Chapter 46: Brumborg (3)

China, the hometown of Xu Jun's soul, is a place that haunts his soul.

He once thought that with his current identity and the huge strength in his hands, no force in this world could stop him from returning home.

At that time, he did not expect that the world was not as simple as he imagined, and what he did not expect was that the first obstacle in his way home was himself.

Xu Jun grew up under the influence of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith, loyalty and filial piety, these most traditional moral norms of the Chinese nation have been deeply engraved in his soul.

When Xu Jun really started thinking about China, he suddenly found himself having to choose between Germany and China.

Xu Jun fell into confusion, as a Chinese, he should not hesitate to contribute all his strength to his motherland.

But the problem before him is that any decision he makes now will be related to the survival of another country.

There is no doubt that Xu Jun's soul is Chinese, but he must not forget that his current identity is the head of Germany, Germany is his current motherland, he holds the fate of all Germans in his hands, and the responsibility of leading this country is pressed on his shoulders.

The Germans have put the future of all of them in his hands, and he must live up to this trust and expectation. In the few short months since he arrived on this plane, he has begun to get used to thinking in his new capacity, and he has come to like the simple and brave subordinates around him. He didn't want to hurt them, he didn't want to live up to their expectations, and he didn't want to live up to their loyalty to him.

If Germany wants to intervene in the Asian theater, it will definitely pay the price, which Xu Jun has foreseen.

To harm the interests of one's own motherland for the sake of one's own motherland is not in line with his moral code, the traditional moral code of a Chinese.

He is now the head of Germany, and if he sits idly by and watches Germany suffer losses for the sake of China's interests, he is tantamount to denying the moral code of the Chinese nation, which he has always been proud of, and it is also tantamount to denying his own past.

There is no conflict between Germany and China, and there is no national righteousness or the like, so Xu Jun can never agree with Xu Jun eating German food but selling Germany.

In the end, Xu Jun finally made a decision that he felt acceptable, and did his best to help China on the basis of safeguarding German interests.

With this decision in mind, Xu Jun began to plan his Asia strategy, and when he actually started to engage with this aspect, as he had foreseen, he was confronted with a bunch of thorny problems.

It seemed that it would be much more difficult to achieve his goal than he had imagined.

Xu Jun found that even if this strategy could be successfully formulated, it would be a huge plan that would cause the entire command to suffer.

The first thing Xu Jun needs to consider is how he will help China.

Direct participation in the war is the most direct and easiest way, if in terms of combat effectiveness alone, with the current German military strength, Japan is not at all an enemy of the same level, and a fully equipped German elite infantry division can easily chop a Japanese permanent division into pieces and send it to hell.

The problem, however, was that Germany was so far away from Japan, and there were a lot of enemy German territories in between. Before it could engage Japan with fire, Germany had to overcome all of these obstacles. And how much time and resources will be required to complete this expedition plan, Xu Jun can't predict it at all.

In addition, even if Germany controls the lines of communication to Asia, how to gain a foothold in Asia is a headache.

Germany had to find a solid rear base in Asia so that it could safely project its forces there.

Germany also needs to think about how to reach out to the old colonial powers there, and Southeast Asia is now a hodgepodge, with Britain, the Netherlands, France, the United States, China, and all kinds of forces intertwined.

How Germany will confront and cooperate with these old powers, and build a solid common defensive front, is another question that raises Xu Jun's blood pressure.

It is necessary to cooperate, even if Xu Jun is confident in the combat effectiveness of the German ** team, he does not think that Germany alone can win this war. The Japanese had a naval advantage in Asia, and their soldiers were more familiar with the terrain of Southeast Asia than their German counterparts, and they were also better at fighting on this terrain.

Although the German army was strong in combat, because the supply line was too long, it was impossible for Germany to have a military advantage in the face of the Japanese in the Asian theater. Xu Jun also had to complete his strategy in Africa and Europe, which required a large number of troops, and he had to ensure the security of the German rear first.