After returning to the office, Tan Renhao took care of all the work that needed to be handed over, and then prepared to go home for dinner, if it went well, he could go directly to Apra Port tomorrow, even a little earlier than the fleet. The number one task of this campaign was to destroy the US Fifth Fleet, especially the four large and three small aircraft carriers, so that the US Navy would completely lose the ability to counterattack.

"Duchenne, no need to change the tea." Tan Renhao glanced at Du Xing, who came in, "Come to my house for dinner in the evening, maybe we will return to the fleet tomorrow." ”

"General, something seems to be going on outside." Du Xing didn't come in to change the tea for Tan Renhao, he said as he glanced out the door.

"What happened?" Tan Renhao glanced at Du Xing in surprise, then put down the papers in his hand and walked towards the door.

"I don't know, it's just that the officers seem to be excited."

There was no need for Duchenne to explain more, when Tan Renhao saw the staff officers in the corridor who looked excited and their language was still a little excited, he immediately understood that there must be something important, and something good happened. The first thing he thought of was that Yan Guozhong's Marines had captured Port Moresby, and he thought about it in turn, it was only early September, and Yan Guozhong's speed was not so fast.

"Renhao, let's go, follow me to the principal's side!" At this time, Gan Yongxing walked over, "I just received the news, good news!" ”

"What's the good news?" Tan Renhao immediately caught up with Gan Yongxing's pace.

"You'll find out when you get to the principal." Gan Yongxing glanced at Tan Renhao, "Anyway, it's good news." ”

"Did Yan Guozhong take Port Moresby?" Tan Renhao was very curious, what could make the chief of staff so excited?

"That's not all. Port Moresby will be ours sooner or later, and there is nothing to rejoice about. ”

Tan Renhao was stunned, and Gan Yongxing had already pushed open the door of the principal's office. He didn't speculate anymore, and immediately followed Gan Yongxing into the principal's office.

Nie Renfeng stood behind the window. After Gan Yongxing and Tan Renhao came in, he turned around and asked Gan Yongxing, "Has the news been confirmed?" ”

"It has been confirmed that the armored expeditionary force under the command of Gu Xunlei, as well as the German mechanized corps under the command of General Guderian, are continuing the assault. I will probably be able to hit Paris in a few days. ”

Tan Renhao was shocked, and immediately understood that there had been a huge breakthrough on the battlefield on the Western Front in Europe, and maybe the battle on the Western Front in Europe would be over!

"How far are they from Paris now?" Nie Renfeng walked over, signaled that neither of them had to stand, and then sat down himself.

"In less than 100 kilometers, the French army has collapsed, and now Gu Xunlei is cooperating with the German army, preparing to break through from the junction of the defensive lines of the British and French armies. Gu Xunlei was responsible for annihilating the British legions, while the Germans continued to advance towards Paris. Gan Yongxing took out a cigarette, "Specifically, the war report has not been fully received." Now only one thing is certain, and that is that France is definitely going to be finished, and their last line of defense will be breached! ”

Nie Renfeng nodded slightly, and then looked at Tan Renhao.

"Report!" At this time. A staff officer rushed over, "Newly received war reports on the Western Front in Europe." ”

"Renhao, take a look at it first." After Nie Renfeng received the battle report, he gave it directly to Tan Renhao.

"The Germans did not disappoint us, they not only completed the task according to plan, but they are also speeding up the pace and will probably be able to complete the combat operation to sweep the western European theater by the end of this year."

Tan Renhao quickly opened the document that still smelled of ink, which was printed out by the officers of the General Staff, and inside was a detailed battle report on the battlefield on the Western Front.

After the Tang Empire and Germany determined a new strategic plan, the German army had been preparing to attack France, and the Imperial Armored Expeditionary Force led by Gu Xunlei was quickly transferred and deployed to the front line of the Western Front in Europe. At that time, the Tang Empire and Germany invested at least 20 tank divisions and 30 motorized infantry divisions on the Western Front in Europe, equipped with 3,500 tanks, more than 4,000 armored vehicles, plus 150,000 artillery pieces, more than 4,000 combat aircraft, and 250 infantry divisions, and more than 3.9 million huge forces were all concentrated in the western regions of Germany.

The offensive began at the end of July, when the Germans were responsible for breaking through from the Eden Forest, the junction of the British and French armies, while the Imperial Expeditionary Force commanded by Gu Xunlei was responsible for pinning down the main French forces on the Maginot Line in the southern part of the front, and immediately after the German breakthrough launched a surprise attack, assisting the Germans in cutting the French army into two parts, and finally dividing and annihilating them.

This campaign plan is not complicated, the focus is on whether the German army can quickly break through in the front, and whether Gu Xunlei can contain the main force of hundreds of divisions of the French army on the southern front. Of course, the battle did not go as expected, after the Germans broke through into the Eden Forest, the main French armored forces under the command of General Charles de Gaulle quickly moved north, trying to block the Germans from the defensive line, while another armored force under the command of General Leclerc remained behind the Maginot Line, responsible for blocking the Tang Expeditionary Force.

The battle was fought by the beginning of August, and the German losses greatly exceeded the advance estimates. The Panzer Army under the command of Charles de Gaulle suffered a lot in the Eden Forest, while the German Army Group B (almost entirely infantry) tasked with pinning down the attack did not even reach the French lines. The two sides have entered a stalemate, and it seems that they are about to return to the situation of the bitter battle that has been formed for several years.

It was at this time that the swift assault of the Imperial Expeditionary Force commanded by Gu Xunlei completely turned the tide of the war, and the French had to pay a painful, even devastating, price for despising the combat effectiveness of the Tang Imperial Army. At that time, Leclerc, who was responsible for supporting the Maginot Line, had only two tank divisions of armored forces in his hands, while in the hands of Gu Xunlei, he had a full eight tank divisions, twelve motorized infantry divisions, and a strong armored assault force. There were also forty German infantry divisions to support the Imperial Expeditionary Force.

Before Guderian could tear through the Anglo-French defensive line, Guxunlei had already made a breakthrough in the northern part of the Maginot Line, and rushed to Paris from the southern part of the Lorraine Plateau. The posture was made to directly capture Paris.

In desperation, the French High Command immediately ordered de Gaulle to return to defend Li. and some of the troops on the second line of defense were transferred to strengthen the defense of Paris. This happened to fall into the trap of Gu Xunlei, it was difficult for the little force he commanded to take down Paris, and his purpose was to make de Gaulle retreat, so that Guderian could kill it, and then encircle and annihilate the most powerful armored army group of the French army with Guderian. And de Gaulle returned to Paris. Just as Guderian had the opportunity to break through, a huge hole appeared in the French defense.

In the last twenty days of August, Guderian and Gu Xunlei were tasked with destroying the Panzer Army Group under the command of Charles de Gaulle and splitting the French and British lines in two. The battle lasted twenty days, and at last De Gaulle, flanked by two powerful armoured armoured forces, flew back to Paris alone, and his troops surrendered to the German and Imperial expeditionary forces on the first day of September.

This was a turning point in the war in the western part of Europe. At this time, hundreds of thousands of British troops were already besieged in northern France, as well as in the Low Countries, guarding an area of thousands of square kilometers. And they have lost contact with the French army, and what awaits them is only to withdraw to the British, or to be completely wiped out. The main forces of the French army were concentrating in the direction of Paris. However, due to the lack of transport forces, and the fact that the Luftwaffe and the Imperial Army Expeditionary Force had seized air supremacy on the battlefield, it was difficult for more than two million French infantry to return to Paris quickly. It is even difficult to return to the second line of defense.

The Germans and the Imperial Expeditionary Force also needed time to recuperate. The original plan to attack Paris had to be delayed, because the German and Imperial expeditionary forces had lost nearly half of their armored forces in the fierce battles that had preceded them, and the assault capability was greatly weakened. In addition, the casualties among the officers and men were also huge, which forced the German army and the Imperial Expeditionary Force to stop, waiting for replenishment and allowing the troops to recuperate.

On 7 September, the Germans and the Imperial Expeditionary Force attacked again. This time, Gu Xunlei's task was to kill the expeditionary force sent by Britain to the European continent, and Guderian was responsible for assaulting Paris, striving to take Paris as soon as possible, forcing France to surrender, and ending the fighting on the Western Front.

By today, the 9th, the Germans had broken through the second line of French defense and were rapidly advancing towards Paris. Gu Xunlei's armored cluster is also rapidly assaulting, compressing the British army's defense area, and trying to drive the British into the sea, otherwise, the British army will have to surrender to the Imperial Expeditionary Force!

By this time, the British Expeditionary Force was only one step away from being finished, and France was not far from being finished. Tan Renhao didn't know much about ground warfare, especially the combat operations of armored forces, so he only paid attention to the result, that is, the last part of the battle report, rather than the battle process.

He soon noticed that two important pieces of information were mentioned at the back of the battle report. First, the French government is very likely to move to Marseilles, and second, Britain is trying to find a way to organize forces to rescue the hundreds of thousands of expeditionary officers and soldiers who are besieged. Seeing this, Tan Renhao looked at Gan Yongxing and Nie Renfeng.

"There is a good chance that France will abandon Paris." Nie Renfeng obviously knew these two pieces of news for a long time, "If they don't want Paris to be destroyed by war, then they have to take the initiative to give up Paris." But the problem is that if the French government is unwilling to surrender, then they will continue to fight, which means that the French government is likely to move to Marseille. ”

"There's nothing to worry about on the French side, the industrial areas in France are all in the north, and there aren't many factories in the south and southeast. In addition, the German army will not stop, as long as France does not surrender, then the German army will continue to attack, Manstein will definitely let Guderian continue to advance, and the defeat of France is only a matter of time. Gan Yongxing added the principal's words, "The most important question is whether Gu Xunlei can annihilate the British Expeditionary Force, and if the hundreds of thousands of British troops are allowed to flee back to the British Isles, this will have a very adverse impact on the future attack on Britain." ”

"Even if the British fought hard, they would have rescued these officers and soldiers. However, Gu Xunlei should be well aware of the importance of this group of British troops, as long as the German offensive in the south goes well, then he will not shift the direction of the attack. France is also likely to be defeated this year. Nie Renfeng laughed, "In other words, the army can now confidently and boldly transfer troops to the Pacific theater." As long as France is defeated, Spain, under strong pressure, will definitely choose to withdraw from the war. Even if Italy did not withdraw from the war, it would have to keep more troops north of its homeland rather than send them to the North African theater. In this way, the army could launch a combat operation against the Germans against Russia in the late spring and early summer of the year of the year. The Continental War is hopeful to end in 26. ”

"Then the next step is to deal with Britain and the United States." Tan Renhao said what the principal didn't say.

"Yes, only Britain and the United States are left next, and if these plans are realized, then 26 years will be a year of victory for us." Nie Renfeng crossed his hands, "We still have to discuss the specific combat operations with Germany, as long as we can successfully defeat Russia and finally force Spain and Italy to withdraw from the war, then we have a good hope of defeating Britain in 26 years, and ending this war in 27 years, at most 28 years!" ”

"This is great news for us." Gan Yongxing lit a cigarette, "The key now is whether we can win quickly in the Pacific." If Britain were to lose, we would have to march into the North Atlantic, and we would have to provide naval support to Germany as promised. The navy had to be dispersed, so we had to defeat Britain before then. ”

"And then flank the United States from two directions, and finally force the United States to surrender?" Tan Renhao frowned slightly.

"That's for sure, but well, how to fight depends on the outcome of our two agreements." Nie Renfeng stood up, "Okay, the things on the battlefield on the Western Front in Europe have little to do with us, we just watch the excitement." The focus now is that we need to take out the Fifth Fleet and complete the offensive operations in the Southwest Pacific. Renhao, you should return to the fleet as soon as possible. ”

Tan Renhao immediately stood up. "I will return to the fleet tomorrow and complete the preparations for the battle as soon as possible."

Nie Renfeng nodded, and let Gan Yongxing and Tan Renhao leave, the battle situation has changed significantly, and on the Pacific side, there should also be some changes.