Of course, the information gathered was sufficient, and the Japanese army was to launch a simultaneous landing on the entire east coast of Vietnam, and the number of troops to be invested would be up to 9 divisions, and the Kwantung Army would be the main force. Lin Xiuxuan decided to retreat temporarily and wait for Qin Xiaosu to verify the information. Although the enemy stopped telegraph communication of critical information, the size of the fleet could still be monitored by some means (mainly through 419 in the East China Sea). This allows the authenticity of the information to be verified.

Chu Tingchang did not capture any port on the east coast of Vietnam, which was equivalent to allowing the Japanese army to land for a decisive battle, but the number of troops to be invested by the Japanese army was indeed a bit large. Of course, the Japanese had complete control over the coast of China and the South China Sea, and the number of transport ships was quite large, and the 9th to 10th divisions seemed to be within their limits. This seems to be able to dispel Pavilion Chu's worries?

Lin Xiuxuan and Chu Tingchang analyzed the situation together and unanimously judged that the recapture of Vietnam was a thorny issue that the Japanese base camp had to face; Although in reality, the Japanese army did not transport supplies through the land bridge between Malay and Singapore, and the occupation of Indochina was not equivalent to completely cutting off the Japanese Empire, but after the Chu army was seated here, the US military was bound to build an airfield to Vietnam, so that Japan's sea transportation routes through the South China Sea would face the most serious threat. So they had to fight to the death.

Of course, the strategy is so, but from the point of view of the campaign, landing directly on the east coast is not a good strategy. First of all, the intention is too obvious, which is equivalent to hitting the barrier with its head, and the troops will face repeated attrition and see-saw in the mountains of Vietnam when they go ashore. And they analyzed that the best counterattack of the Japanese army was to attack the Malays, and the second-class plan was to land in Cambodia. But it seems that the base camp still wants a more direct way, which of course makes sense, maybe they think that with *, they can use the simplest and most direct way. Expelled Chu Tingchang from Vietnam.

When Chief Chu got the reconnaissance news from the front, he was also a little undecided. According to his analysis of Japan's maritime capacity, the simultaneous mobilization of 10 divisions is roughly the limit. If 9 divisions are engaged in an attack on the east coast of Vietnam, and the Malay direction will be a secondary attack at best, then there will be nothing to worry about? He could be cautiously optimistic for the time being, and if a war broke out in Vietnam, he would be able to retreat step by step, lure the enemy into a deep zone where supplies were unfavorable, and then concentrate his superior forces and choose one of the enemies to annihilate in unison. The enemy coming from such a long coastline will inevitably not be able to concentrate his forces, and can only advance in several directions, and for him, there will be an opportunity to not only rule the enemy, but also to deceive the enemy's judgment and avoid the enemy's nuclear bombs by feints.

The main mobile force in his hands now is Huang Tianyang's troops, a campaign cluster below the 41st Group Army. After the Battle of Thailand, this unit has been replenished, and neither Vietnam nor Cambodia participated in the campaign, and the morale of the troops was high, and it was used to sweep the Jinou Peninsula.

There were only two disserviced brigades on the peninsula, as well as the last Japanese military airfield on the Indochina Peninsula. He was very worried that the Japanese might use large bombers to transport nuclear bombs, and although Japan probably did not have such bombers, they would definitely be built in time. Judging by the degree of obsession with nuclear bombs in the base camp, it is inevitable that the focus will be on strengthening the delivery capability. Using Huang Tianyang to occupy the peninsula can relieve some of the worries (of course, not all, enemy bombers may still fly from the Philippines or Brunei to Vietnam, but not too far).

Huang Tianyang is rushing on the road, he is anxious to catch up with the tail of the Southeast Asian campaign and perform well. His last battle was to prevent the Japanese army from landing behind Tao Mingzhang, when the Japanese 8th Division, only two wings came up, but a new anti-tank weapon was displayed, which caught him off guard, but fortunately, the Japanese quickly retreated, so they didn't fight too ugly. Recently, he has been honing his tactics, and he is confident that he has mastered Chu Tingchang's art of war, at least Xiaocheng, and he wants to give it a try.

The 39th and 42nd brigades defending Jinou were all old units of the Southern Army that had appeared since the beginning of the Northern Thai Campaign, and the old units of the Southern Army, which had been defeated again and again, retreated here to replenish some new soldiers, which was not at all a climate. Huang Tianyang was not too dizzy, and still left half of his troops to defend the road from Cambodia to Thailand behind him according to Chu Tingchang's intentions, and cooperated with the sappers to widen some road sections. He pounced on the enemy with the main forces of the 203 Division. According to the agreement, Chu Tingchang began to give priority to the troops he was given. Once again, he is the protagonist of the silent battlefield.

A small conference room at the Tokyo Army University. Paper exercises against the Chu Tingchang group are being carried out. Presiding over the chiefs' headquarters exercise was Shunroku Hatata, who had just returned from Vietnam. has been transferred to the reserve, and the re-recruited Iida Shojiro also participated in this paper military push; In addition, General Minoru Higashikunomiya, who has not yet been recruited, is also involved.

The base camp agreed to Sakagaki's plan in principle, but some revisions had to be made, of course, time was pressing, and the final plan could only be carried out when the troops were mobilized. Once the troops were ashore, the campaign assembly was largely completed, and there was no time to overhaul the plan.

Lieutenant General Iida is considered the key to saving the entire campaign, and when he commanded the Burma 25th Army, the Japanese were still invincible, and Chu Tingchang had already taken some command at that time, but was still defeated and retreated into India under Iida's offensive. It can be seen that Chu Tingchang did not defeat Iida, but unfortunately because of the internal personnel of the army, Iida retired from active duty and was replaced by the slow response of Kimura Hyotaro, and then the collapse of the Japanese army began in the East Indies and was defeated all the way to only a narrow Vietnamese corridor. Therefore, out of some judgment, the base camp felt that Iida was the best candidate to fight against Chu Tingchang. He will play the role of Chu Ting's commander in this exercise, confronting Shunroku Hata, and then may fly to Malay to command the entire Malay force. Minoru Higashikunomiya, on the other hand, had long since retired from active duty and was now just free, and the emperor was too anxious about the war situation, so he sent the uncle of the army general to observe the paper exercises.

There is no need to think too much about the starting conditions of this confrontation exercise, but according to the current situation of the two sides, including Chu Tingchang and below, Huang Tianyang's entry into the Jinou Peninsula has also become a new enemy situation in the first phase of the campaign.

"Gentlemen, the latest information, Huang Tian's back has entered the Golden Ou." As Shunroku Hata spoke, a staff officer came over and planted a few small flags on the map. "However, we still don't know much about Huang Tianyang's use of troops, but it's a pity that Ying Zuo Zhenzhao is not there, he knows a lot about the background of the enemy general, and he is more detailed than the Intelligence Department of the General Staff."

"This Huang Tianyang, with mediocre tactical ability, is foolish and brave, and is just a move by Chu Tingchang to win over the Chinese in Southeast Asia." The prince said proudly that although he did not have a military position, he had been studying the war, and in recent months the focus had shifted to the direction of Chief Chu Ting, and the research was also quite in-depth.

"And his troop bonus? How does it count as 1.2? Shunroku Hata asked.

"Yes, since Zhou Youfu's department is 1.8, I think the main force of the 203rd Division is set at 1.2 is reasonable."

"Then General Iida, what is the intention of Chief Chu's move?"

"Of course, it is the last airfield to destroy the Jinou Peninsula, and given the small size of the peninsula, I think that within a week, his troops will be able to break these two brigades and attack the airfield. And our main forces should not have had time to land. ”

"We can borrow Sakagaki's strategy and scare them with *. It only takes a few days of delay," says Shunroku Hatata.

"No, never." Iida suddenly walked across the sand table, "Please allow me to judge the problem from now on, from the enemy's point of view." ”

"Absolutely."

"Chief Chu Tingchang will not be fooled repeatedly, please note. He stands at a height that is clearly higher than ours, just as we look at a great war. So if you want to deceive him strategically, you must give up deception tactically and appear unpretentious. ”

"But then our last airfield will be lost?"

"That's right, let's let him capture Jinou. I guess...... I suspect that Huang Tianyang's unit is actually his strategic reserve, because this unit, which has no performance in the early stage, has not been far from the road, and this road leads directly to Phnom Penh, with a focus on Bangkok. ”

"Uh-huh!" The prince on the side nodded from time to time, and Iida's analysis was in line with his grasp of Chu Tingchang's character. Chu Tingchang is very aggressive in his use of soldiers on the surface, but in fact he always has a back hand.

"I suggest, let's say the peninsula is all occupied."

"In that case, why don't you withdraw the two brigades immediately?"

"I don't think it's necessary, many soldiers of these two brigades have already received guerrilla warfare training from the Nakano Army School in accordance with Kage Sa's suggestion half a year ago, and let them defend on the spot."

"In this way, we can drag the enemy's main forces along the entire front?"

"Yes, although strict secrecy has been implemented, he will definitely detect the strength of our troops, so that unpretentious deception can succeed, and any attempt to add to the snake will be detected by him. We used 9 divisions and a real battle plan as bait, and Commander Chu would have thought that we had * and 200,000 troops and were determined to fight a decisive battle in Vietnam, so his attention would be focused on Vietnam. The prince nodded.

"In my opinion, if there is any flaw in Sakagaki's plan, that is, the number of troops committed in Malaysia is still too small, I propose that the navy's maritime mobile brigade and the army's special ships be put into the landing operation against Bangkok. The newly formed 2nd Guards Division and the rebuilt 1st Division were also put into operation in Malaysia and Bangkok. Iida said,

“…… Moreover, the 4th one* will be airdropped to explode between Tao Mingzhang's first and second lines of defense, and his third line of defense will not be completed by then. ”

"I think it's okay, then use your last strength to fight to the death with Chu Tingchang."

According to the latest setting, this paper deduction can begin. By the end of the night, Chu Tingchang's troops were in a stalemate with the Japanese army in Vietnam with an exchange ratio of 1 to 2.5, and the 9 divisions of the Japanese army, as well as a * blessing that was accurately thrown on Zhou Youfu's head, still could not open the situation.

This deduction used the strictest exchange ratio, and did not strengthen the power of * to turn the situation around in one fell swoop, which is quite pragmatic. Chief Chu's reserves have been being consumed, and by this time they are almost gone. In the Malay direction, 6 cutting-edge divisions and 1 * of the Japanese army have not yet been put into battle.