While there was a lot of talk and attention at home about the Vanguard Army's reconquest of lost territory, many eyes and ears in the international community were unanimously eyed at the Vanguard Army's parachute troops.

"Paratrooper surprise attack, there will be no strong line of defense in the European continent!" While the British were shouting, they were intensifying the development and deployment of radars. As long as there is radar, the plane has already been intercepted when it flies.

"Rest assured, Chamberlain has brought us peace for a generation!" The newspaper is still chattering about the Munich Agreement, which has been around for a month, but the gloom over Europe still seems to be there.

"The paratroopers are the target of machine guns, and the slow transport planes are the prey of fighters. The tricks of the Chinese people can also be dealt with, and in Europe, where machine guns and artillery are dense, the paratroopers will parachute with their bare hands on their tombstones. "The French are more optimistic.

"But the Maginot that we spent five or six billion francs on could only hold off the Germans' artillery, but not the sky!" Several small newspapers directly commented on it.

"We're going to build a new Maginot Line in the air!" The increase in the air defense budget proposed by the military has become a new big cake, and the French political axe is quarreling among the stalkers of this cake.

"God loves America, and two oceans keep all planes in the eye of the storm. The passionate trade winds from the American continent would blow the paratroopers back to their homeland like dandelions. "Only a few newspapers in the United States have reported on this, and most of the others are covering the situation at home.

Roosevelt's New Deal was in the late stages of its second phase. When another ferocious economic crisis erupted last fall, Roosevelt's axe had to loosen credit again and expand spending. By the time this autumn came, the economy was picking up again. At this time, Americans' attention turned to entertainment news everywhere. The influence of the Neutrality Act and isolationism has made the rich and self-sufficient United States their whole world in the eyes of most Americans.

In their opinion, the war in China is no more interesting than the movie "Gone with the Wind" with another director, and this big-budget film that has been made for more than two years is already the third director. More than $3 million has been thrown in, and the film will not be completed, so I am afraid that this money hole will have to be filled again.

On November 1, the day the news of the Vanguard paratroopers was published in the newspapers, the attention of all Americans was drawn to the radio broadcasts of the Martian invasion. Panic caused by aliens has spread through the streets of the United States. But the news is limited to the Americans, and the clouds are getting thicker in Europe, making Europeans more concerned about the threat from their human neighbors on the planet. Some are trying to eliminate the threat, while others are sparking the spark of the threat.

"Our planes can fly all over Europe, and those white dandelions can take our valiant soldiers wherever they want to go!" Goering seems to have found a way to extend his power.

"We don't need all these flashy things in the sky, which can only carry a few hundred people, and we have millions of troops waiting for the signal of the north wind to smash all the old forces that stand in the way with steel into the ice holes in the wasteland." The sound of ice slag echoed with the north wind over the frozen walls of Red Square.

"The Empire can't support such a project that doesn't do much! The resources consumed by such parachute troops are too large, and there is no need for us to implement this method, and the Imperial army can already sweep most of China on the ground. In the base camp, an old voice said slowly.

"But when they meet the vanguard, they are defeated." A gruff voice interrupted him.

"That's because our previous target was not them, and the next step, the anger of the empire they can't afford." The old voice looked very confident and said, "The new aircraft of the Empire is being developed, and it is almost completed. Our new antiaircraft artillery is very good, and our new warship is about to be launched, and a large number of outstanding young men have already taken up their guns. But new equipment takes time, and domestic factories are producing at least three months later. ”

"In three months, spring is coming! The Russians in the north are waking up from hibernation again. This time, they don't seem to be hibernating, and they're tough on the side for a small border friction. Various information suggests that this time, the Russians were serious. Could it be that there is anything particularly noteworthy among those who died? ”

He himself was also puzzled by the toughness of the Russians, and fighting at this time was not at all beneficial to Soviet Russia. The Trans-Siberian Railway was no longer able to deliver goods as usual, and heavy snow covered everything. In previous years, the Russians were passively defensive.

"Those two new ships of their Pacific Fleet are always active, so it is unreasonable for you to accuse our Navy of inaction when the Vanguard arrives. We are always keeping an eye on the Russians, if they are going south for the winter, how can we stop those warships? At this time, our Nagato can only guard the gate in the local area. ”

Since the Nagato-class battleships were sold around by Meng Xiang as a trading object, a crisis brought to Yue himself was that these Nagato-class battleships were easy to fish in troubled waters to carry out sneak attacks on the fleet and even the ports of Yuben, so much so that every time they encountered the Nagato and Mutsu, they had to confirm the signal. They were so annoyed that they had to stay near the sea to guard the door.

Everyone was embarrassed when they heard this, they went to look for the umbrella company, but they didn't buy it at all, and after negotiating a low-cost Nagato-class battleship with the Dutch, the attitude of the Dutch also changed greatly. Let me only be in a hurry.

"Someday, we'll settle the ledger with them!"

"The Russians suddenly became enthusiastic." Meng Xiang raised his eyebrows and took the tea handed over by Tang Mingyue. Glancing at the Qianying who turned to leave, he was very curious about the relationship between Pharmacist Tang and his daughter, Tang Mingyue's attitude towards Pharmacist Tang seemed to be even more cold.

"It can't be an ice girl, right?" Meng Xiang guessed in his heart that at this time, the ray on the communicator on his wrist had already swept through the tea, and no violent harmful ingredient reaction was detected.

"If we occupy Beiping, it will be more beneficial to them, at least it will contain a large number of people and horses." Pharmacist Tang didn't care, just took a sip of tea lightly, and shook his head with a long aftertaste.

Meng Xiang didn't say anything, just took a sip of tea, Tang Mingyue's skill in making tea was a hundred times stronger than that of Rat Er, and the fragrance in the entrance made Meng Xiang, who had not slept for two days and two nights, and was a little sleepy, his spirit suddenly lifted.

"Not bad!" Meng Xiang nodded and put down the teacup, but in his heart he thought of the plan of the Russians.

With the beginning of the offensive of the vanguard army, the Soviets became more tough in their handling of the incident of the puppet-Manchurian border conflict, which made the Kwantung Army nervous again. Even though the Russians may lack logistical support, if the more than one million Far Eastern Army goes south to find supplies, he himself feels that he is not completely sure that he can stop it.

As soon as the northeast wind blows, the actions of the vanguard army in this Beijing-Tianjin campaign can relieve the pressure from the Kwantung Army. Even if he didn't fight, that simple gesture also made him dare not take it lightly. No one knows if the Russians unexpectedly chose this unexpected time to attack. All they can do is defend it.

The Russians also insisted on being tough to the end, without the slightest hint of backing down. The reason why the northeast wind was able to blow smoothly this time was inseparable from the favorable conditions put forward by the vanguard army.

The technology of the T-34 has already been sold to the Russians as a bargaining chip for this Russian operation, and they are about to develop it, and they can still sell it at a good price at this time.

The Russians had long noticed the new tanks of the Vanguard Army. The surrounding eyeliner has already touched the information of this tank, and it is better than all the tanks that the Russians are now equipped with.

"Do whatever it takes to get your hands on it!" This was Stalin's first instruction after seeing it.

If, the Russians dragged the main force of the Kwantung Army for half a month, then such a technology would have been in hand, how could this not make the Soviet Russians excited.

In addition, the Nagato-class of the vanguard army, Meng Xiang also planned to sell it to the Russians cheaply. After the Russians got two Nagato-class battleships, they were very satisfied with this cost-effective deal, and in order to build a larger Pacific Fleet as soon as possible and suppress their own naval power, they tentatively asked the umbrella company if it still had inventory.

"Yes, and!" Meng Xiang naturally wouldn't refuse when he heard it. Because the new 3 Nagato-class ships are still in production, and it will take more than a month to deliver them, Meng Xiang chose to sell the Nagato-class in the hands of the vanguard army at a low price. Of the three new Nagato-class, one was ordered by the Dutch.

After the vanguard army occupied the island of Sibilu outside Sumatra, the Dutch organized men to come and clear it. But when the shells of the French cannons burst on the surface of the sea and the water column poured the entire deck, the leading thousand-ton destroyer immediately turned around and fled.

All that remained was simple negotiations, and the Dutch acquiesced to the existence of pirates on Sibilu Island temporarily under the umbrella, and the umbrella threw themselves in favor, and a Nagato-class ship was sold to the Dutch cheaply.

Of course, the Dutch are happy about this, although this cheapness is no longer cheap for the base, but for the Dutch, who have a weak heart, it is much cheaper than making and buying what they make and buy from others.

And the payment method can be half goods and half cash. Grain, rubber, etc. can be discounted.

The other buyer is a Mexican, and in March Mexico announced that it would nationalize and confiscate all foreign oil assets in the country.

Faced with the intransigence of the British, the Mexicans simply broke off diplomatic relations with the British. And the idea of Roosevelt's axe was to make American companies back down, while Mexico appropriately symbolized a little money in compensation. This compensation is also a huge amount, which the Mexican political axe refused.

In the face of pressure from Britain and the United States, Mexico turned to Germany and Italy and sold oil to them. And the Germans' oil equipment, steel, and the Italians' tankers and rayon kept coming into Mexico.

At the same time, in the face of pressure from Britain and the United States, when the umbrella company contacted Mexican President Cárdenas, Cárdenas did not hesitate to purchase the cheap Nagato-class battleship.

Originally, Meng Xiang planned to keep one for himself, but the Americans came up again and planned to study his ship, and the price was really cheap, so he only paid for US dollars, so the third Nagato-class battleship was also bought.

"Our Zhenyuan is gone, what about the Fifth Fleet?" Fan Chong said worriedly beside him. The scene of excitement when the Chinese people heard that they had their own battleship passed in front of his eyes, and what would happen when the Chinese people heard that Meng Xiang had sold the battleship?

"We will have new, more powerful battleships about to enter service! We'll have a better Zhenyuan. Besides, we've added two more aircraft carriers, so that there won't be any extra people to make that battleship that is just a deterrent weapon. ”

If it really occupies Beijing and Tianjin, the long coastline needs to have enough strength to protect it. The shock surname of the battleship is obviously not as large as the control range of the aircraft carrier. Coupled with the huge profits of the Nagato-class battleships, selling one, there will be money for several aircraft carriers. Meng Xiang would not let go of any opportunity to sell battleships.

For the Nagato level, Meng Xiang really doesn't look down on it. Meng Xiang thought of the Yamato-class battleships.

At this time, not many people saw the end of the battleship, and everyone was still intoxicated with the glory of the Great War I period of the giant cannon ship. Meng Xiang is just thinking about adding fuel to this craze.

When the Nagato-class has almost been sold, Meng Xiang, who is addicted to selling warships, intends to open a new selling point.

The cost of Iowa and those giant gunboats that stay on the drawing board is too high, even if the base is produced, a half-price discount similar to the Iowa class will cost fifty or sixty million US dollars, how can this be acceptable to Meng Xiang.

The Bismarck class was cheaper, but his 380-mm gun was nowhere near as powerful as the 460-mm gun on the Yamato. The 460-mm naval guns of the Yamato alone were enough to ignite another round of battleship frenzy in the world.

"When the time comes, the roar of the cannons will resound on the surface of the four oceans, what kind of scene should it be!" Meng Xiang sighed while silently counting the possible potential customers of the Yamato in his heart.

Construction began on the USS Yamato last year, it was launched 40 years ago, and it was commissioned before Pearl Harbor. For such existing and unfinished warships, the cost of the base has increased from one-eighth of the original cost to one-sixth. But even so, it's much cheaper than the Iowa class.

Although he purchased a 10,000-ton hydraulic press and dug a deep dock in order to build the Yamato-class battleships, the money spent before and after was 150 billion yuan after the war, the cost at that time was close to 180 million yuan according to the relatively strong yuan at that time.

In order not to miss the last opportunity for the battleship to have a meal, Meng Xiang invested more than 40 million oceans in order to produce this one.

Although the shipyard has increased to a production capacity of 40 tons per hour after the Mengxiang upgrade, the technical coefficient of the Yamato is higher, and the final weighted is 0.5, with a production capacity of only 480 tons per day, which takes more than four months for the nearly 70,000-ton Yamato. Even though the shipyard in Yantai has been under construction for more than a month, it is still three months away from service.

For this reason, the security of the coastline during this period of time depends entirely on aircraft carriers.

The Fengxiang and Longxiang sank in the deep waters of the Yellow Sea, and it was very difficult to salvage the wreckage at that time. Even in modern times, it is also full of difficulties.

Meng Xiang simply started a new stove and produced a new aircraft carrier.

The cost of more than $70 million in the Essex class also gave Meng Xiang a toothache, but the British's Ark Royal is now in service. Although it has been more than 37 years a year, the cost is still one-fifteenth of the discount. There is only one aircraft carrier for less than 10 million, so Meng Xiang simply built two at once.

The Ark Royal was not the best aircraft carrier of World War II, but it was the first class among aircraft carriers before World War II. Vital points such as the side sides and the lower hangar deck were covered with armor to withstand 500-pound bombs. After the bomb falls at one o'clock, you can directly sweep it with a broom and continue to use it.

The Ark Royal, with a full load displacement of only 27,300 tons, was built in two months. At this time, a refit was being carried out in the dockyard.

After all, this is an aircraft carrier that the British have just served, and if it goes out like this, it is a slap in the face to the British. Although the British Empire in the past is now dying, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and Meng Xiang doesn't want to cause these troubles in advance. Naturally, there is a person in the back who and the Germans challenge the throne of dusk, and when the time comes, it is as if they are taking advantage of the fire to rob.

Moreover, the level of air defense of the Ark Royal was just as poor. A large number of modifications were required, rearranged with 40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns and American 127-mm anti-aircraft guns.

At this time, the closed hangar that was criticized by people was not conducive to fire prevention. It is said that the Dafeng is a tragedy of a closed hangar, but the British fire protection system is obviously in place, and the main place where the carrier-based aircraft on the aircraft carrier is parked is still on the deck. The design of 72 carrier-based aircraft has been reduced to 66 after the modification of the elevator and the replacement of the model, and 60 aircraft are usually arranged.

The two new aircraft carriers cooperate with the Canglong, and the three aircraft carriers take turns to patrol the coast, which is enough to protect the coastal defense security of the vanguard army. Although it was still in the vicinity of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea at this time, after the trained personnel grew up, there will be more giant islands cruising the ocean.

"How's going on in Beijing and Tianjin?" Meng Xiang turned his head to look at the rat Erdao who was standing by the door.

Outside the window, the evening recedes very early at the end of October, but the fighting in the Beijing-Tianjin area continues at night.