World War II is just a continuation of a major war, with a truce of 22 years, the fundamental problem of Germany and Japan is the struggle for strategic space, Germany must have its own strategic space if it wants to become a world power, it is very uncomfortable to be sandwiched between Britain, France, and Russia, and the overseas colonies that want to be strong are given to Britain and France, and Germany must beat Britain and France down if they want to get up.

The British are the most lossy, Europe will destroy whoever rises, first Spain, then Napoleon, and finally Germany, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests, who would have thought that Britain and France would fight for a hundred years, and later become allies, and Prussia will pinch again.

In the same way, if Japan wants to develop its own strategic space, the so-called Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, it must challenge the sphere of influence of Britain and the United States in the Pacific. Therefore, the United States is now very wary of China, fearing that it will seize its strategic space once it becomes stronger.

It has been said thousands of times that for a great power to truly rise, peace is just a pale empty word, which is said to ghosts, and ghosts do not believe it. Throughout history, there has been a peaceful rise of a great power that is qualified to stand on top of the world. Alexander, Napoleon, Genghis Khan, Qin Shi Huang...... These people are not stepping on the altar of corpses.

Today's world is the Versailles Washington system, and colonies and resources are in their hands. Whether it is Germany, Japan or China, if they want to truly rise and share the big cake of world interests, they must break the status quo and reorganize the world pattern. Only the strongest person has the qualifications to make order, and can also have the largest portion of the cake, there will always be only one person who eats meat, and the others can only drink soup and gnaw bones.

14th year of ZTE, August 18.

The 12th Olympic Games came to an end, and China topped the altar with the highest number of medals. However, this seemingly miraculous reality did not attract the attention of the world, and this Olympic Games was destined to be only a supporting role.

Chen Shao doesn't care about the relationship between the protagonist and the supporting role, he only cares about whether the plan goes smoothly. Because this Olympics is just a means, it can't attract too much attention from him, and it's good to be able to win the first place, but it doesn't matter if you can't get it.

And on this day, the combined fleet of Britain and France passed through Gibraltar and pounced on the Mediterranean. As for why it took so long, it can only be blamed on the strategic material reserves of Britain and France at this time. However, this time is not slow, more than ten days, if it were not for the fact that Britain had the foundation of the world's first navy back then, maybe it would not be too strange to prepare for another month or two. After all, there are more than 20 capital ships, as well as other ships, and such a force will be busy for a long time just to prepare for going to sea. In addition, there was no preparation at all in advance, and with such a speed, it was already very fast.

The huge fleet alone passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, which took most of the day. While they were moving at full speed in the direction of the Suez Canal, the German fleet group also passed through the Suez Canal and also headed towards the heart of the Mediterranean. It seems that the two fleets will meet unexpectedly in the near future.

Is it necessary for the two largest maritime forces in history to meet in such a hurry?

This answer has all eyes of the world focused on the Mediterranean, with those who are worried, those who are happy, and so on.

The term "the outbreak of war" is also spread around the world, and now the Chinese Olympics are over. Chen Shao's willingness to make peace has expired, and now even if there is a war, he will not offend China. The courage is even stronger, and many world-class brickmakers are predicting that war will break out in the next three days. Because the slowest time for the two fleets to meet is also within three days.

In the eyes of many, when the two fleets meet, it is the time when the war begins. The basis was the combined Anglo-French fleet, and if it weren't for the interception of the German fleet, would it be necessary for the British and French to send so many forces? It can't be to escort the German fleet!

At this time, the Italian Mediterranean Fleet also came out to join in the fun, as if to let the whole world remember that in Europe, there is also the existence of the Italian Navy. The elite was exhausted, and taking advantage of the generally slightly faster cruising speed, quickly met the German fleet.

The Anglo-French Mediterranean fleets could only follow closely behind, keeping an eye on what the Italian Navy was going to do. Of course, they didn't stop the Italian Navy, even if they were going to war, now they are fighting the Italian Navy, not to mention whether they can fight or not, even if they win, they will also pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelons.

At this moment, the Mediterranean Sea is more lively than it was during the First World War, and it has gathered the most powerful naval forces in the world. Once the naval battle does start, it will be the largest naval battle in human history.

The timing is very sensitive, not only in the sea, but also on the land, and there is a sense of tension at this time, but the movement is very small, and compared to the sea, it is completely negligible.

Vaguely, the Soviet Union and Germany slowly increased their troops on the Polish border, and this increase was very slow, and it would be difficult to detect it if you didn't pay attention to it. Today, the Mediterranean Sea has attracted a lot of attention, and there are a few more people who are paying attention here. Unless it's the Franco-German border, it's the only place to be noticed.

Despite the British reminder of Poland, everyone focused on the sea and the German-French border. The lack of attention on the Polish border is not surprising to ignore it.

In the next two days, the earth seems to have stopped moving, and it is very calm, so calm that all parties feel a kind of suffocating oppression. Black clouds overwhelm the city, perhaps this is the calm before the storm.

The Italian fleet and the German fleet converged, and the German and Italian super-battleships combined had ten ships, as well as two aircraft carriers. In addition to the number of aircraft carriers, this force is not much weaker than the combined fleet of Britain and France.

After the German and Italian navies converged, they did not stop much at all, formed a formation, and continued to advance towards the hinterland of the Mediterranean. The Anglo-French Mediterranean fleet, which had been staring at the Italian Navy before, could only turn around quickly, for fear that it would be wiped out by the huge fleet behind it in one step.

The originally busy sea lanes also seemed very quiet for a while, although neither side expressed anything, but those merchant ships were far away from the fleet channels, and some simply docked nearby, not daring to go to sea for the time being. Otherwise, if war really breaks out, it is foreseeable that the waters of the Mediterranean Sea will be muddyed and the entire Mediterranean Sea will become a battlefield.

As the days went on, the two fleets drew closer and closer, and the moment of outbreak seemed to be coming.

However, the eyes of the whole world have made a new discovery, that is, the route of the Italian and German fleets is not in the direction of the combined Anglo-French fleet at all. Rather, it was heading straight for Italy, with no intention of heading towards Gibraltar at all. If Britain and France did not change course, the two fleets would eventually diverge from each other, and their routes would not have intersected.

Germany and Italy coaxed? Don't want to meet with the Anglo-French fleet?

No, Hitler simply did not want to die in the Mediterranean with the Anglo-French navy. This fleet, which has spent countless money and time to build, is not something to be squandered casually, and a decisive battle with the British and French navies at this time will not benefit the overall strategic situation in the slightest. After all, now the combined navy of Britain and France is slightly stronger than the German-Italian fleet, and now is not the time to take risks.

Churchill and others were also confused by the German hand, and for a time they could not guess what Hitler was going to do. How the fleet went to Italy.

Germany did not let the world wait long, and soon came out to declare: "At the invitation of the Allied Italian Navy, in order to promote further cooperation in the field of the two countries, the German fleet will go to Italy for a month-long military exchange activities, and then return to Germany." ”

This German statement made Britain and France feel extremely uncomfortable. A punch that had been stored for most of the day hit the cotton all at once.

The matter is not over yet, and at this moment Italy also stands up: "Advance in the spirit of the common development of European military, in order to stabilize the situation in Europe." The British and French fleets are cordially invited to participate in naval military exchanges. ”

This news shattered countless eyeballs, it's too unexpected, what is this going on? At this time, even Britain and France and other allied countries did not know what kind of medicine the German and Italian gourds were selling.

It completely exceeded the expectations of everyone in the world.

Seeing that the German-Italian fleet had entered Italian territory, even Churchill did not give the order to attack. I could only watch the two fleets dock at the Italian military port, helpless.

It's not that Churchill doesn't want to give the order to attack, but now everyone says that peace means, and if Britain and France take the lead in firing artillery, they will be charged with starting a war, which is not a very light crime. At that time, the position will be reversed, Germany and Italy will be on the side of reason, and Britain and France will be on the side of evil.

The fist is out, whether it hits the target or not, it must be withdrawn, and it must not be used, and Britain and France can only order the fleet to withdraw from the Mediterranean first. After all, the mainland also needs a fleet to protect it, and the fleet can't be too far away from the mainland.

As for the invitation from Italy, it had to be refused. Britain and France are not fools, how dare they really go to Italy.

Britain and France refused, and Italy only said two words "regret", as for what it regretted, then I don't know.

Shocking results.

Although this naval battle, which could have been a big deal, did not start, everyone understood that the matter was not over. The German fleet is still in the Mediterranean for a day, and the matter will not really be over, unless the German fleet returns to the mainland, whether the naval battle will start or not, then no one can say.

The war still hasn't started, and everyone is thinking at the moment, what is Germany going to do?

However, before the end of the matter, another piece of news came and gathered the attention of the world again. The news did not come from Europe, but from the Far East. Japan, as one of the members of the Axis powers, only came out to join in the excitement when the turmoil gradually subsided.

It was only then that everyone remembered that Germany and Italy were not alone, and that they had an ally in Asia. And the military strength of this ally is not weak, at least in terms of navy, completely surpassing Italy and France, and catching up with Britain and Germany. It's just that it's in Asia, far from Europe, and lives in the shadow of China, the boss of Asia, which makes it easy to ignore it.

(To be continued)