The war in Europe could affect the situation as a whole.
Faced with the attack of Great Xia, Egypt, and the Indian Empire, the Spanish Dynasty was anxious!
April 25th, Tortosa City.
King Casillas of Spain urgently summoned the three generals for a video conference.
The three generals were Duke Alva, also known as the "Bloody Butcher" Fernando, who was known as the Spanish God of War and the commander-in-chief of the Spanish army. He had personally led 250,000 troops to attack the Germanic Dynasty.
Don Juan, the half-brother of Philip II, was the commander of the Spanish Invincible Fleet.
Alexander Farnese, the Duke of Parma, was the military commander of the Argentine region of the Spanish Dynasty. He had also led 250,000 troops against the Indian Empire.
The Spanish Dynasty included the former Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, and Argentina, as well as Western Sahara and Mauritania, which had just been occupied.
The total number of players in the territory was about 15 million. Among the six major European dynasties, its population was second only to the Germanic Empire.
In addition to the Invincible Fleet, the Spanish Dynasty had 750,000 regular troops divided into three armies.
In addition to Fernando and Alexander, the remaining 250,000 troops were personally controlled by King Casillas to guard the mainland and African territories.
Among them, 150,000 were stationed in the mainland, and the remaining 100,000 were scattered in four regions: Morocco, Algeria, Western Sahara, and Mauritania.
Faced with the invasion of three enemy armies, Spain had no advantage in any of them. They had to face enemies that were several times their size. Their only advantage was that they had the advantage of being able to defend at home.
"Tell me, what should we do?" Casillas asked.
"Bloody Butcher" Fernando was the first to speak. "There are three enemy armies. The Great Xia army has the least number of soldiers, but they are the strongest. They are also facing our weakest defense.
I suggest that the 100,000 troops stationed in Africa be transferred to the Algerian region to delay the pace of the Great Xia army's attack and buy time for the other battlefields.
"If necessary, we can recruit soldiers locally in Africa."
"Can we just give up the African territory?" Casillas was a little afraid of Great Xia. "There are only 150,000 soldiers in the mainland. They definitely can't stop the attack of 500,000 Egyptian soldiers."
Fernando shook his head. "Your Majesty, the African territory is the strongest barrier in the south of the kingdom. If we give up Africa, it is equivalent to completely exposing the mainland to the enemy, and it will only make the situation worse.
"There's one more thing. The 500,000 Egyptian troops are attacking our territory from the Base City, so it'll be difficult for us to resupply them. If we give up on the African territory, it'll be equivalent to creating a huge rear for the Egyptian troops to resupply."
"Therefore, not only can we not easily give up the African territory, we must also hold on to it."
After pausing for a moment, Fernando continued, "Instead of giving up the African territory, it's better to give up the Argentine region. Anyway, it's just an enclave and not worth much."
A long time ago, Fernando had been dissatisfied with the kingdom's expenditure of precious troops on the South American continent. Now, he finally had the opportunity to ask His Majesty to withdraw from South America.
"No!"
What surprised Fernando was that not only did Alexander reject the proposal, but even His Majesty, who had been worried about the homeland, rejected it decisively.
Alexander's objection was within Fernando's expectations. Alexander was the governor and military commander of Argentina. In Argentina, he was equivalent to half an uncrowned king. Naturally, he did not want the kingdom to withdraw its troops from Argentina.
Fernando was puzzled by His Majesty's objection.
It could only be said that Fernando did not understand King Casillas.
Casillas's rise was quite legendary, and it was entirely due to the Silver Hand and Azure Badge's joint suppression of Great Xia, forcing Great Xia to abandon the Moroca Province.
The Spanish Dynasty was the first to benefit from the favorable position and picked up Morocco and Algeria for free.
With these two places, the Spanish Dynasty, which had always been inconspicuous, rose all the way as if it had the help of God. Not only did it prosper on the African continent, but it also took over the Argentine region in one fell swoop.
The dynasty's territory set foot in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, and there was a hint of a global empire.
This was Casilla's greatest pride and the most glorious moment in his life. His status in Europe had surpassed the three lords of Europe, Henry, William, and Caesar, who had previously enjoyed boundless glory. He was now on an equal footing with King Manstein of the Germanic Dynasty.
Within the Silver Hand, the status of the Casillas Family had also risen.
It could even be said that, taking advantage of the opportunity of working together with the Dawson Dynasty in South America to balance the Indian Empire, the Casillas family successfully came together with the Dawson Family and was about to enter the core of the Silver Hand.
Under such circumstances, how could Casillas easily give up the Argentine region?
Once it was abandoned, coupled with the African territory that might not be able to be preserved, the "powerful" Spanish Dynasty would be beaten back to its original state and once again fall to the bottom of Europe.
This was something that Casillas could not tolerate no matter what.
"So, what does Your Majesty mean?" Fernando asked, already having a bad premonition in his heart.
Hearing this, Casillas slowly raised his head with a firm gaze, "Withdraw from Germanic."
"…"
What responded to him was a deathly silence.
After a long time, Fernando spoke, "Your Majesty, have you thought about the consequences of withdrawing?"
This time, the five dynasties' encirclement and suppression of Germanic was the largest military operation in the history of the Silver Hand. They could only succeed, not fail.
If the Spanish Dynasty withdrew at this juncture, how would they explain it to the organization?
Without the protection of the Silver Hand, even if the Spanish Dynasty could escape this disaster, in the future in the game world, could they continue to resist the impact of a giant like Xia?
Therefore, in Fernando's opinion, this was a very short-sighted decision.
Even Alexander, who advocated not withdrawing from Argentina, did not agree with His Majesty's decision.
"If we don't withdraw, what else can we do?" Casillas was a little annoyed, "We can't even protect ourselves, do we still have to work for the organization?"
This was really unreasonable.
Fernando and the others actually understood Casillas' internal logic.
This time, the Silver Hand besieged the Germanic Dynasty. Even if they won, there was still a Gaul Dynasty between Germanic and Spain, and Spain had already taken advantage of Morocco and Algeria. In the future, the division of Germanic territory would naturally have nothing to do with the Spanish Dynasty.
In other words, the Spanish Dynasty's expedition this time was only to fulfill its obligations, and there was no benefit.
Therefore, Casillas chose to withdraw from the Germanic battlefield in order to consolidate the home defense and deal with the invading Egyptian army.
"Besides, withdrawing the army to fight the Egyptian army is also to share the burden of the organization. If the Egyptian army is allowed to march straight in, the Germanic battlefield will also change, "Casillas argued.
This made some sense.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Azure Badge reluctantly ceded the Egyptian Dynasty to Xia. In addition to expecting Xia to intervene in the European battlefield, it also had the idea of liberating the Egyptian army.
The intention of using the Egyptian army to coordinate with the Germanic Dynasty was very obvious.
It could be said that the moment the Egyptian army landed in Spain, the Spanish mainland also became a part of the European battlefield.
Fernando said, "Your Majesty, I think it's better to discuss the withdrawal with the allies."
Casillas heard this and nodded.
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