The constant and spreading of wars in Asia and around the world is a strong challenge for players from all over the world. Whoever can grasp the most crucial commanding heights will have the initiative -- for the time being, this commanding heights is the Iron Age.

The Bronze Age has reached a saturation point, and it is difficult to get more breakthroughs. Nothing can change the basic fact that the number of copper mines is too small, with the total tonnage of copper in the world at about 600 million tons, one third of which is in the country of Chile in South America. The total iron ore resources in the world are 196.4 billion tons in terms of iron content, which is 327 times more than the total amount of copper ore.

The Bronze Age was unable to provide enough metal tools for players around the world to produce, war, and even meet a fraction of the demand. This is also the reason why many players have entered the Bronze Age, but still have to use stone tools.

For Qin Xiaobai and the Zhoushui Alliance, they are facing an even bigger problem - the copper mining in the Yingshou mining area has entered a period of exhaustion, production has begun to shrink, and the supply of copper ore from other places is also insufficient, and the large-scale bronze production of the Zhoushui Alliance is difficult to sustain - the bronze industry is one of the top pillars of the Zhoushui Alliance, and once it is forced to stop production, it will directly shake the foundation of the Zhoushui Alliance. An alliance that cannot even maintain its foundation cannot be talked about opening up its territory and dominating the world. It is no longer possible to stick to bronze, and it must be upgraded to the production of iron as soon as possible. The Zhoushui Alliance even purchased extremely cheap iron ore from Anshan in large quantities to prepare for large-scale iron production in the future.

However, as long as iron technology cannot be obtained for a day, then iron tools cannot be produced for a day, and all iron ore is waste.

Qin Xiaobai didn't want to delay, every extra day of delay. The Zhoushui Alliance is in danger for a day.

The war in Asia and even in the world requires more minerals to be used to produce various tools.

On the evening of May 21, members of the Wolf Smoke Land held an all-member meeting in a highly confidential online reception room to discuss the current situation.

This is the only second all-member gathering of Imperial Expedition since it entered the Strategy map. The last time was when we had just entered the strategic map, and the initial deployment and coordination put the entire Wolf Smoke Organization members in a favorable position as an arms supplier. And this time. It was carried out in order to coordinate the "Asian war" and solve the "escalation of the times" and other issues.

There are 105 members of the Wolf Smoke Land, and they are currently scattered in the strategic map of China's nine major vassal states and other countries. Basically, they are all alone, or three or five people, to form a team, establish a territory of influence, and hold the six powers and the sea power respectively. Their main sphere of influence is scattered throughout China. The wolf king always moves alone, and the other members are 1 person, usually not more than 5 people together.

At ten o'clock in the evening, a total of 105 people arrived, and no one was absent. A large round table was gathered. After the members of Wolf Smoke arrived, they exchanged pleasantries for a while and sat down. On both sides of Qin Xiaobai, sitting were Ah Jian and Ah Yao.

Qin Xiaobai looked at everyone and said with a smile: "At present, the world has entered the high stage of war, and the layout of wolf smoke in various parts of China has been basically completed. Organization as a whole. We can take advantage of what small organizations can't. Of course. There are also a lot of player groups in China, and they definitely have other ideas.

Now we need to define the overall goals for the next phase. As an arms supply organization, on the premise of ensuring its own strength, it conducts arms sales on a global scale, intervenes in and regulates the progress of wars on the battlefield in all directions, and tries to avoid hurting its own vitality. Let's take a look at this map. ”

He made a few clicks on the virtual screen on the desktop, and a huge map of Asia and the world was displayed in the reception room.

"In the Asian theater, China occupies the center of the six islands of Eurasia, and our main competitors come from five directions - India, which is the second largest in South Asia, several countries in Central Asia, Russia, Siberia, the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese islands, and the Southeast Asian Peninsula and many islands. On the Asian battlefield. We occupy a favorable geographical position because we are in the middle of Asia. Our priority is to create a China-centric Asian order.

The whole world is composed of five plates: Eurasia 6 islands, America, Africa, Oceania, and Antarctica. After mastering the Asian plate, our opponents are mainly from the two directions of the European Big 6 Plate and the American Big 6 Plate. Create a world order centered on China. ”

After Qin Xiaobai finished speaking, he said to everyone: "Let's not talk about the world order that is too far away, let's talk about the near Asian order first." Let's share our views on the creation of an Asian order. ”

The Sword King said with a smile: "Boss, there are only six major forces in Asia: China is the 6th, India is the second largest in South Asia, Central Asia is the 6th, Russia is the North Siberia 6th, the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese islands, the Southeast Asian Peninsula and the islands. Most are small countries. Only four of them are the hardest-hitting. In order: the first China, the second India, the third Japan, and the fourth Russia.

To create a China-centered Asian order, India, Russia, and Japan will be our greatest resistance. We use the basic force of population. Let's take a look at the comparative data of the strength of the four countries:

With a population of more than 30 million, a lot of land and resources, China is connected to Central Asia in the northwest, South Asia in the second largest 6, Siberia, and the sea in the southeast.

India has a population of about 20 million, a lot of land, and a lot of resources, and it is surrounded by small countries on the sub-large 6 plate in South Asia, and no country is its opponent, so it can easily strengthen its own strength. China and India are separated by the Himalayas, and if you pass through the Tibetan Plateau, the road is extremely difficult, and it is difficult to pose any threat to India. If we want to go to India now, we can only enter the Kingdom of Burma from Yunnan on Route 6 and then enter India. Or by boat from the Strait of Malacca in the South China Sea, into the Indian Ocean, and to India. Both of the easiest paths are difficult.

Japanese players have a population of about 10 million, very little land, very few resources, and are on an island in East Asia. Japan has a large population of NPCs, but there is too little land, which seriously limits Japan's strength. In addition, South Korea on the Korean Peninsula is at odds with Japan. It was a repression for Japan. So Japan is currently ranked further behind India. If Japan can get its hands on resources, then it will be more threatening than India.

Russia has a population of about 8 million, an unusually vast land, and a lot of resources, spanning Eurasia6. But the unusually vast land did not bring Russia any benefit, but on the contrary, it brought Russia a great disadvantage. The current road traffic is very poor, the frozen soil of Siberia has divided the whole of Russia into impassable east and west ends, and the population of Russia is mainly in Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as in the Far East, and the Siberian part in the middle has few people and cannot be connected. Russian players simply can't control such a vast land. So Russia looks strong, but very weak. Even Mongolia, with a player population of only 100,000, can easily enter Siberia, grazing and mining ore at will. Russian players are also helpless against Mongolian players. Therefore, among the four major powers in Asia, Russia is currently in the weakest position.

I suggest that the Japanese islands and the Russian Far East be struck first to weaken them. The final target is the second largest in South Asia in India. Knock these three countries down in turn. Only then can order be established in Asia. ”

"Japan and Russia's Far East are very close, and once Japanese players join forces with Russian Far East players, Japan will get Russia's resources, and Russia will get Japan's manpower, which will be very disadvantageous to China. ”

The Sword King said: "I'm not worried that Japanese and Russian players will join forces. Russia's population of 7 million is concentrated in Europe, and there is no connection between east and west, and the entire Far East has a population of less than about 1 million players, which is very weak. What worries me most is that Japan will declare war on Russia and board from the port of Vladivostok6. Direct occupation of the Russian Far East. In that way, there is no need to join forces with Russia, and Japan will be able to acquire a large amount of resources to quickly increase its own power. ”

Everyone present was shocked, this is a good thing, the possibility of Japanese players sending troops to the Russian Far East is very high. Japan has 10 million players, which is 10 times the player population of the Russian Far East. The possibility of directly sending troops to the Far East and occupying the Far East is quite large. This is more than sending troops to occupy South Korea, which has a population of about 2 million. It's even easier. And it's clear that Chinese players are backing up South Korean players with large quantities of arms. Japan and South Korea are fighting and will not take advantage of anything. The most important point is: South Korea has no resources on its own, and the Far East has countless resources, and it is far more cost-effective to occupy the Far East than to occupy South Korea.

It is highly unlikely that a Japanese player will join forces with a player from the Russian Far East, because if they join forces, then the two parties will only have to trade on an equal footing. There are a lot of resources in the Russian Far East that can be sold to Japanese players, but what can be sold to players in the Russian Far East on the Japanese islands? Selling high-value manufactured goods to Russian players? Russian players would not have done such an idiotic thing if they were not dizzy. The price of manufactured goods is far more valuable than raw materials. Russian players will only let their NPC craftsmen make high-value products and sell them to players in other countries. Japanese players, on the other hand, do not have any goods that can be traded with Russian players. The two sides lack the building blocks to join forces. Instead of paying for a transaction, it is more refreshing to rob directly. Lessons learned from the historical experience of the Japanese are that robbery is always the first shortcut to prosperity. There is clearly a shortcut in front of us, so why choose another path? Now the question is, once Japan sends troops to the Russian Far East, what will happen to the Chinese players?

How to deal with this?

Anti-Japanese aid to Russia?

That's an absolute joke, and it's nothing to ask Chinese players to help South Korea on the Korean Peninsula. But to rescue Russia, unless the sun comes out of the west, there is absolutely no Chinese player organization that will come to the rescue.

The two countries of South Korea and Russia are completely different in nature. No matter how fancy the South Koreans are, saying this today and saying that tomorrow, they will always be one of the small dependent countries around China, which is within the scope of China's core interests and will not allow others to get involved. However, Russia was an invading country, and the entire Far East was Chinese territory during the Han, Tang, Yuan, and Qing dynasties, and was later occupied by Russia at the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is impossible for Chinese players to help players in the Russian Far East.

There is no one in the Wolf Smoke Organization who wants to do such a thing.

Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, watching the Russian-Japanese war in the Far East?

If the Chinese players do nothing, the odds of victory for Japan are quite high, and once Japan has the vast land and resources of the Far East, it is not impossible to surpass India and become the second most powerful country in Asia after China. Next, it will definitely be the Sino-Japanese Asian War.

Occupy the Far East together with Japan?

That's a joke too. Jointly sending troops to the Far East, that will only fatten Japanese players, and after Japan grows stronger, there will inevitably be a Sino-Japanese hegemony war in the Far East in the future. The result is similar to sitting and watching the war between Japan and Russia in the Far East.

Excluding all of the above options, the last option left is the only option - China to send troops to occupy the Far East, defeat the Russian Far East forces, and prevent Japan from moving north to the Russian Far East. Once this step is complete, the creation of an Asian order controlled by China is at least half done.

Although the members of Wolf Smoke did not discuss it in advance, they only glanced at each other a few times, and almost unanimously thought of this possibility. Then they looked at Qin Xiaobai together, because Qin Xiaobai's strength was the strongest and most perverted, and his territory was the closest to the Far East.

Qin Xiaobai could only smile bitterly and shook his head, the main strength of the Bohai Alliance is the Bohai Fleet, and in the Bohai Sea, the 6th Army is not too strong. To conquer the Far East, he had to come from Jilin and Heilongjiang, the three northeastern provinces, and his forces only had some influence in Liaoning, but had no influence in Jilin and Heilongjiang, and it was difficult to mobilize local troops and various resources. Moreover, the player population of the three eastern provinces is about 2 million, which is only 1 times more than the player population of the Russian Far East.