Throughout March, the busy Suez Canal barely stops. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Countless ships come and go here, using the Suez Canal's transport capacity to the extreme. Tens of millions of tons of grain were urgently delivered to Russia, thus successfully alleviating the looming food crisis.

After all, people need to eat food every day. In the beginning, the Ming army was forced to use the army's ration supply to maintain stability in the occupied areas. It was not until large-scale grain was transported that this situation was effectively alleviated.

Zhang Cheng has been more than just delivering food to the front line in the past month. Along with the grain, large quantities of mechanized agricultural equipment and large quantities of fertilizers and seeds were transported. Zhang Cheng knew very well in his heart that it was impossible to rely on rescue alone for a long time. And so many Russians can't make them wait for food every day and have nothing to do. If they are idle, they are likely to become stabilizers, potential guerrillas and members of the resistance.

Giving them the tools to work in the fields will not only solve the food problem, but also nip potential resistance in the bud. For these peasants, who have been cultivating the fields for generations, it is better to work in the newly distributed fields than to risk losing their heads to become guerrillas. Generations have passed, and they finally have their own land.

Although these Russian serfs, who had no culture, called the Tsar father, the Tsar never gave him land. And the Ming Dynasty, who was advertised as doing no evil and the reincarnation of evil ghosts, gave them the land they had longed for for generations. When these people were given the fiefdoms, the Tsar's father completely disappeared from their hearts.

Many Russians, who were originally only serfs, received fields distributed by the Ming Dynasty, as well as various mechanical tools, fertilizers, seeds, and other materials. They happily returned to their fields to plough their fields. For these Russians, who originally had nothing, it was more important than anything to have their own land. Neither the change of state nor the orders of the tsar's father can compare to the land.

Daming is not short of land, which can be seen from the fact that one acre of high-quality land in the south of the Yangtze River, the land of fish and rice for thousands of years, is only thirty silver dollars. Daming, which has fully entered the industrial age, pays more attention to industrial production and financial derivatives. Instead of working in the fields for thousands of years. Doing business is the most pursued way for the Ming people to make a fortune in this era.

The Ming Dynasty, which had a large number of colonies, was very generous with land, and in many places the land was distributed to the local natives to cultivate. Because there were very few people in the Ming Dynasty who went to these places to be farmers, but if the land was barren there, it was impossible to collect taxes and obtain a large amount of materials. Giving it to the natives to cultivate became a long-term strategy. It can not only collect taxes but also stabilize the local situation, and can also obtain a huge amount of various materials. Why not do this kind of thing.

Russia was pacified in a very short time. All the land, estates, etc., were nationalized by Zhang Cheng, and then leased to those low-level Russians to farm. Without the support of the common people who were the main force, the remnants of the Russian aristocracy could not make any waves in the occupied territories under any circumstances.

Even many times, when the nobles who have lost everything grit their teeth and are ready to destroy it, they will soon be sold by their own people. The Ming Dynasty who gave the practical benefits and the nobles who have been riding on their heads for generations. It is already self-evident which one the lower classes of the Russian people will choose.

After settling the occupation zone once and for all, Zhang Cheng was finally free to direct his troops to continue their march towards the heart of Europe.

At the beginning of April, the Ming army defeated the main force deployed by the Allied forces in Romania near Bucharest, the capital of Romania, and completely disarmed the Allied forces to defend the Priešti oil field. A week later, the Ming army successfully captured this important oil field, which had been destroyed by the Allied forces during their retreat, and every oil well was emitting flames and black smoke.

The wealthy Ming army did not lack oil fields, and they seized them in order to deal a deep blow to their enemies.

After the loss of the oil fields, life for the allies became even more difficult. Germany's own oil production and coal-to-oil technology alone will not meet everyone's needs. Moreover, factories and oil mines in various countries are the key targets of the Ming Army Aviation, and many coal-chemical oil factories have been reduced to ruins under the bombardment of the Ming army.

As another important source of oil for the allies, the amount of oil shipped from the Americas was drastically reduced due to the killing spree of the Ming navy on the Atlantic route. The allies who have been cornered can only do everything they can to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Almost all civilian fuel rations in the Allies have been cancelled. All the oil is used in the army and industrial production, which naturally causes great discontent and panic.

After the collapse of Russia, the situation of the Allies became more and more difficult. However, countries have not given up their resistance, and for all countries to give up resistance at this time, it means the crisis of national destruction.

The countries had secretly sent emissaries to the Ming Dynasty before Russia's defeat in an attempt to end the war with dignity. But Zhang Cheng's answer is very simple, surrender is okay, but it must be unconditional surrender. Moreover, the country will inevitably be dismembered, and only a very small part of the country will be retained.

No country will accept such an outcome. Both unconditional surrender and the dismemberment of the state are unacceptable things for the top leaders of the countries. After the Ming Dynasty closed the door to peace talks, the allies could only hold on to the end.

Soon after the occupation of Romania, the southern front of the Ming army joined forces with the Ming army that had been killed from the direction of Ukraine, and this large army was once again reorganized into the Southern Army Group of the Ming Army. After the Battle of Smolinsk, the troops of the Ming Army Group Center, which had advanced all the way into Poland, successfully joined forces with the troops of Army Group South in the Lublin region in mid-April.

The Ming army on the Northern Front had a short respite after the capture of St. Petersburg. Then they began to attack in two directions. The main forces of Army Group North set out from the vicinity of St. Petersburg and swept along the Baltic coastline in the Baltic region, where there was no longer much resistance. And in mid-April, it successfully entered East Prussia.

Another force crossed the Karelian Isthmus from the St. Petersburg region north into Finland. Their task was to seize the entire Scandinavian region and thus cut off the Allied front from the north.

The size of the Ming army attacking Finland was not too large, with the 29th Infantry Army as the main attack force, the 17th Panzer Army drawn from the 6th Panzer Army, and many support units transported from the rear to form a new Nordic Army Group. This force, which had about 400,000 troops, 1,200 tanks, and 900 heavy artillery pieces, broke through the Karelian Isthmus with great success under the cover of more than 1,000 warplanes.

The fortifications built by the Russians on the Karelian Isthmus were furnished because they were not garrisoned by any troops. The Ming army effortlessly crossed this moat and entered the territory of Finland.

Finland is not in fact an inherent territory of Russia. Although it belonged to Russia, Finland only recognized their king as Tsar. When the Tsar fled to London, the Finns believed that the Tsar had renounced his rights and duties as King of Finland.

Therefore, when the Tsar formed a government-in-exile in London, the Finns issued a formal independence policy. Immediate power-on. The Finns are in the process of declaring independence. After that, he sent an official diplomatic letter to Daming, saying that he had withdrawn from the battlefield war. But Zhang Cheng was not at all shy about the diplomatic letter. A small Nordic country with a population of only a few million will be able to withdraw if it says it will withdraw from the war? What did you think of Daming?

Zhang Cheng felt that Finland might be a little difficult, but they would definitely not be able to resist the powerful Ming army. At this time, under the golden opportunity of this world war, Zhang Cheng said that he could also let any prey go. If the Finns want to get out, they have to think about it.

The Ming did not respond to the diplomatic letter from the Finns. They didn't even think it was a big deal. After all, the international community has never recognized Finland as a country, and it is naturally impossible for the morale of the Ming Dynasty to lower its arrogant head and look at the small Finns who are as small as ants.

After several diplomatic letters were sent without a response, the Finns quickly understood what Ming was thinking. Although the power between the two sides is completely disproportionate, it is actually a confrontation between ants and elephants. In such a situation that is enough to make anyone despair. The Finns, however, were determined to defend their country with their blood.

The Finnish army, under the command of Marshal Mannerheim, carried out a national mobilization, pulled out a formidable army in a very short time. Finland, with a total population of less than 5 million people, has cobbled together nearly 150,000 regular troops in a very short period of time, and they also have a reserve force of nearly 400,000 people, including many female soldiers.

In terms of Finland's population base, they are almost all soldiers. This conscription rate of more than 1 in 10 is absolutely appalling in this day and age. Soldiers are a non-productive population, and everything they consume needs to be supported by others. Generally speaking, if you want to support a soldier in wartime, you need at least a dozen ordinary laborers.

You know, while one in ten may not seem like much, at least half of a country's population is made up of women. Of the other half of the men, the proportion of men over 18 and under 40 is not significant.

Moreover, many of these people include the sick, prisoners, workers, government workers, skilled personnel necessary for all walks of life, physical disabilities that are unfit for military service, and so on. (To be continued.) )