Why dont we design some kind of gunboat with our gun and steam engine? Were fighting on a continent after all, by having a ship we will open two whole new fronts and be able to strike their rear with impunity.
The sea all around is prone to sudden and treacherous storms that make naval excursions risky, and threaten any ship not in a bay (there is one on the north, south, and west sides of Forenia each).
Not only that, but we'll first need to revise our artillery if we're to mount any decent weapons on them.
Edit: Just read the battle roll. It all seems good, and I dont think theyll manage to stop our advances in the mountains and jungles any time soon. So we need to take back the plains. We should be able to stalemate them if we improve our gun in the revision phase. Going for something mechanized will be hard due to our lack of oil...
Just remember that our soldiers were gifted with unusually high morale this time around. We shouldn't rest on our laurals just yet, though I agree that we've cleared enough room for ourselves that we have some free space to focus on the plains for a while.
I think we need to come up with a longer term plan, instead of acting solely reactionary.
Are we going to try and win in the mountains? Are we going to try and overpower the enemy on the plains? Or maybe the Jungle? When are we going to improve our resource gathering capability?
We probably don't need to improve our resource gathering if our war in the mountains continues to go as good as it has. We've reached the point where we can hit their trains, meaning we'll soon take the places the trains are shipping the Ore from.
Design scope that can be fitted on our Nosin-Magants.In the mountains, this will let us pick off enemies from further away and let us make more gains. In the plains, we'll be able to target their artillery crews and their officers. Snipers make for good ambushers so it'll be decently effective in the jungles where ambushes are common, even if line of sight is limited. Finally, we might be able to apply the scope technology to other things such as binoculars or periscopes. Combining a sniper with someone using a periscope to spot enemies will be very useful in the trenches.
I think we should revise our artillery to be useful in warmer environments. Losing the artillery war is the primary reason why we're being pushed back on the plains. Our pistol isn't as relevant as it was before, so revising it now wouldn't be the best thing we could do.
Glory to Arstotzka.