Hideki Tojo's suggestion to negotiate with the Chinese to send enough troops from the Chinese battlefield to the Americas or mainland Australia to seize resources was a proposal that was perhaps the only way to save the empire, but none of them could convince the emperor to agree to cooperate with the Chinese, even if it was only temporary. The atmosphere in the hall gradually became dull, and the cabinet members, including Hideki Tojo, who had just spoken, turned their attention to Fumiro Konoe.

Fumiro Konoe, who was stared at by everyone, couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart, but he himself had to admit that the suggestion made by Hideki Tojo just now was indeed a good way to turn the fortunes of the empire. After coughing lightly, Fumiro Konoe said to the young emperor, "Your Majesty, Tojo-kun's suggestion just now is of great significance to the development of the Empire, and I hope that Your Majesty will consider it carefully." Although we will temporarily cease fire with the Chinese and give up some of the places we have occupied, when the imperial army is strong, we can always take back from the Chinese what we have given away today. ”

The emperor was an ornament, and few cabinet members would ask for their opinions as sincerely as today, and after listening to Hideki Tojo's suggestion and Fumihiro Konoe's explanation, the young emperor also secretly pondered it. According to Konoe Fumiro, it seems that there is nothing wrong with overpayment, and the relationship between the empire and China seems to have always been full of deception and strife, but the emperor of the year is a little difficult to accept that the Chinese can take back the lost territory without the slightest effort.

The Emperor's hesitation gave the Cabinet members a glimpse of the light of day, and they took turns trying to persuade the Emperor, until the end of the meeting, when the Emperor agreed to the Cabinet's suggestion and agreed to send a special envoy to China to negotiate with the Nationalist Government to negotiate a ceasefire. Zhuo Fei, who was far away in Burma, did not know that because of the emergence of the Independence Army and his own promotion, the Japanese cabinet finally changed the direction of the war, and at this moment Zhuo Fei was busy clearing the indigenous forces in Burma and sending troops into Thailand to fight.

The Japanese army deployed in Thailand has only one more than one wing, the number of which has not exceeded 5,000 people, and most of them are recruits transferred from the mainland. "Ladies and gentlemen, the reason why we are gathering heavy troops to enter Thailand this time is because the rainy season in South Asia is approaching. If we do not complete the offensive on the set targets before the rainy season, once the rainy season comes, our armored forces will face the possibility of not being able to participate in the battle. I want everyone to remember that the pace and speed of the attack are very important, and everything that stands in the way of our attack is our enemy, and you just need to remember to unconditionally eliminate these things. ”

After completing the campaign against the Japanese army in Burma, a large number of low-ranking Jewish officers in the Independence Army were entrusted with important tasks, and Zhuo Fei did not want these Jewish officers to advocate any actions in the Independence Army to take care of women and children or treat prisoners preferentially, so he had the reminder and persuasion just now. After the war, the Independence Army would rush to their holy city with the help of Zhuo Fei, and sooner or later these Jewish soldiers would leave the Umbrella Company, but Zhuo Fei still did not want large casualties among them.

"You are the hope of the Zionist project, and the formation of the Independence Army is to prepare you for the re-establishment of your country, so I don't want you to throw your lives here casually. You are now warriors, and you should obey the orders I have given, and I do not want you to lose your lives because of a moment of soft-heartedness and disobedience to my orders. Remember, your lives are no longer yours, but the entire Jewish people. Facing the hundreds of Jewish officers in front of him, Zhuo Fei hissed, although he didn't know if his efforts would work, but Zhuo Fei still hoped that they would remember his words.

On the third day after the Independence Army took the city of Yangon, more than 50,000 Independence Army soldiers were sent into Thailand, and the remnants of the Japanese army that had previously held Rangoon were the last to transmit the battle situation to the Thai Japanese army through the radio. Knowing that the whole of Burma had fallen, the Japanese troops stationed in Thailand asked for help from the base camp and organized the Thai servant army they formed to build a defensive line to try to block the attack of the independence army, but they did not expect that Zhuo Fei would gather more than 50,000 heavy troops to attack Thailand.

The one-to-10 ratio of troops, coupled with the large number of heavy firepower weapons and armored units equipped by the Independence Army, the forward force of the Independence Army that entered the territory of Thailand was overwhelmed, advancing 200 kilometers in just one day. Compared with Myanmar, Thailand has a slightly smaller land area, but its population is smaller than that of Myanmar, especially the criss-crossing water network and transportation in the country, which is similar to that of Myanmar, and the Independence Army has adapted to the climate and geography of South Asia.

The forward unit of the Independent Army, which is composed entirely of mechanized tanks and armored vehicles, is like a steel monster and runs around like a frantically panicked Thai soldier in the face of the Thai army, which has no fortifications, lacks anti-tank weapons, has low quality and low morale. Under the machine gun fire of the tanks and armored vehicles of the Independent Army, the Thai officers and soldiers were killed and wounded everywhere, and they were driven everywhere like sheep, and the frightened Thai officers and soldiers could be seen everywhere discarding their weapons, squatting on the side of the road and surrendering with their hands raised.

The Japanese troops stationed in Thailand had foreseen a possible attack, but they had never expected the Independence Army to attack in a big way, and they would commit as many as 50,000 troops to Thailand at one time. No one could have imagined what it would be like to face an overwhelming array of tens of thousands of attacking troops, so when the forward forces of the Independence Army (IA) entered Thailand attacked, the Thai troops sent to the border did little to resist and scattered.

It turned out that two legs could not run through the tracks and armored wheels, and the fleeing Thai officers and soldiers were constantly hit by bullets, and the mist and blood sprayed from the bullet holes instantly filled the air. The 50-inch M2 machine gun can be described as a "master of amputation", and almost all the Thai soldiers who were hit were torn apart, with stumps, broken arms and internal organs falling everywhere. On the second day's march, the forward units of the Independence Army managed to defeat two combat divisions of the Thai army in less than two hours. In addition to the more than 2,000 people who were killed on the spot, more than 10,000 Thai officers and soldiers became the first batch of Thai prisoners of war of the Independence Army, while the rest of the Thai soldiers scattered and fled into the surrounding mountains and forests.

Four days later, the Independence Army, moving south from the Chan Plateau, had taken control of the entire northern part of Thailand, and the armored vanguard of the Independence Army, which had advanced all the way, had even appeared in Loei, more than 500 kilometers from Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. Under the escort of the soldiers of the Independence Army, the Thai officers and soldiers who were ambitious to drive the Independence Army back a few days ago are all disheveled and dejected and raise their hands high, Zhuo Fei did not intend to waste these captured Thai prisoners of war, according to the plan drawn up earlier by the umbrella company, South Asia needs a lot of railways and roads, and these prisoners of war who are temporarily held are the main source of labor to build railways and roads.

The forward troops of the Independence Army have entered Loei, but Zhuo Fei ordered to suspend the southward offensive, Zhuo Fei's purpose is to take the whole of South Asia rather than Thailand, and when the forward troops of the Independence Army temporarily stop in Loei to rest, Laos and Vietnam, which border northern Thailand, have become the direction of the Independence Army's attack. The advance of the independence army stopped but did not attack, but the Japanese troops who were cowering in southern Thailand were worried, and when they learned that the number of enemy troops attacking Thailand exceeded 50,000, the pro-Japanese Thai Prime Minister Luang Phibun 61 Songkhan was already panicking.

The ensuing development of the war was somewhat unexpected, as the Japanese and Luang Phibun 61 Songkhan did not attack Bangkok, but stopped at Loei to rest, while Laos and Vietnam, which border Thailand to the north, were attacked by the Independence Army. When the news reached Japan, the Japanese cabinet understood the original intention of the Independence Army, which was clearly preparing to annex all of South Asia north of Malay.

If the purpose of the Independence Army had been known in advance by the Japanese Cabinet, perhaps the Cabinet would have urgently mobilized troops from the mainland for a counteroffensive, but now it is different, the Japanese Cabinet has prepared to carry out the Americas and Australia war plan according to the strategy proposed by Hideki Tojo, and the relatively barren northern South Asia has been abandoned by Japan. Zhuo Fei, who was actively preparing to seize Laos and Vietnam, did not know any of this, and in his plan, taking Vietnam was the most crucial, because the umbrella company needed iron ore resources distributed in the northern region of Vietnam.

The war is all about resources, and the Umbrella Company was able to house so many Jews and form hundreds of thousands of independent army troops, relying on the counterfeit banknotes that Zhuo Fei secretly printed in Germany. If there were no hundreds of millions of dollars in counterfeit banknotes as the foundation, the umbrella company would not be able to establish a Ruili base even if it smashed the pot and sold iron, and quickly set up an arsenal base. Relying on a steady stream of materials purchased from Europe, the umbrella company will have the current situation, but Zhuo Fei did not expect that the consumption rate of materials would be so fast.

Steel is a necessity for war, the Umbrella Company's purchase of steel from Europe has been almost consumed, and the Japanese Navy has effectively blocked all of China's sea lanes, so the Umbrella Company must find a way to find a source of steel on land. Vietnam is a small country, but in the northern part of the country there are more than 1 billion tons of iron ore resources, in addition to many mineral resources including oil and coal, which are urgently needed by the umbrella company.