Chapter 210

Offensive! Offensive! Offensive! The German army under Rommel's command was desperately advancing, the British army finally couldn't hold on, and Auchinleck paid a huge price for his self-confidence! The price of this is defeat!

Auchinleck kept putting in reserves, constantly building defensive lines, trying to stabilize the front, but his every effort failed in the face of the imposing German army. The first to drop their weapons and flee were the turban-clad soldiers of the Anglo-Indian army, followed by the Australian soldiers, and the defeat was out of control!

Rommel did not relent, and ordered the armored troops to continue the pursuit until the fuel was exhausted. The "Crusader Operation" initiated by the British, Rommel did not let history be repeated, and chased it into Egypt at a depth of 50 kilometers before stopping due to lack of fuel.

It was another hearty victory, with 70,000 British troops annihilated, of whom more than 50,000 were captured. Olekin managed to escape with less than 3,000 men and 7 tanks. When the news came back, Churchill reached out and pressed his heart and almost fell. And at this time, the first units of the American army had just come ashore in Alexandria!

Patton, who liked to hold a cigar in his mouth, landed as the first echelon, and when he heard the news, he shouted to his soldiers: "The British have defeated the Germans, boys, move quickly, let's go beat the damned Germans." ”

Under the impetus of Churchill, British companies soon came up with a series of chemical technologies such as petrochemical additive technology, the most important of which is additive technology, which solves China's long-term need to import additives from the United States to improve the difficulty of various oil labels. Of course, this will definitely offend American companies, but now Britain doesn't care about that much, and the technology is still secretly transferred.

The British army in India, which was worried about not having enough equipment, soon received the first batch of equipment from China's aid, the equipment of the three infantry divisions, the rifles were old bolt models, the light machine guns were Bren, the heavy machine guns were Maxim, and the mortars were not, only 70 mm infantry guns. The artillery is 76 mountain guns, field guns, 122 howitzers captured by the Soviet army, and the tank is T26.

In order to get the equipment to India, it was first transported by train from Novosibirsk to Arthur, and then loaded onto a ship south, and it took a month to transport all of it to Mumbai.

The British army, which received the equipment, hurriedly formed three Anglo-Indian divisions, three heavy artillery brigades, and a tank brigade. With these equipment, the British army in India was able to have some confidence, and at Churchill's request, a Chinese fighter wing flew to Bombay to participate in the war as volunteers. This move undoubtedly gave Churchill a shot in the arm.

In Africa at this time, the German army was temporarily unable to attack, and the Americans' industrial capacity was once again given a chance to be brought into play, and in just one month, 4 armored divisions and 10 infantry divisions were transported to Egypt. On the other hand, Rommel's German army, because Britain and the United States strengthened the naval blockade, the supply and transportation of materials were greatly affected, but fortunately, the German army soon inflicted heavy losses on the British army in Greece, and the situation gradually improved. But for Rommel, the best time to attack was missed.

In the difficult past of 1941, the war plane had already been activated, like a wild horse that had escaped, and there was no possibility of stopping at all. Although there was no 226 incident, the book of this time and space still irreversibly moved towards the road of military dominance, especially after the great victory in Nanyang, militarism became the main trend of the book.

Because of poverty, most of the men were willing to serve as soldiers, especially when Nanyang ate a mouth full of oil, and the militarism of the country swelled to its peak.

Singapore, standing on a high place looking at the Chinese flag hanging on the freighter shuttling in the Strait of Malacca, Yamashita Fengwen's expression was extremely grim, and Wu Wei standing on the side also had a stern expression.

"Kawada-kun, I checked the information, and in the past year, the average number of Chinese 10,000-ton cargo ships passing through this strait every day was 30. And this number has been increasing, even if the imperial army marches south, there is no trend of decreasing. Yamashita Fengwen's tone was quiet, with a strong sense of jealousy.

"In the past two decades, the Chinese have made leaps and bounds. After all, it is a big country, and under the accumulation of thousands of years, once the country is unified and there is no civil strife, and the direction of development is correct, great progress is inevitable. In addition, China also had a great leader, who was no less majestic than the Meiji Emperor. "I don't know when, when the soldiers mentioned China, they no longer used the word **, especially after the southward march of the soldiers, the military department strictly forbade the soldiers to use this word, and unnecessary conflicts occurred.

A Chinese convoy under sail finally disappeared from view, but soon two Chinese destroyers reappeared. Since Ben's southward advance, the most active foreign ships in the South Pacific have been destroyers of the Chinese Navy. In fact, it was very clear that the purpose of these Chinese destroyers, which appeared under the banner of evacuating overseas Chinese, was to monitor the movements of the Yue army. If China is worried about China, why isn't China worried about China?

"Fang Jianxiong is an amazing monarch, because of his appearance, the world status of Asians has been greatly improved." Yamashita exhaled softly, seemingly reluctant to admit the fact that China was strong.

"Report, military telegram!" A telegram was read by the chief of staff and transferred to Yamashita in his hands, and Yamashita read it and handed it to Wu Wei: "Kawada-kun, it's time to go on the expedition again." The Imperial Council decided to fight India first, and as you might expect, the Navy won. ”

"As expected, the Pacific Ocean is still too big and the United States is too far away." On the night the United States announced its entry into the war, Wu Wei was so excited that he couldn't sleep. Thinking about this now, I can't help but feel a little agitated in my heart. The participation of the US team in the war and the defeat of the United States are actually a matter of time, and the world war, which is a long-term war of attrition, cannot be compared with the United States. Not to mention that there is an already powerful China on the side, which is staring at Yueben with wolf-like eyes, and may give Yueben a fatal blow at any time. Wu Wei regretted that now that he was leading troops in the army, it was difficult for him to have contact with the country. Once the war breaks out between China and China, we must fight for it, and perhaps it is time to prepare for this matter.

Just when Wu Wei was planning how to transfer back to China, Wu Wei, who was about to go on an expedition, received an order from the military headquarters to immediately step down and return to the Tokyo War Department. This matter made Yamashita Fengwen very dissatisfied, and the reason was naturally because Wu Wei was now his most effective thug. The mountain is known as the Malay Tiger, and this title has a lot to do with Wu Wei leading his troops to fight bravely and being the first to break through the British defense line.

After handing over his troops to the chief of staff, Wu Wei boarded a cruiser bound for Tokyo. Because of his military rank, the captain of the ship, Saburo Watanabe, was polite to Wu Wei, but it was only polite. It is said that the Navy looks down on the Army, and this tradition has not changed.

At dusk, the setting sun turned the ocean blood red, and Wu Wei, who had changed into civilian clothes, carried the Chinese Moutai of Xiao Jing, a subordinate of the two altars, and walked into the rest cabin of Watanabe Saburo Osa. Raising the wine jar, Wu Wei smiled and said, "Watanabe-kun, can you drink a little together?" I heard that it was a 30-year-old Chinese Moutai that I got from a Chinese overseas Chinese in Singapore. ”

"Ah, that's embarrassing." Saburo Watanabe is a good wine, plus Wu Wei is much more advanced than him, of course it is very face-saving to have good wine, the navy and the army or something, it doesn't matter. The orderly quickly prepared the wine and food, and Wu Wei opened the wine jar, and a strong fragrance filled his nose. "It's an amazing wine, it's made in the mountains of Guizhou, China. It seems that it has won some international awards, but for Yueben, China is too big. There are a lot of good things too! ”

Wu Wei poured the wine as he spoke, Watanabe stretched out his hand and was polite, and after holding the wine glass, he was not polite, and he drank a glass on his back. Saburo Watanabe, who is used to drinking sake, will be a little uncomfortable when drinking Moutai this kind of wine too strongly, and after a while, the mellow and strong aroma still makes him feel wonderful. "What a wine! The last time I drank Chinese baijiu was thirty years ago, when I was just an ordinary intern in the Third Fleet. His Excellency Kawada is so right, China is very big, and there are many good things, such as this liquor. ”

"China is an opponent that the Great Empire must defeat! The past 20 years or so have been like a nightmare, and now that I think about it, China has become incredibly powerful almost overnight. Cowardly politicians, for the sake of profit, missed the best opportunity to strike at China. Now, we have a lot of Cheng dù on the face of **. After drinking a jar of wine, Watanabe's face turned red, and Wu Wei carefully began to knock on the side.

Maybe it was because of the drinking, Watanabe agreed with Wu Wei's point of view, and nodded: "That's right, the first squadron is still very weak, and although the empire's economy is difficult, it is enough to defeat China and seize Manchuria." Because politicians are afraid of European and American ghosts, the Imperial Navy cannot go to the Indian Ocean at full strength, and must leave two aircraft carriers and two Nagato-class battleships to monitor the Chinese Navy. Shame on you! Watching China grow up has done nothing. ”

While drinking and chatting, Watanabe was drunk, Wu Wei got up and went back to the cabin in good spirits, and his mind went over the conversation just now, and he wrote down the core content. Wu Wei, who originally didn't have much hope, didn't expect that this meal of wine would produce a lot of information, such as the strength of the navy left behind, such as the approximate number and type of fighters of the Ryukyu Navy, and so on.

It was already ten days after Wu Wei returned to Tokyo, and after going ashore, he did not go home first, but went to the military headquarters to report as soon as possible. Seeing Wu Wei, the staff officers of the military department were very happy, and they all expressed their envy that he had the opportunity to lead the troops to the expedition and create a brilliant victory for the empire.

Unexpectedly, Shanshan Yuan quickly asked Wu Wei to come over. (To be continued.) )