"Yo Xi." Yamashita Fengwen nodded again and again, looked sideways at the commander of the First Guards Division on the side, Nishimura Takume, and said, "In this way, the responsibility on Nishimura-kun's shoulders is becoming more and more important. ”

Nishimura got up suddenly, and said in a cruel voice: "I will die for the holy war of the empire." ”

"Yo Xi, Nishimura-kun is worthy of being the most heroic samurai of the Locust Army, you can rest assured, as soon as the local reinforcements arrive, I will immediately send you a division of reinforcements, please be sure to ensure that Manila is firmly controlled by the Locust Army." Yamashita Fengwen said and bowed solemnly to Nishimura Takama.

Nishimura Takuma also bowed at him and said, "Don't worry, Your Excellency, all the warriors of the First Guards Division will definitely live up to the trust of you and the locusts, and swear to defend Manila to the death." ”

Yamashita nodded, then looked at the commander of the Southern Fleet, Ozawa Jizaburo, and said: "Ozawa-kun, there are rumors all over the world that the Imperial Army and Navy are at odds, but I believe that they have misunderstood the Locust Army, and this is a battle related to the survival of the Empire. ”

This is the first large-scale joint operation of the island army, with the headquarters of the headquarters located in one place.

The deployment of the Navy is divided into two sectors, with two fleets and six aircraft carriers in the South China Sea, designed to strike at the enemy's attacking forces and provide fire support to the locust army defending the island.

The other two fleets and six aircraft carriers are roaming in the rear, with the main forces in the Sulu Sea and the Sulawesi Sea, ensuring the safety of the Philippine southwestern defense line and escorting the rear line and material passage of the Dutch East Indies.

Ozawa Jizaburo smiled slightly, got up and said: "Yamashita-kun is right, the imperial army and navy have never been suspicious, this time we must change their concepts, and at the same time, we must also take this opportunity to avenge the blood feud of the locust army and wipe out Jiang Haoran's invading troops." ”

As soon as Ozawa Jizaburo's words fell, all the generals in the room got up, and one by one they howled "fight to the death, be loyal to the locusts, and be loyal to the empire" and other heroic words, and the fighting spirit was unprecedentedly strong.

Yamashita was very satisfied, but before he could be happy, the command of the 31st Army on Saipan Island sent an urgent telegram, and the guards on Pohnpei Island, an outpost in the western Pacific, suddenly discovered that the huge aircraft carrier fleet of the US army was heading towards the Mariana Islands at full speed, and it was expected that it would be possible to enter the Mariana waters within ten days.

This news was no less than a bolt from the blue, and it only stunned everyone in the command, and they never dreamed that the Allies would actually stretch the battle line so long and attack their large rear from a distance.

As a result, the locust army will face enemies on three sides, and any loss will face irreparable defeat, especially Guam and Saipan, once they fall into the hands of the allies, the security of the homeland will no longer be guaranteed.

A worried Yamashita ordered Lieutenant General Hideyoshi Obata Hideyo, commander of the 31st Army, to hurry back and command the troops to deploy defenses, and at the same time report to the base camp and ask for reinforcements.

……

Five days later, Vientiane.

There are only 10 days left before the scheduled general attack, and as the Yuanyi Group Army, which is the main attack, all units have begun to move in an all-round way, rushing from their respective defense areas to the port of Jiangang, Jiuzhen Port, and Haiphong Port.

The movement of more than 100,000 troops was huge, the roads were full of soldiers marching in a hurry and long convoys, and the atmosphere of the approaching big war had come out.

In the Vientiane Headquarters, Liu Qiaoshou was saying to Jiang Haoran: "General seat, all of them are gone, you can't leave a division, even if they leave a few days late?" ”

Jiang Haoran said: "There are only six infantry divisions in the Yuanyi Group Army, and the left-behind regiments in each garrison are almost two divisions, and there is still one division left, so they don't have to fight in the next battle." Besides, if there are really remnants of the island army and hidden agents stranded here, and they don't dare to come out if you leave so many people here, it will always be a hidden danger, and it is not a good idea to lure them out at this time and annihilate them in one fell swoop? ”

Liu Qiaoshou picked his head and said with a wry smile: "Boss, don't you know, both sides of the Mekong River are lofty mountains and mountains, and it also borders the Shan State Plateau, and the terrain is very complicated, and there is basically no trace of thousands of people hiding from them." Moreover, the area in the middle line was basically under the control of the French army, and we did not carry out a large-scale clean-up, during which the French army, the island army, the Siamese remnants, the Viet Cong, and even Laos and Cambodia were intertwined, which made it even more difficult to investigate. ”

Huang Jie also felt that the situation was serious, and interjected: "General seat, if you don't let the new Fifth Division leave two days late, the Airborne Division of the Mi Army should arrive in two days, their actions will not be so fast, and for a while, at least Liao Lei can mobilize cars and urgently transport a division over first." ”

Jiang Haoran thought for a while and said: "No need, you can't affect Liu Dakun's entire deployment, isn't it just two days, let the defenders of ports, airports, major warehouses, and transportation arteries take precautions, and all the people in their skillful hands will be scattered, and the snow wolf special combat team will be on call twenty-four hours a day, Lao Tzu still doesn't believe it, can they turn the sky up?" ”

……

Changshan Mountain Range.

The main mountain range of the Indochina Peninsula, the watershed of the Mekong River and the South China Sea water system, runs parallel to the coast, roughly in a northwest-southeast direction, obliquely runs through the whole territory of Vietnam, and is the natural border of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

During the Vietnam War, the famous "Ho Chi Minh Trail" led along the Truong Son mountain range to central and southern Vietnam, where many legends from the history of the Vietnam War took place.

The name "Ho Chi Minh Trail" was called out by the Western media back then, and Viet Lan called it the "Central Corridor", which sounds mysterious. It is only known as a transport route in the mountains and forests of the Vietnamese-Laos border and the Vietnamese-Cambodian border.

The trail is unclear from the outside world, as it begins, how long it is, and how it will take you. At that time, the people of the United States spent a lot of money to find the specific location of this trail, in a vain attempt to block the supply of personnel and materials from North Vietnam to South Vietnam, but until they failed and withdrew from Viet Lan, they could not find out the true appearance and mystery of this trail.

For the invading army and many military experts in the world, this supply line is a "battlefield mystery" that cannot be explained by normal concepts. The Pentagon used computer systems to study the entire network of the "Ho Chi Minh Trail", including every intersection and valley, and they used all the high-tech means available at the time, airdropped special forces, provided transportation information to the Mi military base, indicated bombing targets, set up * on communication lines, and sniffers, sound sensors, and so on.