The meaning of Marshal Zhao Bowen, Minister of the Army, is very obvious. The main force of the Chinese Army is currently fighting fiercely with the Russians in the Siberian Plain. It is about to win! After that, it will cross the Ural Mountains and the Ural River and enter Europe to compete with the Germans.
.Germany
The battle on the Western Front has also achieved a decisive victory. Paris is not far away. The German army captures Paris and completely defeats the British and French coalition forces. By then, the German army, which has ended the battle on the Western Front, will definitely launch a massive attack.
of the Eastern European plains.
If China does not want to fulfill the agreement it signed with the Germans and is unwilling to withdraw from Europe, then it must be prepared to confront or even fall out with the Germans in Eastern Europe! In addition, most of the other Allied countries are also pro-German, so
China will have to deploy at least two million troops in Eastern Europe, plus 1.5 million mercenaries! At that time, excluding the Chinese Army's garrisons in other parts of the world, there will not be many troops that can be used!
"Your Majesty, two marshals, unless the army expands its troops again, we will not have enough troops to support the navy's plan to land in the UK!" Marshal Zhao Bowen said with some regret. Of course, even if the army expansion begins now, it seems that
It's also too late.
"Marshal Jiang, what's your opinion?" Wang Yuze looked at the Minister of National Defense, Marshal Jiang Xingguo, wanting to hear his opinion!
"Your Majesty, there is no doubt that if we can defeat Britain before the end of the war, it will be very important for us to obtain a solid bridgehead in Europe, and it will also help us compete with the Germans for world hegemony in the future. However, our military strength now
Some are not enough! However, there is no way at all!" Marshal Jiang Xingguo said.
"Oh? Is there any way?" Marshal Zhang Cheng asked immediately. He was very optimistic about the three combat plans proposed by the Navy this time, and naturally hoped that all three combat plans could be implemented.
"How long will it take for us to defeat the Italians? If we retain a small garrison in Italy after defeating the Italians, the rest of the troops will immediately board the ship and prepare to land in Britain. In that case, our military strength will be relieved!" Jiang Xingguo!
The marshal said!
Marshal Zhao Bowen immediately began to estimate that although the Italian Army has now expanded to two million troops, it will still be unable to drive the Austro-Hungarian and German coalition forces entrenched in northern Italy out of Italy. At the same time, in order to prevent the German-Austrian coalition forces from continuing to march into the hinterland of Italy
Marching, Italy has deployed most of its troops to northern Italy. This unit
The total strength is about 1.2 million! The remaining 800,000 people, including 500,000, are deployed in the southern part of the Apennine Peninsula to defend the Chinese army that has captured Sicily. They are afraid that the Chinese army will cross the Strait of Messina and land on the island.
Upper Apennine Peninsula. The remaining 300,000 people are stationed in other areas of Italy. Among them, there are about 150,000 people around the capital Rome!
"If the German-Austrian coalition can hold back the main force of the Italians, we can easily defeat Italy by investing about 500,000 troops. Moreover, it will take no more than a month!" Marshal Zhao Bowen said!
"Don't worry about this, the Germans are definitely not willing to help us! As long as we land in Italy, maybe the German and Austrian forces will withdraw from Italy directly! The Germans are eager for us to fall into the quagmire of war in Italy!" Wang Yuze said. Regarding
Kaiser Wilhelm II would definitely dream of such an opportunity to cause trouble for China. Even if the Austro-Hungarian Empire is somewhat unwilling to give up the occupied territories, given the relationship between Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, they will most likely act together with Germany!
"In this case, we will have to invest more troops. The combat time will be further extended!" Marshal Zhao Bowen said!
"Your Majesty! Maybe we can raid Rome! Now there are not many warships left in the Italian Navy. After we capture Gibraltar, the entire Mediterranean will become our inland sea! The Italians have placed most of their forces in northern Italy and
In the south, other areas are very empty. Even the capital city of Rome only has 150,000 people! As long as a group of armies lands in Rome, if no accidents occur, it will be enough to capture Rome in three days! Even if the Italian army comes back for reinforcements, it will definitely be too late.
Got it
!If we can capture the King of Italy and the Prime Minister of the government, maybe we can force Italy to surrender. Even if we can't force Italy to surrender, Rome is close to the sea, and with the firepower support of the navy, we can still be enough to deal with the Italian army's attack!" Zhang Cheng
The marshal suggested! Although Italy has deployed heavy troops on the Apennine Peninsula, Italy has a long coastline, and Rome is right on the seaside. It is completely under the attack of the Chinese army. Under the cover of the navy, the Chinese army can easily attack Rome.
Login!
"Okay, let's do it! The Navy immediately dispatched transport ships, so that the 2nd Army, 7th Army and 8th Army did not have to retreat to the country. They were shipped directly from the east coast of the United States and headed to the Mediterranean to conduct a combat operation! In the Navy
After the battle to capture Gibraltar was over, the battle plan to attack Italy was immediately implemented! The battle on the Siberian Plain was going very smoothly, and these group armies were no longer needed to support them.
! In addition, other army units are also prepared to transfer to Europe as much as possible!" Wang Yuze ordered. In fact, the most critical factor restricting the Chinese army is the transportation problem! Europe is too far away from China. If the Chinese army wants to
It takes a lot of time to mobilize troops from China to Europe, let alone such a large-scale deployment of tens or millions of troops! If troops are mobilized from China to Europe, it will take even more time!
"Your Majesty, this is a good method. We have captured a large number of merchant ships in the United States. These merchant ships are all intact and can be used to transport troops! In addition, the distance from the east coast of the United States to the Mediterranean is longer than that from the mainland to the Mediterranean.
Much closer! This can save us time!" Navy Minister Zhang Cheng said with a smile! From the east coast of the United States across the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, it is only more than 6,000 kilometers. At the speed of a merchant ship, it takes at most half a month.
Time. And transporting troops from mainland China will take at least a month!
"That's it, give the order to the North American troops. Except for the necessary troops staying in North America, all the rest of the troops will assemble to the east coast and prepare to participate in this combat plan! Everyone, we need to speed up the operation in Italy as much as possible.
After defeating Italy, the army immediately launched an attack on Britain!" Wang Yuze said with some excitement. This time, China must complete its layout before Germany, so that it can occupy an absolutely favorable position in the future struggle for world hegemony!
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Marshal Zhao Bowen, Minister of Army, Marshal Zhang Cheng, Minister of Navy, and Marshal Jiang Xingguo, Minister of Defense, all replied loudly!
The Imperial Emperor Wang Yuze approved the three combat plans of the Navy Department, which made the Navy Department very excited and immediately began preparations. A large number of troops needed to be mobilized, and weapons, ammunition and other strategic materials also needed to be deployed. At the same time, the Navy Department and the Army
Cooperation, etc., all of this is very cumbersome. At the same time, because these combat plans need to be kept secret to avoid being noticed by the enemy, the difficulty of the combat increases!
In fact, during the war, it is also the time when the espionage personnel of various countries are most active. Even if all countries have increased their reconnaissance work on these espionage personnel, it is undeniable that no matter which country they are in, there are enemies or allies.
spies! The same goes for China, because of the relationship between China and Germany
There are many German academies of sciences, engineers, teachers, etc. in China, which provide good identity cover for German spies. Even though China’s Department of Homeland Security and Military Intelligence have jointly carried out many campaigns against these spies.
Rounded up several times, but still unable to completely eliminate these spies!
This time, although the three combat plans submitted by the Chinese Navy were kept confidential, they were still leaked. Of course, only one of the three combat plans was leaked, which was the first combat plan and the plan for the Chinese Navy to launch an attack on Gibraltar.
Plan. After a German spy got the news, he sent the news back to the country. So, the Germans, unwilling to be lonely, or in other words, unwilling to see China becoming more and more powerful, began to secretly stumble upon China!
"Your Majesty, this is the specific situation. The main force of the Chinese Indian Ocean Fleet is heading towards the Strait of Gibraltar and is about to arrive in Sicily. The British only have a small number of warships in Gibraltar and no capital ships.
In addition, our intelligence personnel in North America also discovered that the main force of the Chinese navy has also left North America and is unknown. It is speculated that it entered the Atlantic Ocean and its destination is probably the Mediterranean Sea!" Ludwig Heisenberg, head of the German intelligence agency, said
Will report to Kaiser Wilhelm II!
"Gibraltar? Those greedy yellow-skinned monkeys, are they really not going to abide by the original agreement? Gibraltar belongs to Europe and should be controlled by Germany!" William II said very angrily. Gibraltar's strategic location
The importance is no longer sufficient
To say more, if Germany controls this place, it will be able to block the Chinese from marching into Europe through the Mediterranean. But now, the Chinese have actually attacked here. Although the battle has not started yet, William II knows that the British
We will definitely not be able to defend Gibraltar!
"Let our people tell the British about this news. We cannot let the Chinese capture Gibraltar so easily!" A trace of jealousy flashed in William II's eyes!