Volcanic archipelago, Liuhuangdao.

As usual, Major General Li Zhong came to the garrison headquarters before dawn. After inquiring, he took several senior staff members to inspect the construction of the defensive positions.

This has been the case every day for months.

Not to mention the officers and soldiers below, even the staff of the garrison headquarters could not bear it.

Everyone dared not be angry, because Li Zhong was not only the commander of the garrison troops, but also from the army base camp, which means there were people on it. Not to mention the officers and soldiers on the island, even in the Eastern Capital of the Naoyi Empire, few people were willing to provoke Li Zhong.

Three months ago, before coming to Liuhuangdao to garrison, Li Zhong had a not-so-good premonition.

To be honest, it was this bad premonition that made Li Zhong feel that he had to strengthen the defense deployment of Liuhuangdao, so he didn't send it here as a result.

Take the initiative to apply to come to Liuhuangdao to serve as the commander of the garrison troops?

Li Zhong is not that high in consciousness.

With the comfortable days of the base camp, who will be foolish to suffer from the offshore island thousands of kilometers away from the local area?

When he proposed to strengthen the defense deployment of Liuhuangdao, Li Zhong did not think of coming here to serve as the commander in person.

Li Zhong has such concerns, which is related to his experience.

Twelve years ago, he worked as an army military officer in the embassy of the Nayi Empire in Liangxia Empire. He worked for four years and did not arrive at the Nayi Empire until eight years ago.

During these four years, Li Zhong not only went to the Qing Dynasty of the Liangxia Empire to study and study, but also obtained an honorary doctorate degree, but also often participated in the international friendship meetings held by the Liangxia military and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and met many army generals, including Lian Xusheng, and also met naval generals like Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen. However, he was an army officer from the Navy Empire and had few opportunities to deal with the navy.

After returning to the Nayi Empire, he wrote a report specifically for this.

It should be said that among the Naiyi Army, he is one of the few generals who have in-depth and comprehensive understanding of Liang Xia's army and the navy.

In the following years, Li Zhong stayed at the Army Base Camp, mainly involved in the formulation of war plans, and coordinated with the Navy.

Li Zhong always believed that after the outbreak of the war, the Liangxia Empire would immediately encircle and block the Nayi Empire.

According to his speculation, after achieving a preliminary victory, that is, after gaining advantage at sea, Liang Xia's Navy will seize and control the north-south Sadou Islands and control the passage into the west-eastern ocean. Next, it will attack the volcanic islands and capture Liuhuang Island; then use Liuhuang Island as a base to implement a strategic blockade on the Sayi Empire; cut off the route from the Sayi Empire to the Austrian Kingdom and the Newland Federation, so that the Sayi Empire cannot obtain allied assistance.

A few years ago, Li Zhong made a suggestion to send the Northern Horse Islands to the Newland Federation in exchange for the exchange, which is to allow the Newland Federation to establish a military base on the northernmost island of the archipelago, preferably a port, or at least an airport to cover Liuhuangdao.

Unfortunately, this suggestion was rejected after it was put forward.

In addition, Li Zhong was also implicated, and he was still only a major general of the army.

Almost all the officers of the Army School who graduated from the same year as him became lieutenant generals.

Li Zhong has always believed that as long as the war begins with the Liangxia Empire, Liuhuangdao will be the first to be attacked and the defense deployment of the place must be strengthened.

It is also a pity that his advice has never been taken seriously.

There is nothing strange about this.

The North-South Salad Islands became demilitarized areas and only belonged to the Liangxia Empire in name only. The Watcher Strait is still very likely to be blocked in wars. Therefore, in the past few years, the Nayi Empire felt that no matter how powerful the Liangxia Empire was, it could not cross the North-South Salad Islands and directly attack Liuhuang Island.

First, hit the North-South Bean Spreading Islands?

According to the judgment before the war, it will take several months, and the sea control power must be seized immediately after the war begins.

How many months do you still need to worry about the defense deployment of Liuhuangdao?

As a result, when Li Zhong last proposed to strengthen the defense deployment of Liuhuangdao, the guys in the base camp who had long been impatient with him were sent very simply, and appointed him as the commander of the garrison force, and personally responsible for the defense of Liuhuangdao, or to be precise, the Volcanic Islands.

Of course, the only one worth defending is Liuhuangdao.

From a geographical perspective, Liuhuang Island is more like an outlying island among volcanic islands, hundreds of kilometers away from dozens of islands north of the archipelago.

In addition, there are no large islands near Liuhuang Island.

It is this unique geographical location that gives this island formed by the eruption of the undersea volcano, and the crater is still very active. It also has an unparalleled strategic value because of the intermittent eruption of brown-yellow magma, especially the island named after it is flowing egg yolks.

There is no island nearby that can replace Liuhuang Island.

To put it bluntly, Liuhuangdao is the springboard between the North Horse Islands and the Nayi local area.

From a military perspective, whether it is attacking the narrow land or strategic blockade, this island needs to be used as a foundation.

Geographically, the islands in the south are too close to Guan Island, while the islands in the north are too close to the Nayi local area, which is not ideal.

It can be seen that even if the islands in the north are thrown away, Liuhuang Island must be guarded.

On the contrary, the Imperial Navy had no choice but to attack Liuhuangdao.

On the day when the war broke out, Li Zhong wrote his suicide note and sent someone to send it back.

The subsequent direction of the battle almost perfectly confirmed Li Zhong's original concerns. Liang Xia's navy not only seized the strategic initiative in one fell swoop, but also defeated the permanent fleet with thunder and swept the north-south Doushu Islands. What Li Zhong did not expect was that Liang Xia's army actually launched a blitzkrieg on the Icestorm Peninsula, sweeping the entire peninsula within 20 days, and the front-line commander was Lian Xusheng, whom he knew.

As early as more than ten years ago, Li Zhong proposed to the Nayi Army Base Camp to develop armored troops.

Unfortunately, like the other suggestions he made, he did not receive the attention of the base camp at all and was ridiculed as a coward who was afraid of death.

This cannot be blamed on the base camp, because the Nayi Empire has no capital to develop armored troops at all.

Steel production is not enough.

After the Navy consumed most of its steel production capacity, the Nai Army was able to ensure normal ammunition supply, so it would be great to purchase some heavy artillery.

Building tanks and tanks?

Don't joke, even the steel used to build aircraft carriers and battleships is extracted from scraps recovered from abroad.

The Nayi Empire is an island country with scarce resources. It lacks more than steel, but almost all resources. Therefore, the Nayi Army cannot be as generous as the Liang Xia Army. The Nayi Army has always advocated and promoted the courageous spirit of bayonet fighting. Fundamentally, it is also saving ammunition.

The bullet barrel is enough, unless it is absolutely necessary, who is willing to fight against the enemy for bayonets?

If there is any good news, Liang Xia's Navy suffered huge losses and had to concentrate its forces to support the army, so it was unable to enter the west and east for the time being.

However, Li Zhong felt that this situation would not last long.

Yesterday, General Niu Man, who was guarding Buzhou, had already surrendered to Liang Xia's army with hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers.

This means that it won’t take long before Liang Xia’s Navy can free up his hands to launch an attack on the west east and west oceans, and will inevitably attack Liuhuangdao first.

So, is it still time to strengthen defense deployment now?
Chapter completed!