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However, Ada did not pay attention to the strange expressions of Hauss and other German generals at this moment. William II and the others had just stepped off the train, and this woman rushed up, and then opened her arms, ready to warmly hug her most loyal ally.As she walked, she shouted loudly to William II: "Your Majesty! We are marching! The great and invincible Italian army has crossed the Turkish border in the early hours of this morning, and we are marching towards victory!"

Faced with the complacent look of the other party, William, who was still furious in the carriage just now, miraculously controlled himself at this moment.Hao Si knows that because things have become like this, there is no point in complaining about whether it is good or bad.At this time, it is very important to maintain the demeanor of a leader of a big country.Therefore, William stretched out his arm slightly, and hugged each other. "Hello, leader of Italy, we meet again."

What made Haos feel very frightened was that.William's greeting was haughty, a far cry from the usual enthusiasm given to Ida.That's because William II also has self-esteem, and his self-esteem is still very strong.He was very dissatisfied with the reneging of Eda, an ally, but since Italy was one of Germany's most important allies, it was impossible for William to turn his face against the other party immediately.So he can only use this small gesture to express his dissatisfaction, so as to remind the other party.

But Ada, who was a little slow to respond, didn't know that the Kaiser was expressing dissatisfaction. On the contrary, she still enthusiastically introduced some recent developments in the Italian army to the Emperor of the Fourth Reich.Facing the other party's explanation, William listened hard with his ears sideways, saying that he worked hard because William had been disturbed by Ada's rhetoric.However, since this place is the territory of Italy, it is not easy for him to get angry.

A group of people sat in a car and arrived outside the famous Pitti Palace in Florence.At this time, the outside of this ancient palace was already crowded with all kinds of people. When the two dictators and politicians slowly walked up the granite steps at the entrance of the palace, a sudden burst of excitement erupted from the dark crowd. Shout out.The sounds are neat and consistent.When words like "Führer! Long live the Führer! Leader! Long live the leader! Long live the friendship between Germany and Italy! Long live the Holy Alliance" were shouted from people's mouths, William's original coldness changed slightly.

William and Ada pushed away the bodyguards who were on the verge of an enemy, and kept shaking hands with several people leaning against the front row, and then they walked up the steps of the palace hand in hand.However, the enthusiastic people did not disperse because of the departure of the two.On the contrary, these people were still standing there, they kept raising their arms and shouting loudly.Faced with such an enthusiastic crowd, the two dictators had to go to the balcony several times, and they raised their hands horizontally to signal the crowd to be quiet.Just like the actors thanking the audience at the opera concert.However, unlike Ada's self-satisfaction, William still didn't have much smile on his face.His expression was very strange, like the feeling of being aroused by anger but unable to get angry.At least Hauss, who was standing next to him, thought so.

After a while, when everyone left to go to the meeting place, William pulled Haus over, and then whispered to him: "Those Romans only cheered their Caesar like this. Although they did, I feel flattered .However, Ida's little tricks didn't fool me, they were trying to please me. In fact, I am still angry, because the strategy of these Italians is so stupid. So stupid!" Speaking of this, William waved his arms lightly and irregularly, and after a few seconds, he continued: "Hoss, you have to be careful, don't be moved by the friendship shown by this woman Ada, You must stick to your principles. This time I will let Ada know how good I am!" After speaking, he gave the other party a meaningful look.

However, in the actual meeting, William did not show up, and the scene of being furious. On the contrary, in the eyes of Haoss, William controlled his emotions very well. She was very surprised by this different attitude. "At this time, he didn't even show signs of gritting his teeth, but he didn't have that fake smile either. Everything was so plain, just like the feeling when two old friends met." But William's performance was seen by Ada. Very happy to come.At least for now, William didn't blame her, and that was enough.

However, in Hauss' view, Ada did this to save her own face.According to Hauss' understanding, rather than saying that Ida feels guilty for what William reluctantly agreed to do, then it is also her retaliation for William's interference in Balkan affairs without her own consent.For example, at the Brenner Pass, the two had pledged to maintain peace in the Balkans, but within a few days, William sent troops to invade Romania.Ada complained to her husband Ciano: "William II often comes to see me after the facts have already been made, and I am caught off guard every time. But this time, I will fight back. I believe it will not be long before he will Find out in the papers that I and our strong Italian army have occupied Turkey. In this way we can gain control of the Balkans and even the Mediterranean, and the balance will be re-established."

Who rules the ups and downs: The Third World War (closed volume) Chapter [-] The Great War Begins

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the meeting officially started.William's performance once again surprised all members of the German delegation, including Hauss.Because throughout the meeting, William did not complain about Italy's attack on Turkey.He cleverly avoided sensitive words such as Turkey and Balkans with various substitute words.Even when Edda tentatively asked William about Turkey, William didn't say anything, he just said: "The Turkish matter is over. Since the leader thinks that Turkey is blocking your progress, then you follow your Do what you want. But you have to remember that our empire will always stand on the side of our great ally Italy. If you have anything to do, the empire will definitely support you with all its strength. When necessary, we will even send powerful troops General and fine soldier."

Of course, Ida didn't listen to William's words. In fact, she didn't need to listen to it now, because Ada believed that she had achieved success, and she spent most of her time driving him to Florence. on that matter.Talk to William about his upcoming troop parade.Seeing Ada like this, William had nothing to do.So, he quickly changed the subject.

By the end of this long session, the two were like brother and sister again.Wilhelm reiterated the pledge made at the Brenner Pass that he would "in any event not interfere again in Balkan affairs if Italy's demands were not met."

However, as soon as William boarded the "America" ​​and took the car, the emperor made a 180-degree turn.As soon as he entered the car, his voice became louder.

"Ada is not fighting, she is playing house. She is now like a bad climber, in the Himalayas, playing a new 'adventure game', which will kill her sooner or later." William He kept shaking his fingers, and shouted loudly to everyone present: "The current Italian army should stay on their own territory instead of actively provoking each other. Haos, what do you think?" Having said that, he suddenly turned his head to his loyal assistant Hao Si.

And when William's words just came out of his mouth, Haos's eyelids twitched instinctively.

But in the face of William's sharp eyes, Hao Si did not say a word.After sorting out his thoughts slightly, he slowly said: "Your Majesty, what you said is very correct. The Italians are not ready for a war at all. Let's not mention the troops attacking Turkey, even if they are deployed in North Africa The combat effectiveness of the most elite troops is also very problematic. According to our intelligence, 75 percent of the Italian soldiers believe that they should not fight, at least not in such a harsh area as North Africa. In addition to the unstable morale, The equipment of the Italian army is also very poor. According to our information, although Edda claims to have '800 million bayonets', in the North African desert, which is the most suitable terrain for mechanized operations, those in Italy are only equipped with machine guns and thin iron Fiat armored vehicles are no match for the British army at all. According to intelligence, the British army only needs to mount heavy machine guns on armored vehicles to compete with Italian tanks. When using armor-piercing bullets, they can even easily penetrate Italian tanks .In addition to tanks, there are also many problems with other Italian weapons and equipment. For example, artillery, although their number is very sufficient, but most of them are old-fashioned goods. Some even obtained from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I Loot. For example, their heavy artillery. This artillery is an old guy designed by the British Armstrong Company in 1900. The biggest feature of this artillery is that every time it fires a cannon, the huge recoil makes the cannon take a lot of effort to recover To the original position. Instead of this artillery is the artillery designed and finalized in 1914. This artillery is about the same power as their FH18. However, according to our information, as of September last year, Italy had 9 such artillery pieces , while the Italian army in North Africa only has 16. What is more worthy of our concern is that the quality of the commanders of the Italian army is not high. The accidental death of the best general in Italy, Marshal Balbo, the governor of Libya, made the whole of Italy and North Africa The command system of the army is very bad. Therefore, in my opinion, the defeat of the Italian army will happen sooner or later. Therefore, the result of the Italian attack now can only be a military disaster. A very serious disaster!" said Here, Haus quietly glanced at William.

"Hmm!" William nodded slightly after hearing Haus's description.Then he turned around abruptly, and said to Haos coldly: "Then what do you think is the best way out for them compared to the Italians? Or in other words, where is their primary attack target? "

"This." Hearing William's question, Haos paused for a while, and then he said quickly: "My lord, in my opinion, the Balkan Peninsula that is most urgent to Italy at present is not the Peloponnese." The peninsula, but North Africa. For Italy, the success or failure of North Africa is completely related to the most important condition for the continued existence of the Edda government. If the Italian army in North Africa is defeated in the future, the consequences will be quite dire. If the Allies If we land in Sicily, Italian politics will go awry. At that time, our ally will very likely turn his guns on us. This is the last situation we want to encounter."

"That's right! I think so too!" After hearing Haus's explanation, William nodded his head violently, and then he shouted loudly: "I never understood, why didn't Edda attack Malta or Crete? They do this, at least in their war with the British in the Mediterranean, it is still a bit meaningful. At least it can help us distract the British and keep our Prishti oil fields from being threatened by British aircraft. Especially It’s when the army they want is already in trouble in North Africa.” After a pause, William went on to say, “That Edda wants to take Turkey in a whimsical way, I think this woman is really crazy, crazy.” Speaking of this, he jumped up suddenly, and then said loudly to Hauss: "You know, Ada asked me in private just now, do you know what she asked for? He asked us to quickly send an armored division to support her in Germany." ! This is ridiculous."

"Germany and Italy have already moved, and the rest depends on us." Guan Xuqing expressed his thoughts to his officials.

"Your Majesty, the troops have been assembled in the Middle East and are ready to be dispatched at any time. I dare to ask where is our target?" Feng Xianghua asked.

"Leave those small countries to Germany and Italy. Ours is of course Britain and France!"

In this way, the Third World War broke out under the strange situation that our own forces have not officially declared war!

From the very beginning of the war, the dragon army showed a strong combat effectiveness.

"The scenery here is really nice! If there is no war, this place can be used as a good place for vacation." Chiang Kai-shek, appointed by the emperor himself as the commander-in-chief of the Huben Army, put down his binoculars and said to Li Zongren next to him.

Located on the banks of the Lys River, Armentière is a town in the northern department of the Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.At this time, the two of them were standing side by side on the bell tower of the San Renzo Cathedral, which represented the city symbol of Armantières and the commanding height, overlooking the entire town.This small town center has been transformed into a huge barracks.All kinds of military vehicles and barracks filled all the gaps here.Behind the city center is a long convoy of trucks.If you look ahead, you can clearly see two columns of tanks and half-track armored vehicles, extending in two directions along the two main roads, like a tall two-headed dragon He held his two huge heads high.

"I've been to this place! At the end of World War II..." Li Zongren said suddenly: "At that time, it was all turned into ruins by the German heavy artillery. I didn't expect it to be restored now. It seems that the French are really very happy. You can do it!" Speaking of which, Li Zongren pointed to a small mound in front of him that didn't look obvious. "I remember that I was there to help the British and French troops defend against the attacks of Nazi Germany. It seemed that I was just a regiment leader at that time. I didn't expect that I would come here again 22 years later!" He smiled slightly after speaking.

After listening to Li Zongren's words, Chiang Kai-shek raised his head and looked at the other party.I saw the other party's face looked very strange, he knew about the battle he was talking about. "That was the 'Flanders Offensive' launched by the German army. After the Battle of Picardy launched by the French army, the French army's attack has suffered a major setback. Therefore, the high-level German army is determined to launch a large-scale offensive to capture the transportation hub. Zebruck, Kassel, and Kemer Heights, in order to annihilate the main force of the British army and force Britain to withdraw from the war. So under the cover of barrage, they broke through the defense line of the British 1st Army between Labasse and Armantiere The next day, the German Fourth Army carried out an assault on the British Second Army between Armentières and Messine, advancing 2 kilometers in two days, and captured the Messine Heights and the village of Pachandael. Abandoned Armantiere. The British government and the Allied Command were terrified by this and urgently dispatched strategic reserve reinforcements. The British and French reinforcements went into battle. The German army launched a new assault and occupied the Kemer Heights on the 12th after several days of hard work. , but the attack on the highlands made no progress. On the 25th, the battle ended. In this campaign, the German army invested 29 divisions and lost 42 people; the Allied forces invested 8 divisions and lost 35 people, but failed to achieve the expected campaign goals. It was the last offensive launched by the German army. After this, the German army could no longer hold on to surrender!"

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Li Zongren said immediately: "Jieshi, don't worry, it's different from that year, now we have an absolute advantage, and the opponent has no hope of winning, so we can win as long as we can walk steadily step by step " After a pause, Li Zongren continued: "Although the attack on Dunkirk is relatively small, fortunately, with the cooperation of the No.18 Army, there should be no problem!"

"I know this!" Chiang Kai-shek said, waving the horsewhip in his hand.The leather whip made a crisp sound on the granite railing. "I have nothing here, but your place is very dangerous. Calais is a key defense area for the British army. Unlike Dunkirk, it has been a fortress since ancient times. In addition, the British army can also receive air support. So, you Second, be very careful." After speaking, he stretched out his right hand, "I wish you success!"

"Hehe!" Li Zongren also stretched out his right hand with a smile, "I believe we will meet again in Paris in the near future!"

"Ha ha……"

27日早上6点，蒋介石和李宗仁开始分道扬镳。李宗仁率领着第12装甲掷弹兵师和第11装甲师沿着北敦科尔克高速公路向着他们的第二个目标50公里开外的伊帕然开进。为了配合这支奇兵。龙军No.18集团军将在托尔豪特进行一次正面的佯攻以吸引对方的注意力。

On the other side, Chiang Kai-shek led his troops, the 7th Armored Division and the 9th Armored Grenadier Division rushed along another road northwest of Azbrook at high speed.His troops would advance west at high speed.

At 27:11 am on the 5th, after more than 9 hours of high-speed marching, the vanguard of the 50th Panzergrenadier Division reached their first scheduled target.On the road of nearly [-] kilometers, they encountered no resistance.This situation was obviously beyond the expectations of everyone, including Chiang Kai-shek.

Because before the war, Chiang Kai-shek and his staff carefully studied the deployment of Britain and France here, and finally they all believed that it was a logistics transfer station and a railway hub for several important ports.Azbrook and its surrounding areas should be intercepted by more than three regiments.However, such a large troop marched swaggeringly at such a high speed for such a long time, but they were not blocked by any force.

The villages and towns that the armored troops passed were very calm.Workers are going to work as usual and markets are open as usual.In addition, there are ordinary citizens riding bicycles passing by the armored column calmly, as if they can't see the eye-catching five-clawed golden dragon logo on the body.What's even more exaggerated is that a few fruit and drink vendors even took the initiative to place their own fruit and drink stalls on the side of the road that the convoy must pass, and yelled in not-so-proficient Chinese, driving slowly towards The convoys peddled their fruits and sodas.If a soldier asks them about the price of an item, they will say something that surprises everyone without hesitation: "The price of buying things with dragon coins and francs is different!" As if the soldiers in front of them were not invading It is not its own enemy, but a group of liberators or allies.

All the actions of these Frenchmen cannot but make people wonder.Of course, this is especially true for Chiang Kai-shek and his staff, because it is not known whether this is a trap set by Britain and France.

The troops of the Dragon Army stayed near this town for about half an hour, and after lunch and replenishment, they continued to move forward.The village was handed over to the Sixth Army which remained behind.

The convoy continued to advance along the flat asphalt road at high speed without stopping at all. Compared with the hedges of different heights in Normandy, the entire Flanders Plain was very flat, and the road was surrounded by farmland and orchards. Moreover, the fence is only half a meter high, and the ditch beside the road is also very shallow. Looking from the car, the lowest one is only half a meter deep.If you want to lay an ambush here, it really takes a lot of time and a lot of strength.

Chiang Kai-shek raised his binoculars and looked at the sky. Since Li Zongren said that he was in the air defense area of ​​the British Air Force, he was naturally very careful, for fear that there would be those British aircraft with the Mi character logo in the sky, but the entire blue sky was empty. .Except for the occasional strand of white cloud drifting past, there was nothing.

"What the hell are these British people doing?" Looking at the blue sky, Chiang Kai-shek was a little puzzled.

In fact, the British didn't even know the arrival of this surprise soldier.Not because of anything else, but Chiang Kai-shek's speed is too fast.It was so fast that everyone felt incredible.So much so that they think that there will be no Chinese army here, even in theory.Of course, the fierce movements in three directions led by the three generals Tang Shengzhi, Chen Jitang and Chen Cheng also attracted their attention.

Britain and France still believe that the Chinese want to block the sea, so as to completely eliminate the British in the encirclement. For the British, most of their troops are fighting back on the front line of Arras. Newport, Dunkirk, The line of Calais and Boulogne is like the gate leading to his hometown.If this door is open, then one's own reinforcements and supplies can be continuously transported to the battlefield through various ships. Even if they cannot win, a large number of soldiers can retreat calmly through this door.However, if these ports were occupied by the dragon army, it would be equivalent to sealing off the only channel for the Allied forces to the outside world, and the consequences would be very serious.

However, sometimes you don't want something to happen, but it happens.Several troops of the Long Army came over again, led by Tang Shengzhi and Li Zongren.At this time, the two troops are like two strong men pushing the door desperately, trying to put most of the allied troops in their pockets.Therefore, the British must do everything possible to maintain the stability of this gate.

Due to the backwardness of the reconnaissance system and some officers took it for granted that this was another large-scale attack by the Dragon Army, and they also took it for granted that this was the reunion of Chen Jitang's First Armored Group and Third Armored Group.After all, Chen Jitang once served as the commander of the third armored group for a period of time.So they took it for granted that it was an armored group led by Chen Jitang.Of course, there is another point, that is, the intelligence department of the Allied Army believes through the analysis of the mobilization and logistics capabilities of the Dragon Army that, in view of the Dragon Army's troop mobilization and the maximum ability of logistical supplies, the logistics capabilities of the Dragon Army at this time Only three offensives above the army level can be launched at most.In addition to the two armies invested by the Dragon Army in the ongoing Arras defensive battle, an army-level offensive can finally be launched.

Now the Dragon Army's offensive near Boulogne and Dunkirk has invested about two army-sized groups, so those people think that the Dragon Army has invested all its strength.Therefore, under a series of calculations taken for granted, de Gaulle made the final judgment, that is, first of all, the Allied forces in the encirclement of Arras could no longer be rescued, and now de Gaulle could only issue a death order to them in the name of the Supreme Command of the Allied Forces , asking it to launch the necessary counterattack to contain the opponent.In the eyes of de Gaulle, this hopeless army can only do this.

Secondly, the troops of Blanchard who are fighting must quickly get rid of the current predicament they are encountering, and then quickly retreat to the sea, so that the front can be balanced. withdraw.

Of course, the most important thing is the assault of the dragon army in front of us.Here de Gaulle and Prime Minister Paul Renault both agreed that the dragon army's attack in two directions must be contained, but the troops in hand are not many.In addition to the two third-category infantry divisions of the French army on this long line of defense with a straight line distance of 400 miles, there are only two British infantry divisions that have just been repaired.In addition, it also includes several independent garrison units and coastal defense artillery units, all of which add up to a maximum of 6 people.It is obviously unrealistic to defend all four ports with only a little reserve team in hand.

In the end, they had to reluctantly give up Newport, but the number was still not enough, so at this time, they were short of major generals and could only gather numbers from other lines of defense.So the 27th Infantry Division of the French Army, which was originally defending in the Azbuluk area, was transferred to Ipal nearby, and an infantry regiment was drawn from its own strategic reserve to fill this seemingly small vacancy.Only this infantry regiment was still waiting to be loaded at Dover.According to the plan of General Ganmerin of the French Supreme Command, this regiment should arrive at 27 pm on the 12th, but in fact, according to the current speed of the British army, they will have to wait at least until the 28th to completely take over the position. night, and by then it was too late.

A series of misjudgments by the Allied forces and Chiang Kai-shek's whims to a certain extent allowed the Long Army to once again take the absolute initiative in strategy.Now the two divisions in his hands are like an extremely sharp sword, stabbing straight at the last vital point of the Allied forces...

On the 28th, the vanguard of the Dragon Army led by Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Saint-Omer.There is only a short 70 kilometers from the city of Calais.In other words, if Chiang Kai-shek and his troops only need to go forward for half a day, they will be able to reach Calais.

On this day, Long Jun still has not been discovered.Although several Allied planes had flown in the sky, those pilots did not immediately swoop down on the long convoy and open fire.Instead, they flew straight through the long convoy as if nothing had happened, leaving only long trails of air in the sky.

Who Controls Ups and Downs: The Third World War (Closed Volume) Chapter [-] Self-made Oolong

Seeing this scene, Chiang Kai-shek simply wondered if the opposing pilot was blind.After all, the huge five-clawed Golden Dragon Banner behind his chariot could be seen clearly even in the sky.

But it's really eye-opening.Just when Chiang Kai-shek had already regarded the Allied forces in the sky as transparent, suddenly several planes appeared from the other side.Chiang Kai-shek looked up and saw the five-clawed golden dragon logo on the wing, and when he looked carefully, there were four blue sky bombers of the Imperial Air Force.

"Well! It seems that those guys in the naval aviation are not just for nothing!" Looking at the blue sky that was approaching him, Chiang Kai-shek felt more at ease. At this moment, his attention was all focused on the map in front of him.In his eyes, as long as he can bring this army to Calais, everything will be fine.

But at this moment, a shrill whistling sound suddenly sounded in the sky.This voice was very familiar to Chiang Kai-shek.This is the sound made by the blue sky fighter plane when it starts to dive.Hearing this voice, he immediately raised his head.