A strongly-worded declaration of war is easy to say, but it is not easy to actually deliver on it. Otherwise, most of the countries in history that have been forced into a two-sided war will not end up in a single defeat. As a time-traveler from Earth, Roland has a deeper understanding of the difficulties of fighting on both sides than ordinary people. Looking back at the two world wars on earth, the German army, which was imposing like a rainbow at the beginning of the war, once it was caught in a two-sided war between the east and the west, no matter how many tricks it could play at the tactical level, it would be difficult to recover its passivity at the strategic level.

The value of the lessons of history lies in enabling those who come after them to remain vigilant, reflect on the misguided paths that their predecessors have strayed into, and grasp the opportunities that their predecessors have missed. Looking at the history of war between the two worlds of Earth and Varess, Roland has drawn a simple but profound lesson: if you are forced to fight on two sides, unless your own forces have an overwhelming advantage, it is better not to divide war resources evenly between the two battlefields, let alone expect a quick victory on both battlefields; On the other hand, we must focus on the two fronts, devote more resources and troops to the fronts that are more hopeful for a quick victory, and take a fierce offensive, while on the other front, we must adopt a defensive position, and constantly deplete the enemy's vital forces through solid defense and active containment; when necessary, we may as well shrink the defensive line, exchange space for time, and do not care about the gains and losses of one city or one place, and wait until another battlefield achieves a decisive victory, so that we can get rid of the dilemma of fighting on both sides, and then concentrate our forces on counterattacking the enemy on the other front.

Roland had already conveyed the above strategic ideas to the generals of the Western Front, which was deeply praised by Marshal Pavel and General Kalinin. However, strategic thinking is only an abstract theory, and Roland still has a lot of work to do if he wants to put it into practice.

On the afternoon of the declaration of war, Roland convened a meeting of his cabinet ministers and confessed that the kingdom of Kolas was at its most dangerous juncture. The current national economic system cannot meet the military supply of the two fronts at the same time, so Roland proposed to implement a special wartime system in a special period and gather all domestic resources to ensure the supply of military supplies.

The ministers of the cabinet have long realized the urgency of the situation, and all their careers, lives, and even their families and friends are all firmly tied to the fate of this country, and if the war is lost, they will not end well as the "rebel leaders" in the eyes of the imperial government.

In the evening of the same day, the government of Kolas declared a state of emergency throughout the country through newspapers and radio networks, and the transition to a "wartime economic system" was carried out, with local industrial sectors giving priority to military orders and all resources to the army. Since the villages of the Far East have basically realized the commune reform, more than 80 percent of the farmland is operated by state-owned farms, and the central government holds 50 percent of the shares of state-owned farms, Roland only needs to sign an executive order to raise the agricultural tax rate paid by state-owned farms to 50% of the output of the land, so as to reserve sufficient military rations for officers and soldiers fighting on two fronts.

Roland's vigorous promotion of patriotic education in these years has not been in vain, the country is in an extraordinary period, countless families of sons and husbands are bleeding and dying on the front line, and the people in the rear have also spontaneously thrown themselves into the tide of the times of the patriotic war of resistance, although the wartime economic system has caused many inconveniences to people's lives, but few people complain about it, occasionally one or two discordant voices emerge, and it is not the government's turn to take action at all, and they are drowned by the spittle of the vast number of patriotic people first.

In addition to the transition of economic activity to a wartime system, Roland also needed to provide more favorable and substantial support to the officers and soldiers who were struggling on the Western Front – as well as the people of the occupied territories, and at a time when the survival of the Far East had been in full force since the founding of the State showed great advantages.

In the five years since the introduction of the militia reserve system in the Far East, no less than two million young men have received systematic militia training and are proficient in the use of military weapons, most of whom have also mastered horsemanship. With the quality of the Far Eastern militia, it is not a problem to deal with bandits such as goblins and orcs, which is too far from being compared to the elite knights of the Empire. If these militias are forcibly sent to the frontal battlefield, even if they are not used as cannon fodder, they will inevitably pay huge sacrifices.

Roland didn't want to trade the lives of ten or more Far Eastern militiamen for an Imperial Knight, even if it seemed to some ruthless generals that such an exchange would be a good deal, so he began to plan for the war two years in advance, arming the national militia with the "Wind Lance (Far East Type 1624 Air Rifle)". An ordinary militiaman, armed with this powerful, easy-to-carry air rifle with a range of 1,000 yards and capable of firing continuously, immediately soared in combat power, enough to pose a mortal threat to the heavily armed Imperial knights. The long range and high accuracy of the "Wind Gun" also make it an innate feature that is conducive to covert sniping, allowing the gun-wielding militia to disperse into small and flexible teams and infiltrate enemy-controlled areas to conduct guerrilla operations by virtue of their knowledge of the local environment.

Based on these considerations, Roland believed that mobilizing the nation's militia to march westward with the "Spear of the Wind" and cooperating with the regular army and local population to resist the imperial invaders was an effective strategy of struggle.

With the advent of the war, Roland deeply realized the importance of the public opinion propaganda platform, and more than once secretly congratulated himself on the establishment of a nationwide news and newspaper network in advance, as well as a magic radio network covering the entire Varestianyu. Today, newspapers and radio have become important channels for the government of Krasbourg, represented by Roland, to guide and encourage the whole people in the war of resistance, and their role is immeasurable.

At eight o'clock in the evening of February 14, as countless Far Eastern people in front of the magic radio expected, Roland came to the "Fireside Chat" broadcast studio on time, and delivered a speech on mobilizing the Far Eastern militia to march west to fight in a unique and charming voice and impassioned tone.

This majestic and sonorous speech has aroused a great sense of mission in the hearts of millions of listeners, who can't wait to devote themselves to this sacred war to defend the homeland and the country.

Unlike most people's imagination, Roland has always maintained rational and restrained emotions in the studio. Even with the heavy responsibility of propaganda and agitation, the regent of the Far East did not bother to shout battle slogans hysterically, let alone incite populist sentiments with radical and exuberant rhetoric, and to induce his young and vigorous compatriots to join the battlefield on the spur of the moment. On the contrary, Roland spoke out the cruelty of war in the most candid manner, reminding every militia intent on going to the western theater of the doom that could befall them, including giving their young lives, leaving their beloved wives and children forever without their husbands and fathers, bringing tears to their elderly parents, and sending white-haired people to black-haired people......

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