Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 511 Chapter 511 Three Fronts
In fact, Nan Gonghong's official official position in the Tang Kingdom was a cabinet minister, in other words, a deputy prime minister, and he worked as a prime minister most of the time.

He is Tang Mo's think tank. Tang Mo often consults his opinions on strategic issues. It can be said that he is highly valued within Datang.

From a first-come-first-served perspective, Nan Gonghong has already achieved success in being able to get into this position, but Luo Jie, who is in front of him, cannot surpass him for a while.

After learning about the problem with the telegram, Tang Mo immediately ordered someone to invite Nangonghong. After Nangonghong heard about it, he also clenched his chin.

After thinking about it carefully, he tentatively asked: "Your Majesty, can it really be determined that there is a link between the Dahua Empire and the Lions Empire based on a few encrypted telegrams?"

Tang Mo nodded and pointed to his head: "I have this feeling. Although it's unreasonable, I just feel that they are targeting us this time!"

Although arbitrary, Tang Mo explained his judgment as much as possible: "First of all, under normal circumstances, trade and economic activities do not require such a high password... Our intelligence agency can decipher the low-level password of Lyons, but This time the opponent is using an advanced one, which is very abnormal."

"Secondly!" Tang Mo stretched out his second finger: "Whether the Lions Empire and the Dahua Empire are discussing economic development or strengthening trade relations, they should not bypass us who are in the middle of the two countries! Only by pulling together Only our Datang Kingdom can maximize their interests!"

"So! The only reason for avoiding us is that this contact is aimed at us!" After Tang Mo finished speaking, he stopped and looked at Nangong Hong.

"I understand." Nangonghong also accepted Tang Mo's statement after hearing this. The rise of the Tang Dynasty can be said to be entirely dependent on Tang Mo, and Tang Mo's judgment is sometimes based on it. Nangonghong has no objection to this point.

After thinking about it, he suggested to Tang Mo: "Since the other party has already started plotting against us, we should also take countermeasures."

"First of all, the sea. Our lifeline is on the sea. Half of the kingdom's supplies and products rely on sea transportation, so we must ensure that the endless sea is under our control." Nangonghong obviously considered this issue many times. , so the playing is very smooth.

Tang Mo agreed with him: "Bernard's fleet shouldn't have any problems. Our battleships are enough to defeat any hostile forces that challenge sea power."

"I still think that General Bernard should be careful to avoid unnecessary losses." Nan Gonghong still reminded.

Tang Mo nodded: "I will ask him to take strict precautions recently... However, I judge that although the other party is trying to hook up with us, if the other party really makes a move, it must be prepared for a while."

"Then we will have time to prepare." Nangong Hong relaxed a little: "This is good news. In the past, the timeliness of my obtaining information was too slow, so I was not used to such timely and accurate information for a while. "

"You will soon find out how much advantage we have in terms of intelligence when we have technological advantages." Tang Mo smiled, showing off.

"Also, besides controlling the ocean, we have to think about what the enemy is going to do now." Nangong Hong looked at the huge map hanging in Tang Mo's office.

Tang Mo also looked at the map, and then slowly said to Nan Gonghong, "It's nothing more than three directions and three intentions."

"First of all, standing on the side of the Lions Empire, their goal is very direct. It must be to pacify the North Ridge and capture Yucheng and Bunas." Tang Mo stretched out a finger and analyzed from the perspective of Lions.

Then he continued: "Secondly, it is to reach out into the endless sea. This situation is a bit complicated. There may be many countries that have attacked us, and we have many potential allies. But I think, Cyric controls Goblin, the Lions Empire, and Mirage are all likely to find trouble."

"I don't know if you don't tell me that we have so many enemies." Nangong Hong made a joke.

"Finally, the rest is the Western Continent..." Tang Mo smiled, and then continued: "The Dahua Empire may launch a protracted war against us. This is a problem we must face."

"This is what I am most worried about." Nan Gonghong suppressed his smile, and said to Tang Mo with a worried look on his face: "If the Dahua Empire takes action, then maybe Chu and Qi will also send troops. Facing the unfavorable situation of facing the enemy on three sides."

"It's not three sides, it's four sides!" Tang Mo's eyes became sharper: "If Lyons doesn't take the opportunity to attack Yucheng and Beiling, I'll eat this map."

Tang Mo stood up, walked to the side of the map with his hands behind his back, stared at the rich Bunas and Yucheng, and then at the land of the Tang Kingdom where the wind was blowing from three sides, his face was full of gloom.

He put his hand on the northern part of the Tang Kingdom, looked at Nangong Hong and said: "The General Staff has already written several plans, and on the whole, it is more inclined to defeat Qi with lightning speed after the war begins." country."

This is a war plan jointly drafted by Loew, Tiger, and Redman. This plan aims to take advantage of the Tang Kingdom's armored and mechanized troops and take the lead in defeating Qi, which has more plains.

Most of the Qi State in the north is a plain, and there are mountains on the flanks that can serve as barriers for armored forces. It is a good battlefield for armored forces to fight decisively.

And as long as the Qi State is defeated, they can gain the strategic initiative and threaten the flanks of the Great China Empire, which can be regarded as relieving the pressure on some central regions.

However, attacking Qi State is not all beneficial. One of the biggest problems is that after breaking into Qi State, no matter whether it wins or not, the Datang Group will fall into the gap between the Dahua Empire and the Mirage Kingdom.

If Mirage really joins the battle, then the armored forces that invaded Qi will be dragged in place, and there will be no chance to continue to use their mobility advantages to rampage.

The reason is actually very simple, it is easy to get in, but after occupying such a large area, there is no way to gather the troops and continue to beat people with clenched fists.

Going south to Chu State, the terrain is much more complicated. In addition to the complicated water network in the northern plains, the southern part of Chu State is mountainous, which is really not an ideal battlefield for tank troops.

But attacking Chu State is not completely useless: the water network plain is rich in food, rich in water resources, and convenient in boats and boats. At the same time, the southern mountainous area is rich in mineral resources, which can provide enough ore for Datang Group.

The Tang Kingdom itself has an elite mountain army, and the direct troops who often go to the vicious forest to practice have a tradition of mountain warfare, so it seems that it is not impossible to attack Chu.

After briefing Nangong Hong on several plans of the General Staff, Tang Mo talked about another idea: "Originally everyone's opinion was to avoid direct conflict with the Dahua Empire as much as possible in the first war."

"Loew's opinion is to hold back the troops of the Dahua Empire in a defensive posture on the frontal battlefield, and then persuade the Dahua Empire to withdraw through negotiations after defeating Qi or Chu." Tang Mo said, palms The border between the Tang Kingdom and the Dahua Empire passed.

Nangonghong knew that the Tang Kingdom had indeed built some defensive offensives in that area, but the scale was actually very limited.

The top management of Datang knew that, in principle, that line of defense was just a cover-up to confuse the opponent and make it difficult for the opponent to attack easily.

But hearing what Tang Mo said today, Nan Gonghong felt that this line of defense might still be necessary to build in the future.At least if this line of defense really exists, the Dahua Empire's offensive will probably come back in vain.

However, what Tang Mo continued to say surprised Nangonghong again: "But what I think is, if... let's think about it in reverse...why don't we just attack the Dahua Empire?"

"It's not impossible to directly attack the Dahua Empire. Based on my previous understanding of the Dahua Empire's military strength, we are actually capable of defeating the Dahua army." Nan Gonghong said to Tang Mo.

Then, he didn't pause at all, fearing that Tang Mo might misunderstand, he continued, "Yes! Your Majesty! We have to consider a question..."

"What problem?" Tang Mo asked curiously.

"If the Great Hua Empire doesn't surrender, how can we continue the war?" Nangong Hong asked.

Tang Mo was at a loss for words for a moment, because he never thought that the Dahua Empire would hold on to not surrender as his armored troops advanced all the way.

"Once the Dahua Empire clenches its teeth and refuses to surrender, we will have two subordinate states of the Dahua Empire staring at us on both sides, and the frontline troops will be far away from the rear... This situation will be very passive." Nan Gonghong continued to persuade: "So, this Not a safe solution."

Tang Mo nodded, and he also denied his radical plan - in fact, he, who has won all the way to this day, really wanted to solve the trouble of the Dahua Empire in one go.

This is the same as the idea of ​​wanting to capture the King City of Zheng in one go when discussing the attack on Zheng Guo before, and it is a manifestation of arrogance accumulated in the process of continuous victories.

It's just that Tang Mo is not Hitler, he was not completely dazzled by the victory, and he could listen to the persuasion of his subordinates.

So he immediately gave up his immature idea and returned to the normal mode: "It seems that the plan of the staff at Loew's side is the most reasonable."

"I think so too, Your Majesty." Nan Gonghong quickly agreed, "I also think that attacking Qi is the most reasonable plan we can choose at the moment."

"..." Tang Mo didn't speak, but stared at the map thoughtfully.

(End of this chapter)