After the New Year, the development of the National League for Democracy was not affected by Nguyen Thi Mai's death.

On the contrary, the China Democratic League continued to promote the country's economic development and construction at the fastest speed, in accordance with Lin Feng's plan and vision.

The army's training is being strengthened day by day, and the soldiers' use of F and D weapons has reached a level of consummate skill.

By the end of February, the army, navy, and air force had basically completed the deployment of D-type weapons.

Meanwhile, good news also came from the training base in Guanghe: the first batch of ten divisions trained had returned to the Chinese battlefield and launched a full-scale counter-offensive against the Japanese North China Area Army in Shanxi.

The Japanese army was forced to postpone its operations in southern China and instead mobilized a large force to defend the center of the North China battlefield. This was a real-life version of the "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao" strategy, giving the entire Chinese land a chance to breathe.

On the European battlefield, the situation underwent a subtle change due to the weapons and equipment secretly provided by the National League for Democracy.

On the Eastern Front, Hans defeated two lines of defense that the Soviet Union had set up around Moscow during the Battle of Moscow, thus capturing the city.

However, he was unable to advance much further and instead focused his attention on the western front.

The British Empire, under the leadership of the Allied forces, fought a protracted and fierce war with the Hans in Africa. Both sides committed heavy troops to the battle, resulting in a brutal tug-of-war along the Mediterranean coast, known as the "Mediterranean War."

This battle is crucial to the fate of both camps, so both sides are proceeding with great caution.

Of course, the air battles in the English Channel were several times more intense than before! Both sides deployed tens of thousands of warplanes!

On the US side, there were no speeches from the British Empire or the Allied powers, and Congress did not pass a resolution to join the war.

They returned to Southeast Asia once again.

In early March, the Japanese army launched a new round of operations in order to seize rubber, oil, and mineral resources in the south.

The Southern Army was formed, and its supreme commander was an old acquaintance of Lin Feng: General Terauchi Hisaichi of the North China Area Army and Lieutenant General Tsukada Osamu, the Chief of the General Staff.

Subordinate to—

◎Malaysia Theater:

• 14th Army: (Commander: Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma, Chief of Staff: Lieutenant General Masamichi Maeda) - 16th Division, 48th Division, 32nd Tank Regiment

◎West Indonesia Theater:

• 25th Army (Commander: Lieutenant General Ichiro Nagasawa, Chief of Staff: Lieutenant General Sosaku Suzuki) - 18th Division, 38th Division, 56th Division, 33rd Tank Regiment.

◎East Indonesia Theater:

• 16th Army (Commander: Lieutenant General Hitoshi Imamura, Chief of Staff: Major General Seizaburo Okazaki) - 2nd Division, 56th Mixed Brigade, 41st Tank Regiment, 49th Division, 57th Division.

• 15th Army (Commander: Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida, Chief of Staff: Major General Haruki Isayama) - 33rd Division, 65th Division, 21st Independent Mixed Brigade.

◎Southern Army Air Force:

• 1st Airborne Division, 3rd Flying Division, 5th Flying Division, 21st Independent Flying Squadron

◎Navy assisting the Southern Army:

The Southern Expeditionary Fleet, consisting of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Fleets.

On March 11, the 2nd, 33rd, 49th and 65th Divisions of the East Indonesia Theater launched a surprise attack on East Timor and Papua New Guinea, while the remaining troops then advanced southward.

At noon on March 13, a part of the 33rd Division captured East Timor.

On March 18, the 2nd, 49th, and 65th Divisions captured Papua New Guinea.

Subsequently, under the cover of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Southern Expeditionary Fleets, they departed from Port Moresby and landed at Kangaroo.

The Queensland Military Region deployed 50,000 troops, over 100 aircraft of various types, and heavy firepower including fortified guns and howitzers to try and halt the Japanese advance, but the outcome was predictable...

At 8:30 p.m. on March 19, the 1st and 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleets, carrying the 2nd and 65th Divisions, circled around to Bunderburg, cutting off the connection between the Kangaroo Queensland Command and the New South Wales and Victoria Commands from the rear.

After a week of bloody fighting, the Kangaroo Queensland Military Command completely lost the will to resist.

In this situation, the kangaroos all surrendered.

The Japanese army successfully occupied half of Queensland, the landmass of Australia.

Subsequently, with the cooperation of the 1st and 2nd Southern Expeditionary Fleets, the 2nd Division and the 65th Division began to advance southward, hoping to force the Raptors to surrender in one fell swoop.

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March 29, 1942.

The weather was exceptionally clear, the sky was a deep, clear blue, and there wasn't a cloud in sight.

"These Japanese devils act like idiots in front of us, but they're like they're on drugs when they get to the south. Pretty tough, huh?"

"Who says otherwise? We were so fierce, we annihilated the Japanese devils, while they were all arrogant as soon as they arrived in the south."

At the headquarters of the China Democratic League, Lin Feng, Chen Sanyuan, and others sat together, chatting.

On the table were telegrams from the south, all reporting on the Japanese invasion of the city.

"Hehe, that's just how the Japanese are." Lin Feng chuckled and said, "As soon as they start chanting Bushido, the white guys on the other side panic. And then there's all this 'His Majesty the Emperor' and 'Holy Mary,' they're just like idiots."

Everyone burst into laughter, feeling that the president's words were harsh but also very satisfying.

Lin Feng added, "However, the Japanese have helped us a lot. Originally, we were just thinking of taking these islands, but now they've gone all the way to Kangaroo Island. As honest people, we have to go and take a look."

"The chairman is still the best." Chen Sanyuan gave a thumbs up. "As long as we go up to Australia, we can just sit there without taking a dump."

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