When Jiang Yunzhi arrived in Cairo to summon the three lieutenant generals Xiao, Guan, and Long, the Second Battle of Benghazi had already begun.

The German and Italian Afrika Korps, as the vanguard of the Allied forces on the northern front, attacked very fiercely. Rommel, who also came from the German Guard, was haunted by his previous crushing defeat in Benghazi.

But in the first battle of Benghazi, Rommel did not make any mistakes in command, but it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. The short legs of the German navy and the indisputability of the Italian navy made it very difficult for Germany and Italy to resupply in the Mediterranean. On the eve of the decisive battle, an Italian oil tanker and two escort light cruisers were sunk by the British Navy, leaving the German and Italian African Panzer Corps unable to fight back due to lack of fuel. Almost all of the tanks and armoured vehicles became fixed batteries, which were removed by the British Air Force.

But this time he made a comeback, the offense and defense were easy, and Rommel, known as the Desert Fox, was full of confidence. The German victories in Greece and the Allied victories in the Middle East and Egypt tilted the situation in the Mediterranean in favor of the Allies. Tankers from Italy to Bari can easily reach Alexandria in Egypt along the Greek coastline, bypassing Crete. Along the way, there were German and Han sea wolves escorting them along the way, and the ships were quite safe. In addition, after the end of the air battle in Malta, the aircraft of the Allied air force have threatened the eastern Mediterranean shipping lane, and Rommel will definitely not be in a desperate situation by logistics supplies like last time.

In fact, even if the supply lines in the Mediterranean were to be problematic again, the Allied forces in Africa would not have to worry about supplies. As His Majesty said, a military base on Xitai Island could give the Empire control half the world.

Although this is a slight exaggeration, the gradual improvement of the sea and air bases on Xitai Island has indeed strengthened the Han's control over the Indian Ocean. In addition, General Wang Yizhe led two corps of nearly 300,000 soldiers to successfully land at the port of Durban, South Africa, and the Fifth Fleet of the Han Dynasty -- the coastal fleet -- has attracted the attention of the world, and the British colonies around the Indian Ocean have been wiped out.

Wang Yizhe swept away the decline in the Indochina Peninsula and commanded the Xuzhou Army and the Judah Army to defeat the British South African colonial army in Mbaba in one fell swoop. Although the main force of the South African army was sent to North Africa to participate in the war, Wang Yizhe's combat method of holding on to the infantry army, outflanking the two flanks of the armored troops, and waiting for the enemy to rout, concentrated mechanized troops to pursue with all his might still won His Majesty's appreciation.

"It's not that Admiral Wang doesn't know how to fight, but he is not very used to playing hide and seek with monkeys in the jungle, and he has changed the type of land, and this battle is quite general-like! Tell Lao Wang to liberate South Africa and directly announce the Empire's racial equality policy, and save Mandela from doing his work! ”

"Who is Mandela?" Mu Yu sounded a little confused, listening to His Majesty's meaning, this Mandela should be a celebrity, why don't you know.

"Uh......! A leader of the South African independence movement, a small organization, is not yet a climate! Mu Yu, the minerals in this part of South Africa are very large, and people must be sent to take over the mines and metallurgical companies left by the British. His Majesty, who knew that he had lost his words, had to cover it up indiscriminately.

"Okay! Your Majesty, I will contact the Minister of Energy and Minerals! "Director Mu, who accepted the order, is actually still suspicious: the leader of the independence movement, the Military Intelligence Agency should have his information, well, Mandela, I have to send someone to check when I go back - Mandela, who was still a college student, was noticed by the Imperial Military Intelligence Agency in advance, which can be regarded as an unexpected surprise, he entered the South African government earlier, and his political talents were brought into play, and he became the president of South Africa earlier than in his previous life.

After defeating the main force of the British army in the Battle of Mbabane, Wang Yizhe divided his troops into two routes, attacking Kimberley all the way to control the main mineral areas of South Africa in the Orange River Valley; The Xuzhou Army, the main force of the other route, had just continued to attack Mobic, another British colony in southern Africa.

In North Africa, Rommel's German-Italian Agrokorps approached Benghazi. The British Eighth Army, which retreated to Subbit Bay, was in a rather bad situation at this time. The Italian army increased its garrison on the island of Bantelleni and even began to build a field airfield on the island. The Italian Air Force, which had once again received a large number of Phantom fighters, regained its self-confidence, and the Tunis Channel suddenly became a Jedi - the decisive ground of the British Royal Navy.

Several transport ships were sunk while carrying supplies to Benghazi, and the H flotilla escorting them also suffered heavy losses, and the light cruisers USS Glasgow and HMS Queen of Egypt and several frigates were sunk.

The British Navy and the Multinational Air Force of Tunisia, which attempted to fight back, launched a joint naval and air operation, codenamed "Glowworm".

Their operational objectives were to destroy the radar base station on Bantereni Island and the field airfield under construction.

But the Italian army, which had witnessed the air battle in Malta, was determined to make a name for itself, and the garrison on Bantelleni Island responded forcefully to the attack of the multinational force, in conjunction with the Italian navy and air force.

The Italian navy, battered at Cape Matapan and Cape Einparnes, sent its only two remaining light cruisers, Giuseppe Garibaldi and Affriccardo, to join up a number of submarines at Bari and sail out of the Tyrrhenian Sea halfway between Sardinia and Sicily. and intercepted the H convoy in the south of Sardinia.

In a nearly two-hour naval battle between the two sides, the Italian navy was outnumbered and did not retreat, and finally held out until the arrival of the air force on Sardinia. Although the Giuseppe-class light cruiser's lead ship, the Giuseppe Garibaldi, the current flagship of the Italian Navy, was sunk by a British battleship, and the other light cruiser, the Affricado, was also seriously wounded and withdrawn from the battle, and all six destroyers were damaged or sunk, none of which were intact, but this heavy price was ultimately exchanged for the total destruction of the H fleet.

The battleship Resolve was sunk by a Royal Han Air Force G-40C Veyron attack aircraft off the ocean east of the Balearic Islands, while the other battleship, the Valiant, withdrew from the battle early after being torpedoed by the Italian Navy submarine Totti. But it did not escape either, and was spotted by a German U-submarine near the port of Malaga, less than a hundred nautical miles from Gibraltar, where three torpedoes broke the last capital ship of the H Fleet in two.

Together with the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, which had previously been sunk by U submarines, two of the three capital ships of the H fleet were destroyed by German submarines. Staying on the battlefield, Vice Admiral Somerville, commander of the H Fleet with the light cruiser Enterprise as the flagship, did not choose to escape when he was besieged by the Allied air forces, but resolutely raised the command flag, showing both sides of the battle his determination to be with the fleet.

Such behavior was rare among British naval commanders during World War II!

The day after the battle, Emperor Zhongyi of the Han Dynasty specially ordered the air force stationed in Sardinia to throw flower baskets in the battle area to show his respect for Sir Somerville! Of course, at this time, there was no longer the smoke of gunpowder and the sound of huge explosions on the sea. It's just that the faint smell of gunpowder in the sea breeze and the oil stains that are still clearly visible on the sea surface indicate the cruelty of this sea battle.

The Italian Navy exchanged its bravery for the sinking of two British battleships, a light cruiser and six destroyers, and the H Fleet defending Gibraltar was removed.

The Battle of Sardinia dramatically changed the naval strength of both sides in the Mediterranean. The Italian Navy changed the image of being despised with iron and blood, and Vice Admiral Giriziani, the commander of the Italian Navy in the Battle of Sardinia, was awarded the highest rank of the Order of Ancient Rome by the King of Italy. Encouraged by this, Mussolini decided to buy warships from Han and rebuild the Italian navy.

"What's the fuss, the battle is going on, what kind of warship to buy? If you want to build it, you have to wait until the war is over. ”

After receiving the telegram from Black Sorini, His Majesty in the Weiqing Pavilion threw it aside, how could he pay attention to him? At the operational conference held in Cairo, Jiang Yunzhi quickly drew up a new operational plan and made major revisions to the concept of landing in Tunisia.

His Majesty didn't mind, "Professional work has to be done by professionals!" "Although in terms of strategy, many of His Majesty's previous proposals are comparable to geniuses, but the front-line commander, Zhong Yi has never thought that he is stronger than Jiang Yunzhi or Rommel!

Blind remote control in the rear and chaotic command on the battlefield are foolish things that only the chairman can do. Facts have also proved that his set is pure nonsense, if it were not for the bald command, if he could believe in Xiao Zhuge more, he would not have been a mess in the Huaihai Campaign, let alone be determined by the People's Liberation Army in the battle of crossing the river with equal strength on both sides!

The current chairman of the committee is ...... to the Han Emperor That's called a pro! Since losing Nanjing and retreating to Taiwan, Song Meiling has grown up in Chang'an, running to Jinhua Hall every day, close to Qin Yingxue and Hai Nitao, and wants to marry and be the godmother of His Royal Highness Tianlin!

"What are you doing? She was the ...... of being a godgrandmother", hearing this, His Majesty scolded half of it and quickly shut up, almost wrapping himself in.

"Nima, tell her that it's okay not to stay in Chang'an, even if it's under the pretext of visiting Song Si, it's almost like staying for more than half a month! What's the use of letting the bald head prepare an expeditionary force to go to the battlefield to get some benefits, and more than a million troops are squatting in Taiwan? ”

To say that Song Meiling is still quite powerful, she brings Song Xue to Jinhua Hall every day, and she is a gift and changes every day to praise the spirit of Tianlin and praise Tianning for her beauty.

Rao is Director Qin is shrewd enough, and he can't help others grind so much, so he still helped her say a few good words when he took the time.

But His Majesty's reply made Song Meiling feel like a treasure, "The Han Emperor agreed to the national/military participation in the European war, doesn't that mean that Taiwan is allowed to join the Grand Alliance?" ”

Madame Chiang immediately flew back to Taichung to report the good news to the bald head, but the bald head was of course as simple as his wife, and the Han Emperor did not directly answer Taiwan's request for the Han Dynasty to send a fleet to blockade the Taiwan Strait. If Taiwan sent a large number of troops because of the words of the Han Emperor, then once the PLA launched another campaign to cross the sea, wouldn't it become a joke?

However, the Han Empire has become the only hope for the country/army that has fled to Taiwan, and the attitude of the Han Emperor determines the fate of these millions of people. While ordering Sun Liren to form a Taiwan Expeditionary Force, the bald head sent a letter through diplomatic channels, requesting an official visit to Han!

On the day the letter was sent, the bald head was fidgeting at the former governor's palace in Taichung, would the Han emperor agree to his own visit? When the contradictions between the two sides gradually deepened in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, I thought that I had the United States as a backer and behaved too toughly, would the Han Emperor mind?

If the Emperor of Han refused to visit Han himself, then ...... What will happen to these loyal subordinates who have followed Taiwan from here? Where will my Jiang family father and son go?