The progress of history has not deviated from the original trajectory. The major events that happened in that time and space on June 22, 1941 still happened faithfully. Germany fully invaded the Soviet Union in the early morning of that day. The European War was now in full swing. At noon that day, This explosive news spread all over the world,
In Singapore, after receiving relevant notifications from the Tokyo base camp, Yamamoto imagined the mechanized troops of the German Empire rushing into the Soviet Union like locusts. He slapped the table in front of him hard and finally made up his mind. After completing the work above, he would soon fly back to Sasebo Naval Port to personally preside over the strategy towards the United States. Three days later, he obtained the consent of the base camp and appointed Koizumi as acting commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition Fleet. He also made adjustments to other personnel appointments. After that, he prepared to return to Japan. That afternoon, before boarding the ship in Mersing, he said to Koizumi: "The industrial base of the United States is too huge. Once it enters the wartime system, it will definitely become the decisive force in this world war. Since history has destined that we and the United States will eventually have a war, then preemptive strike is a must. Mr. Koizumi, your assumption is correct. If the empire wants to become an unsinkable aircraft carrier, it must obtain an engine that can continuously provide power. ,,Dutch Indochina is simply tailor-made for this. Manage it well. Whether the empire can finally win in this century game depends on the development here. Don't worry about the base camp. No matter what happens I will help you with it, as for occupying Burma and opening the western front against China." At this point, Ouyang Yun's name came to mind, and then he sighed and continued: "I won't give you hard targets, just do what you can. That's it, don't worry, I will come to join you after I have solved Thailand's Pacific Fleet. By then, neither the British, the Chinese, nor the Americans will be able to stop our overall rise in Asia, Koizumi Sir, please do everything."
When Yamamoto was saying goodbye to Koizumi at the Port of Mersing, at a British military camp in Chittagong, nearly 500 trainees from the Jungle Special Operations Brigade led by Guo Kui were orderly getting off helicopters and Great Wall off-road vehicles.
Craly and "Gomande" Captain Vicente were responsible for receiving them. The two British men came forward and saluted Guo Kui, Lu Zhibai and Wang Changlong, and then hugged him warmly. Craly hugged Guo Kui and said with a smile: "I've long heard that your army's Langya is the king of special warfare, and today I saw that he truly deserves his reputation."
Having stayed in Hanoi for a while, Craley understood the true strength of Wolf Fang far better than Wavell. For the same reason, his enthusiasm for the standard weapons of the Xuebing Army was far greater than that of other generals in the British Army Command in India. ,
Guo Kui was not too used to this kind of welcome, so he pushed him away without leaving a trace and said with a reserved smile: "I don't dare to be the king of special operations, but to deal with the little devils, it will definitely not be a problem for these young men under me to fight one against ten."
Churchill and Eden thought too much. In view of the fact that the "Bangkok Talks Minutes" involved too many ulterior secrets, Ouyang Yun and Wavell deliberately avoided some sensitive terms in the minutes that were made public. Topics, including the part about the Xuebing Army helping to rescue captured British soldiers in Singapore. Of course, for the British, if the Xuebing Army could really rescue the more than 30,000 British soldiers from the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Singapore In other words, not to mention an unfinished aircraft carrier and four "old V-class" destroyers, the price of double this is worth it.
Ouyang Yun was much more enthusiastic than Wavell about rescuing British prisoners of war in Singapore because he coveted the Far East Fleet. Ever since Willie made this request to him, he had been considering the feasibility of this matter. He traveled through
He was engaged in special operations before and had a lot of time to prepare, so the action plan he drew up himself was quite feasible. It was precisely because of seeing this action plan that Wavell felt that the Chinese were not just talking in vain.
That's all, he willingly accepted London's instructions and honestly signed his name on the minutes of the meeting.
In the action plan drawn up by Ouyang Yun, the cadets participating in the operation were divided into two parts. One was the jungle special operations brigade led by Guo Kui himself, and the other was the naval cadets provided by Chen Ce.
Due to the distrust of the British and the purpose of training the troops, the naval part was imposed by Ouyang Yun's wishful thinking. In this operation, the navy will be responsible for two fronts at the same time: the submarine force commanded by Xu Kai of the Haikou fleet will be responsible for the task of luring the enemy;
They will reenact the scene of sinking the "Kaga" aircraft carrier and attract the attention of the Japanese army by sneak attack on the Japanese ships near the South China Sea of the Western Expedition Fleet; if the naval officers and soldiers of the Dongshan Fleet Deputy Commander Qi Minghao, who are mainly pilots and engineers, will
The mission is equivalent to an actual combat exercise. They will cooperate with the naval officers and soldiers of the British Fleet Z to control a mixed fleet composed of the French Far East Fleet and the British Fleet Z plus a number of merchant ships to go to the Strait of Malacca to pick up Guo Kui and the rescued British prisoners of war.
The conclusion drawn from the war game deduction is that the key to the success of the rescue operation lies in whether the prisoners of war can be evacuated to the ship before the large Japanese troops arrive. In order to gain as much time as possible for the prisoners of war to board the ship, the Jungle Special Warfare Brigade
He had to carry considerable heavy weapons. Thinking that the helicopter had been exposed, Ouyang Yun simply sent out the helicopter brigade to assist in this operation.
Because the helicopter brigade had no experience in taking off and landing from the deck before, Guo Kui and the others arrived early so they could conduct adaptive training related to this.
On June 29, the naval task force under the command of Qi Minghao arrived at Chittagong. Their arrival directly forced Wavell to take action against Jean Degoux and his French Far East Fleet. That night, at Craly and
While Whitson and others were hosting a banquet to greet Qi Minghao and others, Wavell hosted a banquet with Fleet Commander Phillips at the base of the British Fleet Z to entertain the captains and captains of the French Far East Fleet headed by Jean Decourt.
senior commander,
Because the French West Indian colonies, which were heavily surrounded by British colonies, did not have a large military port, and the Japanese expeditionary fleet blocked the Strait of Malacca, no matter what attitude De Gu and others held towards the British in their hearts, they fled in panic from the North Atlantic.
After returning, I could only rely on the British to get a breathing space.
It was not an easy life living under someone else’s roof, especially after Degu returned dissatisfied from his trip to Hanoi. Phillips directly ordered the blockade of the Chittagong Naval Port on Wavell’s orders, restricting the freedom of large ships of the Far East Fleet to enter and exit the port. In response, Degu
Although I criticized it quite a bit, because I knew the game between the top leaders of Britain, France and Germany, I comforted myself by thinking that it was understandable for the British to do this.