A large group of Chinese sturgeons roared in. Shota Sasaki stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the national flag logos on the Chinese sturgeons, and couldn't help but said in his heart: "This is our fighter plane, this is our fighter plane." There was a softness in the deepest part of my heart.
"Your Excellency, please take shelter in the cabin temporarily." His adjutant and several subordinates held his arms and lifted him into the cabin. The Chinese pilots who were performing bombing missions did not know that there were thousands of people below. The Japanese were hiding a predator of their own. For several days in a row, because the overall situation of the war in Singapore was determined, the bombing targets of Chinese fighter planes were changed to these ships responsible for transporting the Japanese army and the National Independence Army. In the battle from Malaya, the Japanese army finally An active aircraft carrier, the Watergate, was buried in the Gulf of Thailand. The Japanese lost the ability to compete with the Chinese army, whether at sea or in the air. In addition, Koizumi Minichiro had decided to abandon Singapore and was unwilling to lose its strength. The loss of air power is here. The result is that Singapore and nearby airspace have completely become a training ground for the Chinese Air Force. For the Chinese pilots, the battles in the past few days are more like live-fire training than combat.
After a series of bombings, in the end, Shota Sasaki, who originally had less than a regiment of soldiers left, surrendered half of them, and he himself was hit in the abdomen by a shrapnel and almost died at the hands of his own men.
One day later, inside the Southeast Asian Japanese Army Headquarters in Batam, Shota Sasaki was carried on a stretcher in front of Toshiichiro Koizumi. The entire 150th Division stayed behind, but only more than 2,000 people came back. Even though, the 2,000 people who came back this time Many people, including their top officer Shota Sasaki, were injured, but Koizumi Toshiichiro was still furious and severely criticized the officers of the 150th Division headed by Shota Sasaki.
Without the presence of the Southeast Asian natives, Koizumi could express some of his words unscrupulously, "Sasaki-kun, what did I tell you at the time, you must do your best to preserve the army, what have you done, the National Independence Army, leave them alone Damn it, you now know that the nearly 200,000 National Independence Army members who stayed in Singapore have been integrated by the Chinese, Ba Ge."
"Your Excellency, I just can't stand the way the Chinese people look like no one, so I wanted to give them a hard blow, but I didn't expect that the Chinese army would actually become so powerful." In front of Koizumi Toshiichiro. , Sasaki's behavior was still very normal. He lowered his head at this time and looked as if he knew he had made a big mistake.
Koizumi Minichiro has said too many things about scolding before, and in his opinion, Sasaki is such a fool, so his punishment is limited to scolding and spurring, but cannot really damage his morale. Staring at him fiercely, Koizumi said: "This matter is over for now. I will settle the score with you later." After saying that, he turned his head and glanced at everyone and said, "Sasaki is also here. Let's have a meeting below. We are here." The Americans already know what happened to Singapore. Well, Eisenhower, that bastard, it was a lie that he sent people over to offer condolences. The real purpose may just be to watch our jokes and then search for some information about the Chinese people's combat capabilities. You all understand now. Well, giving up Singapore is not because I fear the strength of the Chinese people, but to avoid becoming cannon fodder in this anti-China world war. Gentlemen, the war is far from over, and I don’t believe that the Chinese people can survive the United States. Once the joint offensive between Su Ying and us defeats the Chinese, the key to how much dividends the empire can draw from it depends on us..."
Similar to this principle, before and after the New Delhi Conference, Koizumi Toshiichiro frequently instilled it in the attendees.
However, because the losses of this retreat were indeed too great and the blow to morale was even more severe, in order to improve the morale of the troops, he could only take the trouble to bring it up again.
Batam Island is close to Singapore. Of course, Koizumi Minichiro cannot use it as the center of future decision-making. In order to better control the military industry enterprises in Australia, Koizumi is discussing with the Americans and wants to move the headquarters to New Guinea. Lai City.
As for whether the anti-China alliance of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and Japan could achieve final victory, even if the Singapore retreat turned into what it is now, Koizumi Minichiro had no doubts. However, what made him and the Americans, including the British, dissatisfied and regretted , after the bloody incident at Lake Baikal in the Far East, China and the Soviet Union were still unable to start a fight.
"...The Americans came to discuss with us the issue of jointly sending troops. I refused on the grounds that our army was newly defeated and needed repairs. The Americans have promised to support us with a batch of military supplies before the end of next month, and we What needs to be paid is an army of about 100,000 people. This force will be temporarily under the command of the Americans. My idea is that all the officers will be from us, while the soldiers will all be selected from the National Independence Army." Here, Koizumi glared at Shota Sasaki again and shouted: "It makes me angry when I mention this. Sasaki, we have so many training officers and military officers in Singapore's national independence armies, and you haven't been able to bring back one of the hundreds of them for me." ,."
Sasaki pressed his head and kept silent.
Koizumi glared at him fiercely and continued: "The Americans did us a favor this time. In the Palau Islands, the remaining officers and soldiers of our combined fleet are still fighting bloody battles. The Americans just used fighter planes to deliver a batch of supplies not long ago. The Americans If the Americans want to regain control of the Palau Islands, Guam and Midway Island, it will be good for us. In that case, we can also resume the Pacific route with the mainland. Therefore, in addition to handing over to the Americans Of the 100,000 troops under our command, we still need to dispatch about 50,000 troops to participate in the battle to seize the island. I can roughly guess the intentions of the Americans. They are still afraid of killing people, so relying on their strong financial resources, they want to Use aid supplies in exchange for us to help them fight to the death. Gentlemen, don't feel depressed and unfair. The reality is so cruel. After the loss of the Ganbang military industrial base, our own military industry system has been basically paralyzed. Therefore, even if we look down on the Americans This kind of behavior, for our own survival and growth, we can only make this kind of deal with the Americans..."
After Koizumi finished speaking, some people started whispering among themselves. What they were discussing was nothing more than the composition of this 50,000-man army and who was suitable to be the commander-in-chief of this army.
These 50,000 people are nominally fighting for the Americans, but they are actually an opportunity to strengthen themselves. The Japanese have fought with the Americans for a long time, and they have some understanding of the temperament of the Americans and the military system. Naturally, they know Once these 50,000 people go to participate in the Palau Islands Raiders, the Americans will be responsible for the supply of food, accommodation and military supplies. However, the current Japanese army in Southeast Asia has been extremely short of supplies, especially military supplies, because its foundation has been destroyed. Helping the Americans fight will of course cause losses, but if you can get a sum of military supplies back, it will still be beneficial to strengthening your own strength. After all, as Koizumi has lowered the standards for Southeast Asian natives to become Japanese citizens, there is no shortage of soldiers. ,