East Luosha swiftly revivied after the war, surpassing the better-founded West Luosha in just 35 years to earn its first pot of industrial gold from this railway.
The steel and cement needed for the railway construction, along with the trade it brought after completion, were the key factors enabling East Luosha's leap forward.
Without this railway, East Luosha would likely still be a wasteland.
However, nobody could deny the military value of the first mainline railway.
Theoretically, this railway alone could support 5 million troops in frontline combat, so taking Leaf Castle would no longer be difficult.
But the significance of occupying Leaf Castle has always been debated.
Leaf Castle is only the administrative capital of the Locke Federation Republic; the nominal capital is still Mosa, and the nominal President Mansion was established in East Mosa.
Also crucially, Leaf Castle is merely the administrative capital within the Locke Federation Republic.
