Chinese troops "entered" India, and India's most important industrial, cultural, and educational centers fell into the hands of the Japanese...... With the consistent temperament of the British, they should have been able to attack these two "enemies" at the same time. But this time Churchill's short-tempered Humpty Dumpty rarely chose to remain silent, although in the end, through diplomatic intervention, the Sichuan army Pan Wenhua and others were "driven" out of New Delhi, but they still changed their usual arrogance, not only treated the Sichuan army equally, but also appeased it considerably...... It is said that the cost is not small.

And what about the Sichuan army? After being compensated, he didn't make any trouble with the British. For although they had been driven out of New Delhi, they were able to be stationed near Old Delhi. Obviously, the British are still very "sincere". And the most important thing is that they don't have to fight the Japanese directly for the time being. Because after occupying Kolkata and parts of the surrounding areas, Seishiro Sakagaki stopped his advance, put on a rest, and prepared to digest the situation of Kolkata and the surrounding occupied areas. Although the British were extremely nervous and anxious about this, they had no way to launch a counteroffensive in a short period of time, so they could only seize the time to reorganize their forces and leave them for later. It's just that Kolkata has a variety of industries, and for India its status is almost the same as that of the northeast and the sea to China. The Japanese occupied it, and if they digested it again, their strength would inevitably increase greatly...... The future situation on the Indian battlefield is bound to be even more "hot"!

The defeat in South Asia, coupled with the defeat in North Africa, and the beginning of a massive westward turn of the German army...... As a result, the anti-fascist situation in the whole world has become quite grim. Roosevelt could no longer sit still and sent telegrams to Churchill and Chiang Sr. The three were asked to meet to discuss how to conduct a unified anti-fascist war on a global scale...... The meeting was originally intended to be held in Cairo, Egypt, but in view of the fact that the German and Italian armies were on the offensive. Montgomery's Anglo-American forces might not be able to stop Rommel, so the meeting was finally held in Tehran, Iran. That is to say, the "Cairo Conference" that was supposed to appear is gone, and the participants in the "Tehran" Conference, which was supposed to be held by Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, have also become China, the United States, and Britain! The USSR was excluded...... In fact, Roosevelt did not greet Stalin before the meeting.

The meeting was finally held in the early summer of 1944.

Because China's performance is okay, this time Lao Jiang has not become a simple supporting role. Rather, quite a result has been achieved. According to the agreement signed by the three countries, China can not only recover many of the territories that were previously ceded to Japan, such as Taiwan and Ryuqiu. It will also receive many rights in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. In other words, Britain and the United States traded France's interests in Southeast Asia for China's support. However, this is not the most important outcome of the Tehran Conference, the most important outcome of which is the redefinition of the anti-fascist deployment within the boundaries of the world...... Proposed in Lao Chiang. and with the support of Roosevelt. Churchill abandoned the strategy of "Europe first, then Asia" in favor of "Asia first, then Europe"!

Naturally, there is a reason for such an agreement. In the battlefield of the world, only the Chinese side has frequently won victories over the fascists. As China's opponent, the Japanese opened their bows left and right, hitting the Americas on the one hand, and Africa on the other, and now they have taken the most important part of India, which is really very annoying to Britain and the United States. At the same time, it also made the two powers feel a great threat. So, support China. It is equivalent to restraining the strength of Japan's restless wolf cub. Moreover, the Soviets experienced several major defeats and could no longer hold back the Germans, and as the Germans turned a large number of forces to the Western Front, in Europe and on the North African continent, the German tanks were almost invincible, and it was difficult for Britain and the United States to organize a counteroffensive in a short period of time, so they could only try to defend. Under such circumstances, turning the main force to the Asian side and supporting China in striking at Japan first and defeating, or even destroying, the eastern pillar of the Axis powers, would not only help solve the embarrassing situation faced by Britain and the United States, but also help the anti-fascist war situation in the whole world. Of course, the fact that the Chinese Navy had eliminated more than half of the strength of Japan's Indian Ocean Fleet and made the Indian Ocean shipping routes relatively safe for the Allies was one of the important reasons for the conference's agreement.

As a result, under such circumstances, British and American support for China suddenly increased. A large number of supplies arrived in China, and what followed was a large-scale counteroffensive by the Chinese army against the Japanese army.

Plenty of money and food, and good armor...... Lao Jiang was in high spirits for a while, and he had the momentum to conquer the whole country in one fell swoop. And at the beginning of the war, it was indeed as he expected, the national army advanced layer by layer, and won numerous "brilliant" victories. Henan, Anhui, Jiangxi, and other provinces have been recovered one after another, and except for a few coastal provinces and cities, most of the country's territory has returned to the hands of the Chinese themselves.

But then the situation began to become deadlocked.

The Japanese army, which was becoming more and more concentrated, stubbornly held the coastal provinces, and the Nationalist army launched several large-scale offensives without making much progress. Not only that, because of the previous victory, some of the troops advanced lightly to the enemy, but they were attacked head-on by the Japanese army and suffered heavy losses. In the face of this situation, Lao Jiang was extremely annoyed, and he gathered He Yingqin, Bai Zhenxi, Chen Cheng, Qin Wei and others to discuss, to fight a big battle to save himself and face. However, what made Qin Wei and others speechless was that the goal of Lao Jiang's big battle was to recover Nanjing.

Qin Wei and others resolutely opposed this plan. Despite the strong support of Britain and the United States, the Japanese are not vegetarians after all. With the shrinkage of troops, a large number of Japanese troops have gathered in the Yangtze River Delta area, and Nanjing, as the capital of the Republic of China, is the base camp of Wang Jingwei's traitors. Therefore, everyone suggested that Lao Chiang change his plan and turn to recover Fujian, northern Jiangsu, southern Lunan and other places first, first cut the Japanese army in North and South China, and then gradually eliminate it. However, Lao Jiang is not a person who likes to listen to persuasion, especially when he feels that he has won the battle, and he does not like to listen to persuasion. Therefore, under his strong promotion, the battle to recover Nanjing was carried out as scheduled.

From the very beginning, the war fell into an extremely fierce situation, and the Japanese army seemed to feel that they had reached the end of the world, and they would not retreat; As for the national army, although it has the advantage in weapons, it is progressing very slowly and the losses are very large. Faced with this situation, Bai Zhengxi proposed that Lao Chiang take advantage of his air superiority and send the airborne force led by Wang Yaowu to raid Taiwan, and then cooperate with Dai Li's navy to carry out a beach-rushing operation, so as to take the Japanese by surprise and reduce the resistance of Nanjing. But Lao Chiang once again rejected this suggestion, and instead ordered the front line to intensify the offensive. But at this time, news came from the northeast that the Eighth Route Army, with the cooperation of the underground party, successfully rebelled against the puppet Manchukuo National Security Army in Changchun, and with the cooperation of the rebel troops, successfully took Changchun. The situation made Lao Jiang even more anxious, and he went to the front line to supervise the war. Under his "efforts", the national army fought fiercely with the Japanese army for more than four months, and finally recaptured Nanjing at the cost of more than 100,000 casualties, and drove the main force of the Japanese army to the area of Songhu.

The battle has finally become clear. Everyone knows that the defeat of the Japanese in China is a foregone conclusion, and what is left now is only a matter of time. Britain and the United States were extremely pleased with this, and both Churchill and Roosevelt sent special envoys to China to congratulate them and urge the Chinese Government to make persistent efforts to drive the Japanese aggressors out of China at an early date and then use China as a base for advancing to launch an attack on the Japanese mainland.

However, the excitement between Britain and the United States did not last long, and after a year-long struggle, Rommel, with Hitler's strong support, finally captured Egypt, drove the British out of Northeast Africa, and took control of the Suez Canal. Although Suez had been blown up by the British themselves, the war in Northeast Africa was over, and Hitler finally began to pour his excess energy into Britain itself. But at this time, the top of the Allied forces in Europe under Bradley's leadership were still squabbling. In desperation, Roosevelt had to abandon the future five-star general and push Eisenhower up in turn.

Eisenhower did not disappoint, and soon after taking office, he gradually bridged the various relationships between the Allied Command, which had been nearly divided by previous feuds. Later, he led the group to plan Operation Torch, and in early 1945, he successfully led the Allied forces to invade French North Africa, occupy French Morocco and Algeria, and make the Allied forces gain a foothold in northwest Africa.

The anti-fascist war in Europe has finally shown a glimmer of light.

But just when the allies were just breathing a sigh of relief and preparing to make persistent efforts, a piece of news from the east once again made everyone's mood depressed...... Australia surrenders to Japan! The huge fleet led by Nagumo Tadaichi was liberated and began to turn to other battlefields. In addition to this, there was another bad news from the Soviet side: the Japanese army in Siberia, with the support of the Germans, was reorganizing the Soviets who had surrendered and preparing to throw them into the Asian theater. According to reliable sources, the total strength of this unit, which was named the "Russian Corps" by Nishio Shouzo, is close to 200,000......

The Allies were all surprised. Some people proposed that Britain and the United States should send troops directly into the Chinese battlefield to help, so as not to change the situation of the war. But Britain and the United States rejected this. Because at this time the pressure on the European battlefield was even greater. Although the German Corps, whose main force had already turned back, could not cross the English Channel for the time being, and could not cross the Mediterranean Sea into North Africa under the desperate obstruction of the British Royal Navy, they were enough to deter all the enemies just by staying there. How dare Churchill and Roosevelt divide their forces at this time? (To be continued......)