Chapter 928: War is imminent (1/2)

Chapter 928: War is urgent

As the first batch of new bullets were delivered to the Balkan battlefield in Europe, the war between European countries became more brutal.

After the countries tore their faces apart, they used the forbidden weapons that were originally banned, with the sole purpose of causing greater damage to the enemy.

Under such a background, the casualties borne by the countries in launching battles were even greater, and the number of casualties was also rising.

More importantly, the Germans tasted the sweetness of it. They quickly discovered the wonders of the enemy's bullet design and used them on a large scale in their own weapons and equipment.

After the Germans used a large number of more lethal weapons, as the main target of the German attack, the Russians became the one who bore everything.

In the offensive of Germany and Russia, a large number of weapons were used in the attack on Smolensk. The Germans dispatched nearly 800,000 troops in this battle, and the Russian troops responsible for defending Vitebsk and Smolensk also had more than 500,000.

Both sides invested more than 1.3 million troops in this offensive and defensive battle, and the results were so tragic that they could not be described at all.

On the German side, more than 200,000 people were lost in this battle, and hundreds of tanks and hundreds of aircraft were destroyed.

The Russians were even worse off. The reserve army that was finally mobilized was almost wiped out, and only less than 100,000 of the 500,000 troops stationed were evacuated to Moscow in the rear.

On June 3, 1937, the German Southern Army Group successfully captured Kiev and completed its initial main offensive.

After that, the Southern Army Group was divided into two routes. The first route went north to Moscow along the northeast direction and joined the Central Army Group.

The second route went south along the river, with the goal of occupying the entire Ukrainian region and advancing the front to Sudalingrad.

As for the German Northern Army Group, it has now surrounded St. Petersburg and captured the surrounding Luga and Novgorod.

Judging from the situation on the battlefield in Eastern Europe, the German army is in a very good situation. The Russian army was retreating step by step. Even if Russia had mobilized millions of troops, it still could not stop the German army's attack.

More importantly, from the time Germany launched the surprise attack to now, the German army has lost less than 400,000 soldiers, which is almost the strength of an army group.

The Russians are much more miserable. The Western Front, which was almost annihilated before, plus the losses of several other routes, the death toll alone has exceeded one million, and the total casualties have approached 2 million.

Before the outbreak of the war, the German army vowed that it did not have the courage to attack Russia's Sudalin, and now it can only frantically mobilize soldiers to form the Moscow defense line.

From a geographical point of view, Moscow is already in the center of Russia's Eastern Europe. Because of the importance of Moscow, the Russian army has no place to retreat.

In the future, except for Sudalingrad, almost no German city can have the ability to have a temporary capital.

If Moscow is lost, it will not only hit the confidence of the Russian military and civilians in resistance, but also the influence of the Russian government.

Starting from June 5, the Russian army mobilized the forces of two army groups to protect its capital Moscow.

The media is also constantly publishing news reports, and various remarks about "Russia is big, but Moscow is behind us." are constantly being published, with the aim of making the Russian people more firmly support this war.

The good news is that the Germans do not intend to capture Moscow immediately.

After occupying Smolensk, the German army did not rush eastward, but occupied cities such as Roslavl and Bryansk to the south, completely forcing the Russian army to retreat to the rear.

In this way, the road to Moscow for the Southern Army Group was also opened, and the Germans' purpose was also obvious, that is, they wanted to gather the three major army groups to encircle Moscow.

The crisis in Russia made the Russian government see the situation clearly, at least they were no longer so blindly confident in themselves.

In addition to actively forming the Moscow defense line, the Russian government also frequently contacted Britain and France, asking Britain and France to attract the attention of the German army on the battlefield in Western Europe, and it would be best to contain a group of German troops to come back for assistance.

Do Britain and France want to attract the attention of the German army at this time? In fact, they still want to.

But the problem is that the actions of the German and Italian armies in Tunisia and Algiers left the French unprepared.

Coupled with the involvement of Spain, the French North African Corps lost important coastal areas of North Africa such as Tunisia, Constantine and Oran in a short period of time.

As of June 1937, the only coastal area of ​​North Africa under French control was Algiers in the middle.

The Spanish army had even reached Casablanca in Morocco, and seemed to have a tendency to reoccupy Morocco.

Under such circumstances, it was obviously a bit difficult for the French to take out at least one million troops to counterattack Germany.

For the current French army, keeping the North African colonies is the top priority. Even if Paris is occupied, as long as the Germans are driven away in the future, Paris will still belong to France.

But if the North African colonies are occupied by Germany, even if all these Germans are driven away in the future, the North African colonies may not return to the embrace of France.

If the North African colonies are lost, even if the war is won, it will definitely be a heavy blow to the French government.

Although France with only its homeland is still a great power, it has completely lost the right to compete for world hegemony, or even European hegemony.

France with only its homeland is at best a European power, and its path to expansion in any direction will be completely blocked.

At present, there are more than 2 million troops fighting a large-scale war in the Northwest African battlefield. The French have already mobilized nearly one million troops, of which more than 400,000 are genuine French people, and the remaining less than 600,000 are troops mobilized from various colonies.

The British have also mobilized less than 200,000 troops to help France. After all, the relationship between the British and French allies still exists, and helping the French is also the only choice for the British at present.

On the German, Italian and Western sides, the size of the German army remains at around 300,000. But it is these 300,000 German troops that have posed unimaginable threats and suppression to the millions of French troops.

In the case that most of the French army is a colonial army, this is like blood suppression, and it is also the real reason why the French army has been retreating step by step until now. In addition to the 300,000 German troops, there are also nearly 300,000 Spanish troops and 500,000 Italian troops fighting in Northwest Africa.

The purpose of the German army was only to distract the attention of Britain and France, while the purpose of Spain and Italy was to truly occupy the territory of Northwest Africa and expand their sphere of influence.

Before the war, both countries had colonies of a certain scale in Northwest Africa and North Africa, and they were adjacent to France's Northwest African colonies.

Morocco, which Spain had been thinking about day and night, and the Libyan colonies previously occupied by Italy are currently under the control of the French.

This resulted in the Spanish and Italian armies not being as powerful as the German army, but they still had a high will to fight.

On the contrary, the millions of French troops did not have such a strong desire to protect the North African colonies.

However, it is understandable that the French army could not even protect its own homeland, so how could it have the heart to protect the colonies in North Africa?

And the remaining colonial troops were not all from Northwest Africa, a large part of them came from West Africa and Central Africa, and even from North America.

It is better to expect these soldiers to not slander France too badly after surrendering to Germany than to expect them to guard the French colonies as if they were ready to die.

Faced with such a terrible European battlefield, even if the British had an extremely powerful navy, they could only sigh and say that they were powerless.

In the end, the British still set their sights on their ally, Australasia.

From the outbreak of the war to the present, in addition to paying attention to the European belligerents, the country that the British paid the most attention to should be Australasia.

There is no way, the potential that Australasia has currently exploded is absolutely worthy of any degree of attention from the British.

Especially after European media roughly estimated the economic scale of Australasia last year, the British raised their vigilance against Australasia to the highest level, second only to Germany, which is currently fighting.

There is no way around it. The economy of Australasia has surpassed that of the United Kingdom and is the second highest among all the great powers.

If we count the two major colonies of Australasia, the Philippines and Kalimantan, as well as the Kingdom of California and the United Kingdom of the West Coast within its sphere of influence, the economic scale within Australasia is already equal to that of Germany, which has currently annexed several powerful countries, and can also pose a threat to the Commonwealth.

What's more terrible is that the population size of Australasia is close to that of the UK, which means that Australasia has basically closed the gap in population.

Facing this superpower that has become the world's third largest economy, the world's top three military powers and the world's top three comprehensive strength in less than 40 years, British Prime Minister Churchill believes that his caution and fear are too late.

You know, Australasia's rapid development is still continuing, which is the most fatal for the British government.

Once Australasia's development continues, how long will it take for them to completely catch up with Britain and leave Britain far behind?

There is no definite answer to this question, but the question itself is something the British do not want to see at all.

Although Britain's hostility towards Australasia is not as deep as that of other countries, the British still have a certain pride in facing this country that was once just their colony.

If this country that was once just their colony is put on their head, doesn't it mean that all British governments have been incompetent since Australasia's independence?

Although the British were reluctant to let Australasia gain greater benefits in this war, the problem was that the current war had clearly exceeded the British expectations.

The British could only be forced to choose to let Australasia send more troops, and the price in return was that Britain had to make concessions in terms of interests.

Arthur was also concerned about the wars in Eastern Europe and North Africa. After learning that Russia and France were losing ground, Arthur knew that the British government would come to him sooner or later.

Especially under the premise that the United States has been destroyed, a small Great Lakes Republic cannot support Britain and France to win this war.

The only one who can support Britain and France is Australasia, and the British have no choice. Even if they know the threat of Australasia in the future, they can only give up some of their interests to Australasia unless they are willing to lose this war.

The war has continued until now, and the outcome of the defeat is very clear, that is, the colonies within the sphere of influence will be divided, and even the homeland is at risk of being divided.

After all, the investment of various countries in the war has been very huge, and the mobilized troops have already reached millions. Unless the Royal Navy, which Britain relies on, loses all its combat effectiveness, otherwise, the British will never surrender easily.

There is only one consequence of never surrendering, that is, you must pay all the costs to win this war.

On June 15, 1937, the Australasian government personally met with British Prime Minister Churchill.

This is the first time Churchill has come to Australasia since he became the British Prime Minister. His purpose of this trip is also only one, that is, to discuss with Australasia about increasing investment in the war.

The war between Australasia and the island countries has continued to this day, and the British are not unaware that Australasia is completely acting.

If Arthur wants to end the war, he can end it in a few months. But Arthur did not do so. The intention behind it is already very clear, that is, to sit back and watch the development of the European war and strive to maximize his own interests.

Seeing this famous figure in World War II again, Arthur was very relaxed at this time. At this time, Arthur had already grasped the absolute initiative. No matter who the diplomatic representative sent by Britain was, he could only fall into the passive party in this negotiation.

"Your Majesty, our war may fail." After seeing Arthur, Churchill immediately said to Arthur with a sad face, as if the war had already failed.

"Oh? Isn't the war still going on? I remember that you and France have millions of troops, plus the help of the Russian army, how can you not win this war?" Arthur pretended to be surprised and asked Churchill.

"Russia is retreating in the Eastern European battlefield, and the French army is also trapped in the African battlefield. Your Majesty, if we don't have any reinforcements, I am afraid that the Germans will dominate the whole of Europe, and the island countries will also control the entire Pacific with the help of Germany." Churchill made a shocking statement, trying to make Arthur understand the seriousness of the matter.

Arthur was naturally not fooled by Churchill's words. After Churchill finished speaking, Arthur asked back: "Don't you have millions of troops in Britain? If you put them into the battlefields in Africa and Eastern Europe, it should be able to help France and Russia ease the situation.

Moreover, according to the news from North America, there are at least hundreds of thousands of troops being trained on the east coast of North America. Can't these troops also be deployed to the European battlefield?"

Churchill nodded awkwardly, and was surprised by the intelligence agencies in Australasia.

Britain did train hundreds of thousands of troops on the east coast of North America, including many black people from North America. The condition offered by the British was that as long as they helped the British win the war, all black people who joined the army would obtain local legal household registration and become legal citizens recognized by several North American countries.

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