Herat, about 600 kilometers west of Kabul, on the right bank of the middle reaches of the Hari River. Historically, it has been the hub of transportation and trade in Central Asia, South Asia and West Asia, and its strategic position is important.

Because of its location on the borders of Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, it has also become a crossroads between the predominantly nomadic Central Asian Serbs, Turks and the predominantly settled Persian peoples of the Iranian plateau.

Historically, this region was called Khorasan, which means "land of the rising sun", and was once fertile and abundant, and Babur the Great, the descendant of Timur and the founding emperor of the Mughal Empire in India, once praised: "It is difficult to find a city like Herat in the whole world." ”

Now this is the location of the headquarters of the Samurai Army, and the Far Eastern Army, with a total of more than 200,000 troops of the Darling Army, is on the border line of the Persian Safavid Empire, and all the troops have been deployed and can be attacked at any time.

After nearly a year of preparation, the overseas army group of the Southern Field Army took over the defense of the Indian region, and the warrior army group gradually advanced eastward, actively preparing for the upcoming attack on Persia at Herat and Farah.

With the abundance of the Indian region, the supply of the Samurai Army was very smooth, and the Far Eastern Army established a huge logistics branch in Herat, and warehouses along the Hari River were piled up with all kinds of weapons, ammunition, equipment, and food.

This logistics division can not only supply the Samurai Army, but also the Northwest Field Army will also supply it here after it moves south. Therefore, the Logistics Department of the Far Eastern Army spared no expense and built this place into a huge material staging area.

In addition, the Far East Logistics Department has established a large logistics branch in the southern coastal port of Gwadar. and Herat, one south and one north, formed the two most important logistics bases in the Persian campaign, ensuring the logistics supply of more than 200,000 daring troops and the main force of the westward marching corps in the south.

The port of Gwadar is bordered by the vast Indian Ocean to the south. It is strategically important and strategically located at the throat of the Persian Gulf from Africa and Europe through the Red Sea, the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf to East Asia and the Pacific region. Gwadar is located about 400 km from the Strait of Hormuz.

Since the Far East Company took over India, it has invested a lot of resources in the port of Gwadar, relying on the strong maritime capacity of the Far East. In just two years, a military port of huge scale and complete facilities was built. Today, the port of Gwadar is one of the most important military ports of the Admiralty of the Far Eastern Army and the Indian Ocean Fleet.

This time, the Admiralty will also send a large number of warships to participate in the Persian campaign, and form a large Persian Gulf Fleet, which is composed of a large number of sailing ships and offshore steam deck barges.

After the start of the campaign, the Persian Gulf Fleet will blockade the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, sweep all the sea forces along the southern coast of Persia, and carry the assault force of the Samurai Army to land on the southern coast of Persia and cooperate with the main force to attack the Safavid Empire.

In fact, it was at the time of the campaign. The entire Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman will become no-sail zones, and all countries and regions along the coast will not be allowed to go to sea, and those who dare to show their heads will be sunk.

If there are countries and regions that dare to resist, they will be regarded as challenging the Far East, and the other side will be responsible for all the bad consequences that will be triggered. They will face a fierce blow from the Far Eastern Admiralty.

Army Group South also attached great importance to the Persian campaign, and the main force involved in the battle was the powerful Samurai Army, and some troops of the overseas army were also transferred. Deployed on the west bank of the Indus River as the general reserve for the Persian campaign.

Most of the airboat units of Army Group South were also transferred. Continued to penetrate deep into the territory of the Safavid Empire in Persia to conduct large-scale reconnaissance. Cooperate with the company's intelligence department to obtain a large amount of information about the Persian Safavid Empire.

The Persian campaign was an important part of the Far East Army's Asian strategy, and it was also the first step for the Far East Company to enter the Middle East.

In modern Iran, the strategic location is very important. to the north are the North Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia; To the east are Afghanistan, Pakistan, India; To the west is the Arab world, which is the junction of these tectonic plates, plus Iran has abundant oil resources. So historically, the Persian region has been the focus of contention among all the great powers.

In the north, the Far East, West and North Field Army was also sharpening knives, the main cavalry unit of the Westward Advance Corps. The reserve militia and various nomadic detachments will march west to sweep through the Kazakh Khanate next spring. Then the army marched south to attack the Brakhan Khanate and the Khiva Khanate. Join forces with the westward warrior armies in northern Persia.

In this way, the Far East-controlled regions on the eastern shores of the Caspian Sea, the Kazakh steppe, and the outer northwestern region were connected with Persia and the South Asian subcontinent.

Historically, the Central Plains Dynasty also concentrated on the management of the Western Regions and the Seven River Valleys, when the eastern starting point of the Silk Road was Chang'an, the Silk Road was the main way for China to obtain silver, Western crops, products and technology at that time, and Chang'an's status was equivalent to today's Hong Kong and Shanghai, which was the gateway to the whole of China. And Chang'an has been the capital for a long time, creating its glorious history.

But in the end, with the gradual decline of the dynasty, they gradually lost control of the Western Regions. The reason for this is actually because the Western Regions region is vast and too far away from the ruling center of the Central Plains Dynasty.

If the Far East had taken control of Central and West Asia, the company would have been able to completely control the vast areas of the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea, the Kazakh steppes and the Outer Northwest, and there would never have been many more problems in history.

Central Asia and West Asia in modern society have played two roles on the Eurasian continent, the "crossroads" and the "resource base". It is a typical "broken zone" with constant wars and unstable regional situations.

Of course, all regions at the "crossroads" are of great strategic value, and the same is true for most of the ********, and the political and economic instability, and the unstable international situation are the salient characteristics of these regions.

Christianity, ****** religion and Judaism all originated in the West Asian region, and the famous city of "Jerusalem" in West Asia was named the holy city by these three major religions, and the most ironic thing is that Jerusalem means "city of peace" in Hebrew.

Central Asia and West Asia are both sensitive regions with extremely strategic positions and rich strategic resources, and they are all hot spots of concern to the whole world.

Therefore, the Asian strategy of the Far East Company is to completely control Central Asia and West Asia, so as to lay a solid foundation for the complete control of the Middle East in the future.

(To be continued.) )