He picked up a handful of soil on the ground and took a deep breath. The old man in Tang suit almost buried his face in the soil. The slightly fishy smell of the soil gave the old man an intoxicating feeling. The dusty soil fell from between his fingers. Slowly sliding down, the old man raised his head and looked around for a long time. He let out a long roar with great satisfaction. The sound shook the four regions and dispersed in the wilderness. The feeling of satisfaction was really refreshing. There is no other feeling like this. It tastes even better.
"Moori-kun, Fujiwara-kun, you know that every day I dream that this place can become our territory. Now we have done it, but people's hearts are very strange. After I did this, my originally very satisfied heart gradually cracked. Opening a crack, the voices of our ancestors are telling us that we cannot be obsessed with our current achievements. Wandering in the historical trend, we are like sailing against the current. If we do not advance, we will retreat. We are now facing both a huge opportunity and an imminent challenge. Crisis, what should we do?”
The old man in Tang suit and Eguan Bo belt is none other than Tachihara Shankawa, the leader of the Liyuan tribe who has completed the entire undercover unification mission. This is the fifth time that he has set foot on the land of Treasure Island. He coveted the Treasure Island so much that he could not sleep at night. Now that Treasure Island and Kamchatka Island have fallen into our hands, no one can appreciate the wonderful feeling of being confident about controlling the Atlantic Ocean.
"My lord, the Liboan envoys have asked about our preparations several times. I wonder what your plans are? Do you just sit back and watch the war develop, or do you really plan to go all out for a landing operation?" He remained silent. The heavily armored man who followed Tatehara Shanchuan silently pressed his hand on the handle of the sharp long knife, his eyes fixed.
"What do you think, Fujiwara-kun?" Tachihara Yamakawa turned his head and asked without answering his top general.
"It's hard for me to make a decision, so I want to ask my lord to clear up my doubts." Fujiwara Shingen did not want to hide his conflicting feelings.
"Moori, what do you think we should do?" Tachihara Shankawa threw the topic back to his part-time intelligence chief.
"My lord has just said that this is a moment where opportunities and crises coexist. Based on our current military strength, it is a bit reluctant to carry out landing operations. Crescent Peninsula, Treasure Island, and Kamchatka Island all need to be stationed With heavy troops and the fact that these places have just entered the development boom stage, there are strong calls from all over the country to suspend the war and focus on economic development. It can be said that the lord's prestige has reached its peak at this time. Although we have formed an alliance with the Liberians, We have made an alliance, but they should also be aware of our situation. They also know how many troops we can dispatch. My subordinates think that if we want to be on the safe side, a landing of 150,000 troops is our limit, and we have to find a way to ensure that their logistics and maritime transport access.”
Centaur Maori was also a little unsure of her lord's true thoughts. It would definitely be impossible to sit back and watch the success or failure. The lord was very enthusiastic about forming an alliance, and swore to the Liberian envoy that his side would do its best to However, now that the Datang Empire has been fully mobilized, our plan to land in the hinterland of the Datang Empire is quite risky. Once something goes wrong, it will be almost impossible for the landing troops to retreat by sea. Hundreds of thousands of troops can It is not easy to withdraw at the drop of a hat.
"Oh? Maori, do you think so?" Tachihara Shankawa shook his head slightly.
"Does my lord think that we should send out all our troops?" Mouri Momota and Fujiwara Shingen both understood the meaning of their lord's words.
"Do you think that once the situation is unfavorable to the Liberians, we will be able to survive if we send 150,000 troops?" Tatehara Yamakawa asked in return.
"Of course it's impossible. The Tang Dynasty's army is too powerful. Once the situation goes against us, there is no way we can survive. It is simply impossible for hundreds of thousands of troops to retreat from the sea." Fujiwara Shingen immediately replied.
"Then what if we don't send out any troops and just put on a posture?" Tachihara Shankawa asked again.
"This," Mouri Centaur and Fujiwara Shingen looked at each other, "this can certainly preserve strength, but it may not be easy to explain to the Liberians, right?"
"I don't care how the Liberians feel. I want to ask you, if we don't send troops, what are the chances of the Liberians winning? If we send troops, will the odds of the Liberians increase?" Tachihara Yamakawa Shaking his head, he made his words clear.
"Well, the forces mobilized by the Liberians are not weak now. According to my subordinates, as long as this war is not prolonged into a stalemate, the Liberians should still have a certain chance of winning. However, if it becomes a tug-of-war and a protracted war, , there is no doubt that the Liberians will be defeated. The comprehensive national strength of the Tang Dynasty far exceeds that of the Liberian countries. Soldiers, weapons, and materials can be continuously replenished. However, the Liberians are already fishing in the marsh. They basically support Soon, if the war lasts for more than three months and there is still no winner, then the Liberians will be doomed without fighting." Fujiwara Shingen also saw this very clearly and answered with a very firm tone, "As for what my lord is doing, Said, if we join the landing operation, no matter how many troops we send, it will definitely have a certain impact on the situation. The East China Sea and Jiangnan are the core economic areas of the Tang Dynasty. The impact on this area is not only on the economic level, but also on the economic level. It will have an immeasurable impact on the politics and psychology of the people of the Tang Empire."
"Then do you think that if we don't send troops, the Tang Dynasty will let us go after defeating the Liberian countries?" Tachihara Shankawa asked again.
"This is impossible, unless we immediately withdraw from the treasure islands, Kamchatka and Ryukyu we occupied, there may be a glimmer of possibility." Mouri Momota and Fujiwara Shingen replied in unison.
"Since the decisive battle between us and the Tang Dynasty is inevitable, why should we be timid? What difference does it make if we send out 150,000 people or not at all?!" Tachihara Shankawa said sternly: "This is the battle that determines our destiny. If you don't succeed, you will be punished. There is no room for maneuver! We have no possibility of compromise, so there is no need to make any reservations. The idea of conserving our strength and sitting on the mountain to watch the tigers fight is purely short-sighted and stupid! What does it mean that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold?! The Liberians are finished, We don’t have any good fruit to eat!”
Tachihara Shankawa's words made the two of them break into cold sweat, "I tell you, if the Liberians are finished in this battle, we will also be finished. The Tang Dynasty will not tolerate us. If the Liberians win, we can take the opportunity to set foot in the East." Mainland China, it is not a dream to capture Jiangnan and the East China Sea! We have no choice. We must go all out in the first battle to win victory with our faith! The Crescent Peninsula, Treasure Island, Kamchatka Island and our local army are all mobilized. There is no need to fight again. Leave one soldier to garrison, leave other issues to local officials, and fight this battle without hesitation!"
Tatehara Yamakawa's categorical words made Centaurus Mouri and Shingen Fujiwara feel ashamed, and they immediately responded solemnly: "I understand!"
Gu Dengyun took a deep breath and frowned as he browsed through the massive amount of intelligence information. Although the people below had sorted it out and sorted it, and all the information sent to him was of sufficient weight. Gu Dengyun also briefly listened to the report below, but Gu Dengyun still He likes to screen out some intelligence materials that he is more focused on and read them carefully. Why do intelligence analysts and researchers have different priorities? What can be sent to them is not simple intelligence. Gu Dengyun likes this feeling of immersing himself in intelligence materials. .
This pile of information is all about the intelligence on our operations in the East. The slightly different colors are the information passed from the Imperial Security Bureau and the Imperial National Security Bureau that they think are related to military intelligence, combined with the Military Intelligence Bureau itself. Collecting and sharing information from the Empire's intelligence base, various movements of the Japanese can be reflected in the intelligence.
It is not surprising that the Japanese have strange behavior. The Military Intelligence Bureau had already grasped the situation when the Japanese were on the line with the Liberians and Machikhans. However, there has always been a view in the military circles that this is determined by our greedy and bullying character. Therefore, they prefer to take advantage of others' troubles and add insult to injury rather than confront powerful enemies head-on, unless their own territorial security is endangered. The frequent actions of the Japanese navy on the Crescent Peninsula, Treasure Island, and Kamchatka Island are completely invisible. The Imperial Navy is still on the defensive. No matter how the Japanese navy moves, it cannot harm the Empire itself. Gu Dengyun is concerned about the mobilization and deployment of the Japanese army with the help of the Japanese navy.
It is understandable that the number of Japanese armies in the Crescent Peninsula has been greatly reduced. Since the Liberians are wearing the same pants as the Japanese at this time, they can naturally put aside territorial disputes for the time being. However, the number of troops stationed in the Cook Islands and Ryukyu Islands is increasing rapidly. Increased, even to an incomprehensible degree, what does this mean? Gu Dengyun frowned and lightly sketched on the map. The Cook Islands are not far from the southern tip of the Crescent Peninsula, but they are also quite close to Yanshanfu and Okhotsk in the empire, while the Ryukyu Islands are only 220 meters away from Dengzhou in the East China Sea. In the sea, Gu Dengyun slowly raised his head. What did the Japanese want to do with this action
After thinking about it, Gu Dengyun quickly picked out two pieces of information from a stack of intelligence materials, browsed them quickly, then quickly got up and went to the secret information cabinet on the wall of his study room, found a stack of forms and checked what he wanted. His fingers quickly searched for the data in a row, eighty thousand, eighty thousand, eighty thousand, but this month it suddenly dropped to ten thousand. The Japanese local garrison dropped to only ten thousand? ! In less than a month, the local garrison decreased by 70,000. Where did these 70,000 go? However, the Japanese homeland was not at peace, and various tribes who were not convinced by Tatehara Shanchuan's rule still had resistance, but he actually reduced the number of garrison troops to a point where it could be said to be a dangerous situation. Is this guy crazy