The Chinese occupied Singapore, and immediately launched a frantic offensive on other battlefields in Southeast Asia. Japan's Southeast Asian Dispatch Army, with a total strength of one million, was completely wiped out. Among the million-strong army, the 400,000-strong Imperial Japanese Army, including all the officers in the Southeast Asian dispatch army system and even the Malay Tiger Yamashita Fumi, were all wiped out, and few survived. And the remaining hundreds of thousands of imperial allies, most of whom became prisoners of the Chinese Southeast Asian theater of operations.

The battle lasted a month, and the tactics of rapid advance were adopted on the one hand, and the pressing tactics of the battalion were adopted on the other. China has once again used its powerful military strength to let the world experience China's strength.

In the west of Southeast Asia, the Allied forces began to retreat, and in the past month, they have been attacking the defense line of the Southeast Asian theater for 20 days, but not only did they not achieve effective results, but they also killed and wounded a large number of soldiers in support of the Japanese army in the east. Although ninety percent of the army was composed of Indians, it also dealt a big blow to the morale of the Indian allies. An inconclusive attack, after the defeat of the Japanese army in Southeast Asia, such an attack became meaningless, and naturally began to retreat.

In this war, China mobilized more than one million troops, including 300,000 front-line troops, and tens of thousands of air force fighters, consuming millions of tons of ammunition. On the Chinese side, more than 50,000 people were killed or wounded. This is also the largest casualty in a battle in the history of the People's Republic of China after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

But compared to the Japanese casualties, such casualties are also acceptable.

The main point is that China controls the shipping lanes of the Strait of Malacca. Not to mention that the island of Sumatra on the other side is still under the control of Japan, and for small Japan, which has lost its air superiority, the strait shipping channel has been completely lost. Chinese ships can once again pass through the Strait of Malacca, enter the South China Sea, and return home.

This storm of victorious propaganda soon swept the whole world, and the servant armies of Germany, Italy, and the Axis powers, which were still in Europe and the Allies, were greatly encouraged by the propaganda. Although China has never had any military mutual assistance agreement with the Axis Alliance, this will not affect the propaganda of the Axis Powers, because in the past propaganda, China has long been a close friend of the Axis Powers. Hitler, who had a vicious political vision. I will never let go of such an opportunity.

But. At the same time as propaganda, Hitler did not forget to urge the offensive on the battlefields of Europe and Africa. The pressure on the major army groups suddenly increased, except perhaps for the fact that Moscow was unable to launch a large-scale military operation because of the winter. Other battlefields. All began to develop a new plan for a large-scale offensive.

And on the other side of the Allies. It seems to be a lot quieter, and there are even many people who feel schadenfreude because of the Southeast Asian region of Japan. It was snatched from them, and now it is occupied by China, and some people do not feel the chill of death, and even have a sense of revenge, although this revenge is not avenged.

In the face of such a failure, in the face of the propaganda of the media on both sides, the media propaganda departments controlled by the Allies suddenly lowered their profile a lot and adopted a tacit attitude.

However, the Allies are not without any action, especially in the United States, all factories are carrying out the highest intensity of production, and every day a large number of weapons and equipment leave the factory, load ships and go to sea, and are constantly sent to major battlefields.

The United States has always done a good job in the position of logistics chief, and it can even be said that it is very good, because it has not only sent a large amount of weapons and equipment, but also began to manufacture and produce the latest weapons on a large scale. Especially for Japan in the Pacific Theater, because it had to face the Chinese front, the Americans also found that Japan's own weapons and equipment were completely vulnerable to Chinese weapons.

The United States even began to help Japan produce Type 5 tanks, and developed new tanks based on the Japanese Type 5 tanks and the Soviet T-34/85, with the intention of replacing the Erman. Because after the Battle of Jask, the Americans also found that after the Sherman tank was against the Chinese tank, it really had no advantage at all. Unless it uses more than five times the strength of the opponent, the United States will be at a disadvantage in the collision between armored forces.

However, the United States, which is well aware of China's national strength, also knows that it is absolutely impossible to overwhelm China with numbers. Because China is not Germany, and its strong industrial capacity does not boo the United States at all. Wanting to overwhelm China with numbers, the Americans themselves think it's a big joke.

If this is the case, then the Allies need a land weapon that can resist the Chinese main battle tanks. In the first actual battle, the Japanese Type 4 tank successfully destroyed nine Chinese tanks, which made the eyes of the Americans who knew the battle situation shine.

I couldn't wait to get the design drawings of Japan's new Type 5 tank, and promised to help Japan produce such tanks, and at the same time borrowed the performance and design scheme of the Type 5 tank and the Soviet T-34/85 to design the new tank of the United States.

There are always countless undercurrents hidden under the calm, and the high-level meetings between the allies are becoming more and more intensive. Although the defeat in the local war made them lose their troops, it was only a defeat on the Asian battlefield. In Europe, on the other hand, the Allies were not discouraged by the fact that they were aware of their opponents' current situation. Because, they already know that their opponents have almost reached the point where they have no troops to adjust. As long as you can gather enough forces in a short period of time to launch a new counteroffensive. Then, the entire European theater of operations will definitely end with the victory of the allies.

Then, in a large-scale counterattack against China, in the early stage of dealing with China's strong offensive, defense is the best choice. Because there are only two paths ahead of the Allies, either concentrate on the enemies of Europe first, or concentrate on China. At this moment, China's morale is like a rainbow, and the soldiers are strong. On the contrary, after more than three years of war, Germany has gradually shown fatigue. Persimmon should be pinched softly, this truth is very clear to the top of the Allied countries.

As a result, a large number of materials and troops began to be transported from the United States mainland to the European battlefield under the escort of warships. In addition, the US Atlantic Fleet began a new round of encirclement and suppression of German submarines, and a gap appeared in the strength of European naval forces. It's the perfect time for the United States to play its cards. Every day, destroyers are launched to join the ranks of submarines that clear the Atlantic. Wolf pack tactics against Germany.

However, there is another problem ahead of the Allies, and that is the Mediterranean, which is controlled by the Italian Navy, which is also a very fatal place. The Suez Canal was jointly controlled by Germany and Italy, and the Arabian Peninsula did not have a navy and did not threaten the Red Sea and the canal, as well as the Mediterranean. This also directly led to the fact that China's supplies could be continuously transported to Europe through naval and land transportation, and to Germany and Italy.

The Allies wanted to dispose of the European theater. The first step is to cut off China's military aid to Europe. Control of the Mediterranean is already an imminent matter. As long as the Mediterranean Sea is controlled, and the Arabian Peninsula is under the control of the Central Powers, China's sea transportation routes to Europe will be completely cut off.

As for the land aspect. The war on the African battlefield is going well. Wipe out the German Afrika Korps completely. Then the Allies could reinforce the Arabian Peninsula in a big way, use the large army to directly attack the Middle East, and cut off the land connection between China and Europe.

And so on. As long as China and Germany are unable to support each other, Germany will be completely disadvantaged.

This is a very good idea, to defeat Germany first, and then join forces to defeat China. Concentrate the main forces on one point and break them individually.

However, the idea is good, but the implementation is not so easy. Regardless of how long it will take to take out Germany, even controlling the Mediterranean will not be an easy thing at first sight. The Atlantic naval battle in Europe destroyed ninety percent of the main naval forces of Britain, France, and Germany, and the death of European naval power was about to reach the freezing point in history. But there is one more country in Europe whose navy did not suffer any losses.

This was the Italian Navy, and at the time of the naval war, Germany had never used the Italian Navy, even if it was smaller than the Anglo-French naval forces. It was to ensure that the Mediterranean was under the control of the Axis powers at all times. This is a long-term chess piece, and everyone understands the importance of the Mediterranean for the countries of Europe. In the words of a European, whoever controls the Mediterranean can control half of Europe.

It took more than 20 years for the German Navy's High Seas Fleet to build, and the gold and jewels that are shipped to China every year alone are innumerable. In this way, the navy, which was piled up with money, was finished together with the main forces of the British and French navies. It seems that tactically, Germany lost, and of course Britain and France also lost. But in the long run, Germany won, because the Mediterranean Sea has always been under German control.

Now, Britain and France had to bear this defeat and take back the Mediterranean from the Italian navy. In the past, perhaps Britain and France did not have such strength, because the Italian navy was not weak, especially with the support of China, the naval power that controlled the Mediterranean Sea was still very strong.

But now the situation is different, there are difficulties, but it is not without any opportunities, because the US Navy has already gasped.

Although the United States has placed its most powerful navy in the Pacific Ocean, relying solely on the Atlantic Fleet of the United States in the past is sufficient for this task. Especially now that the Allies intend to start a strategic counteroffensive in Europe, it is natural that the American Atlantic Fleet has begun to set its sights on the Italian Navy, which has been cruising in the Mediterranean.

However, there is another key factor facing the Allies, and that is China's offensive in the Pacific. Will Japan be able to support a counter-offensive by the Allies in Europe, or an offensive by China on land that could begin at any time?

The fact that a million armies were buried in Southeast Asia is not a small number. It is one-tenth of Japan's troops, including hundreds of thousands of elite troops. This is a very painful wound, and although Japan had already prepared for this when China launched an attack on Southeast Asia, no matter how good the painkillers were, they would inevitably feel pain later.

No matter who it is, they can't calmly face the fact that the million-strong army has been wiped out, even if there are more than half of the Imperial Cooperative Army in it.

There is also a very serious point, there is no army in Southeast Asia that can contain China, and now only India in the north and south remains, which is more serious than the elimination of a million troops. Not only is Indonesia in China's front, but India is also in the wing. The liberated China Southeast Asian Theater of Operations may launch an attack on India at any time. That was the most important foothold of the Allies on the Asian continent. If India were to be occupied by China, the consequences would be very terrible for the Allies.

Because when the time comes, there will be no war in southern China. The North is even more dangerous, not only Japan, but also the Soviet Union is very likely to face a two-sided attack from China and Germany. When the time comes, let alone a counteroffensive in Europe, it will already be delusional to be able to keep other places.

The top of the Allies were not fools, and Churchill, Roosevelt (Truman), Stalin and others were not pig-headed three. While the Chinese were besieging Singapore, a new round of conscription had begun in India. Indian men over the age of eighteen and under forty years old were drafted into the army in large numbers. India's huge population, with an animal-like rate of reproduction. It is the cheapest base for the Allies.

The Allies saw in the Soviet Union that the tactics of crowds still worked. Brought a Germany to the brink of collapse. And India's population, which is only a little smaller than China's, could not be better for crowd tactics.

Ten Indian divisions against one Chinese division. If not enough. That's twenty Indian divisions. If it doesn't work, then thirty. Anyway, everyone only needs a rifle, five bullets. A military uniform. For the production capacity of the United States, it only takes a short time to quickly arm millions of troops.

In Churchill's words, it was to preserve the last jewel in the crown of the British Empire at all costs. Otherwise, not only Britain will be finished, but all the Allies will be finished.

Because of this sentence, India began to embark on the path of all the people being soldiers. At the same time, it is suppressed by force and overwhelmed by all forces that dare to resist. Of course, in order to allow Indians to start consciously joining the army, Churchill directly threw out an extremely tempting sentence: after the victory of the war, let the Indians establish their own country, and in the future it will no longer be a British colony, nor will it be anyone's colony, support the Indians, and establish a country controlled by the Indians themselves, a truly sovereign country.

Was the Churchill Show funny? Naturally, no!

Since he can make the Middle Eastern countries independent, he can also let Canada become independent, and he can also make India independent, because the war really threatens Britain, and the dream of the British Empire has been completely shattered, and now he has to think about how to keep this last fig leaf. If India is occupied by China, it will be the greatest tragedy for Britain.

Therefore, he could also make India independent, tie hundreds of millions of India's population firmly to the chariot of the Allies, and not watch India be taken away from Britain by China. Regardless of whether India wins or loses in the future war, the impact on Britain will be minimized. Of course, the biggest benefit is that India's population base can produce a steady stream of soldiers.

If quality is not good, quantity is overpowered.

However, with regard to Japan, which had already lost a million troops, the Indian side did not seem to have anything to do with them. As early as the war situation in Southeast Asia was eroding, the Japanese side had already made new strategic defense arrangements.

Nagumo Tadaichi's fleet, which did not appear in the Battle of Singapore, was to carry out this new defensive strategy.

As the Allies began to carry out a strategic transformation and shifted from defense to active offensive, there was a very important question before the Allies, and whether Japan would be able to support the success of the Allied counteroffensive on the European continent was a very crucial condition. Without this condition, there is no way to launch a counteroffensive in Europe.

In fact, as early as when the Allies persuaded Japan, the United States, Britain, and other countries agreed to Japan's condition that the Pacific islands occupied by Japan be handed over to Japan for management. Since the beginning of the agreement, the United States, Britain and other countries have been prepared. The United States needs to untie the shackles of power and use most of its strength to defeat Germany.

And most of the defense in the Pacific Ocean will be handed over to Japan. This is also the reason why the United States, Britain and other countries readily agreed to Japan, after all, it is a place to protect themselves, and the Japanese will do their best. When China's influence expands into the Pacific, Japan will have to block it.

This is the calculation of the United States and Britain and other countries, but Japan also has Japan's calculation. Any war in the Pacific is inseparable from the navy. The growing strength of the U.S. Pacific Fleet gave Japan a glimpse of the dawn of the elimination of the Chinese Navy.

Japan's Combined Fleet will begin to join forces with the United States to jointly command operations and coordinate operations.

The Japanese Combined Fleet, together with the U.S. Pacific Fleet, is, in the words of the Japanese, the most powerful naval force ever seen in the history of the planet. No matter how strong China is, it will definitely not be able to unite the US and Japanese navies.

This is a force that is scorched earth as the front of the army, and with such a force, the Allies seem to have suddenly stood in an invincible situation.

No matter how strong the Chinese Navy is, even if it overestimates China's naval strength as much as possible, it is definitely not an opponent of the combined US and Japanese navies. Both the United States and Japan have very strong self-confidence, and more than 100 aircraft carriers of various types are absolutely invincible at sea. Even if it is China, it must stand aside.

As long as this powerful force approaches the Chinese coast and takes the opportunity to destroy China's navy, the so-called war in the Pacific will be worried. China, which does not have a navy, will not even be able to go out of the country when the time comes.

At that time, both the Philippines and the battle for the Marina Islands, which had already begun, would once again return to the control of the Allies. Even Borneo, coveted by the Allies, will fall into the hands of the Allies.

Because the huge fleet will blockade China. Cut off the connection between China and overseas territories, and then land and occupy it.

Without a navy, Japan would have nothing to fear.

However, the main point is that the joint efforts of Japan and the United States can really destroy China's navy, and this is the premise. (To be continued......)