Zhuo Fei's words stunned everyone present, they were not shocked by the Japanese army's bold military strategy, but sighed at Japan's generosity, in this way, the peace talks faction in the government will have the upper hand, after all, the Japanese took the initiative to cede most of South Asia to China. Also surprised was Zhuo Fei, who did not expect the Japanese to make such a decision, let alone that Rijin would suddenly make the decision to attack Australia.

"The source of this information, I can guarantee that there is no problem." In the face of Chiang Kai-shek's doubts about this information, Zhuo Fei expressed absolute confidence. "In fact, the Japanese army's decision to attack Australia is not completely unfavorable to us, and I personally believe that the Japanese will propose a cease-fire and peace talks at this time, in fact, to clear the way for them to attack Australia and the American continent at the same time, and also for the Japanese not to be contained and consumed by our side when they shift the focus of the war."

Zhuo Fei's opinion won the acquiescence of everyone present, in fact, from the beginning of the Japanese side's proposal for cease-fire peace talks, the top level of the government has already discussed this matter, otherwise the top level of the government will not be divided into two factions: the main battle and the main peace. However, the sudden change has already been very unfavorable to the main battle faction, because in the face of the peace talk plan proposed by the Japanese, even they cannot ignore it, after all, China can get too much benefit from it.

The change in the expressions of the high-level officials did not escape Zhuo Fei's eyes, and he sighed secretly, Zhuo Fei said in a low voice, "Everyone, the main reason why the Japanese would propose such a plan is that they don't worry about us making trouble for him. Once the new army seized the hinterland of the Central Plains, it would vigorously contain and consume the living strength of the Japanese army, and the Japanese did not want to waste their strength on us while attacking the Americas and Australia, so they came up with such a so-called armistice plan. ”

"After two attacks on the Japanese mainland, many of their factories have been affected, if you think about it, with the industrial manufacturing capacity of the Japanese, if they use the factories that they have occupied in the Americas to produce arms on the spot, I think that the Japanese army attacking the Americas will be able to immediately equip weapons and equipment that are not weaker than the American army. If the U.S. military can't resist the Japanese attack, once the Japanese army that took the American and Australian continents turns around and invades us again, what can we do to resist the Japanese army's attack again? ”

Zhuo Fei's words were like a hammer hitting everyone's hearts, Zhuo Fei was right, once the weapons equipped by the Japanese army are updated, their combat effectiveness and lethality will also rise to a higher level, and at that time, the newly formed new army may not be the opponent of the Japanese army. Everyone who suddenly realized looked at each other, their eyes were full of worry and uneasiness, and they were the only few people who could understand this agent, and the number of people in the government who were shouting for peace talks obviously had an advantage, and I really didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup those people had drunk.

The sorrow on the brows of Chiang Kai-shek and others has also been seen by Zhuo Fei, and after a slight mutter, Zhuo Fei said, "Since some people in the government have chosen to hold peace talks with the Japanese, let them talk, but after talking, they must not agree to the Japanese request for an armistice, at least not too quickly." I will return to Burma at once, and I will send all the troops at my disposal to attack the southern part of Thailand, and I will force the Japanese army to move back to fight a decisive battle with me. ”，

Hearing that Zhuo Fei was going to make a desperate bet, Chiang Kai-shek and Zhou Enlai couldn't help but be anxious, Zhuo Fei's independent army performed well, and the coalition government was still waiting for the independent army to be able to wave its division north to meet the Japanese army. "What if we pretend to agree to the armistice agreement of the Japanese, and then secretly accumulate strength and slowly try to do it?" Someone tentatively proposed a temporary compromise, but Zhuo Fei was full of disdain.

"We absolutely cannot promise the Japanese, since the beginning of the Eight-Nation Alliance, is it not enough for us China to suffer losses in this regard? In this world, it is no longer about morality and etiquette, but now about strength. If it weren't for our New Army and the Independence Army that made the Japanese suffer, how do you think the Japanese would have proposed an armistice for no reason? China has a population of 40,000, but the number of strong men of military age in Japan is not very large, in other words, we can afford to die, but the Japanese cannot afford to die. Zhuo Fei looked around at the high-ranking government officials, and he knew that if he couldn't convince them at this time, once the Japanese offered more tempting conditions, his previous efforts would be in vain.

"It's been the fourth year of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and in these four years, not only have we suffered heavy losses, but the actual Japanese army has also suffered. According to the intelligence analysis of the General Staff of the New First Army in Hebei, the number of veterans of the Japanese army in Hebei has been reduced from the initial 70 percent to less than 50 percent at present, and the information we have obtained from the DPRK shows that the Japanese army has begun to recruit troops from the DPRK on a large scale to supplement their second-line troops, which means that the Japanese army's first-line troops are insufficient, and they have to draw veterans from the second-line troops to supplement the first-line troops. ”

Zhuo Fei changed his words and stretched out his hand to point to the map that had been opened, "The area that the Japanese army has occupied is very large, which makes it necessary for them to deploy more defensive troops to stabilize the area they have occupied, and these defensive forces are what we call second-line troops. Once the number of veterans in these second-line troops drops to a critical point, that is, the guerrilla units that we send to occupy the areas are likely to eliminate them in formation. ”

Zhuo Fei's words led the high-level people present to involuntarily change their thinking, "The Japanese can't afford to fight with us after all, we can ignore the simultaneous demise of one division or several divisions, but the Japanese army cannot make a move, and several divisions and regiments will be lost at the same time." The reason why we wanted to formulate the plan for the Battle of Hebei was to concentrate the strength of the new army to bleed the Japanese army, and only when the Japanese army had enough blood flowed could we have the opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army, and the New Fourth Army and the New Fifth Army, which had not yet appeared, were waiting for such an opportunity. “

In order to convince the high-level government officials present, Zhuo Fei had to complicate the simple Hebei Battle theory, and even the non-existent follow-up plan was vividly brought to life by him. In fact, the reason why the New Fourth Army and the New Fifth Army have not shown up for a long time is not because of the fighters waiting for when, but because Ruili's arsenal base has not yet produced enough weapons and ammunition to equip them. But at this time, Zhuo Fei couldn't take care of so much, and he was already planning to make a desperate bet, and he came up with a so-called follow-up plan in an instant, and his follow-up plan did surprise Chiang Kai-shek and others.

"We originally planned that when the battle in Hebei could attract enough Japanese troops, we would mobilize all the forces we could mobilize to expand the situation of the war, and then the two new army units advancing eastward would attack Liangguang with the cooperation of the independent army and then go north to the Lianghu area. We don't have a way to deal with the Japanese sea power yet, but we can rely on the superiority of weapons and equipment to recover many areas far from the coast first. According to our projections, if the plan is successfully implemented, by the end of next year, we will be able to achieve at least the goal of destroying more than 500,000 enemies and regain control of Shandong, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, and Anhui provinces. ”

Zhuo Fei's figure of 500,000 enemy annihilation was really boasting, but Chiang Kai-shek and others had already believed his words, in fact, the number of Japanese troops killed and wounded by the independent army that went south to Burma and the new army troops that went north to Hebei had already exceeded 50,000 in just two months, and if we count the number of enemy annihilation of guerrilla troops in the enemy-occupied areas, the casualties of the Japanese army alone have exceeded 60,000, and if we count the casualties and the surrendered Imperial Allied Army, this number may have exceeded 100,000.

The high-ranking members of the government had never doubted the lethality of the New Army and the Independence Army, and even Chiang Kai-shek had already believed it to the point of almost blind obedience. "Therefore, what we need now is time, as long as we are given enough time, and there is no need for the Japanese to pretend to propose an armistice, we ourselves can completely drive the Japanese out of our country." After making a final summary of his words, Zhuo Fei no longer spoke, but waited for the statements of everyone present.

The CCP's attitude has always been that it will not compromise with the Japanese, so Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai's attitude is the most clear, especially at present, the scale of the Eighth Route Army has been expanded to 10 main divisions and 12 reserve divisions. After a little contemplation, Chiang Kai-shek also said that he would continue to support Zhuo Fei, but he still had a trace of unhappiness in his heart, and Zhuo Fei obviously used the power of the CCP to force him to make a statement on behalf of the Nationalist Government.

In any case, Zhuo Fei won the continued support of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and Zhuo Fei, who did not want to be caught between the two parties, chose to return to Myanmar immediately. Before parting, Zhuo Fei secretly ordered Vivian, who stayed in Chongqing, to pay attention to the possible friction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, once there was friction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the umbrella company would choose a neutral attitude, and if the situation developed to the point of uncontrollable, Vivian could return to Ruili at any time with all the personnel in the office.

Zhuo Fei didn't think about participating in the civil war from the beginning, let alone thinking about what lubricant to reconcile the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. He is only for this country and the nation, and if the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are safe, the umbrella company will hand over South Asia to China in accordance with the previous agreement. If history ever evolves to the point where the KMT and the CCP are fighting, Zhuo Fei would not mind if the Umbrella Company took South Asia into his pocket, because Zhuo Fei believes that the Umbrella Company is more dynamic and forward-looking than a chaotic China, and will also develop South Asia better.