Although almost no one in China believes that the powerful Tang army will not be able to defeat a small Japan, Zheng Tianhe, as a general, still has to plan for the worst. Therefore, it is impossible for him to really let his troops put their swords and guns into storage and put them in Nanshan because the emperor did not let the Northern Fleet go to the battlefield.

At this time, the area of war between the Tang and Japanese countries was mainly near the Jupiter Circle, and although the mainland of the two sides faced each other across the sea, it was their own place of origin after all.

Interestingly, it was not the Japanese army that first clashed the Tang army, but the servant troops of Manchukuo and Korea.

These two small states were both vassal states of the Tang Dynasty back then, and although they were not nominally independent sovereign states, the Tang Dynasty rarely interfered in their internal affairs. Even in modern times, the Tang Emperor even exempted their tribute, as long as they remembered to take the initiative to come to Chang'an to worship when a new monarch ascended the throne.

Now they are nominally "independent", but the whole country is completely under Japanese rule. If the decrees of the "emperors" of the two countries were not first read by the "auxiliary governors" who were forcibly sent by the Japanese side, they would not even be able to get out of their own palaces.

After Japan declared war on the Tang Dynasty, the two countries also entered the war according to the "alliance agreement" they signed with Japan, and the command of the armies of the two countries was controlled by the Japanese side during the war, so when the Tang Army landed on Europa and Ganymede, it was these unfortunate servant armies that mainly fought with the Tang Army.

Don't look at the quality of the soldiers, the Manchurian soldiers and the Korean soldiers are not too similar, but because the sticks are more "naturalized" than the Manchurians, they are better equipped and trained. The 300,000 Korean Army is no different from the Japanese army's active troops in terms of individual equipment, and even more than 70 percent of the officers in the army are Japanese.

In the early stage of the Tang Army's offensive, because the army wanted to show itself alone, the first and second fronts all refused the naval firepower assistance. As long as the other side can guarantee that the Japanese warships will not suddenly run on their heads and, the army will have the confidence to settle these two small countries on its own.

So in the case of only a small number of road aviation regiments to provide air support. Both fronts boldly chose to advance on multiple routes, aiming directly at the enemy capital, but soon they were met with enemy resistance on the way.

The First Front attacking Manchukuo was making rapid progress, and Europa's main continent was flat, with most of the area being steppe terrain. Their opponent, the Manchurian Army, not only had low morale, but also lagged behind the Tang Army by more than a generation in terms of equipment, especially lacking heavy weapons.

In the face of the Tang Army, which had air superiority, the Manchurian Army had almost nothing to hide in the steppe, and the slightest build-up of troops would be discovered, and then the Tang Army would be attacked. The armored forces of the Don Army are almost invincible here. The frantic artillery made the other side understand what "covering firepower" is!

The Second Front attacking Ganymede was not so easy.

The vast majority of the main continent of Callisto is rugged and hilly, and such a complex environment is not conducive to the use of artillery and heavy mechs. The light Maned Dogs are still able to move freely, but their weak armor has exposed them to enemy mines and direct-aim artillery.

The North Korean division, which was well equipped and morale, took advantage of its familiarity with the terrain to cause a lot of trouble to the Tang army, and even in a canyon they unexpectedly repelled a repulsive motorized infantry regiment of the Tang army. This unit was also rewarded by the Japanese command.

It can be said that in the early days of the war, the Tang army fought quite well, but it was far from reaching the "devastating and decaying" predicted by the outside world, and the battle situation of Ganymede may even fall into a stalemate. This directly led to a great discount on the outside world's impression of the Tang Army's "tyrannical and cool". Some of Europe's traditional army powers even began to ridicule Datang for being so, saying that the same situation had changed the rhythm of their affirmative "hanging".

In fact, the Tang army on the front line was also very depressed, and they did have the ability to beat each other. But the strong dragon doesn't suppress the head snake! The terrain of Ganymede itself limited several of their main advantages, and the Korean corps, which was familiar with the terrain and specially trained in mountain warfare, was simply unexpectedly difficult in such a place!

In addition, something was wrong with the two fronts, and it had been two weeks since they arrived at the front. According to Datang's carrying capacity, the second and third waves of reinforcements should have arrived long ago, but until their attack was thwarted. The armies on the two fronts still consist of only four armies: the 6th, 7th, 11th, and 14th armies. Many soldiers couldn't help but wonder in their hearts.

"We're not going to be sold, are we?"

At the time when vacillation began to breed in the hearts of the soldiers of the Don Army, at the same time, on the other side, the Japanese Combined Fleet was brewing a big move. Navy Vice Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was ordered to replace Mitsumasa Yonechi as Commander of the Fleet, with full responsibility for the operation.

Although Yamamoto Isoroku was dissatisfied with the emperor's practice of starting a war, he had no choice but to lead a fleet to meet the battle. In order to show his determination, Yamamoto Isoroku instructed his wife to prepare a coffin for him before he set out for the battle, and handed over the suicide note he had written to the chief of the naval command department, asking him to hand it over to his wife and children after he died in battle.

Yamamoto knew very well what level of enemy he was going to face, and he thought that it would be impossible to see Japan go to war with the Tang Dynasty in his lifetime, but the world was impermanent, and he not only saw it, but even personally commanded this battle.

In the nearly half a month since the start of the war, Yamamoto has been leading the main force of the fleet, using the complex space environment of Jupiter's rings and the Tang fleet chasing him everywhere to hide and seek, and successfully attract the main force of the other party.

What made Yamamoto a little relieved was that the Datang Navy didn't seem to be concentrating all its strength on dealing with him. He was always surrounded by only the two Jupiter garrison fleets, the Far East and the Westwind, and the Central and Northern fleets, which he feared the most, did not show up. After comparing each other's strengths, Yamamoto found that he was not without the strength to fight.

"I always feel that something is not right! Is the Tang Army really serious about fighting us? ”

At this time, on the Japanese flagship Nagato, Yamamoto 56 was repeatedly confirming the information fed back by the reconnaissance fleets, and the submarine forces that risked their lives to approach the enemy found a total of 9 battleships, 7 battle cruisers, 14 heavy cruisers, 20~25 light cruisers and more than 50 destroyers, this number is the size of the two fleets.

Faced with this strange situation, Yamamoto hesitated for a while. At this time, a staff officer suddenly ran into the command room and brought a copy of the latest information to Yamamoto, Yamamoto glanced twice, and the hesitation in his eyes disappeared instantly, replaced by a resoluteness, under the psychology of the gambler, he decided to fight!

"Since it's meat delivered to the door, then don't blame me for being unkind!" (To be continued......)