloc.
If you want to turn the tide of the war, the only way is actually to open a second front and let the Liang Xia Empire divide its troops.
Of course, the war waged by the Van Luo Kingdom in the Southern Subcontinent can have a similar effect, but it will not be obvious, after all, the Van Luo Kingdom can threaten Pakistan and Tie. With the military strength of the Fanluo Kingdom, especially the air force, it was almost powerless against the Liangxia Empire, which was separated from the Wuji Plateau and the southeast region.
The implication is that the participation of the Fanluo Kingdom in the war will be of little help to contain the Liang Xia Empire.
Even if the Pakistani Railway is defeated, because the Van Luo Navy is not worth mentioning, and the Nuland Republic cannot send a navy to Van Yanyang, it will not have much impact on the overall war situation.
Then, it will be up to the Nuland Republic to open up a second battlefield.
From a strategic point of view, only the Guia Ocean has a huge enough value to force the Liang Xia Empire to divide troops from the continental battlefield.
It's a similar story on the other side of Posha Bay.
The coalition forces had already launched a ground offensive, and although they were still fighting fiercely in the southern part of the Two Rivers and had not advanced northward, the defeat of the Two Rivers was a foregone conclusion.
According to the speculation made by the military generals, it will only take a month to two months for the coalition forces to overthrow Hussein's regime.
The key is that the Boi country has not moved to this day.
There was information before that President Boi had repeatedly rejected the requests of President Nuland's special envoy to join the war, saying that he would not go to war against the Liangxia Empire alone, let alone fight against another powerful enemy for the sake of his former long-cherished enemy without the participation of other allies.
To put it bluntly, as long as its own security is not threatened, the Boi Kingdom will not enter the war for the sake of the Two Rivers State.
Obviously, this is clearly asking the Nuland Republic to take real action, not to put the allies in front as a shield.
To save the country of the Two Rivers, it can only be the Nuland army.
From a military point of view, only when the Nuland Republic officially sends troops, even if it is only to send an air force, will the Boi authorities officially declare war on the Liangxia Empire.
And, of course, the Guia.
If anything, the current situation has been the most beneficial for the Republic of Nuland in the decades since the end of the war, and it has come at an excellent time to recover the Khowaii Islands.
Even during the original Polish-Iraqi War, the Liangxia Empire's forces in the Guia were not as weak as they are now.
Don't look at the five aircraft carriers in the Guia Ocean, but only three large aircraft carriers are on the side of the Howaii Islands, and the other two supercarriers are in the Southwestern Guina.
More importantly, these two supercarriers belong to mobile forces, and they mainly face the Fanyan Ocean.
In other words, if a war breaks out on this side of the Southern Subcontinent, these 2 supercarriers will be sent to Fanyanyang, and only 3 large aircraft carriers will remain in the Guia Ocean.
Comparatively speaking, the Nuland Navy can increase the number of aircraft carriers deployed in the Guia Ocean to 5 within half a month!
If you count the backing to the mainland, the advantage of the Nuland Navy in the direction of the Khowaii Islands is even more obvious.
This window of time won't last forever!
Judging from the current situation, after defeating the Lianghe Kingdom in a month at the earliest, the Liangxia Empire will be able to blockade the Van Luo Kingdom with a fleet by increasing the air force deployed in Pakistan and maintaining 5 aircraft carriers in the Guia Ocean, so as to maintain sufficient troops.
Even if it does not defeat the two rivers country within 1 month, the Liangxia Navy will obtain 2 large aircraft carriers that have completed maintenance in 2 months.
By then, it will still be able to maintain 5 aircraft carriers in the Guia.
Half a year later, with the re-commissioning of mothballed aircraft carriers and the re-entry of overhauled aircraft carriers, the strength of the Liangxia Navy will reach its first peak after the start of the war.
The reality before the Nuland Republic is brutal.
If you miss this window of time, you'll never want to retake the Howaii Islands!
The Khowaii Islands are not a continent, with a total of less than 100,000 indigenous people, and perhaps in a few decades, they will all become subjects of the Liangxia Empire.
In addition, there is the Southwest and Eastern Guia, that is, Austria.
In the latter part of the last war, that is, after the defeat of the Bran Kingdom, the Liangxia Empire sent troops to Aozhou and took control of this colony, which originally belonged to the Bran Kingdom.
Strictly speaking, Austria was still nominally a vassal of the Kingdom of Bran, but had autonomy.
Among other things, the head of state of Austria, the governor-general, is still appointed by the king of the kingdom of Bran, and Austria is legally an overseas territory of the Bran royal family.
After gaining substantial independence, the Governor was only a symbol, and the power was in the hands of the Prime Minister.
Because the Bran Kingdom had been defeated, and the Nuland Republic had lost the ability to launch a counterattack on the Guia Ocean, and even the Guia Fleet was completely wiped out, so under the pressure of the Liangxia Empire's army, the Austrian authorities made a rational choice to surrender to the Liangxia Empire.
Here's the problem!
When planning the surrender, those politicians in Austria, who didn't know whether their heads were in the water, or which brains were on the wrong line, actually wanted to surrender openly.
According to the post-war explanation, the Austrian leaders hoped to obtain more preferential conditions through public surrender.
For example, to ensure that Austria remained an independent country after the war, and would not become a colony of the Liangxia Empire due to defeat.
Now, it's a big problem.
Before the collapse of the Guia Fleet, the Nuland Federation sent about 2 million troops to Austria and was responsible for the defense of Austria.
Obviously, these Nuland servicemen did not want to surrender!
As a result, after the Austrian authorities announced their surrender, the Nuland army stationed in Austria quickly attacked and took control of all the major cities, including the capital Benermo and the number one port, Nisi.
As a result, the Liangxia Empire could only postpone its advance into Austria and replace it with strategic bombing.
Fortunately, a few months later, civil strife broke out in the Nuland Commonwealth, and Wallace fled the mainland to the Howaii Islands, and the Guia fleet then pledged allegiance to Wallace.
If it drags on for a few more months, the situation will become even more complicated.
It was in this context that the Liang Xia Empire seized and controlled Aozhou.
Although the last bloodless occupation of the continent has been carried out, there has always been a dispute over the most critical issue, whether the Liang Xia Empire's right to rule in the continent is legal.
If it was fought by fighting, naturally there would be no doubts.
The key is that the Liangxia Empire occupied Austria and gained the right to rule after the order of the Nuland Federal Government headed by Wallace, that is, after the surrender of the Nuland Legion in Austria, and it is questionable whether Wallace's surrender order was legal.
In any case, it is now the Republic of Nuland, the Hwaseong regime, that is now globally recognized.
It is for this reason that in the decades after the war, the Republic of Nuland did not establish diplomatic relations with the current Austrian authorities, or even recognize the current Austrian regime.
In addition, the government-in-exile of the former Austrian regime has always existed and has taken root in the Republic of Nuland.
However, the most critical thing is still the immigration policy implemented by the Liang Xia Empire in Austria.
At the end of the last war, after the repatriation of all the Nuland servicemen, and all the illegal immigrants who came in during the war, such as some 4 million refugees, Austria had a total population of less than 25 million, and it was almost entirely the descendants of Western colonizers.
Now, the population of Okudu has exceeded 70 million!
The key is that there are only 35 million descendants of Western colonizers, a natural increase of about 10 million, and of the other 35 million people, there are about 25 million immigrants from Eastern countries such as the Liangxia Empire, the Gaoju Kingdom and the Narrow Yi Empire, and about 5 million from the southeast, and another 5 million from the southern subcontinent, of which about 3.5 million are immigrants from Pakistan alone.
The influx of immigrants became the main driving force for Austria's rapid development after the war.
To say that, the population itself is the basis of the development of a country.
However, this has also changed the demographics of Austria.
Although Westerners, mainly descendants of colonies, are still the largest group in Austria, their proportion is already less than 50% of what is needed to play a dominant role, while other immigrants, especially those from the East, account for nearly 40% and have a high say in Austria's political system.
Interestingly, at that time, among the 25 million immigrants from the East, there were not many immigrants from the Liangxia Empire.
According to unofficial statistics, the total number of Liangxia immigrants in Austria is less than 6 million, and in terms of population, it is only the fifth largest population in Austria.
There are not many immigrants in Liangxia, mainly because not many people are willing to come to Austria, after all, the Liangxia Empire itself is strong enough.
It's just that these more than 5 million Liangxia immigrants are at the top of the Austrian social pyramid.
Many people believe that because the Liangxia Empire was the victor of the last war and occupied Austria after the war, the Liangxia immigrants could get a lot of preferential treatment and naturally be in a dominant position in the Austrian country after the war. In fact, the success of Liangxia immigrants is mainly due to hard work.
This is also a common feature of immigrants from the East.
For example, about 12 million immigrants rely on hard work and hard-working drive, which is not only the second most populous population in Austria, but also has a high social status. The immigrants of the Kingdom of Goju are similar, and they all rely on the spirit of hardship to obtain their due social status.
Among them, narrow immigrants are the most special.
After the war, the first narrow-minded immigrants to Austria were more like "resettlement" refugees, or fulfilling the promise they had made to narrow laborers. According to incomplete statistics, more than 3 million narrow immigrants came to Australia just to accept the resettlement policy of the Liang Xia Empire on a "voluntary" basis.
As a result, Austria became the main trade object and immigration destination of the Imperial Kingdom after the war.
This also creates a very serious problem.
Austria's social fabric was inevitably torn apart.
After decades of development, the contradictions between old immigrants and new immigrants have long become irreconcilable.
Of course, this is also the reason why Secretary Nuland mentioned that she will send troops to the southwest and the east after entering the war, and there is a great deal of certainty that she will control Austria.
But the problem is that the Liangxia Empire will never sit back and wait for civil strife to break out in Austria.
With the outbreak of the global war, the Liang Xia Empire will inevitably increase its troops to Austria, or let Austria form more armies and maintain order by relying on them.
There is no doubt that Austria's military strength must be dominated by new immigrants.
In addition, the expansion of the army is only a matter of a few months.
After a few months, the Liang Xia Empire strengthened its control over the Austrian continent, and the Nuland Republic would not be able to take the Austrian continent so smoothly.
Storming the Austrian continent?
Obviously, that's something unimaginable.
The Nuland Republic is separated from Austria by half a world, not to mention that the Nuland Navy is not strong enough, even if it is already the first in the world, just more than 20,000 kilometers of support line can discourage the Nuland army. In contrast, the supply line of the Liang Xia Empire's Aozhou was less than 10,000 kilometers, and the burden was much lighter.
From these questions, it is not difficult to see that if the Nuland Republic intends to act, it must seize the time to enter the war in the near future.
So, what's the point of waiting a few more months?
As for Secretary of State Nuland's threat that if Van Roe enters the war, he will lose the support of the Nuland Republic, which is simply a fart.
Just as the country needs the support and assistance of the Nuland Republic, the Nuland Republic cannot do without the country of the country.
Without an alliance with the second most populous country in the world, why would the Nuland Republic challenge the Liangxia Empire?
Even if it wins this war, with a population of more than 300 million, the Nuland Republic will not be able to dominate the world after the war in any case.
The only one who can help the Republic of Nuland sit on the throne of hegemony is Van Luo!
Even in the short term, or military strategy, the Nuland Republic needs the Van Luo state.
As long as the Nuland leaders still want to win this big war, even if it is only a limited victory, such as retaking the Khowaii Islands occupied by the Liangxia Empire, they will need the support and assistance of the Van Luo Kingdom. Without the support of Van Roe, the Republic of Nuland would not even have the slightest chance of winning!
Well, what reason is there to rush into the war?
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