"Mr. Suzuki, you can think of what I just said as an ultimatum, or you can think of it as the attitude of our umbrella company. I want to say that even though you have reached a so-called ceasefire agreement with the Chinese government, it has nothing to do with me and the umbrella company. Now that we have accepted the employment of the US government, there is only one voice left in Southeast Asia that dominates all affairs, and I personally believe that this voice should belong to the umbrella company. ”

"Mr. Zhuo, don't you really think about the situation you will face after failure? Do you really think that your mercenary forces can defeat the armies of the Great Japanese Empire? Kazuo Suzuki, who was shocked, also got up and stood up, and the tone of his voice unconsciously rose, and when he said it, Kazuo Suzuki felt that it was inappropriate, and then softened his tone. Mr. Zhuo, don't you want to know what the real purpose of my trip is? Why do you have to refuse the goodwill of the Great Japanese Empire? ”

Regarding Kazuo Suzuki's coercion, Zhuo Fei just smiled and handed the other party a telescope, and motioned for Kazuo Suzuki to go to the window and look at the sea. "Mr. Suzuki, did you see that? The warships on the sea belong to what you call the Great Japanese Empire, and they have been floating there for three days so far. I think the food on the warships may sink for a long time, but I don't know how much fresh water is left in those ships. Maybe another three days, maybe another week, but I know that sooner or later those warships belong to the Umbrella Company, Mr. Suzuki, what do you think? ”

Kazuo Suzuki's hand was tightly gripping the binoculars, because he was too hard, so that the back of his hand was already bruised, but Zhuo Fei turned a blind eye to this. "Mr. Suzuki, if the troops you sent are all of this kind of goods, I advise you not to send them again. Because I don't want my mercenaries to be busy digging graves or building camps for prisoners of war, and since the Umbrella Company's warehouses are already full of weapons and equipment belonging to your Imperial Japanese Army, we really don't have any extra warehouses to keep piling up these rags. ”

Zhuo Fei's words can be described as extremely heart-wrenching, hearing that Kazuo Suzuki's face was abnormally flushed, and forcibly pressed to resist the mania in his heart, Kazuo Suzuki turned his face to look at Zhuo Fei. "Mr. Zhuo, are you just demonstrating to me? Or have you really decided to fight our Empire of Japan to the end? After the Japanese Cabinet made the decision to transfer troops to the east, Kazuo Suzuki, who represented the Japanese Cabinet, really did not want to see the existence of this military force in Southeast Asia that posed a threat to Japan.

"Mr. Suzuki, I think you're in your early forties at most this year, so your ear power is degrading so fast." Zhuo Fei looked at Kazuo Suzuki with a smile, "I repeat what I just said, the Umbrella Company has accepted the employment of the U.S. government, and if there are still Japanese soldiers in Southeast Asia, the Umbrella Company will attack the Japanese soldiers in this area." In other words, if you don't want to clash with the Umbrella Company, then withdraw your troops from Southeast Asia. ”

"Mr. Zhuo, don't you want to listen to the advice of our Great Japanese Empire?" In the face of Zhuo Fei's aggressive words, Kazuo Suzuki held back his anger and spoke. "Our Imperial Japanese Empire is now deep into the interior of the United States along the west coast of the United States, and in the near future, the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire will surely be able to plant our flag on the roof of the White House. Compared with the American continent, the gains and losses in Southeast Asia are simply not worth it, and if Mr. Zhuo promises to give up military action and hostility against the imperial army, our Great Japanese Empire can even cede the five South Asian countries to the Umbrella Company. ”

Zhuo Fei knew that the five South Asian countries that Suzuki Kazuo was talking about were nothing more than Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, if Suzuki Kazuo's words were placed before the independence army crossed the Wan Town Bridge and went south to fight, maybe Zhuo Fei might be tempted, but the Japanese are saying this now, but it is too late. "Hehe, isn't Mr. Suzuki here joking with me? The five South Asian countries you just mentioned have already been controlled by our umbrella company, could it be that your so-called Great Japanese Empire has taken back control of the five South Asian countries by counterattacking on all fronts? ”

Zhuo Fei's chuckle was extremely harsh to Suzuki Kazuo's ears, the war in Myanmar and Thailand was unfavorable, which made the empire lose face, so at this moment, he could only laugh a few times as a reply. "Mr. Zhuo, His Majesty the Emperor of our Empire has great respect for your command ability, Mr. Zhuo, if you can submit to our Empire of Japan, His Majesty the Emperor will be very willing to grant you the title of Imperial Knighthood, and at the same time, he will appoint Mr. as the Governor of the Empire's South Asia and the Commander of the Imperial South Asian Front."

Zhuo Fei's brows had slowly wrinkled at some point, and Suzuki Kazuo's words made Zhuo Fei a little faintly worried, he didn't expect that the Japanese would come up with such tempting conditions. As the behind-the-scenes boss of the umbrella company, he can indeed be dismissive in the face of these conditions set by the Japanese, but if the Japanese use the same conditions to win over the top level of the government, I don't know if anyone will be willing to defect and become traitors for this reason.

Zhuo Fei was silent, thinking quickly in his mind about how to prevent this possibility, and his reaction fell into Kazuo Suzuki's eyes, but he was mistaken for Zhuo Fei thinking about the pros and cons. Seeing Zhuo Fei's reaction, Kazuo Suzuki, who was thinking about striking while the iron was hot, immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Zhuo, our Great Japanese Empire is very sincere, not only will we give you high-ranking officials, but also the previous viciousness of the Umbrella Company against the Great Japanese Imperial Army can also be blamed in the past." ”

Kazuo Suzuki's voice interrupted Zhuo Fei's contemplation, and glanced up at Kazuo Suzuki, who was full of smugness at the moment, Zhuo Fei shook his head and said, "Mr. Suzuki, I think you must have misunderstood my reaction just now, what I want to say is that I don't plan to cooperate with you." And I was just thinking about what to do with the remaining soldiers of the Fifth Division in the port area, because our umbrella company didn't have much time to waste on this meaningless Malay Peninsula, and the Americans were waiting for us to rush to the Philippines to save their troops. ”

Zhuo Fei's answer made Kazuo Suzuki completely dead, and he didn't even say anything to Zhuo Fei about the conditions set by the Japanese cabinet, so he left with two entourages in anger. The appearance of Kazuo Suzuki is just a small episode for Zhuo Fei, how can the plan that has been repeatedly formulated and revised for two years be abandoned because of a word of kindness from the Japanese, even if Zhuo Fei chooses to compromise with the Japanese army, Angela and they will not agree, because the umbrella company has put in too much effort and effort.

"No matter what, Southeast Asia, our umbrella must be taken down. Even if we can't control these sites in the end, we must at least get the right of first refusal, otherwise our years of hard work and hard work will be in vain. Angela, who learned of this, rarely showed a strong side, and Angela's strength also won the unanimous support of Vivian and Huffman, and even Andy, who was far away in the United States, also sent a telegram to support Angela, and the veterans of the umbrella company had already been in Southeast Asia.

"Okay, okay, I raised my hands in favor, actually, I didn't say I was going to terminate the plan." Zhuo Fei, who was attacked by everyone, finally became a street rat, and even Zhuo Yan, who had always followed closely, began to secretly look at Zhuo Fei with scrutinizing eyes, and Zhuo Fei had deprived Zhuo Yan of the right to supper for three consecutive days.

"This Zhuo Fei is really arrogant, could it be that he thought that after defeating the Fifth Division, the Great Japanese Empire would have no power to fight back? We must not allow this umbrella company to continue, and I believe that we must immediately dispatch troops to attack the umbrella company, otherwise Southeast Asia will become a quagmire for a large number of imperial troops, just like the previous Chinese battlefield. The news brought back by Kazuo Suzuki angered the Japanese cabinet members, especially the War Secretary, who suggested that troops continue to be deployed to support Singapore, which has not yet been breached.

The Chinese battlefield has become a bloody battlefield, and with the successive appearances and strong attacks of the new army units, all Japanese units in the Chinese theater have suffered casualties of varying degrees. With the smooth progress of the war on the American continent, the military's attention has become more and more focused on going to the American continent, and China, which was originally regarded as a great enemy by Japan, is now no longer regarded as the center of gravity by the military and the cabinet. At this time, the umbrella companies representing third parties rose strongly, and for the Japanese cabinet, eager to profit from the Americas, the umbrella companies were like thieves peeking into their backyards.

To deal with thieves, you can't use gentle countermeasures, only by using strong means to make thieves dare not peep at their own homes in secret, their own property can be safe. The information brought back by Kazuo Suzuki made the Japanese cabinet members angry, and the imperial army had no way to take the Chinese, after all, the Chinese population was large and vast, but now, this umbrella company, which had not even heard of it before, dared to point fingers at the Great Japanese Empire, which was really lawless.

After some deliberations, the Japanese cabinet decided to send three newly built divisions from the mainland to the Philippines to support Yamashita Fumi's Southern Advance Corps, and then transfer the 18th Division of the Southern Advance Corps to Singapore. Although the 18th Division was abolished in 1925 along with the 13th, 15th, and 17th divisions, in September 1937, the 18th Division was re-established, and then merged into the Central China Dispatch Army of the Japanese Army.

Compared with other units in the Japanese army, the combat effectiveness and battlefield performance of the 18th Division can already be regarded as a front-line ace unit, if it were not for this, when the Japanese army base camp launched the Southeast Asia combat plan, the 18th Division would not have been transferred south into the sequence of the South Advance Corps under the command of Yamashita Fengwen. The Japanese cabinet has already moved the idea of completely eliminating the umbrella company by using the 18th Division to deal with the umbrella company, but they overestimate the combat effectiveness of the 18th division and underestimate the strength of the umbrella company.