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The purge storm started in early January and lasted until the middle of the year before it officially ended. Affected by this incident, about 400 military lieutenant generals and more than 2,000 government officials at all levels were dismissed from their posts and investigated. 120
Six people were sentenced to death and 659 people were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment.
The persons directly responsible, including Sangrui, Wen Yiping, Guan Lei, Shen Dan, and Du Chengjun, were sentenced to death as a warning to others, but Qi Jun, the perpetrator, was only sentenced to life imprisonment.
Of course, this is mainly the result of the Qi family's efforts to protect it. As the first family to join the Anyi Group, An Yi had to sell off Qi Shengqing, a hero, no matter what, but the price paid by the Qi family was also extremely heavy. Qi Shengqing officially resigned from all party and government affairs
Qi Yuanbo was transferred from the promising position of Deputy Commander of the Tank Group Army to Commander of the Agricultural Reclamation Corps of West Asia Gulf Province. Although he was nominally transferred to the same level, he had lost room for advancement.
After consulting all parties, An Yi appointed Ding Zhicheng to take over Qi Shengqing's position, and intensified the purge of the Public Security Bureau and the military, prohibiting the military from interfering in local government affairs, especially the normal work of the Public Security Bureau, and never being lenient when dealing with anyone he found.
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As for how An Yi handled his relationship with Audrey Hepburn, An Yi did not explain to the outside world. He only knew that since An Yi left the university town, he inspected all the way east, and when he returned to Chang'an in early May, Audrey had been following him.
During this period, An Yi brought Joseph Hepburn Ruston and Ella Van to Vladivostok. Soon thereafter, Joseph Hepburn Ruston became the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, and his status in the Freemasonry was also greatly improved.
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During these months, the international situation continued to change:
The U.S. military continued to advance vigorously in the southern battlefield of America. The southwest regained the coastal plains of Texas and invaded Mexico. With the cooperation of the navy, it brought the plains along the Gulf of Mexico under its control. The Japanese-Mexico coalition relied on the central
On the plateau, they fought stubbornly, but the Mexican army had no fighting spirit and secretly colluded with the US military. The future of the Japanese army was worrying.
There was heavy snowfall in winter. Although the Japanese army and the US military continued to fight fiercely in the Missouri Plateau and Colorado Plateau, the progress was not great. Under the influence of bad weather, the US military's equipment advantages could not be used. The Japanese army used night attacks, mountain warfare, jungle warfare and other means.
The U.S. military was firmly trapped in the Great Plains.
It wasn't until spring came that the situation changed. The U.S. military cooperated with the air and ground, formed a powerful combat corps with powerful artillery and mechanized troops, and continued to push westward with absolute strength. By the end of June, the central front had successfully advanced to New Mexico.
States, from Colorado to Wyoming.
Facing the U.S. military with absolutely superior strength, it was very difficult for the Japanese army to regain the initiative on the battlefield.
In the northern theater, the war situation changed dramatically: the Japanese army once again exceeded everyone's expectations. It suddenly attacked the north shore of the Great Lakes, which taught the Canadian government and army an unforgettable lesson. As the commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army, Yamashita Fengfumi showed his famous general demeanor.
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In late January, after consolidating the border defense line, the Japanese army mobilized eight divisions, including two armored divisions, to launch a surprise attack on Canada's Great Lakes water network area. The two sides launched continuous fierce battles along the shores of Lake Sullybier.
Facing waves of more violent Japanese attacks, the Canadian army's painstaking defense lines were breached one after another, and its headquarters had to mobilize reinforcements from the northern and eastern regions. However, it was still unable to stop the Japanese army's eastward advance.
In mid-month, the Japanese army successively captured Thunder Bay, Terrace Bay, Marathon, White River and other areas, threatening the Canadian army's heavily concentrated defense line from Sault Ste. Marie to Sudbury.
On the one hand, the Canadian army continued to draw troops from other places, and on the other hand, it asked for reinforcements from the U.S. military who were preparing for the spring offensive. Patton had to draw troops from Minnekoda to North Dakota to return reinforcements, through the narrow strip between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan.
zone to support the Canadian army and block the Japanese army's eastward advance.
Bad news suddenly came in late February. A Japanese division braved the wind and snow and marched from northern Ontario to Quebec. With the cooperation of the Japanese special forces, they successively eliminated the Canadian government's deployment on the Attawapisquite River.
By the time the security forces in the southern areas of the Albany River and James Bay realized something was wrong, the Japanese army had already captured Quebec City, the provincial capital of Quebec.
Quebec City is the most important city and port in eastern Canada. It is located at the confluence of the St. Lawrence River and the St. Charles River. Here, the river shrinks to less than one kilometer wide. The situation is dangerous. Quebec City is like a lion, guarding the throat of this waterway.
Because of this, it is known as "Gibraltar of North America".
The Japanese army captured Quebec City, suddenly blocking the important waterways leading to the Atlantic Ocean from the Great Lakes region, and at the same time dividing the eastern part of Canada into two parts. To the west, they can attack Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and other central Canadian cities, and to the east, they can take
Lower the Atlantic coast cities such as Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton and Halifax, and seriously threaten the security of Portland, Boston and New York in the northeastern United States, it is suddenly in a strategically active position.
Both the Canadian and American governments were caught off guard for a while and had no idea how to deal with the current harsh situation.
The Japanese troops ambushed along the railway line from Wimbledon to Quebec. They took advantage of the chaos to attack and took control of the northern railway in a short period of time, closely connecting the eastern and western regions through the railway.
The Japanese army did not divide its troops. Their goal was very clear, which was to directly attack Ottawa, the capital of Canada, and force the Canadian government to surrender. The Japanese army moved up the St. Lawrence River and conquered the weakly defended Trois-Rivières, Laval and Montreal, Canada.
The government was in disarray and hurriedly evacuated the chaotic Ottawa and fled towards Toronto.
The Japanese army captured the city of Ottawa in mid-March and continued their pursuit to the southwest.
Only then did the U.S. and British governments react. Churchill personally flew from London to Washington and requested full assistance to the Canadian government.
The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff urgently mobilized troops from all over the east. Tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers continued to march into Canadian soil.
The U.S. troops were divided into three groups, advancing from upstate New York toward Ottawa. They crossed the Appalachian Mountains and entered Canada from St. Albans and Newport in Wilmot State. They retook Montreal and
Quebec City. The last route passed through Detroit and Sarnia, Michigan, to urgently help the Canadian troops in Toronto consolidate their defenses and buy time for more troops to arrive.
On the one hand, the Japanese army used the St. Lawrence River to build a defensive line to delay the US military's offensive. On the other hand, they seized the opportunity to attack the city of Toronto. Just when the Canadian government was resisting in embarrassment, the defense line from Sault Ste. Marie to Sudbury was broken by the Japanese army attacking from west to east.
, hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops poured in like a torrent that broke a dike, and the core area of Canada's most elite Great Lakes was exposed in front of the Japanese troops like a girl taking off her clothes.
In late April, Toronto fell under attack by the superior force of the Japanese army, and the Canadian government evacuated to Buffalo in the United States. The Japanese army swept across the north shore of the Great Lakes, plundering the wealth accumulated by the British for hundreds of years, and finally established the Canadian government.
All the machinery and equipment of the light, heavy and military industries that had been built were disassembled, packaged and transported away. Then in early June, they voluntarily gave up the entanglement with the US military and retreated to Winburn along the two north-south railways.
During this process, Patton originally hoped to completely block nearly a million Japanese troops in the north shore of the Great Lakes by directly attacking Winnipeg, which was empty of troops. Then, by continuously mobilizing troops, these Japanese troops could be completely annihilated.
However, the U.S. government considered that the Japanese army could use war to support war and make a desperate move to invade the northeastern territory of the United States, sweep through New York State, Pennsylvania and other key northeastern areas, destroy U.S. military production, and even endanger the security of the capital Washington.
, requiring Patton to mobilize all his forces to block the Japanese army's eastward and southward march. This gave the Japanese army an opportunity to retreat smoothly.
By the end of the battle at the end of June, when Churchill and the Canadian government officials returned to Ottawa to take stock of their property, they sadly discovered that they had lost even their underpants:
The 3,000 tons of gold stored by the French government in Toronto were looted by the Japanese army. A large number of securities stored by the British royal family and government in the three-storey underground safety reserve of the Sunshine Life Insurance Company in Montreal's Commonwealth Dominion Square were placed on Wellington Street in Ottawa.
Gold also disappeared from the Bank of Canada's underground vault.
This asset, with a total value of up to nine billion U.S. dollars, is the wealth accumulated by the British royal family and government for hundreds of years. It is the source of the empire's confidence to maintain the war. Its loss represents the pre-war world's largest empire.
The last fig leaf of a powerful country has been taken off.
If you add in the wealth that the Canadian government has managed for many years, the total losses to the Allies in this battle were as high as 12 billion U.S. dollars. In addition, a large number of machinery and equipment aided by the United States and shipped from the United Kingdom were dismantled by the Japanese army, directly fighting against them.
The indirect economic losses were as high as three to four billion U.S. dollars, and the Canadian government faced the risk of bankruptcy.
In the North African battlefield, in mid-February, a naval formation of the British Royal Navy consisting of an avant-garde fleet, an escort fleet and a transport fleet entered the Mediterranean Sea from the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. On March 1, the transport fleet loaded troops in Alexandria and headed towards
Depart west and prepare to carry out landing operations in the waters of Benghazi.
However, unfortunately, the actions of the British Royal Navy were discovered by the Italian Navy's reconnaissance submarine. The German and Italian troops immediately formulated a careful combat plan to target the actions of the British Royal Navy.
At 9 a.m. on March 2, the British Royal Navy's vanguard group, consisting of four heavy cruisers, eight light cruisers and 16 destroyers, was attacked by about 50 German land-based bombers 150 kilometers off the coast of Benghazi.
, a destroyer was sunk, and the heavy cruiser as the flagship was hit by two bombs, but there was no serious damage.
The British commander was worried that a large number of German aircraft would soon swarm in. Unexpectedly, a German submarine launched an attack and fired four torpedoes. Fortunately, no ships were hit, and the submarine was attacked by a destroyer.
They had to dive deep in a hurry and lost contact with the fleet.
At 12 noon, the German army's second wave of land-based fighter strike echelons arrived over the British fleet. Bombers and torpedo planes were mixed among them, sinking two destroyers and a heavy patrol company with two torpedoes. The speed dropped to three knots.
The commander of the British fleet had to leave a destroyer to accompany it, and took the fleet to retreat northward for temporary refuge.
In the afternoon, German fighter planes continued their bombardment, successfully sinking the destroyer, and the heavy cruiser also caught fire. The officers and soldiers were forced to abandon the ship, and the Italian Navy's tugboat team came to put out the fire. The heavy cruiser was towed away, and hundreds of people who fell into the water were rescued.
Early the next morning, the British Navy's vanguard group appeared again in the waters outside Benghazi, and was hit head-on by the Italian Navy's main fleet.
Different from the Italian Navy's stubborn rejection of aircraft carriers in history, due to the sudden rise of the Japanese Navy in this time and space by relying on aircraft carriers, the Italians also realized the backwardness of their naval tactical guidance, so Mussolini took advantage of the huge profits earned from the Libyan oil fields and ordered the construction of
Six aircraft carriers and some escort ships.
As a result, the Italian Navy has five battleships, six aircraft carriers, eight heavy cruisers, 16 light cruisers, more than 80 destroyers, and more than 200 submarines of various types. It has become the leading strategic decisive force in the Mediterranean region.
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After the two sides exchanged fire, the Italian naval fleet consisting of two battleships, three aircraft carriers, four heavy cruisers, eight light cruisers and more than 20 destroyers quickly gained the upper hand, and the ships of the British Royal Navy's vanguard group suffered a heavy blow.
.Two heavy cruisers on mission were hit by bombs, one light cruiser and five destroyers were sunk. The vanguard group lost the initiative on the battlefield and had to withdraw from the battle in embarrassment.
About a hundred kilometers behind the British Royal Navy's vanguard group, another Italian naval fleet intercepted the landing fleet. This Italian naval fleet included two battleships, three aircraft carriers, two heavy cruisers, four light cruisers and sixteen
With only two destroyers and only two light cruisers and twelve destroyers, the British escort fleet was outnumbered. The fleet commander had to order to abandon the transport fleet and evacuate the battlefield.
The British transport fleet, which lost sea support, reluctantly chose to surrender in the face of the Italian Navy's giant ships, cannons and carrier-based aircraft hovering above. The Italian Navy seized a large number of transport ships without any bloodshed, and nearly 50,000 Allied troops became prisoners.
.Fortunately, there were only enough transport ships to carry two divisions, and Montgomery and other troops remained in Alexandria waiting for the second shipment and were not captured.
The Battle of Benghazi ended with the defeat of the British Royal Navy fleet. The Allied forces' plan to attack from the east and west faced bankruptcy from the beginning.
In April, as the Allied forces trapped in Tunisia were short of water, food, fuel and ammunition supplies, the troops could no longer hold on. General Eisenhower decided to launch a unilateral attack to relieve the crisis in Tunisia.
In mid-April, the Allied Relief Corps launched an offensive from Algeria in an attempt to open up the land transportation line to Tunisia. Unfortunately, the Italian army specifically responsible for the reinforcements was not short of supplies at all. The result of the battle that lasted for more than a month was the loss of the offensive troops.
The situation was so disastrous that we had to switch to defense on the spot.
The German army responsible for attacking Tunisia took this opportunity to launch a fierce attack with Rommel's Afrika Korps as the main force. With the overwhelming support of aircraft, artillery, and engineers, they broke through the Allied outer positions step by step.
German tanks quickly penetrated, the Allied forces collapsed, and they quickly reached the core defense line.
Here the British 49th "West Reading" Infantry Division and the 50th "Northumberland" Infantry Division are responsible for the defense, with a total of 18 infantry battalions, eight field artillery regiments, two anti-tank regiments, and two
A light air defense regiment, two reconnaissance regiments, two machine gun battalions, and support from the Canadian 2nd Armored Brigade and the British 8th Armored Brigade, the combat capability is quite strong.
In addition, the Allies also have strategic reserves: the US 92nd Infantry Division mobilized from the British mainland to defend Tunisia, and the "Free French" 1st Armored Division with more than 200 tanks as a mobile force.
Although the Allied forces were strong, the fortifications were built in a hurry, and the armored vehicles lacked fuel and ammunition.
The German army concentrated its heavy artillery and aircraft and quickly opened a gap. The Canadian 2nd Armored Brigade and the British 8th Armored Brigade immediately attacked and fought fiercely with the German armored troops for a long time. When the battle situation was unfavorable, the "Free French" 1st Armored Division hurriedly rushed in for reinforcements.
Unexpectedly, the German army had already detoured on the road and set up a trap. Without checking, the French army ran into the German anti-tank position. Under the coordinated attack of the German 88mm anti-tank gun and anti-tank team, more than 50 tanks were lost, and the remaining tanks broke through.
Intercepted and arrived at the battlefield, but the Allied forces had been defeated.
Seeing that it was already dark, the "Free French" troops did not dare to fight and retreated in a hurry. Under the German night attack, they lost nearly a hundred tanks, many of which they gave up on their own.
Once the Allied armored forces are defeated, the core defense line will no longer be able to hold on.
In late June, after continuous fierce fighting, the German army invaded the city of Tunis. The remnants of the Allied forces with low morale surrendered. The Tunis campaign ended. The German and Italian coalition forces were strategically in an offensive posture, which greatly alleviated the huge losses suffered on the east and west fronts of Libya.
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