Chapter 321: Being courteous for nothing!
Budyonny led the armored forces to raid the rear of the Turkish army, inflicting heavy damage on the main force of the Turkish army in one fell swoop, shocking the world.

He then led the main force to withdraw from Persia and left.

This time the operation amazed everyone.

Without the Soviet army as a target, the frustrated Turkish army continued to move southward regardless of anything and tried to capture the Persian oil fields.

Just after driving away the tiger, a hungry wolf came.

There was no way out; the Persian natives were fighting the Turkish army again.

Now the three countries of Britain, the United States and Germany behind the scenes were completely speechless.

The German army in particular lost hundreds of tanks and many mercenaries, and their strategy of driving away the wolf and devouring the tiger was also destroyed.

They wanted the Turkish army to control their greed, but no one could give up the 40 billion barrels of oil in front of them.

Not to mention, Persia at this time was just a puppet that anyone could step on.

More importantly, at this moment, Britain, the United States and Germany were simply unable to take care of Persia's affairs.

As long as the Turkish army is not foolish, they will definitely not let go of this piece of fat meat.

It turns out that is indeed the case.

Britain and the United States could only watch as the Turkish army continued to wreak havoc in Persia, and they were powerless to do anything about Persia's request for help.

The exploitation of the North African oil fields made Britain and the United States realize that they had to do something.

Therefore, the plan to land in Morocco, which was originally postponed for a few months, has now been brought forward.

At this time, the entire Western Europe and the Mediterranean region to the south were controlled by Germany and Italy. The Allied forces had almost no foothold in Western Europe, and they also faced the danger of Germany and Italy rushing through the Middle East and advancing into South Asia to join Japan.

In order to retake the European continent and prevent Germany and Italy from advancing southward, the Allies decided to start from the Axis powers' weakest southern wing in Europe, first seize North Africa, then control the Mediterranean, and then advance to southern Europe and set foot on the land of the European continent.

As for the plan proposed by Fatty Qiu to land from the British Isles, it was directly rejected.

The Allies had to destroy the German oil fields in North Africa.

Then Morocco, the weakest country, would be the best place to land.

To this end, Britain and the United States gathered more than 1 coalition forces to land in Morocco in North Africa. Among them, the US st Mechanized Infantry Division landed in Oran, firing the first shot of the US military on the European battlefield.

The Moroccan defenders were no match for the British and American forces. They were beaten so badly that they had no power to fight back and could only watch the entire territory of Morocco being occupied.

When the news reached Cun Yunsheng, he was shocked for three full minutes.

He didn't expect that the situation would change so quickly. It was really beyond his imagination.

Originally this piece of history was going to happen at the end of the year, but who knew that because of the discovery of the oil field, it would happen earlier.

Moreover, according to the intelligence currently available, the US military will never open a second front in Europe unless it completely occupies the oil fields discovered by the German army.

"It's better to be a little more chaotic, it's better to be a little more chaotic." Cun Yunsheng came back to his senses, handed the telegram to Meng Fanle beside him, then stared at the map and muttered.

"Sir, this should be beyond your plan, right?" Meng Fanle was speechless after reading the telegram.

"Yes, I didn't expect that the Soviet army could resist the temptation and withdraw. There must be a master behind the Soviet army." Cun Yunsheng nodded, then said helplessly.

The German army’s strategy is very simple: put a piece of fat meat there, and it depends on whether you can hold on to it.

The Soviet army really couldn't help it. They thought it would be easy to capture the enemy, but who knew that Britain, the United States and Germany would support their own agents, causing the Soviet army to suffer a lot.

More importantly, the reinforced Turkish army caused great suffering to the Soviet army and even surrounded the Soviet army.

At this time, the Soviet army suddenly withdrew and handed this piece of fat meat to the Turkish army.

The purpose is to see whether the strengthened Turkish army can hold on to this piece of fat meat?

Obviously, the Turkish army ignored the German advice and headed straight for the oil fields.

The original cooperative relationship between the Persian army and the Turkish army ended instantly and they became enemies again.

It has to be said that the development of the situation was beyond their imagination.

Yesterday's ally, today's enemy.

Meng Fanle discovered that since stepping onto the international stage, his three perspectives have been completely refreshed.

"But it doesn't matter much. When the Turkish and Persian armies are in a stalemate, the Soviet army will definitely come back again. By then, I'm afraid the Soviet army will defeat Persia in one breath." Cun Yunsheng has reason to believe that the Soviet army's combat power at that time will probably shock everyone.

And now what he needs to do is to improve his strength.

At this time, the communications staff came in with a telegram.

"Sir, no, Sir, it's a telegram from General Stilwell." The communications officer showed joy on his face.

"Master?" Cun Yunsheng was still a little confused and didn't understand what it meant.

Meng Fan on the side looked at the other person in confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"General Stilwell sent a telegram officially appointing you as the chief of staff of the South China Sea Task Force, and you will serve as the Allied liaison officer, specifically responsible for all matters with the Allies." After the communications staff officer finished speaking, he immediately handed over the telegram.

After hearing this, Cun Yunsheng's head was still buzzing. After taking the telegram and reading it, it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

Is this another promotion?

Meng Fanle said congratulations.

"Sir, this Stilwell has promoted you again, but he is being so attentive to you for no reason. He must be a traitor or a thief. There must be something going on."

"Need I say more? It must be urging us to attack Luzon Island as soon as possible." Cun Yunsheng said casually.

Sure enough, as soon as the words were spoken, another telegram arrived.

At first glance, the signature is still Stilwell, and the content is similar to what Cun Yunsheng said, that is, the current anti-fascist situation is not optimistic.

Their Southeast Asian theater must set an example, completely eliminate the Japanese troops here, and boost the morale of the entire anti-fascist camp.

I have to say, Stilwell's words were really beautiful.

At least Cun Yunsheng didn't know how to refute.

Does he dare to say it's wrong?

"What should we do next?" Meng Fanle asked, trying not to smile.

"What else can we do? We must do something, but before that, we must let the Fourth War Zone speed up and capture Guangzhou as soon as possible, threaten Hong Kong, and draw the Japanese army's attention to the north. Only then can we take Luzon Island by surprise." Cun Yunsheng took a deep breath and then spoke again.

"Let Zhao He and Krupp prepare themselves. We may need their support when we attack Yangcheng next time."

"Ah?" Meng Fan was stunned. Is he going to interfere in the affairs of the Fourth War Zone?
"Commander Zhang is too careless. Does he think that three divisions can guarantee victory? Yangcheng is a city that the Japanese army attaches great importance to. They will never give it up easily. So once the Japanese army knows that they are in Yangcheng, they will definitely send reinforcements to support them regardless of the consequences. It is absolutely impossible for those three American-equipped divisions without heavy equipment to stop the Japanese army's counterattack."

"It just so happens that armored units are not needed in landing operations, so let them go to Yangcheng to play a role. The artillery regiment should also go to the battlefield for training. We have recruited so many artillerymen, but none of them have much experience in actual combat, so they also need to be tempered." Cun Yunsheng looked at the map and then made new arrangements.

"Yes." Meng Fanle had no objection to Cun Yunsheng's arrangement and nodded quickly.

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At the same time, most of the positions outside Yangcheng were garrisoned by puppet troops recruited from the local area. After all, for the Japanese army, it was too stressful to defend Yangcheng with just their limited force.

Therefore, those surrendered prisoners were incorporated into the Imperial Army.

At night, the Imperial Army, who had been tired all day, began to rest.

During this period, the Japanese army had no idea what was going on.

All the Imperial Army originally stationed in the city were driven out of the city and then built defensive positions.

So they had to dig positions during the day and stand guard at night, etc. All these hard work were given to them.

Over time, the Imperial Army got used to this way of life.

Little did they know that a great war was about to break out in Yangcheng!
At the north gate of Yangcheng, at the Japanese headquarters, Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka had not yet fallen asleep and was staring at the map.

Not long ago, the Chrysanthemum Agency sent us a piece of intelligence.

To be precise, this information was passed to the Ume Agency by intelligence personnel in Yamashiro.

Then the Plum Agency was transferred to the Chrysanthemum Agency.

The content of the intelligence was very brief, that is, the Fourth Army of the Fourth War Zone was frequently mobilized, and the 59th Division had disappeared.

According to inference, the target of the Fourth War Zone should be Guangzhou.

Originally, Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka did not believe it, but considering Wuzhou City and the fighter plane that appeared not long ago.

Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka had reason to believe this was true.

In other words, the Fourth War Zone has already colluded with the Sichuan Army.

That was the reason why he sent the Imperial Army in the city out to build and strengthen the positions during this period.

"Commander, the reconnaissance team we sent out has discovered the Chinese army and is expected to arrive outside Yangcheng tomorrow at the latest," said a lieutenant colonel who came up to Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka and bowed.

"Well, it seems that the information provided by the Mei Agency is accurate. No, it seems that the people in Yamaguchi do not want them to be able to recapture Yangcheng." Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka said.

"Hai!"

Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka immediately said: "Order all troops to strengthen their vigilance, and at the same time, have the 129th Division in Dongguan and Bao'an along the Guangzhou-Kowloon line and the 130th Division in Zhongshan and Jiangmen respectively dispatch two brigades to reinforce Guangzhou!"

"Hi Yi!"

It’s no wonder that he is so cautious. The main reason is that the garrison troops in Yangcheng are too few.

Apart from the 23rd Army Headquarters and its direct troops and most of the three independent infantry brigades, the 8th, 13th and 23rd, there were no decent troops at all.

But Guangzhou is not a small place, and there are many places that need to be defended.

Moreover, this time the Fourth War Zone mobilized the Fourth Army. He had heard of this unit before. It was a definitely an iron army with strong combat effectiveness.

After suffering two serious losses in a row, Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka naturally learned his lesson and would no longer be as stupid and careless as before.

Even if other areas can be lost, Guangzhou must not be lost.

Then Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka continued, "By the way, from now on, all the gun towers and sentries on the city walls must be monitored 24 hours a day. Once the Chinese enemy aircraft are found approaching, they must be notified in time so that our fighter planes can immediately engage them."

"Hi Yi!"

As the order was given, the Japanese soldiers immediately began to get busy.

The first thing the Japanese army did was to reinforce all the bunkers in the city, and at the same time reinforce the barricades in the east of the city.

The purpose is to engage in street fighting with the Chinese army if the situation is not right.

Therefore, the city’s defensive fortifications must be strengthened.

Not only that, checkpoints began to appear in all directions of Guangzhou and began to be deployed!
The function of these checkpoints is to detect the movements around them.

The defense work in Yangcheng began to proceed in an orderly manner.

On the other side, the 59th Division led by Zhang Deneng was marching towards Yangcheng at full speed.

The Japanese fighter planes that had been patrolling from time to time had now disappeared.

The main reason was that after the Sichuan Army's fighter planes escorted them, the Japanese fighter planes were like mice seeing a cat and did not dare to show up at all.

"Tell all troops to speed up. We have almost been discovered by the Japanese. There is no point in continuing to hide." Zhang Deneng said based on the intelligence obtained in the past two days.

"Yes."

"What about the progress of the other two divisions?" Zhang Deneng asked again.

"They were operating on both wings of our unit and recently encountered a small Japanese reconnaissance unit and wiped out a part of it," the combat staff immediately reported.

Hearing this, Zhang Deneng was not surprised. It was impossible for an army of tens of thousands of people to march without being exposed at all.

"Commander, should we stop the raid?" asked the operations officer.

"No, continue the attack. I promised Commander Zhang. How can we give up all our previous efforts? Wouldn't that be a disgrace to our Fourth Army?" Zhang Deneng shook his head and said.

"Don't forget, we were once an iron army."

This sentence made the operations staff silent.

Yes!

They were once an iron army.

"Report, the vanguard has discovered the Japanese position." At this time, the communications staff trotted to Zhang Deneng and reported.

"Let them capture the Japanese positions as soon as possible and tell all the troops that they will face a tough battle next." Zhang Deneng took a deep breath and spoke.

"Yes."

.........

"Major, you haven't slept yet? I think you should take a rest. The Chinese army won't arrive here for a while, and this is not the first time they have attacked Yangcheng in the past two years. I'm sure they will be fine." A captain under the 8th Independent Brigade came over and said in a low voice.

"Hey, Mr. Kawamoto, you're here." Major Jiro Murata praised when he saw the person coming.

"You are right. It is wishful thinking for the Chinese army to retake Yangcheng."

"Major, you are right. It is absolutely impossible for the Chinese to recapture Yangcheng." Captain Kawamoto said respectfully.

"However, we still cannot let our guard down. You know, these cunning Chinese will always appear in front of us in ways we can't imagine," Colonel Jiro Murata reminded.

"Hay."

"After we defeat the Chinese army this time, I will recommend you to become the captain of our team, so you have to work hard this time." Major Jiro Murata said again.

"Hai, thank you for your cultivation, Major. I will never forget your sincere advice." Captain Kawamoto said hurriedly.

"Well, I know your loyalty, don't worry." Jiro Murata was very satisfied with the other party's performance.

As soon as the words fell, a huge explosion was heard in the distance!
"boom……"

(End of this chapter)