Taipingzhuang on the northern slope of Heitie Mountain, the headquarters of the 5th Army! Ma Yaonan pushed his glasses and said loudly in an excited tone: "Comrades, in the past month or so, the Jiaodong Group Army has launched a huge summer offensive against the Japanese troops stationed in Shandong!" After annihilating more than 20,000 Japanese invaders, and successively recovering Mengyin, Linqu, Weifang, Changyi, Changle five counties, now the Shandong Peninsula Anti-Japanese War situation is very good!

Although our Fifth Army had suffered from the frenzied encirclement and siege of the Japanese army before, with the strong support of the superior organization and friendly troops, our Fifth Army was not only not defeated, but made great progress! According to the instructions of the higher authorities and the development of the situation, after study and discussion, it was decided to ,...... "After more than half a year of development, the total strength of the Fifth Army has expanded to 6,000 people, formed seven detachments, and has 30 squadrons under its jurisdiction, creating three anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines!"

In addition, Jiang Qiang fought an extremely beautiful annihilation battle before, and he ate two B divisions and regiments, and at once consumed most of the mobile forces of the Japanese army in Shandong! Even the Fifth Army's base areas of Changshan County, Hengtai County, and Zouping County have been transferred more than half, and the pressure on the Fifth Army has been greatly reduced, and encouraged by the achievements of the Jiaodong Group Army, it is ready to launch a large-scale military operation!

In order to expand the results of the war and unite more people to resist Japan, Ma Yaonan convened a joint anti-Japanese conference attended by representatives of Zouping, Changshan, Huantai, Zichuan, and Zhangqiu counties. After discussion by representatives of all parties, the meeting unanimously decided that the newly built armed forces in all counties should be centered on the Fifth Army, with a unified establishment, unified command, and unity to jointly resist the Japanese army. The joint anti-Japanese meeting of the five counties pushed the anti-Japanese resistance in northern Shandong to a new climax.

In addition to the five counties attending the meeting, all kinds of armed forces from Qingcheng and Gaoyuan in the north, Licheng in the west, and Linzi and Guangcheng counties in the east have also moved closer to the five armies one after another. On the evening of 22 September, according to the agreed time, Li Zongren arrived at the Flying Tigers Air Base by car.

This time, Jiang Qiang sent a CH-46 "Sea Knight" transport helicopter as a special plane to directly transport Li Zongren to the war-torn Fifth Theater Commander's Headquarters. With a maximum take-off weight of 11 tons, a maximum speed of 265 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of 1,110 kilometers, the Sea Knight transport helicopter has no stress as long as it arrives at its destination without accidents!

In addition to more than 2 tons of return gasoline on the transport plane, Jiang Qiang also presented Li Zongren with a large amount of medicines, as well as a small amount of equipment and items such as telescopes, radio stations, combat uniforms, bulletproof vests, amethyst rice, Great China cigarettes, and Moutai wine! "Thank you, Commander Jiang, I am very much looking forward to the opportunity to fight side by side to kill little devils in the future! We'll see you later! ”

Boarding the helicopter and standing at the door of the cabin, Li Zongren saluted Jiang Qiang solemnly. "Take care, Chief Li! There will definitely be such an opportunity in the future! Jiang Qiang solemnly replied, and only withdrew his gaze when he watched the helicopter disappear into the night.

For the sake of safety, this helicopter delivery is still carried out at night, although this will increase the difficulty, but the safety factor will be greatly improved, do not have to worry about being discovered by the Japanese army and using the air force to intercept and pursue! After more than 3 hours, after a long journey, the helicopter finally arrived at its destination without danger and landed in an open space marked with a bonfire!

"Haha, Brother Delin, looking forward to the stars and the moon is finally looking forward to your return! Now that the battle situation in the five theaters is scorching and there are heavy casualties, everyone can feel at ease with you coming back to preside over the overall situation! As soon as Li Zongren stepped off the plane, Bai Chongxi, who had been waiting for a long time, greeted him with a spring breeze on his face and hugged and shook hands extremely warmly. The fellow saw the fellow with tears in his eyes, and after more than two months of separation, the two really had the joy and excitement of reuniting after a long absence.

Bai Chongxi's call just now was really not polite, the Fifth War Zone had just rested for more than two months and had not recovered and entered an endless bloody battle. However, after more than a month of hard fighting, all the troops paid an extremely painful price in casualties, but the battle situation collapsed day by day, and they were unable to create a record comparable to the victory of Taierzhuang! can only use flesh and blood to consume the Japanese army little by little, and delay the pace of the Japanese army's attack!

When he took office as the acting chief of the Fifth War Zone, Bai Chongxi was still quite excited, although he had the courage to take the initiative to go to Nanjing to take up his post after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and received the extremely high courtesy of the chairman, but he did not have the opportunity to lead the army alone! Boasting of his extraordinary strategic vision and tactical ability, Bai Chongxi naturally wanted to be able to kill the enemy on the battlefield and establish immortal historical merits.

However, the situation is stronger than people, the Fifth Theater is mostly local miscellaneous troops, and it is a great disadvantaged group in terms of equipment and supply, although the soldiers are not afraid of sacrifice and have the courage to sacrifice, but in the face of the elite Japanese troops, it is difficult to form an advantage in the front, let alone counter-encirclement and annihilation! Li Zongren said with a smile: "Where, where! Jiansheng, you have worked hard these days, although I am in Zhaoyuan, I still know your situation very well!

You and your brothers are worthy of being the pillars of the country and the soul of the nation, and at this time of national crisis, we still need to continue to fight the Japanese invaders until the Japanese invaders are driven out of China! Li Zongren is two years older than Bai Chongxi, the two are classmates, the first and second leaders of the Xingui department, and they have been working together for many years, and are often collectively referred to as "Li Bai". They are still fellow countrymen, and they are not ordinary fellows.

Li Zongren is from Liangjiang, Bai Chongxi is from Huixian, belongs to the two townships below Lingui County, Guilin, are very close, either speak Guiliu dialect or local unique local dialect, this consistency of origin determines that their alliance relationship is very strong. Initially, the two joined Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary camp in Guangzhou, and together they drove out the old warlords in Guangxi, and together with Huang Shaohong, they became known as the new warlords of the Gui lineage.

Of course, without Bai Chongxi's military talent, there would be no Li Zongren's political status, and the Gui family led by the two was dominant in the Bagui army but not the lord, and governed Guangxi Province without leaving any stone unturned, never closing the door at night, and became a famous model province during the Republic of China. The four words of the army but not the lord reflect the ability of the word Zongren, because it is useless to rely only on the military in the current troubled times, which is also the biggest reason why Li Zongren was able to die well.

After a period of greetings, Li Zongren pointed to the huge sea knight helicopter with his hand and said: "Thanks to Commander Jiang's generous help this time, not only did I completely cure my dental disease for many years, but also gave a large amount of supplies back and forth!" Now hurry up and let people unload the supplies, so that the brothers of the Jiaodong Army can return to Zhaoyuan all night as soon as possible! ”

"Okay! We must always remember Commander Jiang's kindness! Looking at the big thing in front of him with a length of 13.92 meters, a rotor diameter of 16 meters, and a height of 5.09 meters, Bai Chongxi had an indescribable shock! Before the sea knight sent a large number of medicines to the Fifth War Zone, Bai Chongxi did not see it with his own eyes, but later heard that today is the first time he has seen this kind of high-tech product that transcends the times!

After a period of busyness, all the various materials weighing more than 5 tons were finally moved off the helicopter, and then after filling up the tank, the helicopter slowly lifted off in a deafening roar, and soon disappeared completely into the night!

"Wow, so many medicines and good stuff!" "yes, these radios and binoculars are brand new!" "Good boy! The Jiaodong Group Army is really rich! "Needless to say, just looking at that plane is enough to breathe people!" "Hehe, Mr. Zuo, there are so many good cigarettes and wine, can you give some to the brothers!"

After seeing the helicopter go away, Bai Chongxi and the others rushed up to check what good things they had, and they were startled when they didn't know if they didn't look at it. Not to mention those life-saving drugs that are urgently needed, they are comparable to the price of gold, even these exquisitely packaged cigarettes and alcohol are worth a lot of money, and they are simply luxury goods that are difficult to buy in this front line of artillery fire!

After smiling for a while, Bai Chongxi turned to look at Li Zongren and said, "Brother Delin, you have a tired journey, why don't you go back to the house first and have a good rest, and I will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you at noon tomorrow!" Li Zongren waved his hand and said, "I'm not so delicate!" I want to have a good talk with you now, I really benefited a lot from Zhaoyuan this time, and I really want to share it with you! ”

"I don't dare to ask for ears!" Bai Chongxi laughed, he really wanted to know what additional gains Li Zongren had on this trip, and he wanted to hear if Li Zongren had any plans for the current battle situation!

In March 1938, after Nazi Germany annexed Austria, it aimed its aggression at Czechoslovakia, attempting to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia in the name of supporting "national self-determination", and the majority of the inhabitants of this area were ethnic Germans. In April of the same year, Adolf Hitler used "national self-determination" as an excuse to amass troops on the German-Czech border and threaten war.

Czechoslovakia is located in the center of Europe, not only strategically important, but also has a well-developed military industry and rich mineral resources. Czechoslovakia was a multi-ethnic country, of which there were more than three million German-speaking ethnic Germans, most of whom lived in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

In June 1937, Nazi Germany drew up a plan to invade the Czech Republic, codenamed "Green Plan". On September 26, 1938, Hitler was in the Berlin Stadium and shouted fiercely: "If the Sodetai area had not been handed over to Germany on October 1, I, Hitler, would have been the first soldier to enter the Czech Republic." At the same time, Hitler ordered the German army to be ready for action in the "Green Plan" plan by September 30.

On September 27, 1938, Hitler ordered seven German divisions to enter the forward positions on the German-Czech border, and the war was on the verge of breaking out. In the evening, Hitler sent a letter to Chamberlain in an urgent telegram, urging him to continue his efforts to "bring the Prague government back to its senses at this last moment" and to offer "negotiations" with the Czechoslovak government.

Chamberlain, who was keen on appeasement, regarded Hitler's letter as a lifesaver, and immediately replied to Hitler and suggested that the French and Italian representatives be invited to participate in the proposed international conference. After two days of haggling, Chamberlain flew back to London with a "memorandum" listing Germany's demands and a map showing the "new borders" of Czechoslovakia.

At 1:30 a.m. on September 30, 1938, the four countries formally signed the Munich Agreement on the cession of the Sudetenland to Germany. Up to this point, two representatives of Czechoslovakia, who had been waiting in the next room, were brought into the conference hall and informed of the contents of the agreement. Under pressure from Britain and France, the Czechoslovak government accepted the Munich Agreement within six hours set by Germany.

The Munich Agreement, also known as the Munich Conspiracy, marked the pinnacle of Anglo-French appeasement, which cost Czechoslovakia 11,000 square miles of territory, 3.6 million inhabitants, and more than one-half of its economic resources. The agreement undermined the alliance system between Britain and France in Eastern Europe, strengthened the economic and military strength of Nazi Germany, and encouraged the aggressive arrogance of the German, Japanese, and Italian fascists.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said: "The Munich Agreement was the 'total surrender' of Western democracies to the threat of Nazi force" and "a shameful defeat for Britain without war". The Munich Conspiracy in the Far East was one of the largest international conspiracies in the world in the thirties and forties of the 20 th century, which posed a serious threat to the national liberation movements in China and other Asian regions, caused many countries in Southeast Asia to be occupied by Japan, and the Chinese nation was also facing the greatest danger of losing its independence from the motherland.

After the Battle of Wuhan, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in China entered a stage of strategic stalemate. Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded and said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, if we continue to follow the current rate of war attrition, it will be difficult for us to persist for a long time, so our strategic policy must be changed!" "Idle Yuan Gong Zairen also felt deep anxiety!

Japan's monetary reserves have limited this war from the very beginning, and before launching a full-scale war of aggression against China, the Japanese government formulated the basic strategy of "quick victory"! However, once the war machine is in motion, it is not possible to do whatever it wants, and the stubborn resistance of the Chinese army has repeatedly shattered a series of attempts by the Japanese government to "destroy China in three months" and "lure the Nationalist Government to surrender"!

War Minister Konojiro Konojiro answered: "Yes! For more than a year, the consumption of the Great Japanese Empire has been too great! In addition, the Chinese Tiger Army, which was entrenched in Shandong, became a big problem for the empire. Therefore, I propose to suspend the frontal battlefield offensive and continue to lure and divide the Chinese Nationalist Government! It's better for us to free up our hands and concentrate our forces on annihilating the Huaxia Tiger Army in Shandong, and we can't let them continue to sit big! ”

Ono Jiro has a deep grudge against this, and has been paying attention to the movements and news of Jiang Qiang's department, although the core secrets cannot be understood at all, but it can be seen from the leopard in the tube, some things can be scrutinized and verified through the side! At this time, Tada Jun shook his head and said: "I'm afraid things are not so easy, although the total strength of the Jiaodong Group Army in Shandong is only more than 100,000 people, its combat effectiveness is definitely not inferior to the 400,000 people of the Huaxia National Army!" In particular, this Chinese army is extremely good at defensive warfare, and they rely on a solid and complete defense system, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly enhanced!

Moreover, the field combat capability of their tank and armored units and the combat effectiveness of the air force are also extremely terrifying, and we lack the anti-tank capability to compete with them, and it is simply difficult to break through the frontal defense line of the Huaxia Tiger Army! "Yaga! Doesn't that mean that we have nothing to do with them? ”

Ono Jiro was extremely excited, not because Tada Jun refuted his opinion, but because he was too resentful, and he was eager to break Jiang Qiang and the Jiaodong Group Army into pieces! Tada Jun continued to shake his head unmoved: "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, we need to accumulate more strength!" Ishihara-san's side is going very well, as long as the empire has enough new tanks, fighter planes, anti-tank weapons, and enough oil, everything is just a mantis arm blocking the car, and it will be torn to shreds under the steel torrent of the Great Japanese Empire! ”

Deeply aware of the backwardness of the army's equipment and the lag of the air force's fighter jets, Japan and Germany are moving closer together, and the two countries share a lot of military science and technology and industrial production technology. At present, a direct coal liquefaction plant with an annual output of 800,000 tons has been built, and new tanks, fighter jets, and anti-tank weapons are also under intense development!

Xianyuan Gong Zairen nodded and said: "That's true, if the empire is trying its best to attack the Jiaodong Group Army at this time, it is very likely that its war intensity will not be inferior to the Battle of Wuhan, and the empire really can't withstand such a large-scale battle at present!" "Yaga!"

Hirohito scolded very badly, he was actually like a mirror in his heart, where he didn't know what the current situation was, not to mention that the Japanese army was overstretched, and the Jiaodong Group Army was even more hard to gnaw. However, at this moment, the Minister of Naval Command, Fushimi Miyahiro Gong, who had not spoken much, said in a surprising voice:

"I suggest that the Imperial Navy go south to open up a second battlefield, which can not only absorb more strategic resources for the Empire, but also cut off the transportation line of international aid to China, and "solve the China Incident" as soon as possible! At this time, Fushimi Miyahiro "revisited the old things", not on a whim, but after careful consideration. With the fall of the ports of the coastal cities of China, the role of the Japanese navy in the battlefield of China became smaller and smaller, and the navy, which thought that it had the third largest navy in the world, could only look at the shore and sigh and swim around the coastal waters!

However, the sworn enemy army is constantly expanding its territory and making meritorious achievements, and the incomparably powerful Japanese navy is naturally sitting on pins and needles, believing that this kind of empty consumption will only be a waste of strategic resources. In fact, the Japanese Navy was not established for a long time, and its strength was not high in the world at that time.

However, the peculiarity of the Japanese Navy lies in the fact that it has developed unprecedentedly rapidly for quite some time. By 1920, the Japanese Navy had hundreds of ships of all types, and its ranking in the world had jumped from 10th to 3rd. However, before the outbreak of World War II, the Japanese Navy was inferior to the US Navy in any case, and there was a big gap between it and the United States at the same time. As early as the beginning of the 20th century, the United States was already the world's number one economic power, and with the support of strong economic power, the navy developed rapidly.

Before the outbreak of World War II, the United States had a huge strike force of as many as eight aircraft carriers and 17 battleships, and although it was a little immature compared with the British Navy, which had seniority, this would not affect the outstanding performance of the US Navy in the slightest after it entered World War II. At the top of the list is the British Navy, an old naval power, with a strong technological base, and although the power of carrier-based aviation is somewhat lacking, its surface ships are huge. Typical is radar and radio, at that time he was the only one who could achieve radar guidance fire control, and there is no need to question the theoretical ranking first.

"Fushimi-san, can you not open which pot and which pot? Now it's not about going north and going south! "Ono Jiro frowned, after a lot of open and secret battles, the Japanese Army has gained attention and resources are tilted, everything is developing in a good direction, how to drop the chain at this time?" Ono-san, you're not right! ”

Fushimi Palace Hiroko glared at Ono Jiro with great displeasure and said, "Your army is now unable to continue to advance, so consolidate and digest the occupied areas!" Shouldn't our navy show its might in this strategic gap? "Enough! I won't discuss this today! The empire's top priority is to conquer China with all its might, and it is not time to make too many enemies! ”

Hirohito is very clear-headed, although Southeast Asia is extremely rich in strategic resources such as rubber and oil, but once it goes south to attack Southeast Asia, it is bound to have a violent conflict with the United States, Britain and other Western powers, or even a full-scale war! Although the strategic national policy of attacking Southeast Asia has been discussed many times, no consensus has been reached, and so far Japan has not been ready for war with the Western powers, whether in terms of psychology or war mobilization!

"Your Majesty the Emperor, great news from Mitsubishi Corporation! A large gold-rich mine has been discovered in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, and the total gold reserves are estimated to be at least 170 tons! "Coincidentally, when Hirohito and a group of ministers were discussing strategic and national policies, and they were worried for a while, a shocking good news suddenly came.

I don't know if it's the butterfly effect or the balance of history, but the Ryokari gold mine, which was originally officially discovered in the 80s of the 20th century, was surveyed by Mitsubishi Corporation nearly half a century ahead of schedule! Located about 45km north-east of Kagoshima Prefecture in southern Kyushu, Japan, the Hishikari Gold Mine has a record of private gold mining as early as 1750!

The Ryokari Mine is the world's highest-grade gold mine, with an average gold ore grade of 40 grams per tonne. In general, a gold mine is profitable at an average grade of 2 grams per tonne, which shows how rich a gold mine is at the Ryokari mine.

The Hishigari mine has gold reserves of up to 315 tons (large gold mines with reserves of more than 20 tons and extra-large gold mines with reserves of more than 50 tons), which is more than twice that of Sado Mine and Konomai Mine. The mine contains more than half of the gold, making it the largest gold mine in Japan's history and one of the largest in the world. "Shw! God bless me with the Great Japanese Empire! ”

After listening carefully to the story, Hirohito was so excited that he was about to explode, his face flushed, and he couldn't help but tremble. "Shw! Immediately organize manpower and material resources to do our best to develop and excavate the Lingjia mine! The Great Japanese Empire is in dire need of sufficient gold reserves at the moment! The Great Japanese Empire is about to usher in an unprecedented glorious history! "Emperor Hirohito frowned, and suddenly became high-spirited, as if he saw that he was about to become the emperor of the ages in human history, and the whole world would tremble under his feet!" Yo West! It's so good! Amaterasu bless! ”

"With such a big gold mountain, the Great Japanese Empire will definitely prosper!" "God bless the Great Japanese Empire!" "His Majesty the Emperor is onboard! Great Japanese Empire onboard! "The old devils such as Kanin Miyazaihito, Tada Jun, and Fushimi Palace Hiroko are also very excited, as long as there is enough gold, they can buy a large amount of oil, steel, rubber and other resources, and even buy advanced weapons and equipment and technology from German allies! The feeling of having a mine at home is different, Emperor Hirohito and a group of old devils are full of confidence and red faces!