The "crisis in the Atlantic" Anglo-German naval battle shocked the world, and the New York Times used a big headline to remind the United States that the center of gravity of the world was facing a huge crisis

"Neither Europe nor the United States can ignore Germany's powerful navy, do we need to wait until their white spoon battleship sails to the Lady of Liberty before we realize that war has broken out?" The New York Times report pointed directly at the German Navy

"Germany has defeated the powerful British navy and can threaten our United States at any time" The threat theory of the United States was released very early in advance, and this time the target was Germany

The American citizens who were indifferent to the U.S. declaration of war during the Normandy cruise incident also began to worry at this time, because they only thought that the war was still burning in Europe or Asia, and that the United States was always safe across two oceans

Even if the Japanese invaded Hawaii, the island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean was only a US protectorate for half a year, and it was difficult for the Japanese fleet to attack the US mainland, especially the most prosperous eastern region of the United States at this time

As for Europe, although Germany's tanks can sweep all European armies, but tanks cannot cross the Atlantic, although the German navy is constantly growing, but it has always only paid attention to its own many Americans, and their understanding of their white spoon has always been stuck in the era of poor three or five kittens limited by the post-war treaties of World War I, not to mention that they still have a huge strong navy of the empire in front of them

But now that the German Navy had defeated the British into the powerful battleship fleet, they could run rampant across the Atlantic with impunity, which meant that even if they occasionally had the mood, they could cross the Atlantic and go straight to the east coast of the United States

Compared with other countries, the United States, under the overwhelming propaganda and the impetus of the will, felt the crisis from Germany in Europe for the first time, and began to focus on sending troops to Europe

"I think it is appropriate for the United States to use the logo of the double-headed eagle, one to look at Asia on the Pacific side, and Europe on the Atlantic side, and Russia into one virtue," Meng Xiang said with a smile

The wishes of many bigwigs in Washington and Wall Street have finally reached an agreement, and the United States, which has deep pockets, has also chosen to fight on two fronts

"We also need to fight on two fronts in the next step, and all kinds of preparations need to be done in advance," Meng Xiang continued

"Two-front combat is a test of a country's strength Now Germany is fighting on two fronts, although there is no crisis yet, but their current logistics and material system has had a lot of problems last year, especially in the winter of the Eastern Front, which is also the main reason for their average achievements throughout the winter" Fan Chong looked at some of the action plans of the United States that had been collected by the intelligence recruits, and said thoughtfully, "If the Soviet Union and Russia enter Central Asia and Siberia, which we are now attacking, It can be regarded as a two-front battle that has been exhausted so far, and if it were not for the material support of Britain and the United States and the special domestic political system, I am afraid that it would have collapsed long ago

Britain is on fire everywhere, and the battle between the colonies in the mainland and North Africa and Asia is also considered a two-front, or multi-front battle, which will inevitably drag Britain into the vitality of the United Kingdom, I am afraid that the control of the colonies will be greatly weakened, and under the supervision of wolves, I am afraid that the sun will never set in the future, and the scenery of the empire will no longer be there

On the contrary, the United States is probably stronger than Germany in its ability to fight on two fronts, and these data show that the huge industry that the United States has entered contains a strong war potential, and it should be regarded as the strongest in terms of its ability to fight on two fronts, and it is stronger than all of us."

According to the overall strength of China at this time, the industrial level is not high, and the transportation facilities such as roads are insufficient, so it will be very difficult to support the war in the north

Last year, the vanguard army also did not have many records, and Meng Xiang's order was very simple, and the defense and digestion of the occupied land, whether it was Siberia or Central Asia, would need to face a long winter, and if it did not adapt to the local environment, it could easily lead to heavy losses, even like Napoleon and Germany in history

The geography and climate need to be familiar, the long-delayed logistics supply line cannot be completely solved by relying only on sub-bases, the soldiers who have been fighting for most of the year also need to rotate and rest, the migrants who have migrated also need to be protected, the aborigines also need to be stabilized, and even the armed resistance groups in exile need to be eliminated, and a series of things have delayed the movement of the army

Since Zhang Zizhong conquered Tashqian, he stopped his westward journey across the Syr Darya River near the Aral Sea, and the rest of the time he conquered on the Kazakh Plain, absorbing and protecting 500,000 people from China, and once again creating the name of Zhang Butcher among the indigenous people of Central Asia

The aborigines of Central Asia are fierce, both in terms of civilization and belief are very different from China, and they are not convinced by the entry of Soviet Russia, needless to say that China has entered, but Meng Xiang also fights evil with evil, and the spies have a white spoon bandit team to kill the local aborigines without mercy, Zhang Zizhong does not care about his own name, and the vanguard army does not need to use mercy to show their civilization and gentlemen to deal with those violent incidents, and directly counter violence with violence

When Stalin used migration to solve the latent crisis of some indigenous peoples, Meng Xiang also used this way to alleviate the contradictions

The direct repatriation of Russians who had migrated from Europe, whether from Russia or from the Caucasus or near the Volga, were happy to leave this desolate place and return to Europe

As for the local aborigines, they may have forgotten the prestige of China in the Han and Tang dynasties, but the killing of the modern weapons of the vanguard army has left an indelible impression in their minds

At this time, the entrance to the whole of Central Asia was only about 10 million, and the vast Kazakh plain was less than 3 million in the migration strategy and consumption of the vanguard army, and soon the entrance to the territory occupied by the vanguard army fell to less than 1 million

Some of them are unwilling to leave their hometowns even if they die, and they are not suitable for cleaning up, or some of them are actively taking refuge in the vanguard army, so they naturally need to be treated with special treatment, and the vanguard army will not always hold a big stick in their hands, and the carrot in the other hand can make some local people use it for their own use, Meng Xiang is not an extreme nationalist, and some subordinate nationalities can accept the Chinese civilization, and they will slowly integrate into the Chinese civilization system after a long time

Meng Xiang didn't need these entries to show merit, or to be influenced by foreign forces to show fraternity, so naturally there was no superiority at all

Survival of the fittest is also the law of survival of the nation, the Chinese nation has also experienced many hardships, relying on the efforts of countless generations of sages, in order to stand in the forest of world civilization, if it is not a struggle, only counting on the savior, the gods or aliens, the rescue of the traverser, do not take the initiative to fight for their own rights, and are into harmony, it is no wonder that they do not enter

The struggle for living space between ethnic groups is itself brutal

In this era, for the sake of the future living space of the Chinese nation, Meng Xiang did not hesitate to do something evil, at least compared to the massacre of Jews that Lao Xi had already launched, it was much more merciful

There is a huge gap in forced relocation, which needs to be filled by Chinese immigrants, but the initial 500,000 is simply not enough

Although Fan Chong ignored the civil affairs, he also calculated that at least three million migrations would be necessary to stabilize the situation in Central Asia, and Meng Xiang's plan was five million to ten million, such a big migration could not be completed in a moment and a half, and most of the energy of the vanguard army was stranded in the north and northwest As for the two-front battle plan proposed by Meng Xiang, Fan Chong's heart was still full of worries

"The strategy of going south is a little different from going north, the main force going north is the army, and the south is mainly relying on the navy," Meng Xiang comforted, and the point of view was very similar to Japan's strategic plan

This is normal, it should be said that the vanguard army and the Japanese goal are very consistent, without the support of the navy, the troops going south can occupy the Indochina Peninsula in the harsh environment of the tropical jungle, it is already considered good, under the threat of the enemy's invasion of the navy, not to mention crossing the strait and landing on the island, even the most elite part of the coastline of the Indochina Peninsula may not be preserved

Fan's concern stemmed from his unfamiliarity with the navy, although he was the chief of the general staff of the three services, he was good at the army, and although he had also taught himself some of the tactics and strategies of the navy, he was never very thorough, and even did not know as well as the air force

Although Meng Xiang also did not know much about the tactics of the army, his many experiences in later generations provided him with an excellent strategic vision, and he immediately distinguished the pattern of coordinated deployment of the navy and the army in the south

"The navy is too expensive" Fan Chong also understood the importance of the navy from the operation of Japan, but still sighed

Meng Xiang's investment in the navy, he saw it in his eyes, and he was also distressed, not to mention the cost of purchasing warships, just raising a battleship or aircraft carrier is more expensive than equipping an elite division

"Is it worth not seeing the series of reactions of the German navy after defeating the British navy? Think about the empire that the sun never sets back then, relying on the majesty of warships around the world, and investing more in the navy, when we have a return, all this is worth it" Meng Xiang said ambitiously, "The rise of a great power is indispensable to the navy that can extend its tentacles to all parts of the world"

To be continued