The gap in technology cannot be changed in a moment, and in addition to asking the Academy of Sciences to speed up the research of new submarines and sonars, they can only avoid sea transportation as much as possible. Therefore, in addition to the overly important supplies, they began to help the countries of the western continent expand their factories and strive to make the supplies of the expeditionary army available on the spot, and the Strait of Gibraltar, which is the entrance to the Mediterranean, was completely blocked with mines and anti-submarine nets to prevent NATO from using ports in the Mediterranean to replenish submarines.

Aircraft and ship patrols on the sea have also been greatly strengthened to minimize submarine interference and allow food from the southern subcontinent to be safely transported to the western continent, and the Boston Empire has also made use of the bizarre method of transportation that was previously thought of, that is, the use of airships.

The airship is very fragile in front of the aircraft, but it also has the characteristics of large transportation capacity, long stay in the air, low freight, etc., and it is still very useful in the Northern Storm Ocean, which completely controls air supremacy, and before referring to the airship style of the Chinese Empire, the Boston Empire has long begun to manufacture airships in large quantities, and now there are nearly 4,000 reserves in China.

With these airships with a deadweight of more than 1,000 tons, the Boston Empire could still transport large quantities of supplies to the Western Continent, although it was still a little inefficient compared to freighters, and the influence of the weather had to be considered, but it was safe enough.

Of course, these measures are palliative, not curative, and the Imperial Boston military knows very well that the best way to alleviate this situation is to rely on the fully mobilized army to defeat the Chinese Imperial Army as soon as possible and win the war. Only in this way could they completely get rid of the great threat of the opposing submarines, and in order to achieve this military goal, the Axis powers mobilized nearly 20 million land forces, 130,000 combat vehicles and personnel carriers, nearly 200,000 artillery pieces, and more than 30,000 aircraft of various types.

This huge army can be described as unprecedented, it occupies an absolute advantage in numbers, in order to mobilize such a large number of troops and equipment, the Axis forces on the battlefield in the western continent even postponed the date of the attack by a month and a half.

Compared with the 20 million troops gathered by the Axis powers, the NATO troops deployed in this direction are only close to 1.5 million Cossack troops, 2 million in the Iraqi Empire, and 4 million in the Chinese Imperial Army, with more than 30,000 combat vehicles and personnel carriers, less than 60,000 artillery pieces, and more than 8,000 aircraft of various types.

Although the Chinese Empire has certain advantages in weapons, due to the lack of personnel, these advantages do not have much room to play, and all this is mainly due to the late national mobilization of NATO countries, most of the reserve troops have not yet been trained, which is also due to the fact that the Chinese Empire is quite strict in the training of reserves, with everyone needs to train for a year.

In addition, NATO is also at a disadvantage at sea, so the troops of the coastal military districts do not dare to be transferred, which further aggravates the military disadvantage of NATO countries, but the Chinese Empire has the largest population and the largest reserve force in the world, and if it enters the stage of protracted war, then the Axis powers will definitely be defeated.

This situation was well known to both sides, so the Axis forces decided to pour all their forces into the hope of crushing the NATO countries in the shortest possible time and firmly grasping the initiative in the war.

NATO's predicament does not stop there, the Saint-Martin Empire, the Latin Kingdom, and the Hawa Kingdom joined the Chinese Empire's system earlier, and they relied on the copper and gold of the Saint-Martin Empire, the saltpeter and cocoa of the Latin Kingdom, and the silver of the Hawa Kingdom to develop a single economy and make the country rapidly rich.

Although these countries with a single economy are getting rich quickly, they have the fatal weakness of being easily controlled by other countries. Fang Xiaoyu relied on such economic policies back then to tie them firmly to his chariot, and now these three countries are also completely in the hands of the Chinese Empire.

But the situation of the Istanbul Empire and the Cossack Empire is a bit complicated, both of which joined late, and because both countries have their own industrial systems, although they are not very strong, they are much less dependent on the Chinese Empire economically, especially since the Cossack Empire was one of the great powers before, and its strength should not be underestimated, so they are not very dependent on the Chinese Empire.

In view of this situation, in order not to provoke the allies too much, Fang Ruijun planned to wait until the Axis countries attacked, and then send troops into their territory to fight together. The early launch of the Axis powers disrupted Fang Ruijun's plans, and at this time, the only troops of the Chinese Empire stationed in the territory of the Cossack Empire were the 28th and 29th armies of the Wehrmacht.

They were ordered to stay in the country to help the Cossack Empire clear out the remnants of the Russian enemy before, and the Iranian Empire did not have the Chinese Imperial army stationed at all, and the situation of the two countries facing the pressure of the army was very critical for a while.

Faced with a disparity in forces, the troops of the 3rd rank General of the Ural Military District and the troops of Gao Hong of the Mediterranean Military District, together with the first batch of one million reservists who had been trained and fully equipped, gathered in large numbers in the border areas close to the Cossack and Islamic Empires, intending to enter the territory of the two countries and resist the Axis offensive together with the Allies.

In addition to these army units, the Chinese Empire is also preparing to dispatch more than 70 air force units, and this time the two sides will fight a regular war-for-tat. The two generals mobilized troops and sent people to contact the two governments in the hope that they could send troops as soon as possible, but this would take time.

The main part of the Istanbul Empire could be delayed for a little longer across the Dardanelles, but the Cossack Empire was a vast plain as far as the eye could see, and the task of gaining time in this direction could only fall to the 28th and 29th Armies of the Wehrmacht, which were weak.

The Axis forces were divided into three attack arrows, and the Northern Route Group was commanded by Marshal Montgomery of the Saar Empire, which was mainly composed of the Saar Empire's army, who were responsible for attacking along the northern coastline of the Western Continent in the direction of Fort Paladins to support the operations of the Grand Duchy of Gothenburg and the Vikings in the north.

The Central Group was commanded by the Boston Imperial Army, and their troops included the Hungarian and Slovak armies in addition to the Boston Imperial Army, and relying on strong air force and armored firepower, this force quickly conquered Brest, aiming directly at Ske.

The Southern Route Army was commanded by Marshal de Gaulle of the Nantes Empire, and their troops were mainly Nantes Army, and their target was Istanbul, located on the border between the Western and Central Continents, which was also the capital of the Islamic Empire.

The countermeasures of the NATO alliance are also arranged according to the deployment of the opponent's troops, and the northern direction is dealt with by the Cossack Imperial Army alone, due to many years of war, the combat effectiveness of the Cossack Army is still considerable, and they have just been equipped with new equipment, although the number is smaller than that of the other side, but with equipment and experience, they still fought well in the defensive war, which caused a lot of trouble to Montgomery's troops. It was only because the sea control of the Yadhai was in the hands of the Axis powers, in order to prevent the flanks from being attacked by the opposing amphibious forces, they adopted a policy of fighting and retreating, luring the enemy into depth, and gradually leading the enemy to Fort Paladin.

The southern direction is confronted by the Imperial Army of Istanbul, because some time ago the Mediterranean Fleet of the Chinese Empire severely damaged the fleet of the Axis countries, so that the other side did not dare to fight in a short period of time, and the Empire of Istanbul also concentrated all its fleets in the eastern Mediterranean, so the NATO alliance's control of the Dardanelles is still no problem.

To ensure the safety of this sea transportation line, a large number of military supplies were transported to Istanbul, relying on the permanent fortifications near Istanbul, the royal family of Istanbul is planning to hold here, after all, the capital city can not be lost, and Gao Hong is also happy to let them delay time, so that their troops are more fully prepared.

The Iraqi Army, which defends the country, is indeed very strong, and they are stunned that the Nantes Army cannot cross the thunder pool one step, and they also cause heavy casualties to the other side, and the most worrying thing is the direction of the middle road.

The goal in the middle direction was the southern Great Plain of the Cossack Empire, where the terrain was flat and there was no danger to defend, so the Axis powers took this as the main direction of advance, and a total of 15 million troops of nearly 500 armies were assembled, and they quickly advanced in a multi-arrow interspersed way, and their air force covering the sky exceeded 250 wings, and its military strength was unprecedented in the history of warfare in the world.

With such a powerful Axis army coming head-on, the pressure on the Wehrmacht, which was ready to hold on to Minsk, suddenly increased dramatically. Faced with the pressure of the army, Dong Guicheng, the commander of the 28th Army, immediately found Song Mingxuan, the commander of the 29th Army, to discuss countermeasures.

"Brother Mingxuan, the disparity in strength is too great, this battle is not easy to fight, how can we meet the enemy in total." As soon as Dong Guicheng entered the door, he sat there smoking with a frown.

Song Mingxuan also nodded with a serious face and said: "The high commander wants us to defend here and buy time for the large army, but we only have 100,000 people, and there are more than 10 million people, and this gap of more than 100 times is not easy to fight." ”

Dong Guicheng asked: "Brother Mingxuan, you are the old subordinate of the High Commander, what do you say the High Commander has in mind this time, can we hold it?" ”

Song Mingxuan said: "The high commander needs time to deploy the position, if we can't hold back the opponent's army for enough time, the high commander's troops will be in danger, if the troops of our Ural Military Region are defeated, I am afraid it will affect the layout of His Majesty." ”

Hearing what Song Mingxuan said so seriously, Dong Guicheng took two puffs of cigarette, threw the remaining half of the cigarette on the ground and twisted it with his foot and said: "Anyway, the task must still be completed, even if we all die, we have to give Commander Gao half a month's time." ”