Zhang Cheng's preparations for an attack on Germany had already begun long before the Russians collapsed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 After all, Germany is the most powerful army on the entire Europa continent, and it is also the most powerful army outside the United States in the entire anti-Ming alliance. Defeating Germany meant winning the war completely, and the rest of the matter was over. Naturally, Zhang Cheng couldn't help but deal with it seriously.

The General Staff of the Ming Army formulated a detailed battle plan according to Zhang Cheng's order. Under the command of the Army Command, the large-scale mobilization and assembly of troops and the transportation of massive quantities of materials are being carried out in an orderly manner. In order to defeat the Germans, the entire Ming war machine was running at a rapid pace. The Army, Navy, Army Aviation, as well as numerous logistical auxiliaries, are doing their best.

In March alone, the powerful transport force of the Ming Navy transported more than 400,000 tons of grain, 380,000 tons of various oils, and hundreds of thousands of tons of other materials to the European front through the Suez Canal. In addition to supplies, the Ming navy's transport force also sent large numbers of troops from the mainland and other colonies to the European front.

In March alone, at least thirty divisions were sent to the European theater, including many colonial troops. And these volumes have been greatly strengthened since the beginning of April. Modern mechanical warfare is all about logistical supply. If there are enough of them, they can even use enough firepower to end the war.

The Foreign Legion of the Ming Dynasty was fully reorganized after Zhang Cheng seized power. All units were transferred to the command of the Army. The troops were reorganized and organized according to their location. Because the Ming itself has sufficient human resources, the army is actually unwilling to accept these rabble, which in their eyes are not strong in combat. If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, and this sentence has always been circulating in the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Zhang Cheng thinks that although the Ming Dynasty has almost endless human resources, every citizen of the Ming Dynasty is precious. So they have to have cannon fodder who can make sacrifices for them. At this time, Germany still had great strength, and its strong allies were still there. Although the mainland has been bombed into chaos, with the assistance of the Americans, the combat effectiveness of the German army has not decreased much. They still have the strength to fight.

It can be expected that once the Ming army enters Germany in a big way, it will inevitably encounter extremely fierce resistance. Resistance meant that there would be battles, and the battles would kill people, and given the tenacity and strength of the Germans, there would inevitably be huge casualties.

In this case, Zhang Cheng naturally thought of those cannon fodder.

Zhang Cheng recruited millions of cannon fodder troops from Southeast Asia, the granary of the Ming Dynasty, India, the meat and ore supply center of the Ming Dynasty, mainland Australia, and the Middle East and North Africa. After arming these troops, Zhang Cheng immediately sent them to the battlefield. At the same time, Zhang Cheng did not forget about those vassal countries.

North Korea, Vietnam, Nepal, Burma, Thailand and other vassals of the Ming Dynasty have received orders to mobilize troops to the front. These countries do not have the right to refuse, and they do not dare to refuse. The countries in this world that dare to reject the Ming Dynasty have been beaten to the ground. Where do the little arms and legs of these vassal countries dare not look at Da Ming's face?

For these vassal states, the Ming Dynasty is the sky.

Not to mention finding a group of men who will consume food all day long when they have nothing to do, even if the Ming Dynasty recruits women to accompany the army in the vassal states, they don't dare to fart. The women of these vassal states have always pursued a lifelong pursuit of being able to take a man who marries the Ming Dynasty as a concubine. And they are also the main force of the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty.

Although they are vassals, the armies of these countries are still treated well on the front line. After all, it is for people to come to war, and the most basic material supplies still have to be satisfied. After all, the Ming Dynasty has all kinds of materials, and the generous Ming will never be stingy with money and goods. They just have so much.

For the soldiers of these vassals, it was far better to fight in Europe than to stay at home and starve to death. At least on the battlefield they were able to eat enough and be able to put on neat new uniforms. If you have made a meritorious service, you can also get a reward. With the reward given by the Ming army, they will return to their barren hometown and live the good life they have always dreamed of.

Moreover, they did not have to pay any taxes if they fought for the Ming army. If you dare to levy taxes on them, then wait for the wrath of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, after the armies of these vassal states were transferred by the Ming army, their will to fight was so high that in some cases even surpassed that of the Ming army itself.

By mid-May, the Ming army had amassed a large number of troops and military supplies in Central Europe. About forty divisions from the vassal states, more than sixty divisions from various colonies, one hundred and fifty-two infantry divisions, sixty-one armored divisions, four artillery divisions of the Ming Army, as the main force, and a large number of logistical support units and directly subordinate units. The total number of troops has exceeded 7.5 million.

In addition, the Ming army deployed more than 70 divisions on the Iberian and Apennine Peninsulas, and nearly 2 million troops were used to firmly contain the troops of the French army and the American expeditionary force.

At the same time, the Ming army also deployed a million troops in the Balkans to threaten southern Germany, pinning down a large number of German troops. The armies of Scandinavia to the north continued to attack Norway and Sweden, and also held back large numbers of Allied forces.

The Ming army also maintained more than 2 million troops in Russia, Poland, and southern Europe, which were used to suppress local guerrilla activities while keeping the land logistics lines open. At the same time, the Ming army had a large strategic reserve in Poland, which could be used at any time to support the German battlefield.

On 29 May, the Ming army officially launched a super-large-scale battle codenamed 'Thunder'. More than 7 million troops, 25,000 artillery pieces, 26,000 tanks and armored vehicles, and more than 14,000 warplanes were used to launch a fierce attack on Germany.

The Germans realized that the time had come for their country to survive long after the Ming army occupied Russia. They do their best to expand their power. Before the start of the Ming army's full-scale offensive, the Germans had mobilized and formed more than four hundred and fifty divisions, totaling nearly seven million troops, including the reserves.

The German army had more than 19,000 self-propelled guns of various types of tanks and armored vehicles, 18,000 artillery pieces of various types, and 17,000 aircraft of various types. In addition, the Germans received assistance from part of the French army and the American Expeditionary Force. At the same time, the Allies have also done their best to gather air forces to support Germany.

Although on paper the strength of the Germans was not weak. But this is not the case.

From North Africa, to the Battle of the Apennines, and then to the Balkans, Russia, Romania, Poland and other battles, the German army was basically defeated by the Ming army. This directly led to the loss of a large number of elite troops. The most famous is the annihilation of millions of elite troops led by the Sixth Army and the Fourth Panzer Army in the Battle of the Caucasus. This was a great blow to the strength of the German army.

In the years between the beginning of the war and the beginning of the German War, the number of Germans killed, wounded, captured and missing exceeded 2.5 million. In terms of Germany's population base and the number of men who can be drafted, they have reached the point of exhaustion. This can be seen from the fact that the German army formed a large number of local militia units and counted them in the reserve.

Many old people and children were drafted into the army under the slogan of defending Germany. None of these men had any heavy weapons, and they were armed with old-fashioned rifles and old-fashioned weapons such as the Iron Fist anti-armor bazookas, which the Germans developed themselves. In other words, these people are cannon fodder.

In addition to the army, the gap between the two sides in the quality of weapons is also very large.

Just like the artillery, the Germans counted artillery with a caliber of more than 37 mm, while the Ming army only counted artillery with a caliber of more than 100 mm. The power gap between these is difficult to describe in words. The gap between a 100-millimeter artillery and a 37-millimeter caliber artillery is not a star and a half.

Needless to say, the air power that has always been the absolute superiority of the Ming Army and the Ming Army has exceeded 4,000 jet fighters. Moreover, with the full start of the explosion of production capacity and the continuous expansion of production lines, the Ming army was able to produce more than 1,000 new jet fighters every month. At the same time, there are also a large number of spare parts for engines. And that number is constantly rising.

In contrast, the Germans had less than 600 ME262 Storm Birds in their hands, which was already the number they had worked so hard to produce during this time. Although it has shared its technology with its allies, especially the Americans, who have strong production capabilities.

However, it takes a certain amount of time to build production lines, train workers, prepare various raw materials, and so on, even with the full arrangement of the state. Allied jets would take at least a few months to prepare for the battlefield.

And for the Ming Dynasty, a few months was enough time for them to sweep across Germany. And at that time, the overall situation was basically decided.

The gap between the main forces of the two sides in ground operations, the armored forces, is even more serious.

The Germans had a large number of armored forces, but a significant part of them were old light tanks that were not very combat-ready. For example, the Mark I tank with a 20 mm cannon and the Mark II tank with a 37 mm gun were early models of the tank of their own production. (To be continued.) )