Breaking the defensive circle of the islands deployed by the Japanese army outside the mainland undoubtedly greatly shook the Japanese military and political circles. As the foreign minister, Hideki Tojo was finally impeached and dissolved by many parliamentarians in the face of successive fiascos.

After some political struggle, the general Koiso Kuniaki, who served as the governor of Korea, finally succeeded Hideki Tojo in reorganizing the cabinet. Regarding the departure of the prime minister, who also enjoys the 'Tiger of North Korea', Zhao Tiehu felt that the opportunity had come.

As for Koiso Kuniaki, who was temporarily pushed to the position of prime minister by the Japanese army, the current predicament faced by the Japanese army can no longer be solved by changing to a new prime minister. However, such a replacement is enough to show that Japan's political situation is somewhat unstable.

As soon as he took over as prime minister, Kuniaki Koiso ordered the Japanese troops stationed in the Philippines to hurry up the construction of fortifications. In addition, many islands that are relatively close to Japan have also been defended by more troops.

Even if Koiso Kuniaki knows that doing so will give the Xinghua Army more opportunities. But compared to allowing the Allies to land on the mainland, many people feel that protecting the security of the homeland is the most important thing for the new cabinet to do.

Under such circumstances, there is no doubt that more opportunities have been provided for the Nanyang independence movement led by the Xinghua Army. Even if someone proposed that an uprising could be launched in advance to drive out the Japanese army, Zhao Tiehu refused.

In the face of these advocates of the early uprising, Zhao Tiehu said directly: "With the current strength of the Xinghua Army, it is indeed possible to drive away these Japanese troops. But such a war will increase more casualties and increase the cost of post-war reconstruction.

If you don't want to clean up a mess, it's in our best interest to keep the status quo going on. At present, the focus of the Japanese army has shifted from foreign aggression to domestic defense, which gives us more opportunities.

What we have to do is to wait until the Japanese army takes the initiative to withdraw from Nanyang, take over the cities they have abandoned, and complete the liberation of the country before other colonial troops can enter it. In this way, we can preserve the vitality.

Most importantly, I believe that you should all know about the madness of the Japanese army. At this point, we just have to stay behind and watch them fight against the countries that are trying to seize colonial power. After all, the Japanese army has been very honest lately! ”

As Zhao Tiehu said, at present, in the eyes of the Japanese army, Nanyang has become a war readiness material depot. Although the anti-Japanese armed forces are still suppressed, the largest anti-Japanese armed forces in the territory are actually the Xinghua Army.

Even the Xinghua Army did not easily provoke the Japanese army, and how could it be possible to overthrow the rule of the Japanese army with only some indigenous rebels who only had blood and no brains? Such an uprising, at best, is just an increase in the merits of the little devils.

As long as the Xinghua army does not move, Nanyang will not be in chaos. But for the Xinghua Army, a stable Nanyang is what the Xinghua Army wants to see the most. At this time, Zhao Tiehu will not take the initiative to break the current stable situation in Nanyang.

Even under Zhao Tiehu's hint, many indigenous tribes have successively set up corresponding civilian factories in their respective gathering places. The goods produced were sold by the caravans of the Xinghua Army, and these indigenous tribes were made a lot of money.

For many indigenous tribes, seeing the real money they earned, and without provoking the bullying of the little devils, they are naturally willing to cooperate with the Xinghua Army. For this reason, the demand for independence by launching an early uprising was also quickly suppressed.

Perhaps knowing that the Xinghua Army would not participate in the war between the United States and Japan, the Allies no longer had any expectations for the Xinghua Army. Even the spy department of the Xinghua Army gradually felt that the Allies were spying on the intelligence of the Xinghua Army.

Fortunately, since the formation of the army, the Xinghua Army has attached great importance to military intelligence. Even now, although the US military knows that Mindanao is the base camp of the Xinghua Army, the US military still has no way of knowing where some core institutions are located.

In addition, Mindanao has been designated as a no-fly zone and a no-sail zone by the Xinghua Army. Without the permission of the Xinghua Army, neither Japanese nor Allied fighters were allowed to enter the airspace where Mindanao was located.

In order to show his determination to defend Mindanao, Zhao Tiehu stationed air squadrons in many cities in Mindanao. The appearance of these air squadrons also strengthened the level of air defense in all directions in Mindanao.

Coupled with the radar research of the Xinghua Army, a breakthrough has been made. As long as the Japanese and American reconnaissance planes that flew to Mindanao did not get close to Mindanao, they were locked on by the radar of the Xinghua Army, and then sent fighters into the air to drive them away.

To the surprise of the Allied Air Force, the Xinghua Army fighters that took off from Mindanao were in no way inferior to the main fighters of the Allied Forces. In the process of driving away, the pilots of the Xinghua Army also showed excellent flying skills.

In this case, the Allied planes could only leave, far from the defense area of the Xinghua Army. As for the Japanese army, they were equally relieved to learn the news. This means that there is no need to worry about the landing of Allied forces in the area controlled by the Xinghua Army.

In the face of the Xinghua Army's air force strength beginning to show its edge, the Allies were also very surprised. Reconnaissance planes cannot enter Mindanao, and it is conceivable that they want to carry out aerial reconnaissance. As for the bombing, the Allies must dare to do it!

After all, the Hercules transport aircraft currently produced by the Xinghua Army, many military personnel of the Allied forces can see that this transport aircraft can also be converted into bombers. Even its flight altitude is higher than that of the main bombers of the US military.

With the Hercules transport plane, it can fly non-stop from Mindanao to the mainland of the United States. Once it can't be intercepted, let the bombers of the Xinghua Army fly to the mainland, and you can think about the consequences. In view of this situation, the Allies did not dare to send planes to test it.

As for the land reconnaissance and intelligence personnel dispatched, it didn't take long for the official in charge of intelligence to say helplessly: "General, many of our intelligence officers in Nanyang are currently in a state of disconnection. If nothing else, they should have been caught! ”

"Have you received a letter of protest from the Xinghua Army?"

"There was some time ago! But during this time, they don't seem to be posting! ”

The person in charge of intelligence and reconnaissance of the US military could only say: "Report to General Mack!" Even if you pay some price, you have to ransom those informants back. Damn, why are those Chinese counterintelligence capabilities so strong? ”

"Sir, those Chinese are too low-key, and some bases with a high level of secrecy are located in the mountains. Our intelligence officers, with completely different faces from them, can pass through their defense zone, which is very difficult.

Originally, we had also bribed some people to pass on information for us. But since we started to evacuate the diaspora, those intelligence stations have been investigated and dealt with by the Xinghua Army. Therefore, it is very difficult for us to find out their information now! ”

When MacArthur received the report from the intelligence officer, he also had a headache and said, "Damn, our intelligence officers, why do they always fall into their hands?" Is the Xinghua Army's counter-espionage methods really so powerful? ”

"General, the key is that their core base is built in the middle of a dense forest. In the absence of aerial reconnaissance, we can only send intelligence agents to infiltrate. But their defense and protection of the base are too strict! ”

Listening to the intelligence officer's answer, MacArthur also felt a headache. Based on the current situation with the Allies, they developed two plans. One is the core colony of the Japanese army, which is also located in the Ryukyu Islands, which is relatively close to Japan.

There is also a plan for MacArthur's return to the Philippines. It's just that according to the information they have so far, the Japanese army is building fortifications in the Philippines on a large scale, and it seems that they have the intention of fighting the American army to the death.

This also means that if the US military wants to return to the Philippines, it must be prepared for heavy bleeding. On the other hand, if the attack was on the outlying islands closest to Japan, it might be possible to cut off the Japanese army's communication with Southeast Asia.

But for MacArthur, who defeated the Philippin, he wanted to get rid of the shame and lead the American army back to the Philippines. It's just that neither Congress nor the military seems to be satisfied with his decision. The reason is that Philippine is further away from Japan.

The most important thing is that the current Filipino people seem to have a lot of opposition to the return of US troops to the Filipino. The reason why this has become like this has a lot to do with the previous withdrawal of US troops.

Now in the Philippines, there are no expatriates that the U.S. military needs to rescue, and there is not much support from the Filipino people who support their return. The strategy of returning to the Philippines naturally made some bigwigs in Congress and the military feel not very satisfied.

After all, as far as the current situation in World War II is concerned, the strategic focus of the US military is more on the European battlefield, and it is planning to merge the Allied and Soviet forces to launch a series of counteroffensives against the German army and recover the territories of European countries occupied by the German army earlier.

Under this demand, the US military also hopes to end the conquest of Japan as soon as possible. Cutting off Japan's communication channels with the outside world can also play a role in urging the Japanese army to surrender. During this time, the U.S. military also stepped up its bombing of the Japanese mainland.

For MacArthur, if he wanted to return to the Philippines, he had to have more information about the Xinghua Army. But as far as the current situation is concerned, it is really not easy to do this.

In desperation, MacArthur could only send a telegram to Zhao Tiehu in his own name, asking about the situation of the missing Americans. At least he believed that Zhao Tiehu understood what a missing American was.

After receiving the telegram from MacArthur, Zhao Tiehu also sneered: "It's really a shame to die!" Do you really think that the Americans who are still missing do not know that they are all spies of the US military? ”

"Commander-in-chief, what now? Tell them, didn't you find these people? ”

"Forget it! At this time, we are in a weak position, and we still need them to continue to die with the little devils, and it is not easy to turn against them. It is said that several missing Americans have been found, but they have been injured in the mountains and are being treated.

If the U.S. military wants us to send these Americans back, then let them pay for the medicine. Not much, a fifty-thousand-dollar medical bill. I'd like to see if they're willing to pay for it! ”

For Zhao Tiehu, these captured US spies are not of much use after being interrogated. Staying in the underground prison is also just a waste of food. For $50,000, it's a good deal!