Entering 41st year.
In January, the New Fourth Army was established.
In February, Germany invaded North Africa.
In April, Germany invaded the Balkans. Japan and the Soviet Union signed the "Japan-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact".
In the same month, Fuzhou fell.
In May, the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain began.
Due to insufficient preparation, the national army suffered a disastrous defeat, with more than 40,000 casualties and more than 30,000 prisoners. The Japanese army suffered only more than 3,000 casualties.
The failure of this battle also had an extremely negative impact on the Northern War of Resistance.
In June, Germany tore up the Non-Aggression Pact and invaded the Soviet Union.
In August, the United States and Britain jointly signed the Atlantic Charter, and the Allies were initially established.
In September, the second Battle of Changsha resulted in more than 17,000 Japanese casualties.
In October, the battle to defend Moscow began.
The victory of this battle shattered the rumors that the German army was invincible.
In December, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
The United States, which had been sitting on the sidelines of World War II, couldn't bear it and finally declared war on Japan. World War II broke out in full force.
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Xiang Nan couldn't help but smile from ear to ear when he saw the news about Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
"It's really great." He patted his head and said.
"Awen, the Japanese caught the United States off guard and the U.S. Pacific Fleet was almost wiped out. How can you still say it's a good thing?" Zhou Qingquan asked doubtfully.
Zhang Yongcheng, Jinshan Zhao, and Wu Chilin were also puzzled.
"You don't understand this." Xiang Nan waved his hands and said, "Although the Pacific Fleet has been completely wiped out, the three most important aircraft carriers are all fine, so they are only injured, but they are still capable of fighting.
What's even more fortunate is that the Japanese sneak attack on the United States, although they succeeded by luck, also angered the Americans.
Do you know that although the United States has been clamoring against Faxisi, it has actually been selling weapons, ammunition, steel, rubber, oil, etc. to Japan in recent years. Otherwise, how could Japan, a country as small as Japan and with such poor resources, have so many planes and cannons?
Well now, it has slapped the United States, and the United States will definitely not be able to cooperate with it anymore. As a result, the resources available to it will be greatly reduced. If there is no steel to make guns and no gas to drive, how can we fight a war?
What's more, the United States is not a vegetarian. It has an army of more than 12 million, an annual output of more than 100,000 aircraft, and 40,000 tanks.
Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor caused 300,000 tons of war damage to the United States. However, the United States' annual shipbuilding tonnage reaches 30 million tons, and it takes an average of forty-two days to build a ship.
So if it gets involved with Dongyang, Dongyang won't be able to keep an eye on it. Just like Wu Chilin sneak attack on me, although he succeeded, when I reacted, I could pin him to the ground and beat him.
Therefore, Dongyang seems to be victorious this time, but in fact it is blinded by its power and has provoked people it should not provoke. The day of destruction is just around the corner. "
After listening to Xiang Nan's explanation, everyone finally understood the reason for his laughter and couldn't help but be excited.
"Awen, according to you, Dongyang will be destroyed soon?" Zhou Qingquan asked excitedly.
"Master, are we going to have a good life soon?" Wu Chilin also said excitedly.
"It's not that easy." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "As a centipede insect, if it dies but doesn't freeze, Dongyang will definitely resist for a while.
The days ahead are likely to be the darkness before dawn. Not only will they not restrain themselves, but they will become even more cruel and ruthless. So we have to be careful and wait patiently. But we must have firm faith that the darkness will eventually pass and the light of day is ahead. "
Hearing what he said, everyone nodded.
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Sure enough, a few days later, as Xiang Nan expected.
The Japanese actually launched an attack on Xiangjiang and occupied Xiangjiang seventeen days later.
The occupation of Xiangjiang caused panic in Macau.
Because Hong Kong has always been closely related to Macau.
Macau's economy relies heavily on Hong Kong and the mainland. Now that the mainland has long been occupied, and now Xiangjiang has been occupied again, Macao is alone overseas, unable to rely on, and in danger.
What is even more frightening is that rumors are spreading in the market that the Japanese army will invade Macau soon. When the time comes, they will burn, kill, and loot, leaving no grass behind.
Affected by this, everyone is in panic all day long. Even the gambling houses and brothels that had always been brightly lit have become deserted.
Fortunately, the Japanese invasion was just a rumor, and the Japanese did not enter the city in the end.
However, the Japanese still established the Military Attaché Office in Macau, which had power over the Macao Governor's Office and supervised all affairs in Macau, just like the Supreme Emperor.
The Japanese issued orders arbitrarily in Macau, sealing down Kuomintang organizations, prohibiting people from resisting Japan, recruiting supplies, migrant workers, ships, using Portuguese-flagged ships to transport arms, etc.
They even used sweet words to coax the refugees and abduct them to Hainan Island to build a military port. But often it is gone never to come back, and we don’t know whether we are dead or alive.
It can be said that they are also full of evil and deplorable.
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After the Japanese established the military attache's office in Macau, they prohibited people from carrying out anti-Japanese propaganda, fundraising, and food collection.
Renji Pharmaceutical Factory was almost closed down because it donated drugs to anti-Japanese groups. Later, it was only thanks to Zhou Qingquan and Xiang Nan that they found people to intercede many times that they were able to save the company.
However, drugs required by the military such as Zhixue Powder and Jin Chuang Yao are not allowed to be reproduced. Only drugs that have nothing to do with the military are allowed to be produced.
Xiang Nan had no choice but to produce stomach medicine, cough medicine, carminative oil, etc., just to make ends meet.
Even so, he was still being investigated every three days, which seriously affected his business.
But facing the heavy pressure from the Japanese, Xiang Nan did not give in easily.
After thinking hard, he developed a new prescription. We produce stomach medicine for internal use, but external application can also stop bleeding, relieve pain, and reduce inflammation.
Through this method of concealing the truth, a large number of hemostatic drugs were produced and openly sold all over the country, treating a large number of injured soldiers and civilians.
It also made the name of Renji Pharmaceutical Factory spread far and wide.
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Entering 1942.
In January, more than 20 countries, including China, Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, jointly signed the United Nations Declaration. The World Anti-Fasis Alliance was formally established.
In the same month, the Japanese invaded Southeast Asia and successively captured Kuala Lumpur, Malacca, Burma, the Dutch East Indies and many other areas.
In addition, the third battle of Changsha began. The Japanese army suffered heavy losses, with nearly 60,000 casualties. The victory of this battle greatly inspired the confidence of the soldiers and civilians to resist Japan.
In February, the Japanese air raided Australia and captured Java, Philippines, Manila and other places.
May, Battle of the Coral Sea. The Japanese achieved a small victory, sinking the US aircraft carrier Lexington, a tanker, and a destroyer.
But in the long run, the Battle of the Coral Sea ruined the Japanese military's strategic plan to control the South Pacific sea lanes. So the Japanese army still failed.
In the same month, the Japanese army implemented the three-guang policy, robbing food, money and people in order to achieve the purpose of supporting war with war.
It can also be seen from this point that due to offending the United States, the Japanese military's strategic resources have become scarce. Therefore, the mask of hypocrisy was torn off and the face of the devil was revealed.
