The Japanese counteroffensive reached its peak in early June. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 A large number of Ming troops, under the cover of powerful naval and air forces, recovered some islands in the South Sea and Luzon Island occupied by the Japanese army.

The Australian troops stationed in the north attacked the island of New Guinea. After defeating the resistance of the Japanese troops defending the island, they drove all the Japanese troops into the deep mountains and old forests of the island.

In addition to dealing with bad weather, fierce beasts and poisonous snakes, lack of food, and various diseases in this tropical rainforest, which eats people and does not spit out bones, the Japanese officers and soldiers who fled into the mountains and old forests. They also have to face the fierce cannibals of the local rainforest!

Until many years after the war, Japanese soldiers who looked like savages came out of the rainforest in a daze and appeared in front of the locals like evil spirits. As for what those Japanese soldiers encountered in the rainforest all these years, perhaps only they themselves will know.

The territory that had been seized so desperately before was so easily snatched back by the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese were anxious. Originally, the land was small and the people were poor, and it was not easy to have a chance to turn over, but of course the Japanese did not do it. From the emperor to the military headquarters, the Japanese navy was asked to regain sea supremacy, provide support to the defenders everywhere, and drive the Ming army away.

The Japanese Navy, which you knew, simply couldn't come up with a fleet to counterattack the Ming Dynasty. The defeat of the Battle of Java and the Battle of the Ryukyus allowed the Japanese Navy to lose eight large fleet aircraft carriers in one go! This kind of loss is not to mention the Japanese Navy, even the Ming Navy can be regarded as a broken bone.

The Katsuragi is still being refitted, the Zuizuru is still being overhauled, and the entry into service of the Shinano is even more far away. The Japanese Navy only has some light aircraft carriers and modified aircraft carriers in its hands, how can it fight against the Ming Dynasty? More importantly, almost all the elite air forces of the Japanese Navy's combined fleet have been lost, and a bunch of rookies are basically given for nothing.

The Japanese Navy now needs time to recuperate, build warships, replenish warplanes, and train pilots. But Da Ming won't give them much time. Especially after Zhang Cheng learned of the crimes committed by Japan against the people of the Ming Dynasty in the occupied territories, he constantly urged the military to intensify its crackdown on Japan.

At this time, He Ziqiu was leading millions of troops on the Russian battlefield to fight fiercely with the allied forces of European countries.

The Ming army was well-armed, well-trained, and morale was high. The Ming Dynasty, who completely controls the Indian Ocean, can send a steady stream of various supplies to the Iranian colonial territory through the navy. Then through the Caspian Sea, along the wide line of the Volga River, to the north to supply the Ming army.

In addition, the Trans-Siberian Railway and the Central Asian Railway network, as well as oil and other bases established in Central Asia and Western Siberia, etc., provide supplies nearby. He Ziqiu was not at all inferior in the face of the European coalition forces that far outnumbered him.

In May, after months of preparation, the coalition forces of European countries launched a large-scale counterattack on the main Russian battlefield. The main goal is to recapture Kazan.

The armies of both sides fought to the death near Kazan. However, in addition to the Russian army on the battlefield, most of the reinforcements from other countries were playing soy sauce. There are almost no people who are really willing to make a big effort to fight, and everyone wants to preserve their strength. This is, after all, on Russian soil. No other soldier would fight to the death to protect the land of the Russians.

And even the Russian army, which is fighting on its own, is not very warlike. Most of these Russian soldiers, who were serfs, had a low will to fight, and their weaponry and training level were on par with those of the Ming Dynasty, and even the equipment of the Italian army was better than that of the Russian army, which could not even have an old Mosin Nagant rifle.

Although the number of people is overwhelming, the large-scale counterattack launched by the European coalition forces is thunderous and rainy.

The strength in He Ziqiu's hands is only at a disadvantage in terms of quantity, and the logistics supply is also controlled within a certain level due to the limitation of transportation capacity. However, the strong strength of the Ming Army still caused heavy losses to the main force of the Russian army.

From mid-May to the end of June, in just over a month, the Ming Army destroyed more than 2,000 tanks of various countries on the battlefield in Russia, and killed millions of captured troops.

This summer counteroffensive launched by the Russians with full confidence has not yet reached its heights. At the time of the tide, it has already been declared a failure. The demoralized Russian soldiers even fled. The poor performance of the Russian army also greatly affected the armies of other allied countries, and all countries were very disappointed with the Russian army. The mentality of playing soy sauce is even stronger.

In North Africa, supported by the Americans, the French army left its fortified positions and attacked in the direction of Tripoli. But he was beaten by the Ming North African Legion, which was waiting for work, and his head was broken and bloody. In the end, he had to flee back to Tunisia in disgrace.

The Renault equipped by the French and the Sherman equipped by the Americans were of little use in front of the Ming Haw Par. Often, it was the Ming tanks that were shot through that side as soon as they passed, while the shells fired by the French and American tanks did not make much difference.

It would be hell if the French and Americans were able to achieve results in such a situation, especially in the face of tank battles in the inhospitable expanse of North Africa.

Watching the fiasco at the front, General Patton, who was furious, cursed loudly at the domestic arms manufacturers, and sent a telegram to Washington saying that if he could not send him a more powerful new tank capable of going head-to-head with the Ming tank, he and his troops would be driven out of the sea and swam back to the United States.

Patton's words were exaggerated. If the battle line is well defended, the use of large-caliber anti-tank guns, heavy anti-tank mines and bombardment by the air force can cause great damage to the heavy tanks of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the output of these new heavy tanks of the Ming Dynasty is actually not very high due to complex workmanship, difficult maintenance and long working hours. Daming's main production now is still the pre-war standard model of the No. 4 tank.

It's just that the tanks of the Americans and the French are really too bad, and the development and production of new tanks is urgent. The Germans were at the forefront in this regard.

After the defeat of the North African Corps, the Germans were determined to change their tank strength, which was asymmetrical with the Ming army. Huge sums of money and manpower have been invested in the urgent research and development of new tanks, and initial results have already been achieved.

And the Russians who followed the Germans. As a relative of the German emperor, the Russian tsar received technical support from the Germans through the German emperor.

It's just that the Russians have a poor foundation, and they can't build weapons and equipment as advanced and sophisticated as the Germans. So the Russians went the other way, they chose to win by numbers.

The industrial strength of the Russians is not weak, with technical support from European countries and financial support from the Americans. The Russians, who have always been on the front line of the fight against the Ming Dynasty, have been receiving overt and covert support from various countries for many years, and have built an industrial system for themselves. In addition, the local area is rich in various mineral resources and has sufficient human resources, so they can produce all kinds of rudimentary weapons and equipment on a large scale. The new tank is one of them.

Subsequently, the United States, Britain, France and other countries have carried out technical exchanges with Germany, and countries began to share science and technology under the huge pressure of the Ming Dynasty. As for the Japanese, who are far away in the western Pacific, sorry, an ally without strength can only be a second-class ally.

The rest of the world is calm, and the two sides are in a stalemate with each other. Whether it is Germany, France, the United States or the Ming Dynasty, they have not really started to exert their strength. At this time, everyone was still working on the reserve of war strength. However, Zhang Cheng was unwilling to wait any longer, and the most important thing was to grasp the initiative in the war.

Zhang Cheng's goal is very clear, and Japan, which is too close to the Ming mainland, is the first target.

Although it is said to be an ally, the United States and Germany and other countries look down on Japan, a lackey who has been a Ming lackey for many years, but turns against the water at a critical moment. In their eyes, the role of the Japanese is to contain the Ming Dynasty and consume the power of the Ming Dynasty. As a result, assistance to Japan has been limited.

It was not until the Ming Dynasty began to carry out large-scale strategic bombing against Japan and showed the powerful power of strategic bombing in front of the world. It is only then that the importance that Americans attach to Japan has gradually increased.

The Americans themselves have developed large strategic bombers, but the progress is much slower than that of the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming Dynasty's strategic bombing had already brought disaster to Japan, the Americans' strategic bomber units were still producing in various factories.

The Americans, who wanted to replicate the Ming Dynasty's strategic bombing of Japan on the Ming Dynasty itself, began to increase their assistance to Japan. The reason is very simple, Japan is too close to the Ming mainland, and the Ming Dynasty is surrounded by heavy industries. There is no better place for a strategic bomber force to strike than Japan.

Under these conditions, the Americans, while sending a large number of troops, including air power and ground forces, into Japan began to seriously prepare for an attack on the Hawaiian Islands. As long as they can take Hawaii and at the same time keep Japan from carrying out strategic bombing of the Ming Dynasty, then the Americans will occupy the absolute initiative in this war.

Zhang Cheng naturally saw this, when the eyes of both sides were focused on the Japanese, that large-scale battle was inevitable.

The outpost of the attack on Japan was the recapture of the Ryukyu Islands, which had been seized by Japan at the beginning of the war. This is the advance base from the Ming mainland into the Pacific Ocean, and it is also the key to attacking the Mariana Islands and completely opening the second island chain.

By the beginning of July, the Ming Dynasty had basically recovered the South China Seas, the Luzon region, and the nearby islands of New Guinea. The Japanese threat to mainland Australia was relieved, and the distance to the Hawaiian Islands was shortened.

A heated debate ensued in the Admiralty, and some officers believed that the Mariana Islands should be attacked first, completely cutting off the Japanese southward route, and at the same time closing in on the Japanese themselves from the south, which would be more conducive to the blockade of the Japanese.

Most of the naval officers insisted on taking the Ryukyu Islands first, and then considering the Mariana Islands. The reason is also very simple, the Ryukyu Islands are too close!

This matter was quarreled within the navy, and it was finally sent to Zhang Cheng for the final decision. (To be continued.) )