Xue Yue was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the South Front of the Northwest Alliance Army. He was responsible for unified command of the 2nd, 15th and 20th Army. The goal was to defend the Volgograd region and ensure that the German army could not effectively break through this defense zone, and for Wei Lihuang and the Northwest Alliance Army.

The main force annihilates the German army and buys time.

Given that the German army's guarding forces and fortifications in the Caucasus oil zone were too dense, Wei Lihuang had long set the main attack direction of the military in Kazan. His initial plan was to directly raid Moscow, which was the central government because of its excessive risk.

The military headquarters rejected it and settled it for the second best. He re-set the goal to annihilate the entire Central Army Group.

Although the main forces of both sides are separated by a Volga River, their large-scale military deployments are concentrated at night. Although they know the main positions of both sides, they lack sufficient amounts of military equipment and recent changes.

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How many aircraft, cannons, tanks, armored vehicles, and the supply capacity of the German army currently have? These are still the number of positions. The information collected by the Military Intelligence Department can only be used for estimation. Similarly, it is difficult for the German army to determine the specific strength of the Northwest Alliance now.

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The generals can roughly infer the situation based on various information, but other data will be more difficult.

All Wei Lihuang could do was to focus on me. He placed the main artillery forces in the south and transferred all the armored troops to the north. Since both sides essentially used armored troops as the center, this is the

The region is destined to fight an unprecedented tank battle.

This is an inevitable thing.

Although he didn't know what the German army was planning, Wei Lihuang himself insisted on believing that victory belonged to the empire. His strategy was to first obtain air supremacy, then use the combination of air and ground to solve the opponent's armored forces, and finally use his own armored forces

Push it over and quickly eliminate the German Central Army Group in a large encirclement and annihilation battle of nearly a thousand kilometers.

He is ready, now he has only one goal, so he will start the war as soon as possible. From now on, the longer the confrontation will delay, the more beneficial it will be to Germany.

Germany is accelerating the integration of industries in Moscow and Ukraine, expanding and restoring the supply capacity of local war resources. Once Germany is allowed to complete this work, a large number of tanks, armored vehicles, aircraft, and cannons will continue to be replenished on the frontline battlefield.

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During the anxious waiting moment on the front line, fierce quarrels were also taking place within the Central Military Department and the Central Defense Commission. The call for war early was very high, and the same was true for opposing wars against countries like Germany was also very high.

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Emperor Song did not want this dispute to be delayed for too long. China must decide on the matter as soon as possible. But he did not interfere too much in the discussion between the Central Military Department and the Cabinet government. The opinions within the military department were not unified, and the Cabinet was

The government's opinions are very unified and do not support them.

The pro-war faction provided a report. The pro-peace faction also provided another report, both of which were placed on the desk of the General Office of the Central Palace.

Song Biao has sorted out enough data and intelligence, and his attitude is actually very clear, that is, to seize the opportunity and resolutely eliminate the Nazis in a war. In Germany, it has not been able to fully utilize the national resources of the former Soviet Union and

Before the social machine, it was expelled from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, which was undoubtedly the best choice.

The gap between the two sides in main battle tanks and jet fighters may be narrowed in the past two years, and Germany's propulsion speed in atomic bomb engineering has begun to accelerate, which are the main factors that China must start war ahead of schedule.

Song Biao has been waiting, and Italy's attempt to fight against Tunisia gave an excuse to consider, although this matter is more like a test of the Nazi alliance against China. If China reacts fiercely, Italy may retreat.

The diplomatic departments of Germany and Poland are already actively engaged in stating policies to the Imperial Central Cabinet, confirming that this matter can be changed and that they are willing to strengthen their constraints on Italy.

Germany and Poland have relatively traditional friendly parties in China. Polish ambassador to China Novit even had a special resume of serving in the Northeast Army. He enjoyed a special reputation in Beijing's diplomatic world. He has a network of relations with the Central Military Department.

The depth is enough to make the ambassadors of allies such as Iran and France as ashamed.

During this period, Polish ambassador Novit even convinced several senior generals who had been retired for a long time to come forward to lobby. It was precisely because these people had a deep network of relationships that Emperor Song Biao deliberately did not participate in the discussion, showing that he was concerned about this.

Do not hold any position.

Under the leadership of General Staff Chief Jiang Fangzhen, the Central Military Department started to bring military headquarters at all levels into a more urgent preparation stage, and a new round of recruitment of new recruits was also begun in the country, while carrying out major disputes within the military headquarters.

Various disputes with the central government and the Central Defense Commission maintain the superficial attitude of the high-level leaders in the past.

Only at very late every day did Emperor Song Biao summon several important national defense committee members individually to conduct more in-depth discussions and deployments on the issue of war. Whether to fight or not is actually just a matter of Emperor Song Biao's words.

Therefore, the superficial debate is just for the Germans and Poland to see it, and it also continues to criticize Britain, France, Europe and the United States, and extract more international interests from it.

While the internal discussion was held, the inner court, as the special envoy of the Emperor of China, directly crossed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and discussed a series of new issues with Britain and France. The core was the decolonization of Asia and the division of power after the war.

The empire demanded a formal large-scale intervention in East Africa and the re-advancement of the decolonization process in Asia.

In fact, everything is already very clear. In this era when the Chinese Empire is about to dominate the world, as long as Nazi Germany is solved by force, the empire will officially replace the European and American systems of Britain, the United States, France and Germany and become the only world hegemon in the new era.

Opportunities are precious and must not be missed.

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In this turbulent era, every country is in rapid change, and no one is spared.

Italy is trying to launch an attack on Tunisia regardless of Germany and Poland's dissuasion. For Italy, Tunisia is their soul tragedy. It must also be their first step to revive the glory of the ancient Roman Empire.

From 246 BC to 146 BC, the Roman Empire launched three Punic Wars, eventually destroying the Carthage and Phoenician civilizations, establishing the Roman Empire's hegemony over the entire Mediterranean, and opening up the ancient Roman Empire.

A period of total victory.

Not every Italian wants to rebuild the old glory of the Apennine Peninsula through war, but at least the Italian Nazi Party and the Head of Mussolini are so firmly convinced that only the hegemony of re-establishment in the Mediterranean through war was like the ancient Roman Empire.

Only then can Italy usher in the most glorious new empire period.

Therefore, no matter how Germany and Poland dissuaded, the head of Mussolini still refused to threaten the withdrawal from the steel axis and launched an aggressive war against Tunisia.

At this time, Tunisia was no longer the Carthage Empire in the past. Even the locals were no longer the Phoenicians. They did not have the famous general Hannibal Baka, and only one of them had not actually commanded the army to fight formally.

Commander Charles de Gaulle, and he was a Frenchman.

World War II broke out with Germany's full attack on France. At this time, the Nazi camp almost had the entire Europe. Even Spain, Greece, and Seville, which had long maintained special friendly relations with the Chinese Empire, could only rely on neutrality.

The position is to protect itself. Among the servants of Nazi Germany, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria also sent more troops, while the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, France, Norway and Denmark provided industrial support.

Objectively speaking, Nazi Germany, Austria, Poland, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic can all be regarded as very standard Axis alliances, and they have very strong liquidation targets, especially Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, all of which are

Nazi dictatorship has been established with the support of Germany, and the invasion of Yugoslavia was gradually expanded by Italy, Bulgaria and Romania.

The Chinese Empire, Britain, France and Yugoslavia were not very close, especially the empire. The main support targets in the Balkans were Greece, while Turkey was in a neutral position, but it was even more favored by Germany.

It was not that Britain and France did not want to compete with Nazi Germany for allies, but that they were indeed powerless. The Chinese Empire had other considerations and was not keen on expanding the scope of allies in the Balkans.

Across the world, the entire foreign policy of the Chinese Empire has not changed much from before the war. At this stage, it is still trying its best to stabilize its sphere of influence in Asia. In Africa, Ethiopia is the main ally and strategic pillar, and support Brazil in South America.

In Europe, support Spain, Sweden and France, maintain close economic, cultural and diplomatic long-term cooperative relations with the United States, and coordinate each other's interests, but do not form alliances.

Because the Chinese Empire had strong enough strength, even at this stage when World War II had already fully broken out, the empire continued to adopt a major policy of supporting Britain and France and destroying the territory at the same time, taking the opportunity to weaken Britain and France's colonial rule in Asia and Africa, and

The forces of Britain and France around the world have been weakened and impacted by China and Germany at the same time.

With Belgium occupied by Nazi Germany, the empire's strategy in Africa has undergone new adjustments. Just when the war is officially declared, the empire will take the opportunity to seize Congo. While supporting the Congo, it will include Congo in the sphere of influence, including in Egypt.

Sudan, Libya, and the Empire have longer-term plans. Once they intervene, they will not easily evacuate from these areas. However, in the long run, the Empire's key strategic support areas in Africa are still Ethiopia, and Egypt, which is about to be included in the sphere of influence of the Empire.

And Libya, formed a sphere of influence in Northeast Africa, and used this as a base, combined with Congo and other countries, gradually expanded the empire's control over the entire Africa.

In Central and South America, the empire also clearly supported the sovereignty claims of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and other countries, supported the ** movements of Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana and other countries, and threatened the world colonial forces of Britain and France.

World War II was a very important historical opportunity for the empire. The empire must seize it. The primary goal was to suppress Nazi Germany's expansionism, curb Nazi Germany's challenge to the empire's world hegemony, and at the same time, colonize the old world of Britain and France.

The system was broken, which made Britain and France permanently lose the opportunity to challenge the imperial world hegemony, even if China is currently in ally with Britain and France.

Of course, the empire does have this capital to engage in internal strife.

At worst, you can fight a nuclear war before Germany can release its nuclear weapons.

In other words, which country is willing to follow Nazi Germany. Then follow it. The Chinese Empire doesn't care at all. We just wait to settle the score with them after the war. If we fight all the way, we can make a profit, but we can't.

Just beat it until it's broken.

As the saying goes, the Emperor Song didn't care how many servants Germany could win over, so he concentrated his troops to stare at Germany and fought to the death. After the Germans were beaten, he would liquidate the miscellaneous fish, and he would not let any of them go one by one.

From then on, those who have erected a stele of calligraphy and rebelled against our Chinese will never tolerate it.

Italy is really rampant now. While sending troops to attack Yugoslavia, it also sends its main force to land in North Africa. This will lead to a direct struggle with France for the colony. Now that free France is the only colony that can barely gain a foothold. Naturally, it is necessary to die and agree to Italy.

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Liu Gengyun had a say in this. His opinion was that although the French Free Army was not very combative, he was still sure to fight Italy, because the combat effectiveness of the Italian army was really inferior to that of Ethiopian local soldiers.

Therefore, it is not a good reason to declare war early and not wait until Italy declares war when Tunisia is defeated.

In case of precaution, Liu Gengyun was eager to stop and flew back to North Africa as the secret envoy of Emperor Hua to meet with General Charles de Gaulle, asking the French Free Army not to send large-scale troops to Italy and let the Italian army win a few victories first.

Seize some important cities and give the empire some buffer time to argue internally.

Liu Gengyun did not promise that the empire would declare war, but if the Italian army was really too bad and could not even gain a foothold in Tunisia, the empire would definitely not use it to declare war. As for the French Middle East colonies in Syria and other places, let's not talk about it.

The Asian Alliance must support Syria and Palestine. As for Britain's policy of supporting the Jewish restoration in the Middle East before World War II, it will be over here. The empire will definitely not allow it.

These are all behind-the-scenes transactions. Britain and France should not introduce the empire to serve as a shield. Whoever causes the matter will be dealt with. At this point, Britain should not relive the old dream of the world overlord. If Britain still wants to continue to work with China, it is better to do so.

If you have all kinds of local struggles, then you will definitely suffer from the consequences of your country.

In the Middle East, China is the only overlord. China has the final say. Other powers are grouped together and get out.

Britain should not talk or threaten with Germany. The empire does not mind being a big gangster. As long as the empire is willing, the empire can negotiate new conditions with Germany at any time and divide Britain with Germany.

The weight and strength of the empire are here, and the combined weight of Britain, France, Germany and the United States is this. What is the empire afraid of? Who can’t you fight?

The empire only needs to do one thing, that is, stabilize the United States, prevent the United States from directly participating in World War II, and force the United States to the camp of hostile forces. No matter which country it is to deal with, the empire has enough strength and energy to suppress the country.

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These days, Emperor Song has been paying attention to various intelligence information of the Italian army in Yugoslavia and North Africa. The first thing he does when he wakes up every morning is to check the latest intelligence summary and determine the progress of the Italian army.
To be continued...