The time soon came to the tenth day of the first lunar month, and it had been more than ten days since Jiang Haoran was placed under house arrest, but there was no change in the domestic battlefield, but there was already an uproar in the international battlefield.

The first to bear the brunt was the European theater, where the Germans began to attack Western Europe immediately after firing the first shots of World War II in Poland. At that time, Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg had 147 divisions and more than 3 million troops, which were comparable to the strength of Germany. However, the French were stubborn and conservative in their strategy and slow to mobilize, pinning their hopes on what they considered to be the Maginot Line, declaring no war on Germany.

However, the Germans did not attack the Maginot Line, they first attacked Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, and crossed the river from Sedan into France, bypassing the Maginot Line. The Germans then stepped into the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, and France was forced to surrender. The Germans advanced towards the English Channel, and the British were forced to retreat to the British Isles.

Historically, the German army did not have a strong navy, and its naval strength was far from being able to compete with the British Royal Navy, and Hitler stubbornly believed that the Atlantic barrier was strong enough to keep the enemy out of the mainland, so he did not continue to attack Britain, but attacked the Soviet Union from the east.

But at this point, the pattern of history has changed dramatically again, and the German army is still eyeing the British Isles and has no intention of retreating, which makes the situation in the entire European battlefield even more tense and confusing.

The second is the Pacific Theater, after the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the US Pacific Fleet was completely annihilated, and the Japanese Navy controlled the air and sea supremacy of the Pacific Ocean, and began the battle for the Pacific islands. The Japanese army originally appeared in the late stage of World War II Type 974 and Type 975 tanks, and they were also born out of thin air, and a large number of them were thrown into the battle for the Pacific islands, and the US army, which originally had a slight advantage in weapons and equipment, was even more vulnerable under the powerful offensive of the Japanese army, and the islands fell one after another, and the casualties increased exponentially.

On the same day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the Japanese launched simultaneous attacks on Thailand, Malaya, the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, Gilbert Island, and Hong Kong. The purpose of the Japanese army was very clear, first, to quickly occupy the Philippines and Malaya; the second is to march into the Dutch East Indies and carry out the Javanese operation; The third is to consolidate the occupied areas and conduct operations in Burma.

Moreover, the Japanese army was like a bamboo, and in just a few days, the whole of Southeast Asia presented a precarious situation.

It has to be said that after more than three years of war of aggression against China, the army of the island country has greatly improved the quality of both the individual soldiers and the command ability of the officers at the grassroots level, and it can even be said that it has reached the peak in the history of the army of the island country, and the troops are in full swing, and because of the appearance of Jiang Haoran, the Japanese army has been conscripted several times, according to incomplete statistics, the strength of the island country at this time has reached a terrifying more than 7 million, and more than 70 percent of them have been on the battlefield, have experienced the baptism of bullets and bullets, and have rich battlefield experience. And these are all things that the armies of various countries that are in a pampered position and do not have the slightest sense of danger do not have, and it is reasonable that they will be defeated all the way after losing their air and sea supremacy.

In view of the menacing Japanese army and the German army, the US and British governments panicked, the situation in Europe was uncertain, and they had no time to look eastward, the heads of state of the two countries held an emergency meeting, and finally discussed the result, with the United States providing money, British equipment, and China sending troops, and establishing a Chinese theater to jointly fight against the Japanese invaders.

Jiang Haoran guessed correctly: The international friends received by the chairman on the evening of the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve were the representatives of the two countries.

Today, the deliberations have reached a conclusion, the chairman of the committee appointed the commander-in-chief of the Chinese theater, and the chief of staff is General Stilwell, who has been to China several times, and the Chinese side immediately organized an expeditionary force to fight in Burma.

Once the Japanese army enters Burma and threatens the rear of the southwest, the Yunnan-Burma Highway, the outward vascular passage, will be cut off by the Japanese army.

However, in the process of negotiations, there is a small episode that has to be mentioned, since the bombing of Chongqing, the Chinese Air Force has been hit hard, although there are dozens of planes captured by Jiang Haoran to supplement, but the air force is still too weak, this has always been the chairman's heart disease, and the rebuilding of the Air Force has always been the wish of the wife, as early as before World War II, the American pilot Chennault, whom his wife invited a lot of money, proposed that he take the lead in recruiting retired American pilots and mechanics to participate in the war as civilians, but at that time the United States did not want to intervene in this war, so it has never become a reality.

Now, the tide of the war has changed dramatically, and Madame sees hope in it, so she raised the topic again in the negotiations, and the result was predictable, and the American representatives immediately agreed to the plan, and the funds were all borne by them, and the United States would provide them with a considerable number of aircraft free of charge.

So far, the "Chinese Air Force American Volunteer Air Force Aid to China" has been officially established, that is, the famous "Flying Tigers".

At that time, the Americans also put forward a suggestion, they thought that the best candidate for the commander of the expeditionary force was Jiang Haoran of the 40th Group Army, but this proposal was rejected by the chairman of the committee, and they did not even give any reason to the British and American sides.

However, in any case, the establishment of the China Theater marked the end of China's situation of fighting alone to resist Japan, and indicated that the international anti-fascist united front had been formally formed, that China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the common anti-fascist war of the people of the world had become closely integrated, that China's status in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and its international status had been officially recognized by the world, and that the turning point of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression had arrived.

Just when the entire Chongqing people were cheering for this, a transport plane quietly took off from Chongqing Airport, and it was none other than Xue Yue, the commander of the Ninth Theater, and General Gu, who was about to go to the Third Theater to appoint the commander of the theater, accompanied by Li Yi, who was hitchhiking, and was entrusted by her daughter to go to the 331 base to incense Chen Xiaohu.

At noon, the plane landed safely at Changsha Datuo Airport, but Xue Yue did not accompany him to the 331 base as General Gu wished, and those who could be the commanders of the Kuomintang theater were all human spirits, how could Xue Yue not see that this was a thankless matter, so there was an urgent military matter that had to be dealt with first, let General Gu go first, and also advised General Gu not to worry, the 40th Group Army is now in charge of Liu He, and Liu He is not a very strong person, no matter how he does not dare to disobey the orders of the Military Commission, What's more, General Gu still has Jiang Haoran's handwritten resignation letter in his hand, there is no problem with this matter, but it really can't be done, so there is also room for buffering.