Empire Conquest

Chapter 659 - 6 Intelligence Boss_3

Not even the Imperial Military was entirely sure!

Even more crucially, this round of military innovation was initiated by the Liangxia Empire, and, so far, the Liangxia military had carried it out the most thoroughly.

By contrast, the other two superpowers were still a bit undercooked.

The Newland Republic was slightly better off, especially in the critical domain of the Air Force; the Newland Air Force’s re-equipment pace was not slower than that of the Liangxia Air Force. However, what Newland really lacked was a Navy capable of global reach and global projection like that of the Liangxia Navy.

If anything, the Tiaoman Empire was already behind in this round of military innovation.

Until now, the Tiaoman Air Force had only acquired one third-generation fighter, the jointly developed "Storm" fighter.

In fact, the "Storm" ADV did not meet the standards of third-generation fighters and was more like a second-generation fighter equipped with third-generation electronic equipment.

In addition, several other third-generation fighters from the West Continent group, such as Locke’s "Mirage" 2000 and the Luosha Democratic Republic’s MG-29, either had inferior engines or less advanced electronic equipment; they were all a bit undercooked and gave off a slightly unsatisfactory feeling.

The Tiaoman Navy wasn’t even worth mentioning.

In fact, even the Army that the Tiaoman Empire had always been proud of, as well as the Army of the West Continent group, had fallen behind in this round of military innovation.

The most representative example was that the first armed helicopter of the West Continent group was still on the drawing board.

Even with Main Battle Tanks, both the Tiaoman Empire and the West Continent group now had only a numerical advantage, but were also lagging in the more critical aspect of performance.

What led to all this was actually comprehensive strength.

Among the three superpowers, the Tiaoman Empire had the weakest foundation, and among the three major groups, the West Continent group had the most internal conflicts.

Fundamentally, the Tiaoman Empire itself did not have the basis to be a superpower!

In other words, had it not been for the victory in the last great war, the Tiaoman Empire would never have been able to dominate the West Continent with a population exceeding 500 million using a mere 80 million people.

The Tiaoman Empire’s victory in the last great war was reliant on the Liangxia Empire!

Forty-five years had passed since the end of the great war, and in the past 45 years, the Tiaoman Empire had basically run through its legacy and spent all the dividends of being a victorious country.

Unfortunately, the unification project of the West Continent group was still a distant dream.

In a few more years, internal conflicts might exceed the fear of external foes and lead to the disintegration of the West Continent group.

In fact, such problems had already arisen.

The Bulan Kingdom had always been indecisive, or more accurately, duplicitous, acting as a member of the West Continent group while providing military bases for the Liangxia Empire, and simultaneously strengthening economic and trade ties with the Newland Republic across the Sunset Ocean, seeking benefits from all three parties.

Furthermore, the Sban Kingdom had endless squabbles with the Tiaoman Empire over the Nara Fortress issue.

As for the Raleigh Kingdom, they had been double-crossed by the Tiaoman Empire over the Alger issue, turning fickle ever since.

The escalation of internal conflicts was also why the Tiaoman authorities incited the Iraq authorities to stir up trouble.

In the words of Lin Shiping, once the flames of war had ignited in Boss Bay, the Tiaoman Authority could breathe a sigh of relief and even take the opportunity to accelerate the unification process of the West Continent.

That was also why the Tiaoman Empire wished to stay out of the conflict.

To put it bluntly, if they were to get involved, how could the Tiaoman Empire possibly take the opportunity to resolve the internal conflicts of the West Continent group?