Kazuo Suzuki left Zhuo Fei's temporary headquarters and went to the city of Singapore, which was guarded by the remnants of the Japanese army, and I don't know how he persuaded the remnants of the Japanese army, but in only two days, the remnants of the Japanese army who had been stationed in the city of Singapore showed the white flag to the besieging Independence Army troops.

"General Zhuo, I hope you will keep your previous promise, I will leave Singapore with these Imperial warriors, and the cabinet has promised that I will not send Imperial troops here again in the future." Before leaving, Kazuo Suzuki and Zhuo Fei had a meeting, and Kazuo Suzuki's move was not only to hand over the remaining gold to Zhuo Fei, but also to lay the foundation for the future recruitment of the Japanese side.

The bloodless settlement of the remnants of the Japanese army in the city of Singapore is naturally a good thing for the besieging Independence Army troops, at least without seeing unnecessary casualties among their comrades. But this was not a good thing for the temporary fleet heading south from Yangon port to Malacca, because Kazuo Suzuki also took with him the Japanese fleet that had been floating off the sea outside the port area of Singapore. When Chen Shaokuan, who served as the commander of the provisional fleet, learned of this, he even sent telegrams one after another to blame Zhuo Fei, blaming Zhuo Fei for not letting go of the Japanese fleet that transported the Japanese Fifth Division.

Zhuo Fei didn't take Chen Shaokuan's accusations to heart, Chen Shaokuan's eagerness to strengthen the coastal defense force, Zhuo Fei could understand, but he was not arrogant enough to provoke the Japanese Navy one after another. The fact that the Independence Army was able to repel the Japanese Combined Fleet outside the port of Yangon was partly due to the use of new weapons by the Independence Army, but partly because of the carelessness of the Combined Japanese Fleet.

When the Independence Army faced the Japanese fleet outside the port area of Singapore, the main purpose was only to repel the Fifth Division rather than the fleet, and once the Japanese knew that the Independence Army had continuously plundered Japanese ships, what awaited the Independence Army might be the Combined Fleet that had been transferred back from the American theater by the Japanese cabinet. Even the Americans' Pacific Fleet was no match for the Japanese Combined Fleet, and Zhuo Fei naturally never thought that the new weapons developed in the weapons laboratory could repel the Combined Fleet, and Zhuo Fei did not think about peaceful coexistence with the Japanese, but this was not the best time for the Independent Army to expand the war.

"The most urgent thing for us now should be to stabilize the areas that have been controlled by us, whether it is the Chinese here, the natives, or anyone who is unwilling to accept our control, all of them will be sent to the five countries in South Asia, where there are a large number of mines and a shortage of workers." Germany and the Soviet Union are about to go to war, the world pattern will be completely broken, and this is precisely the opportunity of the umbrella, Zhuo Fei does not want to miss this feast, a solid rear is the guarantee and foundation for the umbrella to participate in this feast.

Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Chongqing, was amazed by the news that the Umbrella Company had won a resounding victory in the Malay Peninsula and that the Japanese were forced to withdraw from the areas controlled by the Independence Army. Especially after listening to Xie Zhuoxin's face-to-face report, Chiang Kai-shek once again expressed a strong interest in the combat effectiveness of the independent army, and at the same time secretly regretted that he could not continue to maintain the friendship with the umbrella company. "Chairman, I have tried Mr. Zhuo's meaning many times, although Mr. Zhuo did not explicitly say that he would continue to support the government, but I don't think he wants to really sever relations with the government." Xie Zhuoxin knew what Chiang Kai-shek was most interested in, and he also specially picked out the topics that Chiang Kai-shek was interested in between the words.

Xie Zhuoxin originally wanted to behave in front of Chiang Kai-shek, but he didn't expect Chiang Kai-shek to shake his head again and again when he heard this, "Xingyuan, you don't understand, Zhuo Fei's side is definitely not going to restore the previous relationship with the government." Although Zhuo Fei is the president of the company, there are many shareholders and directors under him, and many decisive things need to be voted on by those directors before they can be passed, and Zhuo Fei himself cannot influence the development direction of the umbrella. After all, the last time the government made a decision that made the directors of the umbrella complain, after all, the umbrella company has always spared no effort to support the government. ”

Faced with the obvious remorse in Chiang Kai-shek's words, Xie Zhuoxin didn't know how to answer for a while, so he had to keep silent. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek was not the only one in the top echelons of the coalition government who had such remorse, and there were also a few people in the top echelons of the CCP who were remorseful. Since the independence army decided to go south to the Malay Peninsula, the high-level members of the coalition government have already seen that the umbrella company wants to get rid of the coalition government, but in the face of the conditions for peace talks thrown out by the Japanese side, the high-level government officials can only turn a blind eye to the changes in the umbrella company.

Now that the government has not yet reached any substantive decision with the Japanese, the Umbrella Company has already snatched control of West Malaysia and the Strait of Malacca from the Japanese army, an accident that has left the top officials of the coalition government dumbfounded. With control of the Strait of Malacca, the Independence Army occupying West Malaysia had free access to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and the Independence Army already had a temporary fleet in its hands.

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine for sale in the world, so after learning that the independence army controls West Malaysia, the high-level members of the coalition government can only secretly regret it, but on the surface, they can't say anything more about the umbrella company. The Chongqing government did not express its position, and Zhuo Fei did not care about it at all, and for several days in a row, he was busy holding meetings with his staff group, and the content of the meeting was how the umbrella company should continue to expand its advantages. At this time, the British government suddenly sent a special envoy to West Malaysia via India, and together with West Malaysia, Zhuo Fei's old friend General Pierce.

"Zhuo, my friend, are you okay?" Seeing Zhuo Fei with a calm face again, Pierce, who was full of smiles, gave Zhuo Fei a hug directly, this thing is obviously doing well, compared with the last time he escorted the fighter to Malaysia, Pierce's face now looks much moisturized. "Zhuo, let me introduce to you, this is Sir James, the special envoy for Asia sent by the British government, and I am here this time, not only to escort the fighter plane, but also to escort this Sir James."

Pierce obviously regarded Zhuo Fei as a true friend, but there were some things that he couldn't tell Zhuo Fei one by one, so he had to keep hinting at Zhuo Fei with his eyes. Pierce's actions made Zhuo Fei both touched and amused, even if this Sir James is the British government's special envoy to Asia, but the umbrella is not controlled by the British government, is it possible that the arrogant British think they have the right to dictate the umbrella?

"Hello Mr. Zhuo, I'm James." Contrary to expectations, James was very kind, and did not directly say the task and intention of his trip, but chatted with Zhuo Fei and others for a while, until after lunch, James proposed to have a separate interview with Zhuo Fei. "Mr. Zhuo, I have been entrusted by the British Empire Royalty and Cabinet to come to West Malaysia this time, first of all, I am not a soldier or a politician, what I am doing now is only the duty of a nobleman of the British Empire."

Zhuo Fei had already been confused by James's opening remarks, what did the duty of the British Empire's nobles have to do with him, and he didn't agree to meet with this thing alone to listen to this. Xu was aware of the impatience in Zhuo Fei's eyes, and James smiled at this time, "Mr. Zhuo, what I just meant just now was to make my position clear, in other words, I, the Asian envoy, am actually just a messenger. James explained like this, and Zhuo Fei immediately understood what the other party meant, and dared to love this thing was a broker who didn't have any decision-making power.

"Then tell me, what did the British government and the royal family ask you to do in West Malaysia? I don't think they're going to just send you to West Malaysia. Zhuo Fei smiled helplessly, if he had known that this thing was such an identity, he would not have agreed to meet with him just now, lest Pierce suspect that the umbrella had reached some secret agreement with the British government afterwards.

Zhuo Fei's sudden calmness made James a little uncomfortable for a while, but soon, James also calmed down. "Mr. Zhuo, according to the latest information obtained by the British intelligence services, the Chinese government is currently conducting secret peace talks with the Japanese. Although we do not yet know the content of the talks, we can be sure that the Japanese will probably offer to use the withdrawal of troops as a bargaining chip to persuade the Chinese government to abandon further resistance to the Japanese army. James didn't finish all of his words, but stopped suddenly halfway through his words, but Zhuo Fei's face never changed.

Zhuo Fei's reaction disappointed James, who was trying to see the suspicion in his expression, and he could not tell whether Zhuo Fei had known about the secret talks between China and Japan. "Mr. Zhuo, we know that your umbrella company is a mercenary company, and the U.S. government has hired you to fight with the Japanese army in Southeast Asia, so the British Empire is also willing to sign a war employment contract with you."

"You're saying that the British government is ready to hire our umbrella company to be involved in the war in Asia?" James's words surprised Zhuo Fei, he didn't expect that the British were planning to hire the umbrella company.

"Yes, Mr. Toh, I can tell you unambiguously that I came to West Malaysia on behalf of the British Empire Royalty and Government to sign this employment contract." James took out the prepared employment contract from his purse and handed it to Zhuo Fei, and Zhuo Fei was dizzy when he looked at Zhuo Fei with a thick stack of 30 pages of employment contracts. It was only after turning to the last few pages of the contract that Zhuo Fei saw the mission location on one of the pages, but this was not what Zhuo Fei wanted to see, because the mission location confirmed by the British was North Africa.