Chapter 1057: Strange Peaks Protrude
The blood of the killings in Manila was like a river, and the temporary "republic" of the entire Philippines became a joke. A huge joke. Jensen didn't kill Nuvi and the others.
He killed the wise men who planned it, the officers who were willing to be eagle dogs, and the ambitious ones. Although Nuwe and the others were alive, their next life was also ruined.
The best thing to wait for them is to be escorted to China to work as coolies after the sea route opens. The worst outcome was to die on the execution bench of the Wehrmacht intelligence and then be thrown into the wilderness to feed the dogs.
"Hmm...... More than 13,000 people were killed. Even if anyone wants to make trouble again, there is no basis for it......"
Jensen looked at the report provided by the intelligence services and said with a smile. These are all fixed plans, and the more than 10,000 people have long been on the list of those who have been cleared.
Most of them are among the elite of the entire Philippines, and most of them have studied abroad and have ambitions. In this Philippine operation, they either participated in it or supported it behind their backs.
These people were restless, and Jensen chose to eliminate all of them at the suggestion of the intelligence services. The simplest and most effective means is to annihilate them from above.
These people are dead, so just Nuvi and the others can't make any waves. Even if they were given enough luck to escape, they would only wait for the Wehrmacht to be wiped out.
"We have accepted most of their properties, and we have also received their assets abroad. The rest is how to make reasonable use of these assets. ”
Nong Jiaze, the word cedar. He was the head of the Hongmen Philippines, and both of his sons served in the National Defense Force. And now, he is confirmed as the first president of the "Lanfang Democratic Republic of the Philippines".
The rest of the Hongmen veterans and Chinese bigwigs in the business community were confirmed as members of the Supreme Council of the "Lanfang Democratic Republic of the Philippines." At the same time, the "Democratic Republic of the Philippines" is also equipped with a parliament. Most of the leading figures of the Chinese community will have their own place on the committee.
"'Lanfang Democratic Republic of the Philippines' As long as your candidate is confirmed, the imperial capital will issue an announcement. At that time, the United States, the Soviet Union and other allies will admit this matter, and the 'Lanfang Democratic Republic of the Philippines' will be an ironclad matter. ”
Jensen smiled and said: "So, our most important task now is to defend the Philippines to prevent the Japanese from counterattacking......" Jensen's words made Nong Jiaze nod uncontrollably, he is only in his fifties now. is not the most senior among the Hongmen bigwigs.
But he was the most suitable for prestige and age, and both of his sons served in the Wehrmacht. Even now he is fighting on the battlefield of Annam, which is why he was elected as the president of the Democratic Republic of the Philippines in Lan Fang.
"I know this, so I am now gathering all the Chinese children to encourage everyone to join our Nanyang Army Division. We must first make sure that we can protect ourselves, otherwise everything will be a flower in the moon mirror in the water......"
Nong Jiaze's words made Jensen nod incessantly. The old man was right. At the same time, it is very rare not to be carried away by temporary victories. The two discussed the details of recruitment and training again, and then Nong Jiaze took his leave.
While the Nanyang Army Division was gaining a foothold in the Philippines, the allies, including the Axis powers, were trembling at the changes in the Philippines. The United States and the Soviet Union were extremely glad for their position on the Philippine incident, while Churchill had to start thinking about how to clean up the mess for his Speaker.
Less than an hour after the Republic of the Philippines was wiped out. Churchill, who was in Ottawa, received a harshly worded telegram from the coalition government.
The content of the telegram was simple, first of all, the Wehrmacht accused Britain of interfering in Southeast Asian affairs in violation of the agreement. Then the tiger told Churchill very clearly that all cooperation between the coalition government and the British Empire was temporarily suspended.
Chinese workers who were originally going to Canada will be suspended. Those who have been dispatched or have arrived will be withdrawn, and all British personnel stranded in China must be evacuated immediately.
"You idiots! Can't you just do something useful?! What are you going to do but think about your own interests with your brains full of donkey intestines?! ”
Churchill's swearing was vicious, but none of the MPs present dared to put one more fart. None of them thought of it. This tiger turned his face so directly and thoroughly.
The hand of the coalition government directly stunned them. Thanks to the labor agreement between Britain and China, most Canadians were now drafted to go to the Soviet Union after their training.
The situation on the battlefield in the USSR is not optimistic. Allied generals, including Montgomery and Charles de Gaulle, had sent numerous telegrams urging the British Empire to train its soldiers and send them to the battlefield as soon as possible.
If these scheduled workers and those who have already arrived are evacuated, then Britain will have to choose to disband the soldiers they have now called up and let them re-enter their posts.
Even so, it is difficult to support the enormous attrition of the war. Canada has a lot of resources, but these resources need to be developed. There are no manpower. They can't do anything.
"Prime Minister, now that things have happened, we can't say anything. I feel like we can ask His Excellency Roosevelt, President of the United States, to help us coordinate with China......"
"I had already called President Roosevelt. But what was his answer to me, you know?! Churchill looked coldly at the parliamentarian in front of him, his eyes disgusted like he was looking at a bedbug that should be kicked away.
Churchill felt in his heart that these parliamentarians were the most odious tumors attached to the British Empire. They should all be eliminated, only then will the British Empire develop more rapidly.
Unfortunately, the relationship between these parliamentarians is intertwined. The relationship with those companies is even more complicated, not to mention Churchill, even the king of the British Empire, who cannot shake their position.
At most, you can eliminate one or two leaders and weaken them. That's pretty impressive. For example, this time, Churchill directly cut off the idiot Speaker.
This was a great blow to the power of these MPs in the House, and those who were inclined to Churchill began to exert their strength. Trying to give Churchill more power.
"President Roosevelt told me that we had to go to the tiger to solve the matter. For this matter. The United States and the USSR were absolutely not going to interfere. Churchill sneered at the MP and said, "But all our liaison officers in China have been restricted in their freedom and have a limited time to leave the country." Do you know what it means that all requests to see Coalition Government and Defence Force officials have been denied?! ”
These parliamentarians were silent, and of course they knew what that meant. The coalition government doesn't care what the British Empire thinks at all, and the hasty decisions of the Speaker have angered all the top brass of the country.
The only thing they want to do now is to sever all ties with the British Empire. It is clear that the United States and the Soviet Union won the favor of the coalition government because of their firm attitude towards China in Philippine affairs.
Allegedly. The coalition government is now preparing to transfer all of its previous projects with Britain to the Soviet Union. This will undoubtedly be a huge blow to Churchill.
"Prime Minister, if you really have no choice but to ......visit China yourself," said Lord Beverbrooke, Minister of War Production, after a long silence, "we have no choice but to do our best to gain the support of the coalition government." If all these cooperation projects fall into the hands of the Soviets. Then our troops on the battlefield will be alone......"
Churchill couldn't help but smile bitterly, why didn't he think of going to China to explain this?! But as it stands, the Chinese side is likely to see him at all.
It has to be said that the leader of the House of Commons, Sir Stafford Cripps, has made the entire Chinese top brass lose patience with the British Empire in his handling of the Philippine issue.
Backsliding on the agreement and not hesitating to break the agreement is the impression that the British Empire now gives to the coalition government. At the same time, it was also the impression of the British Empire on the rest of the allied countries.
This impression was fatal, which directly crushed the weakness of the current British Empire. The distrust of Britain by the Allies. This will lead to a subsequent chain reaction.
Although this harm has not yet been revealed, Churchill believed that as the war progressed, this disregard for the interests of the allies would definitely cause a backlash.
"I will ask President Kalinin to mediate, and in the meantime I will go to Washington to personally interview President Roosevelt on this matter......" Churchill took a deep breath. Even if he knew that this was a black cauldron, he couldn't help but carry it.
"I don't dare to make any promises to you, the only thing I can do is try to repair our relationship with China. At the very least, we want to make sure that our agreement with them is implemented......"
Churchill scolded the legislators at his cabinet meeting, while Hirohito ignored the bloody scolding of military bigwigs including Kanin Miyazaihito and Fushimi Miyahiro at his own imperial council.
"What the hell are you idiots doing?! Why did the Philippines lose it?! Don't you know that this is the lifeblood of the Empire?! "Hirohito rarely expressed his opinion at the Imperial Council. Even if there is something to do, it will be summoned after the meeting.
But this time Hirohito was really angry, and he scolded at the Imperial Council regardless of it: "The empire has the most powerful navy." With millions of troops! But lost the Philippines!! Those garrisons were annihilated by the Filipino motley army of less than 10,000 people!! ”
"You say! How did you command this war?! I didn't blame you for the defeat on the Chinese battlefield before. I didn't blame too much for the previous defeat on the battlefield of Annam. ”
"But now?! You're getting too far, can even a broken three-legged cat like the Philippines humiliate the Imperial Army?! When did the Imperial Army of the Great Sun Empire fall to such a state?! ”
Hirohito gasped and roared angrily: "And! Ishihara, who gave him the right to indulge the rape and massacre of the Soviets by those soldiers?! How dare he, the commander of the Front, do this without any authorization?! ”
"Until now I don't know how to respond to Hitler's question, the international reputation of the Reich has been ruined by you! What little face the empire has left has been disgraced by you!! ”
From Hideki Tojo to Zaihito Miyaji, no one dared to respond to Hirohito's words. Everyone leaned over and shivered, listening to Hirohito's curses.
"I have only one request for you now: whether Annam and Thailand can be defended or not, but you must keep the Philippines for me! It is now the source of the Empire's resources. And we can use the Navy to block the Wehrmacht's attack. So, you have to keep the Philippines! ”
With red eyes, Hirohito looked at the cabinet ministers below and shouted, "If you can't do it, then the navy and army will always resign!" It's always a bunch of old men who have a vegetarian meal in the corpse position, so it's better to change to a young man with momentum to do it! ”
"Hail!!" No one dared to say more, they knew that Hirohito was really angry this time. He rarely scolded them for at least an hour at the Imperial Council, and even threatened to make the officers of the army and navy resign.
In the past, Hirohito would never have been so violent. Even if he wanted someone to leave, he only hinted at it through Xianyuan Gong and others. And there won't be many of them. As it is now. Direct threats demanded the resignation of the entire Navy and Army.
This is the first of its kind. This couldn't help but make Hideki Tojo and others full of fear, and Hirohito never went crazy. Except for the last time in 226, when the emperor was angry at the wanton murder of the Imperial Sect's officers, he rarely expressed his anger at the Imperial Council.
After Hirohito expressed his anger on that occasion, a number of high-ranking officials of the Imperial Road faction were forced to retire. The aftermath of this incident has not completely subsided until now. Since then, the Imperial Dao Sect has been in a slump. It was also because of this that the unification faction was able to seize power.
"Your Highness, this time Your Majesty is already visibly angry. But for the Philippines, we don't have a better way at the moment......" After walking out of the palace, Hideki Tojo said with a wry smile at the Kanin Palace.
"The war in Annam is now becoming more and more unfavorable, and the father of the tiger has crushed the navy's support fleet firmly on the Weijiang River through the air force. Marshal Sugiyama's troops were again unable to provide effective support to the Weijiang position......"
"Stop the support for Weijiang and let Sugiyama mobilize troops to prepare for a landing operation against the Philippines!" Hidehito Tojo directly interrupted Hideki Tojo's words, and the latter couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this decision.
"We don't have a lot of options right now. As His Majesty said, we have an advantage over the Wehrmacht only by the Navy. So we have to rely on that advantage to win. ”
Xianyuan Gong Zairen tightened his windbreaker and said, "Annan will defend it, but it will only be a waste of troops. It would be more effective for us to use these forces against the IDF units in the Philippines. ”
"Our navy can also provide effective support there. At the same time, it can block the support that the IDF is trying to make to the Philippines. Xianyuan Gong Zairen said coldly: "Only in this way can we protect our greatest interests......
Hideki Tojo was silent, although he knew that the approach of the Kanin Palace was the most rational approach. But emotionally, he couldn't take it. Hundreds of thousands of troops were killed or wounded. In exchange for Annan and other places, they just said that they gave up and gave up?!
What kind of face do you use to face those emperors who died on the front line of Annam?!
"I don't want to give up Annan, and I don't want to do it in my heart. But now it's a choice we have to make. "Kanin Miyajihito seems to see what Hideki Tojo is thinking. saw him pat Hideki Tojo on the shoulder and said, "But only to keep the Philippines and our resource line." The Imperial Talent continues to fight. Otherwise, all that awaits us is failure......"
On the Weijiang position, Tu Laohu was frowning and looking at the map. The situation on the map is marked by red and blue arrows, and the Japanese fleet has been trying to break through to the Weijiang line.
However, it encountered a strong resistance from the Wehrmacht, and the Wehrmacht sank three Japanese river ships, forcing the Japanese to dare not enter the Weijiang River without gaining air superiority.
Of course, due to the combat radius, the Wehrmacht air force could not attack the Japanese navy. They can only block the attack within a limited range of Weijiang.
"Rope Ancestor, you lead people down the Weijiang River. Try to avoid being discovered as much as possible, and reconnoiter the movements of the Japanese army......" Tu Sanpao frowned and looked at the map for a while, and said: "Remember! Observe more of the ports and coastlines along the coast......"
"Yes!" Long Rope Ancestor did not hesitate to stand up and respond loudly, and then he asked with a smile: "Commander-in-chief, do the Japanese want to run?!" ”
"Not necessarily, they are no match for us on land. But their navy is not weak! Tu Sancang snorted coldly: "The Philippines is lost now, and the situation here is not good." I don't believe that the Japanese don't have ideas. ”
"Our Nanyang Military Division, if it's just a Japanese Marine Corps, I'm not worried. That's only an army of 10,000 people, and it can't contain them. I'm worried that this old thing like Sugiyama will send people to support the navy for a landing operation......"
Dragon Rope Ancestor frowned, if this was the case, it would indeed be difficult to do. There are so many people in the Nanyang Army Division, although there are some weapons. But the Japanese Navy is not a vegetarian either.
Their disadvantage is that they don't have many infantry and are not as well trained as the army. But the navy's large-caliber artillery and fighters are the best help.
"If you find out what they're doing, you'll crucify them for me!" Tu Sancang smiled coldly and said: "Let Gao Zhihang send reconnaissance planes to reconnoiter in these areas, and report immediately if you find the movements of the Japanese army!" ”
"Yes!!"
ps: I took my child to get vaccinated today...... The cold is not cured yet...... All kinds of uncomfortable ......