As the saying goes, 'defeat is like a mountain', and this may be the most appropriate way to describe the Japanese troops currently stationed in Southeast Asia. As the Salvation Association began to launch a rebellion against the Japanese in Southeast Asia, the morale of the Japanese army suffered another serious setback.

The most important thing is that many Japanese officers and soldiers in Southeast Asia already know the situation at home. The continuous bombing by the US military has caused heavy casualties and damage to people and property on the land of the little devils.

Under these circumstances, the families of many Japanese officers and soldiers were displaced. Upon learning of this situation, how could these officers and men, who were worried about their families, raise their spirits and face such a difficult situation?

What's more, in the face of the wave of uprisings that swept through Southeast Asia, the Japanese troops stationed in various places had a miserable life. With the base camp unable to carry out the rescue, many Japanese commanders knew that they would not hold out for long.

Now, in the name of the Salvation Association, Sato has come here to negotiate with them. These generals, who gradually realized that they were not far from Japan's defeat, did not seem to want to sacrifice their lives for the country, and also hoped to return to China alive.

With the Japanese troops stationed in Phnom Penh, they took the lead in deciding to respond to the call of the National Salvation Association to revolt. On the day the telegram was sent, it caused a great shock among the Japanese army. Many people know that the Japanese army is finished in Southeast Asia.

Just when the Allies were happy, they would soon be able to fight back to Cambodia and regain their lost territory. The king of Cambodia, who had been rescued from the city by the Xinghua army, returned to Phnom Penh under the protection of an insurgent army and accepted the surrender of the Japanese garrison.

Without even giving the Allies much chance to intervene, Cambodia soon declared its independence. What is even more unexpected is that those Japanese troops who rebelled, in the form of mercenaries, are still stationed in Cambodia.

As soon as such a mode of operation came out, not to mention that the Japanese army felt dizzy, even the Allies did not understand why things had become like this. But some of the generals of the expeditionary force saw some clues.

The reason is very simple, whether it is the Japanese army uprising on the battlefield or the declaration of independence of Cambodian Puzhai, the existence of the Xinghua Army is indispensable. Even if the national defense force currently established in Cambodia and Puzhai has a large number of military backbones, they have received military training from the Xinghua Army.

If it is said that the Japanese army stationed in Phnom Penh rebelled, and even responded to the call of the National Salvation Association, many Japanese soldiers were shocked. Then the independence of Cambodia also made the Allies feel a little angry.

After all, in the eyes of the allies, Cambodia is their colony, and it should be up to them to decide whether it is independent or not. But now the independence of Cambodia and Puzhai has declared independence, which really caught the allied forces off guard.

Next, if the Allies still want to colonize Cambodia, they must launch a war of aggression. For the Allied forces, who are currently suffering from war, even their people will not agree to such a war.

As Cambodia took the lead in raising the flag of independence, and soon won the recognition of the people, a national defense force of about 100,000 people was established. And with more than 20,000 Japanese troops, they existed as mercenaries.

Many people know that if the allies want to return to Cambodia to colonize, it will be more difficult than they imagined!

This was followed by the Thai side, which once again shocked all sides. Officially announced by the king of Thailand, the end of allied relations with the Japanese army. The commander of the Japanese army stationed in Thailand also announced that he would be stationed in Thailand in the form of a mercenary.

Earlier, some high-ranking Thai military and political officials of the pro-Japanese faction were very puzzled and surprised that the Japanese troops stationed in Thailand suddenly felt that they had disconnected themselves from the local government and announced that they would accept the leadership of the Hokkaido Salvation Association.

But in the face of such changes, many senior military and political officials in Thailand understand that this is a rare opportunity. As allies of the Japanese army, if the Japanese army is defeated, they will also pay a heavy price.

And now, before the defeat of the Japanese army, it announced the end of the alliance relationship with the Japanese army and the implementation of the so-called neutral and friendly policy. It can also allow Thailand to suffer less punishment and preserve the country's vitality more after the defeat of the Japanese army.

In addition, in Laos, which is currently largely controlled by the Xinghua Army, the establishment of the Lao Democratic Republic was proclaimed with the leader of the Lao rebel army. In the whole of Southeast Asia, three countries have officially completed their independence.

However, compared with the first two countries, Laos, which declared its independence immediately afterwards, relied more on the Xinghua Army and its rebel forces for its defense and military strength. But as many people know, the newly formed country is still not easy to mess with.

Seeing that Cambodia, Laos, and Qin have declared independence and neutrality one after another, the allied forces that are still blocked in northern Myanmar undoubtedly seem a little angry. At the same time, the expeditionary force moved to the southwest and turned to Guangxi to attack.

As for the Japanese troops stationed in northern Burma, they soon propped up a puppet government in Burma and declared a policy of independence. However, in the newly formed government, the Wehrmacht was basically composed of Japanese troops.

In just a few days, the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops stationed in Southeast Asia were quickly divided into several groups. However, everyone knows that these Japanese groups no longer accept the dispatch of the Japanese Army Headquarters, and are more under the orders of the Hokkaido Salvation Association.

The sudden retreat of the expeditionary force also caught the Allies by surprise. Without the help of the expeditionary force, the Allied forces in Southeast Asia alone would not be able to deal with the Japanese troops stationed in northern Burma alone.

In this kind of change, Xinghuajun was still low-key and silent, as if nothing had anything to do with them. However, both the Japanese army and the Allied forces were aware of the great changes in Southeast Asia and had a close relationship with the Xinghua Army.

On the other hand, Zhao Tiehu at this time sent a telegram to Lao Jiang, who was far away in Chongqing: "The territory currently controlled by the expeditionary force, if they don't want to take over, send troops from the Fourth War Zone to take over those defense areas to ensure the security of the southwest border."

Send a telegram to the Japanese forces in northern Burma and let them focus on blocking the Allied counterattack. If they want to return home alive, they must keep the Allies out of northern Burma. When the time is right, I will arrange for someone to take over their defense.

The rest of the Japanese troops stationed in Cambodia and Thailand did not have orders from above and stayed at the garrison for training. When the time is right, I will transfer them to the Nanyang side. As for the defense over there, it was taken over by their own troops. ”

Listening to Zhao Tiehu's series of orders and instructions, Li Hao, who stayed in the commander, also said in a timely manner: "Commander-in-chief, over there on Luzon Island, are we going to take over now?" If it really starts, I'm afraid that Luzon will become a tattered. ”

"The situation in Nanyang is different from that in Southeast Asia, where there are a lot of Japanese troops stationed here. Beyond that, we don't know what's next for the Allies. Once we take over Luzon, we will inevitably clash with the U.S. military.

Although our strength is much stronger now than in the early years, in the face of a powerful US military, we should not provoke it for the time being. In addition, the strength of the Japanese army has not been completely depleted, so it is better for them to fight more with the Allies.

As far as the current war situation is concerned, the Japanese army will certainly not let the Allies land on the island easily. The only way for the Allies to win the Pacific Campaign was for the Japanese to accept the conditions of unconditional surrender. This means that they will have to land on the main island of Japan.

In the next stage, whether they will attack the Japanese mainland first or recover all parts of the South Seas, we will just wait and see what happens. The more blood they give, the safer we will be in the future, you know? ”

In Zhao Tiehu's view, sneaking into the village and not wanting to shoot is the royal road to development. At present, the reorganization of the troops has been completed in all major theaters of the Xinghua Army. Both the main force and the garrison are strong and ready to enter the battle at any time.

Once the Japanese army could not hold on, Zhao Tiehu believed that the Japanese army would choose to surrender more often than the Allied army. After all, what the Japanese army did to the Allies made the Allied soldiers hate them.

On the other hand, if they surrendered to the Xinghua Army, these surrendered Japanese troops would at least save their lives. Snatching the fruits of victory before the allies is the battle plan that Zhao Tiehu has been implementing. This has never changed.

The dramatic changes in Southeast Asia, coupled with the expeditionary force's shift in the direction of the attack, also caught the Allies by surprise. However, in view of the changes in Southeast Asia, the Allied forces cannot come up with a very good solution for the time being.

Even if the Allies blamed the Chongqing government for not cooperating with them in completing the military operation. But Lao Jiang also said very neatly: "Our government has decided to carry out a counterattack against the Japanese army occupying our territory and recover the lost territory occupied by the Japanese army."

As far as the current war in Southeast Asia is concerned, the Japanese army can no longer threaten our borders, and the transportation and supply lines are now fully restored. In this case, if I want to regain the lost territory, I naturally need to transfer the elite troops back to fight at home.

What's more, the expeditionary force's return to China to fight also restrained the main force of the Japanese army in China to a large extent. This is in no way contrary to the earlier agreement reached with the Allies to cooperate. After all, I need to respect the will of the people! ”

In the face of Lao Chiang's reply, the allies didn't have much to say. Cooperate with the Allied forces to fight, more to ensure the smooth flow of the Yunnan-Burma highway. But now, the road has been restored.

Even with the combination of the Xinghua Army and the Expeditionary Force, many of the strategic materials purchased by the Xinghua Army have also been continuously transported to China. In this case, how could Lao Chiang do it if he continued to let the expeditionary force work for the Allies?

On the other hand, in the face of one blow after another, many military generals and cabinet ministers undoubtedly appeared to be a little angry and ruined. He even soon proposed to send an elite to encircle and suppress the Salvation Association that captured Hokkaido.

It was just to their surprise that before they could give such an order, many parliamentarians raised objections. The reason is that, as far as the current situation is concerned, the main task of the military department is to deal with the landing operations of the Allied forces.

As for the matter of the Salvation Association, the defenders deployed near Hokkaido did not see the slightest sign of an attack by the Salvation Association. The victims of the disaster, who had been rushed to the National Salvation Defense Zone, also took boats to Hokkaido.

Judging from this situation, the National Salvation Association is not a retreat for Japan. If a civil war breaks out now, who will really benefit? This also means that it is not easy to send troops to encircle and suppress the National Assembly to save it!