On 15 May, still in the battle situation analysis room of the headquarters, several staff officers updated the battlefield situation in the sand table according to the latest battle report from the Naval Intelligence Bureau......

On the twelfth, Lieutenant General Heinz Wilhelm Guderian of German Army Group A commanded the 19th Panzer Corps, which successfully crossed the 110-kilometer-long gorge of the Ardennes in only two days to reach the north bank of the Maas River and capture the fortress city of Sedan.

On the thirteenth, Guderian's 19th Panzer Corps and Hermann Hort's 15th Panzer Corps successfully crossed the Maas River with the support of the Air Force. At this point, the passage of the German armored forces to Paris and the English Channel was opened!

On the 14th, the British and French air forces and the Luftwaffe each dispatched more than 500 fighters to fight fiercely on the Maas River, and the British and French forces hoped to destroy the pontoon bridges built by the German army and prevent their main forces from crossing the river......

However, the final result was that the Luftwaffe, with the support of the army's air defense forces, successfully shot down more than 300 British and French fighters, firmly controlling the air supremacy on the battlefield after that!

Everyone in the military in the concession area gasped when they looked at this battlefield situation, on the one hand, they were amazed by Chief Pan Sen's accurate prediction of the battle situation before, and on the other hand, they were shocked by the rapid offensive of the German army!

Seeing the amazed eyes of everyone looking at him, Li Junhao threw down the sentence "France is finished" and left the analysis room directly!

After a moment of silence in the war analysis room, everyone began to discuss again—they now fully trusted Commander Pansen's judgment, but there were many questions to be discussed about how long France could hold out, the next battle plan of the German army, the situation in Europe after the defeat of France, and so on.

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Li Junhao, who returned to his office, nodded with satisfaction, and now the facts have proved that the law of this world is still very consistent with his previous life (of course, this refers to the situation outside the Huhai Concession), and this situation makes him more gratified.

He understands very well that the officers under his command are obsessed with studying the situation in Europe, and the German army's current tactics can be said to be ahead of all other countries, and anyone who is interested in military affairs will be interested, let alone professional soldiers.

Because of the impact of the European war, the situation in the concession is still a little tense, although Li Junhao is now stationed in the headquarters, but Xiaoyu specially trained a little girl assistant from Phoenix Village to maintain contact with the command room of the administrative department of the police station, and keep abreast of the security situation in the concession.

Xiaoyu is now the director of the headquarters office, Zheng Pingru is the director of the police station command room, with the hard work of the two, these two key departments are firmly controlled, plus Li Xiaoyu, who is now in charge of the communications department full-time, it can be said that any wind and grass in the concession cannot hide from them, which is equivalent to not hiding from Li Junhao, which makes him very satisfied!

Just like now, Li Junhao's desk has a copy of the "Daily Situation Summary" sorted out by Xiaoyu, which is complete with social conditions, people's conditions, military conditions, key telephone monitoring records, and the dynamics of the Japanese army outside the concession, so that he can know the affairs inside and outside the concession with a book in hand, which is really convenient and fast.

Judging from the summary of the situation in the past two days, the dynamics of the Japanese army that Li Junhao focused on have not changed much, and it seems that they have not been affected by the European war.

In the telephone surveillance records, those Japanese-funded industrial and commercial enterprises in the concession have always been the focus, and special personnel have been arranged to monitor them, and no strange movements have been found in them -- according to common sense, if the Japanese army wants to take action against the concession, these Japanese-funded enterprises should have abnormal movements.

Judging from these circumstances, the Japanese army did not seem to have the intention of taking the opportunity to make trouble, which made Li Junhao feel a lot more relieved.

Next, he focused on the dynamics of the Youth Gang in the concession, and found that these people were also very honest, which made him feel bored.

In the past few years, the prices in the concession have risen due to the impact of the European war, but with the intervention of the People's Livelihood Committee, they quickly calmed down, and a number of merchants who took the opportunity to raise prices were also punished.

On the day before yesterday (the 13th), the circulation of fiat currency in the concession market had officially stopped, although there were still some merchants and citizens who used fiat currency in private, but because the exchange period stipulated by the FSC had not yet ended, the official did not strictly prohibit it. Of course, this is only temporary, and by the end of the exchange period at the end of this month, if this happens again, the official will have to take action.

During this period of time, the Huhai Office of the Silian General Office also fulfilled the agreement, according to the market price on April 30, the fiat currency recovered by the banks was inherited, but because of the large amount, only half of the amount of US dollars has been redeemed, and the other half can only be paid with IOUs, ready to be repaid with materials and minerals, which is very compliant.

After reading these, there is also a document written by his secretary at the Consulate General, Millia, which summarizes the recent situation in the United States and some of the work of the Consulate General, the most important of which is:

When Germany launched another attack on the Netherlands, Belgium, Rwanda, and France after invading Denmark and Norway, US President Roosevelt appointed Henry Lewis Stimson as Secretary of War and Frank Knox as Secretary of the Navy, winning the support of many Republicans.

After reading this, Li Junhao couldn't help but shake his head, this outstanding president who will be famous in later generations is really difficult enough in this era!

In his mind, President Roosevelt, whether he was for the interests of the United States, or whether he really had faith and justice, his performance in World War II was absolutely excellent, but unfortunately he still needs to be patient.

However, Li Junhao admired the two new military secretaries appointed by Roosevelt very much, and these two were really talented politicians and military strategists, who made great contributions to the United States in World War II, and also made great contributions to the world's anti-fascist cause, and were Roosevelt's good helpers in the war.

It's just that I don't know if these two will notice that he, a small man who "fights" on the front line in the Far East and spans the army and navy, is making trouble in the Shanghai Sea? Ha ha......

As he was about to leave work, he received a telegram from Washington, where Deputy Secretary of State Ayers called to ask what he thought of the European war! Well, for this old man, he was embarrassed to hide his secrets, so he had to write down the "prediction" himself, and then attached the discussion records of the war analysis room in the past few days, and sent him back a piece, thinking that it would be enough for him to study for a while!

After thinking about it, he still had someone send a concise version of the analysis report to the Naval Intelligence Bureau, which could be regarded as fulfilling the duties of an intelligence officer. As for whether the other party attaches importance to it, then he doesn't care.

After everything is done, take Xiaohu, Xiaoyu and others back home!

(End of chapter)