Junliu Hata, the third place of Lu You, the second place of the 14th phase of Lu Shi, and the first place of the 51st team of the 22nd Lu University Chief Saber graduated. During the Russo-Japanese War attack on Jiguan Mountain, a bullet penetrated the lungs and was awarded the Order of the Golden Eagle of the fifth degree.

He successively served as a staff officer of the Military Command Department, a tactical instructor at the Army University, the commander of the 4th Field Artillery Brigade, the commander of the 14th Division, and the head of the Army Aviation Headquarters, and was promoted to general in 1937 with the official rank of Director of Education of the War Department.

After Matsui Ishine was deposed, the base camp immediately thought of this general, who was also the first graduate of Lu University. At present, the situation of China's dispatched troops is really not optimistic, and the base camp does not want to see the situation of annihilation of the dispatched troops in China.

It is because of the dispatch of a general with actual combat experience and superb command skills that it has become a top priority. And in the early years of Hata, Shunroku Hata, followed Ishihara Waner and them to plan 918 together.

Therefore, whether it is qualifications and experience, Shunroku Hata is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate. On the recommendation of Ishihara and others, he was sent to Shanghai to carry out a command mission.

The car drove slowly all the way into downtown Shanghai. Now the whole of Shanghai has become a military city, everywhere you can see the procession in the uniform of the Japanese army hurrying by, and fortifications and fortresses are set up on every street.

Countless bunkers and bunkers were connected together, and those houses and low buildings were also converted into fortifications. Looking at these fortifications, Shunroku Hata nodded, at least Toshiyoshi Ando did not slack off during the time that Matsui was gone.

With such a heart, at least he is still a qualified soldier. The car drove slowly, escorted by the military police guards, and drove directly into the Japanese headquarters in Shanghai.

"Your Excellency Commander Toshishi Hata~~" let out a long shout. The generals at all levels in the conference room all stood up in an uproar. Respectfully waiting for the arrival of Shunroku Hatata.

With a calm face, Shunroku Hata walked from the door to the conference room. glanced at everyone before slowly walking towards his main seat.

"You may be seated!" After he sat down, he said to the generals. Everyone stared with bated breath, this general was not easy to mess with, because no one dared to say anything.

"I know that in fact there are not too many problems with the disposal of Admiral Matsui. The Empire's strategy in China was forced to turn to this step. As soon as Shunroku Hata opened his mouth, everyone was startled, they didn't expect Shunroku Hata to be so direct and clear.

"But what Matsui's predecessors did was undoubtedly inappropriate, and their actions would undoubtedly make the subjects of the empire lose the confidence to continue fighting and doubt the combat effectiveness of our emperors! This is an extremely serious problem. ”

said. Shunroku Hata stood up and looked at these generals and said in a deep voice, "But despite this, I, Ishihara, and His Royal Highness Prince Kanin Palace will still do our best to keep his position. Whether or not you can return to the battlefield depends on the situation. ”

Hearing Shunroku Hatata's words, these generals were undoubtedly relieved. As long as Matsui is not disposed of. Then these people below them will naturally not be blamed too much.

"Before I came, I was personally found under the Xianyuan Palace. And warned me that Zhejiang and Shanghai will never allow any more problems! This will be the crossroads where the empire will become a world-class power that can compete with Europe and the United States after stabilizing its control of Southeast Asia! ”

"If there is another problem here, then we will become the sinners of the empire through the ages!" Shunroku Hata looked at these generals, paused and bowed deeply: "Gentlemen! Please! ”

"Hail!!"

In this traditional Eastern holiday, Japan and China have maintained calm, at least superficially. However, Southeast Asia was not at peace, and British Malaya was attacked by the Japanese at the beginning of the Battle of Pearl Harbor.

In charge of attacking Malaya was Japanese Lieutenant General Yamashita Fumi. Originally, Yamashita was disheartened after 226, but he reluctantly continued to serve at the request of his colleagues.

And the start of the Pacific War gave him a chance to rise again.

"There are too many people in four divisions. It's not easy to fight. It is enough to give me two divisions. "This is when Yamashita Bongbun is asked to attack Malaya. What he said.

The staff officers at the time unanimously thought that this was his arrogance, because the British army and its allies in Malaya at this time numbered as many as 140,000! With only two divisions and more than 50,000 people, can we win?! Isn't this hubris what ?!

But Ishihara suddenly expressed his support for Yamashita Bongfumi, and at the same time agreed to Yamashita Bongfumi's strange request to equip him with 20,000 bicycles.

At this time, the situation in Japan was not good, and it was extremely difficult for Japan to extract 20,000 bicycles from the only supplies it had. But Ishihara always had his own way, and he expropriated all the bicycles of all mail companies in the country.

Then I painted it casually and handed it over to Yamashita Fufumi. Yamashita did not express dissatisfaction. Anyway, if you can ride it, you can do it. Then, the staff officers who regarded Yamashita as a "madman" saw a thrilling bicycle battle!

Three days after the outbreak of the war. That is, on January 5, 1939, the Indian 11th Division, commanded by General Heath of the British Army, first exchanged fire with the Japanese army.

Although the Indian army commanded by Heath had a three-to-one advantage in numbers, the training of the troops could only be hehehe. Its equipment is even more messy.

"The sense of solidarity between officers and soldiers is almost zero." This is Heath's own conclusion. Therefore, the result of such an army against the Japanese army is conceivable.

Then, until the end of January, the British army quickly and quickly lost the British air base on Penang, Kuantan, and even Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaya.

Yamashita Blitz and Scorpion Pincer tactics were used to defeat the garrison British and Indian divisions in three or two strokes, and Ishihara's bicycles for Yamashita also had problems.

These bikes were collected and most of them have been used. As a result, in the rainforest, the rubber tires were all broken. Yamashita simply asked the troops to dismantle all the rubber tires and chase down the British on steel rings.

This frightened the pursued routs even more - the sound of clanging steel rings made them think that they were being chased by tanks, and they ran even more vigorously.

"Fuck! 140,000 people still have battleships, and they all ended up like this?! Pigs are better than these Brits!! In the General Staff of the National Defense Forces in the imperial capital, a staff officer scolded with a red face and a thick neck.

The information he was holding in his hand was intelligence from the Malayan Theater of the Nanyang Sub-Military Region, which wrote about the defeat and panic flight of the British, as well as the current war situation.

The British also had their intention to keep Malaya, so their Royal Navy sent the Z Fleet. The fleet consisted of the aircraft carrier INS Indomitable, the battleship HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Butcher, and 4 destroyers.

But before these unfortunate goods could reach the designated area, the tragedy occurred, and the Indomitable ran aground and had to sail back. Without air support, the fleet suddenly became a target for the Japanese Air Force, and on the third day of the war, the Prince of Wales and the Enemy were sunk by Japanese naval air force bombers off the coast of Pahang and Kuantan.

On the air force side, the British F2A Buffalo fighter was gorgeously found by the Japanese. Hannan also acted as a spy for the Japanese at this very opportune time.

Then let the Japanese successfully bomb the British airfield in three days. After a series of tragedies, the British successfully lost Malaya and now withdrew all of them to Singapore, and blew up the more than 1,000-meter-long channel dam connecting Singapore and Johor, making Singapore a real island at this time.

"At least now there are about 80,000 British, Australian and Indian troops in Singapore, although food and ammunition are relatively sufficient." The other staff officer's face was also ugly: "Even if the British are pigs, they can block it for a while, right?!" They are not required to be able to hold out for a year like the Second Army, but they should still be able to hold out for a month or two......"

At this time, he heard an angry roar coming from Su Zongzhe's office.

"What?! That bunch of idiot Brits surrendered to the Japanese?! Fuck it! It's been less than a week! Those 80,000 people are all fucking shit-eating?! Yes?! And 40,000 were captured by the Japanese?! I'll his grandma's! Why didn't those Brits find a tofu and kill themselves!! ”

The staff officer who just said that he could probably block it for a month or two is now eager to fly to Malaya to strangle the British commander Bai Sihua to death! You're so, aren't you?! You're in a pit just like that?!

"Under the Treaty of Geneva we have the right to demand the treatment of prisoners of war, and we demand personal safety and personal ......," and the commander of the British forces in Malaya, Lieutenant General Bai Sihua, was also uncomfortable at this time, and he was trying to present his rights to Yamashita in a letter.

But what he encountered was the reprimand of the Taiwanese translator next to Yamashita Fengwen, who was not very proficient in English: "Surrender or not surrender?!" Yes or no?! ”

Bai Sihua was choked for a moment, and was silent for a while before he said in a deep voice: "Yes, we surrender ......"

Bai Sihua, who was two meters tall, bowed to Yamashita Fengwen, although Yamashita Fengwen, who was more than one meter seven tall, didn't understand what Bai Sihua was talking about, he could also see that the British general had surrendered.

He nodded his head in acceptance of the surrender. Then the adjutant spread the news, and the telegram flew directly to Tokyo and was delivered to Hirohito's desk.

"This is the best New Year's gift I've ever received." Looking at the telegram, Hirohito was very pleased. Finally there is good news.

"Xianyuan Palace, encourage these loyal and brave people!"

And in the imperial capital of China, all the high-level officials have no intention of celebrating the New Year. A large group of people smoked in the conference room of the coalition government, and Lin Sen, chairman of the coalition government, scolded very incompetently while holding the telegram.

"Damn! In the future, whoever tells Lao Tzu what kind of empire Britain is that the sun never sets, Lao Tzu will slap him with a big mouth! ”