''Why didn't the French throw in the towel?'' ”

On June 17, 1934, Chang Ruiqing, who had returned to Nanjing from Irkutsk two days after the Chinese Siberian Front began its march on Krasnoyarsk, received a telegram from Jiang Baili and Zeng Qi as soon as he got off the plane.

The French had just fought another defeat at Verdun. On June 13, the French were attacked by 7 German Panzer Divisions and 5 German Panzergrenadier Divisions before they could complete their deployment!

Before the German offensive was launched, they dispatched nearly 1,500 bombers to bombard the French armored groups and artillery groups on the Verdun line in batches for five hours, and the French army was on the verge of spiritual collapse.

At 2 p.m. that day, the German assault force of 100,000 and nearly a fleet of tanks and artillery began to charge. The French sent 1,800 tanks and 80,000 infantry to meet them, and the fierce battle lasted until 8 a.m. the next day, during which the air forces of both sides were in full force, with the Germans throwing in more than 1,000 aircraft of all kinds and the French taking out 1,000 aircraft. Fighter planes on both sides flew up and down, chasing each other, and from time to time planes were hit by bullets and caught fire, dragging black smoke down. The aerial scuffle continued until nightfall on 13 June, when the French Air Force was almost devastated, with fewer than 300 aircraft leaving the battlefield and the Germans losing only 138 aircraft.

Earth. The results of the battle were similar, although the French armored forces fought bravely, but they were obviously inexperienced, and the command of the French generals was also very dull, only knowing how to blindly rush with tank clusters, and as a result, the Germans, who had absolute superiority in numbers and experience, and had air supremacy, were defeated, and by the next morning, when the French armored forces withdrew from the battle, the area around Verdun was the wreckage of charred French tanks. In this battle, the Germans destroyed and captured more than 1,300 French tanks, of which the German 7th Panzer Division under the command of Major General Rommel alone arranged 332 tanks. After the collapse of the French armored forces, the remaining French infantry divisions were so frightened by the scene of the armored battle that they retreated before the Germans launched a new offensive, and the roads leading to Paris and southern France were filled with hordes of lost French infantry, who were often overtaken by German tanks in formation, and then surrendered in unison......

After the end of this tank battle, which came to be known as the Second Battle of Verdun, one of the three main French clusters no longer exists. The other main group on the Alsace front was in the flank, leaving only the troops still trapped in Belgium that looked to be able to hold out for some time.

However, in this desperate situation, the French government had not yet accepted Hitler's not too harsh terms of peace.

"Daladier has agreed to accept Hitler's terms." Wang Jingwei, who sent the telegram to Chang Ruiqing, shook his head: "However, most of the cabinet members of the French caretaker government refuse to let go, and the cabinet meeting has been unable to get through to Guò Daladier's Tiyì, I really don't know what they are thinking?" ”

Hehe, isn't this a louse on a bald man's head? Hitler's conditions have reassured these French politicians, their France will not die, since they can't die, then they have to fight for their own future political capital, who is willing to raise their hands in favor of a peace treaty that will lose power and humiliate the country? Mao ZD snorted coldly, and seemed to know everything about this kind of politician's calculus. This is also normal, in recent years, the stage of his Chinese GCD chairman has been the election battlefield and the hall of political participation. We can understand the speculative mentality of politicians and the mentality of voters, and it is a matter of ability to defeat the war, and it is a matter of attitude to agree that "selling the country for glory" is a matter of attitude. If you raise your hand now, you will definitely bear the stigma of a traitor in the future, and the best choice is to oppose and let others approve of it, so that others will be a traitor who has been infamous for thousands of years, and you will be a national hero who resolutely defends the interests of France.

After listening to Mao Zd's analysis, Zhao Zhen's brows, who came to the airport to greet him, immediately twisted his brows, looked at Chang Ruiqing and asked: "Brother Yaoru, it seems that the war situation in France will drag on for a while, so that the pressure on Trotsky on the Western Front can be greatly reduced for the time being, so will the main force of the Soviet Red Army on the Western Front be transferred eastward?" ”

"Do you need to talk about that?" Mao ZD interjected: "This is Trotsky's last chance, if you miss it, next year it will be China, Germany and Britain to encircle and suppress the Soviet Union with all their might!" He looked at Chang Ruiqing, "Prime Minister, next year is another election year, and whether or not we can regain a two-thirds majority in parliament depends on the table on the battlefield." Moreover, during this period of time, the Kuomintang has been attacking our teachers for futility, accusing us of conniving at Japan's abandonment of the interests of the Nanyang Islands, and the war-weariness of the people has also risen, and the public opinion support of our party has dropped to insufficient, and if there is any more mishap in the battlefields of Siberia and Central Asia, I am afraid that we will not be able to keep even 50% of the ・・・・・・."

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, chairman, voting in the general election will not start until the end of next year, and there will be a situation that satisfies voters at that time." ”

"It's really too early to worry about this, and the advance and retreat on the battlefield cannot be grasped by the ballot." Chang Ruiqing is not worried about losing power at all, because the GCD is not the only party that supports him. The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Association is the fourth largest party in parliament. Zhang Junmao, Zeng Qi, Zuo Shunsheng, and others recently set up a Chinese National Socialist Workers' Party, and although it has not participated in a single election and does not have a seat in the parliament, its public support rate is more than 10 percent higher.

And these two small parties are led by Chang Ruiqing, so even if China and G lose a 50% majority in the next round of parliamentary elections, they can form a coalition government with these two parties.

Mao Zd naturally nodded noncommittally, took out a telegram from his pocket and handed it to Chang Ruiqing: "This is Huang Zhisheng's call, Ruan Aiguo, chairman of the GCD in French Indochina, recently sent someone to Brunei to meet with him. President Nguyen wanted to lead the French Indochina GCD to join the Chinese GCD, and at the same time wanted to establish an Indochina Republic after the French withdrew from French Indochina and join the Greater China Federation, while he himself wanted to be the Prime Minister of the Indochina Republic and the Secretary of the Sino-G Indian Branch. He paused and said in a strengthened tone: "Prime Minister, now that our party's support rate has declined, if we can bring Nguyen Aiguo and Indochinese GCD in, it will be extremely helpful for us to win the votes of the Indochinese Republic." ”

"This Nguyen Ai Ao will see the wind and rudder, chairman, I think we can agree to his request, but whether he can be the prime minister of the Republic of Indochina or not, I don't count, I want the voters to vote to decide, and now at most a temporary prime minister." Hearing this, all the civil and military officials present were slightly stunned, except for Mao Zd, and even Zhao Zhen, who had never cared much about politics, frowned. Nguyen Aiguo's Indochinese GCD has always been pro-Soviet**, and their influence in French Indochina is not small. This "surrender" to China G is just forced by the general trend, and I am afraid that it will be necessary to be two-hearted in the future.

Chang Ruiqing smiled slightly, got into the car and drove away, for him, the most important thing now is to take the French Indian 11f that takes over the lk and 9 to keep it stable @ Yu Ruan Ai np s momentum. Chang Qing is ready to let Sun Yuexun control the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Association to deal with it, this small party flaunts the unity and common prosperity of Greater East Asia, in addition to having great influence among the He people with Chinese nationality, and also has a certain foundation in Siam, Malaya, Borneo and other places. Moreover, with the support of the Hezu chaebol, the Gongrong Association has very sufficient political funds, and there are a group of unscrupulous masters in the election campaign, whether it is engaging in propaganda to build momentum, issuing empty checks to fool voters, or engaging in bribery, co-opting and bribery, smearing opponents, and playing street politics.

In addition, Nguyen Aiguo's Indochinese GCD has long relied on GC International for funding, and it does not have much of its own resources. After entering the Central G, as long as the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Central Committee of the Central

However, after returning to the Tangshan Mansion, Chang Ruiqing didn't have the heart to think about the Indochinese GCD anymore. Because there is another shocking news from Hawaii, the main force of the Japanese combined ship flight team has appeared in the Pacific Ocean about 280 nautical miles northwest of Oahu!

The prelude to the Second Battle of Hawaii between Japan and the United States, which decided the sea control of the Central Pacific, has begun!

Hawaii time, June 16, 1934, 5 a.m.

In the hangar of the Japanese aircraft carrier Soryu, several ground crew soldiers slowly pushed a Type 93 carrier-based fighter onto the elevator. The aircraft was developed on the basis of samples and drawings of the Fokker D21 supplied by China. It is equipped with a 710 hp PH radial engine manufactured at the Nakajima plant in Japan. Empty weight: 1216 kg; Capacity: 15 kg; Maximum take-off weight: 1872 kg. The maximum speed can reach 440 km/h (level flight at an altitude of 3,000 meters). The range is up to 1200 km. The ceiling is meters. It takes 3 minutes and 35 seconds to climb from flat ground to a height of meters. The aircraft was armed with two Type 7 aviation machine guns of 93m caliber.

On paper, the aircraft was certainly inferior to the Soviet-supplied I-18, and even the latest model of the Fokker D. But the aircraft is far more reliable and maneuverable than the I-18, and it doesn't take the best pilots to fly it off and land on an aircraft carrier. Moreover, the production cost was very low, so immediately after its development, it replaced the I-18 and became the main carrier-based fighter of the Japanese naval aviation.

At the same time, Japan's Nakajima Aircraft Factory also developed the Type 93 shipboard crit aircraft named after the Japanese era on the basis of the UN-123 light dive bomber, which is also equipped with a 710 horsepower Nakajima Type 41 engine, which can carry a 500-kilogram bomb, with a maximum speed of 340 km/h and a maximum range of 860 km.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the Type 93 Ship Fighter and Type 93 Ship Crit Fighter are all metal structures, and most of the aluminum alloy materials used to make the metal fuselage are imported from China.

"Gentian-kun, I wish Wuyun a long time!"

Greeting Minoru Genda, the co-captain of the Soryu Flying Wing, in Japanese was the captain of the Soryu Crit Fighter Brigade, Xie Miao. Petrovich. Vasyakin. Because Japan refused to march into Australia in accordance with the Soviet Union's demands, and because the southern part of the Far Eastern Republic was basically cut off after the occupation of the Chinese army, the relations between the two Soviet countries have now cooled down considerably, and most of the pilots sent by the Soviet Union to support Japan have left Japan and returned home. However, Comrade Vasyagin was an exception, he was really reluctant to give up the two Japanese wives assigned to him by the Japanese GCD, so he simply became a Japanese citizen and continued to contribute his share to the cause of liberating the American people.

"Vaxia Jinjun, you also have a long martial luck!" Minoru Genda climbed into the cockpit of his Type 93 fighter jet and greeted Vasyakin. However, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and he didn't look like martial arts could last long at all, and he seemed to be preoccupied.

It turned out that he was very dissatisfied with the performance of the Type 93 shipboard fighter he was flying now, although the reliability and maneuverability have been improved, but the performance is obviously not as good as the I-18, the speed, dive performance and firepower are not satisfactory, only the agility is passable, but it is only on par with the I-1. Minoru Genda, who participated in the first naval battle of Hawaii, knew that the original I-18 was not without opponents in the Pacific, and the British "knockoff" Sea Hurricane was stronger than the I-18, and the American P35 was also more powerful than the I-18. Now more than 6 months have passed, and the performance of the opponent's aircraft must have reached a new level, but the aircraft on their side is not as advanced as the original, and it seems that this battle is really unpredictable!

"Hehe, it's not bad." Contrary to Minoru Genda's dissatisfaction, Vasyagin once again let out a satisfied exclamation when he climbed into his Type 93 shipboard critter. In his opinion, the Type 93 shipburst is much stronger than the original Il-1, although it is an old biplane, but the speed is not slower than the single-wing Il-1. With the use of the star engine, the Type 93 crit also has better low-altitude performance than the Il-1, and will not reimburse the entire aircraft because a bullet hits the engine. However, what satisfied him the most was that the Type 93 crit was extremely maneuverable, and it could take off and land on the deck of an aircraft carrier very easily.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that all Type 93 shipboard critter and Type 93 shipboard fighter aircraft are equipped with shortwave radios imported from China.

Just as Vasyagin's landline was about to be pushed onto the elevator, a red light suddenly lit up in the hangar, followed by a piercing air raid siren!

"Air raids! Air raid! The Soryu fighter group attacked! Crit Brigade mission cancelled ......"

In an instant, the atmosphere in the hangar became tense, and the Type 93 fighters were raised to the deck one after another, and the aircraft carrier had already set its bow in the direction of the wind, sailing at full speed.

Minoru Genda's plane had already skimmed over the deck at a rapid pace, and after sinking slightly, it swooped into the air.

"Hawker 3 biplane fighter, flying from the northeast, about 30 kilometers from the Soryu......"

"Northeast direction!? What's going on? ”

As soon as he heard the report of the communications staff officer, Yamamoto Isoroku in the command center of the battlecruiser Akagi immediately walked to the side of the chart. Takjiro Onishi pointed to the chart and said: "The maximum range of the Hawker-3 is about 1,200 kilometers, but the range will not exceed 900 kilometers when carrying a 227-kilogram bomb, and we are still many kilometers away from Oahu, it seems that these 30 Hawkers - flew from Oahu." ”

"Is there an American aircraft carrier to our northeast? We're coming from that direction... ・・・”

"Maybe it turned out that it was further north, in order to block our retreat・・・・・・ "The turtle man of the black island said with some confusion, "but why did the Americans only send fighters and not dive bombers and torpedo bombers?" And how much damage can the number of 30 aircraft cause us? ”

Yamamoto was also a little confused, he vaguely remembered that a similar incident had happened during the last naval battle in Hawaii. It is suspected that an American aircraft carrier has been operating in the northern part of the Japanese fleet, but no matter how the reconnaissance planes sent by the Japanese fleet searched, nothing was found. Could it be that the United States has an aircraft carrier capable of stealth?

While everyone was wondering where the enemy's aircraft carrier was and whether to send a reconnaissance plane to search for it, the telephone rang suddenly, and the communications staff officer picked up the phone and answered the call, and then his face quickly turned a little strange.

"What's the matter?" Yamamoto asked immediately after discovering the anomaly.

"Comrade Commander, telegram from the I-42 submarine ・ They found a huge airship in the air, and ・・・・・・" The staff officer hesitated, gritted his teeth and said, "In addition, they seem to have found that the airship has cast several planes!" ”

"Ahh Aircraft carrier in the air!? The Americans turned out to have such weapons. ”

When Yamamoto and the others heard the news, they were all stunned, it seems that the Hawker 3 planes that are now coming to harass the Japanese fleet were launched by these flying aircraft carriers, although they will not cause any losses to the Japanese fleet, but this kind of harassment will still seriously interfere with the operations of the Japanese aircraft carriers.

"Damn, you should send a fighter to kill it right away!"

"Except for the Soryu, the rest of the motherships bombed Kauai as originally planned, and separately notified the Marine Corps and Army to prepare for landing within 24 hours."

As soon as Yamamoto gave the order, the Kuroshima Kameto next to him asked, "Commander, what about the Americans' flying aircraft carriers?" ”

"Never mind, a few airships don't have much attack value, our goal is to take all of Hawaii!" Yamamoto fifty-six paused, frowned slightly, and said: "But this idea is not bad, the flying aircraft carrier should be carefully studied by the military industry ・・・・・・." ”