Chapter 423: Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron

Marshal Ye Weixun, chief of the general staff of the Han Imperial Army, visited the three Mediterranean European countries of the Grand Alliance, and attended a press conference in Rome with Marshal Giriziani, deputy commander-in-chief of the Italian armed forces, and answered many questions in front of reporters from various European countries.

Italian Reporter: Hello, Marshal Ye. His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty once said: The Grand Alliance is not only a united military alliance, but also a closely knit economic community. So how will the vacuum in military power in the Mediterranean be filled after the expedition of the Allied forces? How will the Han Empire guarantee the defense and security of all allied countries?

Ye Weixun: You're right, as His Majesty said, the Grand Alliance is an all-round alliance organization of unity and cooperation, and all the countries of the Grand Alliance are equal in the alliance, and there is no question of who leads whom. Every nation would treat the security and interests of its allies as well as its own, and so did the Han Empire. The Han Empire will work with other allies to respond resolutely and forcefully to the military provocations of certain European countries that endanger the countries of the Grand Alliance. As for the issue of military strength in the Mediterranean, I must point out that this journalist friend is wrong about what you said: there is no vacuum in the Mediterranean. The Indian Ocean Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Han Empire will soon return to its own defense zone from the Pacific Ocean, and Commander Mao Quartz will lead the powerful Indian Ocean Fleet to Valletta Naval Base. The Han Empire has the confidence and ability to assist our allies from being intimidated by other ambitious countries, and will not tolerate any instigation or aggression by any country or anyone against the countries of the Grand Alliance.

"...... Uproar"

The applause was mostly given to journalists from major league countries such as Italy, Spain, Turkey and England. The hard-line attitude of the chief of the general staff of the Han army undoubtedly reassured these countries that were being threatened by Germany.

"Mr. Chief of Staff, you keep saying that the Han Empire wants to protect the security of the allies, so who will protect the security of the United States, which is suffering from the aggression of the allies?" The goods were designated as German journalists.

Ye Weixun frowned, and just wanted to fight back, he heard a scolding in the venue, "Get out, you German!" Get out of here, you're not welcome here! ”

Ye Shuai and Giriziani looked at each other and smiled, it seemed that they didn't need to answer, the reporters had done the Germans.

In Rome, there was laughter, German reporters were blasted out of the room, and other Allied reporters high-fived each other as if they had won a battle on the battlefield, whether they knew each other or not.

"Uh, you're from Romania? Get out, your master is all gone, why are you still here......"

"French? French? Are you Free French or Vichy French? Sent by General de Gaulle? That's no problem, we're allies! ”

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The press conference can't go on, Giriziani simply arranges for someone to send some good wine and food, then it will become a fraternity of allied journalists!

At the same time, in the German stronghold in Berlin, the German Führer was pointing at Himmler's nose and yelling, "Libyans****? Are you a pig brain or a pig brain? What do those who can't even eat enough bread ****? …… The Han army did not allow our troop carriers to enter the Mediterranean? Are you German or Chinese? If they don't let you in, you won't get in? Is the Mediterranean Sea Han? ”

"That's right, the Mediterranean is ours!" At the Valletta Naval Base on Malta Island, Ye Weixun said firmly to the officers of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Royal Navy who had arrived in advance, "This is a time of war, and without permission, military ships of other countries other than allies are not allowed to enter the Mediterranean route. ”

In the Mediterranean, Germany still occupies the Greek island of Crete and the Greek port city of Alexandroupolis in the Aegean Sea, which allows German tankers to berth without passing through the Turkish Straits and transport crude oil from Libya to Bulgaria and back to Germany via Romania, Hungary and Austria.

After the Soviet Red Army counter-attacked Ukraine and retained the oil-producing areas around the Caspian Sea, Libyan oil became vital for Germany. However, in Libya, oil workers rioted, German overseers were killed, and Himmler, the leader of the stormtrooper, wanted to increase his troops in Libya, but he was also blocked by the Han army. Germany is going to suffer an oil crisis, and at such an important moment, how can the Führer not be furious? Not killing Himmler on the spot was already a reward for his loyalty and hard work.

At this time, Goering stood up, "Führer, we can airdrop troops to Africa to suppress the uprising!" It's not that Göring had any friendship with Himmler, it's just that when he has the opportunity to express himself, Göring never misses it. After Rommel's death, the Führer publicly stated that Goering would be his only heir, which made the air marshal even more motivated, and even his favorite interest in collecting works of art was much weaker.

But the mustache's eagle eyes narrowed slightly, and the cold light shot out seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, "My dear Air Marshal, you can airdrop troops, can you still airlift oil?" ”

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The Han Imperial Navy imposed a hegemonic "sea closure" in the Mediterranean, prohibiting non-allied military ships from sailing. Oil is an absolute strategic material, and oil tankers are, of course, "military vessels", in other words, as long as they are ships of Germany and its client states, I am afraid that even a sampan must be regarded as a "military ship".

Thirty-six plans for "drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle". Before the submarines in Germany entered the rhythm of the ship raid war, Zhong Yi decided to cut off the oil supply to Germany. There are also oil fields in Romania, but as long as there is a war, Zhong Yi believes, the Royal Air Force will solve this problem!

"Nima, it's really not good, throw a little naughty!" Recently, under the influence of the violent Jiang Yunzhi, His Majesty has the urge to nuclear bomb Europe at every turn.

In fact, in the previous life, only 30% of the oil used by Germany during the war came from crude oil refining, and more relied on coal to synthesize oil, and the high-octane fuel used by the air force needed synthetic oil to meet the requirements. There is no oil in Germany, and the crude oil that can be provided by the large oil fields in Romania is limited, and it is only when Libya's oil resources are exploited under the guidance of Zhong Yi that the situation of oil shortage in Germany has been greatly alleviated in this life.

Zhong Yi also regretted this to death, but at that time, Han and Germany were in the honeymoon period, and the empire was still counting on Germany to provoke World War II and give the Han a more relaxed development environment.

It seems that it is not the first time that Zhong Yi has done something similar to this kind of lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot. At that time, the use of jet planes to lure Britain to agree to sell Australia, although it was not a loss, after all, it was worth paying any price to make South China Shun lì a country, but after all, it made the aircraft development process ahead of schedule and greatly shortened the technological lead of the empire; There was also assistance to the Soviet Union and agreement that Xinhua would open up to the Soviet Union in many technological fields, although Lao Maozi's gold reserves were wiped out, but it also made the Soviet Union develop rapidly in many aspects of military research and development, and under the pressure of war, there was a tendency to catch up with and surpass the advanced countries.

"Nima, which cow X didn't do a few tiger X things when he was young." His Majesty pinched the tip of his nose, raised his pen and signed his name on the text, and stamped it with the seal of the Supreme Commander, and the text on the seal did not have "the treasure of the Han Dynasty", it was very simple, it was the Supreme Commander of the Han Imperial Army...... Seems more than that.

Calling over Secretary Li, Zhong Yi lifted Wen Jiàn up, "Send it to Admiral Xiao Guoxing in London!" ”

Wen Jiàn was not sealed, Li Jinshi glanced at it, his heart was cold, and he hurriedly stood upright, "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

This is not the "red-headed" text that is often sent out in the Weiqing Pavilion, this is a combat order. After the study and decision of the Wartime Military Council of the Supreme Command: "Zheng He" plans to start the operation!

The announcement of the alliance between Germany and the United States was officially announced a week ago, and in Renéjax, Iceland, under the escort of the US Atlantic Fleet and under the strict blockade of the Luftwaffe, German Führer Adolf and US President Truman signed an alliance agreement, the full name of which is the "Europe-US Security Mutual Assistance Alliance." It seems that the mustache believes that Germany can represent the whole of Europe, and he is the king of Europe.

There aren't too many people who care about this, and all eyes are focused on how the big coalitions will respond to this, and how the military deployment of the two sides will change subsequently.

In the newspapers of various countries, a new name has also appeared, in order to distinguish the two alliances, journalists refer to the German-American alliance as the European Union, that is, the abbreviation of the "European and American Security Mutual Assistance Alliance"; In contrast, the name of the Greater China Alliance has also been changed to "Huameng".

The clearer and more concise names were quickly recognized by all journalists, and even in the official world, they did not shy away from these two abbreviations. Zhong Yi also praised the name "Huameng" in private, "Nima, this can't be made by a Chinese reporter, the name is good, I am very relieved......"

Of course, it doesn't matter what it's called, it's what you can do about it!

On May 5, 1945, the combined fleet of the Chinese Union crossed the Atlantic Ocean and sent carrier-based aircraft to bomb the US military base in Bermuda. On the same day, King George VI of England also issued a proclamation accusing the United States of America of unjustifiably occupying Bermuda, an overseas territory of England, without declaring war. The Kingdom of England strongly condemns and protests in the strongest terms against this barbaric act.

These words are all, everyone has taken possession of them, what's the use of protesting? The last sentence is the most important.

The Kingdom of England officially declared war on the United States of America, and England, together with the allies, would defend every inch of land left by their ancestors at any cost, including the use of force.

People gather by like, and things by groups.

Truman, in the White House, received a declaration of war from England and almost burst into tears. This was the case with the US Pacific Fleet, which was attacked by the Han State in Wusongkou, and it was almost blown up before a declaration of war was sent. Now this England ...... Hey, think what a gentleman King George VI was in the days of the Entente, it's only been a few years? Sure enough, if you mix with the fascists in the Han Kingdom, the good people will also learn the bad.