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    On July 7, Republic 2783 (1943 AD), after discussions between Fatty Qiu and Garner, they announced that the two groups would be merged into one to facilitate command and coordination.  However, this merger was for the British-dominated Allied Powers to join the American Atlantic Treaty Organization.  This clearly illustrates the primary and secondary relationship.  For Britain, which had completely lost India, this was simply a tragedy when the house leaked and it rained all night.  This means that the empire on which the sun never sets has completely disappeared, and Britain has officially become a second-rate country.  Since the war started, Britain has lost British East Africa, Oceania, Malaya, and now India and Egypt, and most of South Africa is gone.  As we all know, the characteristic of a colonial empire is to rely on colonies to support itself. Now that Britain has lost most of its overseas territories, it has cut off most of its sources of funds and resources.  ¡°If nothing else, we are very nervous about oil.  Although they still control the oil fields in Nigeria, although that place is not the front line, it is not safe now. German planes come here every two days.  Nigeria is now the main oil producing area in the UK. You guys are not stupid. It would be strange not to blow it up.  However, even if there were no German planes, it would be very difficult to transport oil from Nigeria back to the UK under the blockade of German wolves.  So now the British can no longer be arrogant and must rely entirely on the United States, otherwise half of the British people may have starved to death.  When things have declined like this, how can they still put on airs?  Facing the United States, which controls their life and death, naturally they can only kneel down and lick it.  But this move by Britain also had a great impact on the allies.  The small countries that were influenced by Britain and the United States to declare war on the Allies naturally began to act half-heartedly after seeing the unfavorable situation of Britain and the United States.  For example, Cuba, the Central American Federation, Mexico and Portugal have all made small calculations.  Especially Portugal, I almost cried.  The other countries in Western York are either in the Americas or Africa. Even if Er Dezi wants to deal with them, it will not be easy. But Portugal is different. They are in Europe. Er De Zi has to deal with them not too easily. He has not done anything before. That is because  Mustache didn't take their little fart country seriously, but now that Germany has captured Gibraltar and the German and Italian fleets have rushed out of the Mediterranean, this is completely different.  Portugal¡¯s dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar regrets very much that he boarded the British and French pirate ship in a moment of hotheadedness. He is now considering whether to change sides, and even if he does not defect, he will withdraw from the war.  It's better not to get involved in this kind of fairy war thing, but even if they are not France, they are big powers and can leave if they want, but Portugal must consider the attitudes of Britain and the United States.  So, Salazar struggled for a while and decided to wait and see the direction of the wind for a while before talking.  In the fierce flames of war, the Second World War entered its fourth year.  With abundant funds, strong industrial strength, and a lot of blood, the United States began to gradually reverse the unfavorable situation.  However, even though they and Japan were beaten to a pulp in South Africa, the two countries have not declared war yet Well, this is because the United States participated in the war in the name of the volunteer army. Although everyone knows this word game, but  At least on the surface it is not a war between the United States and Japan.  Since the two countries have not declared war, they cannot attack each other's homeland.  Although this kind of thing is ridiculous, this is politics and these are the rules.  As long as no one wants to overturn the table, then you have to play according to the rules, even if the rules seem silly and naive.  So although Japan has now entered a national mobilization system, except for the tense atmosphere at the border, the country is still peaceful.  In the history of the original time and space, the reason why Japan could not defeat the United States with only one hand in World War II was because they had insufficient industrial production capacity and insufficient local resources. Although they seized a large area of ????land, due to insufficient tonnage of merchant ships, escorts  The power is also insufficient, resulting in a large amount of raw materials unable to be transported into the country to become raw materials for factories.  As a populous island country, Japan¡¯s key maritime transportation lines have been under threat since the beginning of the war.  It can be said that Japan promoted the war with a steady stream of plundering and importing strategic materials, and lost the war as ships loaded with strategic materials were sent to the bottom of the sea.  In the original time and space, the United States could use Hawaii and Midway Island as bases to dispatch submarines to the Western Pacific to carry out trade and sabotage, and its submarine combat radius could even cover the Japanese mainland.  Although the U.S. submarine force is not as famous and successful as its German counterparts, and the performance of its submarines is not as good as that of its German counterparts, Japan's anti-submarine technology is not as powerful as its allies, especially the United States.  Among other things, the United States has been able to install radars on aircraft and spacecraft to try to detect submarines and breathing tubes, but Japan is blank in this regard.    Although the number of American submarines at that time was not as large as that of the German Wolfpack, the number of Japanese merchant ships and shipbuilding capabilities were also far inferior to those of the United States and the United Kingdom.  If an aircraft carrier and other large warships take one and a half to two years to build, a thousand 2,000-ton submarines are much easier to build. Even if the United States has not developed submarine segmentation construction technology, an American submarine only takes eight months to build.  It can be launched into the water and can be put into service in ten months. In addition, the tonnage is small and does not need to occupy a dock. The United States has many slipways where it can build submarines. If they are willing, it is not unusual to build hundreds of submarines a year.  Let's put it this way, in fact, the United States only used less than 20% of its strength to deal with Japan at that time.  As a result, Japan fell into the same situation as the United Kingdom. A large number of transport ships were sunk, and the tonnage lost was much higher than the tonnage built.  So what really destroyed the Japanese will to fight was not the island-hopping operations of MacArthur and Nimitz, the strategic bombing of Japanese cities or even the use of atomic bombs, but the complete depletion of Japan's war resources.  During World War II, Japan lost a total of more than 10 million tons of merchant ships and freighters of various types, of which U.S. submarines accounted for 54%, while the number of officers and soldiers in the U.S. Navy's submarine force only accounted for 1.6% of the U.S. Navy's strength.  Had it not been plagued by ongoing technical and tactical problems, its record would have been even higher.  But in this plane, the situation is completely reversed.  Those flaws of Japan in the original time and space are now gone.  First of all, Japan is now a serious mainland country. Although there are still many places in the country that have not been developed, its resources are far from those of the four Japanese islands.  It can be said that they lack nothing except oil.  There is no need to transport strategic materials in from outside.  And they are not worried about the only oil that requires external supply, which includes not only the transportation of oil and gas pipelines in East Africa, but also a large number of oil tankers from China and several oil hegemony countries of the People's Revolutionary Alliance.  Not to mention that the two countries have not officially declared war. Even if they had declared war, Ghana would not dare to attack Chinese oil tankers if he was given eight more courages.  You said we would use a surface fleet to intercept it?  But the prerequisite for interception is to control the sea. Japan's navy and air force are not just decorations. Before destroying Japan's sea and air power, what can we rely on to intercept it?  Talkative?  Secondly, there is the issue of anti-submarine technology.  Japan in this dimension has suffered enough from Chinese submarines in the Sino-Japanese Guichou War, so it pays special attention to anti-submarine technology.  After the Japanese revolution, New Japan became China's younger brother, and naturally acquired a large amount of anti-submarine technology that was more advanced than that of the European and American powers.  Japan's anti-submarine capabilities are now second only to China.  After the war between Japan and the United States, the United States also sent a group of submarines to operate along the coast of Japan, but they were nothing more than meat buns and dogs. They were sunk or captured by Japan in large numbers. Only two out of ten submarines could return, and the results were very few.  The situation on this plane is reversed, but the United States is seriously threatened by Japanese submarines.  Because the industry in the African territories of the United States is weak, many materials and personnel have to be transported from the American mainland. This long supply line has become a hunting ground for Japanese wolves.  Although the number of Japanese submarines is not as large as that of Germany, their performance is more advanced. The Americans can't even do anything about German submarines, let alone the more advanced Japanese submarines.  This severely restricted the U.S.¡¯s troop surge to Africa. Although they forcibly recruited a large number of black cannon fodder from Africa, the troop surge was not as fast as Japan¡¯s, and the ratio between us and the enemy was reduced.  Moreover, the Japanese army in this plane is far stronger than the Huang Kingdom in the original time and space. It is highly mechanized, has no shortage of heavy firepower, and its weapon performance exceeds that of the United States.  For example, Japanese infantry are now equipped with a large number of Type 2 assault rifles (the Japanese version of the Chinese Type 81), while most of the rifles in the hands of American soldiers are M-14.  Although the M-14 is also an automatic rifle, its performance is far inferior to that of the Type II.  By the way, China's Type 81 in this plane is actually very different from the model of the same name in the original space and time. It uses 6¡Á42mm bullets, which is actually the Type 03 without composite materials.  Therefore, under the tug of war, the two sides' front in South Africa remained in a stalemate.  ??Here I want to say that despite the war between Japan and the United States, China and the United States are still prospering in trade.  Because they did not declare war on each other, and the United States did not attack the Japanese mainland, the conditions for triggering the relevant provisions of the People's Revolutionary Alliance were not met.  In other words, in theory, the two sides are still "peaceful".  Then China will naturally not impose a trade embargo on the "peaceful" United States.  Of course, taking into account the feelings of the Japanese people, China has announced a ban on exporting weapons and military supplies to the United States until the end of Japan's "South Africa Conflict."  Yes, China defined this matter as an "armed conflict", and both countries acquiesced.  Of course, only weapons and military supplies are embargoed, civilian supplies are not included.  Although the Japanese are not comfortable with this, they can only understand it. Who told you not to declare war?  China is a responsible??, a big country that abides by the rules.  In fact, the United States does not import many weapons from China, only some relatively high-end items such as jet fighters. Because their own domestic arms consortium is eyeing this piece of arms cake, how can they import things that they can produce themselves?  ?  China¡¯s arms and merchant ships have been sold to all major belligerents in World War II, including but not limited to Britain, Germany, Japan and the Soviet Union.  It is truly sold all over the world, and China has become a real world arsenal, not a petty democratic arsenal or a fascist arsenal.  What is a competent arms dealer?  That is to resell arms to both warring parties, then you can be considered a competent arms dealer.  China adheres to the contract spirit of fair trade, and the transactions given to any company are the same. You get what you pay for, and you pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the same hand. It is absolutely no-nonsense!
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