amaotonovel Chapter 137 The Great Power Game
Chapter 137 The Great Power Game
Alice sat in the conference room, surrounded by distinguished guests. The heads of all the committees and departments were present. The second working meeting of the Provisional Government of Amerlane was held in Trian.
The Southern government has collapsed both in name and in practice. Military local governments have been established in Southern cities, with a committee responsible for taking over the power and infrastructure of the various local governments.
There are countless things to do, but external matters are necessary before internal affairs are settled. The interventionist forces have effectively lost their pretext for intervention. The size of the troops that have crossed the border is about 100,000, while the entire American army has nearly 800,000.
"Behind the Balkans lies the desert empire, officially known as the Great Caliphate Desert Empire. Of course, the adjectives they used weren't very impressive; countries that put 'great' in their names are generally not that great."
Alice shook her head, her white hair flying as she swayed. She sat upright in one corner of the conference room, like a poker player at the table. She waved her hand and took a stack of documents from the maid.
"We obtained information from agents dispatched to the Balkans and all their unclassified data. The analysis revealed that the Balkan Empire's industrial manufacturing capacity was actually not strong, while the Desert Empire itself had its own early industrial system, derived from trade with the dwarves and research at the so-called Wisdom Palace, which was their official highest research institution."
"The two empires have different tendencies. The Balkan Empire is a purely hegemonic empire. Their fanatical demand for territory has been evident for a long time. The Principality of Orovia is a good example. Most of the territory of this so-called principality has been eroded, and the territorial disputes in the Kosoya area originated from this. In addition to the Principality of Orovia, which is being eroded, the Republic of Gauga, which was destroyed fifty years ago, still has resistance organizations within its territory."
"The vast territory of the desert empire was land plundered long ago. It is generally believed that the rise of the desert empire began with the conquest by the Bas tribe. More than three hundred years ago, a tribal leader who called himself Caliph, also known as Caliph I, gradually established the vast Caliphate Desert Empire through war and alliances."
"Whether a hundred years ago or now, uprisings have been continuous within the Caliphate's desert empire. In the north, the conquered peoples of the central steppes of the continent constantly resisted the central government in order to protect their shamanistic beliefs and interests. In the east, the mountain peoples in the mountains constantly rebelled because of their sacred beliefs in the snow-capped mountains. In the southern coastal areas, the rising maritime nobles constantly demanded that the Caliph pay attention to their commercial interests."
"In other words, neither the Balkan Empire nor the Caliphate Desert Empire is internally stable, and these unstable regions are the cards we hold in our hands."
“We are playing against two players, and one of them has already shown his flush, 100,000 troops and industrial support from two countries.”
Alice changed the subject: "However—we have a royal flush!"
Alice's grand strategy, with every move she made, aimed directly at their weaknesses, while the Secret Intelligence Agency's two-year plan gave them this winning hand.
Now, it's Alice's turn. What would happen if a country that has already stepped into the threshold of modern industrialization were to be divided at this time?
Alice was delighted to see this; the more countries on the world map, the better, so that when the United Nations was established in the future, the world wouldn't only have a dozen or so countries.
And the new nation will be carved out from the old, vast empire.
Alice's strategy for the Great Power game was actually not very complicated. Simply put, it was to exacerbate the scale of rebellions within the two empires. These resistance organizations might have originally only had longswords and crossbows, but Amelansi would use organizations disguised as import and export companies or merchants to supply them with weapons, including single-shot breech-loading or muzzle-loading rifles, large quantities of black powder revolvers, and even infantry guns.
Especially when it comes to attacks on ports, logistics hubs, and key transportation routes, Amelansi only needs to provide resources and funds, and various heroes with their own ulterior motives will accomplish this goal.
On the main battlefield, the Amerinsi Army, Amerinsi Aerospace Force, and Amerinsi Navy will press forward step by step, focusing on killing enemy personnel, so that the Balkan Empire authorities cannot obtain labor through demobilization after the war, further weakening its war potential. They will also incite, train, and develop the independence of non-dominant ethnic groups within the Caliphate's desert empire, in order to split the country and weaken its overall national strength.
Strikes on both the frontal and rear battlefields will become the future of new total warfare and will also become part of Amerlane's global strategy.
However, while Alice and Lavinia Olicarts were meeting to discuss how to begin this series of operations, a message from the church surprised her.
"Breaking news! Breaking news! The Church announces that the Holy Church will no longer have any obligation or right to educate the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Church—the De Horan Sub-Diocese!"
"Breaking news! Miss Director, Your Highness!! News from the Church!"
Lavinia Olicarts took the documents from her agents, nodded to Alice, and began to read aloud: "On May 12, 656, the Central Church announced that the Holy Church would no longer have any obligation or right to educate the Eastern Diocese of the Holy Church—the Deholang Sub-Diocese. Currently, all church personnel in the Deholang Sub-Diocese have withdrawn from the sub-Diocese yesterday, and the Holy Army stationed there has also withdrawn to the Triangle Peninsula Diocese on the same day. It is understood that this historic withdrawal of the Church has been influenced by the Demon Nation, which has already achieved a complete victory in the civil war and is about to unify the entire country, and the Great Caliphate Desert Empire..."
"The church is changing its strategy, you can tell."
"No, Your Highness, not only that, it seems your opponent has also played their cards."
"Within the church's announcement of the Dehoran diocese, several countries were established in the Dehoran region. In the political center of the original diocese, the Dehoran Empire was established. The Kingdom of Bahar and the United Emirate of Kapua were established in the eastern coastal area of the diocese. At the same time, around these newly established countries, large and small warlords occupied remote cities and villages. On the border of the Caliphate Desert Empire, pro-desert empire warlords held their own armies and formed their own factions."
Alice frowned. Clearly, the Caliphate Desert Empire and the Church had reached an agreement, using certain unspeakable secrets and interests to achieve this. The price was enormous, indicating that the last remaining spheres of influence in the central continent controlled by the Church had been fragmented, and the resulting weak and independent states would find it difficult to compete with the Balkan Empire or the Desert Empire.
Clearly, De Helang will become a new table in this great nation's poker game.