Three o'clock in the morning, Bangkok, the headquarters of the Southern Army of the Island Army.

The commander, General Terauchi Shouichi, sat decadently in the chair, his eyes were bloodshot, and his beard was mixed up, as if he had aged several years overnight.

It's no wonder that this series of blows really requires courage to bear.

The Dutch East Indies Islands have been extremely dangerous in the siege of the Mi army, and now Singapore and the Malay Peninsula are in a dangerous situation, and Ping Mana is in danger under the frantic attack of the two armies of the expeditionary force, and the whole of Southeast Asia is already burned to the company.

Although the current tactical thinking of the base camp is to fully shrink its forces to build a second island chain defense, and Singapore, the Malay Peninsula and even the whole of Myanmar are abandoning it, the Chinese army's attack is too fast and fierce, so fast that the locust army has to passively meet the battle before it has even entered a state of retreat.

Pingmanna is like this, Singapore is like this, even the Malay Peninsula is like this, the locust army has now even retreated has become a luxury, in the face of the aggressiveness of the Chinese army, the always steady General Terauchi Shouichi also began to be impetuous, and even moved the idea of fighting to the death with the Chinese on the Malay Peninsula, and this will, he is waiting for the final result of the base camp.

It is said that this idea was also born after Mutaguchi Ryoya was broken, and the commander of the 22nd Army, Lieutenant General Takashi Sakai, strongly advised.

At present, Terauchi Shouichi has entered a strange circle like a chain of sets, although he retreats with one mind, he has to attack with all his strength everywhere in order to protect himself.

Pinhmanna is the last barrier of Siam, once the expeditionary force is lost, it will inevitably catch up randomly, and the final consequence will lead to the entire Malay Peninsula retreat being blocked, so it must be carried to the death.

The order to retreat from the Malay Peninsula has been issued, but all the ports have been destroyed by aerial bombs, and the Chinese air force is often shuttling in the sky, and transport ships cannot dock at all, and retreating from the sea has become a luxury.

The only land retreat route was cut off at Songkhla, and a landing force was eyeing it, and the 22nd Army, except for the 118th Division, the other three divisions were in danger of being encircled and encroached upon at any time, and I am afraid that the siege would not be lifted without heavy reinforcement.

It was under such harsh conditions that Terauchi mustered up the courage to suggest to the base camp that heavy troops be mobilized into Southeast Asia and fight to the death with the Chinese army in the Malay Peninsula, so that not only could the locust combined fleet be guaranteed absolute sea supremacy in the Pacific Ocean, but there would still be room for reservations in the Dutch East Indies, Burma, and other places, and the locust army would not have to go to great lengths to build a second island chain defense, and even the security of the mainland could be guaranteed.

I have to say that Terauchi Shouichi's idea is not unreasonable, and it is better for the Jedi to fight back than to back down everywhere.

But he ignored one of the biggest questions, that is, whether the island's current strategic resources could still sustain such a long front, such a wide area, and even whether their combined fleet still had the capital to fight to the death with the Allies.

The chief of staff, Tsukada Tsukashi, finally walked in, and Terauchi Shouichi opened his dead fish-like eyes and looked at the gloomy Tsukada Tsukada, and suddenly his heart was cold, and he exclaimed: "Why, didn't you pass?" ”

Tsukada smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Baga, those corpse vegetarian guys in the base camp, this is misleading the country, misleading the country." Shouichi Terauchi ejected and shouted wildly waving his arms.

"Terauchi-kun, the base camp has the difficulties of the base camp, the battlefield, the Pingjin battle is about to break out, the Soviet battlefield, the Battle of Stalingrad is also about to start, these two battles are related to the life and death of the locust army, the base camp must make every effort to ensure that their troops and logistics are sufficient."

"Isn't that German? Weapons, supplies, and troop sources are all provided by them, so what do we need to worry about? ”

"That being said, all the logistics are pressed on a Trans-Siberian railway, and in the event of war, there is no need for supplies, so the navy must take on transportation and fire support. Moreover, this is not the main thing, the main thing is, you know, the locust has decreed that all the families in the empire can only leave a kitchen knife, a hoe, and an iron pot, and all the rest of the iron tools must be handed over to produce bullets. ”

"Ah......" Terauchi Shou stammered, and then exclaimed: "You mean that the strategic materials of the empire have been completely broken. ”

Tsukada nodded silently and said: "Not only that, all men over the age of sixteen and women over the age of seventeen must serve in the military, the first women's division, the Sakura Division, has already gone to the front, you know, the Sakura Division has only been in less than three months from formation to training, unfortunately, my daughter is also among them, and she is in a high position as chief of staff." ”

"What, I remember that Yuriko Tsukada shouldn't have graduated from Lu University yet, and a student without any actual combat experience can serve as the chief of staff of the division?"

"yes, those guys at the base camp are crazy!"

Shouichi Terauchi closed his eyes in pain, but then opened them suddenly, and said suspiciously: "Why don't I know all of this, and how do you know?" ”

Tsukada attacked: "The base camp has begun to hide a lot of things from us, these are probably just the tip of the iceberg, the reason why I will know, is because yesterday I found a distant nephew of mine in the reinforcements, these are all under my coercion He told me, the base camp is now replenishing the source of troops will not be in the same area, and the recruits have also been strictly brainwashed, strictly ordering them not to disclose negative information in the country, otherwise they will be punished for treason, and their families will be affected." ”

Terauchi Shouichi was a little dazed and muttered, "Are they going to push the empire to the end of the road?" ”

Tsukada said with a wry smile: "The only hope for the empire now is in the Soviet Union, only by jointly attacking the Soviet Union with Germany, freeing up the fruits of the three eastern provinces held by the Kwantung Army, and then using the rich strategic materials of the Soviet Union to quickly replenish the shortage of various materials in the empire, so that the industry can recover rapidly, can this war continue." Therefore, the current idea of the base camp is to do everything possible to shrink the force and reduce the area of the battlefield, and Southeast Asia is now only in the development stage except for the oil of the Dutch East Indies, in fact, all other resources are only in the development stage, and cannot bring actual utility to the empire, and it is reasonable to be left behind. ”

Shouichi Terauchi was silent for a few seconds before he said quietly: "Could it be that the base camp of these divisions in the Malay Peninsula is also ready to be abandoned?" ”

Tsukada attacked: "The base camp agrees that the Fifth Flying Regiment will support the Malay Peninsula, and at the same time, the Third Fleet in Manila will also depart soon, and it is expected to arrive in Singapore within seven days, but the premise is that we must retreat all the divisions to Singapore within these seven days, and ensure that Singapore is not captured." ”

Shouichi Terauchi sighed, his eyes unconsciously looking at the window, and it was dark outside, bottomless.