"I'm back. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info"Step into the lobby of your luxurious mansion on the southern outskirts of the imperial capital. Zhang Cheng, who was carrying a briefcase in one hand and a military hat in the other, looked at Xu Xuan and Lin Run'e who stepped forward to greet him with a smile.

"Husband, you've worked hard." Zhang Cheng's two wives stepped forward to take the clothes in his hands, did not hand them over to the servants standing on the side, and put them in the hangers and wardrobes themselves.

"Sister-in-law, I'll go first." As Zhang Cheng's adjutant, Xiao Hongbao is a confidant in the true sense, and Zhang Cheng naturally can't treat him badly. When Zhang Cheng, who had deep pockets, bought this 10,000-foot mansion for himself, he had already bought all the surrounding lots and buildings and rebuilt it into a villa courtyard. Many of Zhang Cheng's important henchmen live in this area, and Xiao Hongbao is naturally no exception.

"Thank you for your hard work." Xu Xuan nodded to Xiao Hongbao. For Chinese women in this era, their husbands are everything after marriage. Xiao Hongbao, as Zhang Cheng's adjutant's confidant, naturally has to treat each other with courtesy.

After Xiao Hongbao left, Zhang Cheng changed into casual clothes and came to the bright restaurant to sit down and prepare for dinner. Everything here was built by Xu Xuan and Lin Run'e in discussion, and Zhang Cheng, who was busy with work, had no opinion on his home. Outside the male lead, the female lead is just that.

"How many days can you stay this time?" Lin Run'e, who has a more lively personality, propped her elbows on the table, and looked at Zhang Cheng with her chin in her hands and asked. There was a flash of anticipation in his smart eyes.

Since returning to his hometown, Zhang Cheng has been busy with various work, and there is not much time to really accompany them, so he cherishes every time he gets together. This is also an important reason why the relationship between the two is not bad.

Zhang Cheng put down the chopsticks in his hand, and a touch of guilt appeared in the depths of his eyes. He smiled and whispered, "I'll try to stay as long as I can." Xu Xuan on the side pursed the corners of his mouth lightly and did not speak, but there was also a hint of joy in his eyes.

"Let's eat." Zhang Cheng smiled and picked up the chopsticks. After leaving the tense battlefield, the place that can best soothe the hearts of the soldiers who have come down from the cruel battlefield is their warm home.

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Zhang Cheng temporarily stayed in the imperial capital for vacation, and on the Korean battlefield, Major General Wang Dexiang was in charge of commanding the operation.

After the Japanese Korean dispatch army suffered heavy losses in Seoul, most of the remnants of the army had already retreated to the area around Busan and Ulsan, waiting for reinforcements from the sea. Many of the scattered Japanese troops were scattered in all directions and scattered throughout the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.

The morale-boosting Eighth Army and the troops of the Kingdom of Korea were carrying out the clean-up work. These Japanese troops did not land in Korea for a long time, but they did not do many evil deeds. Now that they are liquidated, they all end up tragically. The main forces of the Eighth Army began to assemble in the vicinity of Busan and Ulsan, preparing to drive all the Japanese troops into the sea.

After the Japanese navy suffered heavy losses in the Java Sea, it made a stop in its footsteps to move south to Australia. After urgent discussions, the Japanese Navy decided to temporarily suspend the established plan to go south to Australia, readjust its deployment, and gather strong forces to fight against the Ming Nanyang or Taiwan. Bay Island, or one of Jeju Island, launched a fierce offensive as an important target. It was used to attract the 11th task force of the Ming Dynasty, which had just completed replenishment and recuperation, to come to the decisive battle.

The Japanese Navy was prepared to destroy the most powerful and important fleet of the Ming Navy in the western Pacific and solve its worries before heading south to the Australian mainland to fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty.

As for the Korean Dispatch Army, which had been defeated and retreated to the Pusan area, the Japanese base camp and the Korean Dispatch Army finally decided to continue to strengthen their support forces to hold the bridgehead position on the Korean Peninsula after a fierce dog-eat-dog shirk of responsibility. The Japanese, accustomed to living in poverty, are unwilling to give up even an inch of land. And it occupies the land of North Korea in politics. It is also of great significance in terms of publicity.

The 11th Ming Task Force returned to the Lion City. With the exception of the sunken aircraft carrier Poyang Lake, the other warships suffered basically no losses. After a short break, it's time to get back into the fight.

At this time, two more aircraft carriers that had been outfitted by assault left the shipyard and officially joined Task Force 11. At least from the superficial point of view of the strength of the data, the strength of the 11th task force has risen instead of falling. However, due to the lack of training and actual combat experience of the carrier-based aircraft wing, the specific strength of the squadron will have to be tested in actual combat.

After Captain Fang Renxu quietly infiltrated the Yokosu Naval Base and sank the Japanese capital ship Yamashiro, the Daming Naval Submarine Force returned to the direct jurisdiction of the Navy Headquarters.

According to Zhang Cheng's suggestion, a large number of submarines were dispatched to the waters around the Japanese archipelago and the route from the United States to Japan to break the engagements and cut off the lifeline of the Japanese shipping. In just over a month, the Japanese cargo ship was sunk by more than 500,000 tons of registered tonnage. And that's just the beginning.

The large-scale break-up of the war forced the Japanese and Americans to draw up a large number of naval forces to escort the seaborne cargo ships. Correspondingly, the submarine force of the Ming Navy, which justified itself and demonstrated its strength, besieged the Japanese escort fleet with weak anti-submarine capability in accordance with the submarine sea wolf tactics provided by Zhang Cheng, and achieved brilliant results.

The Ming Dynasty's unrestricted submarine warfare brought heavy losses to the Japanese, which directly led to the Japanese starting to ration supplies at home. It poured cold water on the Japanese people who had fallen into a state of frenzy because of the war.

At the same time, the strategic bomber unit of the Ming Army Air Force, which had been continuously strengthened, made repeated sorties, and almost every day went to various towns on the Japanese island of Kyushu to carry out large-scale strategic bombing. It even continued to penetrate deep into the territory of Japan, covering the entire western part of Japan.

One night in early August, more than 300 strategic bombers attacked Kyoto, a famous historical and cultural city in Japan, dealing a great blow to the spiritual morale of the Japanese.

Zhang Cheng has not used incendiary bombs for the time being. He was still waiting, waiting until the number of strategic bombers reached a certain level before bringing the greetings of Vulcan to the Japanese.

In the face of the powerful Ming Empire, which began to gradually exert its strength, the Japanese obviously felt that their little arms and legs could not bear it, and hurriedly asked the Americans for support.

In order to prevent Japan, the thug that contained the Ming forces, from falling so quickly, the Americans increased their reinforcements to Japan. In addition to strengthening the escort force and providing Japan with a large amount of supplies. The Americans also sent their own aviation units to Japan to provide direct air protection for the Japanese mainland. At the same time, more than ten battalions of ground anti-aircraft artillery units were transported by sea to defend the Japanese mainland.

In order to alleviate the pressure on the Japanese, the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet set out from San Diego and engaged in an outpost battle with the Daming Navy's Pacific Fleet stationed in Hawaii for the Hawaiian Islands. The two sides' huge fleets engaged in a fierce naval and air battle in the waters northeast of Hawaii for three days, each losing several warships before withdrawing from the battlefield.

The U.S. Navy failed to destroy the main combat power of the Daming Pacific Fleet, and the Daming Pacific Fleet did not dare to leave the Hawaiian Islands because of the attack by the Americans. The two huge fleets of the two sides are still in a state of confrontation.

The most powerful force of the Ming navy was firmly pinned down in the Pacific Ocean, unable to return home to deal with the treacherous Japanese, nor to support the Mediterranean Fleet, which was suppressed by the European coalition. The only one who can make the difference between victory and defeat is the 11th Task Force, which has high hopes.

As a world empire, the Ming Dynasty has a large number of colonies all over the world. As a result, the shipping system is exceptionally developed. In addition to having the world's largest registered tonnage, it also has a large reserve maritime staff. These sailors are the most powerful reserve source of the Ming Navy.

All of the Ming colonies in Europe had fallen, and almost all European countries had joined the European Union dominated by Germany, France, Britain, and Russia to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

The massive assets and investments of the Ming family consortium in Europe have all been lost for the time being, and the rich and developed Europe is the place where the Ming Dynasty invests the most overseas. However, this also greatly promoted the support of the family consortium for the imperial court and the army, after all, if they want to regain these assets and collect greater interest from the countries, they still have to rely on the army.

On the other hand, the blow to the Saga Consortium also means that their strength has been greatly damaged, and their influence on the Ming Dynasty is also declining. It is conducive to the control of the empire by Zhang Yue, the first assistant, and it is also conducive to Zhang Cheng's actions in the dark.

And on the battlefield in North Africa, it has always been a private army supported by the family consortium, and the performance of the Ming Foreign Legion disappointed everyone.

These mercenaries, who came from all over the world and wanted to join the Ming nationality, were almost crushed at the touch of a button when facing the elite regular army. From Tunisia to Algeria to Libya, the Ming Foreign Legion, which numbered as many as 300,000, was defeated.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the Foreign Legion is still there. However, the financiers behind them are the family consortium. The Ming court and army basically would not provide them with any support.

Moreover, the masters behind different units are also different. Unlike the regular army, which will support them from all directions in case of danger, these privately armed armies rarely take the initiative to rescue friendly troops, and sometimes even fall into the trap.

North Africa has always been the private domain of the family consortium, and this time the European coalition forces attacked them in a hurry, so they asked Shousuke for help, asking Shousuke to send elite heavy troops to support. He even directly named Zhang Cheng, who wanted to perform eye-catching after the war, as the commander of the North African theater. However, due to various considerations, Zhang Yue has been taking off this matter.

Although Lord Shousuke and the top brass of the army have already had the idea of replacing him, it is just an idea for the time being. Unless the situation in the North African theater collapses, it will be impossible to change the generals at the level of theater commanders in a short period of time.

Each appointment represents a great deal of deal and compromise behind the scenes, and in times of war, there are countless pairs of eyes on every position of military power. It's definitely not something that anyone can decide in just a few words. (To be continued.) )