But this matter can't be Gao Jianwu's wishful thinking, in Southeast Asia, it's not his final say.

The leader here is the Allied Southeast Asia Theater Command, the most important of which is Joe. General Steven.

It's just that Gao Jianwu didn't have a direct relationship with General Qiao, and he had to find his old acquaintance, Colonel Smith, who is now very enthusiastic about the expeditionary force cluster.

"John, you see, we have a new plan, which is to start from the southern part of Burma and Britain, insert directly into Siam, deal with the little devils in Siam, and then penetrate along the Malay Peninsula, and take Sumatra with the help of the Allied Navy.

On the one hand, it is to take back the oil fields of Sumatra to cut off the oil supply of the little devils, and on the other hand, it also creates conditions for the Allies to control the Strait of Malacca!

Through this new campaign, we will be able to completely divide the Little Devil Southern Army on the peninsula and the Dutch East Indies into several pieces. ”

Gao Jianwu found Colonel Smith and simply drew a line on the map of his marching route plan, such an obvious trend, of course, made Smith quickly understand his battle intentions.

"Gao, I have to say, your efficiency is really high, you just pacified the Burmese and British territories, and then you began to plan the next stage of combat missions, and this new plan of yours is also very good, I completely agree with it." Colonel Smith nodded frequently after reading it, and said with some joy.

For him, the greater the success of the expeditionary force, the greater his credit, and for the Allies, it was also a crucial step towards the recovery of all of Southeast Asia.

What is even more rare is that this time it was Gao Jianwu himself who took the initiative to propose it.

"Gao, I have good news for you, it is estimated that in a few days, my major general's promotion certificate will be announced, and I very much hope to be able to share this good news with you." Colonel Smith looked at Gao Jianwu and said seriously.

"I am very grateful to the Expeditionary Force Cluster for bringing me this honor, and I will continue to fight with the Expeditionary Force Cluster."

"Great, John, this is really good news, really, all of us will be happy and blessed for you, you are a true soldier, and in the past battles, the expeditionary force cluster is also very happy to have such a strong comrade-in-arms as you!

If you don't object, we'll celebrate with a big party for you. Gao Jianwu was stunned for a moment when he heard the news, but he was really happy for Smith in an instant.

Frankly speaking, Colonel Smith's promotion is also a great thing for the expeditionary force cluster, but Gao Jianwu doesn't know if he will leave after this promotion.

"But, John, no matter how high you are promoted, you are still my comrade-in-arms, right? We'll fight together until we get the little devils out of the South Seas, right? Gao Jianwu asked.

"For the expeditionary force cluster, we can't do without you."

"Of course, I will remain in the expeditionary force cluster, and this time I will serve as your chief of staff, I don't think you will object to this appointment." Colonel Smith said with a wink.

"Of course, John, my Chief of Staff, welcome to the Expeditionary Force Cluster!" Gao Jianwu said in a slightly exaggerated tone.

In the battle for the British territories in Burma, Colonel Smith played only one battle, shooting down two Japanese fighters, but he played no worse role than an attack group.

The fact that the expeditionary force cluster was able to obtain such good weapons was inseparable from Colonel Smith's all-out efforts in the Allied Southeast Asia Command.

Of course, the inclination of General Joe, deputy commander of the Allied Southeast Asia Command, was also crucial. It was because these two people worked closely together and fought hard that Gao Jianwu's Second Theater Expeditionary Force cluster was able to obtain equipment comparable to that of the main force of the beautiful country.

However, Gao Jianwu is also worthy of their trust. With the assistance they provided, nearly 10 divisions of the little devils have been annihilated before and after.

In the entire Asian theater, this is a unique and outstanding feat.

Because of this, both Colonel Smith and General Joe Steven were promoted by one level because of such outstanding military exploits.

Because of Gao Jianwu, at least more than 100,000 casualties have been reduced for the beautiful country.

Gao Jianwu's tremendous achievements in the British territories in Burma not only restrained the forces of the Southern Army and directly supported the Pacific Theater, but also reopened the Yunnan-Burma Highway, providing the possibility for large-scale aid to enter the interior and greatly supporting the improvement of the battlefield in the interior.

Such a huge feat, even if it is the command of 100,000 elite troops of the beautiful country, it may not be possible. But Colonel Smith and General Joe were able to do it with some material aid, which is enough to show that their work was fruitful.

got a high score at the top of the beautiful country, and immediately reflected the promotion of the two of them.

Gao Jianwu didn't care about this, and it was of course a great thing for him that his old friend Smith could be promoted. Therefore, Smith was installed as the chief of staff of the expeditionary force cluster, and there was no obstacle for Gao Jianwu.

After all, they had cultivated a tacit understanding in the past battles.

What can be done and what can't be done, Smith has long been clear, the boundary between the two sides is very clear, and it is completely acceptable to Smith, what Gao Jianwu did is itself a thing that is beneficial to all parties, except for Daiying and the little devil.

But the interests of the British are related to him Smith, and it would be good if the beautiful country could profit.

Not to mention, Smith can still hold this qualification, and he will have more room for development in the future, which can be said to be an excellent thing for the country, himself and the entire theater of war to improve the situation.

If this event also clears some obstacles for the empire to enter the local market in the future, it is the icing on the cake. It was clear that the miraculous high of the East was able to do both things well for him.

Compared with some officers of the Central Army, Gao Jianwu is simply a clear stream, which makes Smith greatly admire. Whether it is the equal and harmonious relationship between officers and soldiers, or the battle with one heart, the unprecedented combat power, the Second Theater Expeditionary Force cluster has fascinated Smith a little.

Frankly speaking, he enjoyed the time with these pure expeditionary officers and soldiers, which was the real army, without the atmosphere of restraint and misery.

Here they have the same goal, they are all the same, and each other is the one who is relieved to give each other's backs on the battlefield.

With such a relationship with Colonel Smith, Gao Jianwu's new plan was quickly approved by the Allied Southeast Asia Command.

In the words of later generations, after all, the Allied Southeast Asia Command also has to rush for performance, and Gao Jianwu jumped out and took the initiative to charge, so who would object?

General Lemon Barton is not so stupid!

This time, the six major attack groups, except for leaving a part of the main battalion to continue to defend and protect Gao Jianwu's interests, the main attack group was dispatched in full.

Breaking through Siam along the border line of the colony, with the prestige of the expeditionary force cluster, the little devils were not strong enough in the Siam garrison, and under the orders of the General Headquarters of the Southern Army, this group of little devils retreated without a fight.

Retreated directly to the vicinity of Phnom Penh in French Indochina.

The Siamese dynasty trembled, and soon made a decision with the little devils to return to the Allied position.

This time Siam itself was not Gao Jianwu's target, so he didn't stop in Siam at all, after the dynasty here surrendered, Gao Jianwu couldn't wait to bring the British allied troops to follow, and directly handed over this place to them to find a way to contact.

It's just that this time, no one noticed that when Gao Jianwu and they attacked south, there was actually a team of hundreds of thousands of workers from Siam to provide them with logistical help and enter the Malay Peninsula together.

And these Chinese don't know that they won't come back this time, and there is a better place waiting for them to build.

Huang Qingyuan: They are not just verbally agreed, in terms of action, they have already begun to act!

Once these big families take action, the resources they can use are also very scary.

With the help of one development project after another in Malaysia, they soon mobilized a large number of Chinese in Siam.

These projects are not out of nowhere, in fact, they have already had some plans, but without external conditions, they dare not invest in them.

Now they see the great power that Gao Jianwu has, and the determination to completely transform this land. So these big families also bet on Gao Jianwu.

Almost at the same time, Ding Wei, who was deliberately left behind in Mao Mian, began his hard work again.

This time he was more attentive than before, because compared to the local sand mixing in Myanmar and Britain, the new mission goal given to him by Gao Jianwu this time was more ambitious.

Of course, the prospects of this work are also broader, although the land of China is still full of holes, but Ding Wei, like Gao Jianwu, sees the hopes and limitations of China's future development.

For the Strait of Malacca, although Ding Wei did not know that it would become the busiest shipping route in the world in the future, it is not difficult to guess the importance of this place to the future of China with his overall view.

After all, in the future, there will be two major directions for Shenzhou's exchanges with the outside world, one to the east and the other to the west. As long as it is westward, there is nothing that does not pass through this waterway and nearby ports.

Now Gao Jianwu wants to control this place in the hands of the people he supports, for Ding Wei, of course, that is a very important thing, and it can even be said that there is nothing more important than this matter now.

Now this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Ding Wei knows that once he misses it, there will never be another one. When the Western powers are the weakest here, Gao Jianwu and their appearance is definitely an opportunity that cannot be replicated.

And Gao Jianwu vaguely revealed some things to him, because he also began to understand, a new pattern will appear in the world after the war, and it is almost inevitable.

Although Gao Jianwu has not yet been able to reveal to Ding Wei the information that the colonies here will become independent one by one in the future, it is still too early to talk about these news, but Ding Wei has already discovered some things.

For example, the Burmese and British territories are now becoming increasingly independent, and with their wave of fueling, Ding Wei estimates that it will not be long before it will really become a reality.

......

The New Home People's Party, the New Home Free Army, and the New Home Freedom Front, three new organizations were born in Mao Yumian, and the elites of 3,000 large families began to gather here from different places.

According to Gao Jianwu's concept, in the future, it will basically be a model in which the People's Party and the Freedom Front take turns to sit in the village, and because it is a sensitive area of the great powers, Gao Jianwu has to act carefully, not to let some unnecessary things interfere with the overall situation, and he wants it to be able to cooperate with Shenzhou, not to think about some unrealistic things.

Ding Wei's scalp was numb in the next moment, but fortunately, Gao Jianwu had foreseen all this, and directly through communication with the border area, a new Nanyang working group was sent to fly directly to Dagong through the allied transport planes.

With their assistance, Ding Wei quickly got everything on the right track.

When Gao Jianwu's plan was sent to those few people, except for one person who was calm, everyone else was so shocked that they couldn't believe their eyes, Gao Jianwu's actions were too bold and too advanced.

At first, most people were cautious about Gao Jianwu's plan, believing that it was too risky to win the support of the allies, and hoped that this matter would be considered in the long term and not rushed forward for the time being.

"We started from nothing, and now we have such an opportunity, which our comrades have fought for.

For the future, we have to make a big bet, then we will bet well, don't be afraid. Imperialism is a paper tiger, and I think some of us are really frightened by this tiger. Someone glanced at everyone, overrode public opinion, and directly set the final tone for Gao Jianwu's earth-shattering plan.

In fact, when Gao Jianwu jumped out of the circle, he had already made up his mind to do this, no matter whether he could get support or not, this matter must be tried for him, otherwise he will die blindly.

Fortunately, the organization behind it did not disappoint him, for such a thing, someone's vision is indeed to see through the fog of history and see far, far into the future.

.....

Allied Southeast Asia Command.

Now they have moved their headquarters to Mandalay, but everything that was familiar to Commander-in-Chief Lemon Barton seems to have become unfamiliar again.

The construction of Mandalay, which has been activated by Gao Jianwu, is in full swing, and most people have begun to devote themselves to hard work, and the streets are in good order.

Faced with such a thriving scene, General Lemon Barton should have felt happy. But looking out through the window at the bustling streets, General Lemonbarton always felt a little out of place.

"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, Dechen Dengpei has come to visit, do you want to arrange a meeting this time?" The attendant knocked quietly on the door and came in to report.

It's him, it's him!

General Lemonbarton finally found what made him feel out of place. It was this person who came to himself again and again to talk about the issue of self-government.

If it was in the past, General Lemonbaton would not have looked at him with a straight eye, but this time is different. From Mandalay to Shanmana and then to Dagon, it was this man who really controlled the local organization now. They even organized a sizable force.

What's even worse is that this unit is really an ally that has fought little devils together. Now I want to take some measures against them, on the one hand, it is already too big to really clean them up, and it takes a lot of manpower and material resources; There is no other reason to find a suitable one.

Thinking of this, General Meng Barton was full of resentment towards Gao Jianwu. If Gao Jianwu had handed over these places to his people to manage, this would not be the case today.

But it's too late to say that now.

"Nope!" Lemon Barton wanted to be out of sight and out of mind, and the two sides met and exchanged several times, but they always broke up unhappily.

But after thinking about it, all aspects of my current Burmese and British territories are inseparable from this person's cooperation.

Whether it was the food, drink, and Lazar of soldiers, or the gathering of logistical support personnel, or the repair and maintenance of roads, the entire Anglo-Indian army suddenly changed from a home field to an away team, and it needed the cooperation of the other side.

This is the reason why General Lemon Barton feels out of place, it turns out that it takes so many to give orders directly, everything is ready with him, and there is no need to communicate with so much coordination.

"Slow, let's see each other and hear what he wants to say today." Lemon Barton pinched his nose and called the attendant to order.

.....

The entire Malay Peninsula is a long and narrow strip of land divided into two main roads, east and west. When Gao Jianwu defeated Siam, part of the main force of the Allied air force entered the City of Angels.

It provided air cover for Gao Jianwu's offensive, and at the same time completely blocked the air route of the air force of the Southern Army in Xiaori to cross Siam and attack the British territories in Burma.

Gao Jianwu left most of the main forces of the 1st and 6th Attack Groups in the City of Angels, and together with the Allied troops stationed there, they guarded against the counterattack of the little devils of the Southern Army, after all, there were still six or seven divisions in French Indochina.

Gao Jianwu directly divided the four attack groups, including the second attack group, into two attack clusters, east and west. Pushing all the way along the two sides of the peninsula, with his current strength, it is completely crushing for the weak little devils on the Malay Peninsula.

There is a new intelligence system resource discovery function, this way Gao Jianwu is unceremonious about the local large-scale mineral resources, and he does not need to explain the source to others, and directly instructs the people brought by these big merchants in Nanyang to occupy them one by one and start mining.

The hundreds of thousands of people who followed him were not just decorations, but really wanted to play a role in opening up the territory.

It's just that now they are settling in different parts of the Malay Peninsula in the form of mining business.

The discovery of minerals provided stable jobs for these people, and these poor people, who were not happy to live in Siam, were soon happy to settle down here, and waited for the mining to enter a normal state, and they would live and work more peacefully, after all, according to Gao Jianwu's mining profit sharing method, these first-generation Chinese miners would have good development prospects.

These areas will become their future paradise.

It's just that it's still a war period, Gao Jianwu doesn't say much, but does it with his heart, with the resources of these mines, these areas develop, and everyone's life will definitely be no problem.

The entire mine resources will be controlled under the name of a company called Nanyang Mineral Resources Development Company, which is controlled by Nanyang Investment and a huge company with the participation of various large families, and Gao Jianwu has the ability to turn resources into the driving force of local development in the future.

Now Gao Jianwu only occupied it first, and armed some of the personnel of the mine to protect it, and he commanded the troops to continue to advance forward, the long Malay Peninsula, the lack of defense and natural dangers, it was not easy for the little devil to defend, and the powerful attack of the two attack clusters of the expeditionary force was like a bamboo.

Soon, the Southern Army gave up its struggle on the Malay Peninsula and ordered the withdrawal of the remnants of the main forces of the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra in advance.

After the defeat of Mao Xiangmian, the Southern Army temporarily lost the courage of the Allied Army to fight a decisive battle, and now took the initiative to abandon Siam and the Malay Peninsula, concentrating on keeping the two core positions of French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies.

There were constant disagreements within the Southern Army about the current strategic intentions of the expeditionary force cluster and the Allied forces. But there was one thing they agreed on, and that was that the Malay Peninsula was not suitable for a decisive battle with the Allies.

The extraordinary firepower of the expeditionary force group is really an insoluble tactic for the Malay office in a place that has no strategic depth and no natural dangers for defense.

They did not have the time or resources to build a line of defense against 155-mm guns. And the air force has long been taught by the Allies to be a man.

At present, the Fifth Flying Division, the only elite fighter flying unit of the Southern Army on the southeast peninsula, is now nesting at Saigon airfield, reserving the last bit of air cover for French Indochina.

As for the troops deployed in other areas of the Dutch East Indies and the Pacific Islands, now that the Southern Army has been withdrawn, it would be good if the base camp did not allow them to continue to reinforce the forces on the islands.

The greatest hope that the Southern Army could see now was the reinforcements of the Kwantung Army moving south. But now the Combined Fleet has been dragged to the death by the opponent on the vast battlefield in the Pacific Ocean, and there is no spare strength to move the main forces of the Kwantung Army to the south by sea.

So the base camp is now planning a new plan to open up the mainland communication line.

Gao Jianwu didn't know it, because of his sideways, the little devil began to formulate the No. 1 battle plan in advance.

Once again, history has turned a gentle turn.

The various internal and external constraints inadvertently created by Gao Jianwu made the southern army, which was still strong as a whole, now face the attack of the expeditionary force cluster, and it seemed incapable of fighting back for a while, but passively accepted it.

The little devils who had no intention of fighting made the attack groups of the two expeditionary forces like oil pouring snow on them, making rapid progress, and captured the entire Malay Peninsula in less than a month.

Long City (referred to as Kee/Long Lumpur), when the expeditionary force group captured, nearly 100 leaders of the Nanyang wealthy merchant families gathered together.

"Everyone, please be quiet and listen to the old man." Huang Qingyuan stood up in the midst of the commotion, knocked on the table and said loudly.

"What Huang told you before, if everyone still doubts the authenticity of Huang's words at that time. Well, today we have seen the results and the efficiency with which the expeditionary force cluster does things. ”

"We've had 18 companies join in such a great process, and we've done a lot of work on this big event. Now is the time for everyone to make decisions together. If anyone today would not want to be part of such a process, then please leave quietly. ”

"We need like-minded partners, not half-hearted. If you really don't want to fight with us. That's okay, as long as we leave now, we're still friends. ”

When Huang Qingyuan first talked to these people, most of them thought that he was joking about the story of the Arabian Nights, and a group of businessmen were seeking the country, which was particularly incredible.

But now a whole new world has unfolded in front of everyone.

Who dares to say that Huang Qingyuan is joking now?

A few seconds of silence in the field. None of these people here are simple characters. The youngest of them may have struggled for thirty or forty years and are worth more than a million oceans.

But even if they are almost all rich people at the level of the richest people in the local area, because they are in a vulnerable group, many of these people have been bullied by colonists and even locals, but everyone is good at forbearance, and they have all survived.

But it doesn't mean that everyone is satisfied with this state, especially after being rich, who wants to be bullied at every turn.

So when Huang Qingyuan told them to establish a place where his own people had the final say. They are actually very excited in their hearts, but in such an era, it is not easy to build a place like this.

If you don't get into trouble and leave a bad record for the local colonists, then maybe you can lose your family and destroy your family.

Therefore, the only people who joined this process at the beginning were the families who had a very deep relationship with Huang Qingyuan and Qin Jiafeng.

Rao was like this, Huang Qingyuan and his team gathered 3,000 soldiers at the beginning, and then mobilized hundreds of thousands of people in Siam for a large-scale migration on the grounds of mineral development.

"Huang Lao, we are all ready to join in, I believe that none of the people who are willing to come here will quit." Someone shouted.

"Old Huang, you can arrange what we should do next."

"Let me ask you again, are there any people who need to quit now? If so, please walk away quietly. Huang Qingyuan asked again.

Everyone shook their heads, no one would quit, in the face of such a historic opportunity, who would want to give up?

"Okay, now that we're going to start assigning work. First of all, in the two organizations we have formed, we need to choose one of our own to join. Everyone should pay attention to maintaining the balance of power, no matter which organization it is, we don't want it to be a monopoly. Huang Qingyuan continued.

Although there are slight differences in terms of program, the supreme program is the same to speak for the local Chinese, and it can be said that they are two sides of the same skin.

Whether the two families take turns to sit in the village in the future, or work together to do things together, there is not much difference for the local Chinese.

But if other forces on the ground can rise up to challenge them, the two must join forces to meet the challenge.

Relatively speaking, on the side of the Free Army, there is no need to divide into two more houses, because a unified defense force must be maintained in the future.

Huang Qingyuan's plan is still relatively rough. To put it simply, each family admits people to contribute money and efforts, and then starts to organize large-scale manpower from other places, and continues to move to the target area in the name of commercial development.

According to Gao Jianwu and their plan, this process will be finally completed, and 20 million Chinese will be gathered in the target area, accounting for more than half of the local population.

Less than half of the people living here are now, so it's not a huge, ambitious goal that will be easy to achieve, but it's not something that needs to be done in a day.

It can take 5 to 10 years to accomplish this goal.

In the early stage, Huang Qingyuan and they were able to transfer one or two million to form their own core basic strength, so this matter could continue to be promoted.

As for how these things are operated, Gao Jianwu did not pay attention to these details. On the one hand, he has no experience in this area, and on the other hand, he is good at mastering the direction of these things.

The specific operation still needs to be carried out by the new professionals of the Nanyang Working Group. So although there is a lot of work, for Gao Jianwu, he only needs to complete one thing, completely knock down this place, and then let others operate it.

It's just that now after conquering the Malay Peninsula, Gao Jianwu suddenly found himself entering an embarrassing period of serious shortage of troops.

In order to consolidate these newly occupied places, it is necessary to maintain a presence on the ground. But he only has so many troops at his disposal. Even if it is only to maintain the occupation of important city nodes, the troops in hand cannot be spread out now.

Faced with such a situation, Gao Jianwu himself was a little confused and didn't know what to do next.

It happened that the new Nanyang working group was transferred to Long City to carry out work, and Gao Jianwu found two team leaders to ask for advice.

"Team Leader, Team Leader Chen, I have such a doubt now......" Gao Jianwu Balabala finished his confusion.

Team Leader Ren and Team Leader Chen looked at each other and smiled.

"I said Comrade Xiao Gao, you also have moments when you are stumped, haha" Team Leader Ren smiled and said, "Actually, this matter is simple and easy to say, but it is also difficult to say." If you think about how you opened up a base in Ping'an and Dagu Mountain in the first place, it would be nice to continue to come back in this way. ”

Carve out a base here? Gao Jianwu's head never turned, and he looked at the two team leaders in confusion.

Can you still open up a base here?