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In Zheng Jiangming's words, the Siban Kingdom is actually not much better than the Raleigh Kingdom, and the goods along the way will definitely not miss the last chance to squeeze into the victory chariot, but they also try their best to get the most benefits for themselves, so don't expect too much from the Siban army.

To put it bluntly, it is the best result that the kingdom of Span does not lag behind.

In the end, I am afraid that it is still necessary to let the Riman army borrow the kingdom of Dausban, and then storm the fortress of Telok under the cover of the imperial fleet.

In addition, the Kingdom of Span has a few catties and taels, and Bai Zhizhan also knows it in his heart.

In a sense, the current Kingdom of Siban is actually a vassal state of the Empire, which is the result of the support and support of the Empire.

About ten years ago, a civil war broke out in the country of Span, and the current king of Span was still a general of Span at that time, and he was stationed on the other side of the strait, responsible for guarding the colony in the western part of the Beixuan region, and he only had a colonial garrison in his hand.

With the full support of the Empire, this general named Franco led a rabble back home.

After that, it took several years of civil war to defeat the republican army, which was supported by the Lockham Federation and the Nuland Federation and in the name of democracy and freedom.

After winning the civil war, Franco became king and the kingdom of Spann was born.

During this civil war, which lasted for several years, the Empire not only contributed money and efforts to provide equipment and supplies to Franco, but also sent troops directly into the war in the name of advisers.

According to the statistics of the Hindan Empire, about 50,000 Fernandes were killed in the Kingdom of Span.

From this point of view, it is not wrong to say that the Kingdom of Span was a vassal of the Manman Empire.

Of course, when supporting Franco, the Empire did not think about developing the Kingdom of Span into a vassal state, but only hoped to obtain a reliable ally on the other side of the Rock Republic, so that the Rock Republic would be more dependent on the alliance with the Empire in terms of security.

To put it simply, it is to consolidate the hegemony in the Western Continent.

Although the Empire was defeated in the last war, in the golden decade after the war, the overall strength of the Empire once again surpassed that of the Rock Republic. By the time of the Great Depression, restrictions on the defeated countries began to loosen, and the military power of the Empire surpassed that of the Locke Republic again.

By the time the Great War broke out, the Empire was already the uncrowned overlord of the Western Continent.

However, this does not change the fact that Franco relied on the full support of the Empire to wear the crown.

However, after the outbreak of the Great War, the Kingdom of Span repeatedly refused the requests offered by the Empire to enter the war as a member of the Entente bloc.

In addition, the kingdom of Span has repeatedly declared its permanent neutrality.

The greatest convenience provided by the Kingdom of Span to the Yama Empire was to allow the civilian ships of the Empire to dock in the harbor and to act as submarine support vessels for the Yamanian Navy's use of these vessels to provide support for submarines operating in the setting sea.

As for the rest, that's for granted.

Obviously, the little help provided by the Kingdom of Span was not enough to repay the cultivation grace of the Empire.

However, this is also understandable.

At least before that, especially after the Nuland Federation entered the war, the Empire did not have an absolute strategic advantage in the direction of Lu Xinhai.

On the side of the sunset, it is even more needless to say.

Because the Riman Empire could not send troops to the Kingdom of Span and it was impossible to provide sufficient military support for the Kingdom of Span if they chose to participate in the war, they first had to consider whether they could withstand the attack from the Alliance Group, especially the Bran army deployed in Telok Fortress.

There is no doubt that the whole kingdom of Span has no confidence in this.

The Kingdom of Span is no longer the Span Empire of the past, not only does it not have an invincible armada that crisscrosses the four seas, but it also lacks the pride of being a leader.

More than 200 years ago, after being defeated by Queen Victoria's kingdom of Bran, the kingdom of Spann was reduced to a second-rate, even third-rate.

Even now, the kingdom of Spann is best known for its bullfighting performances.

If the combat effectiveness of the Span army was strong enough, there would have been no need for military support from the Empire.

In Zheng Jiangming's words, the combat effectiveness of the Span army was slightly stronger than that of the colonial rebels, and similar to that of the imperial military police.

It was precisely because of this that it dragged on until now, and it was only after the Imperial fleet invaded Luxinhai, seized sea supremacy, and forced the Buran army of Malta to surrender, that the Kingdom of Span made up its mind to enter the war.

Of course, it will certainly take a long time to complete the preparations before entering the war.

The most important of these is actually to let the Manan army station.

Fortunately, Liu Xiangzhen was still there, and the reinforcements of the four small aircraft carriers were about to arrive, so the Yamaman Army could reach the Kingdom of Spann by sea, and there was no need to cross the Pyrenees on foot, so as to avoid the Locke Resistance entrenched in the mountains.

In fact, this is also an arrangement made by the Imperial Navy.

On the day of arrival in Colombo, the command of the Navy sent a second piece of good news.

After a hard-fought battle, the Marines, who had replaced the Army, finally annihilated the last enemy in the Kib Fortress with the roar of heavy siege artillery.

It was also the toughest battle ever fought against Bran's army.

In the end, less than 3,000 Bran soldiers were captured, and almost all of them were seriously wounded who were incapacitated, and basically no Bran soldiers surrendered voluntarily.

As for the surrender of the establishment, it is even more nonexistent.

It was in this way that the Army switched defenses with the Marines in the middle of the offensive.

It's not that the army doesn't want to fight, but the adjustment of the upper echelons of the empire allows the army to advance northward to capture and eradicate the colonial strongholds of Bran's army along the Nile.

Obviously, combat operations in the hinterland of the mainland are the strength of the army.

This arrangement indicates that the upper echelons of the empire intend to regain the overseas territories lost in the last war and return to the Black Xuan region south of the Sahar Desert.

Although the area is extremely vast, most of it is uncivilized, and all you need to face is a colonial garrison and a military fortress that is not very strong.

It's just that for the colonial strategy of the empire, Bai Zhizhan has little interest.

In the battle to capture the Kib fortress, the Imperial Army and Marines suffered a total of more than 28,000 casualties, including about 7,500 dead soldiers.

Of course, in any case, after a hard battle, the vital fortress of Kib was finally taken.

From now on, there is no need to worry about the route from the mainland of the empire to Lu Xinhai.

To this end, the command of the Navy also made adjustments.

The landing fleet on Fanyanyang's side, as well as the transport fleet that cooperated with the landing fleet, all left for Lu Xinhai and stayed in Alexandria for the time being.

The marines on the side of the Kib Fortress returned to Sri Lanka and Lion Springs City with the convoy one after another to rest and recuperate.

In order to boost morale and reward the meritorious soldiers, the Imperial Navy also arranged several requisitioned luxury cruise ships to Colombo and Lion Springs to provide services to the victorious return of the Marine Corps, including bringing back those officers and soldiers who were wounded in the battle back to the Imperial mainland.

The point is that in the combat operations facing the sunset ocean, the Imperial Navy only provides ships, and the ground forces are all arranged by the Empire.