Anti-Japanese War: The whole world is a base vehicle

Chapter 106 The war breaks out completely! (Subscribe!)

"Go to other place to pick up the goods?" Zhang Fakui was a little confused and didn't know where this other place was.

"Yes, the world is so big, there are still many places to pick up goods." Lu Yuhua chuckled.

This time Zhang Fakui frowned slightly and looked at the other party with confusion.

"Commander, what do you think of this place?" Lu Yuhua did not answer immediately, but drew a circle on the map.

"Myanmar?" Looking at the circled area, Zhang Fakui was stunned, not quite understanding what it meant.

"Yes, it is Myanmar." Lu Yuhua nodded, and then began to explain the reasons why Myanmar is important.

"Sir, look at the map. The Japanese army is now moving south to occupy the South Seas. The entire sea area will be blocked. We previously had an external channel, but now it should be completely blocked. The only external communication channel left is Myanmar."

"Although this is a British colony, as the Japanese army gains more and more interests in Southeast Asia, Britain and France will definitely not be happy, and a war will inevitably break out between the two sides. In order to allow us to contain the Japanese army, Britain and France will definitely open up Myanmar as an external channel."

Lu Yuhua's analysis may seem outrageous, but after careful consideration, it actually makes sense.

Hearing this, Zhang Fakui fell into deep thought, tapping his fingers on the table.

After a long while, he sighed again. Based on Lu Yuhua's words, he made some deductions and finally came to the conclusion that if nothing unexpected happened, the next offensive pace of the Japanese army should be like this.

"Sir, you don't want to tell Shancheng and then let Shancheng alert the British army?" At this time, Lu Yuhua added another sentence, which made Zhang Fakui stunned.

To be honest, he did think so.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Zhang Fakui asked puzzledly.

"Of course there are problems. Do you think the British army will believe our deduction? Or, the British army will just treat it as a joke. A mountain city that has lost half of its territory can actually come up with such an alarmist inference. Do you think they will believe it?" Lu Yuhua shook his head with a sneer on his face.

"And there are still more than 100,000 British troops in Southeast Asia. No, including Burma and India, there are hundreds of thousands of British troops. They don't think they will lose."

After hearing this, Zhang Fakui fell completely silent.

With the arrogance of the British Empire, they would certainly not believe it.

"Are we just going to watch this?" Zhang Fakui asked unwillingly.

"Yes, and maybe we can get more benefits." Lu Yuhua chuckled.

"If you want the great powers to cut off their flesh to feed the eagles, the best way is to make them hurt."

“Only when you feel pain will you realize how important we are. Otherwise, you will still think we are the sick men of East Asia.”

How many people were looked down upon by the Japanese when they were called the Sick Man of East Asia?
Now Lu Yuhua must make the British army suffer.

This time Zhang Fakui did not speak again, but looked at Lu Yuhua for a long time before saying something.

"As for weapons, you still have to maintain good relations with the Germans. If they need tungsten ore or something, I will find a way."

"In short, there is only one thing, and that is to try our best to ensure the supply of weapons. This is related to our war of resistance."

"Yes, please rest assured. As for weapons, I will do my best to ensure the supply, but the price may not be too cheap." Lu Yuhua did not intend to raise the price, but gave a preventive measure first.

In short, he wanted others to feel that it was not easy for him to get these weapons, and that it took him a lot of effort.

Otherwise, I'm afraid someone might be jealous or keep eyeing on me.

"It's good enough to have weapons now. Who cares about the price? Besides, we only charge money. In the past, we paid minerals, agricultural products, etc." Zhang Fakui thought it was natural.

It’s already this time, all channels to the outside world are completely blocked, it’s good enough to have weapons, and you still want a low price?
It was just a dream.

On the other hand, the news of the British Far East Fleet's disastrous defeat was reported back to Downing Street in London.

"What did you say? Our Far East Fleet was defeated?" Chamberlain was stunned after receiving the news.

I've really been having a bad year recently.

All kinds of bad news came one after another.

Not right either!
Libya's oil fields made the British Empire a huge profit.

Thanks to the equipment investment from the British Empire, oil production is expected to reach 100,000 barrels per day in half a year.

This is a very high output.

So strictly speaking, this is still very good news.

Who knows, the happiness didn’t last for two days.

There is a problem in the Far East.

The Japanese army took the initiative to move south and occupied the Dutch colonies.

The Netherlands has appealed to him, demanding that the British Empire must punish Japan.

As a result, before the discussion results came out, the Far East Fleet suffered heavy losses and even the fleet commander was killed.

This time Chamberlain could no longer sit still.

If it is not resolved quickly, the British Empire will completely lose its voice in the Far East.

"We must send troops to teach these damn yellow monkeys a lesson." The angriest person should be the First Lord of the Admiralty Churchill.

After all, the Far East Fleet was almost wiped out, which dealt a huge blow to the prestige of the Royal Fleet.

If the Royal Fleet does not retaliate, it is likely that it will become a laughing stock.

Who knows the Chancellor of the Exchequer retorted.

"Mr. Churchill, how many warships do you think we need to mobilize?"

"If I remember correctly, Japan's naval strength is not weaker than ours. Unless the main forces of the Royal Fleet attack together, I don't think withdrawing a part of the fleet will have much effect."

These words left Churchill speechless because they made a lot of sense.

"And due to the economic crisis, we may have to cut our military spending this year." The finance minister's words left everyone present speechless.

"Didn't we get some oil shares from Italy? We can just use this part of the oil shares as collateral, then we will have money, right?" Fatty Qiu said as a matter of course.

"That will take some time." Before the Chancellor of the Exchequer could finish his words, Chamberlain's secretary hurried in and said with an extremely ugly expression.

"Mr. Prime Minister, bad news. The German army has just declared war on the French army."

"What? What did you say?" Chamberlain stood up suddenly and looked at his secretary in disbelief.

The appeasement policy he has been implementing has always been aimed at easing conflicts in Europe.

The reason they agreed to Germany's attack on Poland was not because the other party promised that they would attack the Soviet army next?

As a result, they now turn around and attack the French army?

Are you kidding me?
Perfidious Kraut.

These sons of bitches.

No matter how well-mannered Chamberlain was, he couldn't help but curse at this moment.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, His Majesty the King calls and asks you to come to the palace immediately." At this time, the phone rang. The secretary picked up the phone, listened, turned around and said to Chamberlain.

"I understand." Chamberlain took a deep breath and then looked at everyone.

"Everyone, a new war may break out. Let's put the problems in the Far East aside for now and focus on solving the problems in Europe."

"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister." Everyone responded in unison.

……

On the other side, after Colonel William arrived at the port of Kiel with the T34 tank, the German engineers who had been waiting for a long time immediately dismantled the T34 tank for research.

The final conclusion is that this is a dilapidated tank.

That's right!

In the eyes of these German engineers, this was a very ugly weapon.

However, the firepower of the T34 tank and the design of its sloped armor did allow German engineers to gain a lot of experience.

"Maybe our staggered road wheels are wrong." Although German engineers are stubborn, they will still learn from good things.

Especially after testing and comparing.

They found that in the suspension system, the T-34 tank used large-diameter road wheels and two interconnected cylindrical coil springs as independent suspension devices. This design can reduce up and down bumps and improve off-road performance.

Their Type 3 and Type 4 tanks used complex torsion bar suspension and staggered road wheels, which were costly and took a long time to produce.

During combat, the gaps between the road wheels froze due to rain, snow or mud.

The bigger disadvantage is the logistics of replacing parts, which is almost life-threatening.

When the weather is cold, it is basically impossible to replace the road wheels.

This completely obsessed the German engineers, and they began to study the road wheels of the T-34 tank.

The final conclusion is that their tanks were completely defeated in terms of logistics and maintenance.

So in the next month, the German army began to adjust the production line and produce new Type 34 tanks based on the road wheels of the T- tanks.

This time, the Type 3 tank is much better than those of the same period.

At least when it comes to replacing parts, it is definitely much simpler.

After adjusting the production line, the German army began to frantically exploit industrial production capacity.

During this period, news of the Japanese army's battle records also came in.

After seeing that Britain and France were beaten so badly that they dared not fight back, the German army thought that the time had come and decided to launch an attack on France.

At the same time, all factories were ordered to operate in three shifts.

Originally, the company could produce one thousand fighter jets per month, but now the number has increased to two thousand per month, doubling its production capacity.

This is just the beginning, and capacity will increase again over time.

At the same time, the production of the Type 3 tank increased to 600 vehicles.

The addition of two armored divisions at once greatly boosted the German army's confidence.

At the same time, various artillery pieces that had just been produced in the factory were directly delivered to the infantry divisions on the front line.

In particular, the German Army Group Center assembled 150 210mm howitzers, mm heavy artillery, and a total of artillery pieces of various calibers.

Tens of thousands of artillery pieces, this is all the foundation of Germany.

It can be said that in order to defeat France in the shortest possible time, the German army has played all its cards.

Even the Japanese army could easily defeat Britain and France, so how could they not be able to defeat France?

Moreover, after being equipped with the new Type 3 tank, the German army's strength increased greatly.

One million artillery shells of various calibers are ready to be delivered to the front line at any time.

The Air Force mobilized 5,000 fighter planes of various types.

According to the plan, except for the main attack in the Ardennes Forest, the rest of the troops were all feint attacks.

"Are the troops on the front line ready?" Keitel asked everyone.

"The troops on the front line are ready and can launch an attack at any time." The adjutant responded quickly.

"Very good, order: all troops attack immediately, target Paris. The leader will promote the military ranks and award medals to the meritorious soldiers of the empire there." Keitel said loudly.

"Yes, long live the empire!" everyone responded in unison.

On the front line, on the German-French border, the sky is covered with dark clouds and war may break out at any time.

The British and French forces on the opposite side of the Maginot Line were now hiding in the trenches.

"fire!"

The artillery, which had been prepared long ago, launched fierce bombardments at their respective targets.

Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
Nearly 100,000 artillery shells were fired in half an hour along the border line of just a few dozen kilometers.

The bunker that had been targeted was destroyed in an instant.

Even some fortifications built on the hills were not only reduced to ruins, but the altitude of the hills was also lowered by several meters.

Such fierce artillery fire frightened the British and French forces within the defense line.

The German army was obviously well prepared, otherwise they would not have assembled so many heavy artillery in such a short period of time.

"My God, the Germans have assembled at least thousands of heavy artillery pieces."

"Not only that, but even more."

"This firepower is really too strong."

"Fortunately, our fortifications here are relatively solid."

Some important areas are built with cement, steel bars and armor plates, so they are naturally very strong and can withstand even 210mm heavy artillery.

Soon, news of the German bombardment of the Maginot Line reached the Elysee Palace, and Marshals Pétain and Gamelin could not help but sneer.

"Sure enough, the German army's main offensive and defensive line is still in Belgium, and they are still attacking according to the Schlieffen Plan. I guessed that the plan leaked by the German army before must be a trap." Marshal Gamelin said proudly.

Others nodded and praised Marshal Gan Molin for his foresight.

"Marshal Gan Molin, since war is unavoidable, the front line will be handed over to you for command. The million-strong coalition army is in your hands. I hope you can stop the German offensive."

"Prime Minister Chamberlain just called me and said that the British army has begun mobilization and hundreds of thousands of reinforcements will arrive by sea in the shortest time possible. They will all be under your command at that time." Farah said proudly.

In his eyes, with the Maginot Line, the world's strongest fortress, and millions of elite troops, there would be no problem in defeating the German army.

Even if we cannot defeat them, there will be no problem in stopping the German attack.

Everyone in the conference room thought so, including Marshal Pétain, who also believed that the war must be won.

"Yes, I'll leave right away." Marshal Gan Molin didn't say anything more. After answering, he turned around and left.

"Marshal Pétain, we may need to mobilize for war because we need to arm more people." Faraday looked at Pétain and asked again.

"I'm afraid there's not much hope, because the people are still very disgusted with war." Marshal Pétain said helplessly.

The conscription work was really too difficult, and many people believed that France could not afford any more sacrifices.

So they refused to serve in the military, and Marshal Pétain had no good solution for this.

"Tell them that the war has broken out and the only way to end it is to defeat those damn Germans," Daladier advised.

"Yes, I understand." Marshal Pétain nodded in response.

(End of this chapter)