Chapter 1557: Conquest by force

In the direction of Guangdong, Zhaoqing and Kaiping also encountered such a situation, and the four divisions were frantically attacked by more than 10 divisions of the 42nd Group Army of the Nationalist Army.

"Gu Shoujun." Michio Kato, the chief of staff, pushed open the door and came in, bringing in the noise outside.

"Gu Shoujun, I just received the news that the aircraft carrier fleet of the Zhina Navy has entered the Qiongzhou Strait, and we are completely cut off from Hainan Island." Michio Kato.

"Nani?" Gu Shoufu was struck by lightning, stunned in place, and then suddenly shouted: "So it is impossible for us to rush to the aid of Hainan Island, and the 21st Army in Hong Kong does not want to transfer troops to support, and Hainan Island has been completely isolated?" ”

Michio Kato nodded silently, hesitated for a few seconds and said, "I think we have to transfer troops to strengthen the defense of the coastline, and beware of the landing of the army on the Leizhou Peninsula." ”

Gu Shoufu waved his right hand in the air again and again, and said: "Yes, yes, yes, landing on the Leizhou Peninsula, Jiang Haoran will definitely not miss this matter, once the Leizhou Peninsula falls into their hands, our 26th Army will have no place to garrison, but the key is that the southwest of the Leizhou Peninsula has such a long coastline, and we only have one wing in front of us, how to defend it?" ”

Michio Kato said: "If they land, they will definitely choose to land in the south of Kakuo and Hai'an, after all, they have a strong navy, and they will inevitably choose the most suitable landing location, and in terms of defense, we can deploy defense in this area, the key is that this wing can't hold for long?" ”

Gu Shoufu said: "I can't delay it, and immediately order the 156th Division, 157th Division, and 48th Division to abandon Chongzuo and Nanning, retreat quickly, and build a defensive line on the front line of Yulin, Lianjiang, and Guangzhou Bay (Zhanjiang). ”

Michio Kato shouted: "Rapid retreat? Gu Shoujun, the 21st Group Army in Chongzuo, the 16th Group Army in the west of Nanning, and the Nanshan Army in the north of Nanning have now become a stalemate, and a rapid retreat at this time is tantamount to looking for death, and the situation of defeat is inevitable. ”

Gu Shoufu said: "Sooner or later, it will be death to carry it down, let go and maybe there is a way to live, each division and regiment will drop a wing to block the enemy desperately, and the rest will all retreat, if you can get rid of the pursuit and arrange a defensive line in Yulin and Guangzhou Bay in advance, the 26th Army will still be able to form a group, will not be divided and surrounded by them, and can also free up a part of the troops to defend the Leizhou Peninsula, and maybe there will be something to do." ”

Michio Kato thought for a while, seemed to feel that there was some reason, and nodded: "Okay, I'll go and give the order." ”

"Wait." Gu Shoufu stopped Michio Kato, who was about to turn around and leave, and said, "Order the two divisions in Zhaoqing to also retreat, but they are retreating to Kaiping." ”

"Retreat to Kaiping?" Michio Kato looked suspicious.

"Yes, retreat to Kaiping, only Kaiping will not be lost, and the 26th Army may have a way to retreat."

"You...... Say...... Macau? ”

"Yes, it's Macau."

"Can the Portuguese agree?"

"Now I can't care so much, I can't see the more than 200,000 warriors of the locust army being annihilated by the man, they just agree, if they don't agree, they can only conquer by force, and I will report this to the base camp."

At that time, the island army attacked Pearl Harbor and immediately attacked Hong Kong and Singapore, but did not move the close proximity of Macao. The ostensible reason was that the island nation did not want to declare war with Portugal and that there was no state of war, showing that Japan "scrupulously abided" by public international law. It's all nonsense, of course. As a matter of fact, if the islanders want to occupy Macao, it can be said that it is effortless, and if they open a wing to go up, they may be able to solve the problem without firing a single shot. There are strategic reasons why they don't.

Macau was too small, less than 20 square kilometers at the time. Although there are coasts on three sides, they are blocked by the sediment washed down by the mouth of the Pearl River, and even 1,000-ton ships cannot dock. Since the Opium War, Hong Kong's maritime superiority has been taken over, and Macao's trade economy has long plummeted. Macao, which is a small projectile land, has neither a deep-water port nor an aviation airport, and has no strategic significance, so what is the use of the Japanese coming? To tear the skin of Portugal for this useless place is not worth the loss for the island nation.

Hong Kong was originally the largest international intelligence market in the East, and the islanders estimated that after the fall of Hong Kong, a large number of intelligence and spy personnel would concentrate on the Macao Peninsula to form a new intelligence center, and this was also one of the reasons why they did not invade and occupy Macao. However, because Macao's sea and land communications were cut off, the spy personnel could not carry out their activities, and the wishes of the island people were never realized. Lisbon, the capital of Portugal in Europe, is truly an international intelligence center. Hitler deliberately kept it and let the "fifth column" run wild. The island's spies were also particularly active, where they obtained a large amount of intelligence information about the Soviet Union and Britain and Miria. If a small and useless Macau is captured, the intelligence officers of the island army will be expelled from Lisbon. Such a loss-making business will naturally not be done by the people of the island countries.

There is another important reason why the people of the island countries do not dare to occupy Macao. Since the 15th century, Portugal has had a large number of colonies in Africa and South America, and Brazil is one of them. Brazil is a vast and sparsely populated country, and Portugal initially asked the Qing government to approve immigration for reclamation, but was refused. Later, he turned to the island country to ask, and the island and Portugal reached an agreement, and a large number of island people emigrated to Brazil. By 1945, there were more than one million expatriates in Brazil. Since the Meiji Restoration, the island countries have been immigrating to foreign countries in large quantities, and the military of the island countries is ambitious, arranging long-term hidden and lurking spies among the immigrants, passed down from generation to generation, collecting intelligence, and being loyal to the locusts.

In the case of Pearl Harbor, the islanders of Hawaii played such a role. Since the outbreak of the Pacific War, it is said that the Portuguese government has threatened the island nation that if the island army invades Macau, all the Brazilian islanders will be imprisoned in concentration camps. As a result, the island nation will lose a huge source of intelligence from the United States and South America. They are not fools, so naturally they dare not occupy Macao.

In fact, there is another contradiction in this, that is, the agreement between Jiang Haoran and Marshall.

When selling the technology of the Zhanhu jet fighter, Jiang Haoran reached a consensus with Marshall, Molotov, and Aiden to abolish all unequal treaties signed by the foreign powers with China, return the land colonized by them, return the treaty ports opened by them by unscrupulous means, and restore China's complete and independent national sovereignty.

After the agreement, the Western countries, including the Soviet Union, led by Britain and Mi, did put into action, and this plan was well implemented in the national control area, and other areas that were still under the control of the island army also signed corresponding return agreements.

Macau alone is a problem.