Throughout April, the Eurasian mainland was full of war.
After nearly a month of combat, in the Scandinavian Peninsula of Northern Europe, the British -French coalition's offense in Norway was crushed by the Germans who joined the war halfway.
The failure of the British and French Alliance Army is easy to say. After all, it is an invader and was united by Norway's unity.
Disguarding, nearly 50,000 British -French coalition forces were annihilated in the inland Norway.
What is unacceptable to the British side is that on April 27, the Royal Navy fleet of two aircraft carriers, two light cruisers and sixteen destroyers, on the way to withdraw from the country from Norway, was separated from the main formation due to ship faults from the main formation formation.
The "Glory" aircraft carrier, "Shahnhost" with the German battle cruiser, "Geninno", the heavy cruiser "General Hippel Navy" and the four destroyers met.
The Norwegian waters were sunk, accompanied by the "Akasta" and "Enthusiastic" destroyers of the carrier, and were sunk at the same time. 1519 Navy officers and soldiers and 41 Air Force officers and soldiers were killed. This is another catastrophic incident of the Royal Navy this year.
After such a loss, the ratio of the British Navy and the German Navy has fallen to a very terrible figure.
The joining of multiple destroyers, because only this can ensure the safety of British maritime transportation, otherwise Britain is not confident to deal with the Germans' next offensive.
However, due to the failure of the British and French forces in Norway, at the same time, the British Navy's continuous failure after entering three or nine years, the navy's power weakened excessively. After the Americans were worried that Germany would use these ships to attack the United States after defeating France and Britain.
Great doubts, the negotiations of the transfer of the ship are stalemate.
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In eastern India, the right -wing regiment of the Burmese and India Army was under the rate of Lieutenant General Ikees, the captain of the 15th Army, Lian Kedimbul, Romdin, Huo Jiey City, and occupied the ancient capital of Assam
Vakhart. At this point, high temperature and heat, and continuous operations, the right -wing troops have become tired of the army. Izuma Xiang Erlang mobilized the army's defense, and seized various towns in the plain area of the Yamaguchi Mountain Exit of the Yarlon, waiting patiently to wait for the logistics supply.
However, in order to open up the progress of the left -wing Japanese army of the Sea Road supply line as soon as possible, it was not as fast as expected. The Japanese army's sharp offensive was contained by the British army around the region of Jida Port.
Kiga Port is located on the northeast bank of the Bay of Bangladesh. On the right bank of the Hidgunda hills on the right bank of the Golnopoli River, it is sixteen kilometers from the estuary. It is a natural good port.
In three or nine years, the cities in Bangladesh are second only to Kolkata and Daka City. They have cotton spinning, hemp spinning, tea processing, refining, steel, papermaking, artificial fiber, glass, fertilizer and other plants and water power stations.
Want.
On April 4th, the Japanese army's actions launched by the Gorinopoli River launched by the Japanese army were defeated.
The defense line, a large number of turrets and forts built in two months, became a nightmare for the Japanese army that was arrogant in Calcu in a month.
Although the Japanese army used a large number of bombers to participate in the war, the turrets of reinforced concrete were densely packed everywhere. Coupled with a large number of high -firing guns and high -firing machine gun air defense, the Japanese army, sea, air and air soldiers were damaged with great damage, and the 54th, 55th Division of the Fifth Division launched a day.
During the time, two wingers were damaged.
In the following half a month, the two sides conducted fierce offense and defense around the Gornovli River, but the British and Indian coalition forces with sufficient ammunition and supplies.
At night, from the night to the next day, the week and the beginning, let the lead leader command the left -wing commander of the battle, the Middle School Three Middle School Third Middle School of the River, the leader.
During this period, the *** Navy seized the port of Blair, the Andamanikoba Islands, and set it into a supply port of the Navy's Indian Ocean Fleet.
Hattia Island, Boolean, Robnabad Islands and Sagel Island completely *** completely *** Foreign Haipai routes in Bangladesh.
However, when the British colonial government fell as early as the fall of Xingzhou, it was expected that there may be such a day. From the large -scale construction of the coastal fortress at the end of last year, a large number of fortress cannons were built from the military factory in the rear and shipped to East India.
There are strict barriers along the coast. *** The Navy has tried to rush into the Mekna River, the Busur, and the Hugeli River.
retreat.
On April 23, the *** Navy's huge formation composed of aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers covered the transport fleet of the four wounds of the 45th Division, forcibly from Colombo, Javner,
Ting Ke Maria and Galler are landing in Ceylon.
Ceylon is located at the southern end of the South Asian subcontinent. It is close to the equator. It is like summer. The northwest is across the Paque Strait and the Indian Peninsula. The population in the 1930s was only more than two million.
The known Sir Hao Dejie. Due to the failure of the British Navy's Eastern Fleet, Ceylon was exposed to the Japanese attack, and because it was far from the mainland, it was impossible to transport a large number of fortress cannons in time. Therefore, the Japanese army's landing operation did not cost more.
Hao Dejie is called the commander -in -chief, but the troops that can be controlled in their hands are only more than 3,000 people in the Coronapu base commanded by General Ledon Navy, as well as about 100,000 indigenous troops that are emergency. In the face of the Japanese attack, Hao Dejie
The Jazz ordered to abandon the coastal area, relying on the dense jungle on the island, and the mountains in the south to fight against the enemy.
Ceylon Island is about two Hainan Island. The British army is psychologically prepared for the fall of the coastal port. It is prepared for long -term combat. There are a large amount of material storage points on the island to meet the needs of the period of war supply to meet the need for war supply.
After that, the Japanese and the British troops were on the island of more than 65,000 square kilometers.
Adopting the three light policies of lighting, burning light, and grabbing light, the extinction of the indigenous massacre of the British troops, the resistance of the island was gradually thoroughly cleared.
In the past two years, the population of Ceylon has been sharply reduced to more than 20,000.
On April 24, Shozo Kawabe gave up his plan to cross the Gornopri River head-on, and decided to start from the upper reaches of the river, sending the 2nd Division and the 12th Division to attack Gorno in the Kiragioli Mountains.
Budoy City. The British army stationed two Bengal divisions in this city among the mountains.
The battle between the two sides was extremely fierce. Starting on the 26th, after four consecutive days and four nights of frenzied attacks, the Japanese army captured Gobduoy City on the afternoon of the 30th, and the two Bengal divisions were completely wiped out.
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In the direction of West India and Persia, Sheng Shicai entered India on the 25th of last month and immediately started a series of large-scale operations.
On March 26, the Third Army and the Fourth Army of the Japanese Army, led by Sheng Shicai's fourth brother Sheng Shiwu and sixth brother Sheng Shiji, took a train to the border with Persia and captured the important town on the Persian border on the 30th.
Zahedan. On April 3, the Sheng brothers led their troops to occupy Shulgaz, and together with the Chuikov Front's Fourth Army, which went south from Mashhad, Zhuimand, Dayhuk, Kerman, and Bam,
Reunion.
The Soviet army's purpose of moving south from key areas along the Caspian Sea was to occupy Yazd and Isfahan, the important towns in central Persia, and block the Persian royal family's southward escape route. Facing the French bombing of the Baku oil fields, Stalin decided to retaliate in kind.
, took the opportunity to seize the oil field area in southwestern Persia, but for fear of being criticized by the international community, they could only say that it was Sheng Shicai's rebels. This meeting was to truly establish the name of the *** army and defeat Sheng Shicai.
The flag was raised with great fanfare.
After joining forces, the Soviet and Japanese armies continued to advance westward, and a week later they occupied Naucheng, an important town along the Persian Railway.
At this time, the contradiction between the Japanese army and the Soviet army began to arise. The Sheng brothers insisted on going south along the railway and occupying Bandar Abbas, the most important port city in Persia in the Strait of Hormuz, leaving a trail for the Shengshicai tribe.
However, General Valentin, commander of the Soviet Fourth Army, requested to concentrate his forces and first defeat the Persian troops in Yazd and Isfahan before dividing his forces.
The two sides couldn't argue, and then they each telegraphed to their superiors, and finally reached a compromise: Sheng Shiwu went south to Abbas, and Sheng Shiji followed Valentin to attack Yazd.
Shengshi Wu's journey south went very smoothly. He captured Bayaz on April 13th, entered Sirjan on April 17th, captured Aliabad on April 20th, and spent three days and three nights on April 25th.
After a hard battle, Talom was captured. However, by this time, the Shengshi Military Department had become exhausted and seriously lacked ammunition, so they had to stay in Talom and wait for material supplies.
The Sheng Shiji and Valentin coalition attacked Yazd, but a big problem arose.
Yazd is an important city in central Persia and the capital of Yazd Province. It is at the northeastern foothills of Mount Hill and is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Both Sheng Shiji and Valentin were severely lacking in heavy firepower. Facing the solid fortress built by the Persian army, they continued to attack for more than half a month, but made no progress other than increasing consumption. Later, they were seriously short of ammunition and had to retreat to Bavq City.
, waiting for the front army to provide logistical support.
At this time, Chuikov had been appointed by Stalin as the commander of the front army and promoted to the rank of general. The political commissar was still the former political commissar of the Central Asia Military Region, Mekhlis. Chuikov's 220,000 troops were organized into four armies with a total of 16 troops.
There are four divisions in each corps, and they are served by the original group army commander or corps commander.
Facing the solid fortifications built by the Persian army on the Alborz Mountains, Chuikov had no choice. This mountain range is located between the Persian plateau and the lowlands along the Caspian Sea, from the Turkmen border in the southwest of the Caspian Sea, through the south of the Caspian Sea, to Persian Khura in the southeast of the Caspian Sea.
Shan Province stretches for more than 900 kilometers in an arc shape and is a natural barrier to protect Tehran and surrounding areas. With an average altitude of nearly 4,000 meters, the mountains are majestic and easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Persia was afraid of the big red country to the north and built countless defensive barriers on the passes. Although Chuikov did not lack heavy weapons due to the opening of the Caspian Sea channel, he had previously had close contacts with Germany and obtained a large number of advanced German weapons and equipment.
The Persian army with artillery was condescending, and its artillery had a much longer range than the Soviet army. Therefore, Chuikov's consecutive attacks were repelled. In the end, Chuikov had to give up attacking Tehran from the Alborz Mountains, return to Mashhad, and obediently head eastward.
Western assault.
By the end of April, Chuikov's troops had reached Semnan, an important town in the east of Tehran.
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Looking at Sheng Shicai again, after sending two armies to attack Persia, he still had the First Army, the Second Army, the Fifth Army and the Cavalry Army of the Japanese Army in his hands. In addition, he also had a formal mechanized brigade with equipment.
Most of them were Soviet-made trucks. On March 29, the trucks that arrived in Sukkur
Sheng Shicai sent his third brother Sheng Shixiong to lead the Third Army northward to attack Punjab. As a partial division, the main purpose of this army was to use guerrilla tactics to contain the British Army, the British Indian Army and the Pakistani Army composed of Muslims, so as to facilitate the main force.
Attacks to the south and east.
On April 1, Sheng Shicai's ace army, Liu Zhengxin's First Army, went south. With the assistance of the Indian Buri Party, it occupied Khairpur without any blood. Then it accelerated its march and occupied Nawab Shah City on April 5.
On the 7th, it entered the city of Dendo Adem and threatened Hyderabad, the railway center city of Sindh.
At this time, the British Army Headquarters in Calcutta had already learned about Sheng Shicai's entry into India, and urgently dispatched a British brigade, a British-Indian division and four Pakistani divisions formed in Karachi to go north to block the road southward for Sheng Shicai's troops.
, the two sides started a fierce battle in the city of Hyderabad.
Sheng Shicai's troops lacked the heavy firepower to attack the enemy, and the British army lacked training. The two sides fought back and forth, but made little progress after a fierce battle.
By the end of April, the temperature was getting higher and higher. Shengshi saw that it was not an option to continue like this, so he simply used the Fifth Army, commanded by the Soviet Yakov, to contain the British army in Hyderabad, and led the First Army and the cavalry himself.
The army bypassed the city and attacked eastward along the railway. In just two days, they reached the city of Mirpurkhas, an important town in the west of Hyderabad.
After receiving a distress call from the garrison commander of Mirpurkhas, the commander of the Hyderabad Battle, the British Lieutenant General Hatton, knew very well that the defenses in central and southern India were extremely empty.
, is tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain and releasing the dragon into the sea.
, so he hurriedly led his troops to rescue Mirpur Khas, but entered the encirclement carefully laid by Shengshicai's department. Three Pakistani divisions, one British-Indian division, and one British brigade were completely wiped out. Shengshicai obtained the much-needed field artillery, guns and ammunition.
Supplies and quickly returns to attack Hyderabad.
In order to capture Karachi as soon as possible, Shengshicai issued a reward for three days of plundering after entering Hyderabad. On April 28, Hyderabad fell. This important industrial city in West India, second only to Karachi, fell to
In the hands of Sheng Shicai, hundreds of thousands of people were massacred and robbed, and countless women experienced the most painful scene in their lives.
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April 30, Nanhua, Xinjing Military Airport.
An Yi stood in front of the terminal building with Yang Jie, Zhao Dongquan, Liu Qing, Shen Ziling, Cheng Shiming and other generals, talking quietly.
Today is the day when a military inspection team visiting Europe returns from Germany. During the two-and-a-half-month trip, the inspection team successively paid friendly visits to France, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany. Although it was attacked by Mussolini in Italy, received a cold reception, but received high-level reception in France, the United Kingdom and Germany, the main targets of the inspection, and the harvest was not small.
Shen Fengdao approached An Yi and informed that the plane encountered thunderstorms when taking off from Almaty Airport, and the arrival was delayed for half an hour.
An Yi raised his wrist to look at his watch and found that it was still early, so he had nothing to say, "Tell me, when will Germany choose to attack France?"
Liu Qing thought for a while and said: "Based on the information we have, it should be in early May. May is the most suitable season for climate and land conditions in low-lying countries and regions such as Belgium and Luxembourg, which is very conducive to the actions of the mechanized corps. , now that Germany has freed up its hands in Norway, it can devote all its energy to defeating France."
"I think so too!"
Shen Ziling echoed: "Judging from the information seized by the intelligence department, the battle will begin within the next half month. Intelligence shows that from November last year to January this year, Germany's center of gravity shifted from north to south, reaching the border between Belgium and Luxembourg. The German armored divisions on the battlefield increased from 25 divisions to 57 divisions. By March, ten of the fifteen armored divisions deployed on the front line had moved their positions westward and set up in South of Liege.
“In early March, German engineers erected eight pontoon bridges on the middle reaches of the Rhine between Bonn and Bingen with great urgency, and in mid-April, the Germans also erected on the Mosel and Ohe rivers on the Luxembourg border. Six pontoon bridges were built. During this period, Germany accelerated its delivery of supplies to the front line, and now it has stockpiled enough supplies to support half a year of operations. This series of circumstances proves that war is imminent!"
An Yi nodded, thought for a moment and asked Liu Qing: "Has there been any change in the Allied forces' possible offensive line against the Germans?"
"Due to being too slow to provide aid to Finland, Daladier lost a parliamentary vote on March 20. French President Le Brun appointed Finance Minister Paul Reynaud to form a cabinet, and Reynaud became France's wartime prime minister. Although Renault has a reputation for being energetic, decisive, and innovative, up to now, it is not clear how helpful he will be to the strange war currently going on. His war strategy is still to take a defensive stance on land. Taking the offensive when attacking Germany's coastline, and in order to completely cut off Germany's oil supply, Renault is even inclined to carry out a second bombing of the Baku oil fields!
"The problems of the French government are very complicated. Reynaud had no way to get a majority in the parliament, so he had to appoint Daladier as Minister of Defense. However, in order to show his firm opposition to peace with Germany, he kicked out Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, but appointed Paul Baudouin, who advocated maintaining peace with Germany and Italy, was appointed as cabinet secretary. Generally speaking, France still continued the strategy of the Daladier period, focusing on defense in Belgium to keep the Germans far away from the northern industrial areas and Outside the mining area, on the long defense line from Switzerland to the seaside, only eight French officers and one British regiment were deployed, and no reserve troops of a single corps were maintained anywhere.
"Until now, the senior French executives still believe that the dangerous mountains and narrow curved mountain roads covered by the forests north and east of the Murz River and the narrow bending mountain roads will prevent any large troops from
The huge obstacles passed by the large -scale armored forces, so there is no specified defense plan, and even the most important thing in the French legion is the weakest. "
Liu Qing is very familiar with these intelligence and come in hand.
An Yi did not make a statement and asked other humans: "What do you think the deployment of the Fa *** team?"
Yang Jie laughed without answering. He had carefully discussed this question with An Yi, and believed that the chance of Germany's offensive from color was as high as 90%. Since ancient times, it is true.
Weak, the Germans cannot see it. If they really attack from Belgium, they must hit the copper wall and iron wall built by the French people to repeat the scene where the European War confronts each other. This is not allowed by Germany with poor resources.
"The Germans will inevitably choose to attack from color!"
Zhao Dongquan analyzed: "From the perspective of various circumstances, the German team's increase in the military deployment in the mid -line is not a disturbing strategy. Of course, the French may think so.
No matter how high the mountains in the Aden area, can there be a high mountain in Afghanistan? The forest is densely comparable to the forests of the Salail Mountains in West Siberia? We have implemented mechanized operations in these two places.
It is good to see the effect. Especially Xiao Wubing and Hu Jiyang and Hu Jiyang teamed up to break through the Salail Mountains, which caused the eighth army of the Japanese Matsui Matsui Matsui Matsui Matsi Matsi Matsi Matsuri Matsuri Matsuri Matsi Shigan in the Kimoro Mining area.
The major results of the four independent brigades. If the French do not attract enough attention, they will be staged a scene of the Japanese army experience! "
"I agree with the opinions of Mr. Zhao! Now all the information has pointed to Sendang. Only the French people still don't know. Perhaps this will be the most critical breakthrough point to determine the fate of the two countries!" Cheng Shiming did not hesitate
explain.
The roar of the aircraft in the sky, large An7 passenger planes have appeared in the sky.
An Yi glanced at the air and said with a smile: "Actually, Geng Guang and I also held this view. Then I see that guess is not allowed! After I go back, everyone will prepare it.
, Change the General Staff, the National Defense University has a tactical seminar. After the war began to confirm it after the war, to find our shortcomings!
"Only by constantly summing up and improving, and making targeted changes based on the actual situation, this is a qualified military general! We can't learn French people, holding the set of deaths in the World War
It's rigid! "
The generals laughed when they heard it. As the An7 passenger plane stopped on the runway, he walked behind An Yi. Soon, Yang Fei, Deng Bin and others appeared in front of the cabin door. Seeing An Yi
Later, they were all excited, and they raised their hands excitedly.
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***: Chapter 1 Today!
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