The outcome of the Philippine naval battle was unexpected by the world, and at the same time, Chen Shaokuan and the self-guided torpedo became famous. In particular, the 'acoustic self-guided torpedo', after the Philippine Sea War, almost everyone in the world began to pay attention to this new type of torpedo.

On the other hand, Britain and the United States and other countries have also begun to worry about whether China will take advantage of this opportunity to seize Australia and New Zealand occupied by Japan in one fell swoop.

For this reason, Britain and the United States even sent diplomatic envoys to negotiate with the national government, and in the face of the British and American diplomatic envoys, Gu Weijun and other diplomats also patted their chests to make guarantees, but it's a pity...

Although the Communist government has made the assurances they want, Britain and the United States are still skeptical, after all, from the perspective of the Communist's strategy in India, the Nationalist government's territorial ambitions are still very large.

On the other hand, after receiving the support he deserved, He Zhuguo also successfully captured Kolkata, the largest city in India.

In order to capture the Hakata River in front of Kolkata, Ho Zhuguo also spent a week transporting hundreds of amphibious combat vehicles and drivers by air from the nearest military bases in a week.

A week later, with everything in place, with the support of air force bombers, hundreds of amphibious combat vehicles accompanied by more than 100,000 troops launched a full-scale attack on the Japanese army on the other side of the Hakata River.

In the face of the Wehrmacht's offensive, the Japanese army retreated quickly, and most importantly, they did not expect that the Wehrmacht would actually use amphibious combat vehicles in India.

Since the Wehrmacht was not considered to use armoured forces on the river, the number of anti-tank equipment in the riverbank fortifications was small, so when hundreds of amphibious vehicles crossed the Hakata River, it was as if hundreds of tanks were attacking together.

In this case. Coupled with the fierce bombing of the air force, although the Japanese army still insisted, it could only retreat in the end.

At the same time as the Japanese army retreated, the air force also continued to use bombers to hunt down the retreating Japanese army, so it was time for the Japanese army to retreat to Calcutta. There are not many Japanese units that can be used, and more are disrupted units.

In particular, due to the excessive use of napalm by the Air Force during the bombing process, most of the people who did not die were severely burned. And Yamashita Bongbun obviously doesn't have so many medicines to treat burns in his hands, plus the hot climate of India itself ...

When He Zhuguo commanded the troops to arrive at the city of Calcutta. Most of the Japanese army had lost its combat effectiveness, so the siege of He Zhuguo was quite smooth.

As a result, the siege went smoothly, so Kolkata, India's largest city, was not badly damaged, at least not like some other cities, which were almost destroyed by the Wehrmacht.

Therefore, by the time the Wehrmacht occupied Kolkata, it was not long before a puppet government supported by the Communist government was officially established in Kolkata.

For this case. The British, naturally, made their own protest.

It's just that the British, who can only maintain a third of their presence in India, are obviously not very confident to speak at this time...

As for Britain, which was almost occupied by Japan, Yan Guang also ignored it at all. Because at this time, Yan Guang had already turned his gaze in another direction.

For Yan Guang, this should have been a time to celebrate.

Because it was not only Chen Shaokuan who won a big victory in the Philippine naval battle. It completely inflicted heavy damage on Yamamoto Isoroku's combined fleet, and Ho Zhuguo also captured Calcutta in India, so that China really had the influence to influence the whole of India.

But at this time, bad news came from Eastern Europe...

"Russia is defeated..."

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"Russia is defeated?"

Just when Yan Guang was still celebrating with a large group of his secretaries, hiding in his lair, he listened to the news that came suddenly. Yan Guang raised his head in surprise.

"That's right..."

Yue Chang nodded seriously, looking at his appearance, he was obviously surprised when he got this information.

"So..."

waved his hand. After motioning for the secretaries to step back for the time being, Yan Guang tidied up his clothes and sat there.

"What the hell is going on?"

"It's not good, maybe it was Zhukov's victory some time ago that stimulated Stalin, so before the counteroffensive, Stalin replaced Zhukov, and then replaced him with a cronie of his own. As a result, due to the light of the enemy, coupled with the low level of quality of the troops. In the end, during the counteroffensive, the entire Russian front was surrounded by the Germans. In the end, although some of the troops managed to break through, the Russians suffered heavy casualties, and now the Germans seem to be preparing to re-attack Moscow..."

"Impossible!"

Hearing what Cai Yi, who had just arrived not long ago, said, Yan Guang said categorically.

"Didn't there be intelligence some time ago that the Germans had a huge loss of materials and could no longer afford to hold out again?"

"That's true, yes..."

Cai Yi shook his head and said with some bitterness.

"The problem is that before the war we sold a lot of resources to the Germans, originally because we have been exporting resources to Germany during the war, these resources have not been used by the Germans, but exist as strategic reserves, and now the Germans have obviously used this resource..."

This Cai Ye is mistaken, this resource is actually not used for strategic reserves, but specially prepared for the "Sea Lion Project". It's just that the "Sea Lion Plan" was not continued later, and the other side also had direct support from China in the battle in Germany, so these resources were thrown on the French side and not used.

When China cut off supplies to Germany, Germany was in chaos for a while.

However, when the reaction came, Germany began to transfer these resources to the Eastern European front. It's just that because the resources in Eastern Europe can still hold on for the time being, and there is also the support of Romania's oil fields, it is not very urgent, and the speed of mobilizing these resources has slowed down.

It was only after the defeat in the Battle of Moscow and the German troops began to retreat that the Germans began to get anxious.

It was at this time that the mobilization of this batch of materials began to accelerate.

This is not surprising either. Didn't Germany's overall mobilization also begin at the imminent defeat of the war?

Coincidentally, at this time, due to the smooth counteroffensive operation, Stalin began to suspect the victory of the battle, and as a result, some Zhukov was shocked. So it was time to drive the Germans out of Moscow and begin to prepare for the next phase of the operation. Zhukov was replaced with another general he trusted.

Stalin himself was an absolute master of politics, but when it comes to military command, I am afraid that he is not as good as Hitler, a veteran who participated in World War I.

However, Stalin was not unprepared, so he replaced one, albeit inferior to Zhukov. But at least he is a good general.

However, Stalin apparently forgot that changing generals on the spot has been a taboo for soldiers since ancient times.

The sudden change of commander will somewhat cause some confusion in the Russian army, of course, these are nothing, at least in Stalin's opinion, after all, the Russian counteroffensive has always been smooth. In this situation, Stalin naturally turned his attention to the internal struggle.

You must know that not long ago, due to the relationship between the Great Purge and the entry into Moscow by the Germans, there was an endless stream of criticism of him, and his position was somewhat precarious because of this. The most important thing now is obviously how to strengthen your position. In this case, Zhukov was naturally suspicious of him. …,

However, even Stalin himself did not care much about the riots, and thought that it would not take long to subside, but the Germans on the opposite side seized the opportunity.

If it were someone else, maybe this little riot was not a big problem for the whole situation, but in front of them was Manstein, one of the greatest generals of the entire World War II.

It just so happened to be this time. Supplies mobilized from France have also been delivered.

With abundant supplies, seizing such an opportunity, Manstein succeeded in tearing apart the Russian Front on the opposite side. And surrounded most of the Russian troops in it.

In the end, although these Russian troops desperately broke through, most of them were finally annihilated by Manstein.

And after annihilating these Russian troops, Manstein also turned his attention to Moscow again on Hitler's orders.

Now it was different from the past, Maninstein had ample supplies in his hands, and now it was no longer a cold winter, plus the remnants of the complete annihilation of a Russian front. Maninstein was not unsure of taking Moscow.

Therefore, after receiving the order, Maninstein obediently obeyed the order.

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"This Stalin ..."

After learning what happened. Yan Guang gritted his teeth and read Stalin's name.

Stalin's suspicion of Zhukov, Yan Guang was not unclear, in later generations Zhukov was because of Stalin's suspicion, and finally was demoted to the Urals to be the commander of the military district.

You must know that Zhukov was originally the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army Group in Germany and the supreme military administrator of the Soviet-occupied zone, and at the same time the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Army.

It's just that all of this happened after the victory of the Soviet-German war in history, so Yan Guang didn't care much about it, and in Yan Guang's opinion, Stalin would not have destroyed the Great Wall, at least not his best generals before the victory of the Soviet-German war...

But now...

"Idiot!"

In fact, Stalin also had his own reasons, and unlike in history, Moscow itself suffered losses during the defense of Moscow in history as if it had suffered no losses compared to Moscow today.

In the historical Battle of Moscow, in October, the German army carried out 31 air raids on Moscow, with a total of 2,000 aircraft participating, of which 278 were shot down and only 72 broke into the skies over Moscow.

In this era, during the Battle of Moscow, not only did half of Moscow fall into German hands, but even the Kremlin, the center of Moscow, was almost the same, and even Red Square became part of the battlefield at the most critical time.

If it weren't for the fact that Stalin didn't consider the so-called "withdrawal from Moscow" of his subordinates until the end, I'm afraid Moscow would have fallen long ago―――――― of course Stalin would have done this for his own sake, after all, the defeat of the Soviet-German war was due to the Great Purge, and it is for this reason that many people in Russia now have complaints about him, if Moscow is lost at this time, even if Stalin retreats to the other side of the Ural Mountains. If you dodge the Germans, you will definitely be taken down by your own people in the end, and it is even very likely that you will be killed like Yezhov...

Therefore, Stalin could not retreat, because holding on might still have a way to live, but if he retreated, it would really be a dead end.

And then although the defense of Moscow was won. But because the losses suffered by Russia in the battle were too great, even worse than in history, Stalin's position was even more precarious than in history.

It is precisely because of this that Stalin was so glaring when he looked at Zhukov, who had great prestige for his meritorious service in commanding the Battle of Moscow. At the same time, I also felt a deep sense of crisis......

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Leaving aside Stalin's side for the time being, what we have to think about now is how to clean up the mess for Stalin.

Yan Guang was well aware of the situation in Russia, and if Moscow did fall, Russia would most likely negotiate peace with Germany. If this is the case, then China will have to face a complete and completely unified Germany―――――― of course, if Britain is also included in Europe, this may not be the case. However, there are a significant number of people who do not count Britain in Europe.

In fact, in later generations, many people also regarded Britain as a-stirring stick in the European Union.

Anyway, for the UK, the more chaotic the EU, the better.

However, it is precisely for this reason that the EU is considering whether to kick Britain out.

On the other hand. There is also a significant number of people in the UK who believe that they should leave the EU.

According to a data report released by the Office for National Statistics last night, the average "due" paid by the UK to the EU has exceeded £50 million ($77.7 million) per day for the first time. The UK's contribution to the EU rose 5.7% year-on-year last year to a record £18.5bn, which is double the budget of the Home Office. At the same time, the UK's funding from the EU fell by almost 25% to £8.1bn over the same period. This trend means that the UK's net contribution to the EU has surged by 54% year-on-year. to £10.3 billion.

Officially, for this reason, many Britons feel that they should not stay in the EU.

However, compared with the British government, the most anxious are probably the Americans.

Even not so long ago. Comrade Yezhov (Austrian Zebra) of the United States has just warned British Prime Minister David Cameron not to leave the European Union, because he fears that Britain will lose its influence on the global stage after leaving the EU.

If London is no longer seen as an ally capable of influencing the whole of Europe, this could damage the special relationship between Britain and the United States―――――― and it is true, and it would be very bad for the United States if Britain could not continue to stir things up in the EU as a-stirring stick. Because a united European Union is also a problem for the United States.

Of course, none of this matters, the most important thing is how to clean up the chaos in Russia.

Use the power of China against the whole of Europe. Seriously, it is not impossible to do so―――――― provided that the military missions in India and the South Seas are suspended first, and fighting on three fronts will be very troublesome even for China.

Even the United States in history really began to fight against Japan after the affairs in Europe were settled.

And if China fights against Germany, then even if it wins in the end, the losses will be huge, and that kind of victory is not what Yan Guang wants...

Therefore...

"Russia must be supported ..."

"That's what we think about it, too."

Cai Ye and the others nodded.

Cai Yi and the others all knew Yan Guang's plan to take the opportunity to seize Australia, so they didn't really care much about the war situation in Europe. And when Russia won the Battle of Moscow, considering that it would take at least two or three years for Russia to fight to Berlin, Cai Ye and others didn't care much―――――― two or three years was enough for China to occupy Australia and India.

But now, the tide of war in Europe has taken a turn for the better, and Germany has the possibility of a unified Europe.

Dealing with a unified Europe, even for Cai Yi and others is a very stressful thing, as for the atomic bomb or something, before this thing came out, Cai Yi and others actually didn't believe in the power of this thing.

"How many troops are there in South Russia now?"

"At present, there are more than 600,000 troops south of the Volga River, and more than 200,000 troops in Iraq and Iran..."

Cai Ye is the chief of the general staff of the three armed services, so he is naturally quite familiar with this information, so he opened his mouth and said it.

"More than 600,000..."

Yan Guang got up and spun around...

"Is it enough?"

"If we just hold Moscow, it is probably enough, and we can also draw some troops from Iran, Iraq and Central Asia, especially in Takigist..."

"So..."

Yan Guang nodded...

"Songpa, it's up to you to go this time..."

Thinking that he might have to face famous generals like Maninstein and Guderian this time, Yan Guang was somewhat unconfident in the generals under him, and the two people with the highest prestige in the Wehrmacht were Cai Ye and Jiang Baili, and Cai Ye himself was more familiar with the situation on the Russian side, so Yan Guang naturally thought of Cai Ye in terms of the figure of the unified army.

Hearing Yan Guang's words, Cai Ye also nodded.

"Then I'll fly right away!"

"This ......... How many more days will the Russians last? ”

After receiving an affirmative answer, Yan Guang nodded.

"That's not enough, let's do business with the British and the Americans first..."

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After receiving information that Russia was defeated and Moscow was once again facing a crisis, the British and Americans also wilted. Especially for the British, if Maninstein really captured Moscow, the Germans would be able to press all their strength on the British without any scruples.

Therefore, after hearing the news, the British and Americans also "slumped".

It was at this time that Gu Weijun found British and American diplomats and proposed that China could directly send troops to support, but there was one condition...

"The condition is that after the war, Somalia that originally belonged to Italy be handed over to our country..."

Standing in front of the British and American ambassadors, Gu Weijun said with a solemn face.