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"Extra, extra. Japan declared war, the South Seas War. ”

"The Minas oil field is in jeopardy."

"The president ordered the evacuation of overseas Chinese, Singapore, Siam, Malaya, and Europe."

Early in the morning, the sound of newspaper sales in the north and south of the river came and went. The Nanyang War instantly became the hottest topic in China and even the world, and the Japanese army, which had been struggling for more than ten years, burst out with strong combat effectiveness, and broke through the Jambi Province garrisoned by 40,000 Anglo-Dutch troops in only five days without air superiority, and in the face of the frenzied attack of the Japanese army, the Anglo-Dutch forces were left with less than 10,000 troops to withdraw to Kuala Lumpur under the protection of the air force.

On the same day of the Battle of Jambi, Beijing declared its neutrality and began to evacuate overseas Chinese from Malaya, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar and even Europe, and also announced that it would temporarily take over the provinces of West Borneo and Sumatra, and change the West Borneo Sino-Dutch Free Trade Zone Security Force into the Third Marine Division. Beginning in the afternoon of the same day, the Air Force dispatched 1,112 sorties of Y-9 and Y-10 transport planes to deliver troops to Riau Province in Sumatra, West Borneo, and Kuching Port respectively. In just 80 hours, a total of 28,000 soldiers, including the 2nd Marine Division and the 1st Airborne Division, arrived in the three places. At the same time, the Navy has mobilized 113 cargo ships and 17 troop carriers to transport heavy equipment from the 11th Army, Marine Corps, and Airborne Divisions stationed in Liangguang to these areas to ensure that China's interests in the South China Sea are not infringed upon.

Later in the day, Yang Qiu also said in a speech to Parliament that China would no longer honor the Treaty of Tsingtao at a time when Britain could no longer fulfill the security of the Treaty of Qingdao, which ensured the security of the Republic of China's maritime oil lanes, and told reporters after the meeting that the Chinese navy had the right to ensure the security of the Straits of Malacca and Sunda on its own.

The British were indignant at Yang Qiu's unilateral abrogation of the Treaty of Tsingtao, but they could no longer distract themselves from the Far East. Despite the constant intelligence provided by Beijing, the ferocity of Japan's southward offensive. The world was stunned. The day after the capture of Jambi Province, 3,000 Japanese troops landed at Lahad Datu Port in northeast Sarawak, and on March 3, they took Bandar Seri Begawan without bloodshed.

On March 9, the Japanese advanced to Surikoy and Betong, while the 2nd Marine Division of the Republic of China was stationed in Siriaman, only 25 kilometers away from the Japanese army.

When the soldiers took most of Sarawak without bloodshed, the Japanese Combined Fleet that went south was also divided into two routes. Two aircraft carriers and four Kongo-class battleships, led by First Fleet Commander Isoroku Yamamoto, made a detour to Australia's Christmas Island and appeared in the Andaman Sea on March 11, but the British Navy's Prestige and Counterattack, which had been operating in the area, left early due to intelligence. At the same time, after a short rest of the Japanese Fifth Division, it bypassed the province of Riau and continued westward. On March 15, he joined forces with the navy in Banda Aceh, the last stronghold of the Anglo-Dutch forces in Sumatra, sinking two British destroyers and capturing a large number of ships from various countries waiting to cross the strait.

At the same time, a battalion of Chinese marines was stationed in the Anambas Islands and announced a temporary trusteeship.

In the face of the Chinese Navy, which claims to be neutral but constantly uses opportunities to coerce, the Japanese base camp is furious. But due to the delay in finding the Prestige and the Counterattack, Yamamoto Isoroku had to watch the Anambas Islands be occupied. It also temporarily abandoned the idea of attacking the Andaman Islands and Burma, and made every effort to protect the landing of the army in Malaya. Under his decision, 40,000 Japanese troops boarded a destroyer fast transport on the morning of March 17, despite fatigue. Regardless of losses, even the British Air Force, which had superiority in the sky, turned a blind eye and landed on the Malay Peninsula with heavy fire support from the fleet.

On 16 March, the southbound Japanese troops, supported by a large number of aircraft, launched their first bombing of Singapore from Palembang. But unlike in history, the Japanese troops who were forced to go south early were really unable to come up with decent aircraft. Coupled with intelligence from Natuna, several successive bombings were repelled by more than 200 hurricanes deployed in Singapore, not only losing more than 60 expensive 96 land attacks, but also being counterattacked by the Royal Air Force to bomb the Palembang oil field, destroying a large number of oil field facilities. The severe losses made Japan even more dissatisfied with its air power, accelerated the development of the Type 1 and Zero fighters, and decided to suspend aerial bombing.

Although Britain temporarily gained air supremacy in the strait, the Japanese Army landing in Malaya was pinned down because of the Singapore fortress, which made rapid progress in landing in Malaya. In the case of poor roads, the Japanese army used bicycles and other tools to conquer Kuala Lumpur and sweep the entire Malay Peninsula in just one week, and many British soldiers did not even know that the Japanese army had been killed at the door when they were captured. Stubborn, conservative and rigid army tactics led to a series of defeats for the British army, like a flock of sheep on the grassland, which was divided and surrounded and eaten, and finally the British commander-in-chief of Malaya, Bai Sihua, had to abandon more than 60,000 allied troops and lead the remnants to retreat to Singapore in a hurry to try to hold on and wait for reinforcements.

The next day, after encircling Singapore, Yamashita Bongbun, who was attacking Malaya, took advantage of the arrival of reinforcements, and under the protection of the Second Fleet led by Vice Takeshi Toyoda, he suddenly turned around and broke into the Gulf of Siam, and easily annihilated several British ** ships hiding here, and then issued an ultimatum to Thailand. In the absence of a timely reply, the Japanese 6th Division and the Guards Division were the first to land in Songkhla, Pattani, and Pattaya.

In less than a month, the Japanese army, which had been thought to have been defeated twice by the Chinese National Defense Force and no longer had much combat effectiveness, burst out with a powerful combat power that made military strategists all over the world dumbfounded. When they swept through 22 million square kilometers of land in just 20 days, everyone suddenly understood that the tenacious and even paranoid Japanese army had not fallen, but was only covered by the rapid rise of the Chinese National Defense Force in the past 20 years.

Even those who clamored in China to "stand up" to protect the South Seas turned pale, and the world's military strategists compared the Chinese Defense Forces with the Japanese army over and over again, and some even thought that the National Defense Forces, which had stumbled in Afghanistan, were no longer the opponents of the Japanese army.

"Fuck, that's too easy, isn't it? It's a war, it's a march. ”

"Yes, I knew that the British army was so sparse, we would have fought it ourselves."

"It's easy to fight, but what to do with the aftermath? It's better than the way it is now, at least someone will help us clear the way ahead. ”

"Huh."

The General Staff Confidential wanted to whisper in the meeting room. Like all countries in the world, the generals and ministers of the Republic of China also did not expect the Japanese army to advance so quickly. "That's what the war is all about right now." Song Zi glanced at everyone, closed the file, turned off the photo projector, and asked the guards to turn on the electric lights before saying in a hoarse voice that stayed up all night: "Dutch East Indies and Malaya have all been occupied by the Japanese army except for the area under our control. Only more than 30,000 of Malaya's 130,000 British troops were safely evacuated to Singapore, and how long they could hold on depended on when the Japanese fleet found the main force of the British Far East Fleet. In the event of the defeat of the British navy, the possibility of the Japanese army continuing to penetrate deep into Burma and Bengal cannot be ruled out. As for Siam, Luang Phibun has always been very pro-Japanese, so he is planning to take refuge in Japan. Siam and France have always been at odds. Once Siam falls, it cannot be ruled out that Luang Phibun will collude with Japan to attack French Vietnam and sweep eastward to seize the strategic point of Cam Ranh Bay.

Yesterday morning, two divisions of our 11th Army arrived in West Borneo, so that our garrison in Nanyang already has the 1st Airborne Division, the 2nd Marine Division, and the 3rd Marine Division. The 13th and 28th Infantry Divisions of the 11th Army, and the 19th, 22nd and 25th Mixed Wings of the Air Force. The 1st Airborne Division will be stationed in Riau Province, Sumatra, the 2nd Marine Division will be stationed in Kuching, and the rest will be stationed in West Borneo. Within a week, the remaining 121st Mechanized Infantry Division, 43rd and 58th Infantry Divisions of the 11th Army will also arrive at Pontianak. Engineers are speeding up the clearing of Anambas Island, and the airfield is expected to be built in three weeks, and the Navy has two fighter wings and a bomber wing ready to move in, so that it can form a flank with Natuna in the South China Sea. Cooperate with the Navy's 24th Squadron to protect the security of these areas. ”

"Do you know where the main forces of the British fleet are?" As soon as Song Ziqing finished his introduction, Fang Wei stood up.

Song Ziqing took a look at this tall and thin general who defended Wusheng Pass back then, and joined forces with Yue Peng to break the Beiyang Army and Henan, and is now the commander-in-chief of the army. Shaking his head: "I don't know." Since we provided the information, the Prestige and Counterattack have left Colombo and have been in radio silence, and Zhu Bin Hou has also sent ships to search for them after entering the Indian Ocean. However, I suspect that they should still be on the Indian Ocean near the coast of Myanmar. Because of the many islands here with complex hydrology, they can also be protected by British Air Force aircraft. ”

"What's the reaction from the European side?" Wang Zhengting seemed to be worried about the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. When asked, his eyes were still on the map. Song Ziqing continued to reply: "It's already messed up!" Britain did not expect Japan to declare war, let alone its own troops so vulnerable, so it began to recruit troops from Commonwealth countries such as India, Australia, and Canada. Chamberlain had previously rushed to Paris in person to try to persuade the French Far East forces to cooperate, but Daladier refused in the name of defending Germany. Gu Weijun has already used this opportunity to negotiate with France. France promised to provide the necessary security protection in the event of an attack on the French East Indies by a country from the sea, as long as we were to come forward to determine it. However, Britain and France may no longer be able to send troops to this side, because Hitler began to increase troops in the newly annexed Sudetenland, trying to tear up the agreement to annex the Czechs. We also found that the Soviet Caucasian Front was frequently mobilized during this period, and the number of communications was three times that of a month ago, and it is suspected that the movement was likely to be carried out in these days.

Therefore, Jiang Baili has reached an agreement with Ibn Saud that the port of Auguel and Hail in the north will be leased to China for military bases, and Ibn Saud has also promised that if there is a situation that threatens Saudi national security, he will be willing to provide more military bases. However, he still did not agree to garrison the troops immediately, and he had to wait for the Soviet army to really move south, so the Fourth and Seventeenth Armies probably had to be stationed in Kashgar for a while longer.

The oil shipping lanes are safe for the time being, and in accordance with the agreement with Japan, we will temporarily suspend the use of the Strait of Malacca and pass through the Sunda Strait. Therefore, the second fleet to Saudi Arabia is expected to arrive in half a month. When the A-line fleet returns after unloading, it will also go here to avoid the complicated combat zone. ”

"President, here comes the British ambassador."

Yang Qiu originally wanted to ask about Iran, but was interrupted by the visiting Xu Gesen