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"The minister can only be sure that the war will inevitably break out, but the scale should not be very large, and the war will be controlled within a certain range, but if we can't deal with it correctly, with Li Wufeng's surname, we may not lose less than what the Japanese people have taken from us. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info "Mariinsky did not shy away from the most painful lesson of the Dodons, the Japanese have already taught them the most profound lesson, if they are not able to face the complex situation in front of them with a clear mind, I am afraid that the somersault planted by the Dodons will be even greater."

As the eyes of Prime Minister Mariinsky and His Majesty Andrei fell on the tall and thin man who had been silent, the eyes of the ministers in the palace also converged on this man who seemed to be asleep and his eyes were half-squinted, a shabby and white aristocratic robe even had a few patches and holes at the end, his hands were wrapped in the sleeves, always giving people the appearance of standing by, his mouth was always clattering with clouds, and the pungent smell of inferior tobacco leaves was spreading around him, and almost all the nobles were separated from him by some distance, probably knowing this guy's habits, no one wanted to go home with the smell of inferior cigarettes in the last court。

Although he faced the gaze of everyone and His Majesty the King, the fellow remained as if no one was on the sidelines, squinting his eyes and enjoying the pleasure of inhaling the smoke from the burning of tobacco leaves, as if he had not noticed that everyone was waiting for him to speak.

Even His Majesty Andrei, who is very well-educated, feels a little helpless about this guy who has always been famous for his reading and special behavior, this guy must be full of smoke every time he goes to court, causing the surrounding ministers to avoid him, and over time, a clearing is naturally formed around him, but he himself has no self-knowledge.

"Crawford, what do you think of Mariinsky's opinion?" Andre had to patiently remind the veteran that it was time for him to give his opinion. As a representative of the military, this guy is not very popular in the army, but if it is about seniority and achievements, even General Lemai, who has always regarded himself as the number one person in the army, has to admit that he is inferior to this veteran, but in Lemai's words, Crawford is too old, too old to see the situation clearly, too conservative thinking restricts his tactical level, he should leave the army, but when Lemai is too radical strategic thinking beyond the reins of His Majesty Andrei, when Lemai was sent to the north to guard the border, the court had to use the Earl of Crawford without anyone to provoke the girder。

"Good. Just two words sent His Majesty away, which made Andrei feel depressed too.

"Then how is the military going to deal with it?" Andre was also a little annoyed, staring at the other party and asking in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to hear the last general's true thoughts? The last general must first state that this is only the last general's personal opinion and does not represent the military, because the military's opinion is exactly the opposite of the last general's. Finally, he took two puffs of the last cigarette and let it burn completely, and the dark red cigarette butt flickered in the somewhat dark hall, and finally brought up an arc and accurately fell into the round jade bowl two meters away, obviously the technique was quite skillful.

"Oh, then you might as well let everyone hear it. Andrei frowned, this guy has always had a bad relationship with other generals in the army, although it is not the same thing, but it is very estranged.

"The last general thinks that the western frontier thinks that he is on the moral side, and will definitely do everything in his power to attack our southern border, of which the Okhotsk region should be the focus of their attack, and the last general suspects that they want to seize the Okhotsk region through this battle to maintain pressure and threat to our kingdom, as for the Kuts region, the last general feels that they are more likely to be a gesture. "There was hardly any reason for the old fellow's words to be so straightforward that he didn't seem to want to explain anything.

"Why? I and several other generals believe that the enemy is creating a feint in the Okhotsk region to attract the main force of our forces, but the purpose is to launch an offensive in the Kuts region, and thus to insert a wedge into our hinterland, General Crawford, can you explain the reasons for your conclusion?" Andrei frowned again, sure enough, he was a guy who was very good at reading, and the intelligence department had learned that the Western Xinjiang Rangers had begun to cross Yunzhong Mansion into the northwest of Yanshan, and it was clear that they wanted to launch a major offensive in the Kutz Plains area, and this guy confirmed that the other party would launch an attack in the Okhotsk region with complex terrain, and even his ideas were very different from everyone.

"The reason is simple: Chutts are of little value to the western Xinjiang now, and the Okhotsk region may be more attractive to the western Xinjiang. It's still two cold [***] sentences, and neither of them sounds right.

"Ho ho, General Crawford, I don't know if you are old and confused or if you have other ideas? The Kuts region is the most important grain and cotton producing area in the kingdom, and you actually say that it is not of much value? Do you mean that the Okhotsk region is very valuable? The undulating barren hills, is it gold or silver? Or is it because it is your hometown and you have a lot of land?"

"Well, Viscount Bentley is right, for a reason, because that's my hometown, and I understand that in terms of the current situation, Okhotsk may be more valuable to the western frontier, and a place like Couts, a place like Couts, a random place in the territory of the Don people in the south is better than Couts. It seems that he doesn't want to argue with the other party, and the sloppy veteran doesn't want to pay attention to the other party's offensive words.

"What is the value of Okhotsk? We don't seem to see it? For this rural aristocracy from Okhotsk, these capital nobles who boasted of higher blood had always been unpopular.

"Without him, the harbor, the excellent harbor, the wedge, the wedge inserted into our hinterland, this is what the people of Western Xinjiang value the most now. After saying these words, the old man's mouth was closed tightly, as if he was worried that it would be a waste to say more.

Everyone is silent, since the kingdom of Doton lost the Cook Islands and the Crescent Peninsula, the navy has lost most of the sea power, several times to the sea were defeated by the Japanese navy, the navy is declining, now in addition to the southern part of the Okhotsk Bay There is a pitiful small military port, there is only a naval base in the northeast of Nomenkan, but even there is now precarious, if it were not for the Tang River civil war Situ Tai pulled the two sides together, I am afraid that the Japanese may have been watching Nomenkan.

"But General Crawford, although I don't know about military affairs, I also know that the terrain of the Okhotsk region is complicated, although we don't have many troops stationed in this area, but the Hylan fortress chokes the throat of the entire Okhotsk region, and the enemy is afraid that it will not be easy to occupy this area, unless the Tanghe people intend to fight a full-scale war, but in that case, it doesn't seem to be quite in line with Li Wufeng's intentions at present. Mariinsky couldn't help it, he was really not very proficient in military affairs, but the reality in front of him was that the Tang River people's nearly 200,000 troops could cross the border line and enter the kingdom at any time.

In the face of the respected prime minister, Crawford still continued his style: "Lord Mariinsky, although you don't know much about military things, then you should at least know that there is not only one means of attack of the enemy, didn't Cheng Dayou successfully carry out a landing in Dengzhou? Then he can also land in Okhotsk and even further north, so what is the use of the Hyland fortress?"

A sentence choked Mariinsky speechless for a while, and the atmosphere became a little stiff, or General Gumet was a little angry with the other party's aggressiveness, and the exit retorted: "But according to the confirmation of the intelligence department, in Huangdao Port, the ships of the Tanghe people did not collect much at all, and the two divisions that had arrived could only rest on the spot. If they have enough ships, I think our intelligence services will be able to keep track of it, and at that point we will be able to deal with it calmly, but if we get the enemy in the wrong direction, once the enemy breaks through from the Kutz area, then we will fall into chaos and lose the first opportunity, General Crawford, have you considered such an outcome?"

I didn't expect it to be this guy who made a fuss at him, Crawford glanced at the other party contemptuously, although the other party is not worth mentioning, but the work on paper is first-class, breaking through from the Cutters region has always been the most worrying for everyone, it is the most heartfelt area of the Doton Kingdom, once it breaks through the Couts area, it will pose a threat to the capital region, whether in terms of strategic position or people's psychological capacity, there is no room for loss.

"General Gumet, where will the enemy break through, I am not a great leader, I can't give you a satisfactory answer, I just put forward my own opinion, as for the final decision, it is up to Your Majesty to decide. Crawford was actually not too sure that the Western Frontier Army would choose Okhotsk, and he didn't think that the enemy army in Huangdao Harbor was an illusion to recruit civilian ships, but he knew that the Couts area was important to Dodon, and it was really a dispensable place for Li Wufeng, and his intuition told Crawford that Cheng Dayou was unlikely to choose a place that the coach didn't value, as Mariinsky said, this guy was very smart, and he should understand that there was what Li Wufeng wanted most.

(To be continued)