After the destruction of Poland, Germany did not continue to attack the Soviet Union in the east.

Hitler, the most reactionary anti-communist/proletarian/socialist/righteous element, actually waved a shot at the last moment, turned his gun and attacked France south.

The situation in Europe changed rapidly, beyond the expectations of Britain and France, at this moment the British regretted that they should not have indulged the Nazis, trying to lead the Nazis to the Soviet Union, the disaster to the east, this strategy was not successful, Chamberlain was played by Hitler, the appeasement policy went bankrupt, Chamberlain stepped down gloomily, and the die-hard Churchill took power.

The Germans were divided into three routes, from west to east, namely, Army Group B, which attacked the Netherlands and Belgium, Army Group A, which attacked the Ardennes Forest, and Army Group C, which attacked the Maginot Line.

Located at the junction of Belgium, Luxembourg and France, the Ardennes Forest is hilly, densely forested, and sparsely populated.

On the surface, the Ardennes Forest is densely wooded, and the trees along the way are nothing more than dominoes, and German tanks easily knock down the trees and run out of the forest, and hundreds of thousands of troops continue to pass through the Ardennes Forest and appear in the heart of France.

The French did not expect the German tanks to rush out of the forest, and the Germans suddenly appeared on the north bank of the Maas, and the defense line of the Maas River was very weak.

The 19th Panzer Corps under the command of Guderian commanded 3 Panzer Divisions easily captured the French fortress city - Sedan!

In the Franco-Prussian War a hundred years ago, the Germans defeated France in the Battle of Sedan and established the Second German Empire on the corpse of the French Empire.

This time was no exception.

The forced crossing of the Maas River was the key to the plan, and German planes bombed the Maas River defense line indiscriminately. German heavy artillery fired at the opposite bank. The French army on the south bank of the Maas River almost collapsed. Without resting in the city, Guderian ordered the sappers to bridge the tower overnight, and the next morning the German tank units rushed across the Maas River, confronted a French infantry division that had been reinforced, and routed them.

Next, the Germans and the French engaged in a tank battle, which resulted in a great victory for the Germans, and Guderian had no time to celebrate the victory. Race against time to march to copy the back of the Anglo-French army.

At the Battle of the Maas River, only one dissatisfied French infantry army was completely unable to parry, and the main French army was either hiding behind the Maginot Line or in Belgium, fighting against the German Army Group B together with the British.

The Maas River defense line has been broken, the scythe of death has descended, and both the Maginot Line and the French army in Belgium are facing the danger of being attacked on the back, and they are going to lose!

This was the case with the subsequent situation. The French were defeated.

Hitler was ecstatic, but Churchill wanted to save the British Expeditionary Force trapped in the port of Dunkirk at all costs. Implementation of the engine program that later became famous.

(But if you lose the war, the engine plan doesn't seem to make much sense.) ）

In a month and a half, only a month and a half, France was destroyed, and the German army marched into Paris without bloodshed.

The Nazi iron cavalry swept through Europe and taught a lesson to all countries in the world, it turned out that the war could be fought like this, the French military strength was not bad, the equipment was even more advanced, and if they lost, they lost in concept, they were too conformist.

……

"Wonderful! The Germans explained to us what it means to be unprepared and take a good lesson. ”

"It's another inspirational story."

In Wuhan, the Military Commission, Li, Bai, Situ Yong, Deng Keng, Absinthe and other bigwigs discussed the war in Europe. Not only are they paying attention to the European battlefield, but the Chancellery is also paying attention to it.

This is true in Wuhan, this is true in Tokyo, this is true in South China, Moscow and Washington.

People once again saw the power of the blitzkrieg, and were even frightened by the strength of the German army - the German army killed the world's first army in seconds!

The victory of the Germans encouraged the Military Council, who was convinced that they were on the right path and demanded that the Chancellery agree to a new round of military expansion.

"Expand the army by 5 million? No! I don't promise! Not that necessary. ”

Song Ziwen stopped doing it when he heard it, and he was very surprised that the military actually proposed to expand the army by 5 million, and then asked, "Who are you going to fight again?" ”

War against whom?

There are three answers, which are Britain and France, the Soviet Union and Japan.

The war against Britain and France was mainly to recover the concessions, and when a war broke out in Europe, Britain and France had no time to take care of the east, and they could recover the concessions without expanding their troops, and the concessions were the result of ripening and falling.

So, who else?

Japan or the USSR?

Military generals such as Li Bai and Situ Nan have different opinions, and the navy and the army have different opinions, the army should go north, and the navy should go south.

This strategic choice is not a good choice, go north or go south?

The military and the Prime Minister's Office did not discuss a clear result, but they reached a consensus to continue the expansion of the army, and the Prime Minister's Office agreed to expand the size of the army to 3 million, change its name to the National Defense Force, and the country moved to a semi-wartime state, mobilized retired soldiers to join the army, and opened up positions to women.

After the meeting, Song Ziwen, Lin Yimin, Song Meiling, and Absinthe got together to talk about the situation.

Song Meiling spoke first: "Let him guess correctly again, the Germans easily defeated France, and the world's first army is so virtuous?" ”

At the beginning of the war, Situ Nan's telegram came to Wuhan and New Tangshan, and he predicted that Germany would defeat France, and the situation in Europe would change more naturally in a short period of time, and Wuhan and New Tangshan should be prepared.

Song Meiling didn't believe this, but she didn't expect Situ Nan's words to come true again, she lost a game, and she couldn't help but sprinkle her anger on the French, commenting on France in a sour tone.

Ku Ai didn't answer, secretly shocked in his heart, in the message Situ Nan sent him, not only predicted the direction of the war, but also specifically mentioned that the Ardennes Forest was the key to the battle.

What does this mean?

If Situ Nan is either extremely good at predicting or gathering intelligence, he should maintain the same attitude towards him - believe him.

Absinthe didn't say what he thought in his heart, and when he saw Song Meiling looking at it, he shook his head with a smile: "The result is unexpected, our ability to gather intelligence on Europe is limited." Again, the main focus was on Japan and the Soviet Union. According to intelligence. Japan and Germany may conclude a secret treaty. The Japanese couldn't sit still. ”

After speaking, he looked at Song Ziwen.

Before the war, the two countries cooperated in large-scale military and industrial cooperation, and many of the equipment of the Wehrmacht were similar to those of the German army, and the military had a friendly attitude towards Germany.

Since the Germans can do it. So there is no reason why the Chinese Wehrmacht, which is from the same source as the German army, is larger in scale and has war experience?

The army and air force were eager to take the plunge, but the navy was not impressed, believing that the British and French colonies in Southeast Asia were more suitable targets, with abundant resources and low combat difficulty, and that the navy could handle Southeast Asia on its own without the intervention of the army and air force. Especially French Annan.

However, in order to take care of the friendship between the services, the Navy hopes that the army will send several mountain divisions and jungle divisions to join the southward operation.

Military Heart is available. However, Song Ziwen was not active in comparison, and there were many concerns, and the military and political governments did not reach a consensus.

As far as the economic circles are concerned, the military-industrial interest groups and the consumer goods interest groups also have different voices, although they are unanimous in exporting all kinds of materials to Europe, and the voices of businessmen are transmitted to the Zhi Gong Party, which is why Soong Ziwen does not advocate immediate entry into the war.

"Whether it is going south or north, we must first reach a consensus with South China, and the two sides must form a more solid alliance." Lin Yimin said.

Song Ziwen nodded, start a war, oil and rubber, these two things are what China needs the most, Nanhua can provide these two, especially rubber, Meihua Chemical Company has mastered synthetic rubber technology, but it is not as cost-effective as imported Nanhua rubber in terms of quality and cost.

"What a headache! Let's take a look and see how the Japanese move! ”

Song Ziwen said with a headache.

It stands to reason that China first wants to attack Japan and recover the island of Taiwan from Japan, but the Japanese navy is powerful, and neither Soong Ziwen nor the military wants to fight with the Japanese.

Of course, they are not afraid of the Japanese, once the war is fought, Wuhan will first cut off the supply of materials to Japan, there will be no ore and oil from Chinese mainland, and perhaps the rubber and oil of South China will also be lost, and Japan's war potential will be weakened at once.

Then on the Korean Peninsula, a strong Chinese army and air force would drive the Japanese into the sea.

"It's good to wait and see, now that both sides are a bit of a bogey, the Japanese are definitely more anxious than us." Absinthe laughed.

Because time seems to be more on China's side.

"It's time for the Shanghai concession to end, and tomorrow I will issue an ultimatum to the British and French ambassadors, how about recovering the concession within three days?" Song Meiling asked, looking confident, her tone seemed to be inquiring, but her determination was firm, as if she saw that a famous achievement was about to fall on her head.

"The tax police corps is ready for anything." Lin Yimin nodded.

In fact, within three days, Paris and London received news that the Chinese were going to do something, and had to agree to return the concession to China.

As for Hong Kong, the British had an ambiguous attitude, proposing to return Hong Kong to China in exchange for an alliance with China to jointly deal with Germany, but Soong Meiling sternly refused.

The attitude of the two sides was at a stalemate for a while, but it was estimated that the British would soon be unable to stand it.

Churchill is now selling cuteness everywhere, hugging his thighs, begging for support, and is especially eager to pull the United States into the battlefield, wantonly selling Britain's overseas bases cheaply, and obtaining supplies from the United States.

The British also wanted an alliance with Japan, and the Japanese were equally ambiguous.

"The outbreak of war in Europe is an opportunity for the Empire. Unfortunately, the contradictions with the Chinese were not resolved, and the empire could not make a rash decision. ”

Tokyo, base camp, Ishihara Waner analyzed Itagaki Seishiro and others.

In the Sino-Japanese War of 1931, the defeat of the Japanese army led to the fall of the Tanaka cabinet, and they, the young Zhuang officers of the Kwantung Army, were punished afterwards.

Eight years have passed, and after eight years of silence, these people have become active again, Ugaki Kazunari actually became the land minister again, Ishihara Wanji became the first director of the General Staff Headquarters, and Itagaki Seishiro was defeated and captured in the Chinese battlefield, and later returned to Japan, where he is now the commander of the Second Division.

Many generals in the army were not convinced, but who made Seishiro Itagaki the most experienced in commanding armored troops, and those who had the ability were of course reused.

"Manmeng was defeated, the empire suffered heavy losses, China was thriving day by day, becoming the hegemon of the mainland, and it was difficult for the empire to compete on land." Itagaki Seishiro frowned and said solemnly.

"Has Itagaki-kun lost faith? Don't you have the courage to fight again? Ishihara asked with a sneer.

"Snap" Seishiro Itagaki angrily slapped the case, thinking of the shame of being captured, his eyes flashed with murder. Like a beast. To eat people at any time.

"I've never had the shame of failing. Defeat made me miserable, but it also made me strong. On the day I returned home, I vowed to wash away my shame with the blood of my enemies. ”

Itagaki Seishiro gritted his teeth.

Apparently, this guy "came alive".

Ishihara looked at it and smiled in his heart.

"It's a pity that the enemy of the empire is no longer China, on the contrary, we must befriend China and jointly deal with Britain and the United States." Ishihara Wanerdo.

"What?"

Seishiro Itagaki stopped doing it when he heard it, but he didn't expect Ishihara to say such a thing. Is this still the "No. 1 Japanese soldier" Ishihara Waner?

"Ishihara-kun is not majestic!" He said angrily.

"China is an industrial power, and its industrial strength is several times that of an empire, so if we fight China on land, can we win it?

Rather than contending with a powerful enemy, it is better to focus on the areas that are suitable for the empire to explore, and the battlefield and enemy selection are important for the future of the empire. ”

Ishihara sneered.

He knew that many people in the army wanted to take revenge and fight another war with the Chinese, and he himself hated China no less, but he was more calm and not hot-headed. It is also believed that it can defeat an industrial power like China on land, and China's armored forces and air force are much stronger than the empire.

Seishiro Itagaki was speechless. Sit down and pat your thigh, secretly sulking. The reorganized second division was an elite division of the Japanese army, equipped with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles, but if it was against the tank army of the Chinese, he would not have a bottom.

I have to admit that the protection of the empire depends on those red deer in the navy!

Without a strong navy, it is not Japan that will fight China, but China will land on Japan.

After a while, Seishiro Itagaki said, "Should we attack Britain and France and seize the British and French colonial territories?" Why not attack Russia? There is a lot of land and resources in the Far East, and I don't want to be a puppet of the navy. ”

Even if it goes south, it will not be easy, Britain and France are not worried, but the United States and South China are a headache.

The United States occupies the Philippines, South China controls half of the Strait of Malacca, the industrial strength is not bad, there is a strong navy, the size of the air force is not small, the South China Army and Air Force have not stopped fighting since the founding of the People's Republic of China, every time the Wuhan Government Revolutionary Army fights, they have not fallen into the participation of once, in 1931, many people in the army have fought with Japan in the Chinese battlefield.

In the event of an attack on South China, the advantage would be that it would likely be supported by Britain and the United States, but at the same time, it would be likely that there would be a war with China, at which point the Chinese army would cross the Yalu River and march on the Korean Peninsula.

Japan may lose the Korean Peninsula, and once it loses the Korean Peninsula, the main island of Japan will be under the blows of the enemy's air force, which will be a disaster.

Whether it is going north or south, it is as if Japan has been locked up, and the key is in China's hands.

Besides, attacking Southeast Asia, invading South China, and first solving the Philippines, otherwise Japan would not dare to go south with confidence, Ishihara Waner has calculated for many years, and it seems that he has always come to such a conclusion, Japan has been crucified, and the navy can certainly ensure the security of the homeland, but if you want to go abroad to dominate the world, you must fight with a country that is stronger than the other, which makes him feel helpless and secretly jealous.

Although the empire won two games in a row against the Qing Dynasty and against Russia, but-

"The strategic location of the empire is too poor, surrounded by strong enemies, but there are not enough resources, and in order to survive, it has to expand externally.

If...... It would be nice to move the empire to Australia. ”

Ishihara suddenly remembered that the Australian plan proposed by an officer of the General Staff Headquarters did have many whimsical points and was full of mistakes and omissions, but the investigation of Australia was indeed exhaustive.

Southeast Australia has vast fertile land and abundant resources, which can feed hundreds of millions of people and meet Japan's industrial production, and Western Australia is rich in iron ore, if the empire dominates this continent, it is possible to dominate the Pacific Ocean.

"The Chinese defense forces are expanding, the Chinese are accumulating strength, where are their goals? What would you think if you were Chinese? ”

Ishihara suddenly asked Seishiro Itagaki suddenly.

"Mongolia, Central Asia, or Southeast Asia." Itagaki Seishiro Road.

"Why?"

"For China, although the empire is strong, it is not as threatening as Russia in the north, and the Russians are surrounding China from both the north and the west, and the Chinese rulers are more worried about Russia, and several of their dynasties in history have fallen from the north.

Moreover, the two countries have a deep blood feud, and Russia also occupies Chinese territory. Now the two countries are arranging millions of troops on the border. Chinese in the past decade. He has been trying to develop to the north and west, to build the Northern Railway and the Northwest Railway, and to develop a large number of military industries in the northeast and northwest.

As long as the empire reminds the Chinese, do not forget the blood hatred of the Russians, I believe that the Chinese will not let the Russians go.

Even if they don't fight, they will be wary of each other. A large number of troops were dragged to the north. ”

Seishiro Itagaki analyzed.

Ishihara nodded frequently, believing that it was very necessary to fan the flames and provoke the Chinese and Russians.

Ishihara's problem is also a problem for Japan's decision-makers.

At the Imperial Palace's Imperial Council, the navy and army were seriously divided in order to move north and south, and the civilian officials did not agree to fight, but thought it would be a pity to miss the opportunity in front of them.

Hirohito still didn't say a word, and he knew in his heart that he would not solve China. The empire is not suitable for external expansion, and the various resources provided by the Chinese cannot be less.

Europe. The Germans took a month and a half to get France, France surrendered, the fly in the ointment is that in the battle of Dunkirk, the British rescued at any cost, the Germans did not fully seize the main force of the British Expeditionary Force, and 200,000 Anglo-French troops slipped from the sea.

The focus of the war changed from Germany and France to Germany and Britain, and the battlefield also shifted to the sea and the sky.

All options are worth considering, and Ishihara is peddling an Australian strategy everywhere, attracting the interest of the cabinet and the military's top brass.

……

The Bund, this is the British army and the French army (to be precise, the British police, as early as a few years ago, although the Wuhan government did not completely recover the concession, but also restricted the free entry and exit of British and French warships into and out of the Huangpu River, British and French troops could not deploy heavy weapons in the concession. On the day of leaving Shanghai, Shanghai was jubilant, beating gongs and drums, and it was so lively.

If it is sensational, some people will shed tears of emotion.

Du Yuesheng sat in the car, watching the British retreat in a gloomy manner, and said disdainfully: "Little red guy, you also have today, so you don't want to be a good person?" My hometown has been copied! ”

The British troops withdrew, Shanghai could no longer see the red-headed Indian Asan, the British expatriates began to evacuate, and the British were afraid that the Chinese would be unfavorable to them.

The same is true for the French, and the same is true for foreigners in Shanghai, who have fled from Australia, North America, and India.

(There were also happy foreigners, and the German ambassador was in a good mood when he attended the ceremony of reclaiming the concession as an invited guest.) ）

HSBC also has a retreat plan, a part of the precious metals have been shipped out of Shanghai through the British merchant ship, but more assets can not be taken away, most of the assets of HSBC are in China, they have invested heavily in China for 20 years, investing in railways, coal mines, electric power, finance and many other fields, holding shares in many large enterprises such as China Railway Corporation and Shanxi Coal Group, which have taken root and cannot be withdrawn at all.

Du Yuesheng has coveted HSBC for a long time, but after all, they are HSBC, HSBC and Citibank, the largest foreign-funded banks in Shanghai, and have extensive business dealings with those consortia in Wuhan, so he dare not start.

Secretly, he has been inquiring about the news of the US-China Bank and the mainland consortium to see if they have taken the opportunity to engage in HSBC, and if he can, he is willing to contribute.

It's just that there has been no positive response, and the Meihua Bank and other consortia are busy discussing the stake in HSBC and ignore him, but it's a pity that Lao Du's kindness has come.

"The French are strong and useless, and Paris is occupied, what kind of battle is this. The Germans have to be able to fight! ”

Du Yuesheng's dog-headed military advisor Wan Molin also echoed and smiled.

He didn't know what Du Yuesheng was thinking, and he even dared to covet a foreign consortium like HSBC.

Du Yuesheng bought a lot of real estate in the repossession of the concession, and the price was of course very cheap, and what made him happy was that the steamship China Merchants Bureau had recently received a lot of transportation orders and began to transport military ammunition, and the shipyards under the steamship China Merchants Bureau had also received orders for new ships, and Shanghai's arsenals and iron and steel factories had successively joined the army's production plan.

Du Yuesheng felt more and more that this seemed to be a sign of war, and he instructed Wan Molin: "This time it is the goods of the army, and I order the subordinates to be more attentive and don't make mistakes." ”

Thinking of something, he commanded again, "Taikoo and Jardine should also move quickly, and if the British don't have long eyes, let them open their eyes." ”

"Hmm. I'll make sure they'll get out of the docks. Wan Molin said confidently that the British were in a hurry to leave, and shipping companies such as Swire and Jardine Matheson became the target of the attack of the steamship China Merchants Bureau.

However, the pride of the British was not so easy to be knocked down, they looked down on Du Yuesheng, the dog of the French who was originally mixed in the French Concession, and was unwilling to let Du Yuesheng succeed. As soon as Jardine Matheson turned around, he found a bigger company to work with. Sold part of its shares to Dasheng Group and Bank of China.

Swire Voyage is also doing the same. Invited Guangdong Development Bank to become a shareholder.

Only Du Yuesheng was stupid, thinking that if he scared the foreigners, the foreigners would comply, and he couldn't imagine that the HSBC he coveted would also introduce the American-Chinese Bank. Several new shareholders such as the Meihua Foundation, although not too many shares were sold.

……

The newspapers in Shanghai publish news of the European battlefield every day, and the Chinese have always been in a very happy mood, and every day they talk about the foreigners' hometowns being copied, no, let you bully the Chinese, retribution is coming, right?

In short, Britain and France could not find sympathizers in China, and everyone cheered for the Germans.

After being pointed out by well-intentioned people, the newspapers were full of the crimes of the British in invading China. The front part of the pile was listed, and many people were indignant when they saw it. As a result, there are more and more voices to recover Hong Kong, and the whole country has set off an anti-British wave.

There is no doubt that in this public opinion war, Ta Kung Pao and US-China Radio played a major role, and Soong Meiling was the mastermind behind it.

"Give Hong Kong back to the Chinese, lest this nouveau riche get mixed with the Germans, damned nouveau riche!"

10 Downing Street, London, Churchill said angrily.

He now has to "sell" not only Hong Kong, but also a large number of overseas bases in exchange for US support.

As a result, the Royal Fleet stationed in Hong Kong bid farewell to Victoria Harbour with tears in hand, and the Chinese National Defense Forces marched into Hong Kong with their heads held high, and naval warships were stationed in Victoria Harbour.

In 1940, if there was really a short-sighted Gangcan, he would definitely be hung with street lights.

"The location of Hong Kong Island is important, and it can be blocked/locked in the Pearl River Delta at any time, and the British have run away, so we are relieved."

Lin Yurong, commander of the South China Sea Fleet, said to a certain South China companion.

Hong Kong became one of the bases of the South China Sea Fleet, and naval aviation began to build airfields.

For Lin Yurong, this is only a small achievement, and his real task is to go to sea for training, and train the China United Fleet, which consists of four aircraft carriers of the South China Sea Fleet and two aircraft carriers of the South China Navy.

Each aircraft carrier is a large aircraft carrier with a displacement of 40,000 tons, and various advanced fighters are deployed on it, and this is the only fleet in the western Pacific that can compete with the Japanese Combined Fleet, although it is not as large as the Japanese Combined Fleet.

"Let's go, we're going to visit Cam Ranh Bay." Lin Yurong said with a smile.

After the defeat of France, the French colony of Annam naturally fell under the control of the Chinese, and although the two sides did not declare war, the Chinese army had moved south from Guangxi to occupy the northern region.

The Combined Chinese Fleet also went south to pay a friendly visit to Cam Ranh Bay, and then "did not leave," and the Marine Corps landed at the port of ships, firmly controlled the port, airport, highways, and other facilities, and established a military base, and of course, it was indispensable to build a new airport in Cam Ranh Bay.

"Taking control of Cam Ranh Bay also saves us from building a military base on the South China Sea Island, and the ship port has become another naval base for the South China Sea Fleet."

Minister of the Navy Chen Shaokuan reported back to the Military Commission and the Prime Minister's Office.

"The French didn't make any trouble, did they?" Song Ziwen said with some worry.

"Nope. The Gallic chicken is a bare chicken that has lost all its feathers, and it dares to make trouble? We guarantee the safety and interests of the French in Annam, and the Governor's Office has been very cooperative and has negotiated with the French Governor. Besides, the French governor did not know to whom to swear allegiance? ”

Chen Shaokuan said with a smile.

"That's good. The French still have to give face, we have hundreds of thousands of expatriates in Annam, and more than 1 billion yuan of overseas assets must also be protected. ”

Song Ziwen admonished.

He has long regarded Annan as his own territory, Annam's economy belongs to the Chinese economic circle, and most of the coal and iron resources produced are transported to Liangguang, and the industrial development of Liangguang is inseparable from the resources of Southeast Asia, so Annan is of strategic significance.

Chen Shaokuan understands this, controls Annan, and waits for an opportunity to go south to Southeast Asia, which is an opportunity for the navy, and can also ask for more funds. He then cried out again that the navy was not well funded, and that if too many troops were transferred to the south, the East China Sea and the northern coast would be unsafe, and he implored that the scale of the naval air force in the north be expanded, and the scale of the submarine force in Xiamen and Dalian should be expanded to cope with the Japanese navy, which was about to move.

Song Ziwen had a headache when he heard it, this Minister of the Navy asked for money almost every time. There's always a reason for it, every time. It's hard to refuse him.

"The government is going to negotiate with Japan recently. The navy also needs to make more preparations, in case the talks can't be reached, beware of a sneak attack by the Japanese. I will definitely not allow the humiliation of Jiawu to happen again, the state invests so much money in the navy, if-"

Song Ziwen warned Chen Shaokuan.

Chen Shaokuan did not dare to slack off, the First Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, the navy was too lost, and the shame left behind was too deep.

Chen Shaokuan didn't want to be pointed at by Qianfu. On the one hand, he strengthened the surveillance of the Japanese fleet and strengthened the deployment of air forces in the coastal areas, and on the other hand, for the sake of safety, he sent two aircraft carriers of the East China Sea Fleet to the south to join the Chinese Combined Fleet, forcing Britain to withdraw from the South China Sea and at the same time avoiding a sneak attack by the Japanese fleet.

……

Eight aircraft carriers (6 in China and 2 in South China) close to 40,000 tons are the main force to form a joint fleet, which concentrates the essence of the navies of China and South China, with a total tonnage of nearly 500,000 tons. (Most of them are newly built warships, mainly aircraft carriers.) Supplemented by a large number of air defense destroyers, the traditional tradition of giant ship artillery was abandoned, and there was not a single battleship, but a few cruisers, which served as artillery support for the opposing shore and took on the task of breaking the engagement if necessary. ）

When this huge fleet appeared in Cam Ranh Bay, the French colonists had nothing to say, and after the safety of their lives and property was guaranteed, they obediently accepted all this.

The German-controlled Vichy government had to make even more welcome moves, and the Germans were eager for this large fleet to join the war against the British.

Even if the British fleet was not attacked directly, it would prevent the British from obtaining more resources from the Far East.

The British felt Alexander, fearing that the Chinese would use Annam as a base and continue to move south, invading Burma, Malaya, and even India.

However, after the Chinese took control of Cam Ranh Bay, they did not attack Burma or India.

The British breathed a sigh of relief, they were not confident that a colonial army of 100,000 Southeast Asian and Indian natives would be able to stand up to the wolf-like Chinese army. If India is lost, there are no resources from India, and there is no need to fight this battle, just surrender.

The Chinese Combined Fleet continued to move south and arrived at New Tangshan, the capital of South China, and the enthusiasm of the Chinese and southern Chinese people reached a high level, and they felt in their hearts that the country was strong, and the Chinese could walk with their waists straight in the South China Sea.

South China Prime Minister He Wenxiu personally came to the dock to welcome the fleet, saw the young Lin Yurong, Lin Yurong has studied in South China, he also gave the young man an award, he recognized Lin Yurong at a glance, warmly shook Lin Yurong's hand, he smiled and asked: "General Lin, the country's safety is in danger, the national hope is entrusted, is there a lot of pressure?" Hehe, when I was your age, I had already led the soldiers to establish South China, and when it came to war, we Chinese, no one was afraid! ”

Lin Yurong wanted to say something, but he didn't expect to meet a confident leader like He Wenxiu, and He Wenxiu said everything he should say, so he could only nod with emotion: "Thank you for the trust of the Prime Minister, I will be loyal to the country, and I will die." ”

He did have a reason to be grateful, and without Ho Wenxiu's support, could he become the commander of the Combined Fleet? Even if Wuhan is willing, Nanhua may not be.

Of course, there is another person who should be most grateful for cultivation - Situ Nan, if there is a chance, Lin Yurong will not be able to see his benefactor for at least a few years.

Tokyo.

The Chinese Combined Fleet went south, which really made the Japanese nervous, and they envied the bloodless occupation of Annam by the Chinese soldiers, and they actually wanted to go over and get a piece of the pie.

After receiving the information from Nanhua, the Chinese Combined Fleet appeared in New Tangshan, which was "108,000 miles" away from the Japanese Combined Fleet, and the commander of the fleet, Yamamoto Isoroku, breathed a sigh of relief, that dangerous fleet would not appear in the Sea of Japan and sneak attack the Japanese Combined Fleet.

In the same way, even if the Japanese Combined Fleet had the intention to sneak attack them, it would have to go south, which would almost make it difficult to hide its tracks from being discovered, after all, the situation in the South China Sea was complicated, and the Chinese Combined Fleet was hiding in the safe Java Inland Sea.

The Americans don't even know what to think, and there is no drastic action at all.

Standing in the pit and not pulling, why didn't the Americans cede the Philippines and let the Imperial Navy go south?

Many generals of the Japanese Navy were very dissatisfied with the occupation of the Philippines by the Americans and the blocking of Japan's southward advance.

They also envy the good position of the Chinese, they basically control the South China Sea, and with Nanhua as the internal response, the fleet can rest assured that it will go south.

Soon after, the Combined Chinese Fleet passed through the Sunda Strait and entered the Indian Ocean for training, but of course, they did not dare to pass through the Strait of Malacca, and the British were in high standing at the fortress of Singapore and did not dare to let them pass.

However, the entry of this fleet into the Indian Ocean put great pressure on the British, and the main forces of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Royal Navy were dragged. Unable to concentrate on rushing back to his hometown in Europe to clean up the German Navy.

The German Navy was beaten by the Royal Navy in Europe. Hitler very much wanted China and Japan to join the war against Britain. Special envoys were sent to Asia to reconcile conflicts.

Under the mediation of the Germans, China and Japan came to the negotiating table and signed a secret treaty to jointly deal with the Soviet Union.

The Germans were very happy with the result, at least the two eastern countries would not fight for the time being.

Hitler wanted an alliance with China, after all, China's industrial power was slightly stronger than that of the Soviet Union, and the China Alliance was the most powerful power in Asia, but China was not interested in forming an alliance. Thinking that they were capable of solving the problem, the Japanese wanted to form an alliance with Germany, but the Germans were cautious, fearing that a war would break out between China and Japan and drag themselves into the water, and once the Chinese turned around and formed an alliance with the British, Germany would be in trouble.

The Germans did not want to see this outcome.

"It is a historical mission to deal with the USSR and take back the territories that belong to us, no matter what the cost. None of us will give up. ”

Soong Ziwen told the German envoy that this was transmitted back to Berlin. Hitler was ecstatic, but soon became suspicious, and after confirming that the Chinese Wehrmacht had transferred the main forces to the Sino-Soviet border, he gradually relaxed and implemented the Boborosa plan.

"Can the Japanese be trusted?"

"Can the Chinese be trusted?"

Wuhan and Tokyo are suspicious of each other's sincerity at the same time. At the same time, they did not know that the Germans were in such a hurry and were already preparing to attack the USSR.

Berlin and Wuhan both knew each other's intentions, but neither revealed the time of their move, and both had reservations about the other.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Spring Festival of 1941, and the Chinese generally had a good life this year, although there were often tabloids saying that there was going to be a war, but the government said that the expansion of the army was to protect national security, and China would not participate in the war in Europe, and everyone was convinced of this.

However, it is an indisputable fact that the army is getting bigger and bigger, there are more and more orders from steel mills, arsenals, and machinery factories, and the ammunition in warehouses is getting full, and the Air Force is mobilizing young pilots from all over the country to enlist in the army.

"The navy will go south, don't confront the British for the time being, the army will go north, and we will do it again after the Germans do it, destroy the military power of the Soviet Far East in one fell swoop, drive the Russians back to Europe, and then build a defensive line, and wait for the results of Europe before making plans."

At the Wuhan secret meeting, Bai Chongxi suggested.

Although Germany did not land in Britain, Britain did suffer a great loss.

"Once we go north, what will Japan do if we make a false shot? South China will be dangerous. Lin Yimin reminded.

"With the character of the Japanese, after the main forces of our country are engaged in the northern battlefield, they are likely to go south, and of course, they may also turn against us. After all, both North Korea and Taiwan are in their hands. ”

Situ Yongdao.

"The Japanese are afraid of wolves and tigers, and the mentality of the Japanese is the same as ours, they are all wary of each other, and they dare not act easily, if we don't create opportunities for them to go south, the two sides will continue to stalemate."

Bai Chongxi said with some dissatisfaction.

"What about the attitude of the Americans?"

Song Ziwen asked suddenly.

looked at the face of the absinthe, who made him the best representative of Situ Nan, this Song Meiling couldn't do, she was too assertive.

The Roosevelt administration aided Britain, while acquiring British overseas bases, providing a large amount of supplies, and sending pilots to fight in Britain, which shows that the Americans will do everything to keep Britain and will never let the Nazis unify Europe. It's just that due to the situation, I can't participate in the war for the time being, but I will definitely participate in the war eventually.

The US arms giants have reached an agreement to push ......

Once they're ready, all it takes is a small excuse to get involved. ”

Absinthe said confidently. Finally, he added, "This is the opinion of the boss." Of course, the Americans first wanted the Germans and Russians to fight first. ”

"Well, let's wait for the Germans to strike first, and then we'll try to hit the Far East, and if that doesn't work, stop it immediately, and then go south."

Song Ziwen said solemnly, on the surface, the domestic economy is prosperous, the expansion of the army has stimulated domestic demand, and all major factories have received orders, but this situation cannot be sustained.

Since it is necessary to be fully prepared to enter the war, considering that it may face a two-front battle and the 5 million troops may not be enough, the Wuhan government plans to mobilize 10 million troops and mobilize women to join the army.

Of course, it was also necessary to reach various agreements with the conglomerates, banks, and corporations to get them to support the war.

The most acceptable way to seize resources from the people and use them in the war is to issue bonds!

……

Lin Yimin flew to New Tangshan. Inform the Wuhan government of Nanhua of the strategic decision.

"I knew you couldn't be trusted. Luckily, I didn't rely on you all. If the Japanese invade South China, it will not be so easy, so let them come. ”

He Wenxiu said firmly.

The air battle of Great Britain gave him confidence, if the air power of Nanhua was not defeated, Japan would not be able to land in Nanhua itself, Nanhua was not China, and Japanese submarines could not cut off Nanhua's foreign transportation channels.

He Wenxiu summoned Wu Manli, Zhang Dongliang, Gao Wei, Yao Hongmin, Yu Mingyu, Jiang Weiji and others to hold a secret meeting.

"There's going to be a war, guys. Most likely, our enemies will be the Japanese. Of course, this is only possible, in short, be prepared for everything. ”

He Wenxiu said loudly.

Everyone's hearts were in a state of flux, and they felt a lot of pressure.

In the face of the threat from the sea, the people of Nanhua did not despair, Nanhua has not had a good reputation over the years, but in terms of industrial strength, it is not much worse than Japan, and it also has more than 200 tons of steel production, and has established a relatively complete and complete industrial system. It can make a wide variety of light and heavy weapons.

In the aviation industry, New Tangshan is one of the two headquarters of American-Chinese Airlines. The aircraft manufacturing capacity and scale of the United States China Airlines have always been the first-class in Asia, and they are stronger than Japan's Mitsubishi, and the South China Navy and Air Force have five or six hundred new fighters, and they are not afraid of the threat from the sea.

Moreover, the Chinese Combined Fleet is still in South China, and in the event of a war, South China will also receive China's support.

"Later, South China and China will announce an alliance, and I think the Japanese want to go south, and if they move us, it's better to think about it."

He Wenxiu said confidently.

"If it's not Nanhua, then where are the Japanese going to attack?" Wu Manli asked suddenly.

……

After the meeting, He Wenxiu, Wu Manli and Lin Yimin stayed, and He Wenxiu asked about the progress of the atomic program.

Nanhua originally had a similar plan, which was later merged into Wuhan's nuclear program, so Wuhan's nuclear program brought together the forces of the two countries.

The progress is relatively smooth, the gas separation plant is being built, and the Meihua Chemical Company has developed a batch of separation membranes.

Lin Yimin replied.

"I really hope that thing appears, since Situ Nan said that that thing exists, I believe it, do you believe it?" He asked Wu Manli with a smile.

Wu Manli smiled and nodded, needless to say about his relationship with Situ Nan, of course he believed it.

"I regret letting **** Nan go to military school, you said to send him to the United States to study for a few years, how about it?" Wu Manli was a little worried.

Just a son, the son is her lifeline, and she wants her son to inherit everything she has, and she doesn't want him to have an accident, which will start to suffer from gains and losses.

"It should." He Wenxiu said.

Lin Yimin also proposed that Nanhua increase the supply of oil and rubber to China, and He Wenxiu readily agreed.

…… Jiang Weiji was excited, after twenty years of struggle, he finally squeezed into the inner circle of Nanhua, although he was the least qualified.

According to his position, he was assigned the task of monitoring and eliminating unstable elements in Nanhua, and more than 100,000 police officers in Nanhua were under his control.

"Son, I'm going to get you to work in the Prime Minister's office." Coming back, he said to his son Jiang J Guodao.

After working for Situ Nan for several years, Jiang J Guo accumulated rich experience in the business world, and after returning to South China, he joined the Meihua Bank as a senior employee, and then resigned and went back to take care of the Jiang family's business.

The Jiang family is also one of the big chaebols in South China, operating mining, real estate, banking, trade and other businesses, with assets of more than 100 million yuan.

"Father, what's going on?" Jiang J asked, listening to his father's meaning, as if he wanted to serve the country himself.

"Yao Hongmin hopes that you will help him in the past and manage the country's finances. Nanhua, there is going to be a war. Jiang Weiji reminded.

Become Yao Hongmin's assistant, may he not be able to succeed Yao Hongmin in the future and become the finance minister of Nanhua?

Jiang Weiji thought to himself, I hope my son will give me this opportunity.

……

"China and South Africa will form an alliance and sign a mutual security treaty."

This is relatively shocking news for the world, and the world's great powers have mixed feelings about this result, although they have long known that sooner or later there will be such a day.

Just as Germany attacked Britain and the Anglo-Saxon descendants of the whole world supported Britain, everyone knew that the British had a rich and powerful relative.

For overseas Chinese, the alliance between the two countries is of great significance, they are united, they have belonging, and they do not have to be artificially divided/split into two factions because of political differences, and then kill each other, so that foreigners can get advantage.

Situ Nan was reading the newspaper, swept away the news of the alliance between China and South Africa, and continued to pay attention to the news in Europe.

"Victory in the Battle of Great Britain, Spit-fires defeat the Luftwaffe myth and crush the illusion of a Nazi landing in Britain!"

The headline reads like this, along with the horrors of the bombing of London.

Situ Nan was not too touched by the tragic situation in London, although this British citizen who had been a British citizen for more than ten years, he had no sense of identity with Britain, let alone worried that Britain would fall.

But Tom is different, he finds Situ Nan and says that he wants to go back to London to join the Flying Volunteer Army!

The descendant of the British sailor, now an engineer and shareholder of an airline owned by Stuart's aviation empire, is also a brilliant pilot, rich, and loves to fly, in Hollywood, except for Howard Hughes.

Under Situ Nan's education, he was low-key, did not become a frequent visitor to Hollywood newspapers, and his reputation was much smaller. Recently, he sold an aircraft warehouse in Burbank to Howard Hughes, who used it to build airplanes.

"No, I don't agree, and Mary won't agree with you doing that." Situ Nan flatly refused, "Tom, you are also a father now, do you want your children to lose their father since they were young, like you?" ”

"However, my motherland needs me, and I want to fight the fascists!"

Tom's face changed and he said in pain. Situ Nan's words pierced his heart, he couldn't let his son become an orphan.

"Didn't Britain go around raising military spending? I think you can do a lot for your home country by staying in the United States and being a rich businessman and the owner of an aircraft company. Stay, don't be willful. ”

Situ Nan patiently persuaded.

He didn't want to send people all the way to save Laura's younger brother Paul like he did in the last world war, Tom was raised under the watchful eyes of Situ Nan, and he might not have the luck of Paul to come back alive.

"Alright! Anyway, I can do something! Tom was unwilling and almost accepted Situ Nan's persuasion.

"By the way, the San Francisco shipyard is running a standard shipbuilding program to build a batch of low-cost 10,000-ton ships for the UK, called the Liberty Wheel Program, if you're interested, you might want to try it." South Szeto Road.

In order to discourage Tom from taking risks, he also took great pains to deliberately put more work on him.

After Tom left, Situ Nan secretly sighed: "Cousin Mu is like this, his son is also like this, sometimes people are a little stupid. If my cousin hadn't committed suicide back then, I guess the Brotherhood would have started this business together in the future. (To be continued.) )