Just when Fang Xiaoyu was thinking about how to lure the Cossack Empire into action, a piece of information forced him to change his mind. The Trans-Siberian Railway, which the Cossack Empire had been building for nearly ten years, was finally open to traffic. Although the railway was suspended for repairs and experienced
It took so many years to be repaired, and it was only a single-track line with limited transportation capacity. However, its opening heralded that the Cossack Empire could finally effectively control the territory of the Central and Eastern Continents.
With this railway, the Cossack Empire can very conveniently deploy its huge army to any border area and quickly form combat effectiveness. It will no longer be tied up due to lack of troops and supplies. If the Chinese invaded at this time,
The Stania Alliance would confront the Cossack Empire head-on. Fang Xiaoyu would not do such a thing that would not be worth the gain. Since there was no chance of invading the Stania Alliance, Fang Xiaoyu settled for the next best thing and set his sights on the Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire was even more vast than the Stania Alliance, and its territory occupied a large part of the southern part of the Central Continent. The Persian Empire was at its peak of national power two hundred years ago, and its territory was twice as large as it is now. Its territory not only included the Stania Alliance.
Half of the country and part of the Istan Empire's territory, and even the northern part of the South Asian subcontinent are also its territory.
Due to problems such as backward transportation and communication technology, a small population, a corrupt and unprogressive life at the top, as well as an excessively large territory and poor management and control, the once powerful Persian Empire has inevitably declined.
Seeing the continued decline of this old empire, nearby countries have invaded and occupied its land. Especially a few decades ago, the powers of the Western Continent began a period of aggressive expansion of colonies to the outside world. Several countries such as the Saar Empire jointly carved up the Persian Empire.
The territory of the southern subcontinent almost reduced the Persian Empire by three-quarters.
But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even after suffering such a tragic change, the Persian Empire is still an important power in the Central Continent.
The domestic situation of the Persian Empire is basically the same as that of the Stania Alliance, but they have a feud with the Istan Empire, and the two countries often go to war.
With the current territorial structure, the Persian Empire is close to the sea in the south and there are not many powerful countries around it. Therefore, most of its domestic troops are concentrated in the border area with the Istan Empire, and the border troops bordering the Chinese territory are relatively weak.
If the Chinese leader attacks the Persian Empire, it will be easy to succeed, and the huge oil resources here that Fang Xiaoyu covets are what he is determined to win. However, the name of the invasion must not be borne by the Chinese leader. The best thing is to let the Persian Empire provoke, and himself
Self-defense counterattack effect.
In order to strengthen the military strength in the Bataan area, Fang Xiaoyu specially transferred Zhang Zhonglin's Second Army of the Guards there. Since there is no military region in the Bataan area, according to convention, the person with the highest military rank is the commander-in-chief, and the Guards Army
The commander of the Second Army, Lieutenant General Zhang Zhonglin, naturally became the commander-in-chief of Bataan, and the deputy commander of the Special War Army, Al, became his deputy.
Zhang Zhonglin is a famous general in the Chinese army. He is good at winning by surprise. He personally surveys the terrain wherever he goes and knows it well. At this moment, he is secretly leading a group of senior officers to the border of the Persian Empire to secretly inspect the situation here.
The well-equipped security forces belong to the Second Army of the Guards and the Special Forces. At this moment, they launched a joint operation and opened a fan-shaped cordon a hundred meters in front of Zhang Zhonglin and others, carefully searching for possible situations.
Lieutenant General Zhang Zhonglin, Major General Al and a group of staff rode forward slowly on horseback. As Zhang Zhonglin moved forward, he talked to Al from time to time, pointing to the nearby terrain and explaining.
Zhang Zhonglin knew that Al, the lord's brother-in-law, would definitely be reused in the future, so he explained to Al from time to time the experience of using large corps to fight in case of emergency.
Al knew very well that he only had experience in special warfare and that fighting in large groups was his weakness. Therefore, he was open-minded and asked questions in his heart from time to time. Zhang Zhonglin also told him everything he knew and answered him in detail.
"Commander, we have reached the border. Opposite is the Habar Province of the Persian Empire." Colonel Gao Deyu, chief of staff of the Second Army of the Guards, said.
Zhang Zhonglin nodded: "This is an important border province of the Persian Empire. To the north is Birjand Province, which is also a border province. To the west is the important port city of Bandar Abbas, and to the south is the Aberdeen Peninsula.
The Persian Gulf is indeed an important strategic node."
Al smiled and said: "With Commander Zhang's habit, he will definitely not attack here first. He will definitely rush in with surprise troops from further north and attack Bakhtalan, the capital of the Persian Empire."
Zhang Zhonglin shook his head and said: "Habit? No, I don't have any fighting habits. A person who leads troops in war cannot have such a thing as fighting habits. Once your opponent catches your rules of using troops, your failure will be doomed."
Therefore, the use of troops must be full of wild imagination and change from time to time in order to be invincible. A person who leads troops can have a fighting method that he is good at, but he must not have fighting habits. This is the most dangerous thing. And
We can’t use surprise troops this time, we have to advance from the front bit by bit and cannibalize the entire Persian Empire.”
"Oh?" Al looked at Zhang Zhonglin. Al agreed very much with what he said. Even so, he was still very surprised by Zhang Zhonglin's decision. Such a disciplined fighting method was not like Zhang Zhonglin.
Seeing Aier's surprised expression, Zhang Zhonglin smiled and explained: "The Persian army is not strong in combat effectiveness, but its people are strong. If we rush in with surprise troops and quickly destroy Persia, their regular army will disperse among the people, and we will encounter a large number of people when we station here.
The harassment by the guerrillas is very detrimental to our long-term occupation of this place in the future, so we might as well attract the Persian army and destroy them openly."
Al nodded and said: "I see, we are going to force them to concentrate their forces and fight us head-on, use the frontal battlefield to drain their blood, and try to weaken the resistance that may appear in the future. This is what is most beneficial to us."
Al then asked: "When will we start taking action? I have never experienced such a head-on confrontation."
Zhang Zhonglin smiled and said: "It depends on when the young master finds a chance for us."
Fang Xiaoyu is determined to go to war against the Persian Empire. If the idea of attacking the Stanya Alliance is based on the future military situation and political situation, then attacking the Persian Empire is purely to seize resources. Of course, if he can occupy Afghanistan
It would be even better to control important waterways such as the Red Sea connected to the Sinai Canal.