Lee Haydn was not worried about the outcome of the French battle. In another time and space, the Germans could only use 2,200 tanks with performance behind No. 2, and some tanks of No. 3 and No. 4 to rush the French defense line in one go. Now, the German army equipped with more than 4,000 Mark 3 light tanks and Mark 4 medium tanks with better performance, and the two Austro-Hungarian armored troops with 1,200 tanks, and the German and Austrian coalition forces with more than 6,000 combat aircraft can no longer defeat the British and French coalition forces, then everyone would just find a piece of tofu and hit and kill them one by one.

Now, what he wants to do is to take advantage of the British's endless opportunity to quickly expand the scope of the "territory".

The main force of the Japanese Navy is now concentrated in the Malay Peninsula and the Dutch East Indies. The British did not know what benefits they had given to the Japanese, so they asked them to work hard to help the British defend the front lines of Malaya and Australia.

When the naval strength does not have an advantage, the counterattack against the Far East is still an outside-plan thing. The focus of the attack currently selected is the Persian Gulf and the other is South Africa.

Before the war, Germany and Austria had already controlled Iraq. Britain's sphere of influence in the Middle East were Hezhi and Yemen and other emirates on the Arabian Peninsula. Although the Persian king Resak Khan was supported by Britain, he had always maintained a pro-Germany position. After the outbreak of the war, King Resak Khan expressed his intention to join the German-Australian axis and expel British forces several times. However, before the German-Austrian Sea (the army had gained control of the Arabian Sea), German advisers had been opposed to him doing so.

Now, the time is ripe, and the Austro-Hungarian Navy has driven the British Navy away from this area.

The fundamental reason why King Resak Khan opposed Britain was still interests. The British controlled all the oil fields in Iran, and almost all of their huge wealth was seized. The Persians, who were so poor at home, were of course jealous.

Currently, there are about 350,000 British troops in the Middle East. They have given up the Arabian Peninsula and all retreated to Persia. The problem is that the British, who lack naval support, will not fight at all, and it is not difficult to defeat them.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire owned oil fields in Bukovina and Libya, with crude oil production exceeding 7 million tons per year, which was not as eager as the Germans who had already started using artificial oil. Therefore, the war in the Middle East was mainly Germans, and Austro-Hungarian mainly dispatched navies to support it.

The Ottoman Empire had fallen into a state of disintegration. The Anatolian Social Labor Party guerrillas supported by the Russians expanded dramatically after the Soviet army occupied the Caucasus region. They had already walked out of the mountains and occupied Sivas, the important city in central Anatolia. In Mosul, the Kurdish armed forces secretly supported by the Austro-Hungarian Empire also formed a separatist trend. In addition, the Syrians in the Levant region also carried out several anti-Ottoman riots in Damascus.

The storm is in turmoil, and this decadent empire that has been persisted for nearly twenty years is really over this time.

The Bulgarians and Greeks were drooling in the face of the collapsed Ottoman Empire. Lee Haydn was also very interested in controlling the Bosphorus and the Marmara Sea. However, now the Ottomans are still supporting the support, so this idea has to be temporarily given up.

The Austro-Hungarian mixed fleet led by Admiral Velmotsyankel was thriving on the coast of East Africa and the South Indian Ocean. It was hard to find an enemy. When he was idle this day, Yankel simply led the fleet to destroy South Africa, the most important colony in Africa.

On May 8, just before the start of the French Battle, Yankel ordered the fleet to bomb Durban.

Surprisingly, after a brief bombing, a white flag floated on the top of Durban city. Soon, the mayor of Durban sent someone to contact Yankel on a boat, saying that Durban was willing to surrender. As long as the Austro-Hungarian Navy no longer continued to bomb the place.

In addition to being dumbfounded, Yankel had to ask for instructions on how to deal with this result immediately.

There are only a few thousand regular troops and 20,000 militias under British rule in South Africa. Lee Haydn is very clear about the information that he actually plans to take action in South Africa after the end of the French Battle. But Yankel's action was still very unexpected. He forced Durban, the second largest port in South Africa and the largest port city in Africa in the future, to surrender. Isn't it a joke?

After repeatedly confirming the truth of the news, Lee Haydn ordered the Special Mixed Fleet to immediately send garrison troops from warships to occupy Durban, and asked the South African Expeditionary Force, which had been formed, to send advance troops to set off immediately.

The sea water in the South Indian Ocean kept beating the ships, with a slight chill and a salty and humid sea breeze blew over the face. It was already late autumn. Major General Sa Shijun, who had just been promoted, changed into a brand new dark blue autumn and winter naval uniform, and watched boredly at the Austro-Hungarian sailors lined up on the dock to hold the ceremony.

Each warship is equipped with a naval guard force using guns, ranging from dozens to more than one hundred and thirty people. Admiral Yankel pieced together and finally got together a unit of 1,000 to land, which at least looks "spectacular".

On the dock, some South African sailors were still busy, and they were still doing what they should do. It seemed that the arrival of the Austrians did not have much impact on them. There were many onlookers on the dock, and some even raised the banner of "Welcome the Liberators". After making up for the historical knowledge of South Africa, Sa Shijun now understood why the Durbans did not resist at all, but instead welcomed the "invasion" of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. The northeastern region of South Africa was deeply influenced by the Boers. In this area, the Boers occupied the majority and opposed British rule was strong.

Previously, these people opposed South Africa's follow-up to the war, and many people took the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity when Britain was trapped in the quagmire of war to break South Africa away from British rule.

Many Boers regard South African Prime Minister Smootz as a "traitor".

Looking at the cheering crowd on the dock, Sa Shijun felt a little ridiculous. The front door drove the tiger and the back door attracted the wolf. Will the Germans and Austro-Hungarians easily withdraw after they came here?

The overall strategy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire disturbed him and he had a slight remark. Now the motherland is in a arduous and arduous war of resistance, but the main force of the Chinese Navy follows the Austro-Hungarian fleet and travels thousands of miles to the distant South Africa. Many generals are very dissatisfied with the Austro-Hungarian Empire and find the fleet commander Chen Shiying, but they are scolded by General Chen and return to their warships.

"Particular interests must obey the overall interests?! Fuck it, the Austrians just don't want to fight with the Japanese!" Sa Shijun cursed mentally. (To be continued...)r1292
Chapter completed!