Ever since he entered the High Command, Ollie had felt that there was a noticeable difference between this place and the past, but this difference was not due to the change in the layout of the room, nor the sight of some fresh faces, but in any case it was very different from before.

"It's April! Time flies! ”

When Chentian, who was walking in front of him, spoke, Ollie came back to his senses from his speculation about the environment, and he hurriedly replied:

"Oh, yes! Your Majesty! Indeed it is! ”

While feeling that time had flown by, Chen Tian pulled his delicate yew cane and led Ollie through the hall of the Supreme Command. Seeing the arrival of their beloved leader, the generals and staff officers of the headquarters stopped their work and saluted.

Chen Tian walked calmly in his eyes as usual, and Ollie was a little overwhelmed when he encountered this kind of scene.

After the two of them were gone, the officers were busy again.

At this time, Ollie suddenly realized that the reason why he felt that the current Supreme Command was very different from two months ago was because everyone here looked full of confidence, and the atmosphere in the hall had changed from the previous seriousness to full of enthusiasm and energy. As for what caused this change, Ollie looked at the familiar back in front of him, it must be because of his relationship.

Was it a successful invasion of Austria-Hungary and its disintegration?

Or was a new appointment order issued?

Ollie felt that it was neither, because he felt that the change in the mental outlook of the officers was heartfelt and essential, and it was not something that could be achieved by simply encouraging and rewarding them. This kind of change is more like some kind of magic.

"You found out?" Chentian, who was walking in front, suddenly asked.

"Uh...... Your Majesty, you mean ......? "Ollie is a little confused.

"Everyone here is very motivated!"

When Chen Tian said this, Ollie was a little embarrassed, being seen through by others is not something to be proud of after all, fortunately, this person in front of him is his friend since childhood, and he is also the person he trusts the most. Therefore, Ollie told Chentian very frankly:

"Hmm. Truth be told, that's right, Your Majesty! ”

Chen Tian stopped, turned to look at him, and said mysteriously: "As long as you think that you are working for the rise and victory of the Germanic nation, every German citizen will naturally be full of energy and vitality!" ”

Ollie was stunned for a moment, and the confusion in his eyes turned into admiration and admiration.

When he was about to enter another hall, Tatsuten called out to a major who was approaching him. "Go and ask the Chief of the General Staff, the First Quartermaster, and the First Deputy Chief of Staff to come over!"

Ollie glanced at the hall in front of him, which was about two-thirds the size of the main hall at the entrance, and on the wall facing it hung a huge German flag with an eagle about to fly and two sets of medieval armor beside it. In the center of the hall is a large sand table about 10 meters long and wide, with mountains, rivers, lakes and seas. Upon approaching, Ollie recognized at a glance that this was a topographical miniature of Southeast Asia.

In a few moments, Hindenburg, Ludendorff and Hoffmann arrived in the hall. After they and Ollie briefly exchanged greetings, Chen Tian spoke:

"This time Lieutenant General Ollie returned to Germany from the front. One is a vacation. The second is debriefing! Now, I would like to ask the lieutenant general to introduce the general situation of our joint expeditionary force with the Turkish region on the front line! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ollie picked up a slender guide stick from the sandbox. "Ladies and gentlemen, after a 24-day confrontation with the British and Indian colonial forces, our army has successively inflicted heavy losses on the Hari River (Pakistan was originally part of India, and in history India and Pakistan were partitioned in June 1947 and Pakistan became independent in August of the same year), the Argandab River and the Indus River, destroying a total of 83,000 enemies and capturing 114,000 enemies. This is the Indus River, which originates in Tibet, China, flows through India and finally enters the Arabian Sea, with a total length of more than 3,000 kilometers. East of the Indus River is the vast Indian Desert, and after three defeats in a row, the main force of the Indian army retreated all the way south and has retreated across this desert! On the banks of the Indus River. Water and food are plentiful, but once we enter the desert, it will be very difficult for us to march and replenish, and it will be very difficult for the Anglo-Indian army to attack us with their familiarity with the terrain! If you want to get around the Great Desert, there are two routes, the plains between the Great Desert and the Himalayas to the north, where 200,000 British and Indian troops are stationed, and the narrow passage between the Great Desert and the Arabian Sea to the south. At its narrowest point, it is only 150 kilometers, and the Indian army uses it as their main line of defense, with 300,000 troops stationed. In addition, the Indian army has deployed 150,000 troops behind the desert. The rest of the land is now used to resist the Japanese advancing westward! ”

With a strong voice, a domineering tone, and a confident expression, this is recognized as the first tactician of the German Army, Olikahn. Don't look at the fact that Ollie has been fighting far away from his homeland, compared with other German generals who have only participated in the battles of Poland, France and England, Ollie now has experience in fighting in various complex terrain conditions, and most of the battles he commands are with fewer enemies or equal strength, and do not have obvious troop advantages like the German ** team in other battlefields.

Seeing that his childhood friend has grown into a powerful fighter of his own, Chen Tian is very happy. Now, he is planning a bigger stage, and I believe that in the near future, Ollie will shine brightly.

Previously, the staff officers had planted small flags representing the warring sides on the sand table, and with Oli's explanation, the situation in Southeast Asia was clear at a glance. Now, the black, white and red tricolor has been planted along the Persian Gulf coast and in northwestern India, and the vanguard is just a stone's throw away from the yellow desert of central India. However, in the southeastern part of the sand table, there were many places where plaster flags were planted, and the area along the Gulf of Thailand except Vietnam, the British East Indies, and the easternmost part of India (i.e., Burma, which was then a province of India) had become Japan's sphere of influence. After the declaration of war on Britain, the so-called allies of Asia invaded Singapore and the British East Indies with great speed, and after taking the first steps in the south, their ambitions were rapidly expanding.

At the beginning of 1916, under the leadership of the new War Minister Kenichi Oshima, the Japanese cabinet finally approved the long-disputed plan for the expansion of the army, which would enable the Japanese army to expand by 1917 by two standing divisions, making the size of the Japanese army reach 22 standing divisions, one guards division and four independent mixed brigades, with a total strength of nearly 400,000 troops.

After forcing the Thai government to sign the so-called Japan-Thailand alliance agreement, the Japanese army headquarters decided to send troops into India in Ming, but when the joint German-Turkish expeditionary force entered India from the west in early February, the Japanese could not wait to advance this date to mid-February. On February 17, under the cover of the Japanese 3rd Fleet, more than 8,000 Japanese soldiers landed in Rangoon. By the end of March, the Japanese troops invading India had reached nearly 50,000 men in three divisions, supplemented by three battleships, three cruisers, seven destroyers, and more than 50 cargo ships requisitioned from the whole country of the Navy's Third Fleet.

Chen Tian thought for a while and asked, "So, isn't it just a rumor that the British and Indian colonial army has millions of people?" ”

Prior to this, Ollie led the German-Turkish expeditionary force from Turkish Iran, and the momentum along the way was like a bamboo: within a month, the British occupied area in southern Iran was completely captured, after which one part of the expeditionary force entered Afghanistan, and with the cooperation of the local rebel army, it quickly defeated the British colonial governor in Afghanistan and his colonial army, and one entered India, facing a huge numerical advantage of the enemy, Oli commanded the troops to confront the Indian army in the northwestern border area of India for nearly a month, during which they only defended and did not attack, At the same time, he used air and sea superiority to frequently attack and harass the Indian army, constantly undermined the morale of the Indian army with bombs and leaflets, and pretended to land from the Indian defense line with the help of the support fleet, and achieved the first three major victories after entering India in late February and early March. Had it not been for the long supply lines and the approaching rainy season, this battle-hardened expeditionary force would have had the momentum to reach the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula.

"Yes, Your Majesty! There are so many of them, but if we are intimidated by this number, I am afraid that we will become the laughing stock of the whole world! In fact, 60% of the British and Indian colonial troops were improvised and equipped with old rifles, shotguns, flintlock pistols and even cold weapons, in short, when we fought against them, we could always pick up all kinds of strange things on the battlefield! ”

When answering this question, the expression on Ollie's face was not the arrogance of a victor, but a faint apprehension, and it seemed that his eagerness to see Chentian was not as simple as visiting his old friend.

"Oh, flintlock pistols, it's so bad for them when it's raining!" Chen Tian said jokingly.

"Indeed, Your Majesty! The rainy season in southeast Asia is almost a month away, and the rain supplies for our expeditionary force have arrived one after another, but the rainy season is not good for the march after all!

On the other hand, the Japanese troops who landed from Rangoon seemed to be holding back their strength to race against us, and they quickly moved north along the Irrawaddy River, turned around when they approached the Chinese border, and then quickly advanced westward, and now occupied Dhaka! Since most of the main forces of the Indian army are confronting us, I estimate that the Japanese army will continue to advance westward in the next month! Therefore, I intend to launch a large-scale offensive before the rainy season to try to push the front to the Indian peninsula. When the rainy season arrives, we will suspend the offensive and consolidate the logistical supply lines and occupied areas! ”

After the explanation, Ollie looked at everyone, and then looked at Chentian, this must be his primary purpose in addition to returning to China for vacation and debriefing - although he is the commander of the expeditionary force, he still needs the support of the Supreme Command before carrying out a key battle, and he does not want to leak secrets and can better explain his views, and it is obviously the best way to state in person.

"Looks like we're going to have a big fight!" Hindenburg muttered alone.