The terrible chirping of the air raid sirens makes people feel very terrifying, and those who are running in a panic in the streets add to this terrifying feeling, as if this is not a city, but a hell.

It's not hell, it's Kuala Lumpur, the second largest city in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, second only to Singapore, the southernmost part of the peninsula in size and population, and in fact acts as the backup political and economic center of the Straits Settlements.

At present, there is a "Commissioner's Office" stationed here in the city of Kuala Lumpur, which is not only responsible for contacting the direction of Singapore, but also has an important task, which is to provide necessary logistical support for the British ** team and government personnel who are retreating north from Burma.

However, the Commissioner's Office did not do a good job of supporting the logistics, and this is not entirely to blame for the British colonial officials, but to blame the bombers and fighter planes that appear in the sky from time to time, and even the appearance of reconnaissance planes can cause a panic in Kuala Lumpur.

Those bombers, fighters, and reconnaissance planes were all planes of the Chinese Air Force and Naval Aviation, some of them came from the south, some from the north, some from the west, and some from the east, giving people the impression that the Malay Peninsula had been surrounded on all sides by the planes of the Chinese Air Force.

In fact, since the Chinese landing fleet appeared on the Kra Isthmus two days ago, the squadron has completed the strategic encirclement of the Malay Peninsula, and the east side is a task force of the Chinese Navy, including two large aircraft carriers, which is responsible for covering the land forces to carry out landing operations in the area of the Kra Isthmus, and the west side is also a Chinese task force fleet including two large aircraft carriers, whose mission is to blockade the sea area on the Indian Ocean side of the Kra Isthmus. To prevent any attempt by the British Army to retreat from the sea, to the south is China's largest naval base in Southeast Asia, the Bangka Island Naval Base, since China and Britain declared war on each other, the Chinese Air Force units on Bangka Island have successively sent planes to bomb British facilities and transportation hubs in the Malay Peninsula and West Borneo, as for the northern part of the Malay Peninsula, since the northern part of Myanmar has become the control area of the squadron, the Chinese aircraft taking off from there will also fly long-distance. Went to the Malay Peninsula to carry out reconnaissance and bombing.

"Embattled", this is the dilemma faced by the British ** team and the colonial government in the Malay Peninsula, and for this dilemma, Morrison, as an outsider, sees it very clearly.

Now, Morrison is standing in front of the window of his hotel room, looking at the Indians, Malays, British, Americans, and even Chinese running in the street, there is no doubt that they have been frightened by the continuous air raids of the past few days, and they will always rush to the open area at the first time to avoid possible "accidental bombing" when any air defense siren sounds.

Although the main targets of the Chinese Air Force are concentrated in military facilities and transportation hubs, as far as the current aviation technology is concerned, it is unrealistic to completely avoid the accidental bombing of civilian targets, so in the air raids a few days ago, some civilian houses were destroyed by aerial bombs, and civilian casualties could not be avoided, but in these air raids, the casualties of the Chinese were the lowest, and the reason was very simple, because the British colonial authorities had long formulated discriminatory laws against Chinese immigrants, According to last year's survey, the total number of Chinese living in the Malay Peninsula is now less than 5 percent of the total local population, and the Malay indigenous population is now the largest among the local residents, accounting for 70 percent, while the other 25 percent are mainly immigrants from India.

Indian immigrants have replaced the labor force from China very well, but they have not been able to become excellent middlemen like the Chinese, so that the British colonial authorities have to deal directly with the Malay natives, which has caused a very serious problem, that is, the direct conflict between the colonizers and the colonized, and in the past, this direct conflict did not exist, because the Chinese played a good role as a "cushion" and "punching bag", once the local Malay aborigines were ready to vent their anger, The British colonial authorities would immediately push the Chinese to the front, a practice learned from the Dutch.

With no Chinese as scapegoats, the British colonial authorities had to confront the anger of the Malay natives, followed by revolt and repression, repression and revolt, which formed a vicious circle and became the direct cause of the rise of nationalist sentiment in the Malay Peninsula, in which China played an important role.

In order to suppress the nationalist resistance movement in the Malay Peninsula, the British government had to station a large number of elite troops in the local area, including troops from the British mainland and troops from the British Commonwealth, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, these elite troops were stationed in the Malay Peninsula, barely maintaining the local situation, but with the outbreak of the Burma War, this unreliable stability was quickly broken, and the nationalist resistance groups in the Malay Peninsula began to move again. In order to prevent the squadron from directly attacking India, the British government had to transfer Malaya's troops to the southern part of Burma to prepare for a strategic counteroffensive.

Before the outbreak of the Sino-British war, the British government had decided to give India and Burma the status of "Dominions" and let them join the British Commonwealth to jointly resist the "threat from China".

After Morrison left China that year, he first served in the British diplomatic service, and then returned to Australia, where he became an important adviser to the Australian government, and held some important positions in the foreign service.

Morrison arrived in Singapore on the day China and Britain declared war on each other, and after meeting with British colonial officials, he was sent to Kuala Lumpur, but before he could officially start working, the situation in the Malay Peninsula took a turn for the worse.

In fact, Morrison is now unable to carry out his work, and the British government has declared Malaya to become a "Dominion" of the British Commonwealth, which is forced by the situation, the Chinese government can see it clearly, and the resistance groups in Malaya can also see it clearly, so the British government has only now announced the status of giving Malaya a "Dominion", which is actually a hot head, and even ordinary Malay natives doubt the sincerity of the British government, and in such a situation, no Malay natives are willing to cooperate with Morrison's panel of commissioners. The formation of a Dominion Government could not be carried out at all.

Therefore, Morrison did not go anywhere for the past two days, and stayed in this hotel, which is next to the US Consulate in Kuala Lumpur, and the possibility of being bombed is very low, which is why Morrison generally does not run to the basement to avoid air raids even if the air raid sirens sound.

Morrison proved to be right, as the Chinese Air Force bombers had never been close to the city, and apparently the pilots had been given stern orders not to approach the U.S. consulate to prevent the United States from finding an excuse to intervene directly in the war, which was still confined to China and Britain.

Even the Australian government is now reluctant to participate in this war, although Australia is the "Dominion" of the British Commonwealth, but the problem is that the current situation in the Pacific is very different from the European war twenty years ago, right at the door of Australia, the Japanese Empire is waving the samurai sword and the rising sun flag, and the appearance of showing off its military might makes Australians very worried, if Australia now decides to follow the United Kingdom government to send a fleet or a new army unit to China's sphere of influence like South Africa, So there is no guarantee that China will not draw Japan into this large-scale war, and once Japan participates in this war, then who can guarantee that Japan will not attack Australia immediately? You know, the Japanese Empire began to preach the "beauty and abundance" of Australia many years ago, and in order to instill the necessary ideas in the Japanese people, Japanese newspapers even called kangaroo meat "the best delicacy in the world", which means that as long as Australia is occupied, the poor Japanese can eat kangaroo meat for a meal.

There is nothing more absurd than this kind of statement, as an Australian, Morrison knows very well that kangaroo meat is not very tasty, otherwise Australia would not be a kangaroo disaster, but he does not care about how to cook kangaroo meat more delicious, he cares, when will the Japanese army attack Australia? Yesterday, upon learning that the British defensive forces on the Kra Isthmus had broken up and that the Chinese army had begun to advance to the south, Morrison immediately made a decision to leave Kuala Lumpur immediately, but not back to Australia, but to the Philippines, to meet with some senior U.S. officials there, including political and military officials, in Manila, and also to meet with senior Philippine government officials to persuade them to make a proposal to the U.S. government, no matter what. The United States must bring about an end to the Sino-British War, which was almost on the verge of becoming a world war, as soon as possible.

Morrison sent a long telegram to the top of the Australian government at that time, telling the prime minister and several important government officials his idea, and the prime minister also agreed with his judgment and immediately approved his proposal, and now, the only thing Morrison needs to do is to wait patiently for the reply of the American side, if the American side agrees, he will immediately follow the American counselor in Kuala Lumpur to board a US ** ship, and then go to the Philippines.

"It's amazing how much progress I have, and if I hadn't lived in China for many years, I might have been like many British politicians, and I'd probably be wondering why China has risen to prominence in the East of the world in just 30 years."

Originally, he wanted to live in China for a few more years and see the rise of this oriental country with his own eyes, but because China had long since canceled the privileges of foreigners, there would be no greater expectations for staying any longer, so Morrison finally chose to leave China and return to the Western world like his foreign counterparts.

Just as Morrison sighed, the secretary walked into the room, followed by a person.

"Sir, someone from the U.S. Consulate has arrived."

"Charlie, tell me quickly, did the United States and the Philippines accept the Australian government and my proposal?" Morrison hurried over to the consular counsellor and inquired eagerly.

The counselor nodded, and took a telegram from his pocket.

According to the provisions of the Washington Disarmament Agreement, the United States cannot build a new fortress in the Far East, so the current Philippine defense is very weak, and if Japan suddenly attacks, the US authorities believe that the US troops in the Philippines may have to temporarily adopt a retreat strategy, and may even need to retreat to Australia.

Therefore, your proposal is of great interest to the American side and has been reported to the United States Government, which recognizes your status as a diplomatic envoy with plenipotentiary powers. ”

"That's great, when are we coming out?" Morrison looked at the telegram and was very pleased to ask when the counselor would be able to board the American destroyer.

But the counsellor's answer made Morrison a little strange.

"Mr. Morrison, we may not be able to take the American ** ship, because the warship has withdrawn to Manila halfway, and now, we can only take one French gunboat, I have contacted you for you, and the French Governor General in Indochina, Mr. Julbrevière, agreed that we should leave Malaya on that French gunboat, go to Saigon, and then fly from Saigon to Manila."

"French ** ship? Is it safe?" Morrison was a little worried, after all, Britain was now trying to win France into the war against China, and the French government could declare war on China at any time.

"Please rest assured that, according to reliable sources, the French government will not take part in the war between China and Britain in the Far East."

"Has the French government changed its mind? Why?" Morrison was even stranger.

"Yes.

Mainly because of Germany's actions, just yesterday, the German government has officially issued an ultimatum to the Czechoslovak government, demanding that the Czechoslovak government disband the army within 48 hours, and all military equipment will be handed over to the control of the German army, and the Czechoslovak government seems to have given in. ”

Morrison was greatly surprised by the counsellor's answer, but he quickly calmed down and told his secretary to pack his bags and prepare to go out at any time.

"Mr. Morrison, how long do you think the British army in the Malay Peninsula will be able to resist?" The counsellor asked Morrison a question.

"About a week, in my opinion, the current British army has completely lost its fighting spirit, the troops on the front line are collapsing, and the rear is in chaos, in this case, there is no need to resist any longer."

"Your judgment is basically the same as that of Mr. Consul, but there is one thing that you do not seem to be clear about at this time.

Just an hour earlier, the train on which Mr. Governor of the Straits Settlements had been travelled had been bombed by the Chinese Air Force, and it had been confirmed that Mr. Governor had died, and now that the British authorities in the Malay Peninsula had lost their leader, it was only a matter of time before the morale and morale of the army collapsed. ”

…… Facts have proved that the judgment of the American consul and Morrison is completely correct, and within five days of the start of the "Typhoon" campaign on the Chinese side, the Chinese army units occupied Songkhla, Pattani, and Kota Bharu one after another, and then the squadron launched the second landing operation of the "Typhoon" campaign in the Kuantan area further south, occupied Kuantan the next day, and then issued a "proposal" to the British army ordering it to surrender unconditionally. The 90,000 British troops trapped in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula and had completely cut off all hope of breaking out of the siege laid down their arms and announced their surrender, while Singapore, known as the "first fortress in the Far East", had no real fighting at all, and the Chinese marines from Bangka Island were stationed at Zhanggi Naval Base almost humming a minor tune.

By the time the Sino-British War was fought, the tilt of the strategic balance had become very obvious, and the international situation had also undergone drastic changes.

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