418 Hung Tiancheng's strategic plan
Hong Tiancheng did not want to think deeply about the question of how the warriors of Allah could tell the virgin after death, and after realizing that he could not rely on the local population to complete the supply, he immediately changed his original plan and once again pressured the Kingdom of Italy to send more young men to help the Taiping army deliver supplies.
I have to say that among these little brothers collected by the Taiping Army, the Italians are undoubtedly the most obedient, especially under the rule of the Italian royal family, which is famous for its soft bones, and the residents of the Italian Peninsula who are also soft are completely typical of the obedient people!
Hong Tiancheng bulldozed the entire Italian Peninsula and established a unified Italian kingdom, and it was not in vain!
"Now that the Ottoman Turkish army is busy fighting jihad in Central Europe, expanding its territory, and burning and looting along the way, let's not bother them, following the Ottoman Turkish army will make our logistical supply lines longer and longer, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Our strategic goal was to make the Ottoman Empire lose its war potential, not to annihilate a certain army of the Ottoman Empire, so I decided that the main force of 5 divisions would advance towards the Serbian region of the Ottoman Empire, and the remaining 5 divisions would advance towards Transylvania (later Romania).
Remember, we don't want to occupy these territories, we just need to defeat the forces loyal to the Ottoman Turks in these areas.
The colonial rule of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was unpopular, and these areas were either vassals of the Ottoman Turkish Empire or popular uprisings, so we had to secretly contact the independents in the vassals of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and cooperate with them to annihilate the Ottoman Turkish occupation forces entrenched there.
The elite of the Ottoman Turkish Empire was sent to Central Europe, and the combat effectiveness of the armies in these rear occupation areas was only at the level of the second-line troops, so there was nothing to worry about, and after the destruction of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, we immediately fulfilled our promise to give the local people the opportunity to establish themselves on their own.
The five divisions going to Serbia were named the First Army, and the five divisions attacking Transylvania were named the Second Army, and I would follow the Second Army.
The First Army's combat mission was simple, to penetrate deep into the Balkan Peninsula occupied by the Ottoman Turkish Empire, where there were a large number of ethnic groups dissatisfied with the rule of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and we used their slogan to support their independent statehood, complete the task of supplying the First Army, and constantly crush the rule of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the region.
As long as the rule of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the Balkans is completely collapsed, the main forces of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which penetrated deep into Central Europe, have to retreat, otherwise the main forces of the more than 100,000 Ottoman Turkish Empires will be cut off from logistics and run out of ammunition and food.
After liberating Transylvania and Moldova and other Ottoman vassals, the Second Army returned to the Celestial Empire and accepted the scattered Cossack United Emirate, which had gradually escaped from the grasp of Heaven after the death of the leader of the Cossack United Emirate, and these Cossacks were no longer eligible to continue to maintain their independent statehood, and would be incorporated into the Celestial Empire in the future. ”
"Your Majesty, after the First Route Army successfully liberated the Balkans, what should we do next? Continue the offensive against the Ottoman Turkish Empire proper? ”
"There is no need to rush to attack the Ottoman Turkish Empire itself, the Ottoman Turkish Empire's rule there is so entrenched, it is not so easy to fight down, the main task of the First Army is to liberate the entire territory of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in Europe, and I am talking about all!
The first goal is to liberate the Balkans, which are relatively easy, followed by other European continents, and if there is still strength left for all liberation, they will turn back and encircle and suppress the main forces of the Ottoman Empire that have returned, and must annihilate all the hundreds of thousands of Ottoman elites who have penetrated deep into Central Europe.
Of course, when the time comes, we can't let the Taiping Army fight alone, those countries that are supported by us to liberate and become independent, it is best to form a coalition to annihilate this main force of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, after all, the annihilation of these hundreds of thousands of people, the benefit to them is very great, without these hundreds of thousands of Ottoman Turkish Empire main forces, the Ottoman Turkish Empire will no longer be able to interfere with their independent liberation movement in a short time.
The whole of Europe will also be out of the grip of the Ottoman Turkish Empire! ”
Hong Tiancheng replied categorically.
"Your Majesty, don't we occupy any land in this series of actions?"
"No, our strategic purpose this time is to concentrate all our military forces to annihilate the main force of the enemy army and break the rule of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in Europe, there is no need to disperse the military forces to occupy the land, as long as we continue to annihilate the army of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, we will naturally gain great benefits!"
This is Hong Tiancheng's next goal, he wants to take advantage of the multi-ethnic contradictions within the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and increase his personal prestige by constantly annihilating the army of the Ottoman Turkish Empire, and step into the next all-out war system as soon as possible!
Dismantling the Ottoman Turkish Empire's rule in continental Europe will not only allow the main forces of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in Central Europe to retreat on their own, but also make the Ottoman Turkish Empire burn all over the place, greatly weakening this huge empire that is finally qualified to confront the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and laying the foundation for the complete defeat of the Ottoman Turkish Empire in the future.
Hong Tiancheng knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to truly unify the European continent, it was not enough to defeat the anti-Han alliance, he must completely defeat the Ottoman Turkish Empire, or at least make the Ottoman Turkish Empire unable to advance westward!
Obviously, once the ethnic groups in the Balkans really succeed in independence, the Ottoman Turkish Empire will not only greatly decline in national strength, but will also be isolated from the European continent, and can only stare dryly at the next European unification war of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!
In fact, after the war, the population of Central Europe and Western Europe has not played a large auxiliary role in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and the frequent wars have left many mercenaries in the European continent, either in the hands of the Taiping Army or in the hands of the Ottoman Turks, or even in the hands of the European countries themselves!
Hong Tiancheng once also recruited a large number of mercenaries to serve as the Han Army!
The reason why Hong Tiancheng is tireless in unifying the European continent is mainly to get the reward from the all-out war system, if he can really unify the whole of Europe, the reward of the all-out war system will definitely make the strength of the Taiping Army fully restored or even to a higher level!
This is a qualitative leap after breaking through the barriers of scientific and technological permissions!