Chapter 527: The Noodle Army Shows Signs

When Meng Xiang was encouraging his countrymen to take risks, he felt a bit like a conservative old man calculating his gains and losses little by little, just to reduce the number on the death list, and cautiously hiding his hopes of external expansion. He was also watching from the other side, watching what was happening in Europe and Africa, where death under gunfire seemed to him more like a game to read and save.

The original history had already told him a lot of endings, and he was just trying to find another and more perfect ending according to his own wishes when he re-read the file. But the many accidents brought about by the change sometimes made him feel a little headache.

By the end of October, the Germans and Italians had been fighting fiercely everywhere, and there was still no alliance between them, and there was only one connection with the "International Agreement Against Soviet Production".

The performance of the people towards the vanguard army was more and more unattractive to the Germans, and the Germans were undoubtedly more inclined to the vanguard army, which posed a greater threat to Soviet Russia. Outside the country is an unavoidable problem between China and Soviet Russia, and it is more serious than the dispute over the interests of Soviet Russia and the bone-grabbing one.

What's more, there is a copycat company behind the vanguard army. With the cooperation of a copycat company equivalent to the power of the great powers, the Germans felt that they could still control the Atlantic even without a manned navy. After calculating many times, the Germans also found that even if the Germans did not form an alliance with others, they would not let go of the gap in Southeast Asia or Soviet Russia.

On the whole, it is undoubtedly more in the interests of the Germans to maintain a cooperative relationship with others than to come to the alliance, and it is also more conducive to the relations between Germany and China.

The Italians also followed in the footsteps of the Germans, and looked down on the man who had been deflated at the hands of the vanguard. The Italians also knew about the strength of the Chinese army in the past, and although they knew that the level of the vanguard army had improved a lot, the level of awareness was not as good as that of the Germans, who paid close attention, so they greatly looked down on the level of the army.

For such a result, Meng Xiang is still happy to see it. But because people are isolated, there are many more variables. Although Meng Xiang struggled to wield this demon knife to the southeast, after all, there were too many unpredictable things, which made Meng Xiang have a headache for calculation. Not to mention people who don't know the historical trend such as Fan Species. There are too many unknown things that Meng Xiang can't say. And those who know about the clones have always been used as the best cannon fodder, and they are good at performing tasks, but their ability to strategically analyze has always been strictly controlled, and they can't help Meng Xiang much.

For this situation, Meng Xiang can only expand his own strength first, and he will not change to meet all changes.

"You're not worried about the people themselves, but about something else?" Fan Chong had doubted huò. He had made a plan to defeat the people quickly, at least to drive them out of the pass, but Meng Xiang vetoed them.

"The strength of the human army is limited, and it is not too much of a threat to us. It turns out that in Asia, whether it is the Americans, the Russians, the British and French, they are worried about people. And when we rise, their attention shifts to us as well. If at this time, we will go all out to defeat the devil. When faced with an army that is more powerful than people, how do others choose? Meng Xiang just asked lightly. For these, he tossed and turned and didn't know how many times he thought about it, when it came to the future of Huaxia, he had to think carefully, from the worst side.

Fan was silent.

"When the British rose, the West pulled out its teeth against the British; When the United States rose, the British fought against the Americans; When the Germans rose, Britain and France came to suppress the Germans; Even when people rose back then, they paid a lot of tuition. And once Huaxia wants to rise, it will inevitably face the suppression and blow of others! Meng Xiang couldn't help but think of the Huaxia of later generations, although the performance of Huaxia at that time was unsatisfactory, but it was carried step by step under the suppression of the Western world.

"Once we get people out, the crazy ones will soon be able to find allies!" At this time, Meng Xiang finally realized the price of his rise. Even if there is no great hatred between countries, they will turn their faces into enemies for the sake of interests.

"Soviet Russia?" Fan Chong reacted that although people had enmity with Soviet Russia, as long as they had common interests, such as jointly dividing the land of China, as long as one side made a big compromise, it would definitely be possible.

"More than that!" Meng Xiang said in a deep voice, "If people give up eating meat and drink soup instead, what will happen if they unite with the United States and Soviet Russia?" ”

"Americans?" Fan Chong bowed his head in contemplation.

"If the people are defeated and Britain, France, and Europe are frustrated, we will be the only ones who can pose a threat to the Americans in terms of earning the interests of Southeast Asia and even China." Meng Xiang said leisurely.

"But we won't attack Southeast Asia...... Fan Chong suddenly thought of some of Meng Xiang's arrangements, and knew that he already had a plan for such a situation.

"It's not that we want to, it's whether we have the strength or not! No one is going to put a cutout in someone else's hands. "Meng Xiang is prepared for the worst scenario of uniting with the United States. In later generations, they did so. Although this possibility is extremely small, it is also necessary to have a countermeasure, just in case. History can change at any time with unpredictable surprises.

"So as long as we're fighting people, their focus will shift to other things, like Europe, Africa. Until we are sure to deal with the biggest crisis, we can beat whomever we want. Meng Xiang said resolutely, as long as he was given another period of time, even if he encountered the allied forces of Soviet Russia and even the Americans, Meng Xiang would be sure to resist. After all, he has a base with unlimited upgrade potential in his hands, and he can afford to wait.

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"We can't wait any longer!" The saliva of those parliamentarians has already sprayed on the tip of Churchill's nose, "We can adapt to the daily bombardment, and we can endure the daily supply of supplies, but we need to see the dawn of victory!" ”

"Victory is not far from us, as long as we hold on a little longer, a miracle will happen!" Churchill didn't blink an eye, and his spit dried himself.

"Then give us a miracle first!" A leather shoe was thrown over. Churchill quickly flashed his head sideways and slowly turned in the direction of his shoes, "This behavior is very inconsistent with a gentleman's manners!" ”

"Horn!" Another tomato flew in, right on target.

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"Victory! I don't need excuses, I need a win! "Churchill's roar shook the entire underground air defense command.

"Okay!" Wavell, the commander-in-chief of the British army in the Middle East, reluctantly put down the earpiece in his hand and looked up at the large military map on the wall. He understood what Churchill meant, and at this time, as the superiority of the Germans became more and more obvious, the atmosphere of defeat in Britain became more and more serious, and the call for peace talks was rising. This left Churchill in need of a victory to inspire confidence.

But fighting with the Germans in the English Channel, even Churchill did not have much confidence. They also began to prepare to pick up soft persimmons and pinch. Although the Italians won consecutive victories, the reality of the Italians was seen by the British. Africa has become a place where the British have hope and win a war. Especially near the Suez Canal, which is a choke point. The British have again gathered a large number of soldiers.

Wavell planned to organize a counterattack in late September, but it was postponed because of supplies and personnel. But in October, the Italians attacked Greece again. Greece, while actively confronting the Italians, also sided with the Allies and asked the Allies for help. At this time, most of the troops drawn from India, Australia, Canada, the Middle East and other places gathered in Egypt in addition to supporting the mainland.

When the homeland was tight, Churchill ordered Wavell to send men to support Greece. This put the plans for a counteroffensive on hold again.

It was not until November, with the increase in the number of troops mobilized from all over the country, that the strength of the British in Egypt had passed a period of weakness.

"It's time for a counteroffensive, I order, 'Operation Compass' officially begins!" With Wavell's orders, Operation Compass began on the first day of November. The first target to target is West Dubai Rani.

The British recruited and organized an army of 30,000 men from the 4th Indian Division, the 7th Panzer Division, and a 2nd formation called Zebble. Among them, Brigadier General Zelb led more than 1,000 men along the coast and carried out sāo harassment and containment. The other two forces were encircled and annihilated from the outside. They were going to eat the Italians in one bite and win a big victory.

And so it was! As long as the surprise attack is successful, we will win it all! "O'Connor, who was sent to command at the front, once again verified the loopholes of the Italians discovered by British scouts.

In order to ensure supplies, Italy piled up a large number of supplies in places such as West Dubai Rani. They had set up part of their positions along the coastline in order to respond, and the troops who had been advancing slowly had advanced a long way after so many days, leaving the defensive positions inland with a gap of 24 kilometers from the positions on the coast.

With a small number of people and a long front, it was inevitable that there would be a hole in the defense, but this hole was discovered by the British scouts. The British seized the opportunity quickly. O'Connor commanded the Western Desert forces to take advantage of this gap and march quietly by land at night, then crossed the Italian camps along the coastline and cut off their support.

The 4th Indian Division, supported by a tank battalion, completely annihilated the Italian army near West Dubai Rani. They lost only 63 men, but captured more than 2,000 prisoners.

"Why didn't they resist and volunteered to be prisoners?" O'Connor was a little puzzled, during the attack on West Dubai Rani, the Italian general Mariti held out to the end and died heroically, why did these soldiers surrender as soon as they moved?

"They said that the logistics treatment of our imperial team is better, and they ask us to treat the prisoners preferentially!" A major staff officer next to him quickly got the answer and said proudly.

Perhaps supplies on British soil were threatened by the German wolves and were very strained. But in those colonies and expatriate legions, the supply of supplies was very sufficient. And Italy's war preparation is insufficient, logistics management is chaotic, corruption is serious, even if there are large piles of supplies piled up there, but the soldiers below do not get much, and they have no intention of fighting at all.

This was more fully demonstrated in the ensuing battles. In the ensuing battle, the 7th Division fought from the coast to the west of West Dubai Rani, and in five days, nearly 40,000 Italian troops were captured, and those Italian troops who escaped were also withdrawn to Libya.

The Noodle Army is beginning to show its might.

Graziani had already understood it clearly, but he couldn't do anything, and Meng Xiang, who was thousands of miles away, couldn't change it. For a partner like the Noodle Army, Meng Xiang didn't report confidence at the beginning. However, I still invested some, and anyway, I recovered the real money, and I didn't suffer a loss, but unfortunately the vast majority of those 100 tanks became trophies of the British.

This victory boosted the morale of the British at once, and over Great Britain, the British Air Force was still as dead as a small powerhouse. Aircraft traded from umbrella companies and Americans, they could fly directly to the British Isles from other countries in Africa and Europe. They even hired many pilot volunteers from the United States to fight in the skies over London. Pilots from various countries on British soil have been recruited, and a large number of them have been pushed into the sky with gunsmoke.

This desperate way of fighting made the Germans helpless, and the Sea Lion plan was pushed back again and again, leaving only Goering's clamor still loud.

Hitler was also helpless, and change was always faster than planned.

Originally, he thought that he was going to carry out a plan against Soviet Russia, but the English Channel stumbled on his feet, and Mussolini made another basket for him in Greece. If Greece's problems are not resolved, the situation in the Balkans will be unstable, and Romania's oil will not be safe. The plan to deal with Soviet Russia had to be postponed.

However, the fact that the Italians stepped on the corns of the British in the Suez Canal made Lao Xi sensitively notice this weakness of the British. Meng Xiang deepened this concept for Lao Xi from time to time through various relationships.

Although Hitler was eager to help Mussolini, Mussolini was also a little taboo about the Germans and refused to intervene in them.

But this time, in the face of the rout of the Italians and the delay in the situation in Britain, Hitler was very decisive in preparing to send the German Army into Libya, and the general he led was also selected, it was Rommel. ro@。