Chapter 773 The Sore Of The Empire (1)
"No, no, no. Japan declares war, war in the Southeast Asian War."
“The Minas Oilfield is in danger.”
"The president ordered the evacuation of overseas Chinese again, and all overseas Chinese in Singapore, Siam, Malaya and Europe."
Early in the morning, the news broke out from all over the country. The Battle of the South China Sea instantly became the hottest topic in China and even the world. The Japanese army, which had been struggling for more than ten years, burst out with strong combat power. Without gaining an advantage in the air, it took only five days to break through the 40,000 British-Dutch coalition province, which was stationed in Zhanbei Province in just five days. Faced with the crazy attack of the Japanese army, less than 10,000 British-Dutch coalition forces were left with less than 10,000 British-Dutch coalition forces under the protection of the air force, with the intensity of the strait being withdrawn back to Kuala Lumpur.
On the day of the Battle of Zhanbei Province, Beijing announced neutrality and began to evacuate overseas Chinese from Malaya, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar and even Europe. It also announced that it would temporarily entrust the West Borneo and Sumatra Riau provinces, and changed the security team of the West Borneo China-Holland Free Trade Zone to the Third Marine Division. From the afternoon of that day, the Air Force used 1,112 Y-9 and Y-10 transport aircraft to send troops to Sumatra Riau province, West Borneo and Kuching ports respectively. In just 80 hours, a total of 28,000 soldiers with only light-haired soldiers arrived in the three places. At the same time, the Navy also mobilized 113 cargo ships and 17 troop transport ships to transport heavy equipment from the 11th Army, Marine Corps and Airborne Division stationed in Guangdong and Guangxi to the above-mentioned areas to ensure that China's interests in the South China Sea are not infringed.
Later that day, Yang Qiu also said in a parliamentary speech that at a time when Britain cannot continue to implement the Qingdao Treaty to ensure the safety of offshore oil channels in the Republic of China, China will no longer implement the treaty, and told reporters after the meeting that the Chinese Navy has the right to ensure the safety of the Straits of Malacca and Sunda on its own.
The British were very angry at Yang Qiu's unilateral abolition of the Qingdao Treaty, but they could no longer be distracted from the Far East. Although Beijing had continued to provide information, the fierce Japanese offensive from the south was stunned. The day after capturing the Bei Province, 3,000 Japanese troops landed in the northeast of Sarawak Port. On March 3, they captured Seribaga Bay without bloodshed. Brunei Sultan Ahmed Danzuting was on a cruise ship in a hurry under the protection of the guards and fled to Natuna, and flew to Beijing with their family two days later.
On March 9, the Japanese army advanced to Sirikui and Bedong. At the same time, the Second Marine Division of the Republic of China entered Shiri Aman, only twenty-five kilometers away from the Japanese army.
When the troops seized most of Sarawak without bloodshed, the Japanese joint fleet heading south was divided into two groups. The commander of the First Fleet Izuru Yamamoto Izuru led two aircraft carriers and four King Kong-class battleships to detour Australia's Christmas Island, and appeared in the Andaman Sea on March 11, but the British Navy's Reputation and Counterattack, which had been active in the region, left early due to intelligence. At the same time, the Japanese Fifth Division took a short rest, bypassed Riau and continued to go west, meeting with the Navy on March 15 with the last stronghold of the British-Dutch coalition in Sumatra, Panda Aceh, sunk two British destroyers and captured a large number of ships from various countries waiting to pass through the straits.
At the same time, a battalion of the Chinese Marine Corps entered the Anambas Islands and announced temporary custody.
Faced with the Chinese Navy, which was neutral but constantly taking advantage of the opportunity to threaten the Japanese base camp, the Japanese base camp was in a rage. However, due to the delay in finding the Reputation and Counterattack, Yamamoto Iroku had to watch the Anambas Islands occupied. He also temporarily gave up the idea of attacking the Andaman Islands and Myanmar, and made every effort to protect the army to land in Malaya. Under his decision, 40,000 Japanese troops boarded a destroyer and quickly transported ship on the morning of March 17, regardless of fatigue. Regardless of losses, even the British Air Force, which had the advantage of the sky, turned a blind eye to the British Air Force, and landed on the Malay Peninsula with the fierce fire support of the fleet.
On March 16, the Japanese troops heading south, supported by a large number of aircraft, set off from Palembang to carry out their first bombing on Singapore. However, unlike in history, the Japanese troops who were forced to go south early could not get a decent plane, and with the intelligence from Natuna. Several bombings were repelled by more than 200 hurricanes deployed in Singapore. Not only did they lose more than 60 expensive 96 land attacks, but they were also bombarded by the Royal Air Force to counterattack the Palembang oil field, destroying a large number of oil field facilities. The serious losses made Japan increasingly dissatisfied with its air power, accelerated the development of Type 1 fighter jets and Zero fighter jets, and decided to suspend air bombing.
Although Britain temporarily obtained air supremacy for the Strait, the Japanese army landed in Malaya was confined because of the restraint of Singapore. In the event of poor roads, the Japanese army used bicycles and other tools to conquer Kuala Lumpur in just one week to sweep the entire Malay Peninsula. Many British troops did not even know that the Japanese army had reached the door when they were captured. The stubborn, conservative and rigid army tactics led to the British defeats, and were divided and surrounded and eaten like a flock of wolves on the grassland. In the end, the British Malay Commander-in-Chief Bai Sihua had to abandon more than 60,000 coalition forces and led the remaining troops to retreat to Singapore in a hurry to try to defend and wait for assistance.
The next day, after surrounding Singapore, Feng Fun, who attacked Malaya, took advantage of the opportunity of reinforcements to arrive. Under the protection of the Second Fleet led by Toyota, he suddenly turned around and broke into the Gulf of Siam. After easily annihilated several British warships hiding here, he issued an ultimatum to Thailand. Without receiving a timely reply, the 6th Division of the Japanese Army and the Guards Division first landed in Songkhla, Peking University and Pattaya.
The sudden fire in the southwest Pacific has disrupted the entire world. In less than a month, the powerful combat power of the Japanese army, which had been believed to have been defeated twice by the Chinese National Defense Forces and had no combat effectiveness, made military strategists all over the world dumbfounded. When they swept 22 million square kilometers of land in just over twenty days, everyone suddenly realized that the tenacious and even paranoid Japanese army did not fall, but was just covered up by the Chinese National Defense Forces that have risen rapidly in the past twenty years.
Even the people in the country who had previously clamored to "stand up" to protect Nanyang were pale, and the world's military strategists compared the Chinese National Defense Forces with the Japanese army over and over again. Some even believed that the National Defense Forces that were fighting stumbling in Afghanistan was no longer a match for the Japanese army.
"Fuck, this is too easy, right? It's a war there, it's just a marching."
"Yes, if we had known that the British army was so loose, we would have taken it down by ourselves."
"It's easy to fight, but how to deal with the funeral afterwards? It's better than this now. At least someone will help us clear the obstacles ahead."
"hehe."
The General Staff whispered in the confidential conference room. Like countries around the world, the generals and ministers of the Republic of China did not expect the Japanese army to progress so quickly. "This is the whole situation of the current battle." Song Zi cleaned everyone. Close the document and turned off the photo projector, and asked the guards to turn on the lights before he said in a hoarse voice in his stay up late: "The Dutch East India and Malaya except the areas we control, all the rest have been occupied by the Japanese army. The only 130,000 British troops in Malaya are only
More than 30,000 people retreated to Singapore safely. How long can they last depends on when the Japanese fleet will find the main force of the British Far East Fleet. Once the British navy fails, it is not ruled out that the Japanese army will continue to penetrate Myanmar and Bangladesh. As for Siam, Luan Piwen has always been very pro-Japanese, so he is planning to defect to Japan. Siam and France have always been in disagreement. Once Siam falls, it is not ruled out that Luan Piwen will collude with Japan to attack French Vietnam and sweep eastward to seize Cam Ranh Bay.
Yesterday morning, two divisions of our 11th Army had arrived in West Borneo, so that our garrison in Nanyang already had three mixed gangs, the 1st Division of the 1st Army Division, the 2nd Division of the 3rd Division, the 11th Army Division, the 13th and 28th Infantry Divisions, and the 19th, 22nd and 25th Air Force. Among them, the 1st Division of the 11th Army Division was stationed in Sumatra Riau Province, and the 2nd Marine Division was in Kuching, and the rest would be stationed in West Borneo. Within a week, the remaining 121st Mechanical Infantry Divisions, the 43rd and 58th Infantry Divisions of the 11th Army, will also arrive in Pontianak. The engineers are accelerating the cleaning of Anambas Island, and it is expected that the airport will be built in three weeks. The Navy has prepared two fighter wings and a bomber wing to enter, so that it can form a pincer attack on the South China Sea with Navy 24th Squadron to protect the safety of these areas."
"Do you know where the main force of the British fleet is?" As soon as Song Ziqing introduced, Fang Wei stood up.
Song Ziqing looked at the tall and thin general who was guarding Wusheng Pass and joined forces with Yue Peng to defeat the Beiyang Army and Henan. He is now the commander-in-chief of the army. He shook his head: "I don't know. Since we provided information, the Reputation and Counterattack have left Colombo and have been in a state of radio silence. Zhu Binhou and others also sent ships to search after entering the Indian Ocean. However, I estimate that they should still be on the Indian Ocean near the coast of Myanmar. Because there are many hydrological complex islands here, they can also be protected by British Air Force aircraft."
"What's the reaction in Europe?" Wang Zhengting seemed very worried about the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army, and his eyes were still on the map when asking. Song Ziqing continued to answer: "It's already messed up! Britain didn't expect Japan to declare war. He didn't expect his troops to be so vulnerable, so he had begun to recruit soldiers from Commonwealth countries such as India, Australia and Canada. Chamberlain had previously personally rushed to Paris, trying to persuade the French Far Eastern troops to cooperate, but was rejected by Daraday in the name of defending against Germany.
Weijun has taken this opportunity to negotiate with France. France promised that as long as we come forward to confirm that once a country attacks French East India from the sea, it must provide necessary security protection. However, Britain and France may no longer be able to send troops here, because Hitler began to increase troops to the newly annexed Sudeté area, trying to tear up the agreement to annex the Czech Republic. We also found that the Soviet Caucasian Front has been mobilizing frequently during this period, and the number of communications was three times that of a month ago. It is suspected that the attack was likely to take place in these few days.
Therefore, Chiang Baili has reached an agreement with Ibn Saudi Arabia. The Port of Ogail and the North of Hail will be leased to our country for military bases. Ibn Saudi Arabia also promised that if there is a situation that threatens Saudi national security, he would be willing to provide more military bases. However, he still did not agree to station troops immediately and must wait for the Soviet army to really go south. Therefore, the Fourth and Seventeenth Armies may have to station in Kashgardo for a period of time.
The oil channel is temporarily safe. According to the agreement with Japan, we will temporarily stop using the Strait of Malacca and all pass through the Sunda Strait. Therefore, the second fleet to Saudi Arabia is expected to arrive in half a month. When the fleet of A-shaped fleet returns after unloading the cargo, it will also go here to avoid the complex war zone."
"President, the British ambassador is here."
Yang Qiu originally wanted to ask about Iran, but was interrupted by the visiting Xu Gesen...
Chapter completed!