In order to do a good job in the big trap of Normandy, the German army had to transfer a large number of main forces back, and the Soviet Union was still their biggest threat, and there were not many troops that could be mobilized, so they could only look at the North African and Middle East battlefields, so that the main forces in both places were basically Italian troops and other client state armies.

The Nazis probably did not expect the Chinese army to seize the Middle East at this time, and the Chinese army, under the leadership of Jiang Haoran, was already notorious, and the weapons and equipment were obviously lagging behind, so the Italians made what they thought was the wisest choice - surrender.

Of course, this is indeed a wise choice, and they are really no match for today's expeditionary force, which can only be said to increase casualties.

"General, the Kuhak defense line has been overcome, we should immediately concentrate our forces and march north to carry out a strategic encirclement of Afghanistan, and in less than five days, we will be able to annihilate the main German army in Afghanistan." Huang Jiexing rushed to the road.

Jiang Haoran said: "No need, the army continues to advance and penetrate directly into the hinterland of Iran, as for the enemy in Afghanistan?" If they don't retreat, they will immediately face the threat of being cut off, so they will not hold on, we only want to occupy the Middle East, as for killing the enemy, this is not what we should pursue. ”

Leng Rushuang frowned and said, "Boss, why do I think you don't seem to want to go head-to-head with the Germans?" ”

Jiang Haoran smiled slightly and said: "No one wants to fight and likes casualties, if the German army can understand the current affairs and withdraw from the Middle East quietly, I don't mind letting them go." The people who hate them are Mi, Ying, and Su, and this kind of thing to vent their hatred should be entrusted to them, and we must not overstep our bounds. ”

"Giggles, could you be more shameless? This kind of thing can be said so high-soundingly, and it is more than a substitute...... Giggles. Leng Rushuang laughed so much that he leaned forward and leaned back, and the flowers and branches trembled, causing the whole hall to laugh.

At this moment, a staff officer hurriedly came in to report that he had just received news that the Soviet army had launched a surprise attack on the German army near Leningrad and Novgorod, completely annihilating three German divisions and crushing more than 10 divisions of the German army's extremely servant army, and the Soviet army had advanced more than 200 kilometers westward, completely freeing Leningrad from the long-term siege of the German army.

This is definitely good news, which shows that the Soviet Union has entered the stage of counteroffensive in the Great Patriotic War, and the first victory in the first battle can greatly boost the confidence of the Soviet army, and at the same time can seriously damage the confidence of the Nazis.

The arrival of the cold winter and the transfer of the main forces of the German army to the west again won the Soviet Union a precious half year, during which the Soviet war machine was fully launched, the production of tanks and aircraft reached an unprecedented peak, and the reserves of various weapons and ammunition were sufficient.

Although a large number of British and Minian aid weapons were basically intercepted by Jiang Haoran, China's newly built northwest communication line also brought them sufficient food, especially Jiang Haoran also gave them composite armor technology, so that their T34-85 tanks were enough to compete head-on with the German Leopard tanks.

And the most important thing is that the Soviet Red Army has nearly doubled in size in this half a year, originally after the Battle of Moscow, the Soviet Red Army was left with less than 6 million, and now they are already known as tens of millions of troops, and the number of troops who actively or passively stay in the rear to fight guerrillas alone exceeds one million.

In general, the Soviet army was ready, and the clarion call for a counteroffensive on all fronts was sounded.

……

The next day.

No matter what the world looks like, Jiang Haoran's plan has not stalled, and the battle to attack the treasure island still starts as scheduled.

At about 8 o'clock in the morning, the Third Fleet of China's Pacific Fleet sailed for the Baodao Strait, and dozens of cruisers and destroyers set up positions in Tainan and Kaohsiung, west of the island, and several hundred huge guns fired in unison to launch artillery attacks on the enemy's fortifications.

Carrier-based aircraft and bombers were not idle, and bombed along the coastline.

The entire treasure island was almost plunged into a cloud of smoke.

The enemy's air force had already perished in the air battle of the previous days, and the rest fled to Okinawa in a hurry.

With two aircraft carrier battle groups and several hundred fighters of various types, one in the Bass Strait and the other in the Baodao Strait, and land-based support from Hong Kong, Macao, and Hainan Island, where do the island's air forces dare to come out? With their current pitiful air force strength, they are purely looking for abuse.

As for the navy, without the escort of the air force, to come out is to seek death.

The island army on the treasure island has completely lost its air defense and coastal defense, and the only hope is the shore fortifications on the treasure island, but under such intensive bombing by the national army, it is really worrying whether it can form an effective defense.

Because in order to achieve the goal of blockading the Treasure Island Strait, it is not enough to rely on the defense of the treasure island, but also to have land firepower to blockade it, so the island army still has heavy troops stationed in Xiamen, Fuzhou, and Putian.

Just as the navy fired its first shells, the battle on land began.

The 45th Group Army of the Nationalist Army, with the New Second Division and the New Third Division as the vanguard, went all out to attack the periphery of Xiamen.

The New Fourth Division and the New Sixth Division made a detour through Xiamen and marched with all their might in the direction of Fuzhou, ready to divide and encircle the enemy at any time.

Su Peng is now a strong soldier, he originally had five divisions of the Nanshan Army in his hands, and now he has brought three divisions of Zhong Bin's 71st Army under his command, plus a women's division, an independent tank division, an independent heavy artillery division, and a dozen divisions of more than 200,000 troops.

Except for the tank division of the Black Tiger, which is still in North China, the other troops are all there, and after several months of rest, the troops are now all groups of howling wolves, and I heard that in order to compete for the opportunity to go to the battlefield, several division commanders almost did not fight.

When encountering these tiger and wolf divisions, it can be predicted that the land troops of the island army will definitely have no good fruits to eat.

Hualien, the treasure island, the headquarters of the southern front of the island army.

Following the siege of the Southern Army and the fact that China's dispatched troops were beyond the reach of the Army, the Island Army urgently formed the South China Front Army, referred to as the "Southern Front Army", under the jurisdiction of the 21st Army and the 23rd Army.

Lieutenant General Kuichi Tanaka, the former commander of the 23rd Army, was ordered to take over the post of commander and was promoted to general, and Lieutenant General Kato Ryohei, chief of staff.

Kuichi Tanaka, a native of Hyogo Prefecture in the island country, graduated from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer School in 1910 and later entered the Army University for further study.

He enlisted in the army from a corporal to a major general when the Anti-Japanese War broke out. In 1938, he was appointed chief of staff of the Baodao Army. In September of the same year, he was appointed commander of the newly established 21st Army, and in October he commanded the 21st Army to land at Daya Bay in Guangdong, and then captured Guangzhou, wantonly slaughtering civilians, destroying property, raping and plundering, forcibly recruiting people, and indiscriminately torture in the entire South China region. Civilians who have been innocently poisoned by it have committed many crimes against the Chinese.