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Chapter 170 The Last Barrier

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    At 5 o'clock in the evening on July 5, 1941, when more than 100,000 Northeastern officers and soldiers were violently sweeping away the remnants of the Japanese army on the Ryukyu Islands with the force of autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, Zhang Xueliang, who was far away in the Commander's Mansion in Shenyang, received a letter from  Telegraphs from the African continent across the Indian Ocean.  The telegram was sent by Lieutenant General Chu Qiming, commander-in-chief of the Northeastern Army¡¯s North African Expeditionary Force. The content of the telegram was concise and comprehensive:

    "Dear Commander-in-Chief, at this moment, I solemnly report to you that the Egyptian campaign is over. We and the Axis Allied Forces have quelled all resistance actions by the British Commonwealth Army and the 'Free French' Army on the African continent.  Scattered harassment and guerrillas cannot shake our victory. From now on, the Axis Alliance is the true master of the African continent."

    Zhang Xueliang let out a long breath, and the critical burden hanging in his heart was finally put down.  Zhang Xueliang stood up and stared at the world map on the wall, with the British Isles hanging out in northwest Europe. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "British Empire, your final day of destruction has come."

    By this time in the Second World War, the war power and war potential of the China-Germany-Italy Axis Alliance had far exceeded that of the British Commonwealth Group, and its overwhelming advantage also determined an overwhelming and inevitable victory.  On June 22, the Axis African Corps captured Egypt's most important port, Alexandria, in one fell swoop; on the 25th, the Egyptian capital Cairo and more than a dozen large-scale bombing raids in the Nile Delta, including Helwan, Giza, and Shubrahme,  Cities and important fortresses also fell into the hands of the Axis coalition forces one after another; on the evening of the 26th, the 108th Light Armored Division and the 45th Armored Brigade of the Northeastern Army of China, with the assistance of the Northeastern Army's Arabian Sea Fleet, were invincible.  The city of Suez and Port Said were captured, completely blocking the access to the Suez Canal, cutting off sea lanes between India, Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth member states and the British mainland; on the 29th, German Marshal Erwin Rommel commanded 20  The elite Axis forces of multiple divisions marched forward and attacked bravely, quickly seizing Mansoura, Greater Mahale, Tanta and other hinterland towns in the Nile Delta. The main forces of the British Commonwealth Army, the 8th Group Army and the 13th Group Army  The remnants of the army were routed and defeated, and they retreated to the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, abandoning their armor and armor.

    On July 1, Marshal Rommel and Lieutenant General Chu Qiming joined forces. Under the strong cover of more than 800 bombers and more than 1,600 tanks and armored vehicles, the Chinese, German and Italian forces totaling 250,000 were unstoppable.  Rolling towards the Sinai Peninsula; at the same time, China's Northeastern Army's Southwest Asia Expeditionary Force, under the command of Major General Lu Zhengcao and Major General Zhang Xueming, assembled four Northeastern local field divisions, six Iraqi divisions, six Arab divisions, and four Iranian divisions.  division and two Turkish divisions, with a total of about 240,000 troops, more than 300 fighter planes and more than 420 tanks, they vigorously cooperated with the Axis African Corps in a north-south pincer attack, and together they rushed towards the huddled Sinai Peninsula and Palestine with great momentum.  The British Commonwealth Army and the remnants of the "Free French" Army in the area.

    July 5, around 10:30 a.m. local time.  After five days and five nights of bloody fighting and brutal street battles, the 250,000 Commonwealth troops and a small number of "Free French" troops who retreated to Jerusalem were wiped out by the Axis coalition forces, killing more than 55,000 people and 4 British soldiers.  The entire local division was wiped out, with countless wounded soldiers.  Lieutenant General Brian Hawkes, commander-in-chief of the British 13th Army, was killed by a rocket fired by a German helicopter gunship on the night of the 4th; Lieutenant General O'Wollis, commander-in-chief of the 30th Army, was on the front line  While supervising the battle, he was shot and killed by a sniper from the Northeast Army.  At this time, the British army, which was surrounded by heavy siege, had no fighting spirit and its morale was extremely depleted. All ministries surrendered to the Axis Allied Forces in large numbers.  Seeing that the entire army was besieged on all sides and running out of ammunition and food, General Claude Auchinleck, the commander-in-chief of the British Commonwealth Army, was in desperation. After much hesitation, he sent a farewell message to Buckingham Palace in London: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty.  Mr. Prime Minister, at this moment I have tried my best and tried my best, but the war situation in North Africa and the Middle East has indeed lost any hope and vitality. Unfortunately, we are already in the position of the Axis Powers and the Axis  We are caught in the dragnet of the Chinese army. We have no reinforcements, no food, no ammunition, let alone the confidence to win and the courage to persevere; while the enemy's tanks, aircraft, artillery, and warships are constantly taking us away every minute and every second.  The lives of the soldiers, with all due respect, if our army continues to resist, there is only a dead end. I have no way out and no choice. For the sake of God, please His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister forgive me for my cowardice."

    Subsequently, General Claude Auchinleck issued an order for the entire army to "lay down their arms and surrender"; at this point, the North African War finally came to an end.

    At 10:50 a.m., more than a dozen frustrated senior British generals, including General Auchinleck, Lieutenant General Cunningham and others, staggered out of the underground bunkers in the city and joined more than 200,000 British Commonwealth soldiers.  Army soldiers walking together with hands raised??There needs to be a conflict of interest with the Philippines occupied by the United States; but if the Axis powers annex Canada, then the vast areas in the north of the United States and the southern countries will all become the enemy's sphere of influence (Mexico is the nominal axis at this time)  Members of the Axis Powers. Historically, the United States' war of aggression against Mexico caused Mexico to lose nearly half of its territory, so the national hatred between the United States and Mexico was very strong; and the countries in Central America were also targets of the Axis Powers), and they were trapped in a pincer attack.  The bad situation during the encirclement will inevitably force the United States to participate in the war with all its strength; what's more, Zhang Xueliang does not believe that the rapid expansion of the Axis group in the world and the sharp expansion of comprehensive strength at this time have not caused the president in a wheelchair to  Be vigilant; he thought, if the Northeast Army continues to sweep across the East and annexes the entire Oceania and Western Pacific, will the United States continue to watch the fire from across the shore and stay out of the matter?  In a sense, Britain is the last eastern barrier that prevents Germany from attacking the United States, while Japan is the last western barrier that prevents China's Northeastern Army from threatening the United States, although these three countries are not openly aligned.  However, if these two barriers are completely shattered by the Axis Powers, will the Americans who are exposed to the two oceans of the Axis Powers continue to be calm?  It's like if the neighbors have been robbed, then who will believe that the robbers have robbed enough and will not attack themselves.  But in addition to the United States, there is another behemoth in the world, and it is also a generational enemy that China must fight to the death - the Soviet Union.

    "Yes, the final showdown between the Axis Alliance and the Soviet Union and the United States is getting closer and closer, and the real great war is coming." Zhang Xueliang said secretly in his heart.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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