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"Your Excellency, the 1st Tank Division, the 11th Infantry Division, the 25th Division, the 44th Division, the 57th Division, the 72nd Division, the 73rd Division, the 77th Division, the 81st Division, the 84th Division, and the 86th Division have been transferred from home to form the Nanyang Task Force, with His Excellency General Tada Jun as commander. At present, the Nanyang Task Force has begun to assemble, and it is expected that it will be able to reach the Indochina colony in about a week. Lieutenant General Shimizu Norri, Chief of Staff of the Southern Army, reported to General Shunroku Hata.

General Shunroku Hata nodded: "One chariot division and ten infantry divisions, a total of 200,000 people." Such a huge army is enough to crush those chinas. After defeating those Chinese people, the tide of the battle in Nanyang could be fundamentally changed. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander. This time, the people of China will definitely be defeated by us. Victory will belong to the Great Nichi-Ben Empire! Lieutenant General Shimizu said excitedly. As the chief of staff of the Southern Army, he certainly hoped that the Southern Army would be able to win on the Nanyang battlefield. Once they fail, even if they can save a small life, their future will be ruined.

"Well, send a telegram to Kimura-kun. Let them hold the Mekong defense line and hold it to the death. You are not to retreat without my orders. As long as we hold out until the arrival of the Nanyang Task Force, victory will be ours! General Shunroku Hata said.

When reinforcements are coming, it becomes very important to hold the Mekong defense line. Once the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army crosses the Mekong River, the Burmese Front will inevitably suffer heavy losses. At the same time, it was impossible to stop the further offensive of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. When the time comes, the entire Indochina colony will be destroyed. This is too much loss for Japan.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Lieutenant General Shimizu nodded.

After Lieutenant General Shimizu left, the face of the sixth general of Shun Hata suddenly became gloomy.

Sending 200,000 reinforcements from Japan to Nanyang, General Shunroku Hata was naturally very satisfied. After all, the current Nanyang battlefield has become a mess. The Southern Army suffered heavy losses on the Nanyang battlefield and could no longer suppress the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. If elite reinforcements can arrive, it will inevitably strengthen the strength of the Southern Army, so that they can resist the attack of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, or even turn defeat into victory.

However, General Shunroku Hata did not want a unit that was not under his command to appear on the Nanyang battlefield. Although, what the Nanyang Task Force said was good was controlled by him. But Tada, like him, is a general. And it is directly accountable to the base camp.

"What the hell are those guys at the base camp thinking? Originally, when I was the commander of the Southern Army, I was ordered to wipe my ass for the guy Shouichi Terauchi. Now, what does it mean that reinforcements have been sent, but they are not under my command? "The sixth general of Shun Hata was very unhappy.

Of course, even if he is dissatisfied, he can only vent it in private, not enough to show it. After all, although he is a general. But if those people in the base camp want to fix him, he can't do anything about it.

The headquarters of the Japanese Burmese Front also moved from the Saigon Peninsula to Svay Rieng in eastern Khmer. It is only forty kilometers away from the Mekong River. It is only 80 kilometers away from Phnom Penh.

The Burmese Front suffered a major defeat in the battle east of Donsari Lake. Lieutenant General Kimura Hyotaro, the commander of the Burmese Front, is naturally embarrassed to hide in the rear of Saigon.

In the face of heavy losses, holding the Mekong defense line and holding out until reinforcements arrived has become his only chance to turn the tables. So, he rushed directly to the front.

"Gentlemen, do you have anything to say about the battle in the southern part of Lake Dongsari?" General Kimura Hyotaro looked at the commanders of the first division and the brigade commanders.

Although, the Japanese army suffered a crushing defeat in the battle of southern Tonsari Lake, losing a lot of troops. However, these generals fled back one by one. It's just that these guys are all frosted eggplants now.

I thought it would be a sure victory, but it ended in defeat, and I lost so many elite troops. This is undoubtedly a great blow to these generals.

At present, the remaining strength of the entire Burmese Front is only more than 60,000 troops. Among them, the 33rd Division and the 49th Division did not participate in the Battle of Donsari Lake. So it's still full. The 54th Division and the 105th Brigade were mixed together, losing more than half. However, such losses were already small among the divisions and brigades of the Burmese Front.

The heaviest losses were undoubtedly the 18th Division, the 31st Division, the 53rd Division, the 24th Brigade and the 72nd Brigade. The sum of these three divisions and two independent mixed brigades is only more than 12,000 people. Moreover, almost all of these people are engineers, baggage soldiers, communication soldiers, or medical soldiers, etc. There are almost no real front-line combat units.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we were defeated by the people of China in the battle of Lake Tung Sari Lake, and we deserve death. We completely mispredicted the fighting power of the Chinese people. The fighting power of the Shina people is even stronger than we imagined. We have concentrated so many forces that we can't eat a small force of the chinas. That's why I lost so badly. Lieutenant General Taro Nakanaga, commander of the 18th Division, said.

Several other division commanders and brigade commanders also expressed their positions. Indeed, before this war, they may have thought that the combat effectiveness of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army was actually not very good. However, this battle completely woke them up. Let them realize how powerful the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army is.

"Gentlemen, if you can recognize the gap between you and the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, then the defeat of this battle can be regarded as having some effect. The current situation has become very unfavorable for us. We can only defend the Mekong now. Here, it's already our last line of defense. If this line of defense is broken through by the Chinese again, the consequences will be unimaginable. Lieutenant General Hyotaro Kimura said.

The expressions of the Japanese generals became serious.

"Your Excellency the Commander has given the order to die. In the next Mekong defense operation, we must fight to the death and not retreat. Only then will we be able to hold out until reinforcements arrive. Domestic reinforcements have been dispatched. In a week, we will be able to reach Indochina. General Hyotaro Kimura said.