When Britain and France were busy suppressing colonial rebellions, they did not forget to investigate the issue of Japanese espionage, especially after the outbreak of the Philippine rebellion.

Although the Japanese government has ordered the suspension of the activities of espionage organizations overseas, and the military department has also ordered the scope of espionage organizations to shrink their activities, these organizations are obviously not so obedient because they are accustomed to treating government orders as toilet paper.

The intelligence organizations directly under the government or the military department are okay, and they all become honest after receiving the order, but other chaotic intelligence organizations are different.

Even some intelligence organizations have never received orders at all, and their existence is kept secret from the government and the military department.

Against this backdrop, Japan's industry in Southeast Asia was immediately devastated, and Mr. Churchill, who had suffered a lot at home, burned the second fire on the heads of the Japanese after coming to Southeast Asia.

How is it possible to put down a rebellion in a short period of time without sending reinforcements at home?

You must know that the main counterinsurgency army belonging to Mr. Churchill is still being formed, and all he can use so far is tens of thousands of troops from the Southeast Asian colonies, and the Royal Navy can provide cooperation.

To deal with an island rebellion like Visayas, first a burst of artillery bombardment, followed by the landing of a counterinsurgency army, can recover an island in ten days and half a month as fast as possible, and two months as slow.

But the rebellion that has spread to Malaysia is different, it is easy to defeat them, but it is difficult to exterminate them.

People have also learned the art of war, relying on the dense jungle, from time to time to sneak attack a few cities, Mr. Churchill, who lacks troops, has just come to light the first fire of the new officer, and has been taught how to use soldiers.

After a few battles, he resigned himself to his fate, and it was impossible to suppress the rebellion in the short term.

Under his astonishing strategic deployment, in just one month, he lost 20,000 troops, and the rebels' range of activities directly doubled, almost falling to Singapore.

Mr. Churchill also knew that he was afraid, and if he continued to fight like this, it was estimated that before the counterinsurgency army arrived, Southeast Asia would be lost.

If the military ability is not good, it does not mean that the political ability is not good, and the Dutch government can find someone to take the top cylinder and push its own responsibility to four, five or six, is it not possible for Mr. Churchill?

You know, he is a professional player in this area, and when he looked around, he found that it was most reliable to dump the pot on the Japanese, and they already had a criminal record anyway.

Then, the British colonial government in Southeast Asia, under the orders of Churchill, the colonial minister, began to sweep up the Japanese industry, and if there was no problem, it was necessary to find out the problem.

Anyway, the current officials of the colonial government are grasshoppers on a rope with him, and if they don't want to go to prison, they must push out the responsibility.

Tokyo

The Japanese government has been furious, if it weren't for John Bull being too strong at this time, it is estimated that the two sides would have fought a long time ago.

In order to find out the Japanese spies, in just over half a month, tens of thousands of Japanese nationals were arrested, and there were not a few who were scratched.

Protest, must protest!

However, at this time, Mr. Churchill did not care about the protests of the Japanese, the problem of rebellion in Southeast Asia was too big, and he fought a series of defeats, although they were all small battles of 800 people, but the total casualties were still more than 20,000.

In order to stabilize the situation, he mobilized domestic relations, borrowing two divisions from Australia, one division from New Zealand, and two divisions from India.

Coupled with the troops on the original colony, he was able to stabilize the situation, and all the larger islands in the Philippines were lost and were still being recovered.

Malaysia had fallen to most of the country, but the major cities were still in the hands of the colonial government, and there was a rebellion in Brunei and a rebellion in Singapore.

There was a rebellion in Sri Lanka, instability began in Burma, and the Bolshevik Party emerged in Bangladesh, but the flag had not yet been raised.

In the present situation, Mr. Churchill was surprised to find that even if his counterinsurgency army arrived, he was not sure to suppress the colonial rebellion.

For this reason, he also studied the rebellion situation in Southeast Asia in history, and was finally surprised to find that it was not that they did not work hard, but that the rebels had evolved.

It's not the same as at the beginning, as soon as the city is breached, it starts to rob, and when it's done, it scatters in a hurry, and when the loot is consumed, it continues to attack new cities.

Now it's different, although the rabble is still overwhelming, but a small part of them is already organized.

They knew how to take advantage of the terrain and lure the enemy deeper, and basically as long as they pursued the enemy into the jungle area, the British army would be beaten all over the ground in the end.

If the chase is too fierce, it is not unheard of that the whole army will be wiped out directly, and the British army, which is not familiar with this mode of operation, will naturally be recruited.

So why did the combat effectiveness of these rebels soar in such a short period of time?

Is there any other possibility than the support of foreign forces?

Mr. Churchill then directly targeted the Japanese, without any evidence, which he had directly reasoned and which had been accepted by the local colonial government.

There is no need to look at anything else, just investigate the composition of the rebels, this is very simple, the British have been operating in the area for so long, and there are many locals willing to cooperate with them.

Preliminary investigations found that there were no whites in the rebel leadership, so it was certainly not the work of Europe and the United States.

Besides, the colonies of France and Bulgaria also broke out in rebellion, they can't even do it with themselves, apart from them, what other country in Europe and the United States has the courage to challenge the British Empire?

Excluding Europe and the United States, Mr. Churchill set his sights on the rest of the world, and there were few independent countries.

First of all, it is impossible for the Republic of China, where the warlords are fighting, to participate, and they do not have the strength to do such a big thing in Southeast Asia.

Secondly, Thailand has also been excluded, and it does not have this strength.

In the end, Japan is left, that is, it has strength, motivation, and a criminal record, it is not them, it must be them!

In any case, even if the Japanese were mixed into the rebels, they would not be able to tell if they did not look carefully, and what Mr. Churchill is doing now can also be said to be aimed at forcing the Japanese expatriates to rebel against the local Japanese nationals.

As long as the Japanese expatriates are involved, he can tell the country that it is the Japanese government that has sent troops to mix in with the rebels and stir up Southeast Asia!

Then it is reasonable that he will not be able to put down the rebellion in the short term. Japan is also a world power, and its strength cannot be won by relying on some colonial troops.

As for the consequences of doing so?

What's the matter with him?

The big deal is that the British Empire beats the Japanese, or engages in a round of sanctions, aren't these all trivial problems?

Compared to history, the British Empire was pushed into the world war in advance, which is really not worth mentioning!

In short, the Tokyo government is angry, and if it weren't for the difference in strength between the two sides, they would have started a war long ago.

Now huge anti-British demonstrations have broken out in Japan, the British Embassy in Tokyo has been blocked, and British diplomats are afraid to go out.

London

Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was also in a very bad mood, he finally understood Churchill's pitfalls, and he could toss things everywhere he went.

He bet that if he ordered Churchill to be recalled now, Churchill would immediately throw away the mess in his hands, go back to London happily, and then push all the blame out.

In any case, although Churchill's methods this time were a little more rude and he created more wrong, false and unjust cases, the members of the Japanese intelligence organization who were arrested were also realistic.

Thousands of confessions of spies were recorded, including commercial spies, government spies, and military spies, and there were even more weapons and ammunition seized.

Well, Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin doesn't know that 99% of this evidence is fabricated, otherwise no matter how efficient it is, it would not be possible to achieve such amazing results?

In particular, after inspecting more than 100,000 rifles and thousands of tons of weapons and ammunition, when did the Japanese government become so arrogant?

This is a deceptive data, but the British cabinet did not find a problem, just refer to the supplies they provided to support Little Nicholas.

Hundreds of thousands of rifles that didn't help them that year, and didn't give them more than 100,000 tons of ammunition? Compared to this, the performance of the Japanese can be regarded as petty!

Of course, judging from the photos of the mountains of guns and ammunition, there is such evidence, even if they turn against the Japanese government, they are reasonable.

In this world, the British Empire is invincible, and they will not fear any enemy!

Tough, tough measures must be taken against the Japanese government!

This is also the low pixel of this era, and you can't see anything when you take photos from a distance. If you look closer, it is estimated that everyone will feel very familiar, and then ask a question, how can this be all weapons and ammunition produced in the United Kingdom?

However, these problems will not be a problem soon, these weapons and ammunition will all be consumed in the counterinsurgency war, and there will be no last bullet left, and it does not matter whether they were captured from the Japanese or not.

In this regard, colonial government officials have a wealth of experience, and this is their normal business, otherwise there is no benefit, who wants to leave the prosperous British mainland and run to the colonies to suffer?

With the aggrieved Japanese government on one side and the angry British government on the other, is it possible for the two sides to give in?

Obviously impossible!

As long as the Japanese government does not want to be condemned by heaven, it must resist the British; And the arrogant British government, which thinks that it has taken over the reason, and the Japanese still do not admit it, and still delusionally think that they will make concessions, so is it possible?

Even the Dutch, when facing the Japanese government, dared to face it strongly, and if Stanley Baldwin dared to admit defeat, then where would the face of the British Empire go?

Britain and Japan suddenly became opposed, and Ferdinand had already prepared melon seeds, made tea, and was ready to watch the play.

If it weren't for the fear of extraneous branches, he would have wanted to stir up another fight between the two sides.

If the Anglo-Japanese fought, Ferdinand had no doubt that the British would emerge victorious. But at the price, the position of the British world hegemon will also be shaky.

It was at this time that the situation in Southeast Asia changed again, and Mr. Churchill's goal was achieved, and he succeeded in pulling the Japanese into the water.

It's just that in this big drama, he, the director, just finished filming the beginning, and the investors forked their hands later, and the plot began to get out of control.

After the angry Japanese joined the rebellion, the war began to spread outward again, and there were many Japanese expatriates in Southeast Asia, and the quality of these people was not comparable to that of the natives.

Many of them are retired officers and soldiers with rich training experience, and with the addition of these professionals, the combat effectiveness of the rebels has risen to a new level.

Now the Japanese government does not need to make a fuss, and the Japanese, who have been stimulated, have decided to give the British a little color.

Didn't they say they supported the rebellion in Southeast Asia? Then support and show them!

Of course, all of this was done secretly by the Japanese military, but the top level of the Japanese government is still rational and knows the difference in strength between the two sides, so they dare not directly force the top of the force.

The Japanese army wanted to do something, this was too easy, they gathered a group of officers and soldiers in the army, and asked them to retire directly and go to Southeast Asia in their own name.

Mr. Churchill just felt that he had a good time, and that he should not have forced the Japanese expatriates to rebel. The ten Indian divisions he had asked for were already in place, and it was supposed to be time for a counterinsurgency.

It's a pity that the result is that he still feels that the troops are insufficient, and the Indian colonial division that has just been formed can't defeat the rebels!

That's right, when fighting head-on, he was directly defeated!

Of course, this was only what Mr. Churchill thought, and these British officers did not think that they were too poor in combat to defeat these rebels.

In their opinion, if it were not for the large number of rebels, if it were not for the great strategy of this Mr. Churchill, they would not have lost!

Why divide the troops? Isn't it good to reconquer one place at a time?

Launching a counteroffensive at the same time in all directions, the prestige is majestic, and the political propaganda is also in place, but the problem is that the troops have also been diluted?

Do you need to stay behind to recover the lost territory?

Do you need to ask?

The cowhide has already been blown out, and if it is lost again, it may not matter militarily, but what will be done politically?

Since it is a politician who has served as the commander, then for the sake of political correctness, it is necessary to defend in an all-round way and consolidate the fruits of victory!

The Japanese did not exert any force, and Mr. Churchill could not stand it. But it doesn't matter, he can call someone!

Now that the Government of London believed that the Japanese Government was supporting the rebellion, it was certainly impossible to refuse Mr. Churchill's request for help.

Don't look at Churchill's military ability, but his talent for political struggle is full marks!

Take his recorded passionate speech and find someone to send it to Congress. Successfully stirred up everyone's emotions and persuaded the congressmen to agree to an increase in troops, and not 12,000 troops, but 200,000 troops at once!

It's really not okay if there are fewer people, didn't the Netherlands next door keep pressing the rebels after mobilizing 200,000 counterinsurgency troops?

The British Empire can learn from their successes!

In addition to these main forces, colonial forces were also indispensable, with the addition of ten Indian colonial divisions, and one Canadian division, as well as a reinforced division from the three North American countries.

Mr. Churchill summed up the reason for his failure, that is, there were too few troops. So this time he desperately asked for reinforcements from home, from the self-government of the British Commonwealth.

If all the reinforcements arrived, Mr. Churchill would eventually have in his hands twenty Indian divisions, one North American reinforced division, one Canadian division, one New Zealand division, two Australian divisions, thirteen main divisions of the British Army, and fifteen colonial divisions of Southeast Asia that he had personally expanded.

In the end, there were a total of fifty-three divisions, and even if there were three tank divisions in the domestic reinforcements this time, I don't know if Mr. Churchill knew that the tanks equipped by the British army were not yet capable of jungle warfare!

In any case, there were fifty-three divisions in total, and the total strength was close to 800,000, which was obviously not to suppress the colonial rebellion!

In order to persuade Congress to increase its troops as much as possible, he naturally had to exaggerate appropriately, for example, fabricating rumors that the Japanese government might attack Southeast Asia to put pressure on Congress.

Another example: If war broke out suddenly, how would the British government respond?

In short, under his deception and public opinion, he successfully attracted the attention of the Congress, and in order to prevent the Japanese from a sneak attack in advance, he first increased his troops in Southeast Asia.

As long as the reinforcements come, there is no need to consult the country on how to use them in the end. As the supreme commander of the region, Mr. Churchill will of course have full command, and counterinsurgency is naturally indispensable!

As for whether war will break out with the Japanese, Mr. Churchill is not worried at all, and even if there is a fight, won't there be a Royal Navy, can the enemy swim over?

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