The deployment under the hill was watertight, making full use of the terrain cover, but the enemy artillery was too good to run, and could always go around a certain side to fire a few rounds of artillery and then disappear. And his troops were unable to attack the enemy, even though he had a lot of 14-year-old 105 field guns with a longer range and powerful 150 heavy guns, he was still very passive, and he gradually realized how great Chu Tingchang's technical advantage was. He is not only fighting guerrilla warfare with tanks, he is even fighting guerrilla warfare with artillery.

Japanese planes that took off from Vietnam, rushed to Cambodia like crazy, trying to search for enemy movements for the ground forces, and these planes, with *, could also attack. But the Allies had already deployed radars in the western highlands of Thailand to provide early warning to Chu Tingchang, so that the troops could theoretically have a few minutes to evade aerial reconnaissance.

Of course, these very inaccurate radar intelligence, when passing through Chu Tingchang's headquarters, will be stolen and replaced, and even without Chu Tingchang personally going out, the drone can send the enemy information discovered by the 419 radar to the front combat troops through forged voice calls or their own passwords, so that the troops can evade in advance. Highly camouflaged convoys, as long as they stop, it is difficult for planes in the sky to detect.

Due to the rapid advance of Chu Tingchang, the construction of Allied airfields lagged behind, so it was difficult to give favorable air cover, and the long-range P38 interceptor, unable to fight with any kind of Japanese fighters, could only find a bargain in the vertical direction, and could hardly protect the ground forces at low altitudes. Commander Chu Tingchang is building an air defense force that can accompany the troops, but it has not yet taken shape, and for the time being, he can only rely on some flexible means to hide the armored troops.

At the same time in the East China Sea, according to the plan left behind by Makino before leaving for the Malay Peninsula, the salvage operation in 1943 was carried out again. This salvage operation, which was personally presided over by Eisaku Sato, became a task related to the fate of the empire and could not be missed.

The people who returned from the Southern Army had already informed Makino of his disappearance. Since they couldn't talk about it on the radio, the locals didn't know if Kagesa Showa and Suzuki had found Makino. Of course, from the most pessimistic point of view, it seems that the Pacific War could not support the August 1945 that Makino said. This, of course, made many people in the military department who were skeptical accept Makino's view of the existence of the Chinese traverser.

In addition, Yukawa's research on the Sato formula has made further progress. He introduced a new set of theories, which implied the corollary that if there was no restraint, Kasugamaru's crossing might not have succeeded. This theory makes a certain fateful vein hidden in the chaotic state clear.

Now Eisaku Sato must compete with fate, and he has advanced the routine salvage time to 10 days. In the routine battle situation discussion at the base camp, Commander Chu's armored troops gradually replaced Nimitz's fleet and became the most important topic for the military department. There is also a growing demand for immediate development. * It is no longer just a killer weapon to suppress the surge of the US Navy, the Army has also begun to seriously study the effectiveness of this weapon in blocking the offensive of ground forces.

For a losing army, a yield of tens of thousands of tons, which can instantly turn tanks into scrap metal, is becoming more and more attractive, and a new argument suggests that the sooner Japan uses this superweapon, the sooner the allies will lose their resolve to fight a decisive battle with Japan. The military department has also begun to seriously discuss how to resist the Allied attack in the absence of Makino.

It must be admitted that Makino is in deep danger, and it is not without its benefits. Now all the forces hiding in the shadows are staring at Makino in the Gulf of Thailand, and this is undoubtedly the best window period for Sato's salvage work, and no one will interfere with his actions.

Makino has already drawn the heavy materials of each section of the cabin clearly on the drawings. Unlike last year's salvage and the year before, this time Japan has not only a deep-sea diving suit, but also a submersible thruster that powers divers, and an underwater cutter that can cut through steel plates. The collapsed steel plate that blocked the way last year will no longer be an obstacle.

8. The 8,000-ton salvage ship codenamed Light Patrol Modification arrived at the designated sea area three days ago. Today, when the wind and waves weakened, Sato issued a salvage order, and the deep submersible carried up to four divers down to the bottom of the sea, thanks to the new technical support, this time twice as many divers could be sent down, more than 50 divers were trained before the end of last year, and the base camp did not care at all about losing four divers at a time.

After the divers arrived at the bottom of the sea, they quickly found Kasuga Maru, who was lying on the bottom of the sea, after they left the deep submersible. A diver unhooks a thruster from the side of the submersible that manually adjusts buoyancy. The technology of this small machine comes from the Italian Navy's sneak attack pocket submarine, but the Navy's technical department has improved it to dive deeper and carry more payloads, of course, at the expense of range, but their mission does not require range.

Deep-sea thrusters help divers get to Kasuga Maru quickly, but they can also help carry more items, including heavy cutters that use acetylene and oxygen. This will make salvage much more efficient.

Specifically, in this salvage, Sato violated Makino's principle of priority, and instead of staring at various drawings, he went straight to the cabin where the nuclear materials were hidden.

The * research and development team led by Yoshio Nishina has come up with several design schemes, which can immediately assemble a gun nuclear bomb, and the theory of lens explosion is also being perfected, but it will be a little later. But these options are just a castle in the clouds, because there is not enough nuclear material.

Since last year, Japan has started to act along the two technical routes of centrifugal separator and gas separation, but the collection of 85% purity uranium-235 is only 3.5 kilograms, although the refining speed is increasing rapidly, but to make up the about 55 kilograms of uranium needed for a gun bullet, at least until the beginning of 45, the base camp obviously cannot afford to wait.

Ready-made, higher-purity plutonium-239 is needed for emergency relief. Only 11 kilograms of plutonium are needed to make a single plutonium bullet, and according to Makino, Kasuga Maru's plutonium is divided into 18 sealed barrels, and the plutonium in each barrel is exactly half of the critical mass. Get any two, and you can make a nuclear bomb of about 20,000 tons. These plutoniums, if used wisely, can be used as a primary detonation source for at least 50 pieces, in the million-ton range. That means, enough power to turn the tide of battle.

The divers did not know that in September 1941, the mortality rate of the seniors who participated in this salvage mission was as high as 90%, and those who survived were left with disabilities. In 1942, when Agano was blown up by a freighter, all 30 divers were almost wiped out. They only know that they have a great mission to help the Empire win the war.

Zhou Youfu's troops were rampage through the city of Phnom Penh, looting all kinds of supplies and precious metals, and he noticed that the guerrillas had appeared on the nearby hills, as if they were going down to pick peaches. He has always had little affection for these local guerrillas, although the guerrillas provided him with information, but it was also provided to the headquarters of Chu Tingchang, and then indirectly transferred to him, so he did not send anyone to contact. The guerrillas seemed eager to take advantage of the situation to storm the city of Phnom Penh and seize the Japanese arsenal. But Zhou Youfu ordered his troops to shoot at any armed forces that came close, and he did not want any locals to see his looting. The guerrillas tried several times, but all of them were beaten back, and they retreated.

However, Zhou Youfu's troubles were not over, and the French troops stationed in Phnom Penh were also seeking contact with him. They hope that Zhou Youfu will not destroy local facilities, such as blowing up power plants and water plants, and that there are still 2,000 French people in and around the city, mostly soldiers, who need clean water and electricity. The French wanted the Chinese and Japanese to go outside the city and burp you to death.

In the afternoon, a high-spirited French captain came to see Zhou Youfu waving a white flag, carrying a letter from Colonel Befon, the supreme commander of the local French army, in his pocket. Lao Zhou saw that this person was not popular, he thought that the French would send at least one lieutenant colonel, but he didn't expect this guy to send a company-level officer to meet him.

He ordered the Eighth Guard Team to drive away the incoming people, pouted the white flag, and tore up the letter. He knew what the French were going to say, the power plant had the fuel oil he wanted the most, and of course it was impossible to let it go. As for the French, he didn't bother to pay attention to them if they honestly didn't move.

The French warned Zhou Youfu on the radio that if the looting was not stopped, they would face it hard.

On a political level, the Vichy government still did not formally recognize the Wang puppet regime in Nanjing, which was represented in both Chongqing and Nanjing. Therefore, if Zhou Youfu has some overall vision, he should at least give Befner a few thin noodles.

But Lao Zhou is a snob and a grudge. He also remembered that during the war in Guangxi, the French closed the railway from Vietnam to Guangxi, making it equivalent to sticking a knife in the back. Especially now that France has been wiped out by Germany, the fart who was bullied by the Japanese here didn't dare to put a fart, and even dared to pretend garlic in front of him, of course he had an evil fire to sprinkle.

When the French ultimatum was played on the radio for the third time. Zhou Youfu's shells fell on the French barracks, and several tanks pushed to the wall and rushed to the barracks.

The French army was preparing for battle, but they did not expect the Chinese army to strike first. The French ordered to return fire, of course, not at all opponents, and the command quickly raised the white flag.

The supreme commander, Colonel Befuna, admitted that he was willing to surrender to the Chinese army, and Zhou Youfu sent a second lieutenant of the repair company to negotiate the disarmament, but he did not want to give face to the French, and the French surrendered.

Zhou Youfu was basking in the excitement of humiliating the French, and it was reported that several Japanese bodies of seppuku had been found in the palace, and one of the old men seemed to be of high status because his saber was special. The person who came took the saber to Lao Zhou. After all, Lao Zhou knew the goods of Japanese sabers, and he often did some small business with Americans who wanted Japanese swords.

The knife was elegantly decorated, and there was a chrysanthemum badge of the Japanese royal family, which seemed to be a knife given by the emperor, and he asked again, the age of the deceased, and he was told that it looked like he was in his sixties.

Lao Zhou thought to himself: At such an age, I'm afraid it's not a small one, and it won't be the emperor's cousin or something?