Although Liu Changxun did not say it clearly, when he took down Sri Lanka and entered the Posa Bay, the Imperial Navy had to turn its focus back to the east.

The question is, go south first or go east first?

If you want to say, this is also the most serious disagreement within the Navy at present.

The southern factions led by the Liu family have always advocated going south. After the local defense is consolidated, they will first attack and occupy the Austrian continent. At least they must strategically expand in this direction and build another defense circle to ensure the absolute security of the Yanhai and the west east ocean.

This is also related to the history of the Imperial Navy.

As early as Chen Bingxun's era, the Imperial Navy formulated a strategic plan to go south to capture the Austrian continent, and arranged it to be carried out after sweeping the Fanyan Ocean.

The relevant plan was drafted by Chen Bingxun himself and received full support from Emperor Shiwu.

At that time, before sending troops to attack Kibu Fortress, the Imperial Navy had completed the preparations for sending troops to Austria. The Tuk Fortress had accumulated enough supplies for a year to fight. The Expeditionary Force had already conducted adaptive training in the Malay area, and even the announcement of the war was drafted.

According to the plan, after capturing the Kibu Fortress, troops were sent to Austria.

Unexpectedly, Chen Bingxun died on the battlefield outside the Kibu Fortress, and the expansion of the Imperial Navy came to an abrupt end.

In Liu Changxun's words, attacking Austria is more like an imperial navy, and it can even be said to be a heritage and has a strong symbolic significance.

The most representative thing is that after taking office, successive commanders-in-chief of the Navy would personally draft a plan to attack Austria.

In love, whoever opposes the attack on Austria will be the one who forgets his ancestors.

Liu Changxun said a few more words on this issue.

Now, in addition to the traditional southern faction that unites around Liu Xiangzhen, even Liu Xiangdong, who has always been enlightened, advocates going south to attack Austria.

Liu Xiangdong gave the reason that only by attacking Austria can the strategic security of the flanks be ensured.

This reason seems to be sufficient.

The Imperial Army has controlled the Yanhai and its surrounding areas, which is commonly referred to as the Southeast. It has opened up a strategic route to the Fanyan Ocean and is about to enter the Posha Bay. Therefore, it is important for the Imperial Navy to protect the southeastern region and protect the southern route.

As long as Austria is under the control of the Newland army, it will always be a threat.

In addition, even if the Imperial Navy concentrates its troops into the Hovayi Islands, it should consider attacking Austria. The Newland army in the southwest eastwards is always a huge threat that cannot be ignored and will inevitably have an impact on the Imperial Navy's combat operations in the Middle East.

However, this seemingly sufficient reason actually makes no sense.

As for the reason, it has been mentioned earlier.

Although Austria is vast, its core is in the southeast, and its residents are less than 20 million, which are mainly concentrated in a few cities.

In the vast continental hinterland, the western and northern regions, there are almost all deserts without people and they have no value at all.

For the attacking side, the vast desert is a natural obstacle.

It is also a barrier for the local Newland army.

If you want to say, it is not much harder to drive through the deserts of Austria than to cross the Eastern Ocean by boat.

That's true, even if the Newland army controls the Austrian continent, it is impossible to use the Austrian continent as a springboard to attack the southeastern region or march into the Fanyan Ocean.

From a strategic perspective, the main purpose of the Newland Federation to send troops to control Austria was to restrain the Liangxia Empire and force the Liangxia Empire to waste time and troops in this direction.

So, isn’t it just right to send troops to the southwest to attack Aurora?

As for marching into the Middle East and attacking the Hovay Islands, it has nothing to do with Austria.

Don’t look at the vast oceans of the east, which are the largest ocean on the earth, equivalent to half of the earth’s surface area, but there are only three routes connecting the lonely continent and Austria. One is to start from the west coast of the Newland Federation, pass through the Hovay Islands and many archipelagos in the southwest, and reach the northeast of Austria. The second is to start from the Wangxi Canal, span the entire east ocean, and finally reach the eastern route of Austria. The third is to go west from Hejiao, and sail near the westerly wind belt in the southern hemisphere, and reach the southeastern route through New Zealand.

Among these three routes, only the first two are valuable.

The third route is basically of economic value because it is almost entirely in the westerly wind zone with a harsh climate and is sailing against the current.

The first two routes must pass through the Middle East Ocean.

It can be seen that when the Imperial army attacked the Hovay Islands, it should be the Newland Federation that was afraid of. As long as the Imperial army captured the Hovay Islands, it could easily cut off the main sea routes to Austria, thus forcing the Newland Federation to abandon the entire southwest eastward ocean.

From a strategic perspective, only by defending the Hovay Islands can we hope to defend Australia.

The reason is so simple that the intention of the Newland Federation to send troops to control Austria is obvious.

In this case, why do you still attack Australia?

In the words of Bai Zhizhan, it is completely unnecessary.

There are also problems in specific implementation.

From a tactical perspective, the first step to attacking Austria was actually to capture the Tuk Fortress and obtain a bridgehead to march into the southwest east ocean.

But the problem is that in the southwest, the islands are full of stars, which is completely opposite to the Middle East.

The capture of Tuk Fortress is just the beginning.

To the south, there are the Bismarck Islands, New Guinea Islands, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia Islands, and the Coral Sea that exceeds the Yanhai Sea.

The key is that the distance between these archipelago and islands is mostly hundreds of kilometers.

Will you continue to fight one by one?

Even if the Imperial Navy is brave and good at fighting, the Marines are all brave and tenacious, it is impossible for them to land in Austria in less than two or three years.

Don’t forget that the battle on the island of Serbia has not yet ended, and the Imperial army has not yet landed on the island of Guan.

The defense of the Tuc Fortress is definitely above the Guan Island, and it can be said to be one of the most sturdy military fortresses in the entire Eastern Ocean.

As for the archipelago and islands to the south, most of them are deserted islands with very harsh environments and are not suitable for large-scale military operations.

After the battle is over, the tropical rainforest may be the number one enemy of the imperial army.

At that time, not to mention fighting against the enemy, just facing tropical diseases such as malaria, I am afraid that the soldiers of the Imperial Marines will be defeated.

If you want to say, the distance from Guandao to Tuk Fortress is the farthest.

In other words, as long as you take the first step, that is, send troops to attack Tuk Fortress, you will have no way to turn around and you can only fight all the way.

In addition, the first step is also the most difficult step.

Even according to the most optimistic estimate, it would take at least half a year to attack Tuk Fortress.

The key is that several aircraft carriers must be deployed.

Given the current situation of the Imperial Navy, if a special fleet is arranged to attack the Tuk Fortress, it will definitely not be able to send troops to attack the Hovay Islands.

Only one can be chosen between the two.

To be said, isn’t the main contradiction of the Imperial Navy at present the lack of aircraft carriers?

If there are enough aircraft carriers, don’t talk about two directions, even if Fan Yanyang is included, it will not be a problem to launch an attack in three directions at the same time.

Almost half of the generals supported Liu Xiangzhen, and some generals were waiting and saw, so few supported the sending troops to the Hovayi Islands.
Chapter completed!