Exclusion of Chinese!

When the European war broke out, the British were the first to take action, taking advantage of the opportunity of China and Britain to declare war on each other, the British took the first action to expel the Chinese in the east and west Malay Peninsula, and by the end of the war, a total of about 500,000 Chinese were forced to leave the land where they had lived for decades.

At that time, due to the great power of China and the Soviet Union, the Dutch were worried that China's "ally" Germans would take advantage of this to make trouble, so they did not do it for the time being, and then with the rapid defeat of France in the French campaign, watching the scene of the German iron cavalry raging in Western Europe, the frightened and frightened Dutch did not dare to cause trouble at this point in time.

After the signing of the Amsterdam Agreement, the situation in Southeast Asia was further complicated by the infiltration of the United States and Japan into Southeast Asia. Britain, which had previously "covered" the Netherlands, had declined sharply in national power after the war, and could no longer cover the Netherlands. There are two families, one tiger and one wolf in the United States and Japan, squatting at the door, and the days in the Netherlands are getting more and more difficult day by day.

During the administration of President Cactus Ghana, when American power was infiltrating to the southeast, the United States used secret channels to encourage the Dutch to follow the example of the British and purge the local overseas Chinese forces.

In 1941, after the British reached a secret agreement, the Japanese also hinted to the Dutch about their "*" tendency, saying that once the Dutch purged the Chinese, the Japanese side would secretly support it.

In the past two years, in order to establish a country in Southeast Asia in the future, with the support of New China, Southeast Asian China has been organized, and it has gradually become a ball, which has made the Dutch government more and more afraid.

By December 1941, the Dutch, having obtained security guarantees from Britain, Japan, and the United States, had decided to take action in this month to purge the local Chinese of pro-Chinese forces.

The Dutch, who were dying, even sent a special envoy to Germany two months before the operation, in order to prevent "foolproof". Ask Führer Hitler for his opinion. As a result, the Germans, who secretly colluded with Japan, expressed "goodwill" on the surface and had no "opinion", but privately leaked this information to both China and Japan.

Take advantage of "massive" incidents happening on the ground. Then Britain and Japan entered Dutch Indonesia in the name of "protecting overseas Chinese", and then occupied it without leaving. Forcibly accepting the Dutch's territory here was a script secretly planned by Britain and Japan. At this juncture, the Dutch took the initiative to create an anti-Chinese incident, and they really slept and gave people pillows, which made the British and Japanese smiles. And after getting this information, Lin Han also used "self-inflicted death" to evaluate the Dutch.

In Lin Han's view, the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time to establish a nation in Southeast Asia had arrived. And the intelligence that the Dutch wanted to exclude China in Southeast Asia reached the Soviet Union. The Soviets also regarded this as a great opportunity to "export revolution" to the outside world, and secretly helped in intelligence.

However, before the Dutch act, there was a major event in Europe.

On 5 December, the German Government issued a statement that on 15 December, it would conduct joint military exercises with the Soviet Navy in the North Atlantic near Iceland, and at the same time claimed that it would lease a port in western Iceland to the Soviet Union to serve as its naval military base in the Atlantic.

As soon as this news was sent, it shook the whole world. For hundreds of years. Since the time of Tsarist Russia, the Russians have tried in every possible way to obtain a stable passage into the Atlantic. Historically, Tsarist Russia continued to advance westward, snatching ports into the Baltic Sea. It is for this strategic purpose. But the special geographical location of the Baltic Sea, even if this window into the Atlantic Ocean is obtained, is of little use.

As for the port of Murmansk in the north, although it can also cross the Arctic Ocean into the Atlantic, it is also not a good port due to its long-term frozen environment.

But when the Germans took the initiative to lease a port in Iceland to the Soviets, the meaning was different.

The meaning of politics reflects the Soviet-German confluence, and everyone wears a pair of pants like "friendliness".

In the military sense. The navies of the Soviet Union and Germany were thus tied together. Whether it is the United States or the United Kingdom, military operations are to be launched here. Either side cannot fail to take into account the attitude of the other. For Germany, militarily using a port in Iceland successfully tied the Soviet Navy and the German Navy together, so that Britain and the United States had to hesitate again when they wanted to turn their faces and start a war again. For the Soviet Union, they gained an important supply base in the Atlantic, and the Soviet Navy's voice in the Atlantic was greatly increased.

After the Kiel talks, with the encouragement and support of Germany, Stalin ambitiously embarked on his own large-scale shipbuilding program. The main force is 4 Soviet-class and 2 Coronstadt-class battlecruisers (note: this is also a historical fact, not my own overhead). However, a common problem of the socialist camp is that once the highest head is hot, it is very likely to ignore the gap in the country's production capacity and impose some design standards that exceed the national industrial level.

Four Soviet-class battleships, the lead ship was officially reasonably sane when it was built, using three triple 380 mm (fifteen in) main guns. The first turret of the main gun was manufactured with the help of Germany, and the rest was manufactured by the Soviet Union itself after Germany transferred the relevant equipment. During construction, with the help of German and Italian specialists, the lead battleship USS Soviet, was finally launched into service in September 1941 and joined the Red Navy. The Soviet-German military exercises are scheduled to be held off the coast of Iceland on 15 December, and the lead ship of the Soviet Red Navy is the USS Soviet.

However, the remaining three Soviet-class battleships, because Stalin wanted to install larger 406 mm (16 inches) naval guns, forced the designers to change the drawings and design, not to mention the cost increased significantly, and the construction progress was even more delayed, and by 1941, the remaining three ships had only one hull built. As for the study of the turret and barrel entered, it was also Yan zhòng lagged behind, and finally had to turn to the Germans for help.

In 1941, Germany and the Soviet Union were in what appeared to be a beautiful honeymoon. As for the Soviets' willingness to spend a lot of money on naval construction, Hannah knew very well that it was now in the post-battleship era, and even Germany did not want to build new battleships after completing the Bismarck-class battleships. Seeing that Stalin was willing to put a lot of effort into the construction of such obsolete goods as battleships, she naturally asked for it. Hannah had to agree to help the Soviets build turrets for their 406-mm guns, and even promised to provide the Soviet Navy with a naval base in Iceland for long-term use.

It was against this background that the Soviet-German naval forces conducted joint military exercises in Iceland began. As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused a shock in the countries around the Atlantic.

By the end of 1941, three George V-class battleships and two armored aircraft carriers had entered service with the British Navy. While the British and Japanese were colluding to enjoy a Dutch feast, the Royal Navy, which had recovered some of its strength, was planning to send a detachment of battleships to Southeast Asia for military deterrence. As a result, when the news of the Soviet-German exercises came out, the British Navy was immediately pinned down and unable to move on its own soil.

Li Huamei postponed the timing of Japan's move until after December, precisely to wait for this good opportunity.

On 15 December, in the Danish Gap area between Iceland and Greenland, the Soviet-German task force with the German battleship Scharnhorst, the Soviet Union, and the Zeppelin battleship as the core was conducting military exercises here. When smoke billowed over the Danish Strait, the eyes of the entire Anglo-American world were drawn here. Even the Dutch, who wanted to make a small move in Southeast Asia, were so frightened that they became honest for the time being because of this incident.

On 16 July, British Prime Minister Edri took the lead in holding a small tea party at 10 Downing Street in London.

Among the participants were: a prominent member of the Renault government in exile in Britain, a former French general in exile, a general of DJ de Gaulle, now the "Voice of Europe" radio telephone, an official representative of the Petain regime in Vichy France, and General Røhrl, a special envoy from the French colony of Darlan in North Africa.

Hannah chirified northern France, dividing the French Republic in two. With the exception of the newly established "socialist France" in the north, the political forces of the former "capitalist France" were themselves divided into three parts. Even the "Free French Movement" represented by Reynaud and Charles de Gaulle, Vichy France, and the military junta established by Darlan in the French colonies of North France.

Because of the British navy's sneak attack on the French navy last year, Darlan originally did not want to have any more contact with the British. But now France and Europe have deteriorated to such a deterioration that he has to put aside his prejudices and hatred for a while, and send an envoy to London to meet.

The three parties who met discussed the topic of integrating the three forces of France.

Europe is becoming more and more popular, which makes the old forces in Britain and France feel extremely uneasy. The continued fragmentation of the struggling "capitalist France" is unacceptable to those of insight in the three parties.

Among the three forces, the "Free France" of Renault and de Gaulle was the weakest, and although Vichy France had territory, industry, and a certain army, they were threatened by the German army and the "Second French Democratic Republic" and were under the greatest pressure.

The Darlang junta, which is isolated in North Africa, has territory and an army, but its own industrial capacity is very bad. The battleship Richelieu, which was about to be completed, and the battleship Jeanbar, which was partially completed, were unable to complete the rest of the schedule due to the lack of shipyards.

The three families were now called here by the British, and they wanted to reunite. For the British, the Americans in the west were bleeding their blood, and the Germans in the east were pressing forward step by step, and in addition to the Japanese in Asia, there was only half a breath of "capitalist France" left to help them. Therefore, a year after the sneak attack on the French fleet and the extreme deterioration of Anglo-French relations, the British brazenly called the French to the front.

The distribution of power is the most complex topic in the world, and after the three representatives gathered in London, they soon began to engage in endless bickering.

In the last month of 1941, at the deliberate arrangement of the Ringhams and by coincidence, Britain was being so distracted by the constant events in Europe that attention to Asia had declined at this critical point in time.

Ask for a thumbs up. (To be continued)

ps: Writing a novel about the world war, I feel that I can't just focus on one point, but I also have to take into account the overall situation, I didn't want to write this chapter, but I feel like I don't explain it, and there is always something missing. If there is a war in Asia, the situation in Europe cannot but be mentioned.