Time flies like an arrow, and time passes quietly between your fingers.

In the past month, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has completed adaptive training, which has been initially adapted to the climate and environment of desert combat.

Half a month ago, Yang Fan organized a large-scale confrontation exercise according to the plan.

The total force of the fighter exercise reached 550,000: the Chinese Expeditionary Force used 220,000 troops to fight against the British and American coalition forces 330,000 troops.

The powerful Chinese Expeditionary Force defeated the more with little, and completely conquered the arrogant British and American troops, allowing them to deeply realize that the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which fought side by side, was not a weak force, but a trustworthy and respectful steel army.

After a series of operations, the Chinese Expeditionary Force not only firmly established its core position, but also gradually eliminated the sense of strangeness and estrangement with the British and American Allies, and the two sides have become one.

At the same time, the morale of the British and American troops has also been greatly improved, and it is no longer the previous lack of sluggishness.

After completing the integration of the training, hundreds of thousands of troops in Yemen gradually set off into Egypt, and the final preparations before the war were launched in full swing.

The situation in the North African war zone seems to be evolving towards a better direction.

On the Chinese domestic battlefield, after recapturing the Shandong Plain, Jinan Prefecture, and more than ten counties in northern Henan, and leading millions of people into the defense zone, the Hu Ben Army once again entered a new round of infrastructure frenzy and began to fully digest the current results.

Of course, Yang Fan could not leave nearly one million troops idle. While trying his best to digest the newly occupied areas and the new population, Yang Fan also ordered Miao Dadong to launch a strong attack on the surrounding Japanese occupied areas such as Laiwu, Tai'an, Feicheng, and Sishui to further expand the occupied areas.

Since the Japanese want to develop with all their might, they cannot let them be satisfied. Even if these places are hard-core, they must be bitten down little by little.

The Soviet Union was mixed with joy.

Although the Far East was completely destroyed, the Berga Military Region was also facing the threat from the troops stationed in Mongolia and Kwantung, and the European battlefield was facing fierce attacks from more than 5 million German troops and minions, and the land area was still shrinking.

However, the Soviet Red Army with its strong will and continuous material assistance, withstood the German army's crazy attack.

When the time entered the end of the year and when the harsh winter came again, the Soviet Red Army miraculously stabilized the front line on Leningrad, Kirov and Stalingrad.

As time entered the end of 1941, as the temperature in Nordic Europe reached minus 40 degrees or even 50 degrees, a large number of German technical equipment suffered from failures to varying degrees.

No matter how hard the German army exerted, it could never cross the Soviet army's solid defense line.

Due to climate factors, the head of state had no choice but to order the offensive to be temporarily suspended.

It was just that "it was won and lost in the east". On this front, the Soviet Red Army stabilized its defense line, but collapsed in the North Caucasus region.

After the German army blitzkrieg attacked the Soviet Union, after more than a year of combat, the head of state focused on the Caucasus region, which mainly produces food and oil.

The Supreme German Command implemented a combat plan code-named "Shiqucao", attempting to encircle and annihilate the Soviet army deployed south of Rostov and southeast of it, and capture the North Caucasus.

Once the Northern Caucasus is occupied, the German army will detour the main line of the Caucasus Mountain from the west to capture Novorossisk and Tuapse; and another army cluster will detour from the east to capture Groni, Baku and other places.

The ultimate strategic goal of the "Rattie Grass" combat plan is to break through the southern mountains, establish direct contact with 26 Turkish divisions deployed on the Soviet-Turkey border, and create conditions for invasion of the Near and Middle East.

The Caucasus region was a famous grain production base in the Soviet Union at that time and also the location of the Baku oil field. Taking over the Caucasus could not only provide supplies to the German army, but also create excellent opportunities for invading the Middle East and the Near East and cutting off the British and French colonies and local ties.

Up to now, the German and Soviet troops have launched mountain battles in the Caucasus Mountains for several months, capturing several mountain passes, posing a serious threat to the Caucasus hinterland.

With the victory of the Axis Alliance, Turkey had already begun to shake. If they had not lost too badly in the First World War and had extremely serious psychological shadows, they would have been involved in the Axis Alliance to declare war on the Soviet Union.

As we all know, Türkiye and the Soviet Union are standard feuds, and the war between the two countries has lasted for hundreds of years due to religious and territorial disputes.

During World War I, Türkiye was divided up 70% of its territory by the Allies because it was in the wrong team.

The world is in chaos now, and the Axis Allies have the advantage. The Soviet Union cannot even beat the Japanese, so Türkiye is naturally extremely jealous.

At this time, Türkiye wanted to jump out and get a share of the pie and retaliate against the feud, and at the same time restore the glory and vast territory of the Ottoman Empire back then, which is naturally reasonable.

Obviously, under this situation, once the German army breaks through the southern mountains and establishes direct contact with the 26 Turkish divisions deployed on the Soviet-Turkey border, it will definitely become the last straw that will break the camel's back.

Once Türkiye casts its turn to the Axis Alliance, the world situation will surely undergo a series of chain reactions, and the scale of victory in the war will definitely be greatly biased towards the Axis Alliance again.

At this time, the Allied headquarters could no longer sit still. A day of emergency telegram urged Yang Fan to immediately lead his army to counterattack North Africa and defeat Rommel's army, and distributed part of his troops to aid the Caucasus region and help the Soviet Caucasus Front defend the Caucasus defense line.

On December 22, 1941, Cairo, Egypt, the Allied Command of the North African Theater.

Yang Fan finally convened all major generals and above officers from the 1st Army, the 2nd Army, the 7th Army of the US Army, the 8th Army of the British Army, and the 18th Army of the 18th Army of the 18th Army to hold a military seminar.

Stars flashed in the huge combat room of the headquarters, and dozens of generals and officials gathered together, looking very lively.

But in fact, everyone's faces were not very good-looking, especially British generals such as Cunningham, the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, Alexander, the commander-in-chief of the 18th Army Group, and Rich, the commander-in-chief of the 8th Army Group of the British Army, all looked ugly. Not only were their brows frowning and their faces were as deep as water, but they also had thick dark circles in their eyes.

Their poor condition was not because they worked too hard last night, nor because they had another bloody plot with Yang Fan and the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

But because of a heartbreaking and shameful event last night: the British Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet in Alexandria, Egypt was attacked by Italian troops and suffered heavy losses!
Chapter completed!