The Chinese Flying Tigers fought for a week, shooting down 65 German planes, 21 of which were fighters and the rest bombers, and also participated in two night counterattacks, attacking Luftwaffe bases in France, destroying a large number of combat aircraft, and successfully bombing an oil depot.

The other four anti-submarine aircraft carriers were also successfully integrated into the British fleet, the latest one was sent to the Strait of Gibraltar to guard this sea fortress, and the other three were sent to the Atlantic route to protect the safety of merchant ships, these four aircraft carriers and escort ships are equipped with sonar and other anti-submarine equipment, and the detection capability is even above the British warships, and after entering the Atlantic, four German submarines have been sunk.

In this way, Britain was overjoyed, and they hurriedly issued a new order to China, and the same is true for the United States, the US Navy has realized the value of this kind of escort aircraft carrier, and the Americans have also started their powerful shipbuilding capabilities and began to prepare for the construction of new escort anti-submarine ships.

Both China and the United States are producing arms for Britain, and the military industries of the two countries are also developing rapidly, and the armaments of the two countries are constantly expanding, which makes Japan the most uncomfortable between China and the United States, and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and members of the cabinet discuss the situation together almost every day.

The famous staff officer Ishihara Waner wrote to Tojo several times, and his proposition was very simple, and it boiled down to one sentence: die in battle, die without fighting!

Ishihara carefully compared the strength of China, the United States, and Japan, and came to the conclusion that the industrial capacity of the United States is five times that of Japan, and that of China is twice that of Japan, and that the war potential of the two countries is unparalleled by Japan.

If the current situation continues to develop, China's military strength will expand more and more rapidly, and within two years it will be able to have an advantage that will make Japan desperate, and if Japan does not go to war as soon as possible, it will inevitably end up being completely eliminated by the two countries. can only look up to the two strong; And once the war starts. It will undoubtedly accelerate the ability of China and the United States to mobilize. This is another situation of war and death, and death without a fight!

In fact, Ishihara's opinion is very close to the truth, but this guy did not logically ask Japan to give up aggression and withdraw from the war. Rather, he advocated that since the worst consequences of war and non-war are the same, it is better to fight to the death, fight a decisive battle quickly, and seize hegemony in the Pacific as much as possible.

Ishihara's suggestion is not crazy in Japan. On the contrary, it has been widely recognized, and Emperor Hirohito frequently confided in people: The current empire is like the Shu State among the Three Kingdoms, and it is difficult to win the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, but it can't sit still, so it can only go out of Qishan and fight hard!

There is no doubt that Japan has reached the edge of the precipice, and if it takes one more step, it will be doomed, but the whole country has no awareness of this, and on the contrary, it will toss and turn wildly.

"Gamblers are not stupid. They all know that they lose out of ten, but once they get to the table. They have no way to control their desire to bet, Japan is like this, obviously there is no chance, but they have to throw the last bit of capital into it, I am afraid that they can only lose their money! ”

"The president is right, there is intelligence that Japan has sent a special envoy to Moscow, hoping to sign a peace agreement with the Soviet Union first; In addition, they are actively communicating with the United States, hoping to reach an understanding, and looking at Japan's actions, it seems that they are about to start a war! Jiang Baili said with a smile.

"Brother Baili, Japan appeased the Soviet Union and appeased the United States, maybe the next target is China, we can be ready!"

"Preparation is inevitable, but according to the temperament of the Japanese population, the first unlucky one is probably not China, although China itself has been coveted by Japan for hundreds of years, but it is not easy for them to capture and control, Japan wants to feed the war with war, and the most important thing to capture in the early stage is Malaya, the Philippines, and even Australia, India. These are the spheres of influence of the West, and the biggest obstacle is the Pacific Fleet of the United States. ”

Qiao Yu actually hopes that this can be the case, if it is the same as history, Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and dragged the United States into the water, so that China can be the last to enter the war, this kind of world war, the later it participates, the more advantageous, and China can avoid the limelight of the early days of the Japanese army.

Of course, China can't take it lightly, in addition, Qiao Yu himself has plans, even if Japan does not start a war, China will take the lead in disarming Japan at the right time, if you don't fight me, I will also fight you, just like between the Soviet Union and Germany, there is no possibility of reconciliation at all.

"How's the Abyssinian side doing?" Qiao Yu suddenly mentioned the problem of Africa, and his thinking jumped a lot, but as his old partner, Jiang Baili immediately understood what Qiao Yu meant.

A few years ago, when Italy was about to invade Abyssinia, China sent a large number of advisers and instructors to Africa to assist the Abyssinians in their fight against Italy.

After several years of training in guerrilla warfare, the Afghan army has made great progress, and not only in Abyssinia, but also in the surrounding Somalia and other places, there are a large number of Afghan soldiers, who are engaged in fierce battles with the Italian army.

The core and essence of guerrilla warfare is not to destroy the opponent's troops, but to harass and fatigue, so that the occupying forces cannot control the place, cannot obtain benefits, and there is no way to feed the war with war. If we can't feed the war with war, we can only keep transporting supplies from the country, which will inevitably cause huge financial pressure, and in the long run, no country can stand it.

The invasion of other countries is to reap the benefits, not to keep putting money in it, Italy is in this embarrassing role at this time, the war that lasted for more than five years has completely emptied Italy's treasury, and they have not made anything except a false name.

And even more terrible Italy was tied to the German chariot, first participated in the war against France, was made disgraced by the French, and then participated in the war in the Balkans, and was crushed by those unknown small countries, Italy, the country's navy, land and air force, and the country's industrial capacity are not bad, even better than Japan, but on the battlefield it is everywhere and useless.

It seems that anyone can be bullied, so that Hitler is also very helpless, how did he find such a pig teammate, in World War I, Italy betrayed the Allies, turned the gun and went to war with Germany, and now Italy is still loyal, but this ability is inevitably too bad, it seems that Italy was born to pit Germany.

Although Germany is helpless, it also knows the importance of Italy, the current North African battlefield and the Mediterranean are inseparable from Italy, no matter how difficult it is, Germany can not give up Italy, in fact, Italy at this time is already very dangerous.

With heavy casualties, depleted wealth, war weariness among the military and civilians, and a growing opposition, Mussolini already felt that his position was shaky.

"President, since the Kra Canal was opened, our trade routes to Africa to transport supplies have been unblocked, and half a year ago, the Afghan army has successfully infiltrated the territory of Somalia, and also controlled a port, our ships are more convenient, half a month ago Zhang Xueliang sent a report, now the Afghan army has trained 50,000 regular troops, all equipped with cannons and machine guns, and a lot of anti-aircraft weapons, which have been able to compete head-on with the Italian army. In addition, there are more than 500,000 militia as a reserve force, they have controlled ninety percent of the land in Abyssinia, and in addition, a guerrilla corridor has been formed in southern Somalia, which can ensure the smooth flow of Chinese supplies! ”

Hearing Jiang Baili's report, Qiao Yu also nodded frequently, he still had doubts about Zhang Xueliang's ability at the beginning, but now it seems that he is still a manufacturable material, and it is really commendable to make Ah Jun make such great progress in recent years.

"In the report, Zhang Xueliang believes that he already has the strength to counterattack, and asks for domestic arms support, and coordinates relations with Britain to jointly drive Italy out of East Africa!"

In five years, the world situation has changed greatly, when China was still secretly aiding Abyssinia, not only Italy was dissatisfied, but even Britain and France were worried that China would take the opportunity to meddle in Europe, and now China is once again standing in the same trench with Britain.

And after Italy occupied Abyssinia, there was also a huge threat to Egypt, if Egypt lost, the Suez Canal would be lost, which was absolutely not allowed by Britain, and at this time China supported the Argentine army to drive Italy out of Abyssinia, which was also a good thing for Britain.

"East Africa is very important, try to meet the requirements of the Afghan army, give what you want!"

Qiao Yu is very coveted for Africa, a continent rich in resources, in addition, East Africa also guards the export of the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, and can affect the Middle East, which is the most ideal strategic support point, and must not be let go.

This time among the weapons is 107 mm multiple rocket launchers, the history of the Soviet Union is the first to develop rocket artillery and large-scale use in actual combat countries, in the Soviet-German battlefield, Katyusha rocket artillery spectacular salvo scene perfect interpretation of the Soviet artillery doctrine.

China's military enterprises due to Qiao Yu's instructions, also began the development of rocket artillery early, and three years ago launched a relatively mature 107 mm light towed rocket artillery, limited by the technical level, accuracy and later generations of famous artifacts There is still a big gap, but China has also fully inherited the excellent pedigree of the artifact, the same 12 rounds of interpacking, the rocket design is 18.8 kg, a person just carries one, in complex terrain long-distance marching can also bear, just suitable for the East African plateau terrain.

In addition, the weight of a single part does not exceed 30 kilograms, in order to meet the requirements of the human back, the decomposed part has the following characteristics in the structural size: the upper neck (easy to raise the head), the lower hips (easy to step), the wide shoulder (easy to pass), the center of gravity close to the body (to prevent twisting the waist).

To put it mildly, this is a natural artifact specially designed for guerrillas, and East Africa is the best place to test this weapon. (To be continued.) )