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Today's military and political leaders of the British Empire are paying close attention to the development of the situation in Southeast Asia, not only because Japan is an ally of the British Empire, but most importantly, the location of the Malay Archipelago is too important, especially the Su'Montra Island and the Malay Peninsula share the Strait of Malacca. Men'Tala Island is in the hands of the Japanese, everything is okay to say, the British say to the east, then the little Japan absolutely dare not say to the west, in the hands of Japan, there is no difference from the hands of the British Empire, not to mention that the British Empire fleet is invincible in the world, even if it is the strength of the Asian fleet, it can suppress the combat power of any country in Asia, and the British have never worried about the situation in Asia.

But now it's different, the Republic of China was born, the Chinese Revolutionary Army is getting stronger and stronger year by year, especially the strength of the navy, a small South China Sea Fleet actually has dozens of fighters, not to mention the British Asian Fleet, even all the British fleets do not have so many fighters, this has formed a fatal threat to the Asian Fleet, if the Chinese Revolutionary Army occupies the entire Su'Mentra Island, then who will have the final say in the future of the Strait of Malacca, but it is really difficult to say.

Prime Minister's Office.

Balfour's brows are now tightly locked, and he is about to die of sorrow about the war situation in Southeast Asia.

Two days ago, he just sent a note to the Republic of China, warning the Republic of China not to fight the idea of the Strait of Malacca, Zhang Yi's answer was very happy, okay, if you don't let me move the Strait of Malacca, then I won't move, that is the island of Su'men', I must grab it! It's a big deal that Lao Tzu's fleet doesn't go north to Malacca, what's the big deal! I don't want to have trouble with you, but you don't want to come to Lao Tzu to put garlic on top of his head, if you really do it, we have never been afraid!

Balfour was completely stumped by Zhang Yi's attitude, and they did not go north to the Strait of Malacca, and cede control of the Strait of Malacca to the British Empire. Not satisfied, we just want to kill Little Japan, take the rights and interests that belong to Little Japan in Southeast Asia, and have nothing to do with your British Empire, allies? That's not bullshit, the national interest is the most important thing, in the world. There are no eternal enemies, no eternal friends. There are only eternal interests, and let the British Empire start an all-out war with the Republic of China for the sake of Little Japan, which is simply unwilling, Zhang Yi has already taken Balfour's pulse.

Balfour glanced at Fisher on the side and said, "General Fisher, what do you think of the situation in Southeast Asia?" ”

Fisher's face also sank like water, and he replied slowly: "Mr. Prime Minister, we can't rely on the Republic of China to do this matter. 'Surrender' the Strait of Malacca to our control, and they occupy the island of Su'men' Tala? Joke! As long as the entire island of Su'men Tara is occupied, it is already equivalent to the Republic of China and the British Empire sharing the Strait of Malacca! In the event of a conflict between the two countries, he only needs to stop the South China Sea Fleet towards the Strait of Malacca, so how can we control the Strait of Malacca? Don't think that the Asian Fleet can be the opponent of the South China Sea Fleet of the Republic of China! Dozens of their warplanes would definitely pose a mortal threat to our Imperial Asian fleet, and if they occupied the entire island of Su'Muntara, it would mean the Strait of Malacca. There will be no empire to say, we must not allow the Chinese to occupy the real Strait of Malacca! ”

Balfour's heart tightened, Fisher was right, the current situation is indeed like this, but people tried their best to defeat the Japanese army, isn't it just to grab territory? Su'Muntahara is second only to Java in the Malay Archipelago. The military status is still excessive, and it is simply impossible not to give the Republic of China the right to rule the entire Su'mentara Island, and the Chinese Tiger is not so easy to manipulate.

Balfour asked, "Well, General Fisher, what should we do now?" Is it really possible to start a full-scale war with the Republic of China for the sake of the Strait of Malacca, not to mention that the Republic of China has the most important fighters. Even if there is a real war, we are far from our homeland, and we may not be able to take advantage of the big war! ”

Fisher said in a deep voice: "Mr. Prime Minister, don't forget, not only do we not want to go to war with the Republic of China, but also they don't want to go to war with our British Empire at this time, and the most important problem facing the Chinese Tiger now is to develop with all its might. They can't afford to fight this battle! ”

Balfour nodded and replied, "Well, that's the truth. ”

Fisher continued: "I think that when China and Japan are 'fierce' fighting, on the grounds of maintaining the security of the Strait of Malacca, we can send troops to the northern tip of Su'mentala Island and directly occupy this area, so that the Strait of Malacca will really fall into our hands, not for the two countries to share, as long as we create this fact, as long as the Chinese tiger does not want to go to a full-scale war with us, then we can only pinch our nose and admit it, if possible, we can also use Su' In the name that the strategic location of the island is too important, an international conference will be held to "hand" the entire island of Su' to the great powers, so that we have not only done a great favor, but also brought a helping hand to the empire, and put pressure on the Republic of China together, as long as this goal can be achieved, then the entire South Seas, at least the Strait of Malacca, will still be under our control. ”

Balfour clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Okay, great, this is the idea, as long as we can control the northern part of Su'men Tatra, even if the area is not large, only fifty kilometers in depth, it is absolutely enough, Malacca is in the hands of the Empire, it means that we hold the lifeblood from Asia to Europe and Africa, and we still control the situation in the whole of Asia!" ”

Fisher said in a deep voice: "However, Prime Minister, we must make preliminary preparations, the Chinese Revolutionary Army is strong, the Japanese army will not be able to resist for long, at most half a month, the Chinese Revolutionary Army will fully defeat the Japanese army, so as to take the Su'men' Tala Island, that is to say, we only have half a month to prepare, and we must complete the actual control of the northern tip of the Su'men Tala Island within half a month!" We have to act as soon as possible! ”

Balfour nodded and replied: "Okay, General Fisher, I will urge the cabinet to give you the authorization to launch a new military operation in Asia as soon as possible, this time, we must complete the complete control of the Strait of Malacca, Malacca is too important to us, no matter what, it cannot be 'handed over' in the hands of others!" ”

Fisher nodded and said, "This matter will be jointly acted by the Admiralty and the War Department, the sooner the better, we must mobilize the army of the Malay Peninsula to prepare as soon as possible, if necessary, even the garrison in India needs to be prepared!" ”

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