Chapter 1425
Qu Bo was very satisfied. It seemed that these guys were quite conscious of the times. They were not as convincing as those noble businessmen and disobeyed the emperor. Especially Alberja was simply a person who knew the elegant meaning when he heard the strings and songs. He immediately agreed to communicate and coordinate. And now it seemed that the effect was quite good. The attacks on the garrison in Sikkim City were greatly reduced, and some people began to barely show their willingness to cooperate with the empire. This was a good start. As long as they could control the current stable situation until the imperial army landed in Sikkim, everything could be left to the officials of the State Council to solve.
The officials who followed Qubo and the First Division to Sikkim were not without imperial diplomatic departments, but their level was not enough to make a decision on some key issues. The prosperity of industry and commerce in the Sikkim Urban Republic exceeded that of any prefecture in the Peninsula area. Whether it is Moro, Sanbao or East Samoa, the development of industry and commerce cannot be compared with Sikkim. The win over industrial and commercial forces requires some practical interests to exchange, which involves many policy-based things. How to grasp the intermediate scale requires people with certain powers and positions to make a decision.
Sikkim is a completely industrialized and commercialized urban republic. Although the nobles who have transformed into merchants still occupy a very important position in this country, the commercial forces of civilian origin have also begun to rise and play an increasingly important role. Although they were unable to challenge the noble merchants who had accumulated strong funds by relying on the initial monopoly of privileges, as an important force, they also continuously expanded their influence in peace and struggle with the noble merchants. And the noble merchants seemed to have realized this and constantly used their privileges to suppress these commercial forces of civilian origin, which was what the empire could use.
Qu Bo did not consider that much. After eliminating the hidden dangers of riots and riots in Sikkim City, his pressure has been reduced a lot. What makes people even more happy is that the Sikkim Navy finally surrendered to the actual pressure of the orders from the parliament and the fact that its own army controlled the entire Sikkim City. The Sikkim Island, which opened its doors, finally opened to the Imperial South Ocean Navy. The Imperial Navy has set off from the Port of East Samoa and headed straight to Sikkim, Nan'an and Western Samoa. The control of these three ports marks the end of the entire Southwest war.
On November 20, the Imperial Nanyang Navy and Transportation Fleet were loaded with the Second Division of the Imperial First Army and the Third Marine Division landed in Sikkim Port and Jaffna Port respectively. At the same time, the Imperial Nanyang Navy also entered the Dazhu Island Naval Base and the Xiaozhu Island Checkpoint and began to take over the patrol mission of the Sikkim Navy. The Sikkim Navy, which had lost its backbone, returned to the Dazhu Island and the Sikkim Port Naval Base waiting for the final decision.
At the same time, the diplomatic envoys of the Western Samoa Urban Republic and the Empire were also in full swing on the status of Western Samoa and the political and economic system in the future. In fact, in the face of hundreds of thousands of troops facing the full advance of the Tang Dynasty, the Western Samoans' intention to maintain their pitiful dignity was ridiculous. No one could do it. The Western Samoans also understood this. They just hoped that through this procedure, they could fight for better conditions for the ruling class of Western Samoa.
Liang Chongxin did not refuse the Navy's attempt to show the strength of the Marine Corps, but was very welcome. In the eyes of others, this behavior that was almost like picking peaches was not a big deal. Now the army's strength is not very abundant, and it can help the Navy help him share some pressure. Why not do it? Moreover, maintaining a relatively good relationship with the Imperial Navy is also a reason why Liang Chongxin agreed to control the port of Jaffna by the Imperial Marines.
The Tiger Guard Corps controlled the entire Nan'an city-state and gathered forces to advance towards Western Samoa. The order it gave Huangfu Tiancheng was to directly attack if it encountered resistance from the Western Samoans without asking for instructions. Although the Western Samoans had clearly expressed their willingness to surrender, the two sides were still in a state of war before they received a formal reply. This is Liang Chongxin's view.
After conquering the Kuruk Fortress, the Fourth and Eighth Legion quickly advanced westward to attempt to cut off the Peninsula Allied Forces that had been lingering in Soktu, but their attempts failed. Suleiman showed an amazing sense of smell. Long before his army was about to take action, the dark night rose decisively issued a withdrawal from Soktu City and prepared for a protracted war in the border area of the Principal of Seychelles. However, Liang Chongxin did not intend to give the other party this opportunity. He had a chance to deal with Suleiman. This time she had a good nose and fast hands and feet, and there might not be such a chance next time.
Liang Chongxin had never expected to be able to circle the Peninsula Allied Army. In his opinion, Suleiman could dominate the southern part of the Central Continent, and his attempts would be a little bit exposed. This woman immediately curled up like a frightened hedgehog. It was not easy for the more than 200,000 troops to swallow it in one bite, especially when encountering a strong opponent like Suleiman.
Now Liang Chongxin's initial goal has been achieved, that is, to annex Western Samoa and Nan'an, control Sikkim, and control Sikkim, Western Samoa and Nan'an have no worries. Taking Western Samoa actually pushed the empire's spear to the heart of the Peninsula Alliance. The Peninsula Alliance will have to consider that it can attack from Nan'an and Western Samoa. Suleiman's two fists are hard to resist four hands, so he will have to see how she deals with it.
However, this battle also exposed many weaknesses in the army he had. The performance of the Tiger Guards at the Poma Mountain Fortress made Huangfu Tiancheng feel guilty. It turned out that the level of the Imperial Guards in the Tanghe Empire was so mediocre, and there was a clear gap compared with the brothers. Huangfu Tiancheng didn't feel that the fierce war allowed him to see that the troops he was proud of had so many problems. His tactics were rigid and lack of change, his ability to attack was weak, and his officers and soldiers were fragile in fighting will. He would easily be discouraged if he had not provided a large amount of cash-supplying equipment that the empire provided to slightly make up for the weakness of this army, in Liang Chongxin's words, this army could have been completely cancelled and included in the reserve force.
The Tiger Guard Corps itself probably realized this problem and showed the passion and courage of the soldiers in the later hard battle. If this were not the case, Liang Chongxin would have to revoke the army even if he was trying to offend Huangfu Tiancheng. Staying such an army in the Imperial Army is undoubtedly an unfairness to other troops that have not yet obtained the number.
There are still some problems in the Fourth Legion and the Eighth Legion. Liang Chongxin thinks he looks at these two troops with a fair attitude. Although the combat effectiveness of these two divisions is significantly higher than that of the Tiger Guard Legion, it is still not enough to look at Liang Chongxin's eyes. Both armies have signs of looseness to varying degrees in discipline, and the soldiers obviously have not fully integrated into this group. This may be because the early war consumed too much new recruits to supplement their recruits for a long time, but Liang Chongxin believes that with nearly half a year of training and adaptation time, the two legions can do better at this point, especially the Eighth Legion.
Although the people of the empire are a little unsurprising about the empire's victory this year, Liang Chongxin's major victory in the southwest battlefield still made the imperial capital and the empire's news media go crazy. After all, this is a war of avenging the empire after the defeat in the war in the southwest. Liang Chongxin did not disappoint the empire's expectations for him. His performance once again shifted people's attention from Cui Wenxiu to him. For a moment, who was the number one general of the imperial military has become the focus of debate in the news media.
The Oriental Times, which has a flexible style of publishing, even used the battle between Liang Chongxin and Cui Wenxiu as a fight. The fans of Liang and Cui were divided into two factions to support their idols. They analyzed in newspapers the two's achievements when they started their careers with His Majesty the Emperor from the northwest. Many of the achievements have been buried in history and have returned to people's vision. At this time, people remembered that the strong men who really used military means to look down on the continent were neither Liang Chongxin nor Cui Wenxiu, but His Majesty, who is less than 30 years old now. However, due to the limitations of His Majesty's identity, he can no longer lead the front line and let people see his peerless style.
Due to the frequent wars since the founding of the Empire, the sales of imperial military news magazines have also increased sharply, "Continental Military Observation" has jumped to the top ten popular journals in the imperial press and publishing industry, which is an honor that military journals have never won.
Chapter completed!