Chapter 601: The Main Tasks of the Eighth War Zone (Asking for Subscriptions, Monthly Passes, and Miscellaneous !! )

As soon as Li Wensheng's voice fell, Li Yifeng, the bastard, opened his mouth and scolded: "The Japanese emperor raised by the son of a bitch has been fighting with us Chinese for so many years, and this declaration of war edict does not mention our China, what a fucking bastard!" ”

Li Wensheng smiled and said, the Japanese emperor's edict really mentioned our Chinese government, but I don't think it's necessary to read it, so I didn't say it, since you want to hear it, then I will tell you: "Although the government of the Republic of China does not understand the true intentions of the empire, it has been more than four years since the government of the Republic of China made trouble for itself, disturbed the peace of East Asia, and caused the empire to rise up. Fortunately, the Nationalist Government was renewed, and the Empire forged good-neighborly friendship with it, and supported each other to support the remnants of the Chongqing regime, relying on the shadow of the United States and Britain, and the brotherly wall, and repented."

"The United States and Britain supported the remnants of the regime, contributed to the chaos in East Asia, and in the name of peace, pursued their ambition to dominate the East, and then colluded with other countries to build up their armaments around the empire and challenge us. It also obstructed the peaceful trade of the empire, and finally severed economic relations, posing a major threat to the survival of the empire. The government of our government has been resuming the situation through peaceful negotiations, and has been holding back for a long time, while the other side has no spirit of retreating, and has only delayed the settlement of the situation, but in the near future, it has increased the economic and military threats more and more, in order to make us bend to the situation in the long run, and the empire's efforts to strive for stability in East Asia for many years will come to naught, and the empire's survival will be in danger. At this point, the only way for the empire to survive and defend itself is to resolutely rise up and smash all obstacles. The gods of the Emperor and the Emperor are above, and I am convinced that the loyalty and courage of the people will surely magnify the legacy of the ancestors. Swiftly eradicate the root cause and establish permanent peace in East Asia, with a view to preserving the glory of the Empire"

Li Wensheng read the Japanese emperor's edict declaring war in one breath, and his voice was sonorous and powerful, but no one felt that the content of this edict was so exciting.

"What fucking bastards, black and white are reversed, it was their group of bastards who have fathers and mothers who took the initiative to invade China, and it was they who created the disaster in East Asia in the name of peace, and now they are all pushed on the heads of others, and this Japanese is too shameless." Shi Jianfei said angrily.

"I've seen shameless. I've never seen such a skinless and faceless one! ”

"Ahem, everyone, be quiet!" Wait until everyone is quiet. Chen Feng continued: "This shamelessness is the strength of the Japanese, and you don't have to punish ourselves for their mistakes, no matter what, this war between the United States and Japan is a good thing for us." Now let me talk about the movements of the Japanese army! ”

"Judging by the current situation. I think the Japanese army went south to fight in Southeast Asia. Its operational plan should be divided into four parts: first, the rapid capture of Thailand, the Philippines and Malaya; the second was to march into the Dutch East Indies and carry out the Javanese operation; the third is to consolidate the occupied areas and conduct operations in Burma; Fourth, it is to concentrate all forces to launch an attack on our Nanyang Territory and Australia. This is the last step in the occupation of the whole of Southeast Asia. ”

Hua Rong, who was in charge of the intelligence agency, also got up and said: "The commander is right, the latest information received last night is that the Japanese army issued the most resounding ultimatum to the Thai government at the same time as the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor and sent troops to attack Thailand. ”

Yang Yi also spoke: "It is normal for Japan to choose the first target of Thailand, and Thailand's strategic position is very important: it borders Myanmar in the northwest and Malaya in the south, and it is the advance base that the Japanese invaders have long coveted. ”

"On July 22, the Japanese 5th Division landed in Songkhla and Pattanii in southern Thailand, and the Guards Regiment marched by land and sea to the city of Bangkok. Due to the weak resistance of the Thai army, Bangkok and other places were lost one after another. Thai Prime Minister Luang Phibun decided to cooperate with the invaders, and Japan and Thailand formally signed an offensive and defensive alliance treaty. Under the treaty, Thailand provided Japan with comprehensive political, economic, and military support; Japan, for its part, supported Thailand's recovery of the territories that had historically been occupied by Britain and France. In this way, Japanese imperialism tied Thailand to its chariot. ”

Hua Rong continued: "On the same day of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, under the command of Lieutenant General Yamashita Fumi, who had been reactivated by the Japanese base camp, the advance force of the Japanese 25th Army began to land in the Kota Bharu area of Malaya and Songkhla in Thailand, quickly occupied the local airfield and Kra Isthmus, and then divided the troops to the south in three routes. The British army only put up a slight resistance in Kota Bharu, and the British army was defeated one after another. The Japanese Navy's 22nd Air Corps and the Army's 3rd Air Group bombed British bases and airfields in Singapore and Kuantan, severely damaging British air forces. ”

On the evening of the 22nd, shortly after the landing of the Fifth Division in Thailand, the battleship "Prince of Wales" and the battlecruiser "Counterattack", the flagship of the British Far East Fleet, were discovered by Japanese reconnaissance planes and submarines when they were sailing from Singapore under the escort of four destroyers. Subsequently, it was sunk by Japanese aviation in the sea southeast of Kuantan. Following the attack of the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor for 2 days and nights, the core ships of the British Eastern Fleet were also annihilated. As a result, the Japanese army gained sea and air supremacy. The 25th Army launched an offensive in both directions along the east and west shores of the Malay Peninsula at the same time, rapidly advancing south through the tropical jungle. The Japanese army, with the cooperation of the navy, occupied Kuantan last night and is now advancing towards Kuala Lumpur, which is now only a British infantry brigade and cannot be a match for the Japanese army, and it is conceivable that the Japanese will soon capture the whole of Malaysia. ”

"Just as the war in Malaya broke out, the Japanese army also began to advance inexorably from the mainland archipelago towards the Philippines, the country of a thousand islands. The commander of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines was Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma, whose main force was the 14th Army of the Army, which had 2 divisions and 1 brigade. The 3rd Fleet and the 11th Air Fleet of the Navy and the 5th Flight Group of the Army are supporting the operation, with a total of 43 combat ships of various types and more than 500 aircraft. On 22 July, Japanese planes continued to bomb the US Clark Air Force Base near Manila, and in just a few minutes, more than 100 US planes were easily destroyed. On the same day, the Japanese 38th Division, supported by the artillery fire of warships, began to launch a fierce attack on Hong Kong. Although the British troops stationed in Hong Kong put up stubborn resistance, they could not stop the Japanese attack, and the commander of the British army, Major General Malteby, was forced to surrender. After three consecutive days of air raids, the Japanese basically destroyed MacArthur's air force, and the American Asian fleet had to flee south to the Java Sea in a hurry. ”

After Hua Rong finished speaking, Chen Feng said: "The general situation is like this, it can be said that the Japanese have achieved remarkable results at the beginning of the war, so far, the sea and air forces of the United States and Britain have all been destroyed, and the ground forces are also suffering an unprecedented attack, and the rout is predictable." ”

"Commander, these Western devils are too cowardly, they have been beaten down by Japanese devils in just a few fucking days, and they are cowardly!" Li Yifeng said disdainfully.

Chen Feng smiled and said: "It can't be said that the troops of Britain and the United States are weak in combat effectiveness, but because they have thrown their elite troops into the European battlefield, and the troops in Asia are what we usually call two devils, and it is understandable that their combat effectiveness is weak." ”

"Commander, the main target of the little devil is now in Southeast Asia, what should we do, should we take this opportunity to engage the little devil?" Ma Cao asked.

Ma Cao's words expressed the hearts of all the officers in the conference room, whether the Japanese fought Britain or the United States or the United States and Britain together, they had nothing to do with their fart, they only cared about what to do in the war zone and whether there were new moves.

Chen Feng thought for a while and said: "According to the agreement reached with the Soviet government, in the next six months to a year, we will sell 200 divisions of weapons and equipment to the Soviet Union, or even more. The Soviet Union, on the other hand, returned all the territories it had forcibly occupied to China during this period, involving nearly 3 million square kilometers of land. After discussing with the Central Committee/Central Committee, with Siberia as the boundary, the east side was taken over by our Eighth Theater of Operations, and the west side was taken over by Lao Chiang's people, so our main task in the next six months was to recover all these territories. ”

"However, it is not an easy thing to receive these territories, first of all, the Japanese Kwantung Army has in fact posed a huge threat to us, once the Soviet Red Army withdraws from the Far East, the Japanese Kwantung Army will inevitably immediately enter the Far East of the Soviet Union, so before receiving these territories, we must first solve the Japanese Kwantung Army, this is the premise! To put it bluntly, the main task in the next step is to fight, and it is still necessary to fight a big battle, a tough battle, a bad battle, are you ready? ”

"Always be ready!"

"Always be ready!"

"Always be ready!" The officers shouted.

"Very well, remember, you are soldiers, always be ready for war! However, it is not easy to fight the Kwantung Army, and it is not easy to defeat them or even annihilate them completely, plus we have to prevent the Japanese army from attacking the Nanyang Territory, and we also have to receive millions of square kilometers of land, so we must expand the army. ”

Yang Yi said: "Commander, our army now has a total of 1.62 million regular troops, with multiple branches of the army, navy and air force, it has been a full 8 months since the last expansion of the army, with the digestion capacity of our army, we can also recruit about 700,000 troops in 3 months, but at present, our army is refitting on a large scale, and a large number of new rifles and artillery are installed, which has caused tremendous pressure on the military industry department in the theater. ”

Chen Feng said: "It's okay, if the new weapons are not enough, use the old-fashioned weapons, anyway, the Mauser 98K is no worse than the devil's 38 big cover, since the digestion capacity of the war zone is only 700,000, then start recruiting with 700,000 as the highest number, and this matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Armed Forces to deal with, and Lao Yang is responsible for this matter." ”

"Okay, no problem!"

(To be continued......)