Chapter 10 A Turning Point

The more than 10,000 ferocious South Asian indigenous soldiers who landed in West Java later combed through the entire area controlled by the Independence Army like a comb, but all the local Indonesian indigenous young men who appeared in their sight were the targets of these South Asian indigenous soldiers, and Zhuo Fei even offered a reward for this. In order not to affect the umbrella company's plan to withdraw south from Australia, Zhuo Fei can only offer a high reward to the servant army, otherwise he will not be able to meet the needs of the mine.

"Boss, do you really need to do this? The territory of the five South Asian countries is not small, did they just give up in vain? The intention of Zhuo Fei's move will only be known to those staff members who have been following him. The staff would not oppose Zhuo Fei's decision, but they still felt that it was a pity to give up the five South Asian countries, after all, it was the territory that the Independence Army had fought hard to conquer.

"You only see the immediate benefits, but you don't think about it from afar." Zhuo Fei casually used the dagger on Huffman's waist to sketch a map of the world on the ground, "You pay attention to the location of the five countries in South Asia, especially West Malaysia, which is connected to Thailand, these South Asian families form an encirclement of China's southwest region, and even have a deterrent effect on the South China Sea. Do you think Britain, France and the United States will allow our umbrella company to control these countries? From the Manchu era, Europe's policy toward China was to contain its development, and once the war was over, the topic would be brought up again. ”

"Our umbrella company is just a mercenary business group, and if we fight against a sovereign country, we will definitely lose in the end. Moreover, population is one of our major shortcomings, even if the umbrella company fully controls the five South Asian countries, there is not enough population as a basis, and it will be easy to be subverted by people with intentions who secretly manipulate and subvert by force. In short, after we have torn our faces with the Chinese government, we have lost the opportunity to control the five countries in South Asia. ”

"So, what we have to do now is to take advantage of the honeymoon period with the British to buy as much land in Australia as possible, and then use these indigenous laborers to try our best to develop the mineral resources of the five South Asian countries. As long as these exploited assets are in our hands, the opportunity for Umbrella to become famous in the world will not be far away in the future. Zhuo Fei has been trying to change the mindset of his staff, and he wants to lay the foundation for the Cold War era after the end of World War II.

The independent army's attack on Java went very smoothly, but the Japanese reinforcements that Zhuo Fei had been worried about never appeared, a problem that had always plagued Zhuo Fei, until the more than 30,000 allied prisoners of war on Sumatra Island landed on Java Island, and the answer was found from the telegram sent by the Chongqing intelligence station. "No wonder the Japanese army has been sitting back and watching us attack the island of Java, and it is the Germans and the Soviet Union who are fighting, and the Japanese troops retreating to the northeast must cooperate with the German army to launch an attack on the Soviet army in the Far East." After reading the telegram, Zhuo Fei couldn't help but be ecstatic.

Since the independence army moved south to Burma, Zhuo Fei has been paying attention to the movements of the German army, and has been looking forward to the German army and the Soviets to fight. I don't know if it's because of the frequent flapping of wings by my little butterfly, the German-Soviet war that was supposed to happen in June 1941 has not broken out for a long time, seeing that the time has turned over 1942, just when Zhuo Fei is not hopeful, the German-Soviet war suddenly broke out, how not to make Zhuo Fei ecstatic.

Knowing the outbreak of the German-Soviet War, Zhuo Fei paced back and forth outside the command post alone with his hands behind his back, and Huffman led a team of guards to directly block the range of a hundred meters around Zhuo Fei's side, even Sir James, who came to find Zhuo Fei, was blocked aside. In the depths of Zhuo Fei's memory, although Japan formed an alliance with Germany in World War II, after the outbreak of the German-Soviet War, the German government repeatedly asked the Japanese army in Northeast China to launch an attack on the Soviet Far East in order to contain the Soviet army, but the Japanese government has been secretly eye-to-eye with the Soviets.

In many post-war so-called analyses, some senior historians and military scientists have made it clear that if the Japanese army had cooperated with the German army in actively launching an offensive in the Far East, perhaps the Soviets would have really lost the war. Now, the information obtained by Zhuo Fei shows that the Japanese army in the Far East is actively preparing for war, and the Japanese troops who have retreated from the armistice zone to the northeast are also heading north, and the Japanese army has put on a posture of attacking the Far East.

All these abnormal actions of the Japanese in armistice and peace talks with the Chinese government, the use of gold to buy the independence army to stop the continued attack on the Japanese army, and the initiative to give up peeping into the five South Asian countries, all these abnormal actions of the Japanese were actually in preparation for cooperating with the German army. It was only at this time that Zhuo Fei understood the intentions of the Japanese, but he laughed at himself at that time and thought that getting 600 kilograms of gold from the Japanese was a big advantage, but he didn't know that the benefits that the Japanese would get were the greatest.

According to the traditional virtues of the Japanese and their greedy nature for land, Zhuo Fei speculated that the Japanese were really interested in the Far East, especially the vast and sparsely populated Siberian region, which would become the first target of Japan. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the cease-fire and peace talks with the Chinese government, Japan could also take advantage of the situation to swallow the whole of Siberia by gathering superior forces to attack the Soviet troops in the Far East, and if there was an opportunity, they would continue to cooperate with the German army to carry out a flanking attack on the Soviet army.

"The Japanese can be regarded as catching it this time, and the small abacus is good enough." Thinking about all the connections, Zhuo Fei couldn't help but curse secretly, the ceasefire and peace talks with China actually caused the Soviets to suffer from the enemy, I don't know if Stalin would be angry and vomit blood after knowing the reason. The German-Soviet war was a major event, and Zhuo Fei later convened a meeting of his staff, who had a lot of opinions, but the focus of the topic had been around the situation that the umbrella company was about to face.

"Boss, I think we need to be ready to be sweet again." Once a Chinese proverb, it has become a phrase that often comes up among staff. "The focus of the Japanese is now all concentrated on the American continent and the Far East, and whether or not the Japanese sincerely cooperate with the German military action against the Soviets, they will definitely not easily give up the military action against the American mainland."

"The Chinese government has only just ceased peace talks with Japan, and it is already too busy to take care of itself, while France has fully surrendered, and the United States mainland is now under attack by the Japanese army, and the only ones who are inseparable from the German army are the British. The British were at odds with the Germans, but at the same time faced the threat of being landed on their home turf, and looking at the whole situation, it seemed that the Axis powers had become a climate, and the Allies were losing one after another. ”

On the large map hanging in the command post, the staff member who spoke drew countless arrows and circles with red pencils, and just by looking at these arrows and circles, one can understand the current world situation. "And we have proven our strength to the U.S. government and the British, not to mention that we have opened up the passage to South Asia and Australia. The Allies need to change the current unfavorable situation, and we are a strong third party, and I think that if the US government and the British were not blind and stupid, they would have sent someone to talk to us soon. ”

The conclusion given by the staff group coincided with Zhuo Fei's thoughts, and after learning that the German-Soviet War broke out, Zhuo Fei immediately thought about how the umbrella company should obtain due benefits from it. The Umbrella Company is a mercenary company, and all it can do is help the Allies fight, but Zhuo Fei doesn't want to entrust the fate of the Independence Army to others, so he will convene a meeting of his staff to discuss countermeasures.

"Send someone to escort those Jewish rabbis from Ruili to Java, and this time the Jewish affairs will be settled several times." Zhuo Fei's decision was greeted with cheers from the Jewish officers at all levels in the Independence Army, and the Jews' desire to restore the country lasted for thousands of years, and seeing the hope coming, how could these Jews who joined the Independence Army for the dream of restoration not be ecstatic.

"I promised them that I would help them get back into their country, and I said I would do everything I could to help them. At present, the situation in the world is grave, and soon, the United States Government and the British Government will send people to talk with us, and perhaps this is a good opportunity to help the Jews to restore their country. Zhuo Fei didn't tell all his true intentions, but in front of a group of staff, Zhuo Fei didn't hide his intention to blackmail Britain and the United States.

A separate Arab region is what European countries want to see, but if Britain and the United States support the return of the Jews to Jerusalem for restoration, it will inevitably trigger the formation of an anti-Jewish alliance in the Arab countries, and thus form a traditional force against the capitalist countries. Therefore, the Jews need a suitable time for the reunification, and now, Zhuo Fei feels that the time has come, if Britain and the United States need the independence army to participate in the war, they must agree to support the Jewish reunification plan.

"Immediately send a telegram to Chongqing, asking the Chongqing government about its attitude towards the outbreak of the German-Soviet war, and if the Chongqing government chooses to ignore this matter, it will inform Ruili to immediately implement the plan to move south. If the attitude of the Chongqing government is unclear, it will take the initiative to contact the Nan'an official residence and say that I will go north to Chongqing in the near future. Chongqing's choice to cease fire and negotiate peace with the Japanese army has hurt Zhuo Fei, but Zhuo Fei doesn't want to lose this great opportunity now, and he still wants to make a final effort.

The Japanese withdrew their forces to concentrate on the Soviet forces in the Far East and the war on the American continent, so that the Chinese army became a bystander. With more than one million troops so idle, Zhuo Fei thought it was a waste, and the Japanese may not be sincere in their truce with China. Zhuo Fei wanted to make a final effort, that is, he wanted to persuade the Chongqing government to take the opportunity to reorganize the troops and wait for the opportunity to sprung up, only in this way could there be a chance and possibility to truly defeat the Japanese army.