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Hitler finally chose to support Roosevelt, and Mussolini and Franco, after a series of struggles, also had to make the difficult decision to follow Hitler to the end and side with Roosevelt. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info╔╗

Downing Street, London, Churchill came to his office early in the morning and sat on the desk laughing vigorously, even laughing could not express his happy mood, he directly began to smash the desk with both hands, and even laughed a little breathless.

Churchill's expression frightened the people in the secretary's room, and it was not until dignitaries such as Nestor Bevan, Herbert Morrison, the 3rd Viscount of Halifax and Anthony Aiden arrived that Churchill stopped laughing what was considered to be a madman.

"What? Did the Americans sneak up on San Juan? ”

When Churchill nodded in the affirmative, it was the other person's turn to laugh wildly.

Everyone in the room was laughing wildly, and people who didn't know passed by the door thought they were going crazy together, only these people knew in their hearts that they had waited for this day for five years, and many people even cried tears with excitement.

"That's it! Don't let people see your expressions so happy, especially the Chinese Empire, it's absolutely not okay for them to see you so happy! ”

Churchill hurriedly stopped the crowd from howling and laughing, but he also stopped them from making a sound, and the joy on everyone's faces could not be erased.

Anthony began by saying, "I hated Roosevelt to death because he abandoned us and put us in a bitter war for so many years. But now I'm grateful to him. If he hadn't attacked San Juan, the Chinese Empire didn't know how long it would have dragged on before it could enter the war. I propose that today be a day of celebration for the British Empire, because from this day onwards the Chinese Empire will officially enter the war, and the days of the Germans will come to an end. ”

Bewen said: "Although it is worth celebrating, it is not good to keep a low profile, and it will have a great impact on the ears of the Chinese Empire." ”

The crowd burst into laughter again. ╔╗

At this time, Morrison said: "Roosevelt has done us a great favor, but are we still going to fight the Germans?" After all, we have pulled ourselves out of the quagmire of war. ”

Halifax suddenly said: "Of course we have to fight!" Our losses are to be doubled back to the Germans. Only by completely defeating Germany and seizing German reparations can the shame of the British Empire in the two world wars be washed away. ”

Halifax's words were echoed by most people, and the British Empire's losses could not be compensated for the lack of victory or defeat in World War I, and the losses of Britain have been astronomical until the end of World War II. What was once the world's number one political, economic, and military power has now been reduced to a second-rate power. Originally, there was a share of this account from the Chinese Empire. But now the British have thoroughly accepted the strength of the Chinese Empire, so it must be remembered by the Germans.

However, Morrison's words are not unreasonable, at this time, Britain was heavily damaged in World War II, and the mainland was heavily bombed by Germany, and its national strength was greatly damaged. At present, the British government has a debt of more than 25 billion dragon dollars, although it can shamelessly offset the 15 billion dragon dollars of national debt in the hands of the British people through domestic inflation. But the more than 10 billion dragon coins owed to the Chinese Empire will force Britain to take on huge foreign debts for a long time, and if it continues to fight, Britain's economy will be even worse.

But for more politicians such as Churchill. At this time, in order to save face for the British Empire, the jar could only be broken.

Bewen laughed: "What's so hard about this? As long as the Chinese Empire officially entered the war. The American-German allies will surely be defeated, and all the benefits we have lost will be regained. You must know that the comprehensive national strength of the Chinese Empire is more than twice that of the entire Allied world, and we don't need to pay much to re-enter the war, as long as we follow the Chinese Empire to fight the autumn wind. ”

Halifax said: "Do you think that the Chinese Empire is so easy to talk that we can share the fruits of World War II with the autumn breeze?" We must actively cooperate with the Chinese Empire, and it is better to open a second battlefield in Europe and fight back to France. ”

Churchill asked, "By the second battlefield you mean the French battlefield, but what about the first battlefield?" ”

Halifax explained: "Obviously, the first battlefield must be in the Soviet Union, the Chinese Empire borders the Soviet Union, and their army and air force will definitely go to the Soviet Union as soon as possible, and it will be an unprecedented Armageddon. ╔╗”

Churchill was very interested in the second battlefield, saying: "If we can open up a second battlefield against mainland France, then we will be able to reap considerable benefits when the fruits of victory are finally divided." ”

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister!" Morrison said: "You don't expect the army of the British Empire and the remnants of De Gaulle's army to open up a second battlefield! ”

Churchill laughed: "Of course not! I know this very well! In order to reduce the military pressure on the Soviet Union's battlefield, the Chinese Empire will definitely support us in opening up a second battlefield. In that case, we will be able to justifiably ask the Chinese Empire for military supplies and military support. ”

Halifax nodded and said, "The Chinese Empire should send an expeditionary force to the British Isles, but I estimate that the Chinese Empire will not give up its dominant position, and we will definitely not be able to get the commander of the coalition forces." ”

Churchill felt the same way, so he said: "That's right, what we want is military aid, and the commander of the coalition forces will naturally give it to the Chinese Empire, but that also means that the Chinese Emperor will have to take the lead, and our casualties and losses will be reduced, which is a good thing!" ”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Morrison said: "However, the Chinese Empire may not agree to open up the second battlefield in Europe at the first time, for them, the first battlefield of the Chinese Empire should be on the American continent, the second battlefield in the Soviet Union, and the third battlefield should be in Africa, after all, the interests of the Chinese Empire in Africa are still greater than those in Western Europe." In the end, we may be the fourth battlefield in Western Europe. ”

Churchill nodded and said, "There is some truth to this!" But in any case, when the Chinese Empire enters the war this time, we will all join. ╔╗ And be the first to stand up, because victory must be ours. ”

In this way, while the Chinese Empire was still mourning the victims of the attack on San Juan, Britain was relieved. Churchill convened an emergency meeting and declared that Britain had once again entered a state of emergency war mobilization.

At this time, after a break of more than half a year, Britain borrowed a huge amount of money from the Chinese Empire, thus stabilizing the British financial market and restoring to 80% of the industrial production capacity before World War II in a short time. But the biggest boost for Britain has been a massive increase in military power. This is due to the fact that Britain has joined the Greater China Co-Prosperity Circle and become a member of the Greater China Federation, which has enabled the British side to obtain most of the advanced weapons and equipment from the Chinese Empire, which was completely unimaginable before. In the past, the British army could only get weapons and equipment that had been obsolete for a long time in the Chinese Empire, but now they can get a lot of advanced weapons and equipment that the Chinese Empire has just put into service.

For example, the local production model of the Chinese Empire's M28A3 medium tank (which surpassed the previous M28A3 export model in terms of performance), the M35 Hound light tank. Raytheon 27 multiple rocket launchers, J-11/CD fighter (J-11 intra-allied export type), A-5/E attack aircraft (A5 allied intra-allied export type) and so on. These were advanced weapons and equipment that were previously only available to allies of the Chinese Empire. Now the British side can also have it, which is self-evident for the rapid improvement of the British power.

Of course, the most important thing is that Churchill and other British leaders have been planning a counteroffensive on the European continent, so the British ** Bei has been continuously strengthened during this armistice, but the British population is limited, and the lack of troops has always been one of the biggest shortcomings of the British army's counterattack on the European continent, so Britain is waiting for the opportunity for the Chinese Empire to enter the war.

Churchill concluded that the Chinese Empire would immediately declare war on the United States. Therefore, the British army was immediately ordered to prepare for a resumption of war with the Central Powers.

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In Moscow, the Revolutionary Military Council of the Soviet Union also convened a military meeting almost urgently after receiving the attack on San Juan. Although Stalin did not laugh like Churchill, he could not help but be filled with joy on his face. ╔╗

"It is clear that the Chinese Empire is about to enter the war. We're finally out of the woods! ”

Vasilevsky said with excitement on his face, after being suppressed by the powerful military of the US-German alliance for a long time, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Zhukov said: "That's right, the Chinese Empire's participation in the war is a foregone conclusion, now we should immediately contact the Chinese Empire, and reach a joint combat agreement with the Chinese Empire as soon as possible, I think the Chinese Empire's military aid materials will not be less, we must not let go of this golden opportunity, whether we can defeat the American and German invading army, relying on the Red Army's fighting spirit of not fearing death is far from enough, the Chinese Empire's sophisticated weapons and equipment are very important." ”

Stalin asked: "You came back from Stalingrad, how was it over there?" ”

Zhukov then explained: "Leader, I came back to urge the committee to obtain the new main battle tanks of the Chinese Empire as soon as possible. At present, although the Chinese Empire has provided us with a batch of powerful shell-piercing shells to deal with the German No. 6 tank, and our T34 can barely deal with the American M4 tank, the German army has recently put into the battlefield a powerful new tank, the German army is numbered No. 7 tank internally, codenamed rat, and our army's anti-tank armor-piercing shells have no effect on it. Fortunately, the Germans have only delivered less than 100 Rat tanks to the battlefield, so we had to figure out how to deal with them before this tank could enter the front line on a large scale. ”

Stalin asked: "Then do you have a way?" ”

Zhukov shook his head and said: "At present, our large-caliber anti-tank guns are not enough to pose a lethal threat to the rat-type tank, I heard that the main gun caliber of the M36 Tiger King main battle tank of the Chinese Empire has reached 80 mm and 70 times the diameter, and if a large-caliber shell-piercing shell is fired, it should be able to penetrate the rat-type armor." ”

Vasilevsky said: "Even if the Chinese Empire enters the war and provides us with strong military aid, their main tanks will not easily support us. After the declaration of war by the Chinese Empire, the main forces of its army had to enter the Soviet front line in a series of negotiations with us, and even if we gave them all the green light, it would take at least a month for them to enter the battle. ╔╗”

Stalin nodded and said, "Vasilevsky is right, we can't rely too much on the Chinese Empire, that will be completely led by their nose." Let's figure it out for ourselves first! ”

Zhukov said: "At the moment our main heavy tank is only KV-1. But its performance is not as good as the Germans' No. 6 Tiger, and its mobility is so poor that it is almost a target for the enemy on the battlefield. ”

Zhukov's KV-1 tank is the first heavy tank designed and manufactured by the Soviet Union itself, before the Soviet Union's definition of heavy tanks was different from the international one, according to the standards of the Chinese Empire, the so-called heavy tanks of the Soviet Union were only the standards of medium tanks of the Chinese Empire, so the Soviet Union actually did not have a heavy tank in the real sense.

With the Tiger heavy tanks of the Germans put into the battlefield, the Soviet Union's own heavy tanks were not of the same level at all, and they were forced to carry out a series of improvements and upgrades to the KV-1. And in line with the international tank standards set by the Chinese Empire. Since the KV-1 was designed in 1942, and a series of upgrades since then have been based on its chassis, it is also collectively referred to as the Model 1942.

The main features of the early 1942 model KV-1 were a complete reinforcement of armor and a simplified design. The hull armor was increased from 75 mm to 90 mm, and the turret was increased from 90 mm to 120 mm (all directions). Although the KV-1/1942 tank further improved its protection capabilities, its maneuverability was much worse, and its maximum road speed was reduced to 28 km/h, which was completely unable to keep up with the speed of the T-34. Since the beginning of the war. The KV-1 and T-34 were mixed, and the KV-1's poor mobility became a burden to the troops. So from 1942. KV tanks were gradually withdrawn from the formation of tank brigades. It mainly forms independent heavy tank regiments to support infantry operations. From this time on, the T-34 became the protagonist of the Soviet tank forces.

Due to the poor evaluation of the KV-1/1942 type in the troops, under pressure from the troops, the Second Central Design Bureau began to redesign it. As a result, a new KV-1S scheme was introduced, and the thickness of the armor in several parts was reduced. The armor in the front part of the hull was reduced to 60-75 mm, and the turret to 75-82 mm. The overall weight of the car has been reduced to 42.5 tons, and a new gearbox has been replaced. The KV-1S has been improved for lightweighting. Maneuverability has improved dramatically, and the maximum speed has increased to 43 km/h, which is considered an upper-middle level for a WWII heavy tank.

However, the firepower of German tank guns and anti-tank guns increased significantly, and the armor protection of the KV-1S decreased significantly. Heavy armor was originally the main battlefield advantage of heavy tanks, and the actual combat value of the KV-1S has been greatly reduced by drastically reducing the protection capability. And in the face of the latest Rat heavy tank launched by the German army, the KV-1S is no match for it.

In order to reverse the situation, Zhukov personally returned to Moscow, urging the latest version of the KV family of heavy tanks to quickly start the production program.

Zhukov said: "At present, our KV-2 heavy tanks equipped with 152 mm guns may be able to cope with the German rat tanks if they can be mass-produced. ”

The KV2 tank in Zhukov's mouth is a heavy tank that uses the chassis of the KV1S tank and is converted into a heavy tank after adding a protective deck to the 152-mm heavy howitzer of the Soviet army. The prototype of this tank appeared when Germany launched the First Battle of Stalingrad against the Soviet Union. At that time, the German army was invincible, and the main tank divisions of the Soviet army were all defeated. At this time, the Soviets drove several KV2 tanks that were being tested into battle.

The Germans began to call in artillery bombardment, but the KV2 tank was still pressing, and a German 150mm howitzer hit a KV2 tank at a distance of 100 meters, and it immediately stopped, but just as the Germans were celebrating the victory, the KV2 tank started again, and flattened the howitzer in front of the stunned German artillery, and continued to advance. And these KV2 tanks actually did not have shells, they were specially fired to press the artillery, their 152 mm heavy howitzers were just decorations, and the Soviet technology at that time could not perfectly combine large-caliber howitzers with tanks.

At that time, the Soviet army did not pay attention to heavy tanks at all, and as a result, Germany, which developed heavy tanks later, took the lead, and at this time the Soviet army revisited the old thing and took out the KV2 heavy tank that had been trial-produced a long time ago to take out and redesign.

Stalin nodded and said, "I will say hello to the Armament Committee, give priority to the production of this tank as much as possible, and give priority to supporting Stalingrad." ”

If Zhukov didn't believe in anything else, he would definitely believe it, because he knew that Stalin had the best face and would definitely give his full support to the Battle of Stalingrad. In his eyes, if Moscow and Stalingrad had to fall, he would not hesitate to choose to let Moscow fall and keep Stalingrad.

At this time, Stalin said: "Seeing that the Chinese Empire is about to enter the war, you must give the front-line soldiers a boost of morale, and the dawn of victory must belong to us!" ”

Subsequently, Stalin discussed with the officials of the committee how to apply for military aid from the Chinese Empire after entering the war and how to launch a major counteroffensive against the United States and Germany. It can be said that the Soviet Union, like Britain, made all preparations in advance, and waited for the Chinese Empire to officially enter the war.

Wednesday, April 28, 1943, March 24, 43 years of Guanghua, is one of the most important days in human history, because on this day, Germany, Italy, and Spain successively rejected the demands of the Chinese Empire, completely closing the door to any possible compromise between them and the Chinese Empire, and completely embarked on the opposite side of the war.

At seven o'clock in the morning of this day, Wang Chenhao, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, officially signed the edict of declaring war against the United States, and the Chinese Empire officially declared war on the United States. An hour later, the Roosevelt administration and Congress also passed a declaration of war on China, declaring war on the Chinese Empire.

At the same time, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French President-in-exile Charles de Gaulle issued a joint declaration condemning the US attack on San Juan, firmly siding with the Chinese Empire and directly declaring war on the United States as a member of the Greater China Co-Prosperity Sphere. At the same time, Soviet Chairman Joseph Stalin also issued a declaration saying that he fully supported the just actions of the Chinese Empire and said that the Soviet Union would provide all the help that the Chinese Empire could to its capacity.

Two hours after the Chinese Empire declared war on the United States, the member states of the Greater China Co-Prosperity Sphere held press conferences one after another and declared war on the United States.

At 11 a.m., Germany, Italy, Spain, Vichy France, Bulgaria, Romania and other Allied member states issued statements in support of the United States and declared war on the Chinese Empire. Within an hour, the Chinese Empire officially declared war on these countries. Before 5 p.m., all 41 member states of the Greater China Co-Prosperity Sphere had declared war on the entire member states of the Allied Powers.

Throughout the day on April 28, the streets and corners of the world were filled with two words - declaration of war. On this day, the media of various countries did nothing else, because the Chinese Empire led the forty-one member states of the Greater China Alliance to formally enter World War II, declaring war on the seventeen Allied member states represented by the United States and Germany, and almost every moment one country declared war on another country.

As a landmark historical event, the Chinese Empire and its allies entered World War II, marking the full-scale outbreak of World War II. It is no longer a war of the Westerners themselves, but a real world war, because since this day, more than 60 countries around the world have been involved in the war, involving more than two billion people, and it is a world war in the true sense of the word. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )