998 Tropical Thunder (18) Rising! The Central Army!(1/2)
Saigon was finished. MacArthur had to make a second strategic shift. He ran away from the air-raid shelter on the outskirts of the city that had been turned into ruins overnight, and took a plane directly to Bangkok cautiously.
On the plane, the old man with bloodshot eyes almost suffered a stroke because of his excessive anger. His whole body was shaking like dry and weak weeds in the cold wind. His veins were protruding, and his face was distorted to the point of losing his human shape. He stared from the porthole.
Looking at the city where flames were rising, he gritted his teeth and roared: "I will definitely come back! I swear!"
Well, he has been saying similar things a lot lately, so much so that the ears of people around him are starting to sound callous. As for when it will be realized? Who knows, I hope I can live to see that day.
He ran away. Juichi Terauchi's actions were not slow. The old Japanese, who also had a special plane waiting for him, even ordered all troops to withdraw urgently earlier than the Americans. He even secretly requested that once an unstoppable landing operation occurs, he must insist on
The troops facing confrontation in central Vietnam can strategically move in without request, depending on the urgency of the situation, and hide westward into Laos or Cambodia, whatever is convenient for them.
Such an order without moral integrity, without regard for shame, and without regard for the heroic style of the Japanese imperialists is enough to shock the jaws of allies such as the United Kingdom and the United States who think they understand them. Damn, you don't want to play like this! I still count on you for the frontal battle here.
Well done, just give up and leave without saying anything. This is a proper act of betraying your teammates, ah!
In particular, the US military has deployed a large number of troops in southern Vietnam, the Mekong Delta area, and coastal cities around Saigon. Their mission is to ensure coastal defense on the one hand and to allow ships from afar to dock and unload supplies;
On the other hand, we must also take the opportunity to firmly root down the roots. Once the war makes a breakthrough, the United States will not only stay in the Philippines, but also obtain a new colony with a lot of wealth!
As for whether this will offend the French allies, who cares in the face of interests! Not to mention that the French government is now divided into two. Most of them have surrendered to Hitler's Germany. How can these people who are outside have the ability to maintain the past?
The glory of the first army power, the Gallic Chicken, has faded with the death of Napoleon.
The more important reason is that Vietnam’s interests are too great!
As of now, it has been determined that the huge high-quality iron ore, coal mine, bauxite, etc. in northern Vietnam are worth tens of millions. At least the Americans are not short of this, and they are not too nervous. The United States eats rice production and the like.
If not, don’t worry about it. The key is the oil in the Mekong plain and offshore.
Oil!
This is the industrial blood of the twentieth century. It is the propellant of the process of human civilization, a rare and scarce resource, and an irreplaceable eternal driving force! The most critical thing is that a large number of facts have proved that whoever can control oil will have
A chance to take over the world!
Don’t believe it? Just look at the Rockefeller family. They used oil to support a huge industrial empire and became one of the top conglomerates. They joined forces with Morgan to control the United States and influence the world.
After the arrival of Zhu Bin, he single-handedly promoted the advancement of shallow sea oil, deep well oil and petrochemical technology, which caused the value of the entire world's oil industry to increase several times out of thin air, so that the wealth of the Rockefeller family increased dramatically. The strength is growing day by day, and now
, its huge business empire has established its eternal dominance.
In particular, the rise of Zhu Bin further proves the importance of oil.
This boy of unknown origin from the East, with technology he didn't know where he got it from, spent just nine years building a unique business empire out of thin air. His wealth is almost the same if not the largest in the world. The key is his military strength.
The achievements that led to the rapid revitalization of a backward, weak country are enough to explain everything.
There is no need to blame the Rockefeller family and other powerful crocodiles for why they did not kill this kid in time. It was because when they figured it out, Zhu Bin could no longer be strangled to death by just anyone.
Today, there is no point in arguing.
So far, the Pacific Resources Exploration Company, a joint venture between Zhu Bin and Rockefeller, has proven before its collapse that two pieces of oil in the offshore waters of Vietnam exceed 200 million tons! The oil reserves in the onshore basins also exceed 100 million tons. A full 300 million tons.
Oil! How much is it?!
Especially with the outbreak of the war, the price of crude oil, which was only three US dollars a barrel, has skyrocketed. No matter how much is mined, the supply exceeds demand. Oil companies in various countries can be said to have made huge profits, and related industrial output has quickly caught up with the steel industry.
, even companies like DuPont are actively participating in the petrochemical development downstream product chain. According to the petrochemical roadmap created by Zhu Bin, it is foreseeable that the wealth that can be generated around oil will be a thousand or ten thousand times that of today!
The United States can do without land, but it can't do without oil! Just like the British can do without good food, but they can never ignore gold. For the same reason, they have to grab something.
In short, I am afraid that Terauchi Juichi himself has not seriously thought about the terrible consequences of this silent, completely willful, and vengeful order of the Japanese. Of course, this is a common problem of the Japanese people since ancient times.
They can always formulate some seemingly huge and grand plans, and they are extremely well prepared and executed very seriously. However, often due to the weird temperament of the person in charge of the block and item, they act recklessly and self-righteously, which eventually leads to the overall situation getting out of control!
Also, as they always do, they make wishful plans at home, and then have no plans for problems that arise during execution, and are absolutely self-righteous in their determination that opponents, enemies, and people and countries affected by them will definitely follow their assumptions.
The habit of reacting is really killing people!
After MacArthur ran to Bangkok, he was shocked to know that in less than an hour, a single Japanese troop that was blocking the descent channel of the South China Sea Fleet Marine Corps in the north actually withdrew without any notice! Stay!
A large mountainous jungle defense line exposed the left wing of the US military to the enemy's fierce armed forces!
"Damn Japanese monkeys! I knew it, I knew they were unreliable at all! Bastard, damn it! Faxet! Why did I just believe in such a group of damn guys! What on earth are they thinking in their heads!"
MacArthur was so angry that his voice broke. His screams nearly shattered the glass window.
This is really outrageous! Japanese, can you do anything more outrageous? This is a war, a war that determines the survival of your nation! Sacrifice and victory must be sacrificed in exchange for the survival of tens of millions of people.
There is no way out, no room for negotiation! In such a serious situation, there is still such a mess!
The British, who have always had the overall situation "under control", didn't know how to evaluate it. Anyway, when several senior generals heard the news, the first reaction in their minds was: "It's over!"
Isn't that right? Compared to the Americans who are rich and wealthy, have a large population and are confident, the British are exhausted and their strength in Asia is stretched thin, and they simply cannot assemble a combat-effective force. Now, the front of Burma, which they are mainly attacking, is just soy sauce.
The main force is still the Japanese Legion. So now, are those bastards also retreating? Just like they cheated the Americans, they also cheated the British!
They guessed it right!
As the supreme commander, the British Lord Alexander hurriedly sent a message to Major General Scott, the commander of the first division on the front line, reminding him to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese troops in front and on the flanks. As a result, the soy-prepared major general was still asleep.
Stare. Use disapproving words.
He replied angrily: "We don't need to worry about that kind of thing. You know, the Japanese are actually quite docile and obedient. Their strict hierarchical rule has taught the grassroots soldiers very well. I think we can safely dispose of them."
On all fronts of the battlefield.”
As soon as Lord Alexander heard this tone, he knew that Scott was careless and did not care about gentlemanly manners. He yelled: "Asshole! Didn't you hear what I said clearly? The damn Japanese have escaped from the battlefield! Now!
, the poor American cowboys are about to be stabbed in the butt by the Chinese! I order you to immediately personally determine the movements of the Japanese troops and ensure that they are on the front line!"
"Uh...Okay! Dear Lord! I hope you are not frightened by a nightmare!"
The old-fashioned and dogmatic British can be compared with the French when it comes to laziness, and can keep up with the old guys when it comes to screwing around. They have become accustomed to messing around.
Major General Scott secretly guessed that his lordship might have taken expired aphrodisiacs, or that when he was drinking flower wine and having sex in Bangkok, after finishing his work, he suddenly found that the person he was hugging was actually a shemale... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, poor guy, he
The color of your old face must be very ugly!
With malicious intentions, Major General Scott drunkenly called the brigade commanders below, gave a few casual instructions, and then continued to sleep in his cage.
The so-called upper beam is crooked and the lower beam is crooked. The British have long lost the courage they had when the sun never set on the empire. They are not very determined to defend the Far East colonies. Fight? Are you kidding! The common problems of negligence, arrogance and self-righteousness have taken root.
Bone marrow, but at a critical moment, big problems arise!
Lord Alexander's concerns are absolutely correct. The damn Japanese monkeys have really given up their game!
Terauchi Juichi's order was issued following the flexible execution strategy of Yamashita Fengfumi. After the Japanese troops on the front battlefield in Myanmar learned of the misfortune encountered by the 25th Army, they were already very dissatisfied with the British.
This group of British and American monsters, who had no fighting spirit except for their size, were very unhappy. Moreover, the artillery fire and air strikes on the opposite side were too fierce. With heavy casualties, the army commander and division commanders combined their forces and decisively
Withdraw and leave!
That is, slightly more than half an hour later than the troops on the battlefield in central Vietnam, a large number of Japanese troops strategically moved from the offensive front line to the rear overnight. As a result, the first British troops guarding Mandalay and Yan'anqiang oil base from behind were leisurely.
The main force of the group army was suddenly exposed in front of the Chinese troops!
To make matters worse, the Chinese troops standing in front of them turned out to be the former Central Army forces that had been reorganized and re-enlisted!
A large group of senior generals from the Huangpu Clan and the Mainland Clan, commanding hundreds of thousands of elite troops with updated weapons, are tasked with regaining the reputation of the Democratic Party. They think that one day, through their own efforts, the old man, Principal Jiang, may be removed from office.
When they came out of the Lushan Villa, they were proud and proud, and compared them all with the teaching corps of Erwu Zai, the local army of Li Bai's department, and the Jinsui Army, which had made great achievements!
Since when has the Central Army been worse than others? They don't feel wronged for losing at the hands of Zhu Bin, but they can't justify it if they can't keep up with the strength of other places. This tone needs to be fought for!
Look at their heads. Theater commanders Long Yun and Chen Cheng, chief of staff Liu Zhi. 1st Corps commander Luo Zhuoying, chief of staff Hu Zongnan; Fifth Army Commander Du Yuming, Sixth Army Commander Gan Lichu, Air Force Commander Zhou Zhirou
, Armored Corps Commander Xue Yue…….
A large number of elite talents who are the mainstay of the Central Military Army gathered here. The one-million-strong army was severely compressed to only 300,000. The best of the best were selected. In terms of numbers, they could not even catch up with the troops who were commanded by Hu Zongnan to encircle and suppress the Red Party.
The total number of troops, but the quality, is incomparable.
After the full-scale war in the South broke out, the generals of the Central Army who were back in battle geared up and tried their best to show off. The frontline soldiers also felt humiliated. Once engaged in battle, they were really brave and fearless of death. They were so brave that they didn't seem to be immobile at all.
The kind of motley crew that won't move unless paid.
Well, in general, when it comes to fighting for the country, the Central Army is not a very weakling. Especially now, they have no way out!
The Japanese 15th Army on the front had just made a sudden move, and was discovered by the persistent soldiers of the First Army! The report was quickly reported through convenient equipment, and it did not take long to be placed on the desk of the general on duty.
This is also the method they came up with this time. They will not engage in the previous style of just talking about the scene without reality. The war requires everyone to work hard, and there must be someone who can control the overall situation awake at all times. In the early hours of this morning, it happened to be Hu Zongnan
Although his performance on duty has mixed reviews, for now, he is considered qualified!
"What?! The Japanese troops suddenly withdrew? No warning at all?! Just gave up the front of the attack? Thirty kilometers deep and started to clear the air? Haha, all ministries immediately sent out capable forces to conduct tracking and investigation. Pay attention. Be careful of their dirty tricks!
"
Hu Zongnan's brows were raised like a knife, and he quickly considered whether this was a trap or not.
According to the usual style of the Japanese, they rarely retreat in the middle of a fight. The grassroots officers are eager to fight and dare to fight. This is what they have learned from experience. The reason why they suddenly gave way was probably to use gas bombs or other attacks.
What kind of chemical weapons attack---they are used to this kind of shameless thing. And they have encountered it more than once.
But suddenly vacating a depth of thirty kilometers seems weird! This is not a plain. There are jungles and mountains everywhere. It is very difficult to advance on a large scale. The passage is open all the way, and it is impossible to attack from other routes. This is equivalent to saying that it is a frontal attack.
Hand it over. Once the First Army Corps rushes over, the Japanese army can't even think of taking it back!
What exactly did they have in mind?
Hu Zongnan never expected that the Japanese would sell out their teammates at a critical moment. He also wondered whether the east side had beaten them too hard and they were coming up with ideas to carry out large-scale revenge?
It’s not impossible!
To be continued...