s: Sorry, I'm confused.
The serial numbers of the first two chapters are wrong.
They should be Chapter 331 and Chapter 332.
Still asking for votes William II's big move of "launching satellites" was really unexpected, but it was indeed an excellent move.
This impressed Wen Desi and others.
It must be said that it still takes a lot of courage to be willing to let the territory you have conquered become independent, and this kind of courage is not possessed by every ruler.
For example, the reason why the Austro-Hungarian Empire became the main enemy is because they were too greedy and occupied too much territory, which far exceeded their digestion capacity.
As a result, these territories are not only unable to digest and become their own strength, but also become a huge hidden danger and unstable factor in the country.
Not only do they have no effect, but they also take up a lot of resources to maintain stability.
But this time once Germany and Austria released the "satellite", the situation was completely different.
Those independent countries would only be grateful to the Allies.
In order to ensure their hard-won independent status, they would willingly work for the Allies.
In particular, Germany and Austria also took out the occupied Belarus as a reward and divided it among these new countries.
Taking this benefit, even if they had a big feud with the bear, they could not help but work hard.
Moreover, Germany and Austria not only released five satellites this time, they also used part of Bessarabia and Moldova as bait to win over Romania.
This area is located in eastern Europe between the Dniester and Prut rivers, covering an area of 44,000 square kilometers, and its capital is Kishinov.
In ancient times, it was part of the province of Dacia in the Roman Empire.
Most of the residents were Romanians and spoke Romanian.
In 1812, Tsarist Russia captured this area through victory in the Turkish War.
Later in history, it changed hands several times between Romania and Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union.
This territory can be said to be Romania's heartache.
For many years, Romanians have dreamed of regaining this territory.
Therefore, in response to the Allies' "good intentions", they boarded the Allies' ships without hesitation.
Therefore, Wen Desi said with emotion: "I have to say that Wei Er really made the right move.
Whether it was a mistake or a deliberate move, this move is really wonderful.
The situation on the front line was suddenly revived.
Not only was the Eastern Front revived, but it also gained several allies, mainly Poland and Russia.
Ukraine and Romania are also medium-sized countries.
Although Ukraine has only half the population now, it still has more than 15 million people, which is equivalent to Turkey.
Moreover, whether it is Poland, Ukraine or the three Baltic countries, they are all very capable.
Now the Allies have received another batch of strong reinforcements."
Zhang Lizheng said: "It is true.
Although this approach is a bit weird, the effect is really very good.
Although the people in the occupied places were originally hostile to Russia, they had no sense of identification with the Allies, and could even be said to be hatred.
For example, Talking about the partitioned Poland, the Allies not only received no help in these lands, but also had to invest a lot of energy in maintaining stability.
However, Wei Er's coup was equivalent to getting rid of the original burden, and in turn, it took away the burden.
Several countries have completely embraced it.”
"Indeed, it must be admitted that Wei Er played this trick very well.
What he lost was only the land that nominally belonged to Germany but could not bring any benefits.
However, he took full control of the initiative on the Eastern Front and also attracted a large number of people.
Cannon fodder with high morale.
This is giving up fame for real benefits.
Let me see."
As Xinjie spoke, he clicked on his handheld computer to check the information and said: "Oh, the current population of Poland is 25.5 million, Romania has nearly 9 million, and the three Baltic countries have a total population of about 4 million.
This time the independent Ukraine is the Dnieper River In the western part, the population is about 17.5 million.
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Not counting Belarus, they have also increased their effective population by 56 million.
In this way, they can organize at least 3 million troops.
In addition to defending Russia, they can dispatch at least 1.5 million people to the Western Front.
In this way, The problem of insufficient troops of the Allies can be greatly alleviated.”
Army Commander-in-Chief Rossi interjected: "But Italy among the Allied Powers is about to be destroyed.
If the Japanese fight harder, Italy will probably make peace."
The Italian battlefield can be regarded as the only bright spot of the Allied Powers on the Western Front.
Because Italy was drugged, the Japanese army suffered serious losses during the attack on Milan.
Although they captured Milan at the end of March, they also suffered heavy losses, and then the Japanese army stopped to rest.
Afterwards, Italy launched several counterattacks, but they were all repulsed.
By September, Akiyama Yoshiko received additional troops from the mainland, as well as 4 new divisions and 2 aviation brigades, as well as 12 colonial divisions from the Allied Powers.
In this way, the strength of his troops expanded to ten Japanese divisions and sixteen colonial divisions.
And among the Japanese troops who came for reinforcements this time, there was also the newly formed ace unit, the First Tank Division.
This is Japan's first armored division.
The formation of this division is based on similar units from China, Britain, France, Germany and other countries.
It is quite large, equipped with nearly 300 tanks, more than 60 self-propelled artillery, and more than 300 armored vehicles. .
Most of these armored vehicles are imported from China, and a small number are imitated by them after introducing drawings and patent authorizations such as the "Wolverine".
The division commander of the 1st Chariot Division is Lieutenant General Shirakawa Yoshinori.
This man is Akiyama's old schoolmate and a close friend.
Shirakawa Yoshinori was able to become the commander of the chariot division this time because of Akiyama Yoshikou's strong recommendation.
Akiyama's reason for recommending him was, of course, not "This is my die-hard brother, he is obedient and can be commanded easily."
According to Akiyama, Shirakawa is the only living Japanese general who participated in the "Tangpu Armored Battle", and he also has rich experience in "fighting" with German tanks.
Well, it was actually the experience of being beaten.
When Shirakawa-san was on the Western Front, he fought with German tanks dozens of times.
Every time, he was defeated and disgraced.
Several major generals with him were also killed. , but he has been living well.
This is naturally a sign of "experience", otherwise he should go to see Amaterasu.
No matter whether this reason is far-fetched or not, Akiyama has to give him the honor of being ancient.
After all, he now has a string of shining titles on his head, such as "God of War", "Tiger of the Apennines", "Conqueror of Milan" and so on.
Although the Japanese military bosses were interested in arranging for a certain "second-generation noble" to be the division commander, they had to make concessions considering Akiyama's factors.
In the end, Shirakawa Yoshinori was made the commander of the chariot division, and the "second generation noble" was transferred to the infantry division.
After obtaining sufficient troops, Akiyama Yoshiko launched another offensive at the end of September.
This time, the Allied forces were divided into two groups.
One group was led by Yoshiko Akiyama, who led six Japanese divisions, eight colonial divisions and an aviation brigade to attack Brescia.
On the other side, Shirakawa Yoshinori led four Japanese divisions, eight colonial divisions and an aviation brigade to attack Genoa.
Although the Italians are a bit useless, with the help of the second generation of the Source of Courage, the combat effectiveness they unleash is still considerable.
Akiyama Yoshigu's attack met with stubborn resistance.
After capturing Brescia, he was already exhausted and stopped at Lake Garda.
The densely populated Po River Plain also caused a headache for the Japanese, so they stopped moving west of the Po River.
However, Shirakawa Yoshinori's journey to the south went very smoothly.
No matter how much medicine the Italians took, they could not become Transformers.
Under the attack of armored tanks, they were defeated one after another.
Shirakawa Yoshinori made great progress and captured Genoa, Parma and Bologna.
By October 27, Shirakawa had already reached the front lines of Florence and Pisa.
Only then did he stop the attack and switch to defense under the order of Akiyama Yoshino.
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In this battle, the Entente occupied the entire northwest of Italy, which was almost equivalent to a quarter of mainland Italy, and almost cut Italy in half.
If the Japanese hadn't stopped on their own, they might have rushed to Rome.
In this nearly month-long battle, a total of 300,000 troops sent by Italy and Austria-Hungary for reinforcements were killed, more than 400,000 wounded, and 120,000 captured.
The losses of the Japanese were not small.
A total of 240,000 people were killed, of which more than 60,000 Japanese were killed, 160,000 were injured, and more than 4,000 were captured.
They were also injured.
Especially those colonial divisions, all suffered more than half of the casualties, and the casualty rate of some divisions even reached 80%.
Of course, the Japanese themselves did not have a hard time, with the number of casualties reaching 130,000, which was also extremely miserable.
This kind of drug-intoxicated battle is particularly cruel.
Soldiers on both sides can fight to the death while the drug is taking effect, so it is rare that the dead exceed the wounded.
However, after this battle, both sides couldn't bear it anymore, so now everyone stopped to lick their wounds.
Xin Jie smiled and said: "Hehehe, don't worry.
In my opinion, the Japanese will definitely not take the initiative to attack again in a short time.
With the virtue of the Japanese, they occupy so many wealthy places, they will definitely be in There was a lot of looting going on in the area, and they wouldn’t move unless they scratched the ground.”
Wen Desi gloated and said with a smile: "The Italians are really unlucky this time.
The northwest region is their main industrial area.
If they are attacked by the Japanese locust army, there will probably be nothing left.
Even if it is taken back in the future, The industrial level of these places will probably go back twenty years, and this is all what they asked for.
Who told them to overestimate their capabilities and join the war, but they still joined the Allies?
They really deserve to be unlucky."
Cam Ranh Bay, Cam Ranh District, Qingning City, Annan Province.
Qing Ninh City is the Khanh Hoa and Ninh Thuan provinces of Vietnam in the original time and space.
New China in this dimension snatched most of French Indochina from France during the Annan War in 1911.
Originally, this place was under the jurisdiction of Guangxi Province and was divided into two counties, Qinghe and Ninh Thuan.
After Annan Province was officially established in January 1917, Qingning City was established and redivided into three counties and two districts.
As long as future generations know the importance of Cam Ranh Bay, Wen Desi is no exception.
After New China obtained Cam Ranh Bay, it regarded it as an important military port and naval base.
In order to strengthen the construction of the area, more than 50,000 people were relocated from the mainland, and Cam Ranh District was specially established, under the direct jurisdiction of the Qingning Municipal Government.
The topography of Cam Ranh Bay is very good.
The harbor is 17 kilometers inland.
It is formed by two peninsulas into two gourd-shaped inner and outer bays.
The inner harbor of Cam Ranh covers an area of 60 square kilometers, has a water depth of 116 meters, and the bay mouth is only 1,300 meters wide.
The outer harbor is flat, with a water depth of 1,022 meters, the bay mouth is about 4,000 meters wide, and the water depth outside the mouth is more than 30 meters.
The water depth can berth ships of more than 100,000 tons.
Due to the deep water and wide bay, hundreds of large warships of 10,000 tons, including super-dreadnoughts, can be berthed in the harbor.
It is considered to be one of the best natural deep-water harbors in the world.
Moreover, the port has a narrow entrance and difficult terrain, making it easy to defend.
It is also located on an important waterway connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
It has extremely important strategic value and is known as the first military port in Asia.
After several years of construction, the current Cam Ranh Bay has not only undergone large-scale expansion and dredging, and added piers, but also built many new maintenance docks and slipways on the west bank of the inner harbor, and built a new one on the Cam Ranh Peninsula on the east side of the harbor.
A large military airport, there is also a large early warning radar station and remote communication station.
The French had built a large number of forts here in the past.
After China took over, they completely modernized these forts and installed 360 mm and 390 mm heavy fortress guns.
The anti-aircraft firepower has also made revolutionary progress.
The entire Cam Ranh Bay port area has been fortified.
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In China's establishment, Cam Ranh Bay is placed under the jurisdiction of the South China Sea Fleet, and about half of the ships of the South China Sea Fleet are stationed here for a long time.
But everyone knows that the main force of the Chinese Navy is the Pacific Task Force, and almost 80% of the new large ships are there.
The three sea fleets have all become second-line troops.
They usually do chores such as cruising, fishing protection, anti-piracy, and training new recruits.
They are almost becoming maritime armed police, so the ships equipped with them are all old goods.
In the past few years, the South China Sea Fleet still had two pre-dreadnoughts and a few cruisers to support the appearance.
However, since Wen Desi’s clearance sale, the remaining ones are basically small and medium-sized ships.
The largest combat ships are two 8000-meter ships.
The ton-class "Minjiang-class" light cruisers and ships exceeding 10,000 tons are all auxiliary ships such as landing ships and supply ships.
But at this time, Cam Ranh Bay is already full of large warships.
All fifteen battleships and five aircraft carriers of the Chinese Navy are all here, in addition to hundreds of cruisers, destroyers and frigates.
There are also numerous amphibious ships and various auxiliary ships.
On the Huangshan heavy cruiser, Li Ang said to the political commissar with a puzzled look on his face: "Lao Lu, what do you think the higher-ups are planning to do?
Almost the entire Chinese Navy is here.
You see, even those temporarily modified aircraft carriers are here.
It is said to be an exercise, but why does it require such a large-scale exercise and even Vice Premier Yuan came here?
He is in charge of the new territory.
If it is an exercise, what does he need to do?"
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