The last month of 1940 was a festive and forever memorable month for the Chinese. With the efforts of the Cadet Corps and the help of the Americans, a total of more than 63,000 Chinese escaped the clutches of the Japanese army and returned to their motherland. After nearly 200 years of silence, China, an ancient civilization in the East that once exerted a huge influence on most of the world, once again straightened up and told the whole world in a loud voice how a responsible power should treat its own people.

"New Malaysia ** rescue", so it has also become a textbook for countries when dealing with similar incidents, and Ouyang Yun, the main initiator, naturally did not expect this. Just when the whole of Guangzhou was enthusiastically engaged in welcoming the Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia, he left Phnom Penh and drove with nearly three divisions of troops to Pobe on the border between Cambodia and Thailand.

After sinking the "Kaga" aircraft carrier of the Japanese-Western Expeditionary Fleet, two Song-class aircraft carriers, one heavy cruiser and one frigate, returned to the Haikou base on the 18th. On the same day, the British army in Singapore, led by Percival, surrendered to the Japanese.

Since the "Kaga" was sunk by the "British submarine" by a torpedo, the Japanese army strengthened its offensive on land, and the morale of the British army, which was once inspired by Percival, quickly disappeared under the fierce offensive of the Japanese army. By the 17th, the British army had lost nearly 15,000 men in just five days, of which at least 3,000 were stabbed to death or beheaded by the Japanese after giving up resistance. That night, after Percival counted the casualties, fearing that more British soldiers would be killed in battle, he reported to the base camp and asked for permission to surrender unconditionally.

The British government was at this point completely cowardly, and Churchill angrily approved Percival's report. As soon as the British surrendered in Singapore, the pressure on Wavell increased. Percival handed over his command knife to Hashimoto with his front foot, and he retracted the line with his back foot, withdrawing all the British troops in India to the area around Songkhla, Thailand. Considering that the Japanese army could launch a three-sided attack on land, sea and air at the same time with its strong naval strength, he had no confidence in defeating the Japanese army at all, and not only ordered Mossavier's Eastern Fleet to withdraw into the Bengal Sea, but also began to build a defensive line between Phetchaburi Province in Thailand and Mergui in Burma, hoping to fight to the death with the Japanese army in the wide depth of the rear to prevent the Japanese army from entering the depths of Thailand and Burma.

The Northeast Army was involved in the construction of this line of defense, and after Ouyang Yun learned of this situation, he immediately concluded that it was impossible for the British to hold this line of defense, so he sent a telegram to remind Wan Fulin not to consume too many troops on the Buddha defense line, and at the same time decided to put the headquarters in Bobe to prevent the Japanese army from forcibly landing from the Gulf of Thailand.

The current troop allocation of the Cadet Corps is that the 1st Mountain Division of Hoang Hai Phuoc is stationed in the Hanoi area to ensure the smooth logistics and supply channels of the Cadet Corps; Chu Tiange led the main force of the First Army of the Western Expedition to be stationed in the area of Dishi and Kampandra; Guo Da's old first division stayed in Phnom Penh; Ouyang Yun took the 2nd Mountain Division and the 3rd Mountain Division and the directly subordinate troops to Bobe.

On the 21st, the Japanese attacked Songkhla with the 3rd Marine Division of Hashimoto Jun as the main force. One day. On the 22nd, the forces of two divisions of the British army advanced 150 kilometers in one day and night, and advanced the battle line to the territory of Nakhon Thamon and Krabi provinces. On the 23rd, the Japanese army made persistent efforts, and under the cover of two bomber groups and one fighter group, they marched about 150 kilometers and approached Ranong Province in Thailand.

It is worth mentioning that in this process, three divisions of the so-called Thai garrison and two divisions of the British surrendered without a fight, and three of the Thai troops were directly incorporated into the so-called Southeast Asian National Independence Army by the Japanese, playing the role of the pioneer of the Japanese army.

By the 26th, the Japanese army had approached the Folao defensive line, and at this time, Wavell had only gathered 30,000 British troops, 50,000 Thai troops and 20,000 Indian troops on the Folao defensive line. Of course, counting the two divisions of the Northeast Army, Wavell has already assembled an army of 120,000 troops.

Bobe, the new headquarters of the Cadet Expeditionary Force, as well as the military base, were finally built. In Ouyang Yun's office, Ouyang Yun, Guo Kui, Huang Hua, Bao Jun, the commander of the Second Mountain Division, Bian Jiansheng, the commander of the Third Mountain Division, and Wang Changlong, the commander of the Unity Brigade, were discussing the battlefield situation around a huge sand table, discussing the battlefield situation on the battle report that had just been sent back from the front.

"120,000 people, if they are of one mind, can survive for at least three months. After all, behind the Buddha defense line is a wide rear, which is very conducive to supply and dispatch—" It was Huang Hua who spoke first.

Huang Hua, as the commander of the Special Artillery Brigade of the Western Expedition, is a young officer trained by Ouyang Yun. The Western Expedition Special Artillery Brigade has an anti-air special operations section and a rocket artillery brigade under its jurisdiction, and is the king of firepower output in the Western Expeditionary Cadet Army. Under Ouyang Yun's deliberate actions, the current development trend of the student army is to take the path of modernization. The trend is not to emphasize the number of troops, but to focus on the effectiveness of unit firepower output.

After Huang Hua finished speaking his opinion, he looked at Ouyang Yun expectantly. Before Ouyang Yun could speak, Guo Kui said, "Three months, I think it's thankful that I can keep it for a month." It is inconceivable that more than 30,000 troops surrendered without a fight. ”

Wang Changlong: "I agree with Commander Guo's opinion that fighting a war does not depend on a large number of people alone, the key lies in the quality of the troops. As far as I know, the British Air Force and the aviation units of the Japanese-Western Expeditionary Fleet have fought several times and three times, and they have all suffered great defeats and losses. Now Wavell has up to a hundred planes in his hands. And if you lose air supremacy, hehe, it is estimated that Buddha will be a Singapore again. ”

Huang Hua's brows furrowed. Ouyang Yun looked at Baojun and Bian Jiansheng, and said, "You two also talk about it." ”

Baojun is from the Li tribe, and Bian Jiansheng is from the Gaoshan tribe. It was not the first time that the two of them had attended such a high-level military meeting, but neither had yet adapted to the atmosphere. Named by the commander-in-chief, both of them had a flush on their faces. After they glanced at each other, Bao Jun spoke first: "Since it is the commander-in-chief's order, then I will talk about it." I don't think it's really important what you're discussing. Moreover, you have overlooked a very important issue. ”

Baojun's Hu can be described as a blockbuster. Everyone's eyes swept towards him, and even Ouyang Yun couldn't contain the curiosity in his heart.

Bao Jun's face turned redder, but his voice became louder: "I think so, we are worried about this war, and what we are concerned about is how much time the British can buy for us, and how much Japanese army they can consume. However, judging from the information recently obtained, because the Japanese established the so-called Southeast Asian National Independence Army, many locals were recruited to be strong men. So I don't think it's important anymore. The natives of Southeast Asia have a grudge against the British, and if the Japanese use some more means, they will definitely be able to make them willing to die. At that time, perhaps the British army would be routed without the Japanese coming out. One more thing, because of the ultimatum of the commander-in-chief, the British are now actually our enemies as well. So, so, I think the Anglo-Japanese war is more like a dog-eat-"