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"The Royal Tank No. 12 regiment on the back waist is over!" Looking at the billowing smoke, Andrew lamented in his heart.He saw with his own eyes that the tank on which Captain Edward was riding was hit by a rocket on the turret, and the stream of flames enveloped the entire tank in the blink of an eye.Then, before the flames rose completely, another rocket exploded on the left armor of the tank. The huge explosive force threw the tank in the flames into the air, trembling, almost turning over on the spot. fall.And when it finally fell into the dust again, the original mobile fortress made of steel had been completely reduced to a pile of scrap copper and rotten iron.Obviously, in this case, anyone in the tank would have no chance of surviving.

"Quick! Get away from the road and retreat into the woods! Signal Corps, Signal Corps, get in touch with the Air Force immediately, we need air support, we need air support!" Andrew understood that at this time, he was still stuck in the area where the target was too exposed. It is very unwise to go on the road, so he made a decisive decision and issued an order to his troops.

However, the troops that were hit suddenly fell into chaos, and the soldiers looking for hiding places were in a mess. Some rushed into the woods, while some lay down in the depression by the roadside, and some of them were still in a daze. On the road, trying to rescue those comrades who are unable to move due to injuries.

But it was futile to try to hide there, because less than 10 minutes after the shelling started, these bewildered New Zealand soldiers were horrified to find that on the hills and jungles directly in front of them and on both sides, Countless soldiers wearing gray uniforms and holding Chinese-made submachine guns and rifles rushed towards them, shouting something loudly.

"My God! It's the Chinese! The Chinese are coming!" Looking at the enemies rushing from all directions, Andrew knelt down on the ground without any image.

At the moment when he fell to his knees, there was only one thing in Andrew's mind, and that was how many of these soldiers he had brought out from the country could go back alive.

The Prime Minister said well that through the war in Greece, the bottom line of Chinese patience in European geopolitics can be tested. Now everything has been tested, but the British Commonwealth will pay a heavy price for it.

"China's tens of thousands of troops have secretly advanced into Greece. The No.70 Ninth Infantry Division, No.40 Fifth Mechanized Infantry Division, and the Independent Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division of the Balkan First Front Army are at Isas at the southern foot of the Pindus Mountains. Valley, encircle and annihilate the No.20 Ninth Independent Mechanized Infantry Division of the British Army." Such an astonishing news spread wildly around the world at an even more alarming speed. The Washington Conference, billed as a grand event for peace, has just ended, and a series of issues of the Atlantic Charter have not yet been finalized, yet this new war broke out again.what does that mean?What is the inside story hidden in this?Will the world move towards peace in the future, or will it lead to a new and larger war?These are questions people want to know. An army of more than 1 people was destroyed in an instant. This is probably not a small matter for any country. Even if the British do not retaliate, they will definitely seek revenge from the Chinese. a statement.

When the news reached the United Kingdom, the entire British Isles exploded. Just the day before, various newspapers in the United Kingdom were still publishing the news that the Commonwealth of Nations had become the final winner through the Washington Conference. What they reported overwhelmingly became the news of the disastrous defeat of the British army in Greece.Almost every British person is swearing, swearing at the Chinese for their treachery, swearing at the Chinese people's viciousness, and amidst the swearing, some voices are louder, that is, the government should immediately declare war on the Chinese, and use a more violent attack to attack the Chinese people. Fight back against this despicable practice of the Chinese.

In the face of sudden attacks from the Chinese.The British government headed by Churchill also responded quickly. On the second day after the end of the battle in the southern Pindus Mountains, Churchill got in touch with French President Charles de Gaulle.For a long time, the iron-blooded Prime Minister of the United Kingdom has been a pure anti-China and anti-communist. He has deep prejudices against any form of autocracy and socialist trends.It was under his lobbying and persistence that Britain did not hesitate to invest a large amount of manpower, material resources, and financial resources to interfere in the domestic revolutions of many European countries, including Greece.In Churchill's view, autocracy and communism are poisonous seeds that can grow rapidly and spread rapidly.As long as you give it even a little space to survive, it will quickly spread to the whole world.Therefore, since the end of World War II, Churchill has been preaching the containment of China and the Soviet Union.Today, not only has his thinking not changed, but it seems to be getting worse.

In the conversation with Charles de Gaulle, Churchill sought the views of his allies on the other side of the ocean on this matter. At the same time, he also hoped that France could first provide support to Britain in terms of public opinion and put pressure on China through diplomatic means.Force them to release the captured British officers and soldiers unconditionally first.On the other hand, Churchill also hoped that the United States could formally intervene in this matter and transfer the troops originally repaired in Africa to Greece to support the British army in the war there.

After all, he was a long-term ally, and de Gaulle agreed to Churchill's first request without hesitation. He claimed that he would get in touch with the Chinese leaders in the shortest possible time, and use the most severe and threatening words to send a message to Churchill. The opponent exerts pressure.But for the issue of directly sending troops to Greece, de Gaulle did not make any promises.After all, war is not a trivial matter. It is obviously not a wise decision to go to war with China, which is currently at its peak in military power.What's more, although de Gaulle is the president of France and has the power to declare war to the outside world, but then again, this war needs to be supported by money, and in the political structure of the United States, the power of national financial allocation is in the hands of Congress Therefore, if the French president wants to launch a war abroad, he must first obtain the consent of Congress.

Today, with the end of World War II and the Sino-American War, the fascist axis forces of Germany, Japan, and Italy have finally been uprooted, and the United States has almost been beaten back to the Stone Age by China. The dawn of international peace has just appeared. It is time for the forces that represent the interests of the large arms dealers to back down on the terms of the peace talks. France needs peace at this time and needs to shift the main direction of the country's orders to post-war construction.Therefore, de Gaulle believes that under such circumstances, even if he proposes a new war plan again in Congress, the chances of it being passed are definitely quite low. If he fails, he, the president, will be caught in an embarrassing dilemma.

Be careful, be careful with all this!

After some consideration, de Gaulle, who felt more and more that the situation was not good, decided to convene the think tanks of the government to study this issue carefully, and see what kind of method can be used to calm this turmoil. The good thing is that the Chinese can lower their heads a little bit, and at the same time, it keeps the British from getting too entangled in this issue.

On October 10th, the first rain of this year fell in Beijing in late autumn. The rain was not heavy, but fine and dense.

In the Forbidden City, which symbolizes the core of China's highest power, Guan Xuqing is holding a meeting of the Supreme Command.Earlier, he received a call from thousands of miles away. The President de Gaulle, who seemed to be concerned about the country and the people, talked with him on the phone for nearly two hours.During the two-hour conversation, de Gaulle's only purpose was to put pressure on China, hoping that China could withdraw the dragon army that entered Greece and hand over the affairs of Greece to the British, thus counting it as a crime against them. compensation.

Although de Gaulle said everything in a very tactful manner during this period, trying not to make the other party feel unacceptable, Guan Xuqing still showed his tough stance on the phone.According to his words, there is a trend of fascist forces turning back in Greece at present.The so-called Provisional Government of Greece supported by the British is implementing brutal, dark and autocratic fascist rule in its country.Just in May of this year, a bloody incident that shocked the world broke out in Athens. After that, the fascist government still showed no signs of stopping. They searched, persecuted, and killed all over Greece to oppose its autocratic rule and demand peace and democracy. Chinese progressives.As a country that once persisted in fighting fascism and saving world peace, China will never and will never allow a similar fascist regime to reappear in this world.

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Guan Xuqing is telling de Gaulle that there is only one way to get the dragon army out of Greece, and that is to let the British get out of that land in advance.And there is only one way for the empire to release the captured British soldiers, and that is to hand over the chief culprit of the May storm, the head of the Greek interim government, Spanoulis, and hand over the war criminal to Greece The people go to trial.

At the end of the telephone conversation, Guan Xuqing told de Gaulle that the Chinese government loves peace, but is also afraid of war. If he can lead the empire to successfully fight against the fascist forces in Germany, Italy and Japan, and finally win, then he has the confidence to face a new challenge, no matter what. Whether it is Britain or any other country, China will not be afraid. Millions of dragon troops will now be waiting in full battle, waiting for new enemies to come to their door.

Even if it is a response to the attitude of the United States, after having a telephone conversation with Charles de Gaulle, Guan Xuqing put forward his request in the imperial military. It is possible to avoid direct conflict with the French, but it is necessary to prepare for all possible wars, and the Dragon Army troops fighting in Greece try to avoid the front line defended by the British as much as possible, and attack the Greek government forces with all their strength.

At this meeting, Guan Xuqing and senior military officials analyzed that in the face of the Greek war, it is unlikely that the French will directly participate in the war, at least in the short term.We must know that the regime structure of France is fundamentally different from that of China. China is a centralized system of power, while France is a democratic republic with a half-presidential and half-parliamentary system.Compared with the semi-presidential and semi-parliamentary democratic republic, the centralized system of power may lack some democratic atmosphere, but it is absolutely efficient, and this efficiency is especially reflected in the response to war.

In China, the power to decide whether to go to war or not is completely in the hands of the supreme leader. To put it bluntly, at this juncture, as long as Guan Xuqing issues an order to start a full-scale war with the British, then the order was issued today. Tomorrow all the war machines in the country will start running at full speed.

In France, matters such as launching a war are by no means decided by the president alone. Before the mobilization order is issued, the Congress must discuss and agree. Wrangling, analyzing this and that, until the final decision is made, it may take a week or two to pass.And in the past two weeks, God knows what the battlefield has become.

It is also based on this that everyone in the Supreme Command believes that it is impossible for France to directly participate in the war in the short term.

Since the French are unlikely to enter the war in the short term, what is there to worry about?There is no doubt that if there are no other factors as interference, today's China can easily crush the Greek and British troops to death like pinching ants.But having said that, although Guan Xuqing didn't have a good impression of the British, he didn't want to have a real all-out war with them at this time.The situation he most hopes to appear is to simply teach the British a lesson and let them withdraw from Greece, and at the same time, do not expand the war.

For Guan Xuqing, how can he achieve his goal?There is no doubt that there is only negotiation. Everyone finds a place, sits down and talks calmly and with reason.But again, negotiation is a very deep knowledge. If you want to achieve your goals and expand your interests at the negotiation table, you must work harder before the negotiation. You must let your negotiation Adversaries have a basic sense that this negotiation is not what you want, but what they want to happen.The reason why you sit down with them is to give them a chance to recover some benefits from a situation that is doomed to failure.

In this way, a series of decisions were quickly made at the imperial meeting of the Supreme Command, and in the next few days, the major newspapers and broadcasts of the empire.Official news was released successively, which claimed: The Chinese government expressed regret for what happened in Greece. Neither the Chinese government nor the Chinese people have ever and will never regard Britain as their national enemy.Some time ago, the reason why the Dragon Army sent troops to Greece was because of the major changes in the domestic situation in Greece. They suspected people with ulterior motives and attempted to establish a comprehensive and inhumane fascist dictatorship in Greece. What happened not long ago A series of bloody incidents is the best proof.

In the spirit of the Washington Conference and in the spirit of humanitarianism, the Chinese government believes that the attempt by the Greek fascists to seize power must not be ignored.Therefore, the Chinese government will enter Greece to fight.As for the "small" scale conflict with the British troops stationed in Greece.It was just a misunderstanding. The Long Army, which was responsible for the offensive mission, clashed with the British Army under the guidance of receiving wrong information.In order to express its apology, the Chinese government will unconditionally release the captured British soldiers and at the same time make certain compensations to the families of the victims.Of course, the Chinese government will never give up on the Greek fascist provisional regime because of this. According to the plan of the Supreme Command of the Empire, within a week thereafter, the Greek dragon army will continue to launch a series of large-scale attacks on the Greek government forces. Offensive, in order to avoid another unfortunate incident, the Chinese government suggested that the British troops stationed in Greece withdraw temporarily...

What a high-sounding reason!Do you need a reason to fight a country?need.

How credible is everything said in Chinese official reports?For this point, I am afraid that anyone understands.In a battle involving tens of thousands of people, from the start to the end, the attacking party doesn't know who they are fighting. Isn't this a fantasy?What's more, the Imperial Security Bureau has always been in charge of intelligence collection. Their large scale and high efficiency are recognized by the world. Wouldn't it be nice to say that they would make such an ultra-low-level mistake on such an important issue? Even more funny?

Therefore, after China's official explanation was made, the mainstream newspapers in the United Kingdom and the United States were full of booing, and immediately there were reports of doubts, refutations, and criticisms.

Facing the accusations from the American and British newspapers, there was silence in the empire. Both the "China Daily" and "Shenbao" seemed to have forgotten about this matter. On their pages, they could no longer find anything about the Greek incident. a report.

If you want to explain, we will explain to you; if you ask us to apologize, we will apologize to you; if you demand the unconditional release of captured officers and soldiers, we will immediately release them unconditionally.It's all right now, we've done everything you asked for. As for whether you believe the explanation or not, and whether the apology is sincere, that's up to you.Now, the conflict between the Chinese and British armies in Greece has come to a "successful" end, and the rest depends on the attitude of you British.

On August 8, when the Chinese ambassador to the UK submitted the imperial decision to the British Foreign Office, Churchill was so angry that he almost cursed.The British cabinet did not hesitate to reject the Chinese government's request to invite Churchill to Beijing to negotiate the Greek issue.

The indignation of the British did not affect the continued advance of the Dragon Army in Greece.Just as Guan Xuqing said: "Since you don't talk about it, well, I will show you some face, and I want you to know that it is the most sensible for you to sit down and negotiate with us honestly." A choice."

On August 8, the Second Dragon Army Balkan Front launched an offensive in the Volos area.At the beginning of the battle, the dragon army first mobilized a group of troops to move south quickly, cutting off the connection between the Greek government army stationed in Volos and the British army in one fell swoop, forcing the British army to be unable to fight against the dragon army in the event of a conflict with the dragon army. The Greek government army provided support, and then the main force of the Dragon Army's Balkan Second Front launched a quick and violent attack on the Greek government army under the command of Plastiras.

At this time, the British Parliament has not yet made a final decision on whether to directly fight with China. Therefore, the British troops that were divided in Volos could not make a decision if the Dragon Army did not actively attack it. The most powerful response, and the only thing they can do, seems to be to watch the Greek government forces be surrounded and annihilated.

The Greek army stationed in the Volos area is the main force of the Greek government army led by General Plastiras. It has nine infantry divisions under its command, with a total of more than [-] people.This is really a pure infantry unit. Within the scope of nine divisions, there are only more than [-] artillery pieces, and less than [-] tanks. As for the planes, let's just ignore it.

Therefore, when faced with an attack from a superior enemy, Plastiras first made a wise choice to break out of the encirclement. He assembled his army and launched two attacks in the direction of Zomox in the west in the early morning of the [-]th. A continuous assault, trying to open a breakthrough in this direction, and join the British army.

But his attempt did not come true. After several hours of fierce fighting, Plastiras' troops not only failed to break through after paying the price of tens of thousands of casualties, but were instead attacked by the dragon army. Pushed his line almost ten kilometers in the direction of Volos.

On October 10, the British army used the carrier-based air force in the Aegean Sea to drop a large amount of supplies to the Greek government forces in Volos. Later, Plastiras received news from the British commander Scobie.According to Scobie, it is hoped that they can persist for another three to four days, and they will be rescued after the decision in the UK is made.

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To be honest, the aid dropped by the British from the air was indeed very rich, so rich that General Prastilas was a little sincerely moved.In the entire Volos area, there are more than 15 Chinese peacekeeping troops from Yugoslavia alone, and the army is by no means less than this number.This powerful enemy has artillery, tanks, and aircraft. Under such circumstances, Plastiras believes that the comparison of the combat power between the enemy and us is no longer simply a matter of differences in the strength of troops and the quality of soldiers. It's just that his own troops can't compare with others at all. This is a battle that can't go on at all.

The battle last night still made Plastiras feel terrified. His three leading assault regiments had just launched two attacks on the Chinese positions, and the Chinese launched a counterattack like crazy.When a large number of Dragon Army soldiers, under the cover of hundreds of tanks, counterattacked from the front of their positions like a tide, Plastiras, who came to the front to command the battle, seemed to have returned to the battlefield against Germany many years ago. Those German attacks once made him feel terrified, but now the Chinese seem to be more aggressive than the original Germans.

Therefore, Plastiras, who was terrified, fled away as soon as the dragon army launched a counterattack, and the three so-called elite regiments he organized to launch the attack were so alive. Buried in the counterattack of the Dragon Army.

Although Plastiras is one of the most powerful generals in the Greek government army, he is very timid, generally speaking.Cowardly people are smart, and this sentence seems to be worthy of the name on his Plastieras.The timid general believed that with the support of the British and the French, the situation in Greece could soon be controlled by the provisional government headed by Spanoulis, even though the People's Liberation Army in Greece was weak at the time. powerful.But at the same time, Plastiras also has another understanding, that is, the Chinese are never easy to mess with. If they do not interfere with the situation in Greece, then naturally there is no problem, but once they officially intervene, then the government Even with the support of Britain and the United States on the military side, this war may not be easy to deal with.

Before the dragon army intervened in the Battle of Volos, Plastiras felt somewhat lucky in the face of successive victories on the battlefield.He felt that the Chinese might not want to fall out with Britain and France at this time, so they would not interfere in the civil war in Greece.In order to take advantage of the weak opportunity of the Greek anti-government forces to expand the results of the battle, Plastiras led his troops, coordinated with the flanking British troops, crossed the Athens plain, and launched a full-scale attack on the northern base of the Greek People's Army.

Now, seeing the main force of the People's Army, after being defeated twice in a row, it is powerless to resist.At this juncture, the situation changed suddenly. A British army going north along the Pindus Mountains was annihilated by the sudden appearance of the superior dragon army.When Plastiras heard the news, he instinctively felt that something was wrong.He once proposed to General Scobie, the commander-in-chief of the British army, to temporarily withdraw the troops on the front line of Volos to the rear.Wait until the situation is really clear before deciding whether to continue the attack or find another good strategy, but his request was rejected by Scobie without hesitation, in the view of the British general.It is shameful and unacceptable to retreat in the face of the enemy without fighting.

In desperation, Plastiras had no choice but to continue to order troops to wipe out the guerrillas of the People's Army in the Volos area, until the fragile guerrillas suddenly turned into a tiger-like dragon army.

Plastiras is very clear about how powerful the Dragon Army is. Even if he doesn't consider the fate of the Germans during World War II, he still has to look at what happened to his three elite regiments.Now, his troops of tens of thousands of people are besieged by hundreds of thousands of troops in Volos, in a dilemma, and the support of the British army seems to be in the foreseeable future. What should he do?Continue to fight until the last soldier, and then die gloriously?What a joke, he, Plastiras, is not that stupid, he still wants to continue to enjoy his happy life, he doesn't want to leave his beautiful wife and two secret lovers so early.

In this way, after some careful consideration, General Prastilas made his second more sensible decision-surrender to the Chinese.

However, as a shrewd villain, Plastiras did not intend to surrender so simply, he wanted to use this complicated situation at this time to seek the greatest benefit for his future.For this purpose, on the one hand, he sent his cronies to get in touch with Long Jun, and revealed to the other party his decision to lead his troops to surrender, and asked Long Jun to make a promise: after he led his troops to surrender, he would allow He himself left Greece safely.

The request of Prastilas was conveyed to Li Zongren by the commander of the Dragon Army's Volos regional campaign. For the purpose of ending the campaign as soon as possible, Li Zongren, as the commander-in-chief of the Middle East Military Region, agreed to the enemy general's request, but The premise is that Prastilas must surrender unconditionally before [-] pm on the [-]th.

After receiving the promise from China, Plastiras was ecstatic, and he began to plan his next move.This was later called by Churchill the most despicable and shameless senior official of the Greek government army in the history of human warfare. While making up his mind to surrender to China, he continuously sent reports to the British commander Scobie, claiming that he had decided to fight the Chinese in Volos. , never take half a step back.However, due to the large consumption of troops on the battlefield, logistical supply has already encountered difficulties. In order not to affect the campaign in this regard, he urgently needs material support from the British allies.

There is no doubt that Plastieras' "heroic" performance has completely moved the British. As the only operation that can support this "fearless" general at present, General Scobie agreed to the request for airdrop assistance without hesitation.Therefore, starting from the [-]th, a large amount of food, weapons, ammunition, fuel, and communication equipment were continuously dropped into the area controlled by the Greek government forces in Volos through the aviation of the British aircraft carrier fleet. , It lasted until the day of the eighth day.

Obviously, the selfless assistance of the British ally has completely moved General Plastiras. In return, he issued a notice on the afternoon of the [-]th that all the officers and soldiers of the Greek government army led by him will immediately send a letter to the great Dragon Army, to the The heroic Greek People's Liberation Army led by Mr. Tsimas and Marcos surrendered.Also in this notice, Plastieras whitewashed himself as a hero who "infiltrated the enemy and was ready to raise the banner of national liberation and national independence". He claimed that the British had invaded Greece, and The provisional government led by Spanoulis was a puppet supported by the British.It was through this government that the British hoped to achieve colonial rule over Greece.As a dignified and patriotic Greek, he called on all the Greek people to stand up and fight against the greedy and shameless British and the Spanoulis government that lost their national dignity under their support. resolute struggle...

The notice of Plastieras appeared on the front pages of the major newspapers of the Great China Federation on November 11th. With the help of this notice, the propaganda tools of the empire, which have been silent for several days, Finally launched a fierce offensive against the West.

In response to Plastiras' announcement, the major newspapers of the empire criticized the British army's invasion of Greece and planned large-scale bloody massacres in Greece. Some scaremongering.After the attacks and descriptions of these newspapers, the British army stationed in Greece seemed to have become the SS under the German fascist system.They have done all kinds of evil in Greece, which has aroused great indignation among the Greek people.