Chapter 354: Threat

"Your Excellency the Commander, Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura, reports that their troops, will be assembled at Samut Prakan, where a defensive line will be formed to prevent the Chinese from attacking further south, and wait until the 2nd and 38th armies arrive on the battlefield. If Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura's strategic intentions can be realized www.biquge.info only a few provinces in northwestern Thailand will be captured by the Chinese people, and it will not have much impact on the whole of Thailand.

As for the food that the base camp asks us to raise, we can also raise it from other parts of Thailand. It's a big deal, just ask the Thai government to raise taxes again to those Thai natives. ”

The Deputy Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Takahashi Tan, voiced his proposal. It's just that General Terauchi Shouichi is obviously not so easy to fool.

"Humph! Nakamura Akito and they in the Dangweng River and the Wangbin River have not been able to stop the Zhina people. Will they be able to stop it at Samut Prakan? Now that he has what capital to talk about stopping the offensive of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army? General Shouichi Terauchi looked indifferent.

The entire 18th Front Army, with more than 80,000 people, is now exempted from being lost except for the 29th Brigade, which is an independent mixed brigade because it is stationed in Bangkok, and the rest of the troops are almost lost. 4 elite divisions, now there are only a few thousand people left. This made General Terauchi Shouichi, how could he believe that Lieutenant General Nakamura Akito would be able to resist the attack of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in Samut Prakan?

"Your Excellency, Commander, we have no other way than to believe in Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura now. If Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura fails to hold on to Samut Prakan, the situation in Thailand will be hopelessly eroded. Lieutenant General Shigetoku Kuroda said. ,

Suddenly, General Terauchi Shouichi's face became even more ugly.

"Your Excellency, it will take a little time for the Shina people to pursue General Nakamura Akito and them. Perhaps, you can hold out until the 2nd and 38th armies arrive in Thailand, and then rush to the battlefield. If we can defeat the Chinese in Samut Prakan, then we will still win this battle. If, after the arrival of the 2nd and 38th armies, we still have not been able to win. If even the 2nd Army and the 38th Army can't defeat the Shina people. Then, in the battle of Thailand, we lost completely. We've even more to lose. Lieutenant General Takahashi continued.

Suddenly, the atmosphere in the office suddenly became solemn.

At the beginning of the Thai campaign, they probably never thought about it. At that time, everyone thought that with the 18th Front Army, plus the 2nd Army and the 38th Army, totaling more than 260,000 people, plus the assistance of 600,000 Thai Army, it would be very easy to deal with more than 100,000 anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. However, the end result was a slap in the face.

Before the 2nd Army and the 38th Army arrived, the 18th Front was almost completely annihilated. The Thai Army, too, has lost most of it. Moreover, the remaining Thai army is obviously overwhelmed. Under such circumstances, the Battle of Thailand became very unfavorable to the Japanese army. If they lose the battle of Thailand, will the remaining Indochina, the Malay Peninsula, and the Malay Archipelago still be able to hold on? In the style of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, we will definitely continue to attack until we occupy all these places.

"After the 2nd Army and the 38th Army arrive in Thailand, they will definitely be able to defeat the Chinese people." Lieutenant General Shigetoku Kuroda said with great certainty. As if he said so, the Japanese army would definitely be able to win the war against the Japanese Salvation Army.

The other generals also nodded their heads again and again.

"Let the 2nd Army and the 38th Army speed up. Navy, I'll talk to them personally. They can't bury the eternal hegemony of the Great Nippon Empire for the sake of the grudge between the army and the navy! General Shouichi Terauchi said.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Everyone replied. As everyone knows, the time has come to an important moment for the survival of the Southern Army. If the war were to be lost again, the consequences would be very serious.

"Send a telegram to Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura, and if they can insist on the arrival of reinforcements in Samut Prakan, I will intercede for him and let him turn into a reserve. If he can't hold on, then he won't have to come back. General Terauchi Shouichi said expressionlessly.

The other generals suddenly felt a shiver from the depths of their souls.

Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura will bear unshirkable responsibility for this failure. If the battle of Thailand had ended in a Japanese victory, perhaps he would have escaped. However, if you want to stay on active duty and keep your current position, it is impossible.

If the Japanese army loses the battle in Thailand, then Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura will have to take responsibility for this defeat. Committing suicide and ending his own life will be his best choice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now, the Southern Army has reached the most critical moment, we have no other choice, we must do our best to get through this difficulty. Otherwise, the future of our people will be lost, and the hegemony of the Great Day* Empire will be buried because of this, then we will be to blame for our death! General Terauchi said with a solemn face.

"The lowly rank will fight to the death! Onichi * This Imperial is onboard, His Majesty the Emperor is onboard! All the Japanese generals replied.

When the telegram from General Terauchi reached Lieutenant General Nakamura Akito, the Japanese-Thai forces were moving south along the road in disarray. The speed at which they are heading south is not slow. Not because of anything else, but because the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army was frantically pursuing them. Many of the Thai troops that lagged behind had already been eaten by the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, so that the other Japanese-Thai coalition forces had to speed up and flee.

When Major General Kunitaro Yamada delivered a telegram from General Toshiichi Terauchi to Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura, Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura was sitting in the car.

After retreating from the front line of the Wangbin River, Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura was in a very bad state. The fiasco of the war made him despair of his future. Being able to climb to the high position of lieutenant general and commander of the front army in the highly hierarchical Japanese army, Lieutenant General Nakamura Akito has seen too much of the tragic fate of the defeated. It's just that he never thought that such a situation would befall him.

"I guess this time I will not only lose my position, but even my life will become a problem!" Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura thought secretly.

When Major General Kunitaro Yamada told him that a telegram had been sent from Admiral Toshiichi Terauchi, Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura looked as if the prisoner was about to hear the verdict.