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"Your Excellency, the Admiralty has issued an order to form a task force with the aircraft carriers 'Shozuru' and 'Zuizuru' and the battleship 'Mutsu' as the main ones. Now, the fleet is heading separately to the South Seas, and it is expected to arrive in three days. Deputy Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Takahashi Tan, with a smile on his face.

For the Southern Army, which suffered heavy losses, the Navy promised to support them, which is undoubtedly a great thing! With reinforcements from the Navy, then everything is much easier. Reinforcements stranded in the Lion City and Indochina will arrive in Bangkok without incident. The dilemma of the serious shortage of troops on the Thai side will be fundamentally resolved. They can even send a little reinforcement from other battlefields to Bangkok to completely stabilize the situation there. In that case, we may be able to hold Bangkok. Then find an opportunity to defeat the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, recapture Bangkok, and even Burma, and win this war.

Admiral Terauchi nodded with satisfaction, although this time he saved face and begged the navy to intervene. But as long as the crisis on the battlefield in Thailand can be resolved, then everything will be worth it.

"Order the troops stranded in the Lion City and Indochina to prepare to board the ship. The transport ships on the Navy's side may not be enough. So, collect as many transport vessels as you can from the local area. Anyway, it's not far to travel to Thailand. General Shouichi Terauchi said.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Lieutenant General Takahashi Tan nodded repeatedly.

"Also, send a telegram to General Kuroda asking them to hold on. In the last three days, we must resist the attack of the Chinese people. Otherwise, we're in ruins. General Shouichi Terauchi said.

If, by the time the Japanese navy and the reinforcements they sent arrived, Bangkok had already fallen, then everything they had done would have been in vain. No matter how strong the Japanese navy is, it can't drive the warship ashore, right? Besides, once the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army occupies Bangkok and the whole of Thailand, with the powerful air strength of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, it can completely compete with the carrier-based aircraft force of the Japanese Navy. Therefore, it is necessary to hold the last position in Bangkok, and then take the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army by surprise.

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

"That's right, Your Excellency, Commander. Vice Admiral Jizaburo Ozawa, commander of the task force, will visit you in the future. It is expected to arrive early tomorrow morning. Lieutenant General Takahashi Tan finally said.

General Shouichi Terauchi nodded: "Let's prepare well, tomorrow at noon, I will pick up the wind for General Ozawa." ”

Vice Admiral Jizaburo Ozawa is a well-known expert in air warfare in the Japanese Navy. Even, the task force attack fleet with aircraft carriers as the core was damaged by him. It was also because of his influence that Admiral Yamamoto created the most powerful aircraft carrier formation in the world at that time, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy.

After the outbreak of the war, Jizaburo Ozawa also made many military exploits in the Japanese navy. With him appointed commander of the task force, it can be seen that the Japanese Navy did not take this support operation in a perfunctory manner, but treated it with real caution.

This also made General Terauchi very satisfied with this. After all, in order to ask for naval support, he put down his face this time.

Of course, General Terauchi Shouichi also had some emotion in his heart. He knew that after this battle of Thailand, even if they won the final victory. I'm afraid he, the commander of the Southern Army, has already done it. In the battlefields of Burma and Thailand, they lost 500,000 or 600,000 people. Such heavy losses have even exceeded the total losses of Japan in other theaters since the beginning of the war. With so many troops lost, someone should have to take responsibility. Otherwise, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo would be under tremendous pressure.

And who better to take on this responsibility than Toshiichi Terauchi? Moreover, the strength of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army had a direct impact on the misjudgment of the top brass of the Southern Army. If the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army had just developed, they would have been able to gather the main force and annihilate it. Perhaps, there will be nothing behind.

The next day, Vice Admiral of the Japanese Navy, Task Force Commander Jizaburo Ozawa, arrived in the Lion City by plane. Lieutenant General Takahashi Tan, deputy chief of staff of the Southern Army, on behalf of General Toshiichi Terauchi, personally greeted him at the airport.

Subsequently, Lieutenant General Jizaburo Ozawa went to the headquarters of the Southern Army and met with General Toshiichi Terauchi.

"Greetings, Your Excellency, Commander. I was ordered to lead a task force to reinforce the Southern Army. Lieutenant General Jizaburo Ozawa said neither humbly nor arrogantly. Although, his rank is lower than that of General Shouichi Terauchi. However, they do not belong to each other. In addition, this time the Navy came, which was supposed to wipe the army's ass. So, naturally, he didn't have to be too polite.

"General Ozawa, welcome. The war in Thailand, fought like this, is really a shame for the entire Southern Army! As a last resort, we have to ask the navy for help. Thank you for sending a fleet to reinforce us, regardless of your past suspicions. General Shouichi Terauchi said.

"Your Excellency Commander, everyone belongs to the Great Nippinichi Empire and cooperates with each other, and that is how it should be." Lieutenant General Jizaburo Ozawa said.

"Does Your Excellency the Commander have any specific requirements for this operation?" Lieutenant General Jizaburo Ozawa then asked.

"The main reason why the war situation in Thailand has deteriorated to such an extent is that the Chinese have great air power and blockade the Gulf of Thailand. Not only did a large number of our troops die at the bottom of the sea during the transportation process, but also made it impossible for subsequent reinforcements to arrive. The troops stationed in Bangkok were only able to oppose the Chinese with inferior forces. Therefore, I hope that the navy can help us regain air supremacy in the Gulf of Thailand, so that the follow-up troops can be transported to Bangkok. General Shouichi Terauchi said.

Lieutenant General Jizaburo Ozawa nodded: "Your Excellency, there should be no problem with this. ”

"Also, I have one more request. That is, in this battle, to slaughter as many people as possible. It's best to be able to kill them all. "General Shouichi Terauchi has a fierce face.

This time the battle even put his personal future into it. He naturally hoped to kill all the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army to vent the hatred in his heart.