Although it was very unkind, on the afternoon of December 3, after receiving the news that Tigara had ordered Jodhpur to defend Jodhpur, Thompson called Chagit to ask for his resignation, and left Udaipur on the pretext of going to the front to get first-hand information, and arrived in Jodhpur that evening.

Actually, it's not a change of heart.

Thompson was Jackson's henchman, and he had previously come to Udaipur at Jackson's arrangement, and his status was more than that of ordinary military advisers.

Moreover, he was a major in Nuland's army, with diplomatic pardon powers, and was not subject to Chagit's moderation.

Crucially, he is not the only advisor assigned to the southern battlefield, so even without him, Chajit can go to other advisors.

The most important thing is that Chajit has already gone to Kota and can't take care of the affairs of Udaipur at all.

Admittedly, Thompson's political sense is very acute.

If anything, this is also the reason why it can be reused by Jackson.

Although Chagit is the commander of Tigara's own hand-picked and focused cultivation, recent events indicate that Chagit's good days are coming to an end. Otherwise, he would not have run to Kota at this time, and Tigara would not have given orders directly to the commander in Jodhpur.

That's why Thompson would rather venture to Jodhpur than follow Chagit to the safer Kota.

Besides, Kota is not necessarily safer.

In addition to the continued bombardment, the last few days were greeted by long-range rocket artillery, and many critical infrastructures, including train stations, airports and substations, have been paralyzed. Even if the Eastern Coalition forces were still hundreds of kilometers away, Chagit who had fled to Kota might not be able to rest easy.

Almost at the same time that Thompson arrived in Jodhpur, Ding Zhennan's transport plane arrived in the capital city of Slan.

Unlike in the past, this time no one came to the airport to pick you up.

In addition, Ding Zhennan did not bring his entourage over, and still wore a major military uniform of the Air Force, pretending to be an Air Force staff officer in the southwest battlefield.

This arrangement is also for the sake of secrecy.

For this reason, Ding Zhennan also specially found the liaison officer of the Military Intelligence Bureau, and asked the Military Intelligence Bureau to arrange an intelligence officer to go to the headquarters to pretend to replace him.

Fortunately, the MIA has never been short of talent.

Besides, just forwarding the combat orders issued by Ding Zhennan himself, without frequent contact with the outside world, is not much of a challenge.

There were only two people who came to Kecheng with Ding Zhennan, Hou Chensheng and Liu Zunshan.

The former, just by the way, to investigate the situation, to be precise, to learn about the military base on the Silan side, will return to the front line of Guji Bang in a few days.

As for the latter, he was responsible for assisting Ding Zhennan in drawing up an operational plan for launching a landing operation on the east coast of Van Luo Kingdom.

Although the fighting in the southwest battlefield has not yet ended, and the main offensive operation in the northwest battlefield has not begun, even in Guji Bang, the Fifth Marine Division has no way to get out, but after receiving the key information provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau, Ding Zhennan immediately activated the operational plan for landing in the east coast area.

This information was actually an order sent by Tigara to the commanders of the Jodhpur front.

Clearly, a well-orchestrated strategic deception has already paid off.

As expected, the Vatican army will hold Jodhpur and fight the 17th Panzer Division here. In the south, with the arrival of the two combat brigades of the Fifth Marine Division, the southern cluster of the Vatican Army will inevitably disarm and surrender, and the two combat brigades of the Fifth Marine Division will also take advantage of the situation to move south to capture Udaipur.

By 15 December at the latest, the combat units of the 5th Marine Division will be able to return to Gugibang and board ships on board ships bound for the east coast of Van Roe.

As for the Northwest Battlefield, it has no direct relationship with Ding Zhennan.

According to the battle plan drawn up by the Pakistani army, when the 17th Panzer Division takes Jodhpur and advances towards Jaipur, it will dispatch 500,000 troops to launch a strategic offensive with the assistance of the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division, and strive to complete the number one task within the year, that is, to capture the city of De.

However, the Pakistani army's plan is indeed a bit fanciful.

Of course, that's a polite way to put it.

According to Ding Zhennan's estimate, even if the Pakistani army really dispatches 500,000 troops, and is fully supported by the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division and the 33rd Infantry Division, it will not be until the end of January next year at the earliest, and it is very likely that it will be delayed until February.

It's not that Ding Zhennan looks down on the Ba army, but before he can capture Decheng, he needs to defeat millions of Van troops.

The battle against Decheng is definitely a tough battle!

It is precisely like this, before leaving, Ding Zhennan also made a special call to Fu Weimin, telling Fu Weimin not to be in a hurry, to be steady.

In other words, it is to take down Jodhpur at the lowest cost and ensure that Jaipur is in the best possible condition.

Only in this way can we use a relatively very limited force, that is, the 17th Panzer Division, to hold back the hundreds of thousands of Brahman troops in Jaipur.

If the hundreds of thousands of Brahmans in Jaipur were allowed to move north, the battle against Decheng would have become even more difficult.

Of course, the key is still in the Northwest Theater.

Fundamentally, it's still the troops.

In fact, what Ding Zhennan has done in the past few days is to do his best to solve the problem of insufficient troops for the northwest battlefield.

First of all, two reinforced regiments were transferred from the 13th Marine Division remaining in Silan to Gujibang to replace the two additional brigades of the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division.

It's just that it's not just troops that need to be replenished.

After the arrival of the replacement troops, the two additional brigades of the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division will go directly north from Gujibang and take with them the main battle equipment.

At the beginning, Ding Zhennan also made this guarantee to Major General Tang Bohui of the 24th Infantry Division.

But the problem is that for the time being, there are no extra ships to deliver main battle equipment to Gujibang.

All the ro-ro freighters that could be found were sent to assist the Fifth Marine Division. As for the landing ships, they had to participate in the landing operations on the east coast of the country of Van Luo.

To this end, on the last day of November, Ding Zhennan held a banquet for all the senior generals of the coalition forces, but mainly the generals of the allied forces.

Of course, almost all of them were the Supreme Commanders of the Allied forces on this side of the Southern Subcontinent.

It was also through this banquet that Ding Zhennan had a showdown with these generals who were older than him and had a higher military rank than him.

Ding Zhennan first gave the Allied generals a chance to choose.

Two options: either follow the Liang Xia army to the front line, or take charge of logistics in the rear.

As a result, almost all Allied generals chose the latter for one reason or another, or excluded the first option.

Subsequently, Ding Zhennan put forward a request: unconditionally hand over the main battle equipment, send it to the front line within the time specified by the headquarters, and hand it over to the Imperial Marines.

Since he is responsible for support work in the rear, he naturally does not need those main battle equipment.

The key is that Ding Zhennan also asked these generals to make military orders.

At that time, Ding Zhennan also asked the guards to lock the study, and the Allied generals could not leave until they signed a military order.

Although Zhou Yongtao called Ding Zhenna and scolded him afterwards, the effect of this move was very significant, and the allies who had been grinding foreign workers before all became very active. In just three days, preparations were made for the transfer of the main battle equipment, and he said that he would absolutely obey Ding Zhennan's dispatch.

The main battle equipment looted from the Allies was enough to arm the 13th Marine Division.

It's just that Ding Zhennan needs more than the main battle equipment.

On the second day of the banquet, Ding Zhennan also signed several orders to send several allied troops gathered in the southern area of Pakistan Railway, especially near Kara Harbor, to the northwest battlefield in the name of carrying out logistical support tasks, to replace the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division that was doing miscellaneous work there.

Of course, it has also lightened the task burden of the Pakistani army.

Taking advantage of this, Ding Zhennan also drew up a very detailed list of tasks for the main allied forces, such as the Gao Ju Royal Army and the Sagi Royal Marine Guard, stipulating the total amount of supplies to be delivered from Kara and Kuah to the northern part of Pakistan Railway each month, and setting the rules of punishment.

This is no joke.

Even if it's just a battlefield military rule, it's a military rule, and it has the same effect as military law in wartime, and if it can't be completed, it will definitely be severely punished.

To put it more seriously, the commander at that time would even lose his head because he failed to complete the task.

After mobilizing the Allied forces, it was tantamount to greatly reducing the burden of the 24th Mechanized Infantry Division in terms of support, enabling it to concentrate its forces to carry out combat missions.

This reflects that Ding Zhennan does not believe much in the combat effectiveness of the Allied forces.

Of course, this does not mean that the Allies will not be used.

Ding Zhennan's third arrangement for the Allied forces was to let his combat troops enter combat mode as soon as possible and act as a strategic reserve for the coalition forces.

For this reason, Ding Zhennan also specially found Hou Chensheng and asked him to transfer a group of officers with outstanding performance from the Fifth Marine Division, especially grassroots officers who were wounded in battle and had to rest in the rear for a period of time, to form a group of instructors to make up lessons for the combat units of the allied forces.

This arrangement, which seemed inconsequential at the time, played a crucial role in the future.

According to this series of deployments made by Ding Zhennan, in the middle of December, the strength of the northwest battlefield was 250,000 after excluding the Pakistani army.

Here, not counting the 33rd Infantry Division.

The key point is that the 33rd Infantry Division is not within the scope of Ding Zhennan's deployment.

Ding Zhennan did not receive instructions until he left Kara Harbor by transport plane, so the 33rd Infantry Division was still under the garrison command of the Northwest Theater of Operations.

In order to mobilize the local garrison, it is necessary to obtain the authorization of the first assistant.

In other words, the top echelons of the empire have not yet made a decision on whether to use the 33rd Infantry Division to launch a direct attack on the Van Luo Kingdom from the mainland.

Actually, this did not surprise Ding Zhennan.

In his battle plan, the 33rd Infantry Division was not mentioned.

Not to mention Ding Zhennan, even Liu Zunshan knew that the 33rd Infantry Division was the real strategic reserve, or the trump card for winning strategic victories.

According to Ding Zhennan's estimate, when victory was expected, Zhou Yongtao would let the 33rd Infantry Division participate in the battle.

As for the tactical arrangement, it is actually very simple.

As long as the coalition forces on the western front of the northwest battlefield, that is, the Pakistani Railway, contain the main force of the Van army and break the will to fight of the Van army, the 33rd Infantry Division will rush down the Wuji Plateau and rush to the capital of Van Luo like a tiger descending from the mountain, occupying this city of great significance in one fell swoop.

However, it is not the city itself that matters, but its symbolism, especially political symbolism.

Figuratively, the kingdom of Van Luo is both a quagmire of war and a priceless treasure, the potential value of which not only makes pretenders salivate, but also causes even greater trouble. When the Fanluo Kingdom collapses, the fierce dogs that follow the Liangxia Empire to participate in the hunt will inevitably rush up and grab the fattest parts. If you can't control these fierce dogs, by the time the Liang Xia Empire comes on the field, I'm afraid there won't be a few bones left.

To this end, it is necessary to have a preconceived idea and seize the political initiative.

The key to this is to occupy the city alone.

If anything, the lessons of the past are still fresh in our minds.

At the end of the Second World War, that is, before the defeat of the Locksa Federation, the imperial authorities, in line with the principle of putting the overall situation first, did not allow ground troops to storm Mosa, leaving the opportunity to occupy Mossa to the Hindan army. It was only at the last moment that he suddenly came to his senses and sent airborne troops to launch a surprise attack by airlift and airdrop, seizing the airfield on the outskirts of Mosa, and finally occupying half of Mosa City.

It was from this time that Luo Sha was divided into two parts, east and west.

From an after-view perspective, if the imperial authorities had not stopped the ground forces and preemptively attacked the city of Mosa, even if the Empire had sent troops to occupy the western border area of Luosha, it would have recognized and accepted the dominance of the Liangxia Empire in Luosha due to its lack of political legitimacy.

Perhaps, Luo Sha will not split.

Without Xiluosha, the Xiluo Empire may not be able to form the Xilu Group after the war, and even if it does, it will not have the current scale.

Don't forget, in the Western Continent Group, the military strength of the Western Luosha is second only to the Yamaman Empire, and the army is the first in the group!

It can be seen that with the lessons of the Luosha Federation, the imperial authorities will definitely avoid the situation in the Van Luo Kingdom from getting out of control, and they will have to ensure that Decheng is occupied alone.

It was precisely because of this that Ding Zhennan had no idea of fighting the 33rd Infantry Division at all.

In his judgment, 250,000 troops were enough.

In fact, even if it was a little reluctant, Silan still had three Marine Divisions, and at least one Marine Division served as a reserve for landing operations on the East Coast.

That is, if necessary, this Marine Division can be sent over to the rescue.

The key is that when the Northwest Theater needs to be rescued, I am afraid that it will already be January 151 of the new calendar, and the combat units that can be mobilized at that time will definitely not be limited to now.

Among other things, the army has at least 10 reserve divisions to complete their training within the year.

Even if it is necessary to focus on taking care of the Northwest Theater and increase troops on the mainland battlefield to ensure that the spring offensive can be launched as scheduled, two or three divisions will certainly be mobilized.

All in all, after this deployment, the problem of troop strength in the northwest battlefield has been alleviated.

As for how much results can be achieved, Ding Zhennan didn't take it to heart.

The key point is that, in accordance with the orders of the Army Command, the general staff of the three armed forces of Pakistan and the Railway are fully responsible for the combat operations in the northwest battlefield.

This is an order from Shousuke himself!

In addition, Li Tianling will serve as the chief of staff of the coalition forces, although he is in the next generation, but in the next few months, he will have the final say.

In this way, even if something goes wrong, it is Li Tianling's responsibility.

Of course, making this arrangement above is actually using Li Tianling's identity to deal with the Pakistani railway authorities, after all, in the eyes of the Pakistani railway soldiers, Lian Xusheng is not only the god of war of the imperial army, but also the savior of Pakistan and the railway, because during the second Southern Subcontinent War, it was Lian Xusheng who was in charge of the empire. It was also at his insistence that the empire would form an alliance with Pakistan Tie and let Pakistan Tie take the backer of the Liangxia Empire.

Obviously, Ding Zhennan does not have the same influence as Li Tianling.

With Li Tianling in charge, naturally it is not Ding Zhennan's turn to worry.