As the Ming army gradually gained the upper hand on various battlefields and began to turn to the counteroffensive, the Allied countries, which clearly felt the great pressure, began to increase their resistance. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The intensity of the battles on the battlefields has increased dramatically compared to the beginning of the war. At the same time, because Zhang Cheng has always insisted on the supremacy of force, he only accepts the final battle standard of unconditional surrender. After all the failures of secret diplomacy, in order to strengthen their own power, they gradually let go of the fear of the Ming Dynasty that had lasted for hundreds of years. After all, defeat is the destruction of the country, and who can take care of anything else now?

The Ming Dynasty has colonized the world for hundreds of years, and the colonists of the Ming Dynasty have long taken root all over the world. A large number of Ming people live in various European countries, many of whom have been colonizers for many generations.

When the war began, these high-ranking foreign adults in the past suddenly became prisoners, and were arrested by the armies of various countries that rushed into the concession. However, because of the Ming Dynasty's years of accumulation, the countries basically did not dare to do anything, but just took these colonists as hostages and confiscated their property.

However, as the war progressed, the attitudes of the allies who had begun to gradually tighten the ropes around their necks by the Ming Dynasty quickly changed. This was especially true after Zhang Cheng explicitly rejected secret diplomacy and would not accept any negotiations other than unconditional surrender. The attitude of the allies towards the Ming colonists also deteriorated rapidly.

Originally, they were only concentrated in certain areas, and the Ming hostages who were still treated well began to be treated as enemy personnel. The food ration that had made the locals jealous was immediately the bare minimum to survive. All possessions, including the better clothes they were wearing, were also confiscated. After all, the colonists of the Ming Dynasty were wealthy in all countries.

When the Ming began to carry out strategic bombing of Europe, a large number of Ming people, roughly numbered, millions of people were sent to various strategic points as hostages to resist the attack of the Ming army.

Although Zhang Cheng had already proposed the evacuation of expatriates from various countries before the war, most people did not think that the war would break out on a large scale. Even many people believe that even if a war breaks out on a large scale, it is impossible for various countries to be unfavorable to the people of Daming Bridge. After all, if you really do this, you will inevitably bear the wrath of the Ming Dynasty.

In the end, although many Ming expatriates chose to leave, there were still a large number of expatriates who stayed in various countries and eventually became hostages.

When countries are determined to tear their faces apart completely, the fate of these expatriates will not be good. Violence, looting and even treacherous killings became commonplace. Moreover, during the bombing by the Ming army, many expatriates were also killed. In the face of this kind of thing, it is naturally impossible for Da Ming and Zhang Cheng to be indifferent.

Zhang Cheng initially used diplomatic channels to sternly warn countries that they would have to pay an unbearable price for doing so. But the effect of this method is not obvious, and what countries want is to be able to use it to exit the war with dignity. But Zhang Cheng wants to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to establish Daming's absolute dominance on this planet, how could he agree to such a thing? Those who died in previous wars cannot be sacrificed in vain.

After diplomacy failed, Zhang Cheng immediately cut off the idea of settling the matter through his mouth. When the mouth is useless, then the only way to solve the problem is to use the fist.

Zhang Cheng issued an order in the name of the Supreme Command that all Allied troops and civilians who had participated in the atrocities against the Ming diaspora would no longer be subjected to any prisoners of war or humanitarian treatment. All those involved, regardless of their nationality, ethnicity or status, were put on the death list. These people will be hunted down for eternity until they die. Of course, those who give orders, whether they are high-ranking officials or royalty, are treated the same.

Then, at the end of 1941, when large-scale anti-Ming violence broke out in the Allies, resulting in the death and injury of a large number of Ming expatriates who were under centralized care. Zhang Cheng once again issued an order that the allies would take the most severe reprisals.

Zhang Cheng demanded that the front-line troops should return an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. All Allied personnel in the occupied territories, whether military or civilian, were retaliated by random punishment.

Because of various reasons such as different battlefields or different cultures, in some areas, this ratio can even reach 1 out of 10. Moreover, the actions of the army in wartime were ignored and covered up, and the large number of casualties among civilians and prisoners of war could not be counted at all. Many things are covered up.

As for the practice of European countries taking the Ming expatriates hostage in various strategic locations, it did not affect the operations of the Ming army. Although there were many casualties, the Ming army's retaliation was equally tough and tragic.

Since the Ming army regained ******, the bombing of Europe by the army's strategic bomber forces has continued to the present. It is only because of the distance that the intensity and intensity of the bombing are far from comparable to those during the war against Japan.

When the Ming army fell into fierce fighting on the second day of the Salerno landing, the Ming strategic bomber force stopped the protracted bombardment of strategic targets such as railway junctions, ammunition storage yards, and oil depots throughout Italy, and switched to direct tactical support for peripheral positions such as the Salerno beachhead and the Zionz Pass.

Zhang Cheng was also very concerned about the return of the Ming army to the European continent. In the case of the refusal of the local powerful factions led by He Ziqiu to cooperate, there was no decent progress on the main battlefield of Russia. Zhang Cheng directly changed the strategic direction and chose to use troops loyal to him to open up a second battlefield in the direction of Western Europe.

In addition to political considerations, another important reason for this choice is the logistical supply problem.

The whole of Siberia and Central Asia is flat and vast, but the population is small. Although it has a lot of resources, Daming actually does not lack resources at all, and what their capital forces need is a huge consumer market. Only a small number of markets in the vast and sparsely populated regions of Central Asia and Siberia meet the requirements.

When the family consortium controlled the Ming Dynasty before, they didn't care much about these desolate and uninhabited places. Therefore, the development efforts on this side are naturally not strong.

Only a few main railway lines existed in the huge area, which at that time may have been sufficient to meet the military requirements of light infantry as the absolute main force and the need for long preparations for war. But in modern times, this transportation capacity has begun to become seriously insufficient. Especially in the vital Ural Mountains, there is only one Trans-Siberian Railway as a major artery.

It was not until the former first assistant Zhang Yue came to power that Zhang Yue, who had a keen sense, clearly realized that it was necessary to deploy heavy troops at the border with Russia, and to provide more powerful supplies in line with the development of the times. Therefore, Zhang Yue offered favorable conditions to recruit businessmen to invest in the railway, and even subsidized part of the army's military expenditure to build the railway.

It has to be said that Zhang Yue's measures still achieved some results, but it was impossible for the Ming court to spend too much money on the long and costly Trans-Siberian Railway. Those businessmen are more willing to invest money in places with convenient transportation, and even in the stock market and property market, it is far better than building a 10,000-mile railway that will take an unknown number of years to build.

Until the outbreak of war, transporting supplies from the industrially concentrated eastern regions to the distant Ural Mountains was still a difficult task. This also directly led to the fact that the size of the Russian army on the battlefield was limited to the level at this moment.

Because in modern warfare, such as the Ming Army, which is highly mechanized and motorized, the larger the army with a large number of heavy equipment and massive material supply needs, the requirements for logistics supply capabilities will increase geometrically.

After taking into account all aspects of the situation, whether it is political, diplomatic, logistical, local transportation conditions, the use and distribution of troops, and so on. Zhang Cheng finally decided to open a second battlefield in Western Europe.

At least the traffic conditions in Western Europe are far better than those in the main battlefield of Russia, where the roads are in dire condition. Moreover, the area of the countries of Western Europe is actually not very large, which is very advantageous for the operation of the troops.

Of course, in terms of logistics and supply, there are maritime advantages such as the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, the Suez Canal, and the Strait of Gibraltar. Daming can quickly send a large number of materials and personnel to the place they want to go by sea.

This is far beyond the transport capacity that the Trans-Siberian Railway is capable of providing. After all, a fleet of dozens of large transport ships can send hundreds of thousands of tons of various supplies to the front line by sea at one time. That's enough for a big battle.

The opening of a second battlefield this time is not without risk. Zhang Cheng used troops loyal to the country, and there were many people in the country who opposed it, believing that priority should be given to strengthening the forces of the Russian battlefield and so on. This kind of internal competition does not need to be described in detail, in short, Zhang Cheng took a lot of effort to single-handedly promote the strategic direction of the Ming Dynasty.

When Zhang Cheng learned of the tight situation on the Salerno front, he immediately issued an order directly in his own name to use all the forces that could be used, including the troops that were carrying out strategic bombing, to provide cover for the landing operation.

Theoretically, the use of strategic bombers for tactical support is not worth the cost. But now that the front line is in dire need of support, many things can't be taken care of so much for the time being.

Compared to the army, which has many internal factions and complex interests with each other. The Ming Navy and Army Aviation are still relatively pure on Zhang Cheng's side. Compared with the huge navy, the Ming Army Aviation Force, which was almost single-handedly pushed to the peak by Zhang Cheng, can be said to be Zhang Cheng's absolute henchmen.

Zhang Cheng's order is absolutely good in the army aviation. On the afternoon of the 8th, hundreds of strategic bombers still had tons and tons of bombs on the heads of the German troops. (To be continued.) )