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    "Outside the number, out of the way. Japan declares war, the Nanyang War."

    ¡°The Minas oil field is in danger.¡±

    ¡°The President has again ordered the evacuation of overseas Chinese from Singapore, Siam, Malaya and Europe.¡±

    Early in the morning, newspapers were being sold from north to south.  The Nanyang War instantly became the hottest topic in China and even the world. The Japanese army, which had been holding back for more than ten years, burst out with powerful combat power. It took only five days to break through the 40,000-strong Anglo-Dutch Allied Forces garrisoned without having an advantage in the air.  In Bei Province, facing the frenzied Japanese attack, less than 10,000 British-Dutch forces were left, and under the protection of the air force, they retreated through the strait to Kuala Lumpur.

    On the day of the battle in Jambi Province, Beijing declared neutrality and began to evacuate overseas Chinese in Malaya, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar and even Europe. It also announced that it would temporarily administer West Borneo and Riau Province in Sumatra, and annex West Borneo to  The security force of the China-Dutch Free Trade Zone was changed to the Third Marine Division.  Starting from the afternoon of that day, the Air Force used 1,112 sorties of Yun-9 and Yun-10 transport aircraft to deliver troops to Riau Province in Sumatra, West Borneo and Kuching Port respectively.  In just 80 hours, a total of 28,000 soldiers with only light equipment, including the Second Marine Division and the First Airborne Division, arrived at the three places.  At the same time, the Navy also mobilized 113 cargo ships and 17 troop carriers to transport heavy equipment from the Eleventh 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 stated in a speech to Congress that China would no longer implement the Treaty of Qingdao to ensure the safety of the Republic of China's maritime oil channels when the United Kingdom was unable to continue to implement the Treaty of Qingdao. After the meeting, he told reporters that China  The Navy has the right to ensure the security of the Strait of Malacca and the Strait of Sunda on its own.

    The British were furious at Yang Qiu's unilateral abolition of the Qingdao Treaty, but they could no longer distract the Far East.  Despite the constant intelligence provided by Beijing, the ferocity of Japan's southward offensive stunned the world.  The day after the capture of Jambi Province, three thousand Japanese troops landed at Lahad Datu Port in northeastern Sarawak.  After taking Bandar Seri Begawan without blood on March 3, Brunei Sultan Ahmed Tanzudin hurriedly boarded a cruise ship under the protection of his guards and fled to Natuna. Two days later, he and his family flew to Beijing for refuge.

    On March 9, the Japanese army advanced to Serikui and Betong. At the same time, the Second Marine Division of the Republic of China entered Sri Aman, only 25 kilometers away from the Japanese army.

    When most of Sarawak was captured without bloodshed, the Japanese combined fleet heading south was also divided into two groups. First Fleet Commander Yamamoto Isoroku led two aircraft carriers and four Kongo-class battleships to detour to Christmas Island, Australia, and on March 11  Appeared in the Andaman Sea, but the British Navy Reputation and Repulse, which had been operating in the area, left early due to intelligence.  at the same time.  After a brief rest, the Japanese 5th Division bypassed Riau Province and continued westward. On March 15, it met up with the navy in Banda Aceh, the last stronghold of the Anglo-Dutch Allied Forces in Sumatra. They sank two British destroyers and captured a large number of people who were waiting to escape the war.  Ships from various countries passing through the strait.

    At the same time, a battalion of the Chinese Marine Corps stationed in the Anambas Islands and announced temporary trusteeship.

    Facing the Chinese Navy, which claimed to be neutral but constantly used opportunities to intimidate, the Japanese base camp was furious.  However, due to the delay in finding the Renown and the Counterattack, Yamamoto Isoroku had to watch the Anambas Islands be occupied.  It also temporarily gave up the idea of ??attacking the Andaman Islands and Burma, and fully protected the army's landing in Malaya.  Under his decision, 40,000 Japanese troops boarded a destroyer fast transport ship on the morning of March 17, regardless of fatigue.  Regardless of the losses, even the British Air Force, which dominated the sky, turned a blind eye and landed on the Malay Peninsula with fierce fire support from the fleet.

    On March 16, the Japanese troops moving south, supported by a large number of aircraft, set off from Palembang to carry out the first bombing of Singapore.  But unlike in history, the Japanese army, which was forced to go south early, couldn't get any decent aircraft, and they couldn't get enough intelligence from Natuna.  Several successive bombings were repelled by more than 200 Hurricanes deployed in Singapore. Not only did they lose more than 60 expensive 96 land attack aircraft, they were also counterattacked by the Royal Air Force and bombed the Palembang Oilfield, destroying a large number of oilfield facilities.  Serious losses made Japan increasingly dissatisfied with its air power, speeding up the development of Type 1 fighters and Type 0 fighters, and at the same time decided to suspend aerial bombing.

    Although Britain temporarily gained air control over the Strait, the Japanese army that landed in Malaya made rapid progress because the Singapore Fortress was contained.  In the case of poor roads, the Japanese army used bicycles and other tools to conquer Kuala Lumpur and sweep across the entire Malay Peninsula in just one week. Many British soldiers 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 successive defeats by the British army. They were divided, surrounded and eaten like a flock of sheep driven by wolves on the grassland. In the end, the British commander-in-chief in Malaya, Bai Sihua, had to abandon more than 60,000 coalition troops and led  The remaining troops evacuated hastily to Singapore in an attempt to wait for reinforcements.

    The next day, after encircling Singapore, Yamashita Tomofumi, who attacked Malaya, took advantage of the arrival of reinforcements to attack the Japanese army at Toyota Vice PresidentUnder the protection of the Second Fleet led by ??, they suddenly turned around and broke into the Gulf of Siam. After easily annihilating several British warships hiding here, they issued an ultimatum to Thailand.  Without receiving a timely reply, the Japanese Sixth Division and the Guards Division took the lead in landing in places such as Songkhla, Pattani and Pattaya.

    The sudden ignition of the war in the Southwest Pacific disrupted the whole world. In less than a month, the Japanese army, which had been previously thought to have been defeated twice by the Chinese National Defense Forces, and had little combat effectiveness, unleashed a powerful combat force that shocked people all over the world.  The military strategists were stunned.  When they swept across 22 million square kilometers of land in just twenty days, everyone suddenly understood that the stubborn and even paranoid Japanese army had not fallen, but was just overshadowed by the rapid rise of the Chinese National Defense Force in the past two decades.

    Even the people in China who had previously clamored that they should "stand up" to protect Nanyang turned pale. Military strategists around the world compared the Chinese National Defense Forces with the Japanese army over and over again. Some even believed that the Chinese National Defense Forces, which had been stumbling in Afghanistan, were no longer the Japanese army.  opponent.

    "Damn it, is this too easy? It's a war, it's just a march."

    "Yes, if we had known that the British army was so sparse, we would have taken it down ourselves."

    "It's easy to defeat it, but how to deal with the aftermath? It's not as good as it is now. At least there are people to help us clear the obstacles in front."

    "hehe."

    There were whispers in the confidential conference room of the General Staff. Like other countries in the world, the generals and ministers of the Republic of China also did not expect the Japanese army to advance so quickly.  "This is the entire situation of the current war situation." Song Ziqing glanced at everyone.  After closing the document and turning off the photo projector, he asked the guard to turn on the light before speaking in a hoarse voice after staying up all night: "Except for the areas under our control, the Dutch East Indies and Malaya have all been occupied by the Japanese army. There are 130,000 people in Malaya.  Only more than 30,000 British troops safely evacuated to Singapore. How long they can hold out depends on when the Japanese fleet finds the main force of the British Far East Fleet. Once the British navy fails, the possibility of the Japanese army continuing deep into Burma and Bangladesh cannot be ruled out. As for Siam, Luang Phibun  He has always been very pro-Japanese, so he is planning to defect to Japan. Siam and France have always been at odds. Once Siam falls, it is not ruled out that Luang Phibun will collude with Japan to attack French Vietnam and sweep eastward to seize the strategic key point of Cam Ranh Bay.

    Yesterday morning.  Two divisions of our Eleventh Army have arrived in West Borneo, so our troops stationed in Nanyang already include the 1st Airborne Division, the 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions, the 13th and 28th Infantry Divisions of the 11th Army, and the 19th Air Force  , 22nd and 25th three mixed wings.  Among them, the 1st Airborne Division is stationed in Riau Province, Sumatra, the 2nd Marine Division is in Kuching, and the rest will be stationed in West Borneo.  Within a week, the remaining 121st Infantry Division, 43rd and 58th Infantry Divisions of the 11th Army will also arrive in Pontianak.  The engineering force is accelerating the cleanup of Anambas Island and is expected to build an airport in three weeks. The Navy has prepared two fighter wings and a bomber wing to station, so that it can form a pincer attack on the South China Sea with Natuna.  Cooperate with Navy Squadron 24 to protect the security of these areas.  "

    "Do you know where the main force of the British fleet is?" Fang Wei stood up as soon as Song Ziqing finished his introduction.

    Song Ziqing looked at this tall and thin general who defended Wusheng Pass and joined forces with Yue Peng to defeat the Beiyang Army and Henan. Now he is the commander-in-chief of the army.  Shaking his head: "I don't know. Since we provided the intelligence, the Reputation and Repulse have left Colombo and have been in radio silence. Marquis Zhu Bin and the others also sent ships to search after they entered the Indian Ocean. But I estimate that they are still approaching in the Indian Ocean.  On the coast of Myanmar. Because there are many islands here with complex hydrology, it can also be protected by British Air Force aircraft."

    "What's the reaction from Europe?" Wang Zhengting seemed to be very worried about the Japanese army's combat effectiveness, and his eyes still stayed on the map when asking.  Song Ziqing continued to answer: "It's already in chaos! Britain didn't expect that Japan would declare war. It didn't expect that its own troops would be so vulnerable, so it has begun recruiting troops from Commonwealth countries such as India, Australia and Canada. Chamberlain even rushed there in person before  Paris, tried to persuade the French Far East Army to cooperate, but Daladier refused in the name of defending Germany. Gu Weijun has used this opportunity to negotiate with France. France agreed that as long as we come forward to confirm that once a country attacks the French East Indies 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 Sudetenland, trying to tear up the agreement and annex the Czech Republic. We also found that the Soviet Caucasus Front mobilized frequently during this period, and the number of communications  It was three times that of a month ago, and I suspect that it may have started in the past few days.

    Therefore, Jiang Baili has reached an agreement with Ibn Saud. The port of Oqair and the northern Hail will be leased to our country for military bases. Ibn Saud also promised that if there is a situation that threatens Saudi national security, he is willing to provide more  military base.  But he stillIf they don't agree to garrison troops immediately, they must wait until the Soviet army really moves south. Therefore, the Fourth and Seventeenth Armies may have to stay in Kashgar for a while longer.

    The oil channel is safe for the time being. According to the agreement with Japan, we will temporarily stop using the Malacca Strait and all will pass through the Sunda Strait.  Therefore, the second batch of fleet heading to Saudi Arabia is expected to arrive in half a month.  When Fleet A returns after unloading its cargo, they will also go here to avoid the complicated war zone.  "

    "President, the British ambassador is here."

    Yang Qiu originally wanted to ask about Iran, but was interrupted by the visiting Xu Gesen
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