The agreement was reached so fast that even Yang Qiu was stunned. When the news of the German army entering Prague came, the British diplomats in the Far East led by Xu Gesen spent less than a day to persuade the shipowner to hide in Cam Ranh Bay and Hong Kong, including 93 10,000-ton ships, all of which were sold and leased to China. Then, the weapons and equipment provided by China were secretly transported to Singapore fortresses.

In critical moments, England showed decisiveness and determination, but there was more helplessness and recession.

In March 1939, the world's only global power was in turmoil. The raid by Japan, the powerful East Asian power, made the sun never set off and lost its dawn. When Chamberlain and British politicians were hoarse at their best and called troops from the world colonies to prepare to send them to the Far East, the German soldiers entered Prague without bloodshed, proclaiming that England ushered in winter. Faced with the untied Munich Treaty, Hitler slapped the world with a louder slap to tell the world that the German Empire had recovered and rose. Prussian tradition and combat talent made the whole of Europe panic. The nearly complete equipment of the thirty or fifty army divisions left by Czechoslovakia not only made the weak German army become a behemoth, but also mocked the authority of the British Empire.

Who else can save England at this moment?

France, locked tightly by the ghost of Malthus, France, whose population has not changed for 30 years, is still calm and terrified by the huge casualties of the last European war. With the increasing threat of Germany, it has to give up its pride and sign the South China Sea Agreement with Gu Weijun in Paris. According to the agreement, the French Far East Fleet will work with the Chinese Navy to protect the interests of the French East India, the Beibu Gulf and the South China Sea with the Chinese Navy from the effective date of the agreement. The French Navy will open the Cam Ranh Bay Base and the Djibouti Base for use by the Chinese Navy. As a reciprocal condition, the Chinese Navy will also open the Zhanjiang and Pontianak bases for use by the French Navy.

The United States, on the other side of the Atlantic, had its foreign policy during this period of time, and was selfish, superficial and even rash, as the term of the Roosevelt administration was about to end. Americans who were worried that the Republican Party would introduce the country into war again to carry out a policy of glory and isolation. Under such public opinion, in order to compete for votes, any resolution to send troops to the Far East and Europe was blocked by Congress. Even the Philippine government's request to send troops to protect according to the US-Philippines agreement was simply rejected by Congress.

England, which could not find allies, fell into global isolation and had to endure the threat of two madmen. When the German army happily counted the spoils in Prague and included Poland in the next target, the Japanese army also continued to attack like crazy. On the fifth day after Songkhla landed, Siam coup, pro-Japanese Thai Prime Minister Luan Piwen returned to China. He announced an alliance with Japan to deal with British and French colonialism. The entire five armies, including a good mechanized force, officially became Japan's first minion. Then, Sukarno, who was hidden by Japan, returned to Batavia, not only announced the establishment of Indonesia again, but also announced the alliance with Japan, and handed over the Indonesian People's Army, whose total strength had expanded to 80,000, to be commanded by the Japanese army.

Siam turned against him and Indonesian servants joined the war. The increasingly severe situation hit the Royal Navy, which was trying to plan a counterattack, and the Reputation and Counterattack hidden in Myanmar's Sittie Port had to be dispatched. However, when they marched to the Koko Islands, they were unfortunately discovered by two Japanese reconnaissance planes that took off from Penang.

The Battle of the Andaman Sea broke out, and the Japanese First Fleet, which had been cruising in the Andaman Sea, quickly bit the opponent. After two days and two nights of game, the two sides finally encountered overseas on Havelock Island. Although the British Navy used the night to severely damage the Kaohsiung heavy cruiser and the Hiei battleship and sunk four Japanese destroyers, they were attacked by the Japanese Navy air force after dawn. The British and Japanese air forces stationed in Malaya and the Andaman Islands also entered the naval and air battle.

By afternoon, the Reputation and Counterattack were eventually sunk on Barron Island by Japanese aviation forces because they were outnumbered.

When the news came out, the whole of Britain was silent, and the London Times even used the "Second Battle of Coronel" to describe this tragic failure. The demise of the British Far East Fleet meant that Britain's maritime forces in Asia were completely expelled.

"Has it won?"

Next to the Andaman Islands, the battleship of the King Kong, full of gunpowder, was still calm in the joy of victory. The sailors squeezed on the deck in groups of three or three, smoking and chatting were filled with laughter. Yamamoto Iroku supported the railings with his hands and watched the Japanese Marines landing from Port Blair, but he was not happy at all. To outsiders, the closing of the western gate of the Strait of Malacca means that Singapore has become an isolated island. Japan has already taken the initiative in the southwest Pacific and Indian Oceans, but he is very clear about how much water there is in this victory. If the United States did not retreat from the Philippines, if China actively intervenes, can it still win like this with a happy victory?

"Lieutenant General, the Marine Corps has all landed." The staff officer of the First Fleet, Colonel Kuroshima Turtle, came over with a strong smell of stinky smell. Smelling this smell, the officers unconsciously took a few steps back. "Kuroshima, can't you take a bath?" Yamamoto Irojiro was quite helpless with this favorite general. To be honest, few people in the entire Japanese Navy can surpass this collar with short eyebrows. Some even compared him to a genius staff officer of Akiyama Masa, but he doesn't like taking baths all year round, and no matter where he goes, he has a bad smell.

There were many navy troops who had not taken baths for many years in the sailing era, but now, Colonel Kuroshima Turtle completely ignored his eyes, even Yamamoto Iroku's persuasion was like a wind in his ears, muttering in a divine manner: "Lieutenant General, should we continue to go west? The fleet in China has arrived in Saudi Arabia. If we can attack Mumbai, we can block them in the Strait of Hormuz and block them forever."

"Colonel Kuroshima, are you kidding?" Yamamoto Iroku rolled his eyes, looking scared.

The Black Island Turtle Man didn't think the plan was too blind. His short eyebrows were shrugging: "Lieutenant General, now is a great opportunity. Britain can no longer send fleets in the short term. The biggest enemy in the Indian Ocean and the Southwest Pacific has become the Chinese Navy. I think the rest of Southeast Asia can be left to the army to solve. We should continue to go west, attack Bangladesh, block the Strait of Hormuz, block the two Chinese aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, and then raid Dalian and Qingdao, occupy Taiwan and the Philippines, so as to ensure the safety of the southern waterway in the long run."

Although we all know that he was a firm move westward, the war had just passed, and the First Fleet and the Second Fleet had been out for more than a month. The Navy was not an army horse manure, and every time it was dispatched, it was extremely expensive. So Colonel Ishizuka Chitsuka next to him could no longer hold it back and shouted in the unpleasant smell: "Kuroshima, are you confused again? The soldiers have been out for more than a month. What we need most urgently now is rest and supplies. From here to Sasebo, there are only Singapore, Cam Ranh Bay and Rabaul that can allow large fleets like us to receive supply and rest. The army has not yet taken Singapore, and Cam Ranh Bay is in the hands of France, so we should go back to Rabaul to rest first."

"Well, that's right. But why didn't Ishizuka-kun say it? The Empire has sent ten divisions here, and three divisions will be needed to attack Myanmar next. If it attacks Vietnam, two divisions will be needed? But there are more than 4,000 kilometers from the Empire to Rabaul, and then to Singapore. If you don't take the initiative to defeat the Chinese Navy, will it be like this long-distance consumption every day? How much oil is needed for ordinary transport ships to travel back and forth for more than a month? Have you ever calculated how much oil is needed? It takes one year for Palembang and Balibaban to resume production, and the oil fields in Sarawak can only produce 500,000 tons per year. Now the Empire's oil reserves are decreasing every day. If you cannot take the most convenient route, how many transport ships and oil in the Empire can consume on this 10,000 kilometers of supply line?

In Southeast Asia, only Digboy, 700 kilometers away from Dhaka, has oil. The British have mined there for 30 years and can produce 500,000 tons of gasoline, kerosene and diesel every year. The railway is ready-made! Next to Dhaka is Kolkata, India's second largest industrial city. The UK has a complete naval base, a dock and a maintenance factory here. Needless to say, the Persian Gulf, the Chinese people produce more than 8 million tons of oil fields in Saudi Arabia. They have also built perfect naval facilities and shipyards locally. These are the keys to long-term control of the Indian Ocean. If it really doesn't work, they can invite Soviet allies to attack Iran. I believe they will definitely be willing to do so."

"India is the crown of Britain, and the Persian Gulf forces are intricate. If we continue to go west, then Britain, France and even the United States will declare war on us. If we are dragged in India, the Chinese fleet will definitely attack the waterways and the locals."

"Then we will take Guam and the Philippines first. As long as we control the Bashi Strait and add the Okinawa garrison, we can cut off all the channels for the Chinese Navy to enter the Pacific Ocean! In this way, even if there is Taiwan, it is not possible, because there is no good port in the east of Taiwan. Even if they cross, we can rely on the Philippines and Guam to implement interception in the middle, so that we will not destroy the empire's waterway to the South Ocean."

"Are you crazy? Guam and the Philippines are both protected areas in the United States."

"Attacking Kolkata, Mumbai and the Persian Gulf, India has steel, food, and oil in the Persian Gulf. To seize the Philippines to blockade China, Kolkata and the Philippines can use the close range to support the Indian Ocean and the wars going south."

"Kukushima, why don't you go and have a cold shower first?"

"I'm already very calm, these are all necessary conditions for continuing to win."

The staff officer and the officer quarreled together. Yamamoto Iroku stood beside him and watched silently without saying anything. The Great Japanese Empire after heading south seemed to be in a big trouble...
Chapter completed!