When the Yanhuang clan was recovering their strength, the Heavenly Tiger Empire was also recuperating from its injuries, and in the battle of Storm Fortress, they were defeated too badly, and one-third of their troops were lost there, which made the strength of the Heavenly Tiger Empire unprecedentedly tense. What's more serious is the internal problem of the empire, countless families have begun to contact the four kingdoms, and they have begun to bet on the Yanhuang clan, which is naturally worse for the Heavenly Tiger Empire.

Tianhu Tiehai seems to have come out of the shadow of failure, his hair has turned a lot grayer in just a few years, and he looks a lot older, but he has endless energy, and he is working hard every day.

First of all, Tianhu Tiehai reorganized his troops, incorporated the private armies of many noble families, and launched a merciless attack on the disobedient nobles. There are even many families that have been wiped out by him. Although the Heavenly Tiger Empire has been hit hard, its strength is still there, although the four kingdoms have developed slightly, the overall strength is still the absolute advantage of the empire, and the whip of the Yanhuang clan is beyond the reach, so it is a matter of minutes to destroy some nobles. Tianhu Tiehai's high-pressure policy absorbed a considerable part of the army, but unfortunately, it also offended the aristocracy. For this, Tianhu Tiehai didn't take it to heart, anyway, those nobles are all grass on the wall, they will never die with the Tianhu family, they are potential traitors. Of course, for those loyal families, the Heavenly Tiger Iron Sea is also rewarded.

Secondly, Tianhu Tiehai divided the area at the junction of the two major theaters, integrated all the strength, and divided into four major theaters, namely the first theater to the fourth theater, and the first and second theaters bordering the eastern theater. Bordering the Storm Theater of Operations are the 3rd and 4th Theaters of Operations. After the integration of these four theaters of operations. All have the strength of 600 front army groups. This is already the force that the Heavenly Tiger Empire has drawn out to the best of its ability. However, this force can only defend these four major theaters, and when it comes to attacking, it basically has no ability. After the crushing defeat, it would take at least several years for the Tigers to regain their confidence in the First Battle.

Thirdly, in terms of economy, the Celestial Tiger Empire has increased the construction of defense equipment for various planets and fortresses, etc. At the same time, more manpower and material resources were invested in development to stimulate economic development, and at the same time, the implementation of wartime economic policies was announced for a period of 15 years. He hopes to stimulate economic development through various new policies. The Heavenly Tiger Empire has emptied its own resources, and even if it has enough troops, the reserves in the treasury are no longer enough to fight a big war. It is common sense that you can't do anything without money.

Fourth, we should carry out a major reorganization of the armed forces and further eliminate the star-class warships. Produce more Starriver-class ships. After years of war, the Heavenly Tiger Iron Sea has understood. The survivability of those warships with weak defense on the battlefield is basically zero, and the battleships that are killed by one shot have no room to survive at all, so what he needs is a battleship with stronger firepower and stronger defense. At the same time, researchers of the Academy of Sciences were ordered to study new types of warships. Of course, these aspects require a lot of investment, and it is not easy for a scientific system that has reached a peak to go further.

And the most desperate thing Tianhu Tiehai did was to send troops to arrest all the families of all the officers and soldiers of the Gaoshan Yuanyue Division, transport them to the Eastern Theater and hand them over to Gaoshan Yuanyue, of course, only the people were returned, but all the property of these family members was confiscated. Gao Shan Yuanyue didn't say anything about this, they had already committed treason, but the state had already done well if they hadn't wiped out all their families, and they had returned the people, so what was it to confiscate some property? Tianhu Tiehai had already done his best to be benevolent and righteous.

Regarding the results of Tianhu Tiehai's handling of this matter, the Tianhu Empire has a lot of complaints. But let Tianhu Tiehai push back all of his words: "If we kill the families of those traitors, it will be the Yanhuang clan that will benefit the most." Even if Gao Shan Yuanyue no longer wants to fight with us, can his subordinates not fight with us? I will return their families, if they want to fight with us in the future, then at least they will have three points of mercy, even if they conquer the planet, they will not use the butcher's knife against their own people. So, I wouldn't do such a stupid thing as slaughtering them. ”

Regarding Tianhu Tiehai's move, the new commander-in-chief of the empire's first theater of operations, Shenshu Yousan, publicly expressed his support: "Marshal Gao Shan has done his best on the battlefield, he has not made any mistakes, and I have changed my position to his position, and I will make the same choice as him, so, in this matter, the first thing we have to reflect on is whether it is our own reasons that made him turn his back on the empire." As for killing their families, this is definitely the most stupid thing to do. I don't want to fight against an army that is looking for revenge and desperate efforts. Most of the officers and soldiers of the imperial army expressed their support for Tianhu Tiehai, and the support rate of Tianhu Tiehai in the army did not decrease but increased.

Sun Tiejian also commented on this: "He is really worthy of the title of the god of war, and to be a man and do things is to see the long-term better than others." If he slaughtered the families of those who surrendered, he could deter people in the short term and stop the officers and soldiers from surrendering, but in the long run, it would only make the officers and soldiers separate. Officers and soldiers are also human beings, and they all have feelings, and they are born and die for the sake of the empire, and they surrender under the orders of their superiors, but in exchange for the result that their families are killed, which is unacceptable to any officer and soldier. Therefore, I commend Marshal Tianhu for this move, even though it is not a good thing for my Yanhuang clan. However, it also reminds me that Marshal Tianhu is really our fierce enemy. I will definitely be careful of him in the future. The enemy said so, and the matter was settled.

For Tianluo Zhongzhong, Tianhu Tiehai intentionally wanted to put him in the fourth theater to be the commander-in-chief, but he was reluctant, because, a talented person like Tianluo Zhongzhong was more suitable to serve as the chief of general staff by his side, and the military had nothing to say about Tianluo Zhongzhong's position as the chief of the imperial general staff, and Tianluo Zhongzhong had already explained a lot of problems with his talents. Of course, there are objections, but that's not important. It's just that Tianluo Loyal is a little resistant to this appointment, but Tianhu Tiehai said: "Faithful, accept it, I need your help." "Tianluo is faithful, and he can only accept it.

On this day, after repairing the cumbersome documents, Tianluo faithfully came to Tianhu Tiehai's house. In order to facilitate the command nearby. Tianhu Tiehai personally assumed the post of commander-in-chief of the Third War Zone. His home is located on the Tianyong Star in the Third War Zone. It's a fortress-like planet. Naturally, there are no entertainment facilities, and all the people who come in and out are the military, at most they just go to the Internet and play online games.

The two of them sat down, each touched the cup in his hand, and drank the wine in the cup. Tianluo faithfully poured wine for the two of them's cups. "Faithful, what do you think we should do next?" "Your Excellency, I think. In the next ten years, like the Yanhuang people, we basically couldn't do anything. "Oh, what's your reasoning?" "Quite simply, we all need time to heal from the wounds of the last World War. And the Yanhuang people need more time to digest their occupied territory, if they only occupy and can't digest it, then what the Yanhuang people do is meaningless. The nature of this war has changed, the Yanhuang are no longer a guerrilla force, and their strategic purpose is no longer just to defeat our army, but to acquire more territory, more planets and ore stars from our army. Get more resources to grow their army. Therefore, a change in strategic objectives will inevitably lead to a change in the mode of warfare. It is more important for them to occupy and digest the territory, rather than blindly attacking our army, which will not benefit the Yanhuang clan at all. ”

"That makes sense, then, what should we do at this stage?" Tianhu Tiehai agreed. Tianluo Zhongzhong also expressed comfort to have such a boss, it is comfortable to talk to a smart person, and the other party can easily understand what you say. "At this stage, we must restore our strength as soon as possible, Your Excellency's new policy has a certain role in promoting us, but the side effects are not small, therefore, Your Excellency's new policy cannot be implemented for a long time, that will damage our fundamentals, therefore, we have to gain time, and the time left for us is running out. ”

"When should the Yanhuang Clan launch a large-scale attack on us?" "If Your Excellency had not returned the family members of Marshal Gao Shan's subordinates, the war would have begun in five years, and now, it should have begun in fifteen years. Marshal Takayama would be grateful to you, so they probably wouldn't have worked so hard to ask for battle, in fact, they didn't want to fight your head-on. "Tianluo faithfully slapped Tianhu Tiehai on the back.

"Five years, fifteen years, with the current strength of the Yan and Huang clans, will they be able to recover their vitality within fifteen years?" "If Your Excellency thinks so, then our army will be in danger. The production capacity of the Yanhuang clan was limited before, so the number of troops was not large, and the population under their rule was not too large, so they were able to form two hundred front army groups as they did their best. Now, with the manpower of Marshal Tornado's department, plus the production machines they captured from our two theaters of war. Add to that all the production machines on the Wing Girl, their production capacity has become very strong. If my estimate is correct, with sufficient raw materials, they will replenish more than three military groups every year. And this number is only the current number, when the production capacity is greatly developed, they will be able to replenish more equipment every year, believe me, in less than a hundred years, they will be able to replenish at least 500 front army groups. ”

"After hundreds of years of development, the Winged Actress has accumulated a very strong industrial strength, and that guy from Tianhu Tiezhi intends to establish himself as the king, but he doesn't have this life, and in the end he didn't make a wedding dress for the Tempest Iron Armor. Oh my poor cousin. Although he said that he was pitiful, there was an indescribable sarcasm in Tianhu Tiehai's tone.

Tianluo smiled faithfully and said: "Your Excellency, that is already in the past, isn't it? However, Your Excellency, now, our army is no longer able to attack, and in the next thirty years, I believe that the Yanhuang Clan will not have enough strength to launch a large-scale attack like the last time, this time, the territory they have occupied is enough for them to eat well, and they will not have the ability to digest more territory before cultivating more talents." Therefore, I believe that in the next 50 years, it will be a stage of strategic stalemate between our army and the Yanhuang clan, and even if there is a war, it will only be a small battle, and there will be no big or small battle. But what really worries me is the domestic situation, the four kingdoms have been helped by the Yanhuang clan, and the situation of our army's encirclement and suppression troops is not optimistic. ”

Regarding the situation within the empire, Tianhu Tiehai could only sigh: "Let them make trouble, or, this may not be a good thing for the empire." Tianluo was stunned. "The territories occupied by the four kingdoms, they will at least not use butcher knives against civilians. And the fact that they rule over a larger population will mean that we will have more people to live in the future. On the other hand, if the Yanhuang clan attacks, I'm afraid that those civilians won't have such good luck. Tianhu Tiehai explained. Tianluo Faithful suddenly understood why Tian Tiehai would stay at the forefront instead of returning to the empire to preside over the counterinsurgency war. (To be continued......)