Fang Minghao obtained two military vehicles from the German headquarters in Warsaw. Sophie and a group of others followed them and left Warsaw. On the road, they encountered many German J military vehicles pulling cannons, and they began to transfer from Poland to the Western Front. There were
Several bridges were blown apart, and engineers temporarily built simple military bridges. Several months have passed, and the scars left by the war on the country can still be seen along the way.
For a long time after the Polish campaign ended, the German army was only confronting the French army on the border. Hitler always wanted to make peace with Britain and France and did not order the expected launch of the Western Front campaign. It seemed that Europe had returned to a period of peace, and people began to fantasize about war again.
There won't really be a fight and everything will be back to normal soon.
After the car passed Posen, the traces of the war disappeared from the ground. Every town and rural building in Germany was still intact, and the residents were still the same as in peacetime.
After arriving in Berlin, everyone began to separate. Wertz needed to go to Switzerland, and Sophie had to go with him.
"Why are you going to Switzerland?" Fang Minghao asked.
"I am going to France. My father is in Lyon. He is a socialist and was forced to leave Italy and live in Lyon." Sophie said.
"This is not good. Going to France at this time is not a good idea. The Germans and the French may fight at any time." Fang Minghao said.
"Really? Isn't Hitler seeking peace talks?"
"This is impossible to say. The Americans and British refused to engage in peace talks with the Germans. They asked the Germans to return to the position they were in before September 1st last year. I don't think the head of state would agree." Fang Minghao said, "If there is a war,
If you break out, you and your father should leave France as soon as possible."
"Can't the French and British resist the German attack?" Sophie asked.
"My judgment is that the French military thinking is still stuck in the First World War and has lagged behind this era." Fang Minghao said: "When you see Mr. Lombardi, please greet him for me."
Fang Minghao stayed in Berlin, but the Germans' combat target was not on the French.
After the war began, Raeder had been actively pursuing an invasion plan for Denmark and Norway, which was very important for advancing the construction of the German navy.
Hitler's attitude on whether to use force against Norway has been wavering. He has always hoped that his "relatives" in Northern Europe can maintain a neutral stance. However, during the First World War, the Norwegians finally sided with the British.
The British maintained the North Sea blockade, and the Norwegians played a very important role.
On the other hand, Germany's steel production relies on importing 60% of the iron ore from Sweden. In winter, after the Gulf of Bothnia freezes, about half of the iron ore shipped to Germany has to pass through northern Norway.
The port of Narvik was shipped to Germany by sea. If the British took control of Norway, they could cut off nearly half of Germany's iron ore supply.
As the British Navy was preparing to lay mines in Norwegian waterways, and the British and French troops were preparing to land in Norway. After receiving this information, Hitler finally decided to send troops to occupy Denmark and Norway.
It is obvious that the British want to strangle the German economic line, thereby achieving the purpose of gradually weakening Germany.
"General, Ambassador Yang Jie is looking for you." Fang Minghao was writing an intelligence analysis in his room about the Germans preparing to attack the north. His assistant came over and knocked on the door and said.
"Yeah, I got it, I'll be there soon." Fang Minghao hurriedly wrote a few more sentences on the report in his hand, then closed the folder, got up and went to the ambassador's room.
"Please sit down, what have you been busy with recently?" Ambassador Yang sat behind his desk, took off his gold-rimmed glasses, raised his head and said, looking at him. This is a gentle soldier with a quite gentle personality. He used presidential comments
Even though General Jiang Fangzhen is a theoretical talent, such a person with strict moral self-discipline is not suitable for leading troops in war.
"The main purpose is to analyze the intelligence that the Germans will conduct northern operations. I think that if the Germans want to win on the western front, they will definitely eliminate threats from the north first," Fang Minghao said.
"Your work has to be suspended. A telegram came from China, asking you to return to China as soon as possible to report on your work. I guess there are other arrangements. Please hand over the work at hand to Colonel Feng Guoyong as soon as possible." Ambassador Yang picked up an envelope from the desk and said to him
He said, "You have to take a flight to Milan this afternoon. There will be a mail ship from ** to China in three days. Italy has already booked the ticket for you."
"Ah, are you in such a hurry?" Fang Minghao asked.
"It should be like this. Is there any difficulty?" General Yang Jie said.
"It's nothing, it just feels a bit sudden." Fang Minghao replied, "I will go and prepare for the handover first."
"Well, I'll call Colonel Feng to your office right away." General Yang said.
Feng Guoyong was a stout army officer. He quickly completed the handover formalities with Fang Minghao, "General Fang, you will be leaving Berlin to return to China soon. You must be happy, right?"
"I'm really excited. The recent situation in Europe is really disturbing, especially when I see the ordinary people who are being bullied in Poland," Fang Minghao said.
In this spring season, Fang Minghao left Berlin and headed to Milan.
The weather is not particularly good. Although it is nominally in a state of war, civil aviation in Germany is still operating normally. Germany, Belgium and northern France all look similar in spring, and they are all covered by a large area of green farmland and woods.
composed of plains.
Fang Minghao left Hong Kong by boat, then landed in Karachi, where he boarded a large transport plane of the National Defense Forces and returned to the country soon.
Thanks to the availability of airplanes, the time it takes to get from Europe to China has been shortened a lot. It only took him less than seven days to get back to China from Berlin.
People from the Naval Personnel Bureau did not seem to expect that he would be able to return to China in such a short period of time, and they quickly asked their superiors for instructions on his work arrangements. There seemed to be some obstruction, and his original appointment was not issued.
The Personnel Bureau had no choice but to temporarily assign him to the Operations Division of the Navy Headquarters.
The focus of the navy's operations at this stage was on the Japanese. After the construction of the airport on Jeju Island was completed, the navy conducted another landing operation at Gunsan Port in southern Korea. The landing operation at Gunsan Port went very smoothly and was not
The large Korean Peninsula was divided into two halves. The Japanese army was in the mountains in the east, while the Republican army occupied the plains including Seoul.
Due to the fighter escort from Jeju Island Airport, the strategic bomber force bombed the Japanese archipelago more and more frequently, but the navy began to turn its attention to North Africa and Australia.