France surrendered!

"...The free world began to fall, the iron hooves of the fascist Nazi conquered France, and England had become the last place of light on the continent of Europe. But we will not surrender! We will fight in the ocean, we will fight in the air with increasing confidence and stronger strength, and we will defend the land at all costs. We will fight on the beach, we will fight at the enemy's landing point, we will fight on the fields and on the streets, and on the mountains. We will never surrender! That is,

Let most of our island or most of this island be conquered and famined! I never believe this would happen... Our imperial subjects overseas, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and other countries belonging to the Commonwealth, are coming from all over the world! They will join us in fighting to the end under the armed and protection of the Royal Navy! We will never surrender until the New World, when God thinks it is appropriate, takes all its power to save and liberate the old world.

We will never surrender, we will fight to the end!"

---Winston Churchill.

On June 13, at 18:30 pm local time in France, the French-German armistice negotiations ended in Foch's carriage in the Compiène Forest. Shortly after the French government representative Hunzger signed the surrender letter, Churchill delivered a speech on the British fighting to the end in front of a hundred thousand opportunities at the Downing Street rally. Although his speech was passionate, and although the old Lord tried to revive the British Empire, even the British themselves believed that the war had failed! The French on the other side of the Atlantic even joked that in three weeks, Britain would pick up the cigar thrown by the Germans like them...

France's surrender completely changed the world situation. The Renault government resigned, and Betten, known as the hero of World War I, was pushed to the front and took over the baton in shame. The cowardly French parliament held an emergency meeting. In order to cater to Germany, it began to form a surrender government and asked the governors of the colonies to be loyal to the new government. At the same time, it also promised that the French who cooperated with other countries to fight against Germany would be dealt with by military law! That is to say, the French Free Army of Charles de Gaulle, who fled, was actually just a group of war criminals! At the same time, Hitler fell into a carnival. He even asked after signing the signature, the Foch carriage was transported to Berlin as an exhibit to commemorate the victory of the war. The monument to commemorate the victory of France's First World War was blown up, leaving only the statue of Marshal Foch, allowing him to watch the German chariots gallop by alone.

England was first in panic! On the eastern coastline, soldiers were seen digging trenches and trenches in the seaside gardens and standing guard at the docks. A little farther from the coast, women in towns and towns were mobilized to dig the so-called "repression line" and anti-tank trenches. Men began to build fortifications and wires on the suburbs and main streets of the city. All gardens required air raid shelters, and the former golf courses became

The anti-aircraft artillery position was established. The racecourse became a military barracks, and the fishing boat docks were filled with dense mines! Citizens began to accept shoddy weapons issued by the government. The government began to use radio stations to teach everyone to make molten bottles, and suicide blasting poles were passed among the workers! On the London Square and the rooftop platform, the people began to conduct air defense training, and every household needed to send a lookout. Even female hotel workers joined the ambulance team, and the waiters who drove the elevator went to dig trenches as soon as they were working...

While Hitler was strolling on the streets of Paris, lingering at the Eiffel Tower and the Elysee Palace, the British were lined up to distribute gas masks. The children were gathered, hung on nameplates, and carried uniform small schoolbags. They took their favorite toys and rag dolls to sanctuaries in the inland countryside, because their parents could no longer take care of their children, and all the coastal subjects in England had to pick up weapons.

But the great French conquerors were obviously too happy!

When radio waves brought the news of France's surrender to all parts of the world, and the whole of Germany was in a carnival, Jiang Baili, as Yang Qiu's special envoy, had already arrived in London secretly. In addition to bringing the important news that Yang Qiu would visit Cairo in a week, he also came up with a carefully prepared weapon list. Five hundred thousand rifles that had been sealed with grease for more than 20 years, five thousand 203mm, 152mm, 105mm, 85mm, 76mm and 75mm field guns, fifty thousand old-fashioned Han-2 machine guns (Bren style) machine guns, one hundred thousand Stend submachine guns, fifty thousand grenade launchers, six hundred T34 tanks, one thousand two hundred BT and T26 tanks, thirty territorial water-class anti-submarine frigates, eight hundred thousand gas masks, fifty thousand tons of lunch meat cans, twenty thousand tons of tungsten ore sand, fifty thousand tons of aluminum... etc., all weapons are equipped with five base ammunition.

The total price is 560 million yuan (about 280 million US dollars)!

Not only expensive but also black! Before the war, excluding resources, weapons were worth at most 50 million US dollars, not to mention that most of these weapons were warehouse goods (old goods at the bottom of the box) and captured Soviet weapons, and there was no cost at all. But even so, Field Marshal Alexander still jumped excitedly: "1,800 tanks! 5,000 cannons? Is this true? Do you have so many weapons? How long does it take to ship the sea?"

Although they were all captured Soviet tanks, now, Britain is probably willing to buy thousands of vehicles even the most primitive "water cabinets". Even Marshal Pound of the Navy made his finger bones white, and thirty territorial waters-class anti-submarine frigates... German submarines were in trouble! (The number of German submarines was not large at that time).

Buy! At any cost, you have to buy even if you lose everything!

This is not a joke! After Dunkirk lost all the heavy equipment, the British government now couldn't even get the heavy equipment of three infantry divisions! The weapons were so scarce that it was unbearable! For example, anti-tank guns deployed on the coastline had only six shells per gun, and to save the bullet and artillery headquarters had to ban all exercises! Among all the soldiers' rifles, there were only fifty bullets, and in the end, half of the "National Self-Defense Forces" claimed to be 1.5 million people were equipped with shovels and golf clubs. On the southern coast, in order to prevent landings, the people were ordered to take down all street signs.

It is said that this can make the Germans lose their way...

In order to raise weapons, the British government even requisitioned 20,000 old flintlock rifles from the private collection...

It can be imagined that when Jiang Baili came up with a list and said that light weapons, artillery, ammunition and gas masks could be shipped in one week, 1,200 BT and T26 were delivered within three months at the latest, and 150 T34 could be delivered per month. How shocking it would bring to the UK! There are also doubts that the UK can no longer wait, so no one wants to get a blank check.

Jiang Baili could understand the British feeling of worrying about gains and losses, so he looked at his watch calmly and nodded to the translator. With his actions, the translator immediately took out the information of the Second Central Asian Battle from his bag, stood up and handed it to Marshal Alexander: "Marson, if there is no accident, the Battle of Tashkent should have begun at this moment. In addition, a week ago we had defeated the Soviet counterattack plan. At least 270,000 Soviet troops were eliminated, and their main force was surrounded in the Petropavlovsk Triangle Zone, with a total number of about 600,000 to 700,000."

"Is this true?"

"This is impossible! Stalin mobilized more than 100 divisions to participate in the counterattack."

"God!"

When Alexander suddenly widened his eyes, the entire conference room seemed to explode. All the military and political officials around him looked confused and shocked. Of course, they knew something about the second Central Asian battle. Although they could not get a specific war report, they learned from the Soviet intelligence that Stalin dispatched hundreds of divisions and launched a surprise attack! So everyone thought that China and the Soviet Union would launch a fierce battle. So no one expected that the Chinese envoy would tremble his hands and take out such shocking news. God! There are 500,000 Soviet troops in Tashkent. If there are really 600,000 in the encirclement of Petropavlovsk, plus 270,000 that have been eliminated... Another East Kazakh Battle was born! With the sporadic figures such as Afghanistan and Avas, the Soviet Union has lost more than three million main forces since the war started!

The translator seemed to have not heard the shouting around him and continued: "If there were no accidents, the Soviet army in Tashkent will be completely eliminated in two weeks! By the end of July, we will liberate all Central Asia regions east of the Aral Sea! So please rest assured that we have enough weapons to pay, and we will do our best to restrain the power of the Soviet Union. We will never give them the opportunity to destroy Europe!"

Quiet, quiet or quiet!

After the translation was finished, there was only heavy breathing sounds left in the entire conference room.

The secret deal between the Katyn tragedy and the Soviet-Germany was announced. Britain has always been worried that the Soviet-Germany would officially form an alliance. But even if it is an alliance, the Soviet Union may not be able to provide much power to Europe, so the only enemy of Britain is Germany... By the way, Italy is also there.

When he learned that Central Asia was about to win again, Alexander, who was anxious and red-eyed, was going crazy! Only Churchill kept silent because he understood that in this world, the bulk arms business between countries had political purposes. So he slowly lit a cigar and stared at Jiang Baili like a hawk: "Mr. Special Envoy, what does England need to pay? Is it just gold and currency?"

The two solid gazes not only made the officers and cabinet ministers present gradually calm down, but also made Chiang Baili secretly exclaim in his heart, no wonder Yang Qiu regarded this old lord as his main opponent. Fortunately, he was prepared and smiled peacefully: "400 million yuan in cash or equivalent gold and bonds, the Anglo-Iranian Petroleum Company, Kuwait's regulatory power, and handed over the Chagos Islands to our country as a navy as a supply point to prepare for your country's military operations. Finally, we must recognize our country's temporary custody of French East India. We cannot let hostile countries control this place, even if France surrenders the government..."

"This is impossible!"

Before Chiang Baili could finish his conditions, British Navy Marshal Pound interrupted angrily: "There is a long-term agreement between Kuwait and the British government, and the Anglo-Iranian Petroleum Company is also an important property of our country and it is also impossible to sell it."

"Huh?" Jiang Baili said in surprise. He did not expect that the first thing Pound questioned was Kuwait and the Anglo-Iraq Petroleum Company, but instead he disdained the Chagos Islands that Yang Qiu took care of many times.

In fact, Jiang Baili was not clear, and even Yang Qiu didn't know that the strategic position of the Chagos Islands in later generations was extremely important, but at present, because Britain had too many good ports in the Indian Ocean, Ceylon and Socotra were better than Chagos, and Churchill had considered taking the French navy into his pocket, and even if it was unacceptable, it would have to be destroyed. It was also ready to trust all East African colonies including Madagascar and Seychelles in one breath, so it did not pay attention to the archipelago with only one naval gas station. Not to mention 30 anti-submarine frigates, 10 were willing to transfer. What Britain really valued is Kuwait and the British-Iranian Oil Company! The former is the only three remaining control areas in the Persian Gulf (the other two are Oman and Yemen), while the latter is an important source of oil and is also a key piece for continuing to intervene in Iran after the war.

As for French East India... no one cares from Churchill to the bottom beggars, because they have long hated the French!

The confident Jiang Baili knew the situation of Britain very well. He smiled and closed the list: "Prime Minister, the President has considered formally allying with your country in Cairo. Of course, the premise is that we must obtain a fair position! As for the oil security that the marshal is worried about, we can promise to provide your country with three million tons of crude oil at cost prices from now until the end of the war. As for the Saudi Arabian Petroleum Corporation and Gulf Oil Corporation, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company... Actually, it is not what we want to buy, it is the request of the Iranian government. Prime Minister, now it is time to unite all forces to resist the fascist Nazis. Are you really willing to give up the opportunity to defeat the Soviet Union and Germany in order to protect a company with only 4 million pounds of income per year? You should be clear that the Caucasus will be not occupied by us for a day. The Soviets will continue to provide oil to Germany! To date, this supply has exceeded two million tons per month!

So after we buy it, we will not take it for ourselves, but return it to the Iranian government so that the Iranian government and people can better serve us and jointly fight the Sudian Nazis. The Iranian government has assured us that after redeeming the oil fields, it will provide your country with two million tons of oil every year without compensation! As for Kuwait, this is just to balance the needs of Saudi Arabia and Iran. You must know. The Iraqis are very close to Germany, Turkey is also pro-Germany, and we have obtained the exact information. The Soviet Union provided Kurdish with a large number of weapons and ammunition... They are very likely to cooperate with Germany to attack Iraq! As for your concerns, there is actually no need. As long as East Oman (now Oman) is in your hands, we can share the shipping rights of the Strait of Hormuz."

"Mr. Yang Qiu is really considering announcing an alliance in Cairo?"

Churchill's pupils began to dilate, and he didn't even pay much attention to the words behind them. Although they knew that China would not be able to send troops to Europe for the time being, if Yang Qiu announced an alliance immediately after France's failure... it would be a shot of a heart-warming agent for the British people! More importantly, although Roosevelt verbally agreed to consider sending troops, the damn glorious isolation policy was not so easy to break through, so he even began to think about it recently. He was preparing to find several submarines to disguise themselves as German submarines and launch a sneak attack on New York Harbor...

Ahem, this is the secret!

The old lord, who was dark-hearted and curled twice, came back to his senses from his dissipated thoughts, constantly weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

Yang Qiu is very greedy, and there is no doubt that Yang Qiu's greed has always been controlled in the Persian Gulf and Asia, avoiding the most important Indian and African regions to Britain. Of course, the Muslim League and his relationship is clear, but even if the Muslim League splits, it cannot break the richest Ganges plain in India. As for Kuwait, he is also right. Controlling East Oman is equivalent to controlling the Strait of Hormuz. If that is the case, why not use a small Kuwait to make a deal?

As if seeing through Churchill's trump card, Jiang Baili deliberately smiled: "Prime Minister, you can continue to wait for the US government's sale list. But please don't forget that Mr. Roosevelt announced the expansion of the army last month. He has hundreds of thousands of troops urgently needed to be armed. From a military perspective, even if the United States is willing to participate in the war, the preparations will not be completed until the end of the year. So to alleviate your country's concerns, the former president has made it clear that he will send three fighter brigades to your country when necessary to help defend the air safety of England, but we are under too much pressure on the ground and at sea, so before the end of the year... you have no reinforcements!"

Jiang Fangzhen's words were like sharp swords piercing the heart of Britain, repeatedly hitting the weak spots. Churchill's face instantly turned black like a charcoal ball, because every word he said hit the nail on the head! Even with the submarine trick, Roosevelt would need enough time to prepare for the battle, so from now until the beginning of 1942, it will be the most dangerous and difficult cut-off in England.

"I have no right to make such an important decision, and it takes time to discuss with the Cabinet Parliament." The old Lord, who was confident in front of the British people, took the initiative to lower his tone, but his teeth clattered.

Not only was Jiang Baili not nervous, but he was very happy and smiled slightly: "Okay, but I hope to reach external negotiations with you in front of Cairo."

While Yang Qiu took advantage of the situation to rob and erode British and French heritage, the deep rainforest of Yanagawa Heisuke and the officers stood respectfully in front of the map, their eyes wandering back and forth with Hata Shunji's back. The news of France's surrender had already reached here, but he was not happy because the "French Feast" that he thought could be enjoyed easily before the war had suddenly changed! The 18th Division, which swept across the South Ocean, actually hit a wall in Siem Reap, was blocked by only two regiments, and even the most precious chariot troops suffered heavy losses. In the end, he even alarmed the commander-in-chief of the South to supervise the battle himself.

"Yanagawa-kun, can you tell me about the movement of the Chinese troops?" Hata Shunruo stared at the map, his tone surprisingly calm. But all the officers knew that he was not that easy to serve.

Yanagawa Heisuke immediately stepped forward. Fingered with French East India map: "Hi! General, please see, the Chinese chariot troops were parked in the north of Hanoi, and the French obviously did not intend to open railways and military facilities for them to use. Among the six infantry divisions, two infantry divisions had crossed the Red River and advanced towards Vientiane, and an airborne regiment acted as their vanguard and had already carried out parachutes in Banpapong. One division entered the coastal defense, one division was behind the chariot troops, and the last two divisions were moving towards Yi'an in Annan, which should have been to capture Polykansai and Ganmeng in Laos. The two marines of the Navy also landed ashore from Da Nang, Hue and Kampson. The directions were Champace and Siem Reap, respectively."

"Is there any movement in the three Chinese army divisions in Kunming?"

"not yet."

"Very good, what about your troops?"

"The 114th Division has arrived in Chonburi and is coming. In three days, I can gather two divisions and will definitely win Siem Reap to defeat the Chinese people! The 29th Division has also replaced the Siam Army in the attack on Barcelona. I also sent a wing to Vientiane to support it. As long as we occupy these places before the main force in China arrives, we can..."

"Yaogawa-kun! Are you going to use up all the troops that the Empire gave to you in Siem Reap?" Before Yanagawa Heisuke finished speaking, Hata Shunruo's face turned cold and interrupted impatiently: "As a Lieutenant General of the Imperial Japanese Army, you should be clear that the resources and manpower of the empire cannot be compared with China. Nanyang is too far from the local area. It lacks industrial capabilities, so every soldier here is precious! Now the Chinese people have a chariot division and eight infantry divisions coming, and Yunnan has three divisions that can go south at any time! If you fight slowly like you, are you going to fight the Chinese people here to decisively with us?"

After hearing the dissatisfaction in his words, two drops of cold sweat dripped from Yanagawa Heisuke's temples: "Please give me advice!"

Seeing Yanagawa realizing his mistake, Hata Shunruo slowed down his speech: "Yaogawa, the Navy has taken Ceylon and opened up the transportation line in the Andaman Sea. In order to stabilize his status, those people are desperately promoting this victory in China. Now General Yamamoto is still waiting for the British fleet to take the bait in Ceylon. If..." Hata Shunruo paused, his eyes swept through the Japanese officers around him: "So, our army needs this victory to wash away the shame of losing to China twice! Prove to the people that China is not invincible! Use it to revitalize the morale of the empire! But at the same time, we must quickly, compete with time, and avoid a decisive battle with the Chinese troops here, because the empire still needs some time to prepare."

Yanagawa Heisuke blinked his eyes secretly. What is this strategy? If you can't defeat Siem Reap and Champace, what's the use of fighting in depth? If you want to win, you have to let the other party endure this tone, how can you?"

Seeing that he didn't understand, Hata Shunrok continued: "We have received exact information. The Soviet allies have invested more than 100 divisions to launch a counterattack. In the short term, China must ensure the 130th division in Central Asia and West Asia, and there are 30 divisions in the Persian Gulf. So the troops entering Indochina are the greatest strength they can bring out. So they have been sending off signals, saying that the troops were just to fulfill the agreement with France, but in fact they have started secret operations. According to Colonel Hatsusaki

The following report shows that there are likely to be major changes within Annan recently. Many radicals and guerrillas have received support from the Chinese people. Through these, we can see that the main purpose of China Yang Qiu this time is not actually targeting us. He wants to take over the Annan colony! So you must resolve Siem Reap and Champah as soon as possible, cut off the north-south connection between the Mekong River, and occupy Laos and Annan South, so that their army will not be able to meet with the navy, and if they do not get the support of the army, they can only retreat to the north... "

Yanagawa Heisuke complained secretly. To put it simply, he had no navy here and could not force the Chinese navy planes that were hovering over his head all day long. How could he cut off the Mekong River? On the contrary, Masatoshi Tsuji next to him was particularly active and interrupted: "General, this is actually very simple. You see, the French are stubborn and uncooperated, and the Chinese army is actually very slow to advance. Because this is not Central Asia, the rainforest and river channels will cause heavy tanks and trucks to fall into the quagmire, so we should attack more actively, use the silver wheel tactics to intersperse Annan in a large depth, and encircle the Chinese army in a roundabout way!"

"Oh? Tell me about your plan." Shinji Hata had a good impression of Masato Tsuji, so he immediately asked.

Seeing that the commander-in-chief of the army was willing to listen to his plan, Tsuji Masashima was even more proud and pointed to the map and flipped his mouth quickly: "Siem Reap is an important barrier to the east, but it is not the only one. You can use the Silver Wheel troops to give full play to the light and fast characteristics of the Imperial Army, cross the Bob Pot Mountains and enter from the direction of Kaji, and then go south along the Mekong River to attack Jijing, and encircle the Chinese army in Siem Reap! Similarly, in Champace, the offensive mission will continue to be handed over to the Siam Army, and let the 29th Division give up the frontal attack, quickly enter the territory of Annan and run to the sea, and cut off the connection between the Chinese army and navy from here."

"His Excellency Masato Tsuji, the Chinese army is not the British team. They have very complete firepower and have a lot of trucks and transportation. If the light silver wheel troops are dispatched, the losses will be very large if they are blocked by artillery and aircraft." Yanagawa Heisuke was so angry that he cursed Masato Tsuji in his heart that he was ruthless. If he followed his plan, wouldn't it mean that his command a few days ago were wrong?

Masatoshi Tsuji, who was interested in the limelight, ignored these things. When he saw Heisuke Yanagawa questioning his plan, he immediately shouted: "Commander, although the Chinese people have trucks and heavy artillery, this is not Central Asia. The rainforest will reduce the power of aircraft and cannons. The muddy roads and rivers are not suitable for truck movement at all! Only our Silver Wheel troops will not be restricted by the terrain and can easily intersperse and detour. There is no need to eliminate them. As long as they are threatened and feel the power of the empire, they will retreat immediately."

After Masato Tsuji said that, he went to encourage Shinji Hata: "General, didn't you just say that the Chinese people would provoke Annan coup recently? Then you should be more decisive and comprehensive detours! Because once they collude with Annan people, the coup will be successful, no one can stop China from controlling this place."

Shinji Hata nodded with satisfaction and looked at Yanagawa Heisuke: "Tsuji Masako said it very reasonably. Yanagawa, what do you think?"

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Chapter completed!