“Especially, the Germans’ transportation is much more developed than ours. Various railways and highways connect the country like a spider web.

In fact, the overall transportation level in Europe is higher than ours." Zhang Xing said earnestly in Chinese: "In short, we still have a long way to go in terms of the overall level in all aspects."

"Yes, Baili now only hopes that when the war is over, our Chinese nation can fully develop its economy and build a rich and powerful country in an all-round way." Jiang Baili also said with emotion.

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Reconnaissance aircraft have taken off from three airports in Taiwan: Chiayi Military Airport, Taipei Military Airport, and Tainan Kaohsiung Military Airport.

They were ordered by Xue Yue, Commander-in-Chief of the Border Guard Force in Taiwan, to search for traces of the US 1st Fleet in the South China Sea.

At the same time, more than fifty submarines temporarily under the control of the South China Sea Border Guard also set out secretly from the port to form a joint search force with aerial reconnaissance aircraft from the seabed to launch a search for the US Navy's 1st Fleet, which had temporarily stopped attacking.

However, at the same time, receiving orders from Zhang Xinghan to dispatch reconnaissance planes and submarines, Wang Yizhe, commander-in-chief of the dispatched troops stationed in Japan, Huang Xiansheng and others were also sent.

They also dispatched a large number of aircraft and submarines to search for the U.S. Navy's 3rd Fleet, which had basically lost air supremacy, and prepared to launch a new round of proactive attacks against it.

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London, UK, Prime Minister's Official Residence.

The current British Prime Minister Churchill formally replied to US President Roosevelt, agreeing to Roosevelt's request to unite the US military to fight against the Chinese [***] troops in all British colonies in the Far East, mainly India, Burma, Malaysia, Brunei and other regions.

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Moreover, at the same time, Churchill also agreed to Britain's formal declaration of war on China.

The Netherlands and France followed closely behind the United Kingdom and successively declared war on China in early February of the 26th year of the Republic of China.

However, the combat forces and areas are limited to colonial legions such as Vietnam, Laos, and Indonesia.

The French were obviously much more wary of Germany, which had just declared undeclared war on Poland.

As for the British and the Dutch, they also focused more on Europe, especially the Dutch. They bordered Germany. During the period of Germany's large-scale offensive and expansion to the east, they did not dare to mobilize troops from their own countries even if they were killed.

Go to Asia and attack China.

Moreover, since the Dutch were defeated by the British at sea and the French on land, they once subjugated the country and merged with France, and now the city has been established as a constitutional monarchy.

It is no longer the powerful country that once was like a sea coachman. Today, it is extremely weak in terms of national and military power in Europe after World War I.

To the Germans, they were like a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Otherwise, there would not have been such a tragic event in the history of World War II that the Netherlands surrendered to the Germans in just four days and the Netherlands became a government in exile.

Therefore, it is impossible for such a declining so-called powerful country to have the strength to send reinforcements to Asia.

The reason why they dare to declare war on the Chinese [***] team that now dominates Asia is simply to follow the footsteps of their big brother Ying and France.

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On the same day, Zhang Xinghan announced that the Republic of China formally declared war on Britain, France, and the Netherlands.

And announced the abolition of any humiliating treaties and terms signed by the cowardly and incompetent Manchu Qing government and the foreign powers.

That is to say, the so-called Lend-Lease Treaty in Hong Kong and Macao becomes invalid from now on, and China’s armed forces may send troops at any time to regain these two inherent Chinese territorial areas.

After Britain, France, and the Netherlands declared war on each other, an airborne division of the U.S. Army passed the alliance agreement signed with Britain and France and acted as the vanguard to land on the colonies of the two countries. The northern parts of Vietnam and Myanmar are close to the border towns of China.

At the same time, a huge transportation group composed of one unit each of the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet and Pacific Fleet transported the first batch of about 100,000 U.S. Army troops through the Strait of Malacca.

Thousands of marines from its 1st Fleet also landed at ports in northern Vietnam and headed to the Sino-Vietnamese border to join the First Division of its Airborne Forces.

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In Nanjing, when Zhang Xinghan reported the first movements of the British, American, French and Dutch [***] troops through the overseas agents of the Military Control and Secrecy Bureau.

In particular, a large number of U.S. Army troops have passed through the Strait of Malacca under the escort of the Navy.

He said: "It seems that Roosevelt has been planning for a long time. He has long concluded that Britain, France and other congresses have agreed to declare war on us, so he has been preparing for it."

Jiang Baili said: "Fortunately, you have the foresight to transfer the Central Army to the southwest for garrison, otherwise we would really be in a hurry.

However, just like that, I think we should also call Mr. Jiang immediately to remind him to strengthen defenses, especially at the borders of Guangxi and Yunnan. Li Zongren and Long Yun must be more vigilant to prevent a sudden attack by the allied forces of Britain, France, the United States, and the Netherlands.

The attack was caught off guard and the border defense was lost!"

"Well, what you say makes sense. I'll call Duke Jiang, Li Zongren, and Long Yun immediately to urge them to strengthen their defenses and not to give the great powers an opportunity to take advantage of them.

No matter how much it costs, you must defend the defense line for me and never lose the southwest!" Zhang Xinghan said.

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Wuhan, temporary official residence of Duke Chiang.

After Hu Zongnan and Gu Zhuping led 600,000 troops from the direct line of Jiang Gong to the southwest respectively, Jiang Gong, Chen Lifu brothers and others moved from Fenghua to Wuhan.

With Zhang Xinghan's support, Jiang Gong's 600,000-strong army could legitimately enter the southwestern provinces.

It was only a matter of time for Jiang Gong to seize the throne and occupy the magpie's nest. He had full confidence to unify several provinces in the southwest, rebuild his own foothold, and build the southwest into his own rear base.

Later in the day, when the situation changed, he had a duel with Zhang Xinghan and competed in the Central Plains.

Because whether he was playing politics or conspiracy, Jiang Gong had the confidence to defeat Li Zongren, Liu Xiang, Long Yun and others.

Now all he needs is a suitable opportunity.

Therefore, when I learned that Britain, France, the Netherlands and other three countries had declared war on China and started massing troops on China's southwest border, I was so excited that I almost didn't sleep all night.

In Jiang Gong's view, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him to take control of the Southwest.

In this way, the 600,000-strong army of Hu Zongnan, Gu Zhu and others can legitimately enter the border defenses of the southwestern provinces. Fighting the invasion of foreign powers is the top priority that must be done.

In a secret conference room, Jiang Zhengguang and Zhang Zhizhong discussed the border defense issues of troops stationed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi and other provinces.

Wang Shihe, the captain of the bodyguard, walked in excitedly with a telegram in his hand, saluted the former and said: "Committee, call from Nanjing."

Jiang Gong reached out to take the telegram, read it once, and then smiled at Zhang Zhizhong and said: "Haha, Zhang Xinghan's intelligence is quite sensitive, but with this telegram, the development of our troops should be much smoother."

"Commissioner, the Yankees are coming this time with great force, and they have the colonial legions of Britain, France, and the Netherlands as their minions. Although our army has an advantage in strength, it may still be very passive if it does not have air supremacy." Zhang Zhizhong suggested worriedly: "

Therefore, I suggest you send a message to Chairman Zhang and request him to dispatch a group of aircraft to important areas such as Yunnan and Guangxi.

This is to prevent our military from completely losing air supremacy and falling into a passive situation of being attacked."

"Yes, that makes sense." Jiang Gong nodded when he heard this, and immediately said to Wang Shihe: "Shihe, immediately send a message to Zhang Xinghan, saying that the European and American powers are coming fiercely, and it may be difficult to defend against the enemy without an air force.

In order to boost the morale and military morale of our millions of soldiers of the Southwest Border Defense Force, I ask him to send one hundred to two hundred capable fighter planes to the southwest to defend our southwest airspace!"

"Yes." Wang Shihe responded loudly, then turned around and took the order to leave.

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Nanjing, Office of the Chairman.

When Guo Zhong sent Jiang Gong's message for help to Zhang Xinghan, Zhang Xinghan picked it up and glanced at it, then fell into deep thought.

Jiang Baili, who had been cooperating with him in handling documents, saw this and asked: "Commissioner, what's wrong?"

"Someone from Jiang asked me for aircraft support, and I was hesitant whether to give it or not." Zhang Xinghan said thoughtfully.

"Are the committee members worried that after these air forces are stationed in the southwest, they will be used by Mr. Jiang for his own use?" Jiang Baili asked rhetorically.

"That's not true. The air force was created by us. Even if the pilots are bribed, we can easily destroy them. Mr. Jiang has no supporting ground crews and facilities, let alone expendable replacement fighters.

Even if all the air forces sent surrendered to him, he would not be able to exert their combat effectiveness for a long time." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Then what are you worried about, commission?" Jiang Baili asked.

"I am not worried, but thinking that for the current plan, air forces need to be stationed in important cities in the East China Sea and South China Sea, as well as in the direction of the Koryo Peninsula and on our southeast coast to strengthen our military's defense capabilities.

From which theater should aircraft be dispatched to the southwest?

You must know that only by deploying a sufficiently powerful air force in Japan and the Taiwan Islands can we temporarily deter the U.S. Navy fleet and gain the initiative and upper hand on the battlefield." Zhang Xinghan said with a worried look on his face.

Jiang Baili thought for a while and said, "Commissioner, I have an idea."

"Huh? Tell me." Zhang Xinghan looked at him curiously.

"Now, the German army's attack on the Soviet Union is just around the corner, and the pressure faced by our Northwest Frontier Defense Force will be doubled. Do you think it is possible to deploy a batch of German fighter jets from General Gao Chu's Northwest Frontier Defense Force to make up for the loss?

The weakness of the southwest theater is insufficient air power." Jiang Baili hit the nail on the head.

After Zhang Xinghan heard this, he immediately slammed the table and said: "This method is good and completely feasible. I didn't think of it at the moment."

"Adjutant Guo, please immediately send a message to Gao Chu and order him to dispatch one hundred and fifty German BF-109 fighters to the southwest."

After winning the Battle of Outer Mongolia, Zhang Xinghan replaced all the fighter jets in this theater with BF109 fighter jets whose combat performance was no less than that of the Zero because the Northwest Frontier Defense Force would temporarily need to be on the defensive.

All Zero fighter jets with a longer range and more suitable for sea and air operations in the first island chain were transferred to Taiwan, Japan and local cities on the southeastern coast.
Chapter completed!