France and Germany led the way in national mobilization, followed by a number of other European countries. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Russia, which has lost major regions of Ukraine, has also declared a state of general mobilization, but the speed of the Russians, combined with the fact that it is still somewhat feudal, has made Russia move far less quickly than France and Germany. However, Tsarist Russia also has a big heart, and directly announced the mobilization of 2 million people to form the Russian army, which is basically a third of the number of adult men between 20 and 45 in its country. However, France and Germany are armed with so many people and lack weapons, and this is even more the case with Russia, which is now constantly crying poor at EU meetings and asking other EU countries to provide Russia with a lot of assistance.

Britain and other countries also know that if Russia does not give them assistance, I am afraid that there is really no way to support it, so Britain and other countries signed a bill to provide Russia with a large amount of military equipment.

On the one hand, the EU is preparing, and on the other hand, it is also strategically squeezing the Tang Army. After all, the EU is a federation of countries, and in addition to Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Russia and other big countries, there are also various small countries, and the strength of these small countries often cannot be underestimated. Datang's stronghold in Europe is fragmented, and it is very difficult to defend. Almost every piece of land is threatened by the enemy, and there is not a single place that is relatively safe.

First of all, Estonia and Latvia on the Baltic coast, although Russia itself did not dare to go to war on two fronts, after all, the Tang army besieged St. Petersburg and almost broke it. Now that the Russian army has scratched its head about the situation in Ukraine, it will not easily make a move in the north. The instigators of the attacks on Estonia and Latvia were several second-rate European countries, namely Poland, Sweden and Denmark (which occupied Norway). These countries are not as powerful as the first-line European powers, but they can be regarded as a lot of strength when combined. Poland, in particular, was interested in annexing two areas of the Baltic coast.

Poland sent 150,000 troops, Sweden 70,000, and Denmark 40,000, for a total of 260,000 troops. In contrast, the defenders of the Don Army in Estonia and Latvia were only 4 divisions, and one European division was not formed. To add insult to injury, the local Estonians and Latvians are also a little ready to move.

The Tang people turned this place into an overseas territory, and many Chinese immigrants came over the years, and the locals could not compete with the Chinese, believing that the Chinese squeezed their living space, and the difference in skin color still exacerbated distrust, although the lives of some locals were obviously better because of the arrival of the Tang people, but they were unwilling to attribute this reason to the Tang people. Some European countries also sent people to incite local independence elements, promising to give independence to Estonia and Latvia once the Tang army was defeated. The population of these two ethnic groups is only a few hundred thousand, and even if they become independent, they actually have to rely on others.

Another dangerous place in the Tang Dynasty is Dalmatia, a narrow mountainous region on the Balkan Peninsula, Dalmatia is very inconspicuous in the overseas territories of the Tang Dynasty. The population is not large, and there is no special industry, but it produces wine and is a little famous. Datang operates a naval base here, which is an important home port for the Mediterranean Fleet.

However, the Tang army did not have many garrisons here, and the steepness of the terrain itself not only increased the difficulty of attack, but also increased the difficulty of defense, especially since the Tang army had a large number of mechanized equipment, and in such a mountainous battle, mechanized equipment was limited.

Dalmatia is facing the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a kingdom that has not been established for a long time, and its national strength is actually quite weak, and after independence from Turkey, the economic development here has not been rapid, but it still relies on the assistance of European allies to pull up a fairly good army. Yugoslavia had an army of 200,000 men, which was only defended by marines compared to Dalmatia, which was still a bit intimidating.

The European Military Commission hopes that Yugoslavia can defeat the Tang Army here, occupy Dalmatia, and destroy the Split naval base, which will make the Tang Army lose a foothold in the Mediterranean, and even more make the Tang Navy passive.

Next came Thrace and Bulgaria, both of which were nominally independent, but in fact the former was basically governed by the Tang people and also immigrated a large number of Chinese, while the latter was directly controlled by the Tang Dynasty and belonged to the puppet state. Originally, the Tang Army stationed a lot of troops here, but after the outbreak of the Ukrainian campaign, a large number of Tang troops were transferred to Ukraine to fight, and the fullness of the defense here was relatively reduced.

For Europeans, breaking Thrace, cutting off the rear route of the Don army fighting in Ukraine, and cutting off the Bosphorus is a major strategic point. Not only that, but there are also a large number of Tang Army air bases here, and the closer the airport is to Europe, the more damage it can cause, so it is necessary to eliminate it as much as possible. As long as the goal of capturing Thrace can be achieved, then the Ukrainian Front of the Don Army will be a doomed force, and the European Union will completely change the situation of the war on the Eastern Front and gain the initiative.

Of course, this cannot be said to be completely absolute, because Datang has another route to support the Ukrainian Front. Datang built a railway trunk line from Kuwait to Baghdad, and then entered the territory of Kurdistan, which is also considered a puppet state, and finally ended in Batumi, a port city on the Black Sea coast of Georgia. Datang can transport supplies and soldiers to Ukraine from here. In fact, at this moment, the Tang army has already assembled on a large scale in the Tianfang Overseas Territory, preparing to go to Ukraine through this route.

The last point is in the Carthage Overseas Territory of North Africa, where the Tang Dynasty has been operating for more than ten years, immigrating millions of Chinese, and has initially built an industrialized society, capable of producing and manufacturing a large number of weapons and equipment for the Tang Army stationed in Europe. Europeans have long believed that in order to cut off the Tang Dynasty's control over Europe, it is necessary to seize North Africa.

Spain and Italy are the main forces in this direction, and both countries have relatively strong military forces, especially the Italian army, which is not the noodle that people remember. The king of Italy was Napoleon, who brought many close generals from France and spent ten years building his Italian army. At this stage, the combat effectiveness of the 300,000 Italian troops is even no less than that of the German army, and the threat is still very great.

The Tang Army also has heavy troops deployed in North Africa, and it also has the protection of the Tang Navy, so it can be said that it is the most difficult to launch a landing operation against North Africa. (To be continued.) )