A steady stream of fleets carried the Austro-Hungarian and German land forces from Europe to South Africa, and then began to advance unhindered into the interior of South Africa. Christian? Chancellor Smound was tempted to resist, but he had only 6,000 men and a poorly equipped light infantry and 20,000 militia at his disposal. He had to face an army of more than 100,000 men, armed to the teeth with planes, tanks, and artillery, and the South African Army was simply unable to withstand the enemy's attack.

Fearing a rebellion from the South Africans, the British authorities allowed South Africa to keep only a small army of light infantry, which lacked heavy weapons, for now. The British finally paid a heavy price for their insidious colonial policy. In less than half a month, the German-Austrian forces had occupied Pretoria, Johannesburg and other places, and Shi Mozi fled to Cape Zhaodu with some members of the government. Former Prime Minister Herzog, who advocated separation from the British, formed a new puppet government in Pretoria, and by early June, with the fall of Port Elizabeth, only the British-based Cape Zhaoton in all of South Africa was still resisting.

The French also saw that they were about to collapse, and more than a million French troops hid behind the Maginot Line, watching the German-Austrian panzer group gallop across the French hinterland, as if they were in a no-man's land.

It is only now that people have finally understood that the outcome of the war now depends on the number and performance of tanks and aircraft, and the number of troops is no longer the decisive factor in war. While the German and Austrian tanks were advancing in depth in France, and more than 5,000 combat planes were rampaging over France, the Anglo-French forces, numbering more than 3 million, were left to be ravaged.

The French appealed to their allies to devote all their domestic planes to the battle to defend France, but the British decided to abandon their allies and leave most of their planes on their home soil to defend the shores of their cities.

Thus, the defeat of France was inevitable.

Sa Shijun received a new appointment. He needed to go to Germany to receive two new aircraft carriers ordered by the Chinese Navy, and he was removed from his post as captain of the "Fujian" and promoted to commander of the newly formed Second Chinese Air Fleet. The letter of appointment issued by the Admiralty was conveyed by telegram, and the text on it was dry and monotonous, in the same format as when he had been appointed captain of the "Fujian". Nevertheless, he was very pleased with the appointment. After nearly thirty years in the navy, he finally had the opportunity to command a powerful fleet on his own.

Rear Admiral Cheng Yaoheng was only appointed commander of the newly formed 3rd Air Fleet in Austria-Hungary, not everyone has the opportunity to become the commander of a fleet, there is a lot of luck in this, and of course, it is also a reward for the two of them in the bloody battle of the Japanese army in Zhenjiang.

Admiral Chen Shiying held a small banquet in Durban to see off the two and some of the fleet staff, and after receiving warships in Austria and completing training in the Mediterranean, Cheng Yaoheng would go directly to the Suez Canal in Guò and then join Admiral Chen Shiying on the coast of East Africa. But the task ahead of him will be much more difficult. How could such a fleet led by him break through the layers of blockade of the British and reach southern Africa?

They left Durban with a returning convoy on an Austrian light cruiser bound for Dar es Salaam, where they would transfer planes first to Vienna and then to Germany. The returning transport ship was loaded with various ores plundered by Germany and Austria from South Africa, and the draft was very deep. It took seven days for the convoy to reach Dar es Salaam from Durban, when they came ashore. The whole city was celebrating the victory, inquired a little. It turned out that the French had already signed an occupation agreement with Germany, Austria and Italy, and France surrendered.

What an astonishing news that France, which had held out in the last big war for more than three years, was defeated in a month's time, shocking the whole world. One had to re-examine the strength of the German and Austrian armies and had to admit it with dismay. In terms of army equipment and training, as well as military thinking, Germany and Austria have left the world far behind.

The Italians got involved in France when it was almost finished, but their attack on the French border was shattered, and the French could not defeat Germany and Austria. But it was more than enough to deal with the Italians. Even so, the Italians appeared as victors at the Paris Peace Conference.

At Dar es Salaam airport, a Vienna Imperial Airlines "African Star" large passenger plane turns its propellers and prepares for takeoff. At this time, the entire German-Austrian region was celebrating the victory, the "double emperor" had unified Europe, and only the British continued to resist. Zhuyashvili was also frightened, and the Soviet troops temporarily stopped their offensive in the Caucasus and Ukraine.

The Kaiser threw an olive branch to the British, but Churchill, who replaced the resigned Neville Chamberlain as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, arrogantly declared that Britain would continue to fight!

The plane taxied quickly on the long concrete runway, then leaped sharply and slowly climbed into the air. After the outbreak of the war, air transport in Africa was interrupted for half a year, but the routes resumed as the German-Austrian troops cleared the British from North and East Africa. The British lost their colonies in North Africa, but by virtue of their maritime superiority in the Atlantic, they occupied the colonies of German West Africa and Namibia, and finally regained some psychological balance.

The next morning, the group finally arrived at Vienna Airport. The plane landed at Arish Airport in the Sinai Peninsula for refueling, with a two-hour stop. Several black cars drove over and took them to the Chinese embassy in Vienna.

Sa Shijun and Cheng Yaoheng learned about the situation, and it will take two months for several aircraft carriers to complete outfitting. But the two escort cruisers built for the fleet have already begun sea trials, so they need to come over in advance to take over the future work.

The Chinese warships ordered from Germany, Austria and Italy were directly supervised by Tang Dexin and Han Yuheng, two deputy directors of the Admiralty's Bureau of Ships and Ships, and these ships included one aircraft carrier and two cruisers each from Germany, Austria and Italy, and four ocean-going destroyers and 10 submarines from Germany and Austria, with a total cost of more than 700 million marks.

With the signing of the armistice between Germany, Austria, Italy and France, the war in France ended. Marshal Pétain, the French hero of World War I, established a new government in the southern French city of Vichy. Under the terms of the armistice, three-fifths of French territory, including the capital, Paris, and all French ports along the Atlantic coast were to be occupied by the Allies until the end of the war.

The Entente clearly underestimated the determination of the British to resist, and as Lechelton had predicted, the British government rejected the German offer of peace and decided to continue fighting alone with the Entente bloc.

Annoyed, the Kaiser ordered the air force to begin bombing British cities, and demanded that the construction of the domestic navy and aviation be accelerated in order to completely defeat the British Royal Navy. (To be continued......) R1292