Ketelzan, Poland.

Ketelzan, also known as Rastår, is an inconspicuous city on the banks of the Grubel River, but in fact, the underground of this xiǎo city hides the underground base of Nazi leader Hitler: wolf xùe! As the de facto staff of the bearded man, a series of combat orders of the German army were issued from here.

Outside the big iron mén at the entrance of the wolf, Okamura Ninji was standing in a daze.

Okamura Ninji's request to see was again ruthlessly rejected by the wolf xùe guards, he didn't know if Hitler was really absent, or if he didn't want to see him at this time, speaking of which, Okamura Ninji's personal relationship with Hitler was actually good, and it was due to the contact between Okamura Ninji and Okamura Ninji when he came to Germany last time to do military jiāo.

In that military stream, Okamura Ninji's wisdom, ability, and far-sighted strategic vision left a deep impression on Hitler, and Guderian, Manstein, and Rommel also praised Okamura Ninji, and after that, Hitler invited Okamura Ninji to the wolf several times to discuss the strategy against the Soviet Union.

And Okamura Ninji did not hide his secrets, and revealed his experience and discourse in the implementation of the "Huairou" policy in China, and Hitler was finally convinced, he did not pursue a purely military conquest strategy against the Soviet Union as in history, but turned into a seven-point political and three-part military strategy, and finally succeeded in dismantling the Soviet Union.

When Okamura first arrived in Germany two months ago, he was still warmly received by Hitler.

However, when Okamura Ninji mentioned the sovereignty dispute in the Far East several times and expressed his hope that Hitler would help Japan to put pressure on Russia, Hitler remained silent, and when Okamura Ninji decided to show his cards and give up his claim to the Far East on behalf of Japan, Hitler avoided it.

However, the Russian representatives were always prevaricating and arguing, and they were willing to start negotiations only until the Japanese army unconditionally withdrew from the Far East.

Okamura Ningji was anxious but had nothing to do, the days passed day by day in torment, and in a blink of an eye it came to the end of August, and the situation faced by the empire also deteriorated further As early as more than half a month ago, the Chinese army had already captured the island of Taiwan, and now, the Chinese army was planning to attack Shanghai.

As for the strategy of the Chinese army, Okamura Ninji can be described as watching the fire.

Once Shanghai falls, the Chinese army can rely on the transportation capacity of the US Navy and the ports of Singapore, Taipei, and Shanghai to form a safe and convenient logistics support channel at sea, and at that time, the mechanized corps formed from Burma and the military supplies produced by Burma can be continuously imported into the mainland of China from the sea.

And the North China Front, Central China Front, and Southern Army, which are deep in the mainland battlefield, will be divided and surrounded!

Okamura Ninji knew very well that the source of troops in the Great Japanese Empire had already been exhausted, just like water without a source, and once the more than 1.6 million troops in North China, Central China and South China were surrounded and annihilated, it would be a miracle from Amaterasu, and the empire would no longer be able to defeat China.

Okamura Ninji sent several telegrams to the base camp, hoping that Senior Soldier Jijo and Anan Yuji would be more vigilant and transfer troops from the Far Eastern Front or the Kwantung Army to the south as much as possible to strengthen the defense line of Ning (Nanjing) and Shanghai, but Tojo and Anan were noncommittal and only urged Okamura Ninji to reach a settlement with Russia as soon as possible.

Okamura had no choice but to ask to see Hitler again, but was again refused.

But this time, Okamura Ningji was wrong to blame Hitler, Xiǎo Beard did not mean to avoid him this time, but really went to the Balkans to supervise the war Just a week ago, the Allies completed the third increase in troops to the Balkan Peninsula, and the United States, Britain, and France and Canada, Australia, India and other countries and regions invested 280 infantry divisions in the Balkans.

In this way, the strength of the Allied forces in the Balkans has increased to almost 60 million!

In addition, Germany's submarine forces had suffered heavy losses, and the combat power of the air force was shrinking day by day.

So far, although the German Army still maintains an all-round superiority on various battlefields, the navy and air force are already at an all-round disadvantage, and the gap in strength between them and the Allies is becoming more and more wide, and even the military industrial bases such as Berlin and Munich have been bombed by US strategic bombers many times.

Thankfully, the Messerschmitt ME-262 fighter is officially in service!

Messerschmitt ME - the first jet fighter, flew at an astonishing 850 kilometers per hour, which is almost twice the speed of a piston fighter, and Hitler happily said to Air Marshal Green after watching the air show that we finally have a bomber that can be used in a blitzkrieg.

It can be seen that at the beginning, Xiǎo Beard only wanted the ME-262 Xuan to be used as a bomber against the Allied army.

However, as the U.S. government abandoned the Asia-Pacific theater and threw its national strength into the European theater, the combat power of the Luftwaffe was quickly strangled, and Hitler realized that if the ME-262 was no longer used as a fighter to regain air supremacy in Europe, then even Germany itself would no longer be safe.

As a result, Hitler hurried to the Balkans after the Allies completed their third military build-up, both to oversee the war and to witness the ME-262 jet fighter jet fighter.

It wasn't until the next day that Okamura Ninji learned that Hitler had gone to the Balkans, and he hurriedly left for the Balkans.

In addition to inviting Hitler to come forward to facilitate peace talks, Okamura Ninji also wanted to see the first battle performance of the ME-262 jet fighter, because compared with the Luftwaffe, the situation of the Japanese air force in the Asian theater is even worse, if the ME-262 production line can be introduced, it will undoubtedly allow the Japanese air force to fight a beautiful turnaround in a short time.

Whether the Japanese air force will be able to make a beautiful comeback in the end, no one knows this.

However, the Chinese Army is about to complete its self-redemption in the Songhu battlefield, and after nearly two months of preparation, the second Battle of Songhu is about to start!

Zhoushan Island, the front headquarters of the Battle of Songhu.

It was already past 2 o'clock in the morning, but the war room was still bright.

In the corner, Liu Yi was closing his eyes to recuperate, and political commissar Song Renping was lying on the side of the simulated sand table to study the Japanese army's defense situation; in the telecommunications room next door, the ticking of telegrams sent and received and the ringing of telephones rang together, and the combat staff officers and communications staff officers looked solemn and were hurrying back and forth through the edges, and the air was filled with the tense atmosphere before the war.

Political Commissar Song Renping looked at the combat staff officer next to him and put another Xiǎo blue flag on the sand table, and immediately turned back to Liu Yi and said: "Commander, again, the military brigade has arrived in Shanghai today, and so far the Japanese army assembled in the Songhu area has reached 4 divisions and 5 brigades, and 3 divisions have just entered northern Jiangsu and are on the way south for reinforcements. ”

The Chinese army is on a posture to attack Shanghai, and the Japanese base camp will certainly not sit idly by.

Although the situation in North China was also very severe, it still sent 2 field divisions and 2 independent mixed brigades to the south to reinforce the Kwantung Army, and also urgently transferred 3 field divisions and regiments to the south day and night to reinforce the south.

"Subei?" Liu Yi's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened, and he said murderously, "Call General Nimitz and ask the US Navy to release the blockade line and let those three divisions cross the river!" ”

Song Renping frowned and said worriedly: "Commander, wouldn't this be too risky?" ”

After saying this, Song Renping said again: "In case the beach-grabbing landing in the direction of Lion Forest, Chuanshakou, Zhang Huabin and other directions does not go well, and the battle situation falls into a stalemate, and then these three Japanese divisions and regiments that come to help will put pressure from the flank, our army is likely to lose, why not let the US Navy block the three divisions north of the Yangtze River?" ”

"Hmph." Liu Yi snorted and said, "I made a table of dishes in Songhu, but only half a table of guests came, wouldn't it be a fee?" ”

After that, Liu Yi took out a cigarette from the cigarette case on the table, and said while lighting the cigarette: "Compared with in North China, it is easier to eat the three divisions of the Japanese army in Songhu, after all, the Japanese army in the Songhu area is relatively limited, but in North China, there are more than 30 field divisions and regiments, plus more than a dozen mixed brigades. ”

Song Renping couldn't help nodding yes, after all, Siye launched the Battle of Songhu, not only to recover Shanghai, but also to recover Beiping in the next stage and establish the Great Wall defense chain in preparation, if the US Navy blockaded the Yangtze River, these three divisions will inevitably retreat back to North China, which will undoubtedly greatly increase the difficulty of recovering Beiping.

Liu Yi raised his wrist again to look at the time, and said to Song Renping: "Let's start preparing." ”

Zhoushan Port is open to fire. Hundreds of Xiǎo-type transport boats and fishing boats are busily passing back and forth to send the officers and men of the country assembled on the beach to large transport ships or destroyers anchored in the open sea, and the few medium-sized transport boats that can carry armored vehicles are also sending the armored vehicles assembled on the dock to the dock-class transport ships moored in the open sea one by one.

On the dock, a young man with short hair and a student uniform fell into the arms of a second lieutenant officer without emotion, crying silently, the second lieutenant lowered his head and whispered softly in the young man's ear.

The second lieutenant watched with some melancholy as the delicate figure of the young man disappeared into the night sky, and then tightened the armed belt on his body, turned around and stepped on the transport boat, until the transport boat left the dock, the second lieutenant never looked back, but he didn't know that the young man had returned to the dock, waving his hands desperately in the direction where the second lieutenant left.

Farther away, a major officer kowtowed three times to the white-haired old woman, and after getting up, he snapped and saluted the standard military salute, then turned around and resolutely merged into the flow of people, looking at the steel torrent formed by hundreds of steel helmets in front of him, the old woman was silent, but her face full of cangsang had already shed muddy tears.

Taipei, Songshan Airport.

B-17 bombers and P-51 Mustang fighters were quietly moored to the docks, and the ground crews at the airport were busy inspecting the planes, refueling and reloading bombs.

The flight base not far away is also brightly lit.

The pilots who had a flight mission had already completed their assembly, and the pilots who did not have a flight mission gathered around the cào field in twos and threes, and were saying goodbye to their comrades by raising their middle fingers, whistling or insulting.

"Ergou, you rabbit cub, you still owe Lao Tzu 10 yuan, remember to pay back the money when you come back.

"Monkey San, don't let the bullet shell burn your xiǎo bird, or your daughter-in-law will cry, hahaha."

"Niu Yùgang, you are a deflated calf, and you still want to be the ace pilot of China? Come on, you have to be able to kill the plane of the xiǎo devil, and my sister will send you for nothing! ”

"Li Xu, Ge Laozi, don't forget the agreement between us, you hammer, dare to walk in front of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu must break your leg when you get there!"

In Luàn's coaxing farewell, more than 100 pilots rushed out.

Almost at the same time, hundreds of ground crews at the airport had already made all the preparations, and immediately the pilots began to board the plane one by one, and immediately one after another, the B-port Aerial Fortress bombers and the N-lead Mustang fighters took off one by one, and after completing the formation in the air, they immediately roared away in the northwest direction.

Shanghai, the headquarters of the army.

After the main force of the Japanese army in Central China withdrew to the north and was partially annihilated, the formation of the Central China Front Army was abolished, and the remaining troops were all shrunk to the vicinity of Nanjing and Shanghai and unified into the Ninghu Dispatch Army, and a small number of reserve troops were urgently transferred from Taiwan and Korea, and the original garrison was organized into 3 divisions and 6 brigades, with a total strength of about 80,000 people, with Tengtian Zhi as the commander.

After the loss of Taiwan, although the strategic intentions of the Chinese side were not completely exposed, the Japanese base camp was also vigilant, and two divisions and two brigades were urgently transferred from North China to the south for reinforcements.

In this way, the strength of the Ninghu Dispatch Army was expanded to 5 divisions and 8 brigades, about 150,000 people, of which 4 divisions and 5 brigades were deployed in the Songhu area to strictly prevent the Chinese army from rushing to land on the beach around Shanghai, while only 3 divisions and 3 brigades were deployed in Nanjing and its surrounding areas.

Like Liu Yi, Teng Tianzhi, the commander of the Ninghu Dispatch Army, also stayed awake all night.

Intelligence shows that about 100,000 people of one of the most sharp group armies of the Chinese country have gathered in the Zhoushan Islands, and a strategic air force of considerable scale has also been prepared at the Taipei airport.

In the first Battle of Songhu, the 70-bladed Wanguo Army faced the attack of 300,000 Japanese troops, held out for 3 months, and was finally defeated!

In the second Battle of Songhu, 150,000 Japanese troops faced the attack of 100,000 national troops, but the heart of the Japanese commander Lieutenant General Tengtian Zhi was like fifteen buckets of water