Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

The purpose of Daxia's entry into the Hawaiian Kingdom was to curb the development of Millikin on the west coast and prepare for possible landing battles in the future.

As for whether this landing battle will be fought in the end, except for a very few people, no one else knows yet.

From time to time, Lin Yi would pull out a world map from the safe in his office.

This world map is different from the current territories of various countries.

West of the Rocky Mountains in North America, including the Dominion of Canada and Alaska, are all marked with the same red color as Bactria.

It is also worth mentioning that someone from the Imperial Military Department made a proposal to end the Sakura Country War Zone as soon as possible, but it was rejected by Lin Yi.

The reason is that the time has not come yet.

Lin Yi kept the Sakura Kingdom in order to show other countries the secret weapons of the empire.

But this kind of secret weapon needs to beat the countries out of temper first, and then make a final decision when they are about to die.

The use of mushrooms now may provoke more ferocious resistance from various countries.

Therefore, Lin Yi planned to wait a little longer, at least after causing a blow to the Allied Powers and the Central Powers' homeland, before the best time to display this weapon would be.

It's like telling all countries, look, I've hit your homeland now, you'd better surrender, otherwise, do you think my next bomb will be a mushroom?

Those Europeans have this kind of thinking. When they are not sure that you can really attack them, they will definitely speak harshly.

But after you slap him twice, he will immediately become more honest.

Talking about other things, in mid-September 1933, the Second Combined Fleet crossed the Indian Ocean and launched an artillery bombardment on Djibouti, destroying all Djibouti's shore defense guns.

However, even after destroying the coastal defense guns, Daxia was not able to successfully enter the Red Sea this time.

The reason is that those insidious Italians have laid mines all over the Red Sea.

If Daxia wants to enter the Red Sea, it will take some time to clear these mines.

But these are just minor problems and can be solved if you spend more time.

Anyway, the Allied fighter planes that pose the greatest threat to the fleet are still in the northern section of the Red Sea, fighting with the air force of the Middle East Expeditionary Force, and they have no energy to deal with the Second Combined Fleet.

Without air harassment, the Second Combined Fleet only needs to slowly clear the mines.

However, the aviation crews of the Second Combined Fleet were not idle. They take off from time to time and carry out large-scale air strikes on Djibouti and Ethiopia.

As long as the Allied fighter planes take off, they will inevitably be intercepted by the airborne air force of the Middle East Expeditionary Force.

After all, the air strength of both sides is almost the same now, and Daxia even has a slight advantage.

Therefore, Daxia is ready to expand this advantage.

Watching the Second Combined Fleet explode happily in Djibouti, Zhou Chuanjun was a little bit dissatisfied.

He was a little dissatisfied with his Middle East dispatched troops, which were advancing too slowly.

Therefore, he wanted to use the Second United Fleet to give the Allies a heavy blow.

For example, first take down Djibouti and Ethiopia, which are controlled by the Kingdom of Italy.

In this case, he would be able to threaten the Allies from the side.

So, he went to discuss with Liu Yuxi and asked Liu Yuxi to cooperate with him to make a beach landing in Djibouti.

Liu Yuxi and Zhou Chuanjun were old acquaintances. They had known each other since Daxia recovered the four provinces outside the Pass.

Therefore, for Liu Yuxi, he did not object to this matter. After all, this matter was nothing to Liu Yuxi.

Who is beaten is not beaten, who is blown up is not blown up?

It just changed from aimless bombing to organized and targeted bombing.

This is not a big problem for Liu Yuxi.

So Liu Yuxi readily agreed to Zhou Chuanjun's request and prepared to cooperate with the dispatched troops to the Middle East to carry out air strikes on Djibouti and cooperate with the army's beach landing.

As a result, the Second Combined Fleet's artillery bombardments and air strikes became purposeful.

From the end of September 1933 until mid-October 9, the aviation forces of the Second Combined Fleet bombed all the military bases of the Kingdom of Italy in Djibouti and Ethiopia.

Subsequently, starting from mid-October, Zhou Chuanjun deployed 10 divisions from the Middle East dispatched troops, together with 10 national divisions from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, crossed the Red Sea and officially landed in Djibouti.

Subsequently, with the assistance of the Imperial Armored Forces, they attacked the interior of Djibouti.

Due to geographical reasons, Djibouti and Ethiopia are not suitable for large-scale armored group operations. Therefore, Zhou Chuanjun only equipped the offensive force with a light armored division.

They also use the Empire's latest light tanks and armored vehicles.

However, in order to ensure firepower output, Zhou Chuanjun still equipped these 10 divisions with a large number of artillery.

Although the largest ones are only some 105-caliber howitzers, they are enough for partial divisions with aviation support.

The total strength of the Kingdom of Italy in Djibouti and Ethiopia is only 12.

Their main force followed the Hans Empire and confronted the main force of the empire in the Sinai Peninsula. There was no report of returning to Djibouti.

Therefore, the empire's operations in Djibouti went smoothly and advanced quickly.

Until the empire advanced to the central mountains of Ethiopia.

Here, the terrain is more undulating and full of ravines, which is not suitable for the operations of large-scale armored forces, even those light tanks.

At this time, the infantry can only be allowed to act alone.

The soldiers of the Kingdom of Italy built a large number of fortresses in the central mountains, hoping to rely on the terrain of the mountains to block the soldiers of Daxia and inflict heavy casualties on the other side.

After all, this place is not suitable for armored troops to operate. If they want to break through the central mountain range, from the perspective of the Kingdom of Italy, the other party can only take human lives to do so.

But is this really the case?

of course not.

Don’t forget that Daxia is a vast country, and a variety of geographical environments can be found within the empire.

For example, swamps, rainforests, jungles, hilly landforms, and naturally deserts and hilly landforms can also be found.

Don’t forget that when the Southeast Asian Front Army was formed, the West Route Army set out from the Western Regions.

This means that among the Western Route Army, there are soldiers from all ethnic groups in the Western Region.

The geographical environment in the Western Region is very similar to that in the Central Mountains of Ethiopia.

Therefore, the terrain here is not difficult for these soldiers from the Western Regions. Because they all grew up in this environment when they were young.

I have long been used to running in such an environment. So there is no question of whether they can adapt or not. When they get here, it feels like they are going home.

They traveled over mountains and ridges, and were often able to launch attacks from unexpected places in the Kingdom of Italy, cooperating with the main army to attack the Italian defense lines.

At this time, the Italians couldn't figure out why those Daxia people were more adaptable to the environment here than they were.

This is obviously their home field...