From a development point of view, the reconstruction work after the end of the Second World War and the two national independence movements that spread around the world were the end of the wave of industrialization, and it can also be said that it was the last chance to cross the threshold of industrialization. As the world pattern gradually stabilizes after the birth of the three major groups of countries, those countries that have not yet achieved industrialization will be permanently excluded from industrialization.

From this point of view, the Van Roe Kingdom took the last train of industrialization through its alliance with the Nuland Republic.

It's a pity that Van Luo Guo was not able to sit in this position, or to seize this last opportunity.

Strictly speaking, the bumpy progress on the road to industrialization is not a problem of the Van Luo authorities, but a problem of the entire Van Luo country, and it is also a historical problem that cannot be eradicated.

A problem that every industrial country must face and that must be solved.

Land!

The influence of the Van Rowe regime was limited to a few major states, and in small, remote states, the edicts of Decheng were often a piece of waste paper.

The construction of a double-track railway from Deok Cheng to Mumbai is very representative.

This double-track railway, after the establishment of the independent state of the Van Luo State, was officially established, and the preliminary planning took more than 10 years, and then it took 10 years to negotiate with several states along the way, but in the end, because a large landowner in Raja State was unwilling to sell the land, he had to modify the construction plan, and it took several years to re-survey the route. By the time the official start of construction began, it was already the 27th year after the project was established. Due to the complexity of the geography of the area through which it passes, the railway has not yet been opened. For example, last year, in the work report, the Van Luo authorities attributed the delay to the Liangxia Empire, that is, the Liangxia authorities tripled the export tariffs on the special steel used to make railroad tracks, resulting in the inability of the project to purchase the steel used at the contract price.

Similar problems are not uncommon in the country of Van Luo.

Relatively speaking, the land used to build factories is a small matter, but modern agricultural infrastructure such as water irrigation, which is closely related to the increase of industrialization, is a big problem.

We must not think that agricultural modernization has nothing to do with industrialization.

In the absence of the ability to move peasants into the cities and convert the agricultural population into an industrial population through the land enclosure movement, the only thing that can promote industrialization is to increase the efficiency of agricultural production, reduce the number of people employed in agriculture, and thereby greatly reduce the prices of agricultural products.

In fact, this is also the way in which "backward" powers, including the Nuland Republic and the Liangxia Empire, achieved industrialization.

The most important thing to improve agricultural production efficiency is to strengthen the construction of water conservancy facilities.

There is no doubt that the country is rich in water resources and is also very suitable for the development of modern agriculture, and there is no lack of basic conditions for improving agricultural production efficiency.

It is a pity that after decades of operation, the agricultural modernization of Van Luo is still in the planning stage.

In specific industrial construction, there are similar problems, and even the vital national defense industry cannot escape this shackle.

As a result, the Van Rowe regime has had to put much-needed defense industries in a few states where the defense industry is most important and which is under the direct control of the central government.

Of course, almost all of them are in the Northwest.

Don't forget, the kingdom of Van Luo was formed by the union of several large states in the northwest region, and then expanded to its current size by annexing other states.

In addition, keeping the defense industry on its own turf would increase the control of the Van Rowe authorities over the local area.

It's just that this poses a very serious problem. In a large-scale war, the defense industry, concentrated in the northwestern region of the country, will inevitably be hit by the enemy.

It is for this reason that the Van Rowe authorities have drawn up a plan for the strategic transfer of the defense industry.

Strictly speaking, the plan was part of the overall strategy and was drawn up by Nuland's military advisers.

In general, that is, after the outbreak of the Great War, the inland shipping of the Gangaro River and the relatively developed railway transportation system were used to transfer the defense industry in the northwest to the middle and lower reaches of the Gangaro River, and to build wartime industrial centers around large cities such as Lucknow and Patna, so as to ensure that the defense industry could operate normally during the war, and at least the supply of key materials such as ammunition must be guaranteed.

In fact, before officially entering the war, the Van Luo authorities began to transfer military factories to the middle and lower reaches of the Gangaro River according to the plan.

It's just that the military industry of Van Luo is not developed at all.

After more than 10 years of hard work, it can only produce the most ordinary ammunition and use imported parts and components to assemble some army weapons and equipment. At best, more complex weapons and equipment, such as fighter jets, can only be maintained simply, and even major repairs cannot be done.

If anything, the defense industry of Van Luo is not as good as that of Pakistan.

At least, Pakistan has been able to produce third-generation main battle tanks on its own, and the localization ratio of the second-generation main battle tanka as the main force has reached 100%, and the third-generation main battle tank has also reached 75%, and only ballistic computers, electronic equipment and other precision parts need to be imported from abroad.

So far, Van Luo has not been able to produce main battle tanks completely independently.

Although the production line of M1A1 has long been imported from the Republic of Nuland, and the production license has been purchased, tank guns, gas turbines and composite armor, and even high-strength alloy steel used in the main armor need to be imported from the Republic of Nuland, and there is no way to produce it on its own.

As such, the production of M1A1 has not been high.

Interestingly, the Van Rowe authorities did not think about increasing the industrial strength to increase the proportion of domestic production of main battle tanks, but came up with another way.

Introducing a main battle tank that is easier to produce and less technically demanding.

As a result, the Van Rowe Army purchased the T-72 from Silosha at the same time as the introduction of the M1A1, and assembled it locally.

In addition, it is a simplified "monkey version".

As far as Jackson knew, the T-72s exported to Van Luo from West Luosha did not use composite armor, but were filled with quartz glass of varying thicknesses between several layers of armor steel plates. Those T-72s produced by Van Luo Guo themselves, because the craftsmanship was not up to standard, even replaced quartz glass with quartz sand.

Although in appearance, these T-72s of Van Luo Kingdom are no different from the T-72s of Xiluosha, but the actual protection performance is very different.

According to the tests done by the Van Luo Army, the protection performance of the Van Luo self-produced T-72 is not as good as that of the early model of the M60.

Even those T-72s imported from Xiluosha are only slightly better than the M60, far inferior to third-generation main battle tanks such as the M1A1.

Sadly, even then, the self-production rate of the T-72 has not yet reached 100%. Many key components, including engines, have to be imported from West Luosha. Even if the Van Luo authorities announced the realization of domestic tank guns, the usable life is only half of that of imported tank guns, and the most high-tech armor-piercing shells are completely dependent on imports, and Van Luo has no ability to produce high-strength tungsten alloy at all.

The T-72 is only cheaper than the M1A1, so it is possible to import large quantities of parts that cannot be produced in peacetime in the name of maintenance and safeguards, ensuring that production will not be affected in wartime, or at least that production will continue until a technological breakthrough is made.

Actually, that's what Van Luo Guo did!

According to the information provided by the Van Rowe authorities, tens of thousands of engines alone are stored, but most of them are old goods that have been refurbished. Although the usable life of these engines is very small, ranging from a few hundred hours to thousands of hours, the speed of wartime attrition is not a big problem.

It's not just the main battle tanks that are in question, but almost all the main battle equipment.

To put it mildly, before the outbreak of the Great War, even standard guns and ammunition needed to be imported!

Can these problems be solved during the war?

The answer is clearly no.

Not to mention that the Nuland authorities have no intention of helping Van Luo solve the problems encountered by the defense industry, even if they do, they may not be able to produce obvious results.

The reason is also very simple: the problems of the defense industry in Van Luo cannot be solved by relying on foreign aid.

Fundamentally, it's a human problem.

Not to mention anything else, in the past ten years, the Republic of Nuland has trained tens of thousands of high-level talents for the country every year, including many talented engineers and world-renowned scientists, but less than one percent of these trained talents have returned to China after completing their studies, and most of the rest have stayed in the Republic of Nuland, some have gone to the Western Continent, and even a few have gone to the Liangxia Empire.

In other words, few of the international students who were pinned on by the Van Luo authorities returned to their home countries to work.

The key is not that these students are not patriotic, but that they may not be able to get the opportunity to show their talents after returning to China.

It's just a matter of talent.

Problems related to people can be said to be endless in the country of Van Luo.

Fundamentally speaking, this is actually a historical problem that has existed for thousands of years and has never been resolved.

To put it mildly, among the 1 billion Van Luo people, less than 1% of the aristocratic class only cares about themselves, at most only the interests of their families, and more than 99% of the commoners and untouchables, even if they have great ambitions, may not be able to change their fate through hard work. In fact, the vast majority of civilians, and almost all of the untouchables, have long been accustomed to being submissive rather than resisting.

This kind of class view with clear boundaries is common even in the military, let alone society.

For example, in the Van Roe Navy, almost all the officers were from the aristocratic class, and almost all of the noble officers had several retinues. These retinues, who only serve officers, do not contribute to the combat effectiveness of the navy, but they often occupy extremely valuable places. On a warship with 300 officers and men, there are often 30 to 60 officers who occupy the number of soldiers but do not participate in combat operations.

Of course, in society, this class divide is even more pronounced.

It is precisely because of this that many civilian international students are reluctant to return to China for development after completing their studies. As for aristocratic students, there is no reason to return to China for development.

As far as the defense industry is concerned, the most serious problem is, in fact, the transfer to the rear.

As mentioned earlier, the center of the kingdom is the northwest region, and most of the powerful people, including the current prime minister Tigara, have their roots in the northwest region.

A shift to the northern region where the Gangaro River is located?

Obviously, there are too many unknowns.

Although in the past ten years, the Van Luo authorities have been actively courting the powerful in the northern region, and for this purpose, they have increased their investment in the northern region, and have not hesitated to suppress the southern region, but in terms of the overall situation, the states in the northern region still maintain considerable independence, especially the small states in the south, have been actively seeking more autonomy, and even do not hesitate to become enemies of the Decheng authorities.

Helping the northern region to develop its defense industry is undoubtedly a problem for raising tigers.

It is precisely for this reason that, before the outbreak of the war, the Van Roe authorities only transferred some relatively minor defense industries, such as munitions factories, to the north, and important defense industries, such as tank factories, remained in the northwest.

In order to prevent the northern region from becoming larger, the Van Rowe authorities also pinned their hopes on the Nuland army for a time.

That's right, investing in a few states at the southern tip of the subcontinent with Trivan as the center and the Nuland garrison.

According to the deployment of the Van Roe authorities, some heavy and military industries were already transferred to Kerala, where Trivan is located, before the outbreak of the war.

Unfortunately, due to various factors, only a small part of the transfer is still carried out.

The irreplaceable core defense industry remains in the Northwest Territories.

The problem now is that even if Tigara had made up his mind, he might not be able to transfer all the major military factories before the fall of Decheng.

Do not forget that air supremacy is in the hands of the Eastern Bloc, and the main industrial base of the Northwest has been hit with great focus.

Of course, this was not Jackson's concern.

The defense industry of the Van Luo country is like that, even if it is successfully transferred to the middle and lower reaches of the Gangaro River, it will not be able to turn around.

What Jackson needs to worry about is actually the problem mentioned earlier.

How can Tigara know and accept the fait accompli and then take the most beneficial response for both parties?

The "both" refers to the Van Roe Kingdom and the Nuland Republic.

In fact, in the second half of last month, Jackson contacted the Hwaseong authorities in the name of reporting and asked if he wanted to adjust his strategy against Van Luo.

There are also good reasons why after the offensive and defensive battles in the Khowaii Islands will definitely need to be adjusted to the overall strategy.

Unfortunately, neither the Department of Defense nor the State Department gave a clear answer, just asking Jackson to wait patiently.

Until now, I haven't waited for new instructions!

In fact, this has been monetized and proves the rumors that have been circulating within the advisory group for a long time.

Nuland's top brass was secretly in contact with the Liangxia Empire to discuss a truce, and it is likely that progress has been made, at least not yet.

As long as the talks are agreed, the Nuland Republic will soon withdraw from the war.

Even if the talks are not reached, the Nuland Republic will not increase its investment in the southern subcontinent, but will abandon the southern subcontinent in order to keep the Western Continent group.

It can be seen that whether it is negotiated or not, the kingdom of Brahma will become a sacrifice on the altar.

In Jackson's eyes, the problem had to be looked at the other way around.

To put it bluntly, the hostilities on this side of the southern subcontinent will determine the outcome of the negotiations, or at least affect the course of the negotiations.

The greatest contribution of the Van Luo Kingdom, or the huge resources consumed in the Van Luo Country in the past ten years, has generated the greatest return, that is, at the most critical moment, the Nuland Republic has been able to retreat from this doomed war, so that it will not be unable to extricate itself.

If you can reap some benefits, it would be great!