Ouyang Yun concluded that the British army would surrender because he was familiar with this period of history. Although the Japanese army entered the Indian Ocean a year earlier than that time and space, and the order of attack was completely reversed, the fundamental factors that determined the outcome of this battle were the same. The British have not fought for too long, but the Japanese have been soaked in blood. Each is weak and the other is strong. When the British army's most reliable sea and air forces are defeated by the Japanese army, in fact, its outcome is already doomed. ,
For the Japanese, the strong attack on the Indian Ocean is the best way to solve the increasingly scarce domestic combat readiness resources. Not only that, if they can capture Vietnam and Myanmar as they wish, they can open up a new front and direct their troops towards China. This is the reason why the Xuebing Army had to send elite troops into Vietnam despite encountering huge pressure from the Korean puppet army on the frontal battlefield. For Western countries such as Britain and the United States that maintain huge colonial interests in Southeast Asia, the Japanese did this It can be said that a poisonous needle was stuck in their hearts. The British were the most depressed because before this, Britain and Japan had always maintained a non-aligned alliance. In fact, the Japanese navy still had a strong sense of British teachers. Shadow, this time the Japanese came up with a stick without saying hello. The British were caught off guard and ate several sap. This has become a joke in the world's diplomatic circles. The Dutch and French were so anxious. Not much worse than the British, but their homeland has fallen into the hands of Nazi Germany, so the way to express anger is quite simple and boring. Because of the rise of soldiers such as Ambos, the French have adopted fairly clever countermeasures, and they have learned a lot. The soldiers and armies reached an agreement to get what they needed, and gained the support of the student army. Now it seems that apart from Britain and the United States, it is one of the countries most likely to maintain its colonial interests. Among the four countries of Britain, France, the United States and the Netherlands, the sentiment of the Americans It is the most tangled and complicated. On the one hand, the U.S. government focuses its attention on Europe and does not want to go to war with Japan. Therefore, although there are endless protests, there is no substantive action; on the other hand, considering the Japanese military After sweeping away all the Western forces in Southeast Asia, the Philippines occupied by the United States will be in trouble. The U.S. government is anxious and always wants to do something to feel at ease. It is under the guidance of this kind of thinking that the Americans have quietly become The shadow fourth party outside the "Sino-British-French" tripartite alliance began to use its huge commercial transport fleet to provide military assistance to China in exchange for China's military export to Southeast Asia. It also helped the British mobilize military supplies from the mainland to the Indian Ocean. Thinking that we can curb the advance of Japan, a beast of war, at the minimum cost,
In addition to the United States, Britain, France and the Netherlands, the Australian government has also maintained a high degree of vigilance against Japanese troops entering the Indian Ocean. As a member of the Imperial Federation, Australia has an obligation to help the British resist foreign aggression. In Singapore, at this time, the eighth The Australian Division was fighting with the 11th Indian Division for the British,
When a Langya named Cui Lin of the Langtou Regiment left Phnom Penh with his seven brothers and began to march towards the Malay Peninsula, Ouyang Yun and his generals gathered around a huge sand table and were discussing how to maximize their chances of success. Rescued many overseas Chinese trapped in the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.
"I hope the British can hold on longer. In that case, we can rescue more local Chinese. When the country was in the most difficult times, they donated money and planes. Now, it is time for the country to repay them. If necessary, I will not hesitate to send out an army to rescue them." After the meeting began, Ouyang Yun vowed,
"It's very difficult." Guo Kui said: "Not to mention that we don't know when the British will surrender. Even if we have this time, how will we get them out? If we send troops to break into the Malay Peninsula directly, the Japanese army will There are aircraft carriers providing air support. If the scale is small, infiltration will be useless. If the scale is large, the Japanese may seize the opportunity."
"The British are so stupid. They actually let the Japanese successfully attack Segamat. It is impossible to expect the British and the Japanese to fight hard. The British now have no choice but to ask the Americans to help transfer. The problem is, the Americans can't help but surrender." Are you willing to take the risk?" Chu Tiange said,
Ouyang Yun: "Even if it is a risk, the British will try to do it. Don't forget, not long ago, they just completed a world-famous Dunkirk evacuation, and this will be our only chance. , As long as the Americans are willing to help the British, then we can organize a group of fleets to mix with the American fleets and transport as many local Chinese and overseas Chinese as possible. But before that, we must stir up the waters of Southeast Asia. It needs to be more muddy."
On the Malay Peninsula, the British have not given up resistance. On the one hand, British Prime Minister Churchill asked the US government to put pressure on the Japanese government, hoping to win the war without fighting through negotiations. On the other hand, he appointed the commander-in-chief of the British Military Command in the Middle East. Commander General Wavell was the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in India, hoping that Wavell could achieve another great feat like he had done in defeating the Italian army in the Middle East. After Wavell rushed to India, he immediately assembled all the land-based and sea-based fighter planes he could muster to attack the Japanese army in Malta. came to carry out indiscriminate bombing on bases on the peninsula and Sumatra, and destroyed several oil wells on Sumatra.
The most fundamental purpose of Japan's dispatch of troops to the Indian Ocean was to obtain the oil resources on Sumatra Island. Wavell's move could be said to have hit their weak point. Yamamoto Isoroku immediately mobilized two aircraft carrier fleets to permanently station in the Java Sea, and regularly Fighters were dispatched to cruise, and after he made this arrangement with his front foot, Wavell commanded two divisions of British troops to attack Segamat from Negeri Sembilan. The two sides immediately launched an offensive and defensive battle around Segamat.
The war in Segamat was raging. At the Xuebing Army Naval Base in Haikou, two Song-class submarines with a displacement of 1,250 tons left the dock fully loaded with fuel and weapons. The Song-class submarines are a new generation of conventionally powered submarines independently developed by the Xuebing Army. They represent With the most advanced technology of Xuebingjun Navy, Xuebingjun has produced three submarines of this type so far. There was no actual combat experience before. Ouyang Yun dispatched two of them at once and asked them to carry out long-distance missions. Dealing with the unprecedentedly large Japanese expedition fleet shows his determination to save the Chinese in Singapore.
Coincidentally, on the same day that two Song-class submarines set off for the Indian Ocean battlefield, Japan's two Yamato-class battleships converted into aircraft carriers were launched at the same time. Therefore, Yamamoto Isoroku received a domestic secret message and heard that "Yamato" "" and "Musashi" aircraft carriers were officially launched for sea trials, and when he was smiling happily as two new forces were added to the Imperial Navy's aircraft carrier community, he did not know that two submarines from the Xuebing Army were pointing at the Gulf of Thailand, quietly revealing With shining fangs,