Hwaseong, the capital of Newland, the Presidential Palace.

After leaving the center conference room, Colonel Stark breathed a long sigh. When the secretary in charge of the reception left, he quickly lit a cigarette.

Actually, he is not addicted to smoking.

However, in the past three hours, he explained in detail the combat deployment against the Liangxia Empire to more than a dozen military and political officials, including the president. During this period, he answered questions raised by others many times, and they were basically some idiotic questions that lack common sense.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't even drink a sip of water!

The key point is that few of the important officials who heard the report understood the cruelty of war, or few of them understood modern warfare.

There is nothing strange about this.

The Republic of Newland has not been tested by war for almost 30 years.

Even though the Republic of Newland supported the independence of Bosnia and Iran and later the Iran-Iraq War, the Republic of Newland was behind the scenes and did not directly participate in the combat operations.

If you want to say, this is the key to Stark being here.

More than two years ago, he was a diplomatic military officer of the Republic of Newland in Bo and Iran, but his real identity was a military adviser and he participated in the planning of combat operations many times.

After the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Stark went to the Kingdom of Vanluo and stayed in the Kingdom of Vanluo for more than a year as a military officer.

In fact, his main task is to help the Fanluo Navy carry out modernization and determine how to sell aircraft carriers to the Fanluo Kingdom.

At that time, the Vanluo Navy had issued a tender to purchase a 40,000-ton medium-sized aircraft carrier to replace the Vikrant, which was purchased from the Republic of Newland more than 20 years ago. This aircraft carrier is one of the few small aircraft carriers built and survived during the last war.

It is actually a formality to say it is a bidding.

Looking around the world, the only one who has aircraft carriers and is willing to sell aircraft carriers to the Vanro Kingdom is the Republic of Newland.

Of course, this is obviously not as simple as selling an aircraft carrier.

The key is that the Fanluo Navy really needs a medium-sized aircraft carrier of 40,000 tons?

Or how valuable is this aircraft carrier?

In addition, the Fanluo Navy has the ability to control a 40,000-ton aircraft carrier?

The previous one was a small aircraft carrier with a full load displacement of only more than 20,000 tons and can carry up to 20 carrier-based aircraft. Because it is not equipped with catapults, after mid-term improvements, they all replaced vertical take-off and landing fighters purchased from the Kingdom of Bran.

Stark's mission to the Kingdom of Vanluo was to investigate the situation of Vanluo Navy.

As a result, in the past year, Stark was basically completely desperate for this ally that the Hwacheng authorities valued the most.

In the report submitted to the Pentagon, Stark specifically mentioned one thing.

"Servant cabins" were specially set up on many warships of the Vanluo Navy because many high caste officers would take their servants onto the ship. As a result, there were more than 500 people on a destroyer with a standard crew of 350 people, and the extra ones were all the officers' servants.

These servants not only occupy precious space, but also create chaos during battles.

In addition, the privileges of officers of higher castes will inevitably affect morale.

How powerful is a navy like this?

Although this report failed to prevent the president from signing the authorization documents for the sale of aircraft carriers, it had a large enough impact on the sale of aircraft carriers.

After repeated trade-offs, the sold to the Vanluo Navy is still a small aircraft carrier.

The key is that this aircraft carrier borrowed from the "invincible" class of the Kingdom of Bran, and only made necessary modifications, so it can be regarded as a political transaction.

Obviously, arms trading is not ordinary trade.

Of course, the year I went to the Kingdom of Varo allowed Stark to see through many problems and came to a very critical and influential conclusion.

At the beginning, he told this conclusion.

Modern wars armed with high technology have a destructive power that is far more powerful than any war, so the duration of modern wars will not last too long!

Like the previous two global wars, a situation that lasted for several years would never happen.

The third global war can only be, and it must be a quick battle!

To put it bluntly, a few decisive battles can determine the outcome. The disadvantaged side will never be able to win the final victory even if they try their best.

Similarly, even if the side in a favorable position is not easy to achieve a comprehensive victory.

This creates a situation.

After several decisive battles after the war begins, as long as you can get out of the market, whether it is the winning side or the defeated side, you will consider the option of a ceasefire.

Ultimately, war is not an end, it is just an extreme means taken to achieve its end.

If the goal can be achieved through a truce, there is no need to continue fighting.

Of course, this view means that the preparation for war in peacetime, which is commonly referred to as preparation for war, will directly determine victory or defeat.

With this theoretical basis, there is also a specific strategic plan.

There is only one focus: determine a goal that can be achieved.

In Stark's words, it is to achieve a limited goal by investing in a global war.

This limited goal is to recapture the Hovay Islands!

When it comes to the tactical level, take the initiative to launch an attack at the most favorable time, fight to the death with Liang Xia Navy, and regain the archipelago that originally belonged to the Republic of Newland.

After that, it naturally turned to attack and defense.

As for the battles on the mainland battlefield, as for the Posar Bay and the Southern Subcontinent, it actually has no necessary relationship with the Republic of Newland.

Of course, it can also be said that these directions are serving the main purpose.

As long as the Hovay Islands are recaptured, a truce can be accepted.

The key point is that for the Liangxia Empire, losing the Hovayi Islands was not a sufficient reason for the war to continue.

In other words, after losing the Hovayi Islands, the Liangxia Empire could also make arbitrage and peace with the Republic of Newland.

At this point, the war can be declared over.

In fact, last year, Stark's theory had been recognized by the Chief of Staff and almost all senior generals, and was thus elevated to the core strategy of the Newland Navy, which in turn affected the overall strategy of the Newland Republic, otherwise he would not have been allowed to give a report.

What made Stark unhappy was that those politicians disagreed, or that such limited victory was not worthy of a comprehensive mobilization.

In Stark's view, this is actually the ambition of politicians and the gambler's psychology.

Without comprehensive mobilization, we can defeat the Liangxia Empire, which dominates the world!?

Even if a comprehensive mobilization is carried out, it may not be possible to win.

Not to mention betting on national operations, even if it is just a little bit of luck, it will inevitably end in a crushing defeat.

After smoking a cigarette, Stark calmed down.

Although those senior federal officials still have a little fantasy, looking at the overall situation, there will not be much room for these politicians to operate.

The Navy has dispatched all aircraft carriers according to the plan.

The combat deployment will be completed within 20 days at the latest, and then the combat operation to recover the Hovay Islands can be launched.

By then, it will take up to a few days to carry out strategic bombing.

At this point, there is not much room for maneuver.

Of course, the deployment of the Air Force is much simpler, especially when local mobilization of bombers can be completed in a few days with preparation.

As for the overall victory that politicians want.

Stark knew it.

All politicians are real realists, so when faced with an irreversible reality, politicians will make adjustments immediately.

Although this judgment comes from his experience as a military adviser in Boy and later going to Vanro, in Stark's understanding, the same is true for politicians in the Republic of Newland. Not to mention federal officials, even the president, they are not much better than those politicians abroad.

At that time, even the most powerful politicians have to bow to reality, admit and accept reality.

For the Republic of Newland, the most likely reality to face is actually to accept the uncompleted victory and continue to recognize the hegemony of the Liangxia Empire.

In fact, what really needs to be considered is the opponent on the battlefield.

The Liang Xia Navy was so powerful that it was almost invincible!

To be said, in the early morning, when Stark received the news that Liang Xia's 51st Special Mixed Fleet was attacked by the Tsuman Air Force in the East Luxinhai, two super aircraft carriers were sunk, and one missile cruiser was buried with him, Stark could not believe this was the fact.

That was the powerful Liang Xia fleet.

After that, after receiving more detailed information, especially the news that the Tsuman Air Force dispatched 80 bombers and only more than 20 returned, Stark felt that this was not false information.

Of course, this also shows from one aspect that Liang Xia’s navy is indeed very powerful.

It only relied on two super aircraft carriers and two carrier-based aircraft wings to withstand the attacks of 80 bombers in just a few dozen minutes.

If it were the Newland Fleet, even if it was a three-aircraft carrier battle group, it would never be possible.

On the way to the Ash Palace, Stark received a more accurate piece of information.

The 51st Special Mixed Fleet's two super aircraft carriers did not sink. One of them maintained a speed of no less than 10 knots, while the other was floating on the sea.

In addition, the air defense cruiser did not sink either!

The information comes from the CIA and also provides photos taken by the reconnaissance satellite.

Obviously, this information is more reliable than the war report from the Western Land Group.
To be continued...