"The situation in the Middle East remains difficult, from Tunisia to the Persian Gulf.

Everywhere there was fire, everywhere there were rebellious Arabs.

Our policies in the Middle East over the years have been really unpopular, and the greed of those sheikhs is really bottomless.

They were so mean and cruel to their own people, and they betrayed them when we couldn't take care of them.

This is a group of greedy people, and there is no discipline and morality yet.

We relied on them in the past, and we were wrong! At the operational briefing of the General Staff, Stilwell reluctantly reported to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao was silent, there was Li Xiu's responsibility in this. But he also has a lot of responsibility!

From the beginning, Li Xiao wanted to replicate the policy in India. Give some benefits to those upper-level people, so that they can help Daming manage.

But the ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny.

The Arab sheikhs made a fortune and paid no attention to the needy people.

Their hearts have been exhausted in ten years of arrogance and indulgence.

Now that such a big thing has happened in the Middle East, some chiefs have even stood up and raised the banner of opposition to the Ming Dynasty.

Counting on the greater benefits of the Hebrews after driving out the Ming people.

There are all kinds of people under the chaos, and the Syrian king is still struggling to support in Damascus, waiting for the arrival of Ming reinforcements.

The King of Jordan had made peace with the Hebrews and declared the West Bank and Gaza City a zone of peace.

Everyone re-teamed in this chaos, either to fully demonstrate their loyalty to the Ming or to ...... and hug the Hebrew thighs.

"It seems that Hinduism is better. Let's just bring Hinduism to the Middle East! ”

"That's not going to work! It will cause the entire Merslin world to revolt, and this risk is not to be taken.

One can't get it right, let alone the Middle East. Even North Africa and the Balkans will have to be in chaos, and at that time, we will have a hard time. ”

The people below were talking nonsense, and Li Xiao sat there expressionless without speaking.

Replacing Merslin with Hinduism will not work, after all, people are also religions with a thousand-year-old foundation.

"The problems of the Middle East are now just a matter of holding Basra, Cairo and the Suez Canal Zone.

Other places, if there is no vital interest, we can choose to give up. Li Xiao opened his mouth to speak, and everyone kept their mouths shut.

"What about Damascus?" Stilwell immediately asked.

"Damascus needs to hold out, and the first Indian division to be formed will go there. Let them consume with the Arabs!

Although the combat level of the Indians is not strong, it is half a pound and a tael with the Arabs. ”

"Among the Arabs there were many Hebrew advisers. They are responsible for training and commanding these Arabs!

On the front of Basra, regular Hebrew artillery was even found. Occasionally, there will be formed Hebrew infantry.

It seems that the Hebrews were fully involved in the war. ”

"The Hebrews are so ruthless that they hit our oil fields directly. Daming's demand for oil is getting higher and higher, and we can't cut off oil. ”

"We are not directly attacking Sevastopol! Let the Hebrews taste the taste of not being able to care for each other. ”

"No way, our ships were all transferred out of Constantinople.

Some of them were to escort ships carrying Marines, while others were to provide fire support to the Marines.

To be honest, I can't break it. ”

"What about our Marines?"

"There was only one Marine Division left in Constantinople, and all the rest were transferred to Basra.

Thankfully, they were able to provide timely support, otherwise Basra would have fallen by now. ”

"How well armed are the Kurds?"

"Their tactical literacy is good, and the Hebrews must have been training them for a long time."

"Will they attack Constantinople?"

"I shouldn't dare, after all, Israel and Daming did not declare war.

If they attacked Constantinople, it would be a declaration of war. The consequences were not something the Israelites could afford. ”

"Hmmm! Although after five years of development, Israel already has a preliminary industry.

Munitions manufacturing, as well as shipbuilding, are developing at a rapid pace.

But after all, their development time is too short, and their strength is far worse than our Daming.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not allow foreigners to set foot now, the missionaries should have brought some news back.

At least, with their intelligence network, they will not be ignorant of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"The Mossad is still very good, and they have bought a lot of Ming merchants.

Although these men came back and reported it to the court, it was not clear what they had said to the Israelites. ”

Li Xiao shook his head helplessly as he listened to these subordinate staff officers of the General Staff.

In the end, it is still not enough to have a solid foundation, and the General Staff Headquarters, which was born out of the military department, is still not competent for the task of commanding such a large-scale war.

Even these high-ranking officials of the General Staff do not have a systematic understanding of the entire macro war situation.

Li Xiao knocked on the table, and the room fell silent again.

"You can order the Indian Sikh division and the Gurkha division to go to Damascus, since the Syrian king is worthy of our Ming, our Ming must also be worthy of him.

We must prove with our actions that Daming is worthy of our friends.

As for those half-hearted, two-faced guys, we have to deal a hard blow.

And also!

Constantinople was reminded to pay attention to the actions of the Hebrews. ”

The troops are insufficient, and Li Xiao can only do this.

The troops temporarily recruited by the Ming Dynasty had to undergo at least three months of military training anyway.

Today's Hainan has become a huge barracks, and the barracks have long been unable to make ends meet. Even Xiaoyu's villa has become a temporary headquarters.

Inside the coconut grove, there are tents everywhere.

Li Xiao has always been patient, because he knows that throwing untrained troops into the battlefield is tantamount to killing people.

Fortunately, in recent years, the militia organizations in the countryside of Liaodong, Shandong, and Hebei have not slackened.

Every year, during the slack season, the militia conducts military training.

The infantry subject of fighting bayonets and shooting targets is naturally the whole of training.

But the soldiers recruited in the south were not very good, and many of them had never even touched a gun.

Hitting a target can break the collarbone, and throwing a grenade can throw it to the heel.

Because of the intensity of the training, the training lasted only one month, and more than 30 training accidents occurred.

Eight people died, and more than thirty were wounded.

Before he went out to fight, he already had fucking casualties.

The existing Marine Corps has at least two months to go. can wait for the hundreds of thousands of troops recruited by the Ming Dynasty!

And the training of those technical arms is not just a few months, and some even take a year.

Li Xiao made a final decision, and no one spoke.

"Let's talk about the north side and see how our Ao Ye is doing." Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Xiao looked at Stilwell and asked.

"The melee battle on the Northern Front went very well.

The 1st Army of the Expeditionary Force, which has recaptured Smolensk. Three days ago, 50,000 defenders of Minsk were forced to surrender.

At present, more than 400,000 Polish troops are surrounded in the Smolensk, Yelinin, Orsha, and Grazki regions.

The length of the encirclement is about 200 kilometers on both sides of the Dnieper River, and Ao Ye is directing the First Expeditionary Force and the Russian army to reduce the encirclement.

It is estimated that in the next three days, it will be possible to successfully reduce the area occupied by the Polish army by half.

If they don't surrender, they can be eliminated within a week. ”

Speaking of the northern front, Stilwell is clearly in spirit.

In any case, winning a battle is a matter of boosting spirit.

"Did Ao Ye say what he plans to do next?" Li Xiao asked, looking at the map.

"Empress Catherine requested, and the coalition forces waved their troops to take Warsaw. She's going to teach the Poles a hard lesson! ”

"When did we Ming grow up and work for the Russians?" Li Xiao lit a cigar and said contemptuously.

"Next, please show the marshal."

"After the annihilation of the Polish army, the large army was assembled in Minsk. Look for an opportunity to capture Vilnius and force the Lithuanians to surrender.

At the same time, we have to put on a posture of going south to Kyiv at any time. ”

"South to Kyiv?" Now someone whispers about it.

They don't understand, if they fought well on the Northern Front, why go to Kyiv.

"Putting on a posture of going south to Kyiv at any time also made the Hebrews have some scruples.

They would move the main forces to their north to prevent the Ming from occupying Kyiv.

As long as they concentrate the main forces on Kiev, then they do not have the forces to attack Constantinople.

Then again, if they attack Constantinople. We went directly south to Kyiv, and then attacked Crimea, directly destroying the State of Israel.

Anyway, they started the war, and we don't have to bear moral responsibility.

And even if we had not attacked Warsaw, the Polish king would have been scared half to death by now.

In less than 20 days, Smolensk was recaptured, and Minsk was also captured by the way.

The 400,000-strong army of the Poles was surrounded, plus the 50,000 defenders of Minsk, who had already made a forced landing.

This battle annihilated at least half a million Polish troops!

No matter how powerful Poland is, 500,000 people are their family.

Now that the family has lost all their money, there is only one choice left for the Poles, and that is to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. ”

Stilwell wanted to say that the narrow terrain in Crimea was not suitable for the actions of armored forces. Li Xiao can be seen smoking a cigar while looking at the map.

He suddenly understood that Li Xiao just wanted to deter the Hebrews. Don't let them do anything to Constantinople, Ao Ye gathered in Minsk.

The biggest possibility is to stock up on supplies and prepare for the next fierce battle.

You know, behind the Poles is France. Prussia, too, at the instigation of the Hebrew consortium, secretly supported Poland.

Poland was defeated so quickly that the French and Prussians could not have imagined.

If Poland surrendered, then Prussia would be exposed to the Ming Dynasty's military capabilities.

The younger brother was killed, if the eldest brother is not out of the picture, then how will he mix in the future?

Napoleon was not a fool, he was a shrewd strategist.

He knew that this was the best opportunity to unite with Prussia to directly attack the Ming Dynasty.

After all, if Poland surrenders. The Ming army will reach Berlin, Maggburg, and Stettin.

This situation was too painful for Prussia. This kind of thing cannot be solved by diplomats.

Since the diplomats could not solve it, they formed an alliance with the French and marched into Poland together.

With the help of the remnants of the Polish army, they defeated the Ming people by virtue of their huge numerical superiority.

This is the best option of all!

After all, Da Ming had just experienced a vicious war. According to previous experience, they have to take a break for a while.

Li Xiao ordered Ao Ye to assemble in Minsk, and it was he who clenched his open fingers into fists again and prepared for the next attack.

As for the next attack, the most likely is to face the combined forces of France, Prussia and Poland.

"Telegraphed to Li Xiu that Gibraltar's troops could not be transferred in any case.

Maritime supremacy over Crete, Rhodes and Cyrenaica must be maintained. ”

"No!

But the big man, there are obviously not enough naval ships.

Now, in the Golden Horn of Constantinople, only three destroyers are parked to support the scene.

If it weren't for the closure of the strait at any time, even these three destroyers would have to be sent.

And the Israeli Navy opposite, already had two battleships. There were more than twenty destroyers, plus the battleships that Spain and Sweden had recently sold us to.

Sold to the Israelis by way of sale.

If the Israelis want to break through to the Golden Horn, at least at sea we are not in a position to stop it.

So, you're ......!

The commander may also have more than enough, but not enough! Stilwell asked, a little worried.

"The Shandong aircraft carrier has been commissioned, and the Hebei aircraft carrier is still in sea trials.

The two aircraft carriers were ordered to rush to the Middle East immediately, and domestic ships were dispatched to form a mixed formation to help Li Xiu stabilize the situation.

The power to control the sea has always been the Ming Dynasty, and no one wants to take it away from the Ming Dynasty. ”

"No!" Stilwell hurriedly agreed.

In addition, the Jinzhou Shipyard, Huangdao Shipyard, Tianjin Shipyard, and Lushun Shipyard were ordered to step up construction.

Strive to drive out the Shanxi and Henan as soon as possible.

Shenyang Aircraft Factory, Jinzhou Aircraft Factory, Changchun Aircraft Factory and Lushun Aircraft Factory worked overtime to manufacture aircraft.

Airplanes are an important weapon in our ability to win future wars and must be produced on as large a scale as possible. ”

"No!" Stilwell took the lead and saluted Li Xiao.

It's been a long time since I've seen such a blood-smelling arrangement!

I thought that Li Xiao was compassionate, but I didn't expect that Li Xiao would have a bigger flag in the next game.

"What's going on in England?" This is the first time that Li Xiao has taken the initiative to ask what the English think!

"England is doing a strange thing, they don't respond to either side. Either us or them! Stilwell was a little puzzled, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the British gourd.

"Hehe, the British Army is notoriously unproductive. If you want to kill yourself in a dignified manner and get people back with good words and deeds, how can you have no money? ”

"What's so strange, it's just two ends of the head. They're not as scared as we are. ”