At the same time, the Chinese Eighth Route Army and the Expeditionary Force took the initiative to launch a strategic counteroffensive against the Japanese army, which greatly boosted the morale of the American troops on the Philippine battlefield. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

MacArthur even made a public speech, making it clear that the Chinese army had begun a counteroffensive against Japan, and the moment of victory for the American army to defeat the Japanese army was approaching.

As the battles between the Eighth Route Army in North China and the Kwantung Army became more and more fought, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force on the Yunnan-Burma border and the Vietnam-Guizhou border became more and more courageous, the Japanese cabinet politely rejected the strategic plan put forward by Hitler and Mussolini to flank the Soviet Union from east to west, claiming that it would first pacify the Chinese battlefield and then send troops to the Soviet Union.

Hitler saw that Japan was indeed unable to open up a four-front war at the same time, so he no longer insisted on playing with Japan, and decided to let these Japanese monkeys toss around in Asia, too lazy to care about their life or death.

On the surface, Japan appeared to be fighting against China and the United States at the same time, but in fact, after the United States declared war on Japan, the countries of Central and South America also declared war on Japan.

Central and South American countries have both common positions and different policies. From the perspective of common interests, the countries of North and South America during this period had an organization called the Pan American Alliance. Before the United States declared war on Japan, the Pan American Alliance took a neutral position on World War II.

However, in the face of the threat of imminent war, the Pan American Alliance, at the call of the United States, convened a meeting of defense ministers in Havana, Cuba, in May 1940, and issued the "Declaration of Mutual Defense Assistance among American Countries", which adopted the principle that if a certain American country is invaded, other countries should be assisted. A total of 21 countries in the Americas signed the statement.

The United States is a core member of the Pan American Alliance, which means that the United States is invaded, and 20 countries in the Americas will have a defense obligation to the United States under the "Declaration of Mutual Defense Assistance in the Americas."

After the outbreak of the Philippine War, Panama, Costa Rica, Dominica, Salguado, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba and other countries also officially declared war on Japan. It's just that the coalition forces of Central and South America have not yet been sent to the Philippine battlefield, and they are still forming training camps in Panama.

After the Soviet-German War began, in response to the United States' declaration of war on the Axis powers, Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru and other countries declared war on Germany and Japan at the same time.

Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and other countries, which have always been pro-German and pro-German, have not openly declared war on the Central Powers, but with the support of the intelligence services of Germany, Italy, Japan, and other countries, they have constantly created all kinds of troubles and conflicts for the Pan American Alliance. To a large extent, the formation and training of the Pan-American Allied Forces were delayed.

It can be said that although the flames of World War II did not reach North and South America, all the countries of North and South America were drawn into this world war of unprecedented scale.

Africa has also not escaped the flames of this war.

The Italian offensive in North Africa was gradually stifled by the British and American allies, and the Germans were busy exterminating the guerrillas in southern Africa.

While the United States stubbornly resisted the Japanese attack in the Philippine theater, it also sent nearly 100,000 heavily armed mechanized troops to North African countries such as Egypt, Libya, Ethiopia, and Somalia to help the British army fight.

In the whole world, only Oceania controlled by the Donghua Empire is singing and dancing, and everywhere presents a prosperous scene of peace and prosperity.

Compared with the First World War, which broke out more than 20 years ago, this world war can be called a world war in the true sense of the word!

The main battlefields of World War I were Europe and the Atlantic, and it is most appropriate to say that it was a European war. Because Asia, Africa, and North and South America were not involved at that time.

Today, the vast majority of the world's countries have joined the Axis or the Allies to participate in the war in various forms, and Europe, Asia, Africa, the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean have all become a pot of porridge.

Wow quack! It's called a world war!

Paradise Island, Imperial Palace, Imperial Study.

Cheng Gong sat behind the desk, resting on the table with his feet shapeless, looking at the world map that was about to be dyed red on the large LCD screen hanging on the opposite wall, and secretly enjoyed himself.

In these years, war money is the best drop!

Although the Donghua Empire did not send troops to participate in the war, the Rock mercenaries controlled by Cheng Gong not only fought with the German army, but also fought with the British army in North Africa, and cooperated with the US army to fight the little devils in the Philippines.

Due to the good equipment, treatment, and benefits of the Rock mercenaries, almost every day, elite veterans from the Axis and the Allies pretend to be dead and leave the battlefield and then join the Rock mercenaries and make a fortune with the veterans of the Rock.

After more than three years of development, the base of the Rock Mercenaries has long been relocated from Chongming Island to Somalia, and its scale has expanded from 3,000 to more than 35,000 people, and it has also controlled two port cities along the coast of Somalia, and established five large training camps to recruit strong black young men from Africa to receive the most rigorous and high-intensity military training.

With the inclusion of the Seychelles, Mauritius Islands, and Chagos Islands in Donghua, the Rock mercenaries, headquartered in the port of Mogadishu, have easier contact with the CIA.

If you don't take advantage of this world war to have a few territories in the African circle, Emperor Cheng will not be willing to say anything.

Openly expanding its territory in Africa under the banner of the Donghua Empire will certainly provoke the criticism of the international community. But it is legitimate and legal to use the Rock Mercenaries to act as local warlords across Africa.

Considering the post-war world pattern, Somalia and the Gulf of Aden, such strategic locations, Cheng Gong must firmly control everything in his own hands.

At this time, the British and American allies were fighting Italy and its servant armies in the North African theater, and no one cared whether the situation in Somalia was good or bad.

Cheng Gong was waiting for the allies led by Britain and the United States to take the initiative to invite the Donghua Empire to participate in the African battlefield. At that time, with the good foundation laid by the Rock mercenaries in Somalia, the Donghua Empire and the army can take the opportunity to encircle Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, and Yemen into the sphere of influence of the Donghua Empire.

I have to say that the excellent battlefield performance of the Italian army in this life is quite amazing and gorgeous, which is very unexpected by Cheng Gong. If it weren't for the timely participation of U.S. troops in the North African theater, the whole of Egypt might have been occupied and controlled by Italy by now.

Even so, Italian forces now have firm control over ******, Libya, Sudan, Ethiopia, and northern Somalia.

How much mineral resources Africa has, and how important the strategic significance of Africa will be in future generations, no one in the world can see it more truly and accurately than Cheng Gong.

To seize the territory of Africa from Italy, Cheng Gong really didn't feel any pressure.

At this time, the world's great powers did not know how precious black Africa was, and the strategic focus of each country was in Europe and Asia. The only thing Cheng Gong needed to carefully consider at the moment was how Germany and Japan would react if the East China Empire were to engage in the North African theater and go to war against Italy without declaring war.

(To be continued.) )