Mustache is definitely unacceptable to the conditions put forward by Rock and Winston. The negotiations ended before they started, and the war will continue.
What Roque didn't expect was that the Russians not only ignored the reminder of southern Africa, but also spoke harshly.
Regarding the reminder from southern Africa, the Russians responded this way: Southern Africans, just mind your own business.
Such a reply is indeed very Russian.
The bearded man probably thought that the relationship between Russia and Germany was unbreakable, so he turned a deaf ear to the reminder from southern Africa.
Then let them be.
When the time came in May, just like Winston Roque's plan, the Italians, with the help of the Germans, once again launched an attack on the Greek army.
This time the Greeks finally couldn't withstand it. Even with the support of the Australian army, the Greeks were still defeated by the powerful attack power of the German armored forces.
On May 15, the German-Italian coalition launched a counterattack from Albania towards Greece.
In just three days, the German-Italian forces drove the Greek army away from Albania and invaded Greece.
Only then did Rock realize that the Greeks had not made any defense preparations in the winter that had just passed. The Greek army that invaded Albania actually dreamed of continuing to attack the Italian army in Albania after the arrival of spring.
Troops driven out of Albania -
Roque was really speechless. He could only say that the Greeks were more promiscuous than the French.
"The British went too far. When the Australian Third Division was in North Africa, it could advance 800 miles in half a month and capture four times as many Italians as itself. When it arrived in Greece, it faced the German attack without firing a single shot. It actively retreated, causing Greece to
The army is completely defeated. Even if the Australians are acting, they still have to act in full -" Martin's mentality is to just watch the fun and not take it too seriously.
In the first phase of the North African campaign, the Australian army performed very well indeed.
However, when it came to Greece, the performance of the Australian army was completely different from that during the North African campaign.
This is of course also related to the secret order of the British government.
The British are always like this.
Be careful when making allies with the British.
In some aspects, Britain is even inferior to Germany.
At least when Italy needed it, Germany truly fulfilled its obligations as an ally and provided huge help to Italy, even at the expense of affecting the execution of the "Barbarossa Plan."
Of course, this is also related to Mustache's arrogance.
Mustache believes that the war against Greece can be ended within a month, so that the troops assisting Italy can still participate in the "Barbarossa Plan" without being affected.
"Our real line of defense is in Crete, and now they are just appetizers." Rock was not surprised. This kind of thing is too normal for the British.
Of course southern Africa is more extreme than the UK.
Greece, under British pressure, opened Crete to southern Africa.
Southern Africa is worse than the UK.
Britain at least sent Australian troops into Greece to participate in the battle against the German and Italian forces.
Although the Cyprus Squadron and the Fifth Army had also sent troops into Greece, they were limited to Crete and did not send a single soldier to the front line.
Of course the Greeks were dissatisfied with this.
The reason given by Arthur is that the Southern African federal government captured too much territory last year, and Southern Africa is unable to provide more assistance to Greece before completing the defense of the newly occupied areas.
This reply is more Russian than British.
"Since the French have transferred France's power in Asia to us, should we send the Fourth Army to attack French Indochina?" Martin's attention is still on Asia.
Vichy France really went too far.
After opening French Indochina to the Japanese, the French and Japanese reached a tacit agreement that Japanese troops could operate in French Indochina and use French Indochina as a springboard to threaten British Malaya and Changi Naval Base.
The management of French Indochina is still the responsibility of the French, and now French Indochina is equivalent to a dual colony of France and Japan.
Both the British government and the federal government of Southern Africa expressed great indignation at this act of Vichy France.
Although the British government is very angry, it has no troops in Asia and is incompetent and furious.
Southern Africa is capable of counterattack, and the Indian Ocean Fleet can reinforce Changi Naval Base at any time. The Fourth Group Army led by Angel and the 500,000 East Indian Army are fully capable of taking French Indochina into their hands.
It even has the strength to launch an attack on the Japanese mainland.
Of course, the strength of the Japanese cannot be underestimated.
What Roque was worried about was that if southern Africa went to war with Japan, the Americans, who were watching eagerly, would take advantage.
It may even allow the French to reap the benefits.
Think about it, if Southern Africa had just declared war on Japan, and French Indochina immediately electrified itself and chose to join Free France, then French Indochina might have turned back to French North Africa, and the cooked duck had flown away again.
"The Japanese expansion has reached its limit. Let's see how long the Americans can endure it." Roque is patient. The situation in Asia is as complicated as in Europe.
In Europe, Rock and Winston agreed that Germany should be allowed to attack Russia, and after both Germany and Russia had suffered losses, the Allies could then counterattack the European continent.
Same goes for Asia.
Both the United States and Japan regard East Asia as their own sphere of influence. Japan's expansion has seriously affected the interests of the United States in East Asia. Without the cooperation of the army, it would be difficult for the Japanese combined fleet to launch an attack on Changi Naval Base and the United States Pacific Fleet.
There are no obstacles to launching an attack.
Japan's situation is the same as that of the United Kingdom. As an island country, Japan's first priority is to focus on its navy.
The crux of the problem is that the navy cannot solve practical problems. After the war broke out, Japan discovered that it still had to rely on the army to conquer East Asia.
So after the war broke out, the huge and arrogant combined fleet in East Asia was as idle as the Royal Navy——
That’s not right, the Royal Navy still needs anti-submarine warfare, and the Japanese Combined Fleet doesn’t even have anti-submarine missions.
Japan is still trying its best to build "Yamato" and "Musashi" with limited resources at all costs!
Therefore, the combined fleet also needs a suitable opponent to prove the value of the combined fleet.
"If we don't strike preemptively, Japan may raid Changi Naval Base at about the same time as Germany attacks Russia." Martin is worried about the security of Changi Naval Base.
This is indeed very possible. Since a certain intelligence genius joined Bullard's office, the intelligence capabilities of Bullard's office have been greatly improved.
In the past, Bullard's office relied on a strong intelligence network to collect intelligence.
Now that there is someone sitting in the office who can piece together intelligence based on fragments of information, Brad's office has finally become complete.
"Find a way to get the Japanese to attack the Pacific Fleet." Roark decided to divert the trouble to the east. Since he could reap the benefits, there was no need to take the initiative to attack.
This choice is also very British.
What Rock is sure of is that Americans are making the same choice.
Pearl Harbor in another time and space has always been talked about by conspiracy theory holders. Many people believe that the United States deliberately allowed Japan to attack Pearl Harbor, which was why the United Fleet succeeded.
The situation in this time and space is different from that in another time and space.
In another time and space, there was no navy at Changi Naval Base. The United Kingdom spent 500 million pounds to build Changi Naval Base, but did not station a fleet at Changi Naval Base. If necessary, the United Kingdom would deploy a fleet from the mainland to station at Changi Naval Base.
There is a fleet stationed at the Changi Naval Base in this time and space, and there is also a powerful Fourth Army. If Japan makes a sneak attack on the Changi Naval Base, it will not wake up a "sleeping giant", but a "sleeping dragon."
This must be based on the premise of a successful sneak attack.
While Rock and Martin were planning to lead Japan to attack the U.S. Pacific Fleet, the Fourth Army under the Indian Ocean Theater on Conlun Island near French Indochina had actual contact with Japan's southward army.
Con Dao is 230 kilometers away from Saigon, with a total area of 75.15 square kilometers. In 1862, the French set up a prison on Con Dao to exile and imprison those who opposed French colonization.
After Vichy France opened Indochina to Japan, Conlun Island became the first choice fulcrum for the Japanese army to attack Southeast Asia due to its excellent geographical advantages.
Last winter, a Japanese survey team landed on Conlun Island to survey.
Starting in February, Japan began to build a field airport on Con Dao Island and a simple dock that can accommodate small warships.
There is a huge gap between the construction capabilities of the Japanese and southern Africa.
Large construction machinery has been used in the construction of docks and airports in Southern Africa for more than ten years. The Japanese still use primitive construction methods, which are inefficient and slow.
The situation on the key Conlun Island is still very bad.
This island is nicknamed "Snake Island". There are many venomous snakes on the island, which poses a huge threat to the Japanese who land on the island.
So the first thing the Japanese did after landing on the island was to set fire to the mountains.
This immediately caught Angel's attention.
On February 11, the day after the Japanese set fire to the mountain, Changi Naval Base sent a reconnaissance plane to conduct reconnaissance near Con Dao Island.
The Japanese army sent planes to drive away reconnaissance planes in southern Africa.
It should be noted that at this time, the Japanese army was already equipped with Type Zero, and its performance was greatly improved compared with previous military aircraft.
The Southern African reconnaissance aircraft did not get entangled too much and returned to Changi Naval Base after a detour.
After that, the Southern African reconnaissance aircraft conducted reconnaissance on Conlun Island many times. The Japanese aircraft showed great restraint and did not attack the Southern African reconnaissance aircraft.
By mid-May, the field airport built by the Japanese army on Con Dao Island had been basically completed, and the simple dock could already dock warships of less than 3,000 tons. It was only then that operations at Changi Naval Base began.
"Your field airport and dock on Con Dao Island have seriously threatened the security of our Changi Naval Base, so you must completely destroy the airport and terminal on Con Dao Island, otherwise our Indian Ocean Fleet will retain the power to take further actions."
Captain Harris from the Indian Ocean Fleet formally made representations to the Japanese.
"The airport and wharf on Conlun Island are for civilian use and have nothing to do with military use. Moreover, we have obtained the consent of the French government to build the airport and wharf. This has nothing to do with you in southern Africa." Commander of Japan's 25th Group Army, who is still
Yamashita Fengwen, who did not become a "Malay Tiger", has a good attitude.
In another time and space, the reason why Yamashita Fengwen was called the "Malay Tiger" had a lot to do with the British strategy.
When Yamashita started the "Battle of Malaya", Britain was in a decisive battle with the North African Army commanded by Rommel in North Africa and had no spare power to support British Malaya, so Yamashita's achievements were achieved.
This time and space was very difficult for Yamashita Fengfumi. Although the 25th Army under his command was called a "group army", it actually had less than 60,000 people. It was difficult to defeat the 4th Army with a total strength of 170,000 and a total strength of 50,000.
The East Indian army of ten thousand people posed a threat.
This does not include the Marine Corps stationed at Changi Naval Base, the Changi Squadron, and the Indian Ocean Fleet that can be reinforced at any time.
"I said there is a relationship, there is a relationship!" Colonel Harris had a tough attitude. Japan has not declared war on southern Africa yet, and Angel needs a reason to declare war.
Although Japan has built an airport and dock on Con Dao Island, it has not stationed any troops. It does not seem to be for military use.
However, as long as necessary, civilian use can be converted to military use at any time. This reason is not convincing.
"Southern Africans, don't bully others too much!" Yamashita Fengwen was extremely angry, but he had to maintain 100% restraint.
There are also huge disputes within Japan regarding southern Africa and the United States.
The strength of Southern Africa around Changi Naval Base is obvious to all. The Japanese military predicts that in order to defeat the Southern African and East Indian coalition forces, it will have to dispatch at least fifty Type-A divisions.
At present in 1941, a Japanese Class A division has 2 brigades, each with 2 infantry regiments, and one regiment each of engineering, cavalry, artillery, and baggage, for a total of 8 regiments, plus
There are a total of 28,200 non-combatants in the first division and regiment headquarters and the two brigade regiment headquarters.
With fifty Category A divisions and a total strength of more than 1.8 million men, Japan has a clear understanding of the combat effectiveness of the southern African army.
So it’s not Yamashita Fengfumi who is awake.
It was the contrast in strength between southern Africa and Japan that forced Yamashita Tomofumi to wake up.
"If you don't completely destroy the airport and dock on Con Dao Island, then we will do it ourselves." Colonel Harris smiled. Yamashita Fengwen was right, Southern Africa is bullying you.
Come and have a fight if you don't agree.
Looking at the back of Colonel Harris, Yamashita Fengwen's eyes were cold.
To begin with, the look alone cannot kill a Southern African.
Three days after Colonel Harris went to find Yamashita Fengwen, Yamashita Fengwen took the initiative to send people to blow up the airport and dock on Conlun Island, leaving no reason or space for An Qi to use the excuse.
This disappointed An Qi.
Although Rock wanted to divert the trouble to the east.
Not everyone thinks so, especially Angel and Alvin.
Alvin returned to the army after the outbreak of the European War and is currently serving in the Fourth Army.
