In the past few months, although there has been no major war in the 36th Group Army, Zhang Yunfei has been paying close attention to the world situation.

During this period of time, although the land of China was basically calm, the biggest battle that took place was the battle of the 100 regiments between the Eighth Route Army and the Little Devil North China Front.

But on the world battlefield, it was indeed surging, which surprised Zhang Yunfei.

Now Germany is incomparably powerful, invincible in the European theater of war, and now it has basically occupied the whole of Europe, the traditional power France has perished, and the French political axe has been exiled to Britain.

Now Britain is also in danger, and the British Imperial Fleet, known as the largest fleet in Europe, was actually defeated by the German army and lost a large number of warships.

Several air battles between Britain and Germany were also utterly defeated, and now Germany has completely controlled air supremacy, and German fighters entering and leaving British airspace are simply like entering a no-man's land.

Under the indiscriminate bombing of German planes, many of Britain's industrial bases were destroyed and many military factories were also lost.

According to the current situation, Zhang Yunfei analyzed that it would be a matter of time before the German army landed on the British mainland.

In addition, Italy also performed well in the European and African theaters, occupying a lot of territory, and in Africa alone, Italy occupied several small countries along the Mediterranean coast.

However, the most eye-catching is Germany, which has swept the whole of Europe with its strong industrial base, and now has received a large number of factories and equipment from European countries, and its strength is unprecedentedly strong.

At the end of April this year, the German army attacked the Soviet Union on a large scale, and in the face of the powerful armored group of the German army, the Soviet Union retreated on all fronts, according to this situation, it is still unknown whether the Soviet Union can withstand the powerful offensive of the German army.

Zhang Yunfei remembered that in history, it only attacked the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, but now it seems that it was more than a year ahead of history. Zhang Yunfei was also a little worried that at present, Germany, Ben, and Italy had established the Axis powers, but the allied powers established by China, the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France had not yet been established, because the United States was still a neutral country at this time and had not yet declared war with Ben.

On February 21, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Beneficia signed the Treaty of the Triple Alliance, forming an aggressive military alliance. This is the Axis powers, which are dominated by fascist forces.

As for the signing of the "Declaration of the United Nations" and the establishment of the anti-fascist alliance by China, the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France, there is still no shadow of the matter.

In the European battlefield, Germany and Italy occupy an overwhelming advantage, and in the Asian battlefield, Xiao Yueben is also advancing all the way in the Southeast Asian battlefield.

By the end of May 1940, the little devils had deployed two million soldiers in Southeast Asia, and had occupied several countries in Southeast Asia.

The occupation of such a large place made the country ecstatic, and the little devils carried out conscription again and again in the country, and constantly invested in the battlefield in Southeast Asia.

As for the war in China, the little devils have slowed down again and again, and most of the main forces of the little devils have been invested in Southeast Asia, and in the Chinese battlefield, they can only maintain strategic stalemate.

Zhang Yunfei has been paying attention to the world situation, and has been paying attention to the movements of the little devils, and seeing the crazy investment of the little devils in Southeast Asia, Zhang Yunfei is also happy.

The little devil is just a small country, and the number of troops invested in China is nearly two million, and now so many troops are frantically invested in Southeast Asia, and the young people in the country of the little devil will basically be thrown into the battlefield.

No matter how crazy the troops are invested, I am afraid that it will not be long before the little devils will even recruit skilled young workers in their major factories into the army, and then the little devils' factories will be short of labor, and they can only be replaced by women and children.

After several months of development, Zhang Yunfei's base area has achieved good results, and the army has reached 400,000 people, and the current 36 th Group Army can be described as strong and strong.

In terms of the Eighth Route Army, it has now exceeded 300,000 people, and the weapons and ammunition have fundamentally changed compared with before, and the combat effectiveness has also been greatly improved.

The total number of the 36th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army has far exceeded that of the North China Front Army of the little devils, and they are fully capable of launching a strategic counteroffensive against the little devils, but Zhang Yunfei has to wait a little longer.

Yes, Zhang Yunfei is ready to wait a little longer, and he is not in a hurry to make a move on the little devil.

Because, the United States is still sitting there watching the tiger fight, and the United States is still a neutral country, Zhang Yunfei does not want to fight to the death with the little devils, and the United States will sit on the sidelines to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Zhang Yunfei is waiting, and the little devil will drag the United States into the quagmire of war.

As long as the little devil does not go to war with the United States, Zhang Yunfei will not be in a hurry to attack the little devil in a big way.

Zhang Yunfei knows too well about the United States, and in later generations, the United States will be as powerful as this, suppressing China everywhere, and practicing hegemonism in the world.

We must let the little devil drag the United States into this war, according to Zhang Yunfei's understanding, the little devil will definitely make a move to the United States, provided that he doesn't mess with the little devil and let the little devil feel that he is safe for the time being.

In this case, the little devils will put a large number of troops collected into Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean, and the little devils will definitely go to war with the United States, and it is best to do the same in the future, the little devils can sneak attack the Pearl Harbor of the United States.

As long as the United States goes to war with the little devils, the United States will drag most of the little devils' troops, and the United States itself will be dragged into this war, and then the opportunity for its own large-scale counteroffensive will come.

Zhang Yunfei has been waiting.

When the time came to June 5, 1940, Zhang Yunfei came to the headquarters early as usual. The comrades in the command headquarters were still busy as usual.

As soon as Zhang Yunfei entered his office, he turned on his radio as usual, listened to the news, and then took a look at some of the documents he had to deal with.

A little after ten o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yunfei had already processed all the documents on his desk, Zhang Yunfei took a little rest, and drank a cup of strong tea by the way.

The radio in Zhang Yunfei's office is still broadcasting all kinds of news, but basically it is some small news, and few items are of interest to Zhang Yunfei.

Zhang Yunfei, who felt bored in every way, moved in his heart, adjusted the frequency of the radio, and tuned it to NBC Radio, an American radio station he had heard before.

An English broadcast came over the radio, and a female Boeing was broadcasting the news in fluent American English, and Zhang Yunfei was proficient in English and sounded without any difficulty.

Zhang Yunfei listened to it for a while, and there was no important news, and he was about to turn off the radio when suddenly, the voice of the female boeing officer was interrupted and replaced by the voice of a male announcer.

Seeing such an abnormal scene, Zhang Yunfei thought in his heart, could there be something major happening.

Sure enough, the temporary male announcer, without too much nonsense, immediately began to broadcast the news in a painful tone: "Listeners, good morning, I would like to broadcast an important news to you, early this morning, the aircraft carriers, carrier-based aircraft and a large number of submarines of the Chinese Navy suddenly attacked the base of the Pacific Fleet of our Navy at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and the airfields of the US Army and Navy on Oahu,......

As soon as he heard the news, Zhang Yunfei was overjoyed, and thought to himself, the little devil finally made a move to the United States, and the little devil finally couldn't hold back and attacked Pearl Harbor in the United States.

After listening to the news, Zhang Yunfei laughed out loud in his office.

This little devil's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor is a bit similar to the one in history, but there is a little difference, not only is the time greatly advanced, but the loss of Lao Mei seems to be even heavier than the one in history, and more importantly, the scale of the little devil's dispatch is also larger than that in history.

In this sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the little devil dispatched almost all of his aircraft carriers, including the "Akagi," "Kaga," "Soryu," "Flying Dragon," "Xianghe," "Zuizuru," and "Fengxiang," a total of seven aircraft carriers.

In addition, three battleships, five cruisers, twelve destroyers, as well as a large number of aircraft and submarines were dispatched.

This huge fleet, led by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, set sail from the Kuril Islands to the east, and after passing through the northern route, which was windy in winter and there were few ships, it adopted radio silence and other covert means to approach Pearl Harbor, the main base of the US Pacific Fleet.

They arrived at the designated attack position early this morning, and as soon as the sky was light, a huge group of planes of the little devils took off from the aircraft carrier and carried out wanton and indiscriminate bombing of Pearl Harbor of the United States.

The U.S. Pacific Fleet did not anticipate a sneak attack on itself by the little devils, and all the U.S. warships at Pearl Harbor were devastated, and the U.S. airfield on Oahu was also dealt a fatal blow.

All the US planes at the Oahu airfield were blown up by the little devils before they could take off, and many pilots were killed in the violent explosions.

All of Pearl Harbor's ships, including 3 aircraft carriers (USS Enterprise, USS Lexington, USS Saratoga), 9 battleships (USS Pennsylvania, USS California, USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia, USS Arizona, USS Nevada, USS Colorado), 20 cruisers, 69 destroyers, and 27 submarines were all destroyed.

Pearl Harbor ships were berthed, including 8 battleships (USS Pennsylvania, USS California, USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma, USS Tennessee, USS West Virginia, USS Arizona, USS Nevada), 3 light cruisers, 3 seaplane supply ships, and 29 destroyers, most of which were blown up.

Only the ships docked at Pearl Harbor, 4 light cruisers, and 3 destroyers, survived the disaster and escaped.

(To be continued)