Three months later, the international situation has undergone tremendous changes.
As early as the Yugoslav campaign was launched, Germany's attack on Greece also launched almost at the same time. With lightning-like attack speed, the German army successively broke through the Greek army's painstaking defense lines, including Meta, which was comparable to the Maginot Line.
The Greek defense line divided and surrounded the Greek army.
In just twenty-three days, the German army occupied Athens, the capital of Greece. The Greek king and his ministers fled to Egypt together, and more than 100,000 Greek troops retreated to the Middle East and North Africa on British warships.
On October 3, the German army used airborne troops and cooperated closely with the Italian Navy to occupy Crete and Cyprus successively, further expanding its dominant position in the Mediterranean. Faced with provocations from the Italian Navy, the German navy was defeated twice
The humiliated Royal Navy fleet had to huddle on the coast of North Africa and use land-based fighter aircraft to protect its own safety. It must be said that this is a humiliating moment for the empire on which the sun never sets.
After the Balkan War ended, the Allies began to carve up Yugoslavia and Greece.
On October 18, the Axis countries signed an agreement in Berlin, officially confirming the interests of Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania and other countries in Yugoslavia and Greece. Germany annexed most of Slovenia in northern Yugoslavia to German territory.
Italy occupied the narrow strip of land connecting Albania in the northwest, Hungary cut off a corner of the northeast, Romania occupied parts of eastern Yugoslavia, and the southeast became Bulgaria's spoils of war.
On the territory of Yugoslavia, the independent country of Croatia was established under the dual control of Germany and Italy. The remaining territory was occupied by the German army and Greece was judged to be fully occupied by Italy during the war.
Looking at the African battlefield again, starting from July, for more than five months of continuous fighting, the Italian army lost consecutive battles. Although it had a superior force several times that of the enemy, it was treated like a monkey by the British army, and it lost more than 300,000 people.
army, while their opponents lost a total of less than 2,000 men.
At this point, Italy was severely weakened and lost all its colonies in East Africa. Libya in North Africa was also besieged by the British army. Mussolini's dream of establishing an African empire was completely shattered.
In order to preserve the oil fields in Libya where oil had been extracted, Mussolini had to take the initiative to fly to Berlin and ask Hitler for urgent help.
Hitler had been waiting for Mussolini to speak for a long time, and even specially formed a North African Army Corps for this purpose. Without saying a word, he immediately sent Rommel to lead his troops to fight in North Africa.
It has to be said that Rommel was indeed good at fighting. After arriving in North Africa, he quickly reversed the unfavorable situation, successively occupied the strategic locations of Agella and Cyrenaica, and liberated Benghazi... By November
In August, after confirming that he had gained a foothold, Rommel personally led two tank divisions and one infantry division to attack the two severely weakened British divisions and one brigade, and then left the Libyan and Egyptian borders to capture Saloum.
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The attack by the German-Italian forces caught the British high command by surprise. The British army lost consecutive battles and retreated to the Egyptian border within two weeks. The last one to withstand the German attack was one and a half divisions stationed in Tobruk.
By early December, coalition forces were still besieging Tobruk.
Due to the long supply lines, Germany, Italian, Italian fuel fuel, water, and food supplies are extremely difficult. Longmeier's daughter -in -law is difficult to cook without rice.
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In general, at the end of the three or nine years, the international situation continued to develop in the direction that is not conducive to the allies.
Due to the loss of Malaysia, Myanmar, India and Persia, British troops supplemented. In this case, Roosevelt took the initiative to refuse Churchill's good intentions and abandon the ownership of New Zealand.
Australia is the last bottom line. Once the Japanese army crosses this bottom line, the United States will declare war on ***. Prior to this, the United States will do their best to help the Commonwealth national national and defend the peace and stability of the free world.
See how Britain stabilizes his feet under the bombardment of the axis country.
Before and after the fall of France, all countries in the Commonwealth passed the emergency law and granted the government's extensive power to mobilize manpower and resources.
For the needs of domestic and foreign operations, New Zealand implemented the recruitment system. In order to domestic defense, Canada also implemented the recruitment system. When Italy participated in the war in June, it was on the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.
The New Zealand reinforcements were all transferred to the British Island. In the summer and autumn, the most dangerous time in Britain in the two seasons of the United Kingdom has been staying there.
In the UK, although India has fallen in place, more than 500,000 Indian troops are still serving there. They are incorporated into various combat forces and topped on the southern coast of the United Kingdom to prevent Germany from landing operations at any time.
As an independent country of the Commonwealth, although the Australian government was dissatisfied with the Australian's discrimination during the outbreak of the United Kingdom during the outbreak of the plague last year, the main body of its population was the British and still worshiped the British king as the head of state. Therefore, there are still three left now.
Australia, with a population of more than one million people, also formed 500,000 troops in urgently. Men who are sixteen to 40 years old are all ranked among the presence.
Continuously transferred to the Middle East to strengthen the defense force there. Australian aviation teams have also been transferred to the Middle East.
In Africa, the army from the South Africa Federation, East Africa and other parts of Africa gathered, with the British Army such as the Royal African Rifle Team, the Royal West African Border Defense Force, and other British Army as the backbone.
The regional coaxial country is fighting and achieved a good record.
In the North American mainland, the Canadian defense team sent to Iceland and the Western Indian Islands. The number of Canadian army in the UK has also increased rapidly. So far, the Canadian army has exceeded 200,000 overseas troops, and the number of domestic people exceeds 300,000.
The Navy has more than 180 ships in combat, and six Squadron of the Canadian Air Force serves on the three islands in Britain.
The situation in the South Pacific is in the wind and rain, and the Australian and New Zealand Autonomous Lines, which are close to the Lan Yin Islands, have frequent activities in high -speed warships in Germany and Italy. Since June, more than 20 Britain, Australia and Australia and
New Zealand's autonomous ships were sunk, and many islands were shelled by *** warships. On the surface, *** began to change its strategy, and the sights were attached to the South Pacific that was relatively closer.
After all, compared with the months-long journey in the Western Indian Ocean, the South Pacific is closer to Japan and more convenient for supplies. Both the United States and Britain nervously watched every move of the Japanese navy.
On the economic front, in order to cope with a war that may last for a long time, in this decade, the Churchill government stipulated that the Commonwealth countries and many other countries must accept a common agreement on the disposal of their gold and dollar reserves. This includes all self-governing dominions, as well as
All dependencies, colonies and protectorates of the United Kingdom are required to keep a portion of their emergency reserves and excess bank funds in London, which are stored in pounds sterling.
Previously, the pound had always been convertible since childhood, but as the war entered its second year, the British government realized that it was necessary to turn its foreign assets into chattels, store the U.S. dollars, Chinese dollars and gold income it owned, and establish
A system of foreign exchange management. As a result of this agreement, the United Kingdom established the Sterling Area Dollar, Chinese Yuan Public Fund to pool US dollar and Chinese dollar income from the countries collectively known as the Sterling Area.
It is the United Kingdom that operates this public fund, which acts as a bank and pays the various countries involved the U.S. dollars and Chinese dollars they need.
In terms of industry, due to the threat of the German Air Force, the British mainland can no longer release its horsepower to produce weapons and equipment as it did before the war. In addition to relocating to Scotland, a large number of factories and enterprises began to develop rapidly in overseas countries of the Commonwealth.
Key workers and technicians were sent to manage overseas factories, and many regions quickly drew up plans to expand production.
Canada, located in the North American continent, has unique advantages. On the one hand, it can obtain the latest technology and management personnel from the United Kingdom, and on the other hand, it can rely on the strong industrial strength of the United States. The shipbuilding industry and military industry enterprises are developing rapidly. So far, it has been able to meet the needs of
a quarter of total UK demand.
In South Africa, large-scale factories and enterprises began to be established to provide guns, ammunition and maintenance services for tanks, armored vehicles and vehicles to all troops fighting in the Middle East. Australia and New Zealand have also developed a large number of military industrial bases. The former manufactures aircraft and tanks, and the latter
They used their own limited industrial production capacity to produce certain munitions according to local conditions. According to the requirements of the British government, New Zealand also made changes in agriculture, changing most of its production from butter manufacturing to cheese manufacturing, and growing crops for the British
flax.
Since the United Kingdom has to pay these loans for supplies from overseas, since the beginning of this year, the pound surplus balance of overseas countries in London has been growing day by day, and the United Kingdom's war debt has increased rapidly. In August last year, the United Kingdom owed overseas countries four dollars on its books.
176 million pounds. By the end of December last year, this figure had increased to 556 million pounds. By December this year, it had increased to 1.192 billion pounds.
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Karachi Military Port, the first joint meeting of the South China Navy’s Indian Ocean Fleet is underway.
The polarization of former French naval officers and sailors has indeed had a significant effect. Only 20% of the total number of people who are willing to return to the ship to continue their maritime career after the three-month leave are mostly French officers and sailors.
They all chose to serve in various naval military academies and recruit training bases.
Admiral Provence Grillio settled the investment matters with a French agent he was familiar with, and took his family on a trip to the charming Danang, Hue, Vientiane, and Jingnan City. He returned to the army after taking a vacation.
I was surprised to find that the commanders of each fleet and the captains of each capital ship had almost changed.
Seeing so many unfamiliar faces, it is impossible to say that Provence Grillio is not depressed, but considering that this is the choice of most people, Provence Grillio is relieved. As for Nanhua
The temptation of promotion, salary increase, and being able to stay on land and reunite with family is really hard for most people to resist. Those who can insist on staying in the fleet are undoubtedly those who truly love the navy and are willing to consider it a lifelong career.
An Yi was sitting in the chair, and next to him was Navy Commander Cheng Guang.
Because he was worried that Provence Grillio and others would not give him face and cause a scene that would not look good, Cheng Luguang specially invited the boss An Yi to come to calm down the situation. From then on, everyone got to know each other well and formed the concept of hierarchy and inferiority.
, so there is no need to bother An Yi to take action.
An Yi's trip to Karachi this time was not only to strengthen his courage for the journey, but also to meet Dijana in Afghanistan.
After not seeing Xiao Nizi for half a year, Her Majesty lost her temper, and An Yi had to go and comfort her. The situation in Afghanistan is quite special. After all, this country has a certain influence among Muslims in the Middle East. According to Xu Ziliang and Jiang Yunshan
What they mean is to retain the royal family of Afghanistan. In the future, An Yi will act as the regent to handle the government affairs of Afghanistan. After decades of transformation, it will be downgraded to a province.
Provence Grillio is sitting first on the right. Among the familiar people on the left and right, there are only Admiral Lasatre, the former commander of the American Fleet, Lieutenant General Martini, the aviation commander, and the captain of the battleship "Richelieu"
Lieutenant General Rize Nadi and Fleet Chief of Staff Major General Mele Sanleko, the rest have only met once or twice at most and are not very familiar with them.
Seeing that everyone was here, An Yi and Cheng Chengguang discussed it and decided that Cheng Chengguang would chair the meeting. If there was anything wrong, An Yi would do the work.
Lu Guang glanced across the faces of a group of generals, smiled slightly, and said:
"I am Zhi Guang, Commander of the Navy. I believe everyone here is familiar with me, but I feel it is still necessary to introduce myself again. From today on, many of you here will officially integrate into the South China Navy and work with me.
Well, if in daily life, there are
If you need my help, please feel free to ask. However, there are no rules. The Navy is a disciplinary force after all, and it pays attention to orders and prohibitions. Therefore, please follow the orders issued by the Navy Headquarters meticulously and conscientiously. Otherwise, don’t blame me.
Military law is ruthless."
The generals were awestruck, including General Provence Grillio, who unconsciously sat upright.
Lu Guang smiled and said again:
"Most of my French naval colleagues chose to stay on land and engage in naval education. I personally regret their decision, but I still sincerely wish them new achievements in their new jobs.
He has trained many talents for our navy.
"While everyone is resting, the Naval Command has reorganized the fleet with the consent of the Military Commission, the General Staff, and the General Administration, and has re-adjusted many work positions based on personal wishes. Now some people may be interested in
Your new colleagues are not familiar with each other. Let me introduce each other to you. Please stand up when your name is called so that everyone can get to know each other..."
"Admiral Provence Grillio, Commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet!"
When Provence Grillo heard his name being called, he quickly stood up and saluted the generals present before sitting down.
"Admiral Lasatre, deputy commander of the fleet!"
Admiral Lasatre stood up in response, and the generals who followed him also acted upon hearing the sound. No one dared to compromise on such an occasion.
"Vice Admiral Martini, Commander of Fleet Aviation..."
"Vice Admiral Rize Nadi, Chief of Staff of the Fleet..."
"Rear Admiral Mele Sanleko, Commander of Karachi Naval Base..."
Provence Grillio looked at the fleet chief of staff in surprise, not expecting that he would choose to stay on land.
However, if you think about it carefully, Maile Sanglai was only a fleet combat staff officer with the rank of commodore before. Even if he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral after joining the South China Navy, he was only a rear admiral.
Among the generals, he has the least qualifications. If he continues to serve as the chief of general staff of the fleet, then there will be a situation where the rear admiral will command a lieutenant general or even an admiral. Obviously, he does not want to fall into such an embarrassing situation, so he chooses to stay.
Work through seniority at the naval base.
Lu Guang paused for a moment and then said: "Here are the colleagues who have recently joined the fleet..."
"Admiral Li Haiqing, political commissar of the fleet, will be fully responsible for the political, ideological and military education work of the fleet. Admiral Li was once the Chief of General Staff of the South China Navy. Shortly after the battle of Nanhua Bay, he was transferred to the Commander of the Second Fleet, and now he is in the Indian Ocean.
The fleet serves as the political commissar. With Admiral Li’s abilities and charisma, I believe we will all have a pleasant cooperation in the future!”
"Lieutenant General Zhao Lei, commander of the task force carrier fleet, has full authority to command the aircraft carrier formation composed of aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers, light cruisers and destroyers! This is a powerful strategic strike force, targeting the Japanese naval task force fleet.
The top priority for our future naval construction! Lieutenant General Zhao has been working at the Naval Headquarters and has served as the Chief of Operations for a long time. He has a deep understanding of the cooperation between various types of naval ships. I believe he is qualified for this job!"
"Rear Admiral Zhou Zhenyuan, he is appointed as the commander of the Fourth Fleet. Rear Admiral Zhou is the commander of the South China Bay Fleet of the Navy, which was originally expanded from the Kampong Som Bay Fleet. His performance has always been excellent, and he is well-deserved to be the commander of the Fourth Fleet!"
"Rear Admiral Wang Tengqi originally served as the commander of the submarine fleet. This time we established the fifth fleet, and he was our first consideration. During the period when Rear Admiral Wang served as the commander of the submarine fleet, our submarine force developed rapidly and became a force that cannot be ignored in the Western Pacific region.
It is a strategic force, and Major General Wang is indispensable for this!"
"Rear Admiral Bai Yi, Commander of the Sixth Fleet, was previously the Commander of the North Sea Fleet! Rear Admiral Bai Yi graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. He returned to China on the eve of the Anti-Japanese War and served as gunboat captain, cruiser captain and other positions. Last year, he was transferred to the North Sea Fleet Commander! On the job
During this period, he worked diligently to train the North Sea Fleet into an elite fleet of our navy, and was awarded many times by the headquarters!"
"Rear Admiral Juniper, French. Rear Admiral Juniper was the former operational staff officer of the French Navy's Expeditionary Fleet. After joining the South China Navy, he served as the deputy director of education at the Naval Command College. Now he once again serves as the operational staff officer of the Indian Ocean Fleet. He will definitely contribute to the operations of our future fleet.
Check the formulation and execution of the plan!"
The journey was a little bit. Du Song was also a famous Jews. He had already sworn in in front of the South China flag to join the South China nationality, and has undergone a series of tests in loyalty, so he will take such an important position.
"Mencier's prospective, British, fleet intelligence staff. He was the backbone of our intelligence system.
Good. "
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Cheng Guang steadily introduced continuously, Prove Grorio found that the arrangement of South China is very skillful. In addition to adding a highly political political commissar Li Haiqing, in addition to adding a very political political commissar, he basically retains the original French Navy.
The personnel of the Indian Ocean fleet, but the commander and captain of each branch fleet, replaced the South China Navy's system, ensured the actual control of the fleet by South China.
At the middle level, such as the large deputy, the second deputy, the gun chief, the head of the wheel, the chief of the motorcycle, the sergeant and other levels, they are mostly French officers.
The key position was controlled, and the fleet was firmly controlled in the hand.
Seeing that Luxiang people introduced almost, An Yi coughed, and said, "Everyone, I wo n’t say much about building the navy here. I believe that from joining the Navy to the present, you do n’t know how many times he has heard the chief.
And after you stepped on the leadership position, you don't know how many times you told officers and soldiers. Now I just want to talk about the important task that the Indian Ocean Fleet will bear!
"With the recovery of Mumbai, the entire west coast of the mainland has actually been controlled in our hands. Of course, many places are new places.
Make this pot of raw meals.
"According to our intelligence, after defeating the Royal Navy fleet by the Navy's special hybrid fleet, the soldier did not occupy the French Madagascar Island.
Shortly after the end of naval battles, Nan Yunzhong left some ships that only led the main fleet to return to Maskat, but as the Middle East war fell into a deadlock. In addition, our army entered the port of Abbas in October.
It is unlikely to enter and exit the Strait of Holmus, staying in the Arabian Sea is not significant!
"Many ships of the Japanese Navy's special hybrid fleet have only been in sea for a long time, and the loss of fighters and ammunition is relatively large. Urgent need to supplement carrier -based aircraft and combat materials. At the same time, some ships also need to enter the shipyard for repair.
The islands, but the specific movement is still unknown.
"The situation in the Middle East is extremely complicated. In the past three months, *** has adjusted eight colonial divisions from the Lan Yin Islands.
Fighting in northern Iraq and southern Syria.
"The troops gathered in the Persian front line are hoarding weapons and ammunition. Once the time is mature, it will launch a violent blow to the Japanese army.
The Japanese army was completely blocked in the Middle East and did not let go of a living mouth! Persian Bay, we must get it, do we have confidence? "
The generals who originally belonged to the South China Navy system stood up together, including the distance, and they all answered loudly: "Yes!"
However, the French navy general couldn't respond. After a while, he stood up. He looked at An Yi a little embarrassingly.