When Xu Zhenpeng landed in Keelung, Greif was also organizing the landing in Hokkaido.
In fact, just three days ago, the Northern Xinjiang Military Region began organizing air strikes on Hokkaido.
Compared with the Japanese, Lanfang's biggest advantage now is the air force. Since it has an advantage, it must be maximized as much as possible. It must not be a woman's kindness and use its own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points.
tragedy.
The Japanese fleet heading north was indeed wiped out in the Battle of Ningbeigang, but the Japanese Navy still had some foundation after all. The Japanese Navy even had its last battleship, the Kirishima.
The Xinjiang Fleet is a huge threat. Until this threat is eliminated, all actions of the Northern Xinjiang Fleet will be restricted.
Compared with jet aircraft, propeller aircraft are indeed lagging behind, but propeller aircraft have the advantage of propeller aircraft, that is, the requirements for airports are not high.
The bombers equipped in Lanfang can take off smoothly as long as they are on flat land, even on grass. As long as there are no potholes, Lanfang's airport can be built anywhere.
So as the war on Sakhalin Island progressed, Lanfang's airport continued to push southward, all the way to the southernmost tip of Sakhalin Island.
In fact, bombers taking off from here can already directly bomb Tokyo if they do not consider returning.
Bombing Tokyo is a huge temptation for all bomber pilots. It can be said that if Lan Fang wanted to set up a death squad now, it would not be difficult to form a bomber formation flying directly to Tokyo.
However, Qin Zhiyuan is not that crazy yet, and Chen Kangjian is still reasonable, so the air force's operational scope is still limited to Hokkaido for the time being.
This is much simpler. Even the southernmost tip of Hokkaido is only 500 kilometers away from the airport on Sakhalin Island. Lanfang's bombers can cover the entire territory of Hokkaido.
In fact, Hokkaido does not have many valuable strategic goals. Before 1869, Hokkaido was not even called Hokkaido, its name was Ezo Land.
Ezo refers to the Ainu people, the indigenous people of Hokkaido, so the Ainu people are also called Ezo people by the Japanese.
In 1869, the Japanese government established the Shokan Tribunal in Hokkaido and renamed the Ezo Land to Hokkaido. This began its direct rule over Hokkaido. At the same time, in 1890, a large number of Japanese talents entered Hokkaido to develop Hokkaido.
Counting the time, the Japanese have carried out large-scale development of Hokkaido only in the past twenty or thirty years.
Twenty or thirty years, that is, a generation. The older generation is not dead yet, and the new generation has become the backbone of society. There is still hope of separating Hokkaido from Japan. If it takes a few more decades, it will be
It will become a fait accompli.
peel off
I have to say that Lan Fang's game of chess is indeed big enough.
Korsakov, this is the largest port in southern Sakhalin Island in the 21st century, but after Lanfang occupied the entire Sakhalin Island, it got a better name Lelang.
Right now in Lelang, about 13,000 Japanese are building a large-scale port, which will become the military port of Lanfang Navy in the future.
These 13,000 Japanese are all Japanese soldiers captured in the Battle of Keyai. In the future, this number may further increase.
Lan Fang was never cruel. If the Japanese soldiers laid down their weapons, Lan Fang would not be able to kill them all.
Sakhalin is not the Kanto region of the Republic of China. There are no Republic of China people living here, which means there is no such thing as committing evil. If you don’t seek death, you won’t die.
Not all Japanese are loyal to the emperor, even during World War II in another time and space, when the Japanese worship of the Japanese emperor had reached its extreme, when the Americans attacked Okinawa and the Japanese were completely defeated,
After the Japanese army was ordered to massacre the local people in Okinawa, some Japanese soldiers laid down their weapons and surrendered.
There were indeed many traitors in the Republic of China, but there were also many Japanese traitors in Japan. In this regard, all ethnic groups are the same.
Just next to Lelang, a huge airport is under emergency construction. It is here that Greif is commanding Lanfang's army to prepare to land in Hokkaido.
At the same time, the Air Force was patrolling above Hokkaido, attacking any valuable targets, including the Japanese Eighth and Ninth Divisions that were already preparing for defense in Hokkaido.
The situation is somewhat similar to that of Yingzhou. Although Hokkaido has many ports, there are not many places suitable for landing, and they are all concentrated in the southwest. It is not easy for Greif to find a suitable landing site.
Fortunately, the 11th and 9th Divisions preparing to land were not armored divisions and did not have many heavy weapons, which made the landing much easier.
Reconnaissance planes have been conducting reconnaissance in the nearby waters and found no trace of the Little Japanese's warships mobilizing. Lao Bao and the others are ready to attack at any time. As long as the Kirishima dares to come out, he will be unable to return. Chief of Staff Xiong Enhua is reporting to Greif.
Griffith just nodded out of habit and didn't say much.
Xiong Enhua was not affected by Greif and continued his reporting work: The Ninth Division has boarded the ship from Ningbei Port and will arrive at Lelang Outer Port tomorrow morning. At that time, it will join our Eleventh Division and land in Hokkaido together to destroy the fleet.
We have been mobilized to ensure the safety of the Soya Strait waterway in the past two days.
Griffith still didn't speak.
To be honest, many people will have a headache when they have a boss like Griffith, because if the leader does not express their opinions, the subordinates will be at a loss. Of course, if you look at it from another aspect, it will also make the subordinates work conscientiously to avoid making mistakes, which is guaranteed
Increase the enthusiasm of subordinates.
Lao Shi has some objections to you not letting the 18th Division go to Hokkaido. I heard that Lao Shi has been a bit fierce with his whip at the construction site these two days. Xiong Enhua and Greif are also old acquaintances, and they will tease Greif from time to time.
Go and scold him. Graves finally said something, and his language style is still concise enough: If he gets the chance, we must seize it quickly.
It was necessary to seize the opportunity. Lanfang's devastating annihilation of the Japanese southbound fleet and northbound fleet had shocked the masses who did not know the truth. The Americans and British almost simultaneously offered to mediate the war, and their attitudes were quite resolute.
This is easy to understand. Just as the Americans and the British did not want the Japanese fleet to move south to attack Yecheng, the Americans and the British also did not want the Lanfang people to completely defeat Japan.
Moreover, Lan Fang's ability in this war has made the Americans and British feel threatened enough. The Americans and British must impose restrictions on Lan Fang in order to ensure the so-called balance in East Asia.
The British and Americans cannot restrict the current Lanfang. Qin Zhiyuan, sitting on the tower, is full of confidence.
Like the Black Swan Castle in Paris, the Black Swan Castle on Penglai Island also has a tower. This is Qin Zhiyuan’s favorite place to stay.
Lanfang's potential is indeed sufficient, but it is not yet comparable to established powers such as the United Kingdom and the United States. It will still give in when it is time to give in, but before that, the Japanese must pay a sufficient price. Louis, who is a bit happy to stay in Lanfang
Renault and Qin Zhiyuan remained on the same front and still put forward their opinions appropriately.
France and Lanfang are now allies. When Lanfang declared war on Japan, France also declared war on Japan.
Of course, the French did not perform well in this war, but this does not prevent the French from gaining some benefits after the war. Even if the French only declare war, they should still gain something for this friendship.
Sooner or later the British and Americans would pay the price for their balance. William III, who was returning to Europe tomorrow, began to draw circles.
As the German emperor, William III could not stay in Lanfang for a long time. Although William III and Cecilia liked the sunshine and beaches of Lanfang very much, Germany worried William III even more. Even if William III was not happy, he would still stay there.
Return to Germany to embrace the cold and wet.
William III's trip was not in vain. While William III was busy building relations with Qin Zhiyuan, Prince Marx was busy negotiating conditions with Huang Bohan. After nearly a month, Prince Marx signed a series of agreements with Huang Bohan on behalf of Germany, covering all areas.
Including light industry, heavy industry, mineral resources, etc., although Huang Bohan is concerned about the alliance relationship with France, and Germany has not yet developed into an ally, but when it does not involve war, it is almost the same as an ally.
Germany's industrial strength is indeed strong, but Germany also has shortcomings. The market for industrial products is on the one hand, and industrial raw materials are also on the other.
Lanfang's industrial base has just started, but the starting point is very high. After all, Lanfang has almost directly moved factories from Germany. Once all Lanfang's factories are completed, Lanfang will have strong industrial strength.
Lanfang was originally an important source of raw materials in Europe, especially rubber and petroleum, two important industrial raw materials. The output has always been large. After owning the iron ore in the Pilbara region of Australia, Lanfang has become full-fledged.
Maintaining a good relationship with Lanfang is the most important task of William III, even more important than repaying the 20 billion pounds in compensation due to the world war.
East Asia is now out of balance. Only one country is destined to rise, and now it seems that it can only be Lanfang. In any case, Qin Zhiyuan will completely destroy Japan's hope of rising.
The British and Americans will not sit back and watch Japan being annexed by Lanfang, so they must restrain themselves and do not overly stimulate the British and Americans. Louis Renault has a clear mind.
Who said I was going to annex Japan? Isn't it already being discussed? Since the conditions have not been reached yet, the war will still continue. Qin Zhiyuan pretended to be innocent.
As for the conditions you have put forward, I would not agree to it if it were Louis Renault's disdain.
If the conditions are right, this is a good opportunity for blackmail.
