The mighty Japanese fleet suddenly appeared in the Philippine Sea, and the most nervous was the United States. The United States gained control of the Philippines after driving out the Spaniards in 1898, and the Philippines became the largest American colony in South Asia. Americans regard the Philippines as their South Asian garden, and naturally no one else can touch it. On the day that Pischer's shipping company reported the discovery of the fleet to the U.S. government, U.S. Secretary of State Dean Anderson Anderson. Rusk summoned the Japanese ambassador to the United States, former Japanese Admiral Kichizaburo Nomura.

The reason why Nomura Kichizaburo was appointed as Japan's plenipotentiary to the United States at a sensitive period in Japan-US relations was because he was one of the few American experts and pro-American factions in Japan's diplomatic circles, and he had good personal relations with US President Roosevelt and a large number of political dignitaries. Ironically, before the war between Japan and the United States, the Americans evaluated him as "the Japanese ambassador - the kind-hearted, sincere, and untreacherous General Kichizaburo Nomura."

Nomura came with a special mission, and he was so "kind-hearted, sincere, and untreacherous" that he won the favor of people in the United States, and what he said through his mouth, even if it was a lie, fell on Dean's ears, but it was not very difficult to accept. "How can Japan go to war with your country? Your Pacific Fleet is the most powerful naval fleet in the world today. The Royal Navy suddenly appeared in the Philippine Sea, only in response to the German government's call to use troops against the Dutch East Indies. Your Excellency, you are well aware that the Empire was completely dependent on your country for its oil, but your country has imposed an embargo on Japan at the behest of some rogue countries. Your Excellency, if our country wants to use troops against the Indian Ocean, it is also a last resort! Please be assured that our country will not jeopardize your interests in South Asia. If your government is not at ease, you can send a military delegation to move with our fleet......"

Nomura Kichizaburo was arguing with the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., and the Japanese Expeditionary Fleet, under the command of Isoroku Yamamoto, had sailed into the Maluku Sea under the slogan of expelling the Dutch colonists and liberating Indonesia, and landed at Coang on September 3, and it was disappointing that the troops of the Dutch East Indies did not even have the courage to engage the Japanese army head-on. The Dutch army fled frantically, which led directly to a miracle, and the Japanese captured Sulawesi in just five days without firing a single shot.

Once Sulawesi, an island in the center of Indonesia, known as the "Land of a Thousand Islands", was captured by the Japanese army, the next situation was completely out of the control of the Dutch colonial government. The Indonesian Independence Army on large islands such as Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Java heard the news, and the obedient Indonesian monkeys in the eyes of the Dutch colonists suddenly became man-eating beasts, and as a result, the various military strongholds of the Dutch colonial government were besieged by the locals, and finally lasted less than two weeks, and then had to abandon all military fortresses and large towns, and fled to the American Philippines and French Indochina to seek refuge in the United States.

By 14 September, the Japanese Marines and the so-called Indonesian Independence Army (IDI) under their control had taken over all the military positions and fortresses of the Dutch colonial government in Indonesia. On the 15th, Isoroku Yamamoto sent a telegram in the name of the Second Republic of Indonesia to the whole world, claiming that Indonesia would be independent and would be protected by the Japanese army.

When the news spread, it immediately caused an uproar among all countries in the world. On the same day, the governments of the United States, Britain, French Indochina, Canada, Australia, and China sent telegrams condemning the atrocities committed by the Japanese army.

In Guangzhou, in the communications room of the General Headquarters of the Cadet Army, the communications staff officers of the General Headquarters translated the telegrams and sent them to the Commander-in-Chief's office. Ouyang Yun was very busy during this time, and he was very preoccupied. Because he was determined that the Japanese army would definitely attack Guangxi from Hanoi in the near future, what he, Li Tieshu, Ji Xingwen and others thought about the most during this time was how to enter Guangxi openly and make up for the defensive vacuum that existed in the region.

Whether it is the Netherlands, France, or the United Kingdom, there is no good bird in Ouyang Yun's heart. Japan's Indian Ocean strategy is high - based on his understanding of the history of that time and space, he can better understand the benefits and convenience that this strategy brings to Japan. Not to mention Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, and the Philippines, even if Japan only attacked Indonesia, the hidden concern of insufficient strategic resources could be completely resolved. He even thought that if the Japanese were willing to lie dormant for two or three years, then they would not have the capital to compete with the United States.

Of course, since Japan has entered the Indian Ocean, it is absolutely impossible to capture only one Indonesia. Next, it should be British Malaysia that suffers first. And after Malaysia, it will be the turn of French Indochina. Once French Indochina becomes Japan's territory, the next target will undoubtedly be Guangxi and Hainan Island.

After reading all the telegrams condemning the Japanese government, Ouyang Yun rang the electric bell at the door.

Pan Meiren pushed the door and walked in, holding a purple sand teapot in her hand, and said, "Big brother? Freshly brewed tea, don't wait any longer for it to be cold. ”

Ouyang Yun tapped the table with two fingers in his right hand and asked, "Is there any new news from Mu Jian Butterfly, those British and French, how are their things going?" ”

Pan Meiren shook her head.

"Let him take the initiative to contact others, the British want to save face, and the French are completely confused. Of course, there is another possibility, people don't look down on us at all. ”

"Okay, I'll contact Chongqing."

It took only two weeks for the Japanese to capture Indonesia and immediately set up a puppet government, which was only a hidden concern for China and the Cadet Army, but a naked threat to Britain and French Indochina. France had been defeated by Germany, and a puppet regime had been formed. Hitler put pressure on French Indochina through the Vichy government, but the colonial government of Indochina did not recognize the Vichy government. The German-Japanese-Italian alliance is now well known. With the defeat of France and the fact that Britain was defending against German aggression, Japan, as a military ally of Germany, would certainly use troops against Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, and other places after seizing Indonesia. The Japanese were menacing, and the British and French were invincible, so they had no choice but to come to the Chongqing government, hoping that the three parties would form an alliance to jointly defend against the enemy.