Chapter 913: We're Going to Italy

"Protect the safe evacuation of Chinese expatriates in war-torn areas!" This is also the explanation of Huaxia's dispatch of troops to Britain and the United States.

This era may not be well recognized for peacekeepers, but the excuse for protecting expatriates has long been used by the Western world and is more acceptable.

As the Allies invade Italy, the entire European continent will become more volatile.

The number of more than 500,000 Chinese laborers, tens of thousands of Chinese students, and hundreds of thousands of overseas Chinese in Europe, totaling more than 1 million Chinese, will not be ignored by any democratic government. China's approach is understandable, and sending troops to evacuate overseas Chinese will win praise in the Western civilized world.

Protecting the lives and property of the Chinese and evacuating overseas Chinese is indeed a major task for the European troops dispatched by China.

It's just that there are very few Chinese in some places, and the move of sending troops to carry smuggled goods in them is too obvious, and the signboard of a peacekeeping force calling for peace is a panacea, and you can walk around.

Obviously, the world is not a compromise structure under the nuclear cloud, and it is impossible to understand the model of peacekeeping forces that Meng Xiang is familiar with, let alone speculate about the meaning behind the Chinese army.

At least that's the case with the Germans, the strange eyes of a group of German escorts made Huang Wenhua uncomfortable.

"Why do I think the Germans are so frightened by our eyes?" Huang Wenhua couldn't help but touch his nose and said.

Luo Bo glanced at Hong Xingguan, who was negotiating with the Germans, and said softly with a slight side face: "In the past, when we were in China, we Chinese people looked at those foreigners as orangutans, and that was because there were many of us and few foreigners, so it was strange to look at, but now if you look around, there are more foreign devils than us." Look at our strangeness in turn! ”

"Humph!" Huang Wenhua glanced around. was stared at by the eyes of the group of Germans, and he stood up again, and did not forget to mutter, "Another day, my Chinese army of 10 million will drive over." Stare you to death! ……”

The army of 10 million is now Muyou, and only the first batch of more than 2,000 people arrived.

The double-track railway from Chang'an to Urumqi has already been built, and it goes north of Kunlun Mountain from Jiayuguan. The railways passing through Ruoqiang, Hotan, Yecheng and other Kashgar have also been built, and these two railway arteries are extending to the west. Although the high-grade highway being built further west is only half completed, the auxiliary simple highway is connected with the road built by Soviet Russia, and it is already possible to pass unimpeded military vehicles and large troops all the way to the vicinity of the Caspian Sea.

Even though the Germans and Soviet Russia were fighting a fierce battle on the other side of the Caspian Sea, blocking the land passage that continued westward, the Chinese army has always been famous for its airborne landing.

With the foreshadowing of the previous journey, the Chinese Hercules transport aircraft can easily fly directly from Central Asia to any place in Europe.

Although the Germans did not know the specific air transport strength of Huaxia, they were very interested in the huge transportation capacity that Huaxia showed in the process of landing in Australia. There is something jealous in my heart. Where would it be easy to allow the Chinese army to directly parachute into many important places in Europe?

The Germans were not all pro-Chinese, and in the absence of an alliance with Germany, Germany's embankments against China were normal. Who knows if China will fall to the side of the Americans, who are still fighting hotly?

So the Germans justified the danger that Allied fighters in the Caucasus and the Balkans could pose to the Chinese transport aircraft. The first peacekeeping force in China was arranged in Greece.

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"Now that I'm a soldier. It's about dealing with danger! Yang Guanchen, who was the leader of the team, was also dealing with the accompanying German Major General Hall with a cold face at this time, "We are not afraid of danger." We're going to Italy now! ”

Although under the slogan of peacekeeping, although the Germans had just cleaned up the unstable Balkans and needed to maintain a new order, this was not the place where China wanted to go.

At this time, Greece was a little too backward, and the industrial level of the entire Balkan region was generally low due to turmoil, and even the current industrial level of China was not as good. Of course, this is not in line with the main purpose of Huaxia sending troops to make extra money.

The peacekeeping force has set the primary target for Italy.

Although Italy is at war, the more turbulent the place, the more opportunities there are.

Italy's years of accumulation are far more abundant than Greece and other places. Even if the Germans looted it, it would not affect Huaxia to fish in it.

The Germans moved Italian machinery and skilled workers to the north, but not all of them were repatriated, which made Milan and Turin the north the two largest industrial cities in Italy after the war.

And with the further actions of the Allies, it is likely that part of it will become a trophy of the Chinese.

In another time and space, the Allies were already preparing for the Normandy landings. But in this time and space, even the British Isles have not been recovered, and there is still talk of the Normandy landing.

This is also a reason why Meng Xiang temporarily gave up picking up cheap on the two big fat pieces of France and Belgium first.

Even if the U.S. Navy was involved, it would only be able to maintain a balance at sea near the English Channel because of the disagreement between Britain and the United States. The German navy, while not controlling the Strait of Gibraltar, also prevented the Allied navy from getting close to Portugal and Spain.

The industrial level of these two is not very good, and they do not belong to the dishes to be gnawed in China.

Obviously, the Americans prefer the Mediterranean, a treasure land that can control Asia, Europe and Africa, and they have chosen this side.

History has been distorted, Meng Xiang is missing a golden finger to guide him, and he can only rely on intelligence to speculate, at least the focus of the recent American offensive is still in Italy.

Under the strong attack of the American army, Meng Xiang could not say how long the Germans could hold out in Italy. But at least it is certain that they are worse off in Italy than they were historically.

Whether the Germans were aware of it or not, Meng Xiang's intelligence had already appeared in the news that Soviet Russia was going to prepare for a winter counterattack.

After more time to build, the wounded Russians finally hatched a larger-scale counterattack, and the timing was also chosen in January when the Germans were at their weakest logistically.

By January 44, the Germans, who were guarding against a possible Russian counterattack in '43, had depleted most of their reserves. The supply lines in the rear have been harassed by the Russian air force and partisans, as well as the bad weather in Soviet Russia.

The Germans will be worse in the face of this offensive, at least Meng Xiang is not very optimistic.

Under the direct intervention of the Americans, the equipment of the Soviet army has been replaced with shotguns, at least it is no longer like before to go to the battlefield with wooden sticks and empty hands, plus those veterans who have been sharpened in the battlefield of life and death, the Soviet army at this time already has the world's first-class combat effectiveness.

And as the war dragged on and on, the Germans' first elite veterans were almost depleted. They can't use the battlefield of life and death to eliminate the elite on a large scale like Soviet Russia, and they don't have enough time to train the elite.

Under these circumstances, there were not many German troops that could be drawn from the Eastern Front, which had the largest number of troops, and the Western Front was also extremely tight in the British Isles and North Africa, and could not be manpowered.

The Americans naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and you must know that one of the reasons for the Normandy landing was also due to the fact that the German army heavily guarded Italy, which made the Allies repeatedly deflated and unable to open the situation.

Now that the German army is insufficient and the Italian army is still soft-footed, the Americans will naturally continue to climb up the Italian boot and solve the Italian problem, and the Mediterranean, a key point in Europe, will be controlled by the Allies.

And at that time, the fat accumulated in northern Italy gave China a chance in the chaos.

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"Let them come!" Obviously, this approach of the Huaxia people is not something that Hall, a major general, can decide, and after conveying it layer by layer, Lao Xi, who has been thinking about it for a long time, finally gave instructions.

The Chinese had good reason to go to Italy, where there were at least 50,000 Chinese laborers and merchants, as well as tens of thousands of Chinese diaspora.

When Meng Xiang arranged Chinese labor, he was targeted. In these turbulent and underdeveloped parts of Europe, there are very few Chinese laborers. But in Italy, France, and other places, there were many laborers, and even in the territory of the British and other Allied forces. Of course, the largest number of people is Germany, which is short of labor and friendly to China.

There are plenty of reasons for the Chinese to go to Italy to protect and evacuate overseas Chinese, and as the situation changes, Lao Xi's intuitive talent also feels a little bad. There is a Chinese army in Italy, and once there is an accident, there is no worry that Huaxia will not turn against the allies.

Therefore, after arranging the evacuation of more than 100 Chinese from Greece, the Chinese peacekeepers directly transferred to northern Italy.

This is exactly what the Chinese peacekeeping force wants, as long as the first batch of officers-based elites are familiar with the environment, when the follow-up many soldiers arrive, when the situation changes, it is the best time to start.

This period of time for the evacuation and protection of overseas Chinese is long, and it can be delayed for any reason, and there is also a peacekeeping reason.

However, during this time, the Huaxia peacekeeping force was relatively safe, and Meng Xiang did not pay much attention to it, and after his energy was withdrawn from domestic trivial matters, he once again stared at the Indochina Peninsula.

After a series of preparations, the time is ripe for a complete harvest of Indochina.