Expedition to Europe

With the entry of Britain into the war, the Second World War was officially launched.

Although Germany was a defeated country in World War I, it still had enough influence in Northern Europe and Eastern Europe. After Germany announced its entry into the war, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary announced their entry into the war one after another. They all had a common enemy, Russia.

Lan Fang was facing pressure from Britain, France, and Italy.

It seemed that Lan Fang was under great pressure. The three countries of Britain, France, and Italy united, and their armies and warships accounted for more than half of the world. Although Lan Fang's army and air force had certain advantages, the advantages were not great, and the navy was at an absolute disadvantage.

In fact, the gap between the two sides was not big. Italy had been basically crippled by Lan Fang. If there was no help from Britain and France, as long as the western provinces completed the mobilization, Lan Fang could land in Sicily within two months. France did not work or make any effort. Although it had announced its participation in the war, the changes in the prime minister and the army minister had plunged French society into chaos, and the French army had no morale. Because of the departure of the logistics minister, the French army has not yet formulated a wartime guarantee mechanism, and even the logistics of the troops cannot be guaranteed, and the actual participation in the war is far away.

Only Britain is Lan Fang's real opponent.

After France declared war on Germany, Qin Zhiyuan took a special plane back to Lan Fang and sat in Sishui to personally command this decisive battle that determined the fate of the country.

After Britain announced its participation in the war, Qin Zhiyuan held the fourth special meeting in Sishui to formulate countermeasures against Britain's participation in the war.

Lan Fang has now begun to implement the wartime system. The most important changes have occurred in politics. In order to ensure the absolute control of the Lan Fang government over the country, the National Assembly was temporarily dissolved, and a war committee was established to lead Lan Fang in the decisive battle with Britain and France. Qin Zhiyuan personally served as the chairman of the war committee, and Lu Zhengxiang, Qin Zhisheng, Huang Bohan, and Liu Zizheng served as vice chairmen respectively.

Corresponding to the wartime system is the planned economy. After the wartime system was implemented, all of Lan Fang's civilian industries were transferred to military use. The huge production plan lasted until 1926. This was only part of the production plan. If the war was still not over by then, all of Lan Fang's factories would still work overtime and go all out. All the materials produced by the factories will be stored as strategic reserves. As for the losses caused by breach of contract, this is not within the scope of consideration of the War Committee. Lan Fang's largest economic entities are under the control of Qin Zhiyuan and Huang Bohan, and the biggest losses are also Qin Zhiyuan and Huang Bohan. At this time, it is impossible to calculate the losses. Once Lan Fang loses the war, everything will be meaningless.

From the moment of the declaration of war, Lan Fang terminated all foreign exports, especially strategic materials such as steel, oil, natural rubber, and medical equipment. After the wartime system began, all materials were stored in warehouses, and every expenditure had to be reviewed by the War Committee before it could be approved.

The Lan Fang military began to expand its army in 1924. The original plan was to expand the army from the current 1.2 million to 1.8 million within 1924. The outbreak of the war accelerated this progress. After Lan Fang declared war on Italy, all Lan Fang's reserve forces were transferred to active service. Twelve huge military camps were newly built in Jinzhou and Wanghaizhou in the mainland and the Northern Frontier Region to train new recruits. Among them, there are more than 500,000 people receiving training in the six military camps in the Northern Frontier Region alone.

In fact, the population of the Northern Frontier Region has now exceeded that of Lan Fang. After the war with Japan, Japan compensated Goryeo to Lan Fang, and 20 million Goryeo people automatically became Lan Fang people. Most of these Goryeo people currently live in the Northern Frontier Region. A considerable number of them have joined the Lan Fang army. After the training of 400,000 people is completed, the proportion of Goryeo people in the Lan Fang army will exceed that of Chinese, becoming the largest group in the Lan Fang army.

Of course, in Lan Fang, there is no such thing as "Goryeo" at present. Even Goryeo people will emphasize that they are Lan Fang people when introducing themselves.

Under normal circumstances, the training time for Lan Fang's recruits is three months, but at this stage, it is definitely impossible for the recruits to receive complete recruit training. The Lan Fang military has compressed the training time for recruits from three months to one month. After one month, all recruits will join the active service. They will be deployed in the Northern Frontier Region and the Western Province and charge at the forefront of the battle.

Lan Fang's local forces will not be mobilized, because compared with the pressure faced by the Northern Frontier Region and the Western Province, the defense pressure on the mainland is greater.

From the Marshall Islands, the easternmost island of Lan Fang, to the east is Hawaii in the United States. Although the United States has not yet joined the war, Lan Fang must guard against the Americans, so the local troops of Lan Fang cannot be mobilized. Qin Zhiyuan even transferred back the Marine Corps stationed in the Western Province to guard against Hawaii and the Philippines.

Yes, how could they ignore the Philippines? This is the only colony of the United States in Asia, and it is also located in the heart of Lan Fang, the most dangerous area. The Marines led by Griffin and Xu Sheng are mainly on guard against the Philippines. Once the Philippines makes any abnormal move, the Marines will land in the Philippines at the fastest speed and wipe out all American forces from Asia.

After Britain announced its participation in the war, Lan Fang no longer needed to hold back, and Britain's colonies in Asia became Lan Fang's current target of attack.

"——Britain currently has only British Malaya, British Indochina, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc. in its colonies in Asia. The British Far East Fleet withdrew from Hong Kong to the Kadamba Naval Base in India half a month ago and formed a joint fleet in Kadamba. The British troops have also withdrawn from British Malaya and Hong Kong. There are only a few policemen and unorganized vassal troops stationed in the above-mentioned areas. We are confident that we can completely occupy the above-mentioned areas within three days and drive all the British forces out of our inland sea." Qin Zhisheng, Minister of Defense and Minister of War, first reported to Qin Zhiyuan.

Qin Zhisheng is actually just in his early thirties this year, but he looks like he is in his forties with a face full of bitterness and hatred, and there are even many white hairs on his head. After the establishment of Lan Fang, Qin Zhisheng has been the Minister of Defense of Lan Fang and the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Three Armed Forces of Lan Fang. Qin Zhiyuan, the hands-off boss, travels around the world all day long. The national defense and construction of the three armed forces of Lan Fang are all on Qin Zhisheng's shoulders, so Qin Zhisheng is under great pressure.

Since the war began, Qin Zhisheng has been very excited. When he was giving a report, Qin Zhisheng had an unhealthy blush on his face, which made Qin Zhiyuan very worried. Qin Zhiyuan decided to ask Qin Zhisheng to go to the hospital for a thorough examination after the meeting.

In addition to Qin Zhisheng, there are Lu Zhengxiang, Huang Bohan and Liu Zizheng. Qin Zhiyuan also has to ensure the health of these people.

In fact, Lu Zhengxiang has always been in good health. In another time and space, Lu Zhengxiang died of illness in Belgium in 1949. There is also the factor that Lu Zhengxiang's wife died early. In this time and space, Lu Zhengxiang's wife Peide is in good health and has never had any major problems. It is estimated that Lu Zhengxiang will live longer than in another world.

Huang Bohan is full of hidden dangers. In another time and space, Huang Bohan died of depression in 1924 at the age of 58. As a wealthy man, he was still in his prime. At that time, Huang Bohan was no longer the 14th richest man in the world, but under the pressure of the Dutch, Huang Bohan sold all his properties and moved to Singapore, and never returned to the land where he was born and raised. Huang Bohan in this time and space is truly high-spirited. Although he and Lu Zhengxiang failed in the election for prime minister, as a man whose portrait has been printed on banknotes, Huang Bohan can be said to have no desires.

If you are selfless, the world will be wide open to you. Huang Bohan's current wealth is no less than that of the heyday of the Dutch East Indies era, and it is even better than that time. The key is that Huang Bohan is no longer engaged in planting and shipping, but industrial manufacturing. This is a significant improvement in terms of economic value and social benefits. Politically, Huang Bohan is also second to none. Lan Fang's political system is a constitutional monarchy, with checks and balances between the Prime Minister's Office and the National Assembly. Although Huang Bohan is not the Prime Minister and cannot directly influence Lan Fang society, the Congress led by Huang Bohan controls the government's purse. Lu Zhengxiang also invites Huang Bohan to drink when reviewing the fiscal budget every year. Every policy issued by the government must be reviewed by the Congress, so Huang Bohan still has great power.

Such a Huang Bohan will definitely not die in depression. Perhaps Huang Bohan cannot live a hundred years, but it is still possible to persist for another ten or twenty years.

The original text is available at Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

Liu Zizheng's situation is quite special. During the war in the Middle East, Liu Zizheng fell seriously ill. After recovering from the illness, his health was not as good as before, so he entered the military as the chief of staff instead of fighting on the front line.

Liu Zizheng is also one of the founders of the Lan Fang army. His old friends in the army are all over the three branches of the army. If Liu Zizheng's health has any problems at this stage, it will definitely be a major blow to the morale of the Lan Fang army.

Although the situation is generally good, Qin Zhiyuan still has to be vigilant. Now is the critical period of the decisive battle. Lu Zhengxiang is the prime minister and the leader of the government agency; even if Huang Bohan has stepped down as the speaker of the National Assembly, he is still one of the presidents of the Lan Fang Chamber of Commerce and plays an important role in stabilizing the Lan Fang economy; Qin Zhisheng and Liu Zizheng are the actual leaders of the military. Under the premise that Qin Zhiyuan, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, does not take care of things, the Lan Fang military is actually controlled by Qin Zhisheng and Liu Zizheng. These two people are like a stabilizing force in the army.

"Then let's get started. The current targets are Singapore and British Malaya. As for Hong Kong, let the Republic of China handle it." Qin Zhiyuan made the decision.

Yes, after Lan Fang declared war on Italy, the Republic of China also followed suit and declared war on Italy. Although the situation in the Republic of China was not stable enough, Zhang Yuting still appointed Zhang Hanqing as the commander-in-chief to lead 200,000 Republic of China troops to the northern border of Lan Fang for training.

Damn, at critical moments, you can still rely on your own people.