Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Lin Yi was not so full that he had nothing to do and was paying soldiers from both countries for no reason, but he was digging a bigger hole for both countries.

First of all, Lin Yi asked the military to pay soldiers from the two countries in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the two countries and make them more willing to fight for the empire.

After all, money is always the best choice to improve the combat effectiveness of troops.

When I think about the fact that the empire needs soldiers from the two countries to do some dirty work and let them take some of the blame, then this military salary must still be paid.

Especially in some island countries in Southeast Asia, the empire intends to cleanse and drive away the local indigenous people.

And it is not convenient for the empire to do such a thing...

The second point is to lay minefields between the two countries.

There were also two buried mines.

First, Lin Yi knew very well that the military pay he paid to the soldiers of the two countries would inevitably be withheld, and the empire needed them to withhold it.

Then one day, the soldiers who were still fighting with the empire suddenly learned that they were supposed to receive three imperial silver dollars per month.

As a result, the fact that the money passed through the military departments of the two countries and turned three pieces into one piece will cause an explosion?

Secondly, Lin Yi also wanted to strengthen the strength of the two countries and start a fight between them.

Originally, Lin Yi split the Sakura Empire into two, mainly hoping that the two countries would always be at war so that they could spend their strength on it.

But since Fuso Kingdom's Koizumi Jiro came to power, the two countries have reached a tacit truce.

The reason for the truce was that both countries ran out of money and needed a period of rest.

This is not what the Empire wants to see.

So Lin Yi planned to give some money to the two countries to make them rich and always have some funds on hand.

This is better than the empire giving them free loans.

And with this money, they will eventually have to purchase materials and equipment from the empire.

After saying this, let’s talk about the layout of the empire.

First, in the north, the Imperial Military Department has approved Li Jinji's proposal and is preparing to seize Central Siberia.

This matter has already begun, and it is expected that the Battle of Britya will probably officially begin in more than half a month.

This was another battle involving more than a million men on both sides.

Some people may ask here, why in Europe there are always large battles involving two million people from both sides, but in a country with a large population like Daxia, the scale of the battles is much smaller?

This is actually related to Daxia's tactical characteristics.

The well-developed transportation network in Europe can support him in mobilizing troops on a large scale.

And the European side is constantly extending the front line for hundreds of kilometers.

With such a battlefield width, it is normal to conduct a major battle involving millions of people.

Another point is that the European side lacks tactics and prefers to face the enemy head-on. What they compete for is the logistical strength of both sides.

The result of this is that the war will be large-scale, involve a lot of troops, and last a long time.

But it's just the opposite in Daxia.

The first is the transportation issue. In addition to the empire itself, which has convenient transportation, you can also look at the surrounding countries.

Khmer, Annam, Taungoo, Siam, which one is not a former colony? How good is the transportation here?

When transportation is inconvenient, if a large number of soldiers are involved in the battle, the logistical pressure will increase exponentially.

The current number of hundreds of thousands in one direction is the optimal solution obtained by the Imperial Military Department through calculations.

The second point is that the empire's senior commanders, compared to mindless frontal combat, like to seize the opportunity and attack the opponent's weak points.

The width of the entire key point battlefield is only a few tens of kilometers, or even only a dozen kilometers.

With such a battlefield width, according to the current empire, a front army with hundreds of thousands of people is enough.

This is like Europe mainly attacking from the front, while Daxia prefers to break the surface with points.

Doing the greatest thing with the least amount of money has always been the philosophy of Daxia people.

Of course, if conditions permit and there is a chance, the empire does not mind letting the enemy see what the Great Wall of Steel is and what a million-strong army is.

In Central Siberia, it will take half a month to start fighting there, while in Southeast Asia, it is a different scene.

The main forces of the Longxiang Army, the Dongchuan Army and the Yizhou Army, including the Jiaodong Army and the South Guangdong Army that came to support later, have arrived in Toungoo and are ready to launch an attack on Tianxiu of the John Empire at any time.

The defense of other areas in Southeast Asia was left to the empire's newly built garrison divisions and locally recruited security corps.

At the same time, in order to block the Indian Ocean's access to the Empire's South China Sea, the empire invested more than [-] million imperial silver dollars in rebuilding the Malacca Fortress.

And a large number of mines were deployed on the key waterways of Malacca.

Moreover, the empire also has a fleet stationed in the port of Malacca for a long time.

It needs to be mentioned here that although the empire has deployed a large number of troops in the Toungoo Kingdom.

However, the Imperial Military Department has not yet issued an order to attack Tianzhu.

Because Lin Yi has not yet decided whether to completely break up with the John Empire and capture Tianzhu in one go, or to turn the gun now and capture the Kingdom of Sumatra and the Kingdom of Luzon across the Strait of Malacca first.

If it is to attack Tianzhu, the benefits are obvious. The empire can kick out the largest stronghold of the John Empire in Asia.

From now on, the empire will have the final say in all of Asia.

But the disadvantage is that the John Empire will definitely resist with all its strength.

They would even give up their current overwhelming advantage over the Hans Empire in the North Sea and divide half of his entire fleet to support Tianzhu.

If this is the case, the Imperial Navy is likely to break out into a decisive battle with the Allied Powers in advance.

Never underestimate John Empire's determination to keep Tianzhu.

Lin Yi had some hesitations about this. He felt that the best time for the empire to seize Tianzhu would be after the empire's aircraft carriers have become combat effective.

So, according to this idea, in Southeast Asia, the current empire actually has no choice.

The empire's goal can only be regarded as choosing the Kingdom of Sumatra and the Kingdom of Luzon.

Furthermore, there is Australia behind the Kingdom of Sumatra.

Only by controlling Australia can the empire truly control the entire Pacific.

And Australia will definitely resist. But the empire didn't take that kind of resistance seriously.

Another thing worth mentioning is that Australia has a large amount of high-quality iron ore and copper ore.

These are all urgently needed materials for the empire.

If Australia can be controlled, the empire will have completely solved the shortage of copper mines.

Thinking of this, Lin Yi felt hot in his heart.

Finally, after Pan Chengzhang and others appreciated it, the empire's latest combat order was passed directly to the acting deputy commander of the Longxiang Army, Xue Dingshan.

Let me explain here, the Longxiang Army has only one commander-in-chief, and that is Prince Rui Lin Yi.

However, Lin Yi has a special status and cannot always fight with Long Xiang's army. Therefore, when Lin Yi cannot personally command the battle, the commander of the First Division of Longxiang Army will become the acting commander.

And Xue Dingshan was the commander of the First Division of Longxiang Army.