The victory in the Battle of Midway made the U.S. military seem to see hope for victory. After nearly two months of deployment, the US military also began to launch a local counteroffensive and began to fight with the Japanese army for control of Kuah Island.

The navy and air force of the two sides have engaged in round after round of tug-of-war around Kuah Island. Such war consumption is undoubtedly like a rope around the neck of the resource-poor Japanese bowl, which is gradually exhausting their war advantage.

On the other hand, the Japanese rule in the South Seas did not achieve the expected goal. However, the Japanese army still began to forcibly recruit some indigenous young men and even some prisoners in the South Seas, and sent them to the mines of the colony to excavate the mineral deposits.

As for the Xinghua Army, after launching a series of counteroffensives, it also rescued the vast majority of the Chinese. The rescued Chinese undoubtedly increased the number of Chinese in the Xinghua Army, allowing it to provide more logistical supplies to the troops.

Just when the U.S. military began to pay less attention to the war in Nanyang, the Xinghua Army's troop movements were unusually frequent. Even in some places, many Chinese people who had fled into the jungle began to move out of the mountains to live.

originally thought that the Japanese army would launch a clean-up operation, but found that the Japanese army and the Xinghua army seemed to have reached a tacit understanding and consensus. As long as the Japanese army does not take the initiative to attack or bomb, the Xinghua Army, which protects these Chinese people, will not easily attack the Japanese troops stationed there.

For the current Japanese army, they have realized that the Xinghua army is not the worst enemy. On the contrary, the U.S. military, which joined World War II and began to explode war potential, is the real opponent worthy of the Japanese man's vigilance.

Once the Japanese army is defeated by the American army, then waiting for the fate of the Japanese bowl is the real despair and the future!

In order to create the first city or island that is truly controlled by the Chinese. After some preparations, Zhao Tiehu finally ordered a counteroffensive campaign against all Japanese troops in Mindanao.

Even before the start of the war, Zhao Tiehu sent envoys into the Japanese-controlled cities and issued an ultimatum to their garrison commanders to withdraw from the cities they were currently occupying.

Otherwise, once the Xinghua army launches a full-scale attack, then all the recalcitrant troops will be completely annihilated. For such an ultimatum, most of the Japanese commanders stationed in these cities felt that it was impossible.

When the commanders of the garrisons in these cities reported the situation to the commander of the Japanese forces in the Philippines, Masaharu Honma, the commander said very directly: "If the Xinghua Army launches a full-scale attack, can we hold those cities?" ”

In the face of such a rhetorical question, many staff officers suddenly became silent. The reason is simple: unless Luzon sends a large force to support, it will be difficult for those troops stationed in Mindanao to withstand the counterattack of the Xinghua army.

Looking at these speechless subordinates, Honma Masaharu continued: "The most important thing for us at the moment is to hold these core war zones on Luzon Island. Mindanao was not supposed to touch it from the beginning.

At present, the strategic focus of the empire is to win against the Americans. As long as we can win against the Americans, then Mindanao will be recovered sooner or later. But if the defeat in Mindanao is too great, the situation in the entire South Sea will change dramatically.

And haven't you noticed that since the defeat at Midway in the Empire, the Xinghua Army's offensive has weakened a lot? This shows that the supreme commander of the Xinghua Army is a smart man. He knows what choice he should make!

Report this situation to General Yamashita and let him make a decision! It's just that if General Yamashita needs to send troops to reinforce the garrison in Mindanao, then we are afraid that we will not be able to send more troops to support here! ”

Nowadays, the resources of the Japanese navy and air force are constantly being consumed in the confrontation with the US military. Now, the U.S. military, which has thoroughly studied the Zero, has also developed a new type of fighter.

With these fighters with excellent performance, the US military already has a certain advantage in the face of the Japanese naval aviation. The US military, which has regained air supremacy, is constantly regaining its own war superiority.

On the other hand, the Japanese army today, in addition to the army still retains a certain advantage, the navy and air force have begun to be suppressed compared with the US army. This made Honma Masaharu feel that even if the Xinghua Army couldn't win over, it couldn't annoy the other party too much.

These Chinese living in Nanyang seem to be a little different from the Chinese living in the mainland. Under the organization of the Xinghua Army, these Chinese people are unusually united. The most important thing is that the strength of the Xinghua Army has not been figured out by the Japanese army so far.

At present, the Xinghua Army dared to issue an ultimatum to the Japanese troops stationed in Mindanao before the war, which is enough to show that the Xinghua Army stationed in Mindanao is not afraid that the Japanese army will send troops to reinforce Mindanao.

Davao City alone buried tens of thousands of elite infantry of the Japanese army and lost an aircraft carrier formation. What role will the Japanese army have in continuing to send heavy troops to Mindanao?

What's more, most of the Japanese troops stationed in Mindanao were compressed into the city and near the waterfront. The wider jungle area, the Japanese army did not dare to enter at all. Many encirclements and attempts were made, but in the end they all came back in vain.

Such a tasteless place and a pity to abandon it, the Japanese army stationed in the Philippines has long wanted to give up. Now the Xinghua Army issued an ultimatum, although it was a bit humiliating for the Japanese army, but it also gave them a step.

When the telegram of the Japanese army stationed in the Philippines was sent to Yamashita Fengfumi, who was in charge of the Nanyang War, the Japanese general also had a headache. For his part, Yamashita was well aware that the Xinghua army did have the strength to recover the few cities they had occupied.

And the Xinghua Army issued an ultimatum in advance, which was nothing more than not wanting to fight to the death with the Japanese army. Taking the initiative to retreat is somewhat embarrassing, but it can finally allow the more than 20,000 troops stationed in Medan to retreat safely. If we don't withdraw, then there will be a danger of total annihilation.

In the face of Yamashita Fengfumi's hesitation, the chief of staff of his headquarters also said in a timely manner: "General, Commander Honma said that if he wants to send troops to support the war over there, I am afraid that he will not be able to transfer troops." ”

"Yaga! Is he still a general of the Empire? This kind of thing is even said! ”

"General, in fact, I don't blame Honma Shogun for this. In fact, to ensure the security of several cities captured by the empire in Mindanao. Our troops stationed in Luzon often send supplies there.

But since the shattering of our aircraft carrier formation, the merchant ships we have transported there have been attacked by submarines many times. In many cases, only by sending warships to escort the ships can we ensure that our merchant ships can safely deliver supplies to those garrisons.

And the garrison we stationed there has never brought much benefit to the creation of the Empire. In many cases, they needed supplies and soldiers from Luzon. In this case, it did add trouble to the troops stationed in Luzon. ”

"So what do you mean by accepting the threat of the Xinghua Army? When did the empire become like this? ”

For the Xinghua Army, Yamashita Fengwen naturally doesn't have much good feelings. After all, after the Xinjiapo Massacre, the Xinghua Army also sent a telegram asking the Japanese government to deal with Yamashita Fengwen, the commander-in-chief of the Nanyang War.

In Yamashita Fengwen's view, his hatred with Xinghua Army is only afraid that it cannot be resolved peacefully. If he could, he would really like to gather troops stationed in Luzon and bulldoze the whole of Mindanao in one fell swoop.

However, judging from the information collected by the special high school at present, the strength of the Xinghua Army is far stronger than they imagined. Except in Mindanao, the Xinghua Army has a large armed force throughout the Nanyang region.

To put it simply, as long as there are jungles and Chinese people, there will be Xinghua Army activities. And in the entire Nanyang region, tens of millions of Chinese are armed even if they are armed with one percent, which is also a strong armed force!

It can be said that there is a big reason why the Japanese army is struggling in the occupied areas of Nanyang today is because of the Xinghua Army. Even seeing that the Japanese army was unable to encircle and suppress the Xinghua army, many Nanyang natives also joined in the rebellion against the Japanese army.

In this way, as the commander-in-chief of the Nanyang War, it is normal that Yamashita Fengwen does not have a good impression of the Xinghua Army. But in the face of the ultimatum of the Xinghua Army at this moment, reason told Yamashita Fengfu that he should accept this threat.

In the face of Yamashita Fengwen's inquiry, the chief of staff also said helplessly: "General, although we currently have a lot of naval and air forces stationed in various occupied areas in Nanyang. But the general should know that those naval and air forces cannot be easily mobilized.

Once we draw troops from these places, there is a high risk of causing global instability. At present, the strategic focus of the empire is to resist the counteroffensive of the US army. Most of the warships and planes produced by the empire were put into front-line operations.

Judging from the ultimatum issued by the Xinghua Army in front of us, I think they may have realized that if we withdraw from the South Seas, their enemies will most likely become those European and American powers. Therefore, they don't want to lose both of us.

Mindanao's strategic importance is important, but it is undeveloped and many cities are largely in ruins. Even if we send troops there, we won't have any real benefits.

If we bring back the troops there, we might be able to strengthen our control elsewhere. Now we should not only consider the gains and losses of one city and one place, but also consider the overall combat deployment! ”

"Yaga! Damn the Xinghua Army! Call back to General Honma and ask him to order the garrison to retreat! In addition, let the special high school send a secret envoy to contact the Xinghua Army privately. If they can be honest, we may be able to live together peacefully! ”

Now that he has decided to swallow his anger, Yamashita Fengwen thinks that maybe he can win over the Xinghua army. If the U.S. military reached a non-aggression agreement with the Xinghua Army before the U.S. counterattack on Nanyang, it might also be a good result for the Japanese army.

It's a pity that his fantasy is destined not to come true. Zhao Tiehu didn't want to fight the Japanese army to the death for the time being, but more wanted to drive the Japanese army out of the Chinese-occupied area and let them die with the American army.

As for cooperating with the Japanese army, Zhao Tiehu naturally would not agree. For Zhao Tiehu, some things can be changed, but on some principled issues, Zhao Tiehu will never bargain with the Japanese army!