149, Thunder 12 (second watch)

At the outbreak of the East Asian War, China and Britain, France, and the United States declared war on each other, but the development of the war made the whole world lose its attention.

In just a few days, the Chinese side was almost overwhelmed in an all-out offensive.

The British, French, and American combined fleet was wiped out by the Chinese Air Force in Da Nang, and a huge fleet of 16 capital ships, plus nearly 150 other ships and auxiliary ships, was destroyed in just over half an hour, and the huge fleet costing more than a billion yuan was wiped out in such a short period of time, while the Chinese side only lost a dozen planes.

In Manila, the tragic U.S. troops who had just arrived, countless supplies were destroyed at the docks, and their losses were not much worse than those of the Combined Fleet, and what was even worse was that the martyrdom caused tens of thousands of U.S. troops who were busy transporting materials to be killed or wounded, and most of them could not even find their bones, and were completely blown into ashes.

In just a few days, more than 100,000 Chinese troops landed in the northern part of Luzon Island, and their troops were directed at Manila, and they had already exchanged fire with Pershing's expeditionary force, which was determined to fight a decisive battle with the Chinese in Manila.

The most tragic was in French Annam, where more than 300,000 French troops and French colonial legions were surrounded by the Chinese in several hundred square kilometers of the Red River Delta, such as inland rivers and coastal defenses. It is reported that the Chinese side quickly dispatched planes to transport naval shipbuilding experts to Da Nang to find out how many warships of the sunken Combined Fleet could be salvaged and repaired.

On the Siamese side, the Sukhothai defense line collapsed and the army was defeated. The Chinese captured a number of cities in succession almost without blood, and the Siamese king and his cronies fled in a hurry.

The only thing worth mentioning is that the Anglo-Indian Assam Army, the troops of Mandalay and the Chinese First and Second Route Armies seem to be able to resist for the time being.

However, as far as the entire situation in East Asia is concerned, China is advancing by leaps and bounds, and the multinational coalition forces have lost ground and retreated one after another. The terrorist role played by the Chinese Air Force in the war shocked the whole world.

However, in the face of the strength of the Chinese, the Western powers still completed the joint vertical and horizontal. More than 20 countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, Luxembourg, and Italy, have declared war on China.

In Jerusalem, Israel is making final preparations for statehood.

Rothschild family high-ranking Carl and Nathan all came here. Albeit at a huge cost. But they finally fulfilled the millennia dream of the Jews and re-established their homeland, Israel.

Walter hurried over and shouted: "Many countries have declared war on China, and this is another world war." ”

Carl and Nathan sighed at each other. "That's to be expected," Nathan said. But the Chinese seem to be doing a good job. ”

Walter smiled wryly, "It's not bad. The top brass of Britain, France, and the United States were almost vomited blood. Now their diplomats have asked us to declare war on the Chinese. ”

Karl Zhengse said: "This is the original agreement between the two sides, but we need to declare war after the official establishment of the state. ”

Walter smiled wryly, "What's the difference?" The founding of the country is just a few days away. ”

Nathan laughed, "Of course there is. The Chinese are about to attack Manila, and I'm really looking forward to it. Let's see how this war goes. It is also possible to assess the combat effectiveness of the Chinese and Americans. ”

Walter hesitated slightly: "The Chinese shouldn't attack so quickly, right?" After all, they arrived at most one group army, and although the Americans suffered considerable losses, their troops concentrated in the Manila area still numbered more than 300,000, and the Chinese were at an absolute disadvantage. ”

Karl shook his head and said, "Judging from the offensive of the Chinese, they are obviously preparing to crush the armies of various countries in Southeast Asia in the shortest possible time, and then take advantage of the situation to fully occupy Southeast Asia, at least most of the region." In my estimation, their goal is to at least ensure that the South China Sea is completely transformed into a safe inland sea, and to achieve this, it is necessary to capture the Philippines. In my estimation, the Western world will definitely reinforce East Asia in the shortest possible time, only a month or two. That is to say, the Chinese need to capture the intended target within a month or two, before the arrival of Western reinforcements, then their attack must be so fast that the great powers have no time to reinforce. So, the Battle of Manila will soon break out. ”

Walter was taken aback and said, "What are you kidding?" Capture such a large area in such a short period of time? It's too late to march, right? ”

Nathan laughed: "Or the Chinese have a way to delay the reinforcements of the West." But only in this way can the Chinese ensure that their homeland is not affected by the war. According to our intelligence, the Chinese Army has expanded to 350 divisions and more than 5 million, and has also ordered the conscription of 3 million. Eight or nine million troops, the scale of this war is only afraid that it is not under the European war. ”

Walter smiled bitterly: "The Chinese are really crazy, what do they use to support this war?" ”

Karl smiled and said: "Funding is not a problem, do you think about why the West wants to colonize the world?" To put it bluntly, that is, to rob the whole world, the Chinese have captured most of Southeast Asia, and the wealth of the place here will naturally be used by the Chinese, which is a very normal thing. As for personnel, there is no need to worry, the Chinese have a population of 500 million, and even if 10 million combat troops are mobilized, it will only be 50 to 1, and it will not affect China's production and development. ”

Nathan smiled wryly, "It's a burden, but sometimes it's irreplaceable. If Britain had a large enough territory and a population of hundreds of millions, it would have unified the world long ago. After a pause, he said, "Tell me about the upcoming Sino-American showdown in Manila, Karl, who do you think will win?" ”

Karl laughed: "There is no doubt about this order, the Chinese will definitely win, then it depends on how many days the Americans can support." ”

"How many days?" Walter's eyes widened, "Do you think the Chinese can defeat the hundreds of thousands of American troops in Manila in a few days?" That's impossible. The United States is also a great power. ”

Nathan sneered: "If those materials were not destroyed by the Chinese, the Americans might have been able to support it for a while, but now the Americans are at a disadvantage almost everything except the number of people, and as far as the little young master soldier in the United States is concerned, I think it would be good to be able to support it for ten days." ”

Karl said: "A week, I think China should be ready to end the fighting within a week, the task of the first wave of attack by the Chinese is very heavy, they must end the fighting as soon as possible." The most important thing is that this war, although the Chinese are clearly already preparing, are not fully ready. ”

Nathan laughed, "MacArthur is really famous this time, he fired a cannonball from his flagship, which detonated this World War II." ”

"Hehe"――

The hall of the Ministry of National Defense in Nanjing was as busy as ever.

Li Bufan, Wu Di, Duan Qirui, Xu Shuzheng, Li Huashan and others have not slept for a few days and nights, and they are all staring at the sand table.

"The development of the war situation in Indochina is within our expectations, but the Philippines may be a little troublesome, Pershing is the best general in the United States, and the more than 300,000 troops commanded by him are not easy to deal with, especially even if we go all out, we can only send more than 100,000 people." Wu Di frowned, in history, General Pershing of the United States was given a high evaluation, but in fact, he had not experienced many battles, and his level was really difficult to evaluate as a traverser.

Duan Qirui was also a little anxious, and sighed: "I have already ordered the mobilization of other merchant ships, who knew that the war would happen so suddenly?" ”

Xu Shuzheng said at this moment: "As far as I know, the combat effectiveness of the US army is low, in the original Spanish-American War, the US Army was defeated repeatedly by Spanish soldiers under the absolute superiority of artillery fire, if it were not for the overwhelming superiority of the US fleet, who might win that war." It's just a rabble, and they haven't fought for so many years, oh they participated in the world war, but what happened to the result? Just catch the last train, the Yankees are already scared half to death, and the whole country is afraid of war. With such a rabble, not to mention our current national defense force, even our troops of the Beiyang Anhui system were sure to defeat it. ”

Li Bufan smiled and said, "Very good." Brother Zheng is very confident. ”

Xu Shuzheng said with a smile: "It's not that I have enough confidence, but I really don't take the Yankees seriously." That's just a bunch of greenhouse flowers, and a sneeze can scare them away. What's more, a lot of their supplies have been destroyed, and their heavy weapons are scarce, and in my opinion, they are almost frightened by the bombardment. As long as we are ruthless, we will definitely be crushed with one blow. ”

Li Bufan smiled and said, "Then give them a ruthless one." ”

Wu Di hurriedly said: "Boss, the ship, the ship in the port of Manila, more than one million tons, that is worth hundreds of millions." With these ships, in addition to some necessary operations in the early stage, the military will not need to requisition merchant ships in the future. After the war, it can also be sold to the transportation company to reduce the financial pressure. ”

Li Huashan smiled and said, "Wu Junshi's suggestion is very good, and it is true. ”

Li Bufan nodded and said: "It's so decided, telegraph to Li Huangshan, launch an attack as soon as possible, and use the fiercest attack to defeat Pershing in the shortest time." ”

Li Bufan and others planned the "No. 2 Operation Plan", this plan is also called the "Thunder Plan", and in order to achieve a thunderous blow, the material consumption is undoubtedly huge, especially heavy weapons. The plan of Li Bufan and others is already ready to directly consume 90% of the heavy weapons and ammunition reserves in the first wave of attacks. The next battles will be fought mainly in the jungle area, and the consumption of heavy weapons will be minimized. Strategic planning needs to be carried out according to national strength in order to achieve the best results.

With Li Bufan's order, rows of artillery were aimed at Manila on the Chinese positions outside Manila, and even hundreds of rocket artillery vehicles set up launchers (to be continued......