After hearing what Melonzi said, the middle-aged gentleman was a little undecided. Being able to satisfy the appetites of the Tang people at the expense of the interests of the Luzon people was naturally a happy thing for everyone, but Fermi also knew that the appetites of the Tang people It is not so easy to fill up. Everyone knows that Li Wufeng's ambitions are huge. It is hard to say whether he will stop there. However, the situation is not up to anyone. The Tang army's current posture in Rosette Province is to open up the passage to the Baltic Sea. At this point, Bao Lin didn't seem to be telling lies. Of course, they can attack the Kerman Province to the west, or they can advance southwest along the Volga into the Western Translation Province. This will follow the intention of the Tang Army's commander.
But now that we have this hope, we can work hard in this regard anyway. Fermi never believed that the Hansen Alliance could form a solid alliance with the Luzon people. As an old politician who has been in the diplomatic community for decades, Fermi Mi clearly knows that the effectiveness of those covenants is not much higher than that of waste paper. If it can be used for his own purposes, it will be kept, and if it cannot be used, it will be discarded. The Hansen Alliance and Luzon have no interest exchanges in the first place. They left purely because of their interests on the Indian issue. They came together, but now facing the huge pressure from the Tang Army, no one wanted to meet the Tang Army's first shot. Although the alliance was forced by the situation, neither the army nor the government were skeptical of this alliance in the past, and no one wanted to. He is willing to take the initiative to be the target of the Tang army's attack, but is more willing to wait until the other party and the Tang army have a brutal battle to play a decisive role. In this case, it is indeed difficult to share the enemy's happiness.
"Melonzi, do you think we can persuade the Luzon people to give up the Xizang Province in exchange for the Tang people to stop?" After pondering for a long time, Fermi asked.
"I'm afraid not. The province of Nishizawa is to the people of Luzon just like the province of Kerman is to our alliance. What's more, will the Tang people stop after acquiring the province of Nishizawa? From a geographical point of view, Nishizawa and Lei The two provinces of Bo are connected together. It is entirely possible for them to go all the way south along the Volga River into the Lebo province. It is possible that the Luzon people will collapse after they have achieved everything in South India. Therefore, the Luzon people will never tolerate it. This kind of thing happens." He shook his head. Melonz is skeptical of that possibility. He served for a considerable period in the Union military service. He still has some military accomplishments, and he is very familiar with the situation on the east coast of the Baltic Sea.
The coastline of the Indian Kingdom on the Baltic Sea is very straight, there are not many good harbors, and there are not many islands along the coast. The sovereignty of several islands that originally belonged to the Indian Kingdom has been essentially spread across the east coast of the Baltic Sea. Controlled by pirates, the Indians had almost no naval power, so they only retained nominal sovereignty over those islands, but in fact they had never exercised sovereignty. Much of the coastal area is semi-desert. It is not very valuable in terms of economic value, coupled with the Indians' tradition of attaching importance to land and the rampant pirate power in the Baltic Sea. So in fact, all Indian ministries do not pay much attention to this area.
The Indian Kingdom nominally has four provinces on the Baltic Sea. The provinces of Lebo and Nishizawa were originally in the southern Indian region controlled by the Tik people. The provinces were originally in the western Indian region controlled by the Yakuans. The four provinces of Mann and Farhan each have a controlled area on a not too long coastline. Together, they separate the Hansen Alliance and the Principality of Melli, the country of spices.
Due to the rampant pirate power in the Baltic Sea, a considerable part of the spices exported from the Principality of Meili to the countries of the Hansen Alliance transited through the Indian land route. However, due to the high cost of land transportation and the poor social and political conditions in this area, the bandits and horse thieves who haunt the desert are no less impressive than their counterparts at sea. They are also very arrogant. Many bandits and horse thieves even fight with each other. The local nomadic wealthy families with strong power in this area colluded with each other to loot passing caravans, and the top leaders of the Yakuan people also turned a blind eye to this kind of thing, which further encouraged the powerful horse thieves in these places to take action on their own. His arrogance. This kind of thing has become more and more intense in recent years, which has also made the source of spices extremely unstable, causing the price of spices in the Hansen Alliance to rise sharply. This seriously damaged the interests of the Dutch nobles in the alliance. From a certain perspective, this was also one of the reasons why the Hansen Alliance sent troops to Western India.
Now that the Luzon people control the provinces of Leibo and Nishizawa in the south, and they control the two provinces of Kerman and Fahan, the only way for the Tang people to obtain an outlet to the Baltic Sea is here. Choose one of the four provinces. Nishizawa and Kerman are both the Tang people's first choice targets. How can they prompt the Tang people to turn their troops to the southwest. This problem faced Fermi and Melonzi. Although the two of them are senior officials of the Alliance Foreign Affairs Office, this matter cannot be decided by the Foreign Affairs Office. This requires coordination with the military. Although the military does not believe that the alliance with the Luzon people can be maintained for a long time, they believe that At least now the Alliance and the Luzon people are tied by a rope, and both sides should work together in the same boat. As for the future, that needs to wait until the big trouble of the Tang people is solved.
But the problem before them is that the Tang people are very likely to throw away the Luzon people and launch an attack westward with all their strength. After all, the Luzon people not only have heavy troops stationed in De'an in southern India, but also have 15 troops stationed in the Komini area behind them. The reserve force of more than 10,000 people can be reinforced at any time. The Tang army will not fail to see this. In the De'an region of Western India, the alliance army only has 200,000 people, and the BD riots of Niye believers are intensifying in several provinces. , will the Tang army ignore the differences between the two regions? No, you can think of it, but they definitely won’t!
Femi once discussed this issue with General Suvorov, the commander-in-chief of the alliance's garrison in Western India. Suvorov also admitted that he would not be able to quell the Niyeh riots in various provinces in a short time, even if the alliance resumed It would not do to give him an additional 100,000 troops. The rebound of religious forces is expected. While the Holy Spirit Church has achieved fruitful results among the upper class in the West Indian region, it has also exposed their strategic weakness among the middle and lower classes. Among the middle and lower class people, they have received little support. It would be too difficult to rely on the military power of the Alliance to accomplish this task. The top leaders of the Holy Spirit Church seem to be aware of this, and they are also gradually changing their strategies, but no obvious results can be seen in a short period of time. This is an arduous and complex long-term work, and it will take time to gradually fill the gap of faith in the minds of the people. Missing, but it seems that the Tang people are unwilling to give themselves too much time.
In this case, the Tang army and the Luzon people secretly negotiated a peace so that they could launch an attack on the alliance-controlled areas with all their strength. The Tang army assembled heavy troops on the border of the Pame Province controlled by the Misch people to threaten the German territory under their own control. The Ministry of Finance seems to be proof of this. Fermi believes that it is necessary to return to Lambeau immediately to discuss the possible impact of the change of situation with Suvorov. Although the Tang Dynasty has revealed such information, we can still ensure that our own interests will not be harmed. It is unreasonable to give a positive response below. Sometimes, for the sake of one's own interests, it is unreasonable to sacrifice the interests of allies. What's more, whether this "ally" will be recognized by the top leaders of both sides is still unknown. At most, it can be called a temporary ally.
"The strength of the Luzon people in the southern Indian region is now similar to our strength in the western Indian region. However, the Luzon people have quite sufficient reserves in the southern Komini region. If they can lure the Tang army to seize the western region, Ze and Leibo provinces, as you said, the Luzon people will never give up and will definitely fight with all their strength. I think the war between the Tang army and the Luzon people will be difficult to distinguish in a short period of time. Win or lose, then we can win a precious breathing opportunity. I don’t think the military will have much objection to this plan. After all, they also need time to quell the riots of Niye believers in several provinces."
Fermi finally made up his mind. He needed to return to Lambeau immediately to negotiate with Suvorov. This plan must also get the support of the military, and they still had a lot of work to do, so Mellon could only be left here. I'm here to take charge.
"Lord Fermi, have you decided?" Although Melonzi has always supported this idea, when the matter came to pass, he was a little worried. This matter is not without risks. Tang Jun will definitely go very smoothly in the early stage with his own cooperation, but The strength of the Luzon people in this area exceeds that of the alliance. Once the Tang army thinks that the Luzon people are not easy to crack, they turn to attack the alliance. Without the support of the Luzon people, the alliance army will fight alone unless they get the rear. Support, I'm afraid it will get you burned.
Fermi was a little dissatisfied. The original intention of this plan was proposed by the other party. He just materialized it, but now he is hesitant. No wonder this guy doesn't do well in the military affairs department and the Foreign Affairs Agency. This kind of indecisive person How can a character stand alone
"Melonz, do you have anything else to say?"
"Sorry, no, no more. I just hope that you and Suvorov can carefully consider this plan. The Tang people are very cunning. Our plan must be very comprehensive. We must let the military know that this plan may bring Otherwise, once the situation changes, they will put all the responsibility on us." Melonz heard the other party's dissatisfaction, and he could only tactfully remind the other party that they need to consider the negative side. Only in this way may the other party be able to Without causing unnecessary misunderstandings about himself, Melonzi did not want to arouse the other party's hesitation on this issue, and he still wanted to stay in the Alliance Foreign Affairs Agency.