Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Chen Shaokuan, walked briskly into the office of Chief of the General Staff Zhao Zhen. With the establishment of the Western Fleet, the entry into service of a large number of new ships, and the continuous improvement of the Navy's combat readiness, the admiral who had been idle for more than two years finally began to be busy, not only responsible for the training of the rapidly expanding naval forces and operations in the Indian Ocean, but also devoting a considerable part of his energy to preparing for war against Japan. A variety of preparatory programs began to be developed. Some of the options were to deal with the Japanese initiative to attack; Some were preparing for a sneak attack on Japan; Some of them intend to join forces with the United States against Japan; Others want to eliminate Japan while preventing the United States from meddling in the affairs of Greater East Asia. All of these plans involve cooperation with the army and the air force, so Chen Shaokuan has been going to and from the General Staff Headquarters more and more often, and almost every day he will run into this five-story building next to the Ministry of National Defense building.

Zhao Zhen was looking at a report that had just been sent by the Burmese Front -- the content of the report was about the Himalayan front, and the Indian Asan had mobilized heavy troops to storm the three fortresses of Yadong, Zhangmu, and Kejielang in turn, and the battle was extremely fierce, and the 3rd Mountain Army stationed in Tibet was engaged with an opponent ten times its size, and although it inflicted heavy losses on the other side by virtue of its geographical advantage and firepower, the Indian Red Army's determination to attack did not change in the slightest, and it was very useful to the revolutionary determination to submerge the Himalayas with corpses. Now the front of the three major fortresses has really reached the point of a mountain of corpses, but the Indians are still going forward one after another...... When Zhao Fatzi grinned and gasped, he heard Chen Shaokuan's Fujian accent shouting at the door: "Youlin, the Japanese let the Yankees pose in Hawaii!" ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment. Before he could figure out what "put one" meant, Chen Shaokuan pushed the door and walked in, his face a little solemn. But there is a gloating smile on the corner of his lips, how strange it looks. Zhao Zhen nodded slightly to Chen Shaokuan: "Houfu, what's wrong?" Was it the Japanese who were defeated by the United States in the Hawaiian Islands? ”

"It's not a beat, but it's going to be soon." Chen Shaokuan handed over a telegram from the Navy's military observer on Oahu. "At about 6 p.m. on July 6, Hawaii time, 200 F4F Wildcat fighter jets landed at Ford Island Airport at Pearl Harbor."

"200 F4Fs to Oahu?!" Although Zhao Zhen doesn't understand the navy, he also knows what it means! The performance of the American F4F Wildcat fighter is known to Zhao Zhen, although it is not as good as the J-3E Dragon Eagle of the Chinese Navy. But it is much stronger than the Type 93 of the Japanese Navy! If 200 F4Fs reach Oahu, the Japanese dive bombers had better stop dropping bombs there, otherwise there will be no return. If you want to use the Type 93 fighter to consume the F4F. The Japanese had to pay at least three times as much...... But the question is, how did these planes get to Oahu?

"It should have taken off from an escort aircraft carrier, and the U.S. Navy did a good job this time," Chen Shaokuan sighed: "It seems that the Americans have adapted to the war." At least the Pacific Fleet already knows how to fight the Japanese! As he spoke, he pulled over a chair and sat opposite Zhao Zhen: "Youlin." With 200 high-quality updated F4Fs on Oahu, it seems that Japan will not be able to take down Oahu...... Moreover, the Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States have been completed and put into service in large numbers, and the research and development of several very good carrier-based aircraft is also nearing completion, and it is estimated that the situation in the Pacific Ocean will soon be reversed. Do you think we're going to consider joining the Pacific War early? Don't let the Americans' claws reach into our backyards. ”

Zhao Fatzi first carefully read the telegram in his hand, and just as he wanted to say something, he heard the loud password of the guards standing guard outside the office and the sound of standing up and saluting. Both of them looked towards the door, and saw Chang Ruiqing walking in with a stern face. The prime minister seems to be worried about something, and I wonder if he knows about the changes in Hawaii? Zhao Fatzi and Chen Shaokuan glanced at each other. Hurriedly stood up and saluted, Chang Ruiqing was wearing a military uniform today. So he also returned a military salute: "Houfu, you are also here...... Do you know anything about Hawaii? 200 U.S. planes broke through the Japanese naval blockade to Oahu. And what else is there 10th Task Force ready to go to Port Moresby......"

Chen Shaokuan asked cautiously: "Prime Minister, where did the news of the 10th Task Force going to Port Moresby come from?" ”

Chang Ruiqing also found a chair and sat down. It was Zeng Muhan's telegram that President Roosevelt personally sued him, and he should not be wrong. And the American fleet in the Indian Ocean is also preparing to go to Port Moresby. ”

"A fleet in the Indian Ocean?" Chen Shaokuan's brows furrowed even tighter. "There were 5 battleships and 2 large aircraft carriers there...... By the way, the Essex seems to have been hit hard. ”

"Let the naval yard in Yangon help with repairs, the Saratoga will also go to Yangon for overhaul, and we will also provide a batch of J-3E Dragon Eagles to these two American aircraft carriers."

"And for carrier-based aircraft? Prime Minister, this ......" Chen Shaokuan looked pained.

Chang Ruiqing glanced at him: "It's all about collecting money!" If you have money, don't you want to make it? ”

"But these two aircraft carriers ...... when they arrived in Port Moresby."

"What about the arrival?" Chang Ruiqing snorted coldly: "Nanyang and Japan don't have the United States after all, but Australia can have three points with the United States and Germany." ”

"Australia? Prime Minister, what do you mean...... Force the Japanese to go south, and then let's go to liberate? Chen Shao looked at Chang Ruiqing steadily. However, after the United States occupied Port Moresby, it blocked the throat of Japan's southward march to Australia. ”

Chang Ruiqing waved his hand: "We can't occupy Australia, and neither the United States nor Germany will agree...... There is no need to divide up anything, my idea is to let Australia open up the immigration quota to us and Europe and the Americas, and our share with Europe should be equal, and the Americas will be less, anyway, they have fewer people there, and if you want to immigrate, you can also go to Canada. ”

Hearing this plan, Chen Shaokuan and Zhao Zhen were stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, they both felt that Chang Ruiqing's method was good. Although China is now one of the three great powers, it is still unrealistic to want to monopolize Australia, a continent occupied by Europeans for more than 100 years. High-quality updates are just because neither the United States nor Germany will allow China to grow to that extent. However, it is entirely feasible to bring Europe along with them to immigrate there. Europe, led by the Germans, like the Federation of Greater China, had the problem of overpopulation. Now Hitler is not planning to send some of the Jews to the Middle East? So why can't we send some more Slavs or some other non-Aryan to Australia? Hitler would certainly be interested, and China and Germany would have agreed as long as they reached an agreement. It is useless for the Yankees to oppose it.

However, it seems that the issue of the United States trying to get involved in Japan and the South China Sea has not yet been resolved, right? Moreover, after Japan's road to Australia is blocked by the United States, will it take the risk of joining forces with India and the Soviet Union to attack China?

In response to the questions of the two, Chang Ruiqing waved his hand and said: "The United States has no way to get involved in Japan and the South Seas, Roosevelt put on such a posture for the Middle East, what he really wants is the oil resources of the Middle East...... He has invested a lot of money for the Middle East, and he must be unwilling to withdraw like this. So I want to have a three-point deal with us and Germany, but I just won't let go of this matter, and I can't let go. The war in the Middle East is clear that it will take a long time. Both we and Germany will lose quite a few people. Jews and Arabs are dead, and the United States is no longer likely to send troops to the Middle East, already feared by the Indians and Soviets. Therefore, it was unrealistic for Roosevelt to think that the Middle East would be divided into three parts, as for the South Seas and Japan. I don't think the Americans have much interest. Sumatra, Borneo and Java, the fattest islands of the South Sea archipelago, are all on our lips. Americans can't eat it anyway.

As for other places, the strategic significance to the United States is greater than the economic interests, if the United States is now the world hegemon, they will definitely occupy it and use it to contain us, but the United States is not the hegemon now, Germany is the most powerful. The Americans were not guilty of containing us for the sake of the Germans, and Roosevelt was now busy building the Community of the Americas, apparently trying to make America his own territory. to confront Germany. However, Roosevelt did not have an easy goal to achieve, just for Canada and Mexico to join the United States Mutual Defense Treaty. The Americans have shelled out $65 in aid, and if they want to twist the whole of America into a mess, the Americans will have to spend at least tens of billions of dollars. Moreover, those American countries except for the United States, only Canada has a relatively good policy, and the rest of the countries are either military dictatorships or governments, and it is not so easy to transform them into the same as the United States.

As for whether Japan will join forces with India and the Soviet Union to deal with us, it will depend on the situation on the Indian battlefield and the Soviet-German battlefield. If India and the Soviet Union can really create any miracles on the battlefield, perhaps the Japanese will take a risk. Otherwise, hehe...... We are here to retreat for the majority of Japanese GCD cadres! Even the commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, Isoroku Yamamoto, took a Chinese passport in the name of 'Zhao Yamamoto', bought a house and a shop in Hong Kong, and became a taxpayer of our Great Chinese Federal Government, and could vote for members of the Central Committee of Hong Kong and the Federation. Speaking of which, a few of us can theoretically be said to be public servants who serve these Japanese cadres! (Is this a traitor?) ）”

When Chang Ruiqing said these words, a look of pride appeared on his face. Because he knows that he is the creator of history, and the history of this time and space has been completely different because of him. Not only China's destiny has been completely changed, but also the destiny of all mankind. He believed that after the end of this world war, there was already a tendency for humanity to unify! Although it is not known when the final unification of mankind will occur, the post-war world will no longer be a situation of small states, but the coexistence of several superpowers. In the future, if Germany can really assume the responsibility of leading Europe, and the United States can lead the people of the Americas to common prosperity (well, the people of Latin America are blessed), and if the Federation of Great China can successfully integrate Greater East Asia, perhaps the world will be more harmonious and beautiful in the future, right?

Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing nodded, the future is beautiful, but the current war is still very cruel. Especially the Indian Ah San didn't know what to eat wrong, and he was desperate to attack the Himalayas! Just don't look at Imphal, General Peng's calculation is about to fall through again, this Blyukhel is really hard to deal with! It seems necessary to add some more strength to the Burmese front.

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When Chang Ruiqing felt that Blyuhel was very difficult to deal with, Bryuhel was also shocked by the combat effectiveness shown by the squadron. Although he had several encounters with the Chinese Expeditionary Force in the Indian battlefield before. However, because the squadron did not do its best, the Indian Red Army and Blyukhel did not find out how capable the squadron was, at most the armored forces were more powerful. But as soon as the Himalayan campaign began. Blyukhel was surprised to find that he had really miscalculated this time.

Due to the unfavorable progress on the Himalayan front. On July 10, Blyukhel had already visited the Zhangmu front to supervise the battle. Under his personal supervision, the battle of Zhangmu Fortress was also carried out to its worst time. The most convenient points for Indian troops to enter Tibet are here and at the Yadong Pass. However, Yadong Pass is too close to Imphal Fortress, and the Chinese J-3E Dragon Eagle fighters, He-111 bombers and Ju.88 bombers can cover there, and the road to Yadong Pass is bombed by hundreds of aircraft every day, and heavy weapons and supply convoys are bombed to the ground! Therefore, the attack on Yadong Pass lasted less than a week and was unable to follow. The situation is similar in the Kejielang area, which is closer to the fortress of Imphal. So in desperation, Blyukerberzin could only pin all his hopes for a breakthrough on Zhangmu.

The attack on the Zhangmu fortress has been fought from the early morning of July 6 to the present. The heavy firepower of the Indian Red Army was finally brought up despite all odds. The artillery fire caused smoke and dust to fly from the hills around the Zhangmu Fortress, and most of the surface buildings of the exposed fortress were destroyed -- because of the poor transportation conditions in Tibet, the surface buildings of the Zhangmu Fortress were not made of reinforced concrete, but of civil engineering and masonry. Can't help but bombard large-caliber howitzers. However, the area is mountainous and quite steep (but gentle in the Himalayas). The Zhangmu Fortress was built on the mountain, and most of the fortress was built in the hollowed-out mountain, so the destruction of the surface buildings by artillery fire did not affect the defense and combat ability of the fortress. In the direction of Nepal in front of the fortress, there is also a river with a small width, but the current is very fast, called the Zhangmu River (this is the name on the map of the National Defense Forces), and before Nepal was liberated by the Indians, another chain bridge that has existed for an unknown number of years was erected on the Zhangmu River, which is the choke point between Nepal and Tibet. However, now that the chain bridge has been destroyed, the Zhangmu River has become a moat to block the Indian army.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the infantry of the Indian Red Army attacked again. Rafts, sheepskin rafts or rubber boats poured from the slopes on the other side of the Zhangmu River to the Zhangmu River. They don't know how many times they have launched attacks of the same scale, but they have all been beaten without exception. Now Blyukhel and Carya were overseeing the battle on the hill not far behind. The basic officers of the Indian Red Army, who were in a hurry to show their attention, seemed to have ignored the casualties of their subordinates, and just kept driving their subordinates to attack. On both sides of the Zhangmu River, in front of the strong fortifications of the 8th Mountain Division of the Chinese Army, blue-gray corpses were laid layer after layer, and there were countless dead bodies floating to the turbulent water of the Zhangmu River. There were still some Indian Red Army soldiers who rushed through the fire net, attacked the hillside on their backs, and rushed to the front of the Chinese army's trench, but they were swept down by rows of bullets fired by the defenders' Type 31 automatic rifles, and the front of the trench was full of dead Indian soldiers, the corpses were scattered all over the place, and the blood had stained most of the hillside red.

By the sixth day, the Indian Red Army had finally made some gains, and a beachhead about 3,000 meters long and no more than 1,000 meters wide had been established on the slopes of the north bank of the Zhangmu River. The first line of defense of the Chinese army on the north bank of the Zhangmu River was also abandoned under the pressure of the powerful offensive of the Indian army. The defenders had retreated to the main fortifications of the fortress halfway up the mountain. The main fortifications of the fortress are actually divided into two parts, just on the mountainsides of the two peaks facing each other, but the peaks are not armed, and there are places that can only be climbed by professional mountaineers, and it is impossible for the brigade to make a detour. The road to Shigatse leads to Guò from the middle of the two peaks, and about two regiments of defenders were at risk, and their machine-gun fire could support each other, completely blocking the road below the hillside. The Chinese army also deployed recoilless guns and heavy mortars in the fortifications halfway up the mountainside, which could directly bombard the beachhead of the Indian army, while the artillery regiment of the 8th Mountain Division was deployed in Zhangmu Town, which was less than 3 kilometers away from the Zhangmu fortress, which could directly provide fire support to the defenders and inflict great casualties on the attacking Indian army. The Indian army organized troops to attack Zhangmu Town several times, but it was all in vain, either lost its way in the vast mountains of the Himalayas, or was near a small force sent by the 8th Mountain Division of the Chinese Army, and suffered heavy losses.

In the end, the Indian army also dispatched planes for the first time in an attempt to attack the headquarters and artillery positions of the 8th Mountain Division of the Chinese Army in Zhangmu Town. However, the result was very miserable, three I-16 fighters crashed into the mountain, and two I-16s crashed for unknown reasons, and only a few small bombs fell on the town of Zhangmu and did not hit the target. After all, dropping bombs in the Himalayas at an average altitude of six or seven thousand meters above sea level is not something that any plane or pilot can do.

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