When the Allies and the Axis powers were vying for control of the Mediterranean, Chen Shao received many requests from Hitler and Mussolini, hoping that China could let the Indian Ocean Fleet under the Chinese Navy enter the Mediterranean Sea through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, so as to help the Axis powers block the forces amassed by the Allied Navy, mainly to contain the US Atlantic Fleet.

For the sake of the overall situation of the world war, Chen Shao also readily agreed. However, the Suez Canal was now the main place of contention between the Allies and the Axis. Since the Arabs joined the Allies in declaring war on the Axis and China, and Germany's Afrika Korps with the help of the United States to Britain, life has been getting worse day by day, and the Suez Canal, which was originally controlled by Germany, has now become a situation of competition between you and me.

Chen Shaoke did not want his Indian Ocean Fleet to become a target for Allied fighters in the narrow Suez Canal. It is true that the Indian Ocean Fleet is not weak, consisting of three First Emperor-class aircraft carriers, one Admiral-class battleship, and a number of cruisers, destroyers, and submarines. But China's warships are big ships. In the narrow Suez Canal, there is no doubt that it is a live target for Allied fighters, and there is no chance to dodge.

In the face of Europe's request, Chen Shao was actually helpless. The purpose of the Allies and Germany in fighting for the Suez Canal was also here, to control the canal and prevent Chinese warships from passing. At the same time, the Atlantic Fleet supported by the United States helped Britain seize control of the Mediterranean Sea and cripple the Italian navy.

Of course, the Chinese navy can also go around the Cape of Good Hope, but when the Chinese fleet goes around, the daylilies are cold. on this. Chen Shao could only say that everything only depends on the creation of the Axis powers.

In fact, not only Chen Shao was very clear about the strategic intentions of the Allies, but Hitler was not a fool. The massive landing of American troops in Africa and Arabia has made its objectives clear.

As long as the Mediterranean Sea was controlled by the Allies, the Suez Canal would inevitably fall into the hands of the Allies. At that time, Germany will lose not only the military supplies supported by China, but also Rommel's Afrika Korps, which will inevitably be lost. Even if Rommel's military command quality is doubled, there is no follow-up support for the Afrika Korps. It can't be blocked either. Africa is growing exponentially every day, and there is only one way to fail.

The sixteenth year of Zhongxing (1928 is the first year of Zhongxing), March 7.

Only a dozen days have passed since the Chinese Lantern Festival, when the Allies turned to attack on all fronts in the European theater. Chen Shao who came back from Lop Nur. A lot of information about the Allies was received.

Inside the command center of the Ministry of Defense. There were only five people present in the conference room, and in addition to Chen Shao, there were Jiang Baili and others. And at the moment. They were talking about the war situation in Europe.

"Your Majesty, if there is a big turning point in the situation in Europe, once the Allies really seize control of the Mediterranean, it will be a fatal blow to Germany. At that time, tens of millions of troops gathered around Europe will be able to counterattack the European continent from any direction. Germany is in a difficult situation. "The Allied seizure of control of the Mediterranean is now a foregone conclusion. Jiang Baili thought further.

"Yes, when the time comes, not only will the German legions in Africa be lost, but I am afraid that the Allies will also use Arabia to attack the Middle East on a large scale, directly attack Turkey from Libya, and counterattack the European continent. At that time, our interests in the Middle East will face the most severe threat, and we must guard against this. Cai Ye also thought a lot.

"And the Indian allies, those Indian soldiers may not be good for us, but for our allies in the Middle East, it is not useless. As soon as the Allies seized control of the Mediterranean, it was necessary for us to react immediately. The Middle East must be preserved, and the Allies must not be allowed to do whatever they want on this front. Chen has not forgotten that in the southwest of the empire, there is also a large country with the second largest population in the world, which can provide tens of millions of young people to join the army in a short period of time.

"No matter how I listen, everyone has no confidence in the German and Italian navies at all." After listening to the words of the three of them, Chen Shao couldn't help but shake his head, as for what he meant by shaking his head, it was naturally not to be disappointed in the few people around him.

Hearing Chen Shao's words, several people in the conference room were stunned for a moment, and Chen Shaokuan, Minister of the Navy, couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty, do you think that the Axis powers can block the Allies from seizing the Mediterranean?" ”

Chen Shao shook his head again, although in history, the Allies also wanted to seize control of the Mediterranean Sea many times, but there was no China at that time, and the United States focused its naval focus on the Pacific Ocean, so it was just a unilateral contribution by Britain to seize the Mediterranean. Now the situation is completely different, with the existence of China, the United States also wants to end the troubles caused by the two-sided war as soon as possible, and try its best to support Britain in seizing the Mediterranean. Not only to people, but also to warships, and even to exclude the Atlantic Fleet, and rushed directly to the Mediterranean. This is something that has not been done in history.

Therefore, in Chen Shao's view, the quality of the Italian navy is not even second-rate, and the air force is not even third-rate, let alone the British and American navies, and the Mediterranean Sea will soon be seized by the Allies. If Italy, which has unsinkable aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean, has a world-class air force, then it will be difficult for the Allies to do so. However, Italy is really not angry.

Chen Shao's attitude towards the Axis powers has always been to help if he can, and if he can't help him, he will stop. In fact, the Axis powers had repeatedly hoped that China would be able to send pilots and jet fighters to Italy, but Chen Shao simply refused. The reason is very simple, Hitler is not really with him, and besides, Chen Shao will not let the excellent pilots of the Reich go to work hard for a guy who once calculated himself.

"No, without our help, the Axis powers would have lost the Mediterranean. Since we can't help them, the Mediterranean will be in the hands of the Allies. ”

In fact, Jiang Baili and others have always believed that they should send pilots into Italy to help the Italian Air Force deal with the Allied navy. However, this idea has been severely rejected by Chen Shao, and even if they have tens of millions of questions, they will not mention it again. One can only watch the Allies seize the Mediterranean.

"Do you know why I've never aligned myself with Germany?" Chen Shao suddenly spoke.

"I'll be able to guess a little, but I don't know what the answer is." Faced with Chen Shao's question, everyone looked at each other, and when they asked this question at this time, they didn't know what Chen Shao was thinking. Only Cai Ye replied.

"I think your answer is completely different from my real reason. Because there is only one answer, Germany will not really be with us. It is enough to have this, since it is not a heart, there is not much point in dissolving the alliance, since the goals are all the same, it is okay to tacitly do it. Seeing that everyone was still puzzled, Chen Shao explained:

"Hitler was a good statesman, and I admire that even I admire. But he is not a qualified strategist, there are too many suspicions in his heart, and there are too many ideas. The result will inevitably lead to its later failure. It is for this reason that I do not choose to ally with Germany. I'm not a personal emotion, but I don't want to tie China to a train that doesn't know when it will derail. ”

In fact, Chen Shao still has one sentence that he didn't say, that is: I have tried my best to correct Hitler's mistakes, but the result is chilling, Hitler actually calculated the opposite, even if the will of the chief officer is strong, I will give in to objectivity.

What Chen Shao said was very simple: Germany will face defeat in the future, and it is impossible for China to face defeat with Germany.

"Your Majesty, do you think Germany is going to be defeated? That's not like we're going to face pressure from the whole world. Chen Fuqin didn't care about the political twists and turns, but he understood one thing from Chen Shao's words, and that was that Germany would lose.

"Facing failure is not a complete failure. Even if Germany loses in the later stages, as long as we are here, the result for Germany will not be very miserable. Chen Shao didn't explain much. His idea was very simple, Germany could not be defeated, because once Germany was defeated, China would face the encirclement of tens of millions of Allied troops, and at that time, on the conventional battlefield, China would be very likely to be submerged under the offensive of the Allied army.

"As the saying goes, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and there are still many things in front of us now. Winter is coming to an end, and the war on the northern battlefield will start at any moment. The Japanese Kwantung Army in Korea is about to be wiped out, and the next thing we have to face will be more than two million armored forces. In the north, more than 30,000 tanks, countless armored vehicles and aircraft have been assembled, and this may be an armored battle of the century that has never been seen before or since. Cai Ye suddenly walked to the map, he didn't care about the European battlefield, the battle that was about to take place in front of him was the most critical point in China.

"How long has the plan been going on?" Chen Shao nodded.

"Twenty days have passed, and there are only ten days left before His Majesty gave him." Jiang Baili got up and said: "At present, the 14th Group Army has pushed through the 38th parallel on all fronts ten days ago and attacked Busan. North Korea has liberated 90% of its land. ”

"I already know this, yesterday General Zhang Zizhong sent me a telegram asking if he would directly capture Tsushima Island. What do you think about this? Chen Shao said.

"I think it's okay, once we occupy the whole of Korea, then Tsushima will be a piece of meat on our lips. In this way, we will have full control over the Tsushima Strait. In fact, Jiang Baili himself also had such thoughts.

Others chimed in.

Chen Shao nodded: "Inform Zhang Zizhong later, agree to the plan to capture Tsushima Island." Now I announce. ”

The crowd stood up.

"I announce that the first phase of the war mobilization order will be implemented, and within three months, soldiers who will be discharged within five years will be called up to form a third-line force to deal with the unpredictable war situation in the future."

In five years, it is 5 million, which means that China's military strength will exceed 10 million and reach about 12 million in three months. (To be continued......)