Persia and Afghanistan are the two hardest hard bones to crack in the Middle East.

Most of the entire Persian territory is located on the Persian plateau.

The Persian Plateau is surrounded by mountains and rivers and canyons. Coupled with its unique subtropical arid and semi-arid climate, it is difficult for people coming from other places to adapt for a while.

Compared with the steep Persia, the terrain of Afghanistan is more complex and steep.

63% of the land in Afghanistan is high mountains, and 27% of the country's land is above 2,500 altitude. In ancient times, where farming was the main source, it was barren land.

Afghanistan has a lot of mineral resources, and its copper, iron ore and coal mine reserves are among the forefront in the world.

However, the ore in Afghanistan is not so easy to harvest, and not everyone can covet it, because it has the reputation of an imperial cemetery, and many military powers have turned over in Afghanistan.

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After Guli Mukhatov of Turkmenistan voluntarily gave up the remaining territory, the Condor Empire army located in the Amu River Basin naturally occupied the entire territory of Turkmenistan.

After occupying the entire territory of Turkmenistan, the two plateau countries that stood in front of James' army were Persia and Afghanistan on the south side of the Great Wall of Desperation.

Facing these two countries on the plateau and facing the Great Wall of Desperateness that runs across the East and West, even James, who has always been good at fighting, did not know where to choose as the main attack point for a while.

Persia and Afghanistan.

Afghanistan's overall strength is weaker, and it is relatively easier to break through.

However, there are too many mountains in Afghanistan. Without the inability to dispatch air force, the army of the Condor Empire could not be effectively deployed.

Nowadays, there are fortresses in Afghanistan. As long as there are steep water sources, Afghan players will build passes of all sizes there.

Facing Afghanistan, which is full of mountains and fortresses, once the army of the Condor Empire goes deeper, it is likely to be lost in the mountains and castles.

If the stupidest method is used to remove the fortresses in Afghanistan one by one, then after occupying the entire territory of Afghanistan, time may have passed.

In other words, if Afghanistan is chosen as the main breakthrough, then James' army is likely to have to fight a long battle there.

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Although Persia's military strength is much stronger than Afghanistan, and the Persian territory is mainly plateau terrain, compared with 63% of the mountains in Afghanistan, the terrain in Persia is much smoother.

The main mountain ranges in Persia are concentrated in the southwest region, and in the north there is only the outer mountain range where the Great Wall of Desperation is located.

As long as the army of the Condor Empire can break through the Great Wall of Desperate, most of Persia will immediately fall under the cover of the army of the Condor Empire.

In other words, facing the southward attack of the Condor Empire, Persia now has only the natural danger of the Great Wall of Desperateness to defend. Once the Great Wall of Desperateness is lost, most of the Persia will immediately lose its protection.

Obviously, Persian players are also very clear about this, so they not only transferred all their country's big-headed army to the back of the Great Wall of Desperation, but also arranged the troops supported by other countries in the Middle East there.

The situation is clear now. If James wants to attack Persia, then what they need to face is the main force of Persia and the Middle East coalition.

If James wants to attack Afghanistan, then the Condor Army only needs to face the local Afghan army, because the Middle East coalition did not send troops to support Afghanistan.

Faced with the two extremes of one east and one west, James did not make a blind decision. While continuing to increase troops in the Amu River Basin, he took the time to see the Bukhara City, which had already resumed its teleportation function, and Ning Yuan.

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In a mansion in Bukhara City, after listening to James' detailed report on the southern front, Ning Yuan did not rush to express his opinion, but asked with a serious look: "James, where are you personally more inclined to attack?"

"Your Majesty, although it seems easier to attack in Afghanistan, I am more inclined to attack Persia.

Because the terrain in Afghanistan is extremely bad, it is difficult for our army to exert 100% strength there.

I think the best tactic to attack Afghanistan is to first capture the countries around it, and then launch a comprehensive attack on it from all directions, defeat its main force with lightning speed, and not give the opponent more time to retreat."

Seeing Ning Yuan asking, James immediately expressed his opinion.

After listening to James' analysis, Ning Yuan asked with a smile: "James, have you never thought that Afghanistan might have been a flaw deliberately exposed by the enemy, tempting us to attack?"

"Your Majesty, are you saying that Afghanistan is actually a bait. The enemy deliberately arranged all the troops in Persia, just to take the initiative to lead us to attack Afghanistan?

But what is the purpose of the enemy doing this? Could it be that they just delay time?"

After hearing Ning Yuan say this, James was surprised because if the enemy really regarded Afghanistan as bait, he really couldn't figure out what else it could do except delaying time.

Because under the investigation of Seraph Scouts, it is impossible for the enemy to set up an ambush to attack the Condor Armour.

Ning Yuan knew that the reason why James thought so was mainly because James did not know about the players of the Beautiful Country and the Principality of Ram.

Ning Yuan is not going to explain these things that only players can know in detail to James.

After thinking for a while, Ning Yuan said: "James, we can ignore Afghanistan, a high mountain country. You just need to concentrate on conquering Persia.

I just got some secret information, and the enemy has spent a lot of money to hire a group of professional troops in other areas to deal with us.

It will take some time before this group of professional troops complete the assembly. Your next main task is to use this time to advance as far south as possible, and it is best to be able to advance here."

As he said that, Ning Yuan's finger fell on the Mesopotamia marked on the strategic map.

"It doesn't matter whether you can quickly occupy it after advancing to the Mesopotamia, but you have to take it all down for me. Our naval fleet needs to have a naval base here that can be docked at any time."

After saying that, Ning Yuan pointed his finger at the Port of Khomeini located in the Persian Gulf again.

After listening to the strategic deployment given by Ning Yuan, James frowned immediately. He stared at the strategic topography map for a long time, and then analyzed with a serious look on his face:

"Your Majesty, if you advance south according to your strategic deployment, it will probably take more troops to complete it.

You see, the northernmost end of Persia is the two countries Azerbaijan and Arminia, the northwest is the powerful Ottoman Türkiye, and the southwest is Iraq. There are many other Middle Eastern countries in the southwest of Iraq.

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To the east of Persia is adjacent to two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Judging from the current situation, when we conduct large-scale military operations in Persia, these countries adjacent to Persia will likely be involved.

In this way, we need to send a lot of troops to fight the troops sent by these countries. At the very least, we must station some major transportation routes and block the troops of these countries from the periphery.

I just made a rough calculation. If we go south without occupying Afghanistan and Pakistan, we will have to at least one million troops to the front line.

Your Majesty, is it worth it just to occupy an outlet?"

It is obvious that James is a little disagreeing with Ning Yuan's strategy.

After looking at James with a serious expression, Ning Yuan said in a deep voice: "It's worth it.

James, look at the southwestern part of Persia, a Kuhrud Mountains, a Zagros Mountains.

These two mountains and the Caspian Sea directly divide the Persian Plateau from the southwest.

The passages in these two mountains are steep. If the enemy reinforcements are allowed to occupy these places, then these two mountains will once again become a barrier to prevent us from moving south.

Since the passages in these two mountains are easy to defend and difficult to attack, why don’t we take the lead and take it into our own hands?

If we take these two mountains completely into our own hands, then we can take the initiative in the war, so that we can attack and defend when we advance.

As for the port of Khomeini that I asked you to occupy, it is mainly because sea transportation is more convenient and faster than land transportation.

With the Port of Khomeini, our naval fleet can escort the transport fleet to continuously transport food and grass resources.

In this way, the long-lasting problem of logistics transportation on the plateau can be perfectly solved."

"Your Majesty, this is the truth, but the entire lower reaches of the Tigris River are large plains without any dangers.

If we just stay here and stop attacking, then the enemy will definitely concentrate our superior forces to attack here.

In this way, we need to arrange more troops here to defend.

And your Majesty, have you ever thought that the food and supplies transported from the ocean can only be used to replenish the troops in the plains. We cannot transport the food and supplies to the Persian plateau in turn. After all, there are two huge mountains between the two?

So I think if your Majesty, you have no intention of continuing to march into the southwest region in a short period of time, then it is better not to enter the plains easily.

Because there is no danger to defend in the plains, if we want to gain a foothold in the plains, we need to arrange more troops there.

It is a huge waste to place a large number of troops there for defense just for a harbor.

Your Majesty, I think your strategy is a bit too radical, because according to your thinking, our front line will grow longer and longer.

With some areas and countries behind them not being conquered, it is a very risky behavior to stretch the front so long.

Once the war ahead does not progress very smoothly and the rear is frequently harassed, the situation is likely to gradually develop in a direction that is unfavorable to our army.

Your Majesty, although we are strong, the more we are, the less we can make any mistakes.

Because once we suffer a defeat, the morale of the enemy will recover instantly.

Now we have finally defeated the enemy and we will never give them any chance to turn things around!

I think we can occupy the two mountains in southwestern Persia, but we should not attack the plains of the Mesopotamia.

We should first guard the main transportation routes in the two mountains, and then concentrate our efforts on conquering Afghanistan and Pakistan, and then take over Yindu and the entire Indochina Peninsula.

After taking down the entire Indochina Peninsula, our naval fleet could continue to advance along the coastline.

By then, we can advance together by sea and land, and launch a full-scale attack on the Mesopotamia and the Arabian Peninsula.

With enemy territory and country behind, I don’t think we should go too far into the enemy territory.”

After listening to James' detailed analysis, Ning Yuan suddenly became in trouble.

James' analysis made a lot of sense, so Ning Yuan could not find any fault.

But the problem now is that Ning Yuan has agreed to Li Tianqi to support the Principality of Ram. The promotion strategy he formulated is also to echo the Condor Empire army stationed in the Principality of Ram in the future.

If James's plan is adopted, the Northern Theater Command will be much safer, but the Principality of Ram will be in danger.

Because Ningyuan's main purpose of wanting Khomeini Port is to support the Principality of Ram from the sea, and by the way, he can enter the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers to deter Iraqi players.

If the troops cannot be stationed in the Port of Khomeini, Ningyuan would have to find a port for the naval fleet of the Condor Empire in other places where he could dock at any time.

After constantly scanning the map for a long time, Ning Yuan's eyes stopped at the Port of Abbas in the Strait of Hormuz.

"There is a Persian army of 200,000 people in the Port of Abbas in the Port of Abbas, and it is very difficult to conquer Abbas from the sea when it is unable to dispatch the flying army."

Soon, detailed information about Abbas Port came to Ning Yuan's mind.

After making a careful comparison with Port Khomeini, Ning Yuan said to James: "I can give up the occupation of Port Khomeini, but you must take Port Abbas for me.

There are 200,000 elite troops from Persia there, and the opposite Arab countries such as Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar can reinforce the Port of Abbas by sea at any time.

And we cannot give you any support at sea before there is no naval base that can be docked, so you will be very difficult to fight this battle."

After saying that, Ning Yuan looked at James with a serious look on his face. From his expression, it can be seen that his words were not suggestions, but direct orders, and there was no room for negotiation.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. After leading my army to the Great Wall of Desperate, I will definitely take Abbas Port for you as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!