Expedition to Europe

When the Sardinian Air Force began to take off, the Second Air Force Wing deployed on Laut Island and the Fifth Air Force Wing deployed in Medan were dispatched at the same time. The target of the Second Air Force was Singapore, and the target of the Fifth Air Force was Jakarta.

British Malaya was the last colony of Britain in Southeast Asia and the colony closest to Lan Fang. The British were attacking Lan Fang's Western Province, and Lan Fang was also attacking British Malaya.

In this battle that determined the fate of the country, Lan Fang and Britain chose conservative tactics by coincidence, starting with stabilizing themselves and gradually approaching the core area of ​​the other side.

The difference is that Lan Fang can strategically abandon Sardinia, but Britain has to defend British Malaya.

Once Lan Fang occupies British Malaya, then Lan Fang's air force can set off directly from the Malay Peninsula and threaten the security of India. The British may not care about losing British Malaya, but if they lose India, it will be an unbearable burden for Britain.

In terms of current national strength, Britain, with its vast colonies, is indeed a strong country, but its national strength must be demonstrated by military strength. And it is precisely on the issue of military strength that Britain's current situation is embarrassing, with a taste of being strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

After Britain announced its participation in the war, it issued a "recruitment order" to all colonies, just like in the last world war, calling on the people of the colonies to stand up and defend the British Empire.

At this time, an extremely embarrassing fact emerged. Britain's "recruitment order" did not receive as wide a response as in the last world war. Except for India, the Australians and Canadians who performed well in the last world war did not give the British enough response, which cast a shadow on the British Empire's conquest.

Australians and Canadians have reasons not to participate in the war. Australians are now busy with their own affairs and have not yet gotten rid of the shadow of the last world war.

In the last world war, almost all adult men in Australia were lost. Now only six years have passed, and the younger generation of Australians have not grown up yet, so even if Australians want to participate in the war, they are powerless.

Besides, the British have not yet paid the pensions that should be paid to Australia after the last World War, which has made Australians complain and have long been dissatisfied with the British. It is difficult to recruit Australians at this time.

Canada's situation is even more troublesome. Before the last World War, Canada had a population of only 8 million, but with this 8 million people, Canada gathered an army of 620,000 people to participate in the First World War.

In the World War, Canadians and Australians performed equally well. After the Battle of the Somme, Canadians won the reputation of "vanguard". In the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917, Canadians paid a heavy price and won the victory of the Battle of Vimy Ridge for the Allies. At the same time, it also won Canada the status of being able to participate in the Paris Peace Conference as an independent country.

The World War caused a total of 66,000 deaths and 170,000 injuries to Canada, which is comparable to the proportion of Australians.

But it is regrettable that after the end of the World War, Arthur Kerry, the commander who was responsible for commanding the Canadian troops in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, was tried after returning to Canada. The reason was that the troops under Arthur Kerry's command suffered too many casualties and caused irreparable losses to Canada.

It's really miserable. Even if Canadians want to join the war now, it is estimated that no Canadian general dares to lead the troops to fight. If they lose, they will be sinners of the country. If they win, they will also be tried. Canadian generals are rats in the bellows, and they are bullied from both sides.

With this calculation, the only ones who responded to the call of the British government are Indians.

Indians are indeed populous. In the last world war, millions of Indian soldiers fought in Europe and also fought for the interests of the British Empire.

It can't be considered a battle. During the entire First World War, the Allies never launched any war with Indians as the main force. Indians were responsible for auxiliary tasks on the battlefield, such as digging trenches, moving things, and sending wounded soldiers, which were similar to the tasks of Chinese workers at the beginning. The British did not dare to let Indians undertake any difficult combat tasks.

But even so, Indians are still the most dazzling pearl on the crown of the British Empire. If there is no participation of Indians, Britain will have to recruit women to fight. Although there is a precedent in the last world war, this is definitely not a scene that the British want to see.

The problems faced by Britain are the same as those of France, Australia, and Canada. Britain also suffered heavy casualties in the last world war. Although it is not as tragic as France, where one person was killed or injured for every 28 people, the ratio in Britain has reached 57 to 1. The new generation of British living forces has not yet grown up, which makes the population structure of Britain also face a situation of lack of successors. With the current strength of Britain, if there is no external force joining, Britain may be able to persist for a year or two, but it will not be able to persist for a longer time unless Britain also sends women to the battlefield.

After George V issued the "Conscription Order", the Indian Governor's Office promised to send no less than two million troops to the European continent and the British mainland. This is of great significance to the British government. Although the combat effectiveness of the Indian troops is not very good, it will at least make the British army look powerful. Therefore, India is a strategic location that the British have to protect. Without India, Britain can now admit defeat because there is not much war potential to be tapped in the British mainland.

These problems of Lanfang, Britain, France, Australia, Canada and other countries. Lanfang is a young country. The domestic standing army now has two million people. As time goes by, Lanfang can recruit more troops, and even double the total number of troops. Therefore, Lanfang has been expanding over the years, while Britain has been restrained. This is not that the British pity the Lanfang people, but that the British cannot afford to fight. The reason for declaring war now is that the British have no choice.

If there is a choice, the British will wait until the next generation of Britain grows up, and then it will be time for Britain and Lanfang to show their cards. It's a pity that Lanfang's expansion momentum is too strong, and the British are no longer able to suppress it, so they can only give it a try.

For the British, British Malaya was the frontier of the British. In order to effectively defend against the superior air force of Lan Fang, the British also racked their brains, and even threw away the so-called "gentlemanly manners" to defend against the attack of Lan Fang by any means.

Everyone knows that there are many Chinese living in British Malaya, and these Chinese have become the objects of British use. In order to better defend Jakarta and Singapore, the British built military camps in Chinese residential areas, and the military camps and civilian houses were mixed together, which caused great trouble for the air raids of the Lan Fang Air Force.

The Lan Fang government also had countermeasures for this. In order to avoid accidental injuries, the Lan Fang government sent information to the Chinese in British Malaya through various Chinese communities in Singapore before the British government declared war, asking these Chinese to leave big cities such as Jakarta and Singapore as soon as possible to avoid accidental injuries in the war.

The result was not as expected. Although the Chinese in British Malaya also had Chinese ancestry, they did not identify with Lan Fang very much, and even did not identify with the Chinese identity very much. Before Lan Fang was established, the Chinese in British Malaya were the most vicious in bullying the Chinese. If those Chinese wanted to leave British Malaya, they could have left British Malaya and went to Lan Fang a few years ago. Since those Chinese were unwilling to go to Lan Fang at that time, they would not go now.

So when the Chinese community in Lion City conveyed information to the Chinese community, many Chinese in British Malaya did not take it seriously. Some Chinese were even arrested by the British colonial authorities because of this incident, on the grounds of spreading rumors and disturbing social order.

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Being arrested at the time when the war was about to start, the fate can be imagined. Those Chinese were basically killed as soon as they were put in prison. The British would rather kill three thousand people by mistake than let one go.

When the news reached Lan Fang, Qin Zhiyuan was as firm as iron and ordered Zhou Hongguang to carry out indiscriminate bombing. As long as there were valuable military targets, they would be bombed flat, no matter where they were built, even if they were residential areas.

Since those Chinese who refused to leave British Malaya were determined to be banana people, let them use their lives to prove their loyalty to the British Empire.

This is a war, and there is no room for mercy. The British arrested those Chinese who "spread rumors" in British Malaya, and the Lan Fang government did the same thing in Lan Fang. Since the war began, in just over half a month, the Lan Fang government has sentenced hundreds of people to death for "espionage crimes", most of whom were Westerners and Japanese, and of course there were inevitably Chinese.

Qin Zhiyuan did not even let go of those "pure Chinese" who had betrayed the Chinese community, not to mention those banana people. In Qin Zhiyuan's eyes, there was only one kind of Chinese. As long as they recognized Han culture and Chinese traditions, even if they were Westerners, Qin Zhiyuan would allow them to join the Lan Fang nationality. However, if they did not recognize Chinese culture and took the initiative to become enemies of Lan Fang and act as "guides", Qin Zhiyuan would not think that they were deceived. Betrayal is betrayal, there is no reason to speak of, and there is no room for forgiveness.

Laut Island and Medan are only about 300 kilometers away from Singapore and Jakarta. For the Lan Fang Air Force, it only takes one hour at most to reach the destination.

The British were still prepared. They lit thick smoke in Singapore and Jakarta and raised huge balloons to block the cities. There were also air defense positions near the cities and British air force guarding the skies above the cities. But this was not a problem for the Lan Fang Air Force. The Lan Fang Second Air Wing and the Fifth Air Wing each had sixty fighter planes, all of which were "Falcon" models. No matter which wing it was, they had the ability to defeat the British Malayan Air Force alone. For the Lan Fang Air Force, Jakarta and Singapore were now undefended cities.