Expedition to Europe

When Xu Zhenpeng landed in Keelung, Greif was also organizing the landing in Hokkaido.

In fact, just three days ago, the Northern Xinjiang Military Region began organizing air strikes on Hokkaido.

Compared with the Japanese, Lanfang's biggest advantage now is the air force. Since he has an advantage, he must maximize the advantage as much as possible. He must not be a woman's benevolence and use his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points. What a tragedy.

The Japanese fleet going north was indeed wiped out in the "Battle of Ningbeigang", but the Japanese Navy still has some foundation after all. It even has the last battleship "Kirishima". This pair still uses destroyers and submarines. The Northern Xinjiang Fleet is a huge threat. Until this threat is eliminated, all actions of the Northern Xinjiang Fleet will be restricted.

Compared with jet aircraft, propeller aircraft are indeed lagging behind, but propeller aircraft have the advantage of propeller aircraft, that is, they do not have high requirements for airports.

The bombers equipped by Lanfang can take off smoothly as long as they are on flat land, even on grass. As long as there are no potholes, Lanfang's airport can be built anywhere.

Therefore, as the war on Sakhalin Island progressed, Lanfang's airport continued to advance southward, all the way to the southernmost tip of Sakhalin Island.

In fact, bombers taking off from here can already directly bomb Tokyo if they do not consider returning.

Bombing Tokyo is a huge temptation for all bomber pilots. It can be said that if Lan Fang wanted to set up a death squad now, it would not be difficult to form a bomber formation flying directly to Tokyo.

However, Qin Zhiyuan is not that crazy yet, and Chen Kangjian is still reasonable, so the air force's combat scope is still limited to Hokkaido for the time being.

This is much simpler. Even the southernmost tip of Hokkaido is only 500 kilometers away from the airport on Sakhalin Island. Lanfang's bombers can cover the entire territory of Hokkaido.

In fact, Hokkaido does not have many valuable strategic goals. Before 1869, Hokkaido was not even called Hokkaido, its name was Ezo Land.

"Ezo" refers to the Ainu people, the indigenous people of Hokkaido, so the Ainu people are also called Ezo people by the Japanese.

In 1869, the Japanese government established the Shokan Tribunal in Hokkaido and renamed the Ezo Land to Hokkaido. This began its direct rule over Hokkaido. At the same time, in 1890, a large number of Japanese talents entered Hokkaido to develop Hokkaido.

Counting the time, the Japanese have carried out large-scale development of Hokkaido only in the past twenty or thirty years.

Twenty or thirty years, that is, a generation. The old generation is not dead yet, and the new generation has become the backbone of society. There is still hope of separating Hokkaido from Japan. If it takes a few more decades, it will be It will become a fait accompli.

Strip!

I have to say that Lan Fang's game of chess is indeed big enough.

Korsakov, this is the largest port in southern Sakhalin Island in the 21st century, but after Lanfang occupied the entire Sakhalin Island, it got a better name - Lelang.

In Lelang currently, about 13,000 Japanese are building a large-scale port, which will become the military port of Lanfang Navy in the future.

These 13,000 Japanese are all Japanese soldiers captured in the Battle of Keyai. In the future, this number may further increase.

Lan Fang was never cruel. If the Japanese soldiers laid down their weapons, Lan Fang would not be able to kill them all.

Sakhalin is not the Kanto region of the Republic of China. There are no Republic of China people living here, which means there is no such thing as committing evil. If you don’t seek death, you won’t die.

Not all Japanese are loyal to the emperor, even during World War II in another time and space, when the Japanese worship of the Japanese emperor had reached its extreme, when the Americans attacked Okinawa and the Japanese were completely defeated, After the Japanese army was ordered to massacre the locals in Okinawa, some Japanese soldiers laid down their weapons and surrendered.

There were indeed many traitors in the Republic of China, but there were also many "Japanese traitors" in Japan. In this regard, all ethnic groups are the same.

Just next to Lelang, a huge airport is under emergency construction, and it is here that Greif directs Lanfang's army to prepare to land in Hokkaido.

At the same time, the Air Force was patrolling above Hokkaido, attacking any valuable targets, including the Japanese Eighth and Ninth Divisions that were already preparing defenses in Hokkaido.

The situation is somewhat similar to that of Yingzhou. Although there are many ports in Hokkaido, there are not many places suitable for landing, and they are all concentrated in the southwest. It is not easy for Greif to find a suitable landing site.

Fortunately, the 11th and 9th Divisions preparing to land were not armored divisions and did not have many heavy weapons, which made the landing much easier.

"Reconnaissance planes have been conducting reconnaissance in the nearby waters and found no trace of the Imp's warships mobilizing. Lao Bao and the others are ready to attack at any time. As long as the Kirishima dares to come out, he will not be able to go back..." Chief of Staff Xiong Enhua Reporting to Greif.

Griffith just nodded out of habit and didn't say much.

Xiong Enhua was not affected by Greif and continued his reporting work: "The Ninth Division has boarded the ship from Ningbei Port and will arrive at Lelang Outer Port tomorrow morning. At that time, it will join our Eleventh Division and land in Hokkaido together. The destroyers The team has been dispatched to ensure the safety of the Soya Strait waterway in the past two days..."

Greif still didn't speak.

To be honest, having a boss like Griffin would be a headache for many people, because if the leader does not express his opinions, the subordinates will be at a loss. Of course, if we look at it from another perspective, this will also make the subordinates work diligently to avoid mistakes, which guarantees the enthusiasm of the subordinates.

"Lao Shi has some opinions about you not letting the 18th Division go to Hokkaido. I heard that Lao Shi whipped the whip a little fiercely on the construction site these two days..." Xiong Enhua and Griffin are also old acquaintances, and they would tease Griffin from time to time.

"Go and scold him!" Griffin finally spoke, and his language style was still concise enough: "If he has a chance to go, we have to hurry up."

It is necessary to hurry up. The Lan Fang's crushing annihilation of the Japanese fleet to the south and the fleet to the north has shocked the ignorant crowd. The Americans and the British almost simultaneously proposed to mediate the war, and their attitude was quite firm.

This is easy to understand. Just as the Americans and the British did not want the Japanese fleet to attack Coconut City, the Americans and the British also did not want the Lan Fang people to completely defeat Japan.

Moreover, the ability shown by Lan Fang in this war has made the Americans and the British feel threatened enough. The Americans and the British must restrict Lan Fang in order to ensure the so-called balance in East Asia.

The original text can be read in Liu # 9 @Book/Bar!

"Restriction? The current Lan Fang cannot be restricted by the British and Americans." Qin Zhiyuan, sitting on the tower, was full of confidence.

Like the Black Swan Castle in Paris, the Black Swan Castle in Penglai Island also has a tower, which is Qin Zhiyuan's favorite place to stay.

"Lan Fang's potential is indeed sufficient, but it cannot be compared with old powers such as Britain and the United States. It should be conceded when it is time, but before that, the Japanese must pay a sufficient price." Louis Renault, who was a little reluctant to leave Lan Fang, maintained the same front with Qin Zhiyuan and also put forward his own opinions appropriately.

France and Lan Fang are now allies. When Lan Fang declared war on Japan, France also declared war on Japan.

Of course, the French did not perform well in this war, but this did not prevent the French from gaining some benefits after the war. Even if the French did only declare war, they should also gain something for this friendship.

"Sooner or later, the British and Americans will pay the price for their balance." William III, who will return to Europe tomorrow, began to draw circles.

As the German emperor, William III could not stay in Lanfang for a long time. Although William III and Cecilia liked the sunshine and beaches of Lanfang, Germany made William III more concerned. Even if William III was not happy, he had to return to Germany to embrace the cold and damp.

William III's trip was not in vain. While William III was busy building relations with Qin Zhiyuan, Prince Marx was busy negotiating conditions with Huang Bohan. After nearly a month, Prince Marx signed a series of agreements on behalf of Germany and Huang Bohan, covering light industry, heavy industry, mineral resources and other aspects. Although Huang Bohan was concerned about the alliance with France and had not yet developed to the level of alliance with Germany, it was almost the same as an ally when there was no war involved.

Germany's industrial strength is indeed strong, but Germany also has shortcomings. The market for industrial products is one aspect, and industrial raw materials are another.

Lan Fang's industrial base is just starting now, but the starting point is very high. After all, Lan Fang almost moved the German factories directly here. Once all of Lan Fang's factories are completed, Lan Fang will have strong industrial strength.

Lan Fang was originally an important raw material production base in Europe, especially rubber and oil, two important industrial raw materials, which have always had a large output. After owning the iron ore in the Pilbara region of Australia, Lan Fang has already grown up.

Maintaining a good relationship with Lan Fang is the most important task of William III, even more important than repaying the 10 billion pounds of compensation for the world war.

"East Asia is now out of balance. Only one country is destined to rise here. Now it seems that it can only be Lan Fang." No matter what, Qin Zhiyuan must completely destroy Japan's hope of rising.

"The British and Americans will not sit and watch Japan being annexed by Lan Fang, so you have to be restrained and don't overly stimulate the British and Americans." Louis Renault is clear-headed.

"Who said I want to annex Japan? Aren't we negotiating? Since the conditions have not been agreed yet, the war will still have to be fought." Qin Zhiyuan pretended to be innocent.

"I would not agree to the conditions you proposed!" Louis Renault was disdainful.

Conditions... Yes, this is a good opportunity for blackmail.