"You mean the Great War?"

"Yes! I'm afraid the entire Terran scattered across Azerol is involved in this war. ”

In fact, I still mistakenly underestimated this war, and the ability of some people to cause trouble is not ordinarily powerful. The so-called small bear children and big pig teammates probably mean this.

"The Empire, as it stands, is absolutely powerful. A country that is too powerful is a great threat to both allies and enemies. ”

Azeroth now has eliminated other subhuman races, but there are seven known human powers.

Muheta, Britannia, Dilova, Norma, Sukaran, Church, and the Dwarven Blue Mountains. Four empires, one with religion as the main body and two republican kingdoms.

The empire, an emerging power, was a threat to any great power. The Empire's current territorial expansion is not a threat to other countries.

"Hmm, you mean, other powers will be involved, are the current forces of the Empire worried about this?"

"One-on-one, the Empire will not fear the other powers now, and will surely win. But if some of these countries had made an alliance, things would have been different. ”

"It's a religion. ”

A church is a predominantly religious state, and its pope is equivalent to the head of the state. The most terrifying thing is that its religious beliefs are almost all over Azero, which makes it have a strong appeal on the continent. Moreover, the Church is also the only country on the mainland that has the ability to breed dragoons.

I am very grateful to the Brigadier General, who always speaks something difficult for me to say in his conversation.

In the Empire, the term "church" was a taboo. The empire with the Solar Religion as the state religion is in fact absolutely exclusive to other religions, especially the God preached by the Church.

While thanking from the bottom of my heart, I felt that my words began to become more and more. When you interact with each other, you can not only learn a lot of knowledge that cannot be obtained in books, but also increase the trust between your superiors and subordinates. You must know that the army does not want enterprises and has no way to choose its own subordinates, so it can only be cultivated on the basis of the existing ones.

"Yes. However, at this stage of the situation, it is difficult to imagine that Britannia and the Sukaran Federation would sit idly by. Moreover, the current silence of the Church makes it impossible to know what exactly they are planning. ”

Britannia had a marriage with Newland, and his overseas trade was mostly related to Sucalan. From any point of view, the reaction of these two countries should be the greatest. As for the Church, they should have no direct interest in this war, as they are separated by oceans.

"Maybe it's because they feel that they can't get direct benefits from the current war, so they choose to watch from the sidelines!"

I was a little too happy, and what the Brigadier had in his heart almost exactly coincided with mine. It is very easy and pleasant to communicate with such a chief.

"Yes, as you say, there seems to be no direct interest at the moment. But are they really allowing a new hegemonic state to emerge?"

After all, the current countries involved in the war are small countries, and most of them have a total population of less than 10 million. You must know that in the Norma Empire alone, a country's standing army is about 10 million.

"Hegemonic power?"

"Yes, the empire first destroyed the kingdom of Newland, where many countries traded, and now it has become an absolute advantage, which is relatively strong compared to before. ”

As far as the current state of war is concerned, after the surrounding princely states have been cleaned up. The next target of the empire is likely to be Britannia, followed by the Duchy of Belmar.

Think about it, if the empire alone defeated these two countries. If the Church would have been stupid enough to ignore this, they would not have achieved what they are now.

So far, they have not understood the true intentions of the Empire, so they are still silent. But once they can understand the harsh reality, joining the fray is a sure thing. As long as you have a brain, you will definitely follow the decisions of national interests and jump into the quagmire of this war. And this quagmire will get bigger and bigger.

Therefore, if it is not possible to complete the huge expansion plan formulated by the empire in the short term. It will inevitably be interfered with by other countries.

"I see. It is not certain that this situation will evolve, but when the itching is stopped, won't the church also become a hegemonic country?

Why do most people think that the church is not a hegemon? It seems to me that he has always been, but the way he does it is a little peculiar. The religion imprisons the human heart and will.

Just think about the spirit of bushido in Japan during World War II, where people who believed in the emperor could launch a "banzai charge" naked, and crazy acts such as planes hitting aircraft carriers.

I looked into each other's eyes and thought for a long time. Well, in the end, I chose to give up on instilling this dangerous idea of myself into the other person. It's bad to be seen as anti-human.

"I agree, so I think it's likely that the Church will try to bring the empire and the kingdom to its end. ”

After the defeat of Newland, most of its masterminds went into exile, especially after Princess Olimina fled to Britain, she did not choose to marry into the British royal family, but formed a government-in-exile, active and political.

"Get involved in the war?"

"Yes! I'm afraid that Newland will borrow money, and then it may be directly supplied with weapons, or volunteers. ”

This is a bit like the "Lend-Lease Act" in the early days of World War II, which leased weapons and materials to friendly countries, and even personnel, and participated in the war in this capacity. But at the same time, it is necessary to have the consciousness of loss, just like the SDM regime that country M has fostered in order to fight against the empire. At the same time, he even did things to bite the owner.

Basically, this kind of thing has to be done with the consciousness of loss.

On the other hand, after the two sides fought to the point of exhaustion, they jumped out happily and put on the face of a "messenger of peace". In this way, no matter which side wins, they will always benefit in the end. (Flower arrangement: one of the commonly used tricks in country M.) ）

I see, it was indeed expected. ”

"Yes! Lease a large amount of material and personnel, with the intention of consuming both sides to the greatest extent. In the end, the intervention is to reap the benefits. The subordinates believed that other powers would also pay this attention. ”

(Flower arrangement: As a country of commercial language, Newland may lack mainly personnel and materials and a base for recovery, rather than funds.) So the argument for lend-lease funds is not entirely true. ）