When he was a student at the Naval Academy, Jiang Wenlong regarded Ding Zhennan as an idol, and the key to this was that he saw the future predicted by the new military doctrine.

An era of division and competition for the world!

From a civilizational point of view, the post-industrial period before the end of the Second Global War was actually a collision between Eastern and Western civilizations.

It took two global wars, as well as a number of large-scale wars, to have a clear result. Rapidly developing for nearly a century, the Eastern civilization represented by the Liangxia Empire defeated the Western civilization led by the Bran Kingdom and the Nuland Federation, which had dominated the world for hundreds of years.

After the end of World War II, it was a new era dominated by Eastern civilization.

From another point of view, it can also be seen as an era of promoting oriental thought and culture.

To a large extent, one of the living melodies of the post-war decades was the promotion and promotion of the core culture of Eastern civilization by the Liangxia Empire around the world.

Among them, it certainly includes the essence of oriental culture.

The idea of great unification.

From this point of view, the post-war national independence movement had a lot to do with the promotion of oriental culture in the Liangxia Empire, and the latter can even be regarded as the fuse.

Although from a political point of view, the Liang Xia Empire did not intend to encourage many Third World countries that had been colonized by Western powers to launch independence movements in the post-war promotion of Eastern culture, but judging from the results, it did have a role in fueling the flames.

In fact, it can also be said to be an inevitable result.

The reason is also very simple, in order to establish a new order with the Liangxia Empire as the absolute core after the war, it is first necessary to destroy the old order created by the Western powers.

As the saying goes, the old doesn't go, the new doesn't.

A typical feature of the old order, that is, the chain of interest transmission based on the colonial system.

Relying on this chain, both the Kingdom of Bran, which ushered in the industrial age, and the Span Empire, which dominated the world before the Kingdom of Bran, plundered immeasurable resources and equal wealth from colonies all over the world, and created a military power to dominate the world.

The most representative is the kingdom of Bran.

At its peak, the Kingdom ruled over colonies 140 times the size of its native area, or about 30 million square kilometers. The point is that the kingdom of Bran at that time had only about 10 million people in total, and the population of the colony was 20 times larger, more than 200 million.

The Van Luo area alone covers an area of 3 million square kilometers!

It is precisely because of the world's largest colony that the Bran Kingdom was able to take the lead, not only taking the lead in completing the industrial revolution and comprehensive industrialization, dominating the world for more than 100 years as the "empire on which the sun never sets", but also relying on the population equivalent to one-tenth of the population of the Western Continent, the Locke Empire, the Riman Empire and the Luosha Empire and many other giant-level Western powers, which can be called a model of Western powers.

In fact, the traditional Western powers are all the same.

Even the up-and-comer, the Empire, had millions of square kilometers of colonies before the outbreak of the First Global War.

From this point of view, the Second Global War can be regarded as a "revolution".

The two protagonists in this war, the Liangxia Empire and the Newland Federation, are not colonial empires in the traditional sense, but representatives of modern countries.

The Liangxia Empire, called "Empire", was in fact at the vanguard of the anti-colonial movement.

If nothing else, the Liangxia Empire did not have a single overseas colony, nor had it ever sought colonies, let alone waged wars to gain colonies.

As for the Nuland Federation, even if it is not so thorough, for example, after defeating the Span Empire, it seized the Nanzhu Kingdom in the Western and Eastern Seas and the island of Kuba in the Caribbean, but compared with the traditional Western powers such as the Bran Kingdom, even compared with the Empire, which is also a rising star, it has shown great restraint in its willingness and actions to acquire colonies, and has never shown too strong territory**.

The Great War, dominated by two new types of empires, had a strong "revolutionary" significance in itself.

It's just that it's not thorough enough.

Although in this war, the Liangxia Empire defeated almost all the traditional powers and also smashed the colonial system established by the traditional powers, before the end of the war, for various reasons, the Liangxia Empire did not treat the colonists fairly and correctly.

Among them, the Southern Subcontinent is the most representative.

During the Great War, to be precise, after the Imperial Navy marched into Fanyan Ocean, most of the many princely states on the Southern Subcontinent chose to cooperate with the Liangxia Empire. Although there are times before and after, and the cooperation provided is also more or less, no one can deny that these princely states did contribute to the defeat of the Bran Kingdom and the victory of the Liang Xia Empire in Fanyanyang, and several of the larger princely states still did their best.

For example, several large states that later formed the kingdom of Van Luo.

At that time, the Military Intelligence Agency (MIA) was active in the southern subcontinent, in charge of contacting the princely states, and instigating the princely states to launch an anti-colonial movement.

According to semi-official sources, the MIA made heavy promises to the princely states that had participated in the anti-colonial movement, including the formation of their own states after the end of the war.

Unfortunately, after the end of the war, the imperial authorities did not fulfill their promises, but sent back the army of the Kingdom of Bran by ship, and acquiesced in the dominance of the Kingdom of Bran in the Southern Subcontinent, and even privately supported the colonial army of the Kingdom of Bran. For example, for the first three years, the cost of maintaining the garrison was provided by the Military Intelligence Agency through a third party, namely a financial institution such as the Bank of the Neutral Country.

In the light of the circumstances, this was a stopgap measure.

Although the people of the Southern Subcontinent, to be more precise, the ruling magnates of the princely states, had a strong desire for independence, it was very difficult to translate into practical action, and it could be said that it was difficult to succeed. If we go against the trend and let dozens of princely states break away from the colonial system overnight and become independent states, large-scale turmoil will inevitably break out, and even make the hard-won independence worthless.

The subsequent wars and turmoil proved this inference in disguise.

The point is that the southern subcontinent has not been truly unified for thousands of years, at least never under a central government by internal forces.

Uniting the Southern Subcontinent is the Kingdom of Bran!

It was during the colonial rule of the Kingdom of Bran that the fragmented southern subcontinent was united for the first time, under the command and dictation of the same higher government.

It would be strange to drive the colonists away at once, if there was no unrest.

The most likely outcome would be that dozens of princely states would become independent. The sudden emergence of dozens of small countries will definitely lead to wars over territorial issues and other issues.

A fragmented, or too fragmented, Southern Subcontinent meant nothing to the Liangxia Empire.

Don't forget that the core interests of the Liang Xia Empire in the Southern Subcontinent are the world's second-largest population, and will become the world's first-class in the future, as well as the huge market that comes with it. The key here is to ensure that the southern subcontinent is not separated.

It was precisely in this way that the policy of the Liang Xia Empire towards the Southern Subcontinent at that time was actually based on a high degree of autonomy based on centralized power.

Only in this way will the southern subcontinent be a complete market and not too powerful.

Based on this purpose, the imperial authorities have drawn up a set of transitional plans for the southern subcontinent, which will rely on international forces dominated by the Bran army to maintain social order during a transition period of at least 5 years and up to 25 years, and gradually establish a ruling system dominated by native residents, or more precisely princely leaders, to ensure a smooth transfer of power after the end of the transition period, and ensure peace and stability in social order.

As for the number of years of the transition period, it depends mainly on post-war reconstruction, or the willingness of the princely states of the southern subcontinent to establish independent states.

This scheme is very targeted and highly feasible.

Unfortunately, it backfired.

Although there must be external reasons in this, such as the Bran authorities not willing to be defeated, they are secretly making trouble, and stand up for several powerful princely states that can challenge the Liangxia Empire, but fundamentally speaking, the main responsibility is still on the side of the Liangxia Empire, that is, it has not fulfilled its promises.

In the circumstances, there were better options.

For example, the independent status of the princely states of the southern subcontinent is recognized, and then a shorter, such as a few months, transition period is set on the grounds that the process of independent statehood must be followed. After achieving formal independence, a modern system of governance was established through intervention.

In addition, the opposition within the empire could not be ignored.

If nothing else, the vast majority of the people of the empire at that time couldn't figure out why so many resources were spent to help other countries after the end of the war. What's more, the many princely states of the Southern Subcontinent are not even "countries", in the eyes of the people of the empire, that is, primitive tribes.

Now that the war is over, it is time to concentrate on your own business, such as improving the lives of the people.

In fact, it was under this trend of thought that Lian Xusheng was defeated in the second general election after the war, ending his first ruling career.

As a result, many princely states in the southern subcontinent could have completely shaken off colonial rule and started industrialization in a more ideal way after a few years, or at most a dozen years, but due to various factors, they evolved into a violent movement for independence, and finally shattered everyone's dreams.

After that, it was the first national independence movement that spread around the world.

In just 10 years, the number of "states" had doubled, with some 50 colonies declaring independence as new members of the world family.

It's just that no one can deny that this vigorous independence movement has brought not only independence, but also wars all over the world.

In the Xuan Continent, there are many places where the war has continued until now!

In fact, the second national independence movement that broke out after the Polish-Iranian War was a disguised negation of the first national independence movement.

Of course, it can also be seen as an expansion on the basis of the first national independence movement.

In short, with the collapse of the old order, the process of establishing a new order was accompanied by decades of regional war.

According to incomplete statistics, in the more than 40 years since the end of the Second Global War, a total of about 2,000 conflicts and wars have broken out around the world, mainly between small countries or within each other, basically one war every week on average.

That's more than any other era in the past!

Billions of people have been devastated by these frequent wars, and many of the countries born out of the two national independence movements have been devastated.

In the Xuan Continent alone, millions of people die in the chaos of war every year.

Conflicts between countries are even more commonplace.

It is against this background that it is possible to carry out the idea of "great unification."

It is precisely for this reason that some so-called experts in Western countries have shifted the responsibility for the war to the Liangxia Empire, believing that the Liangxia Empire deliberately created wars and chaos around the world in order to promote the idea of the great unification of Eastern civilization, and used war and destruction to force the people in the war-torn areas to submit.

This is clearly putting the cart before the horse.

It is undeniable that the wars that have spread all over the world and have lasted for decades have indeed helped to promote the idea of "great unification."

The most representative is the internal reconciliation of the Eastern Bloc.

Although in the Eastern Bloc, the Liangxia Empire was the absolute core, outside of the Liangxia Empire, there were several member states that were very weighty.

For example, the Narrow Imperial State.

After betraying the Liangxia Empire during the First Global War, the Sasa Empire has been a leader in Eastern civilization for decades.

In addition, in the east, the size of the Sayi Imperial State was second only to the Liangxia Empire, and it has always maintained a high degree of independence.

The post-war reconciliation between the Liangxia Empire and the Sayi Imperial State was the cornerstone of the unity of the Eastern Bloc and one of the core driving forces for the Eastern civilization to go global.

Don't forget, immigrants from the Narrow Empire are all over the world!

Of course, there is also Dongluosha, which is not considered an eastern country.

Because of the relatively strong basic conditions, and far more than the land area and natural resources of all other group member countries except for the Liangxia Empire, so when carrying out modernization, the momentum of Dongluosha is very strong, significantly exceeding that of other member countries.

In terms of industrial productivity, Dongluosha was above the Narrow Imperial Kingdom and the Gaoju Kingdom.

To put it mildly, the Empire's rapprochement with Eastern Luosha was a key factor in the outward expansion of the Eastern Bloc and the absorption of non-Eastern civilizations.

To put it simply, Dong Luosha is a mirror that convinces those non-Eastern countries that are still hesitant that they can grow and develop by cooperating with the Liangxia Empire.

Of course, for the vast majority of small countries, the pursuit is not strength, but prosperity and wealth.

And even more important security!

In the decades after the war, not a single member of the Eastern Bloc was invaded militarily.

For example, when Pakistan joined the Eastern Bloc after the Second Southern Subcontinent War, the much more powerful Van Luo never dared to make another attempt, and the situation of relative peace has been maintained for nearly 20 years. Without a global war, stability in the southern subcontinent could have been maintained for decades.

In this way, the prosperity and even more rare security of the Eastern Bloc, led by the Liangxia Empire and pursuing the idea of great unification, contrasted sharply with the wars and turmoil in other regions, thus proving in a very intuitive way that great unification is the future.

From another point of view, that is, because the idea of great unification has been popularized around the world, and especially because it has been accepted and recognized by many nations and countries, there is a new military doctrine, or in other words, a young military doctrine put forward by a young Zhuang officer like Ding Zhennan.

For young soldiers like Jiang Wenlong, this is a heavy, but extremely glorious historical mission!