Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 1081 Major Event

On January 1, 1942, representatives from 26 countries, including China, the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom, signed a joint declaration in Washington.

That is, the United Nations Declaration.

China, along with the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, were the leading signatories in this declaration.

This also marked that China at that time had become one of the four major powers in the world's anti-fascist camp.

To better coordinate operations, the Allied forces established the China Theater, with Chiang Kai-shek serving as the Supreme Allied Commander of the China Theater.

This includes the Indochina Peninsula region, including Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar.

This declaration is, in effect, the origin of the privileged status of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. Ironically, despite this dramatic shift in the global landscape, our northern neighbor, the tyrannical Tsarist Russia, still did not declare war on Japan.

They have maintained a neutral stance.

Not only that, the Russian tyrant also shamelessly recognized the legitimacy of the puppet Manchukuo government.

They were even smug about it.

This is also normal.

Before the Japanese navy attacked Pearl Harbor, the Japanese headquarters was actually divided into two factions.

One went south, and the other went north.

Everyone knows the process and outcome of the southward journey.

This refers to the current historical process.

The United States entered the war, confronting the Japanese in Southeast Asia and the Indochina Peninsula while simultaneously supporting the war effort in Europe.

They finally defeated Hitler, pacified the Japanese, and then polarized again, leading to a prolonged Cold War.

Until the collapse and division of the Tsarist Russian Empire.

What about heading north?

That was a situation that had never occurred in history. At that time, the Japanese General Headquarters, led by the Minister of the Army, advocated drawing on the elite forces in China to cooperate with Hitler in Europe, launching a two-pronged attack on the Russian bear from the east and west.

Together they dismembered the bear and then occupied vast areas of Siberia and the Far East.

From a later perspective, this northward route was actually the most suitable choice for the fate of the Japanese nation.

Firstly, it avoids forcing the US to intervene in the war.

Secondly, it allows them to occupy vast tracts of land and discover and exploit massive amounts of resources.

At the same time, they could completely eliminate one of the two poles of the future world order in its infancy, enough to completely change world history.

Ironically, this selection of the Japanese army and navy was completely abandoned by the Japanese army and navy headquarters through a series of dishonest means.

Choosing the northward route means that the Japanese military's later military spending will inevitably focus more on the army.

This is an outcome that the Japanese Army and Navy Ministers did not want to see.

That's why he secretly ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor without informing the military cabinet.

This created a fait accompli, and the Japanese national policy, along with it, had no choice but to deviate from the established course.

This also allowed Tsarist Russia to escape the crisis of national subjugation.

Meanwhile, in the Huaxia region, the Third Battle of Changsha also came to an end.

Under the effective control of General Xue Yue of the Ninth War Zone, our troops resisted step by step in Changsha and other places, relying on their positions. This caused considerable losses to the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army.

This slowed their progress.

When the Japanese army broke through the outer defenses and penetrated deep into the core area of ​​Changsha, they encountered the desperate defense of our Chinese defenders.

They thwarted dozens of attacks by the Japanese invaders.

Simultaneously.

In the surrounding areas, the follow-up troops that General Xue Yue had already arranged were carrying out meticulous coordination and cooperation.

The Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army, which had penetrated deep into the Changsha area, gradually formed an encirclement.

The Japanese troops, unable to break through after a prolonged siege, faced the gradual encirclement and compression by the surrounding Chinese Nationalist forces, and their ammunition and material supplies had been completely cut off.

Left with no other choice, they had to deploy airdrop support. Even so, they still couldn't capture the core position of Changsha.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army began to retreat and flee.

General Xue Yue astutely observed and noticed the Japanese army's movements. He immediately arranged for the encirclement forces to find opportunities to intercept, block, and pursue the Japanese army, employing tactics to thoroughly defeat them.

In multiple locations, it dealt heavy blows to the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army.

This forced the Japanese soldiers to flee in disarray.

By January 15, 1942, the Japanese troops had retreated across the Xinqiang River, marking the end of this campaign of encirclement and pursuit.

In this battle, General Xue Yue used the "Heavenly Furnace Strategy" to kill, wound, and capture more than 50,000 Japanese soldiers.

This was also the first major victory after the establishment of the World Anti-Fascist Alliance. It is said that when news of the battle results reached Chongqing, the bald-headed Chairman was greatly encouraged.

He felt that this battle had given him face.

In the face of numerous empires and leaders around the world, this can be considered a successful start.

With this achievement, he can also secure more financial and material support from the United States and the United Kingdom.

The benefits are immeasurable.

In order to accumulate more bargaining chips and to demonstrate his rule over the Nationalist government, the bald-headed Chairman immediately assigned new tasks based on the actual situation in the country.

Subsequently, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign was launched in full swing.

In this battle, the Nationalist government's Zhejiang-Jiangxi Airport and Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway were destroyed by the Japanese.

However, the Nationalist government did not lose either.

After nearly three months of fierce fighting, the Nationalist government killed the major general commander of the elite 15th Division of the Japanese army, and directly killed, wounded and captured more than 17,000 Japanese soldiers.

During this period, at the request of the John Bull family, the Nationalist government also selected elite Fifth, Sixth, and Sixty-Sixth Armies to form the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

Invading Burma to fight.

Together with the John Bull family army and the Burmese army, they inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese Southern Army.

The Nationalist Expeditionary Force, in the great victory at Yenangyaung, rescued more than 7000 of the John Bull Army troops who were surrounded by the Japanese.

It has gained a high reputation internationally.

Just when things seemed to be going very well, with the Japanese shifting their strategic focus and implementing their policy of inducing surrender, the Nationalist government gradually became complacent.

Led by Yan Xishan, Gu Xiangyu, and Hu Jintao, three high-ranking officials of the Nationalist government launched wave after wave of suppression against the Northwest.

The most famous example is the Southern Anhui Incident, which directly undermined the nationwide resistance against Japan.

In the beginning, Yan Xishan was making small moves in northwestern Shanxi without the Military Intelligence Bureau noticing.

After all, Yan Laokou's men had their own intelligence network.

Yan Xishan was also very dissatisfied with the Military Intelligence Bureau's intervention, so even though Dai Yunong tried his best to develop the Military Intelligence Bureau's power, he was unable to extend his reach into various parts of the Northwest Army in a short period of time.

Things were different when the Southern Anhui Incident occurred.

Zheng Yaoxian, who was inside the Military Intelligence Bureau, learned of Gu Laotong's conspiracy half a day in advance, and he immediately sent a telegram to headquarters to warn them.

Unfortunately, it was still too late.

Once the main force has set off, how can the rules be easily changed in just half a day?

Moreover… This time, the National Government's scheme was premeditated, and they even imprisoned the general before taking action, making the situation even more irreversible.

Ultimately, it could only end in failure.

Nearly seven thousand heroes sacrificed their lives innocently, with only two thousand managing to escape in scattered locations… “I have a cold, it’s really bad. This H1N1 flu is quite severe. Brothers, please take extra precautions to protect yourselves and your families!”