The Third Reich in Desperation

Third Reich Episode 308

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"What? De Gaulle wants to see me." Churchill, who was signing the award document to Wavell on his desk, raised his head in doubt after hearing the secretary's report.

It is only 3 streets away from the government building of de Gaulle, but de Gaulle wants to meet Churchill, it is not as simple as crossing 3 streets.At least, he had to wait for Churchill to make time, or until Churchill made time.

"Push him away for me, I don't want to meet the French now." Churchill said with a guilty conscience.

Since he ordered the implementation of "Operation Ballista" and at the same time sent Darlan a telegram "expressing forgiveness", he began to feel that he could not hold his head up in front of the French.

Yes, politicians can be shameless, and many politicians pride themselves on being shameless.

However, after all, Churchill still wants to mix in the international arena.In order to increase his credibility, his despicable fraudulent telegram was sent to Oran Port openly.

Churchill really couldn't remain indifferent after doing such a hurtful thing.

In this regard, he is indeed worse than Germany's Reinhardt and Italy's Mussolini.

"Just say that I have to arrange the mobilization and deployment of the local defense force in the near future, and I don't have time to meet him." Churchill said deceiving himself.

Everyone was just a few streets away, and it didn't take long to meet each other. Churchill used this reason as an excuse, and his secretary probably guessed that the prime minister was deliberately avoiding the French.

So, the secretary nodded sensibly: "Okay, I will reply to the Free French government right now."

When it came to deploying home defense, Churchill suddenly thought of something and said: "By the way, I used two Australian divisions to exchange for the two British divisions in Wavell's hands. Now why the officers and soldiers of these two divisions have not come yet?" Reported by the local Army Department?"

Churchill didn't even think about it, if it wasn't for General Wavell in North Africa, after negotiating with the Chief of Staff of the British Empire, John Deere, he would definitely hold off on this dispatch order, so why would others be able to defeat the Italian army that was attacking later? .

Could it be that, in the confrontation between Italy and the United Kingdom in North Africa, must the fate be handed over to the two Australian divisions?

What's more, because of the long distance, the two Australian divisions arrived under Wavell's command today, and there was no chance to catch up with the previous North African battle.

In other words, if Wavell was really just a rigid general who only knew how to obey Churchill's orders, when Graziani launched an offensive in North Africa, he should have become a bare-handed commander with no soldiers to adjust.

Looking at the secretive and embarrassed facial expression of the confidential secretary, Churchill quickly guessed the cause of the matter.

"Okay, let me tell you why Wavell was so proactive all of a sudden. After winning the battle, he reported that he continued to attack Italy's Libyan colony with his troops. It turned out that he wanted to use the established fact that this attack was being carried out, so that I couldn't take him away. The British troops who are attacking under his command."

After all, Churchill was a fat man, and he guessed Wavell's little thoughts in the blink of an eye.

After all, there are only two British divisions that Wavell can use.Among them, there is another 7th Armored Division that Wavell regards as a treasure.

No general would be willing to exchange the most elite troops under his command for the Australian division, which was questioned by two combat effectiveness.

However, a month ago, perhaps Churchill would have scolded Wavell for his evil intentions and self-respect.

But now, Churchill simply loved the lucky general who had won him the victory, and forgave Wavell for delaying his return to life on his own initiative.

"Forget it, the troops of these two divisions will be his reward. Send me a telegram and let Wavell use the troops I left for him to take Libya." The experienced Churchill chose to send Wei Will a favor.

Text Chapter 477

Compared with the unpredictable situation in Europe, there is such a country in distant Asia that is also very restless.

This country is an island country that claims to be the Great Japanese Empire.

In June 1940, while Italy was boldly provoking Britain, Japan, as far away as Asia, also took the courage to challenge the Soviet Union across Eurasia.

Yes, almost the same motivation as in the Battle of Nomenkan. Some people in Tokyo believed that since the Soviet Union had just annexed the two northern provinces of Romania and the three Baltic countries, the Soviet government's center of gravity should be tilted westward.

This time is the closest opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

"Your Excellency, our chance to avenge our shame has come." Dizhou Libing, who was defeated by the famous Soviet general Zhukov in the Battle of Nuomenkan, was held accountable after the armistice and was demoted to the General Staff Headquarters. The non-military lieutenant general in the reserve service knocked on the door of Yuan Sugiyama's office impatiently.

Because of the defeat at Nuomenkan, Dizhou Libing can be said to have ruined his entire future.

He originally went to Nuomenkan to "gild", but he suffered an unexpected failure, which caused heavy losses to the Kwantung Army, and he was deprived of his military power and lost the opportunity to lead the army.

It's a pity that Dizhou Libing's plan obviously came to nothing.

Sugiyama Moto looked at this subordinate whom he once placed high hopes on, but now he was in despair, smiled wryly, shook his head and said: "The Northern Movement in China has completely lost power now. The plan to attack the Soviet Union must be impossible to be accepted." Approved by headquarters."

Judging from the international situation at this time, Germany succeeded in blitzing Western Europe, Holland and France were defeated one after another, and Britain was also in danger.

Obviously, it is much easier to seize the British, French, and Dutch colonies in Asia than to attack the Soviet Union itself.

Even in terms of political influence, the maintenance of French Asian colonies that defected to the Third Reich was not touched.The Netherlands, which is too busy to take care of itself, will certainly not be able to hold on to the fat colony of the East Indies.

And the precarious British Empire, relying on their strength in Asia, could hardly fight the Japanese army.

In fact, the British government has already shown their cowardice and weakness in front of Japan.

In order to fight for Japan not to touch their Indian colony, Britain even closed the lifeline of China's war against Japan, the Burma Highway.

Everyone knows that most of China's foreign aid materials are transported to China through the Burma Road, and the British's act of cutting off the Burma Road directly cut off China's source of international aid materials, which may lead to the failure of China's War of Resistance.

Once China's war of resistance fails, Japan will soon be able to obtain China's huge human and natural resources, leading to a sharp expansion of its strength and posing a huge threat to the security of the United States and the world.

From this point of view, the United States does not want the British to block the Burma Road.

Surprisingly, before Roosevelt put pressure on Britain to reopen the Yunnan-Myanmar Highway, Reinhardt, who was far away in Berlin, put pressure on France first, forcing the French government, which had previously blocked the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, to Immediately open the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway to replace the impact of the British blockade of the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

Even Roosevelt was surprised by this.

In the eyes of the Chinese people, this is another major move that Germany intends to make good friends with them.

In the eyes of Americans, this is a political concession made by Germany to express its favor to the United States.

After all, the direct beneficiary of the opening of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway is China, and the biggest behind-the-scenes beneficiary is the United States.

Otherwise, in the face of a Japan that freed up its hands to deal with the United States, Roosevelt was really worried that this crazy country would drive out something crazy.

In order to thank Germany for its goodwill, Roosevelt even acquiesced in the proposal of domestic isolationists to temporarily suspend the sale of supplies to the United Kingdom.

After all, Germany's move also created a more superior isolation environment for the United States, allowing the United States to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight with lower risks.

In the eyes of the Japanese, they actually attributed Germany's move to a way for Germany to express dissatisfaction with Japan's delay in launching an offensive against the Soviet Union.

However, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters is not a group of fools, they will not take the risk of launching another "Northern March" just to win the satisfaction of Germany.

"The failure of the Battle of Zaoyi led to the empire having to turn into a strategic stalemate on the Chinese battlefield." Sugiyama Moto said to Dizhou Libing with regret: "At this time, the country urgently needs a new breakthrough to solve the current predicament. Obviously , this breakthrough is not in the north, but in the south!"

"But..." Dizhou Libing, eager to find a chance to avenge his humiliation, seemed to want to argue.

"There is nothing left," Moto Sugiyama said regretfully, looking at this direct descendant whose future was gone, "The Konoe Cabinet only formulated a new national policy outline a few days ago."

Seeing Dizhou Libing's confused face, Sugiyama Moto had no choice but to repeat for him: "The world situation has changed drastically, and Japan's current urgent task must promote its realization. The Nanyang area north of New Zealand is a circle, and the situation of self-sufficiency is established, and the opportunity to achieve this goal, except today, will never wait until the future, and the good opportunity will never come again."

In fact, the Japanese base camp is interested in the Dutch East Indies, an oil treasure house in East Asia.