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- . The outcome of the Philippine naval battle surprised the world, and it also made Chen Shaokuan and the self-guided torpedo famous. Especially the 'acoustic homing torpedo'. After the Philippine Navy, almost everyone in the world began to pay attention to this new type of torpedo.
On the other hand, countries such as Britain and the United States have also begun to worry about whether China will take this opportunity to seize Australia and New Zealand occupied by Japan.
To this end, Britain and the United States even sent diplomatic envoys to negotiate with the National Socialist Government. In front of the British and American diplomatic envoys, diplomats such as Gu Weijun also patted their chests and made guarantees. Unfortunately
Although the National Socialist Government has made the guarantees they want, countries such as Britain and the United States are still suspicious. After all, judging from the National Socialist Government's strategy in India, the National Socialist Government still has great territorial ambitions.
On the other hand, He Zhuguo also successfully captured Calcutta, the largest city in India, after receiving the support he deserved.
In order to capture the Bodo River in front of Calcutta, while preparing for the offensive, He Zhuguo also spent a week transporting hundreds of amphibious combat vehicles and drivers from the nearest military bases by air.
A week later, with everything ready and with the support of Air Force bombers, hundreds of amphibious tanks accompanied more than 100,000 troops and launched a full-scale attack on the Japanese army on the other side of the Hakata River.
Facing the offensive of the National Defense Forces, the Japanese army retreated quickly. The most important thing is that they did not expect that the National Defense Forces would actually use amphibious tanks in India.
Since the Wehrmacht had not considered using armored troops on the river, the amount of anti-tank equipment in the river bank fortifications was very small. So when hundreds of amphibious combat vehicles drove across the Hakata River, it was like hundreds of tanks launching an offensive together.
In this case, coupled with the fierce bombing by the air force, although the Japanese army still persisted. But in the end they could only retreat.
While the Japanese army was retreating, the Air Force was also constantly using bombers to hunt down the retreating Japanese army. Therefore, by the time the Japanese army returned to Calcutta, there were not many Japanese troops available, and more of them were disorganized troops.
Especially due to the excessive use of napalm bombs by the Air Force during the bombing process, most of the people who survived suffered severe burns. But Yamashita Fengfumi obviously does not have that many medicines to treat burns, and coupled with the hot climate in India
Wait until He Zhuguo commanded the troops to arrive at the gates of Calcutta. Most of the Japanese army had lost its combat effectiveness, so He Zhuguo's siege operation went very smoothly.
Because of the smooth siege, Kolkata, India's largest city, was not seriously damaged, at least unlike some other cities. It was almost reduced to ruins by the National Defense Forces.
Therefore, when the National Defense Forces occupied Calcutta, a puppet government supported by the National Socialist Government was officially established in Calcutta not long after.
In response to this situation, the British naturally made their own protest.
It’s just that the British, who can only maintain one-third of their presence in India, obviously don’t have enough confidence to speak at this time
As for Britain, which has almost been occupied by Japan for half of India. Yan Guang also ignored it at all. Because at this time, Yan Guang had already turned his attention in another direction.
For Yan Guang, this should have been a time worth celebrating.
Because it was not just Chen Shaokuan who won a great victory in the Battle of the Philippines and completely damaged Yamamoto Isoroku's combined fleet. Moreover, He Zhuguo also captured Calcutta in India, giving China real influence that could affect the entire India.
But at this time. But there is bad news from Eastern Europe
"Russia was defeated"
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"Russia was defeated?"
While Yan Guang was still celebrating with his large group of secretaries, he was hiding in his lair. Listening to the sudden news, Yan Guang raised his head in surprise.
"That's right"
Yue Chang nodded seriously. From the look on his face, he was obviously surprised when he got this information.
"so…"
After waving his hand to signal the secretaries to leave temporarily, Yan Guang straightened his clothes and sat there.
"How is the situation?"
"It's very bad. Perhaps Zhukov's victory some time ago stimulated Stalin, so before the counterattack, Stalin replaced Zhukov and replaced him with a close confidant. As a result, he underestimated the enemy and the quality of the troops was low. , and in the end during the counterattack, the entire Russian front army was actually surrounded by the Germans. In the end, although there wereThe detachment successfully broke through, but the Russian casualties were huge, and now the Germans seem to be preparing to attack Moscow again"
"impossible!"
Hearing what Cai E, who had just arrived not long ago, said, Yan Guang said decisively.
“Didn’t there be intelligence some time ago that the Germans suffered huge material losses and were no longer able to hold on again?”
"It's true"
Cai E shook his head and said bitterly.
"The problem is that we sold a lot of resources to the Germans before the war. Originally, because we had been exporting resources to Germany during the war, the Germans have never used these resources, but they exist as strategic reserves. Now The Germans obviously used this resource"
Cai E made a mistake. In fact, this resource was not used for strategic reserves, but was specially prepared for the "Sea Lion Project". However, the "Sea Lion Project" was not continued, and the battle in Germany on the other side also had direct support from China, so these resources were left unused in France.
After China interrupted its supply of materials to Germany, Germany was in chaos for a period of time.
But after it reacted, Germany began to transfer these resources to the front line in Eastern Europe. However, since the resources in Eastern Europe can still hold on for the time being, and there are also Romanian oil fields to support them, it is not urgent to arrive, and the speed of mobilizing these resources has also slowed down.
After the Battle of Moscow failed, the German troops began to retreat. The Germans became anxious.
It was at this time that the mobilization of this batch of supplies began to accelerate.
This is not surprising. Didn’t Germany’s overall mobilization only start when the war was about to fail?
It happened that at this time, the counterattack went smoothly. Stalin began to be suspicious of Zhukov, who had won the battle and had some great achievements as a result. So when he drove the German army out of Moscow and began to prepare for the next phase of the battle, he replaced Zhukov and replaced him with another general he trusted.
Stalin himself was definitely a master in politics, but in terms of military command, he was probably not as good as Hitler, a veteran who had participated in World War I.
But Stalin was not unprepared, so he replaced him with a man who was not as good as Zhukov. But at least he's a pretty good general.
However, Stalin apparently forgot that changing generals before battle has been a taboo for military strategists since ancient times.
The sudden change of a new commander will cause some confusion in the Russian army. Of course, these are nothing, at least in Stalin's view. After all, the Russian army's counterattack has always been smooth. In this case, Stalin naturally turned his attention to internal struggles.
You know, not long ago it was due to the great purge and the invasion of Moscow by the Germans. There has been a steady stream of criticism against him, and his position has become somewhat unstable as a result. The most important thing now is obviously how to consolidate his position. In this case, Zhukov is naturally suspicious of him.
But Stalin didn’t really care. And they thought that the riot would subside soon, but the Germans on the opposite side seized the opportunity.
If the other person is someone else. Perhaps this little commotion is not a big problem to the overall situation, but it is indeed Manstein in front of them. One of the greatest generals of all time during World War II.
By coincidence, at this time, the supplies mobilized from France had also been delivered.
With abundant supplies, Manstein seized this opportunity and successfully separated the Russian front forces on the opposite side and surrounded most of them.
In the end, although these Russian troops fought desperately to break through, most of them were eventually annihilated by Manstein.
After annihilating these Russian troops, Manstein once again turned his target to Moscow under Hitler's order.
Today is different from the past. Maninstein already has sufficient supplies in his hands, and it is no longer a cold winter. Coupled with the remaining power of the Russian front army that has just been wiped out, Maninstein is not without confidence in capturing Moscow.
Therefore, after receiving the order, Maninstein would obediently obey the order.
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"This Stalin"
After learning the true story of the matter, Yan Guang gritted his teeth and read Stalin's name.
Yan Guang was not unaware of Stalin's suspicion of Zhukov. In later generations, Zhukov was eventually demoted to the Urals to be the commander of the military region because of Stalin's suspicion.
You must know that Zhukov was originally stationed in Germany.The commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army Group and the highest military administrator of the Soviet-occupied area, he was also the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army.
However, these historically only happened after the victory of the Soviet-German War, so Yan Guang didn't pay much attention to it. In Yan Guang's view, Stalin would not destroy the Great Wall, at least not before the victory of the Soviet-German War. Destroy your best general
But now
"Idiot!"
In fact, Stalin also had his own reasons. Unlike history, the losses suffered by Moscow during the Moscow Defense War were almost as if they had not suffered any losses compared with today's Moscow.
In the historical battle to defend Moscow, in October, the German army carried out 31 air raids on Moscow. A total of 2,000 aircraft participated, of which 278 were shot down and only 72 broke into the sky above Moscow.
In this era, during the Battle of Moscow, not only half of the city of Moscow fell into the hands of the German army, but even the Kremlin, the center of Moscow, almost did so. At the most critical moment, even the Red Square became part of the battlefield.
If Stalin had not considered the so-called "withdrawal from Moscow" opinion of his subordinates until the end, I am afraid that Moscow would have fallen long ago. Of course, Stalin would do this for his own consideration. After all, the Soviet-German War His defeat was due to the Great Purge, and it is for this reason that many people in Russia now complain about him. If Moscow is lost at this time, even if Stalin retreats to the other side of the Ural Mountains and escapes the Germans, he will definitely be defeated by his own people in the end. It is even very possible to be killed like Yezhov
Therefore, Stalin could not retreat, because there might be a way to survive if he persisted, but if he retreated, it would really be a dead end.
Although the Battle of Moscow was won, the losses suffered by Russia in the battle were too great, even more severe than in history, so Stalin's position was more unstable than in history.
It is precisely because of this that Stalin is so dazzled when looking at Zhukov, who has a huge reputation for commanding the Battle of Moscow. At the same time, I also felt a deep sense of crisis
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Let’s not talk about Stalin for the moment. What we have to consider now is how to clean up Stalin’s mess.
Yan Guang is very clear about the situation in Russia. If Moscow really falls, Russia is likely to negotiate peace with Germany. if it is like this. Then China will directly face a complete Germany that has completely unified Europe——Of course, if the United Kingdom is also included as part of Europe, then it may not be the case, but a considerable number of people do not include the United Kingdom. European.
In fact, in later generations, many people also regard the UK as a troublemaker in the EU.
Anyway, no matter what. For Britain, the more chaotic the EU, the better.
But it is precisely for this reason that the EU is considering whether to kick the UK out.
On the other hand, there are also a considerable number of people in the UK who believe that they should leave the EU.
The data report released by the British Office for National Statistics last night shows. The average daily "dues" paid by the UK to the EU has exceeded 50 million pounds ($77.7 million) for the first time. Britain's contribution to the EU last year rose by 5.7% year-on-year to a record 18.5 billion pounds. This is equivalent to twice the budget of the UK Home Office. At the same time, the funding the UK received from the EU fell by nearly 25% over the same period. to ￡8.1 billion. This trend means that the UK’s net membership fees to the EU surged by 54% year-on-year to 10.3 billion pounds.
For this reason, many British people feel that they should not stay in the EU.
But compared to the British government, the Americans are probably the most anxious.
Even not long ago, Comrade Yezhov of the United States warned British Prime Minister Cameron not to withdraw from the EU because he was worried that the UK would lose its influence on the global stage after leaving the EU.
If London is no longer seen as an ally that can influence the whole of Europe, it will potentially damage the special relationship between Britain and the United States. This is very true, if the UK cannot continue to be a troublemaker in the EU. It would be very bad for the United States if it interferes with the EU, because a united EU is also a problem for the United States.
Of course, these are not important. The most important thing is how to clean up the mess in Russia.
Seriously speaking, it is not impossible to use China's power to deal with the entire Europe - provided that the military missions in India and Southeast Asia are suspended first. A three-front war would be very troublesome even for China. matter.
This is the United States in history, really?The war against Japan was started only after the matters in Europe were settled.
And if China fights Germany, even if it wins in the end, it will suffer huge losses, and such a victory is not what Yan Guang wants
therefore…
"Russia must be supported"
"We also have this view."
Cai E and others nodded.
Cai E and others all knew Yan Guang's plan to seize the opportunity to seize Australia, so they actually didn't care much about the war situation in Europe. When Russia won the Battle of Moscow, considering that it would take at least two or three years for Russia to reach Berlin, Cai E and others did not care much - two or three years was completely enough. China has occupied places such as Australia and India.
But now, the war situation in Europe has taken a turn for the better, and it is possible for Germany to unify Europe.
Dealing with a unified Europe is a very stressful thing even for Cai E and others. As for the atomic bomb, before this thing came out, Cai E and others didn't really believe in the power of this thing.
"Approximately how many troops are there in Southern Russia now?"
"There are currently more than 600,000 troops south of the Volga River, and there are also more than 200,000 troops in Iraq and Iran"
Cai E is the chief of the general staff of the three armed forces, so he is naturally very familiar with this information, so he opened his mouth and spoke out.
"More than six hundred thousand"
Yan Guang stood up and turned around
"Is it enough?"
"If we just defend Moscow, it will probably be enough. In addition, we can also mobilize some troops from Iran, Iraq, Central Asia and other places, especially in Takygistan"
"so…"
Yan Guang nodded
"Songpa, it's up to you to go there in person this time"
Thinking that he might have to face famous generals like Mannstein and Guderian this time, Yan Guang was somewhat unsure of his generals. In addition, the most prestigious people in the National Defense Force were Cai E and Jiang Baili. Cai E E himself was relatively familiar with the situation in Russia, so Yan Guang naturally thought of Cai E as the leader of the army.
And after hearing Yan Guang’s words, Cai E also nodded.
“Then I’ll take a flight right away!”
“This…how many more days can the Russians last?”
After receiving a positive answer, Yan Guang nodded.
"That's not enough. Let's do business with the British and Americans first"
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After receiving the information that Russia was defeated and Moscow was once again facing a crisis, the British and Americans also withered. Especially the British. If Mannstein really captures Moscow, the Germans will be able to put all their power on the British without any scruples.
So after hearing the news, both the British and Americans were "wtf".
It was at this time that Gu Weijun found British and American diplomats and proposed that China could directly send troops to support, but there was one condition
"The condition is that after the war, Somalia, which originally belonged to Italy, will be handed over to our country"
Standing in front of the British and American ambassadors, Gu Weijun said solemnly. (To be continued)
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