On March 5, 1939, after more than two months of fighting, all European and American troops in Southeast Asia were finally liquidated by the Japanese army.

Among them, the US-Philippine coalition forces in the Philippines were completely annihilated, and more than 90,000 people were captured. Commander Edward. Major General Kim, Jonathan. Lieutenant General Wainwright was captured by the Japanese.

The Anglo-Australian forces in Malaya were captured by more than 100,000. Among them was the commander-in-chief of the British forces, Lieutenant General Blashua de Beshua.

More than 200,000 troops were captured in the entire Southeast Asian theater of operations. The Japanese occupied all strategic points at the same time, the U.S. Pacific Fleet was unable to provide support due to its own losses at Pearl Harbor, and the British Royal Navy's Z Fleet was routed off the coast of Pahang and Kuantan.

So far, Thailand, the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore, Burma, Dutch East Indies...... and all of Southeast Asia fell into the hands of the Japanese.

Now Southeast Asia, from the sea, territory, to airspace, all belong to the Japanese. Of course, if you don't count the latent Nanyang Army Division, this is indeed the case.

A large number of prisoners of war were sent to the mines for mining, but at the suggestion of the local "Japanese expatriate", these prisoners of war were not sent everywhere as they have historically been. Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that they are not making progress in the war in China now.

Now that the POWs had been taken to mine the mines, some Japanese soldiers were assigned to monitor the mining of these POWs. All the prisoners of war were divided into groups of 300 people and escorted by the Japanese to the mines occupied by the Japanese army.

A large number of native Japanese geologists were also sent to Southeast Asia in an attempt to find more oil and minerals. All the freighters in Japan were mobilized, and they continued to go to Southeast Asia to bring the captured goods to Japan.

"Long live the Great Japanese Empire!!" Along the way, there were people cheering and some shouting. If you think that these people are Japanese expatriates, you are wrong, they are all indigenous to Southeast Asia.

If you think they don't come from the heart, then you're wrong too. These people are utterly heartfelt shouts.

Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia...... and so on. All are willing to cooperate with the Japanese. Why is this so?! Aren't the Japanese invaders?! Why are they popular?!

"As the war engulfed these Southeast Asian enclaves, colonial societies were defeated, killed, captured. This shattered the myth of European domination and changed the way natives saw themselves. ”

"The ensuing Japanese occupation fueled a deep-rooted culture of resistance and shaped the postwar nationalist struggle for independence." Tim. Harper's words in the book The Forgotten Army: The Fall of British Asia. Perhaps a note could be made to this sentiment.

Long. It has always been colonized by European and American countries. They never thought that these people would be defeated, that they could be defeated. Because for nearly a hundred years, it was the white people who were able to defeat the white people.

And the Japanese shattered this myth of Europeans and Americans. They ruthlessly tore apart the "white mythology" directly. Those white people who used to humiliate and oppress the locals were escorted by the Japanese army like lost dogs.

The corpses of those dead whites were everywhere, and all the people in Southeast Asia suddenly discovered one thing: these whites could be defeated!

In this case. People across Southeast Asia are starting to think differently. They began to wonder if the Japanese would be able to do it themselves?!

With this in mind, the upper echelons of Southeast Asia began to choose to cooperate with the Japanese. Japan also wanted to be able to obtain a solid rear base, because they did not refuse such cooperation.

On the contrary, they began to support the locals to do some low-level work. And give them something they've never done before. For example, to work as an overseer for prisoners of American and British prisoners.

Japan, which was desperately short of resources, was now in full swing, and the headquarters and cabinet formulated an economic structure that would integrate Asia with Japan as the leader. so as to provide sufficient resources for the Pacific War".

Under the guidance of this ideology, the entire Japanese army adopted a policy of being as gentle as possible toward Southeast Asia. Anyway, there are more than 200,000 prisoners, and they don't worry about the manpower of the mine at all.

While Japan was "enjoying itself" in Southeast Asia, there was a lot of slaughter on the exercise ground outside Washington. Tank units of a regiment fought in the designated area of the exercises.

And at the same time. B-17 bombers in the sky are assisting in the bombing. Looking at this posture, it is obvious that the two sides have cooperated a very large number of times, and the cooperation between the ground and air forces is very appropriate.

"I'd like to see how that famous General Tu copes with such a situation." The commander of the 5th Army of the U.S. Army, Mark Murphy. Clark sneered and held up the binoculars.

And the commander of the US 7th Army beside him, George . Barton shook his head and said, "Don't underestimate this general, my classmate Ike told me that this general is a soldier who is different from ordinary generals. His strategy and tactics will surprise you. ”

"Oh?! Then I'll wait and see! Clark scoffed, he obviously couldn't believe how good a bandit-turned-guy could be.

He may be very good at dealing with the bandits entrenched in the mountains, but as long as he encounters a real army, he will not even have the ability to resist.

Look at the tanks that are constantly crushing the advance, and the fighters that are constantly circling in the sky, Clark's pride from the bottom of my heart! This is the power of America, and the bandit general from across the ocean has probably never seen it, right?!

The offensive seemed to be going well, and the American tank group broke through the position in a few clicks. And the infantry behind followed directly, and they were stuck on the position in three or two strokes.

"I don't see any skills of this so-called 'general', all I see is that our soldiers have successfully occupied their positions." Clark shrugged his shoulders, put down his binoculars, and said, "I hope the embarrassment we have caused him won't cause any obstacles to his journey." ”

Barton didn't speak, he wouldn't judge the battlefield situation lightly until the war was over. The mere capture of a position does not say much.

Moreover, Barton always found the occupation a little strange. It seems that the positions that were deliberately conceded out did not even put up decent resistance...... It should be said that they did not resist as Patton imagined.

But in the eyes of Clark and others, the resistance was already fierce. Even large-caliber artillery was used, but their own troops were heroic enough to occupy the position.

Watching the troops cross the hill, Clark shook his head boredly and said, "Patton, I'm not interested in this boring battle. Let's see what happens and then let me know! ”

Clark yawned and turned away. But then he was stopped by Patton, and Clark paused for a moment to hear Barton say, "In fifteen minutes, if there is no situation, you can go first." ”

Clark knew Patton's temper and muttered reluctantly to turn around. But as soon as he turned around, he saw a scene that surprised him!

The U.S. soldiers and tanks that rushed to the other side of the hill began to walk back in frustration, and the big "X" on the tanks was a sign that had been determined before the exercise, which was a sign that they had been killed and had withdrawn from the exercise.

"God! What the hell is going on?! Clark's eyes widened as he looked at the retreating tanks and infantry, just now he was clearly watching these tanks and infantry break through the position with high morale, why did they retreat in defeat after a while?!

Then, Clark saw that white smoke began to rise from the right side of the position. Clark's heart began to sink slowly, and he knew it was a sign of a failed attack on the right flank.

In this case, Clark couldn't wait for the soldiers to come back and ask. With a calm face, he rushed out of the exercise director's office, boarded his car, and rushed towards the soldiers who had retreated.

At this time, Barton had a smile on his face, and he saw what he wanted to see. This general, who smashed the head of the Japanese army in China and bleed, really deserves his reputation.

Immediately, Barton also walked out of the director's office and jumped into his car.

"Let's go! Let's go see what's going on. Barton said solemnly to his driver in the car, and then the car slammed forward.

It didn't take long for Patton to find the retreating soldiers and tanks. Clark was already one step ahead of him, asking what the hell was going on.

"The other side used 75mm self-propelled guns, they lured us to the rear of the position, but they concealed a large number of 75mm self-propelled guns on the side." The commander on the tank said helplessly to Clark: "These guns are fired at close range, and our M3's 10mm armor has no way to resist ......."

"Moreover, their artillery is all flattened to fight. Direct bombardment of our tracks and weak armor on the sides ......"

Clark almost went crazy, grabbed an infantry battalion commander by the collar and shouted, "And what about the infantry?!" Why didn't the infantry go and destroy those artillery pieces ?! Are you just watching?! ”

The battalion commander was obviously helpless, and said to Clark: "General, not only do they use self-propelled guns, they are also equipped with a large number of Browning heavy machine guns. ”

"We rushed to our positions, and there was little expectation that the other side would launch such an attack on the flank. Our infantry lost more than half of their positions in the first place, and then were suppressed by their heavy firepower......"

Patton sighed, walked up and patted Clark on the shoulder, and said, "Suppressed by heavy fire, and then shelled by 75mm self-propelled guns, they can hold up so far......"

Still unacceptable, Clark turned to Barton and yelled, "What about the right wing?!" How the hell did the troops of our right flank lose ?! ”

ps: Chapter 2 ~ Continue to code words......