blood feud

It turned out that MacArthur's defeat in the Philippines and the sinking of the two Z fleets of the British army aroused enough vigilance for the Americans: no one in the vast waters of the Southwest Pacific can resist the Japanese monkeys!

Once Australia fell, the United States, Britain, and France lost their last footing in the Pacific.If you want to start from scratch, it will be difficult.

Therefore, what the Americans brought out this time is the combination of the most advanced warships and carrier-based aircraft at present, which can be regarded as the trump card for equipping the Southwest Pacific Ocean, and it is also the biggest trump card to compete with the little devils.

With the reinforcement of a powerful naval fleet, MacArthur finally had confidence, so he began to nervously plan and implement the "island hopping tactic".

On the one hand, teach the hateful "South China United Front" a good lesson, and on the other hand, expand the room for detours of the US-Australian and US-Philippine coalition forces.

What is different from history is that because the Philippine Islands, Borneo Islands, and Papua Islands were occupied by Bai Shujie, all the three-way reinforcements of the Japanese devils were wiped out, which greatly angered the prime minister's cabinet and His Majesty the Emperor in the base camp.

In addition, the battle of Yamamoto's fifty or sixty at Midway Island did not completely wipe out the US Pacific Fleet, but instead caused a huge mistake in his rear base camp.

Therefore, the transportation line from Hawaii to Australia is still unimpeded, and supplies from the mainland of the United States are being continuously delivered to MacArthur in Australia.

After some planning, Hideki Tojo decided to appropriately shrink the front line, first solve the problem in the Southwest Pacific, and establish an "absolute defense circle" connecting Sumatra, the Java Islands, and the Sunda Islands as a front line to maintain long-term combat capabilities.

Because of this, the combined fleet of Yamamoto 56 arrived in the Marshall Islands three months earlier than in history.Then a large defensive formation including "Marshall Islands, Wake Island, Guam, and Palau Islands" was constructed, forming a huge semi-encirclement circle against Australia.

For a time, the area around the Coral Sea was covered with overcast clouds, the battle flag was flying high, and the breath of death was coming.

There was a major change in the enemy's situation. The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff decided to cancel the decision that Admiral Nimitz would be in charge of the Central Pacific battlefield and Admiral MacArthur would be in charge of the Southwest Pacific battlefield, and form a joint command to deal with the next more brutal war.

These changes are also issues that need to be focused on on how to determine the future strategic direction of Nimitz's four-star general and General MacArthur.

Regarding the possible reaction of the Americans and the actions that MacArthur might take, Bai Shujie had an account in mind.

In other words, before he decided to break out from the Korean peninsula, he had predicted that if he took this step, he would become an enemy of the whole world.

Since I was mentally prepared, I was not nervous.Anyway, the soldiers come to block, and the water comes to the soil.Play by ear and fight for survival.

With sufficient mental preparation, Bai Shujie's main focus recently has been on how to stabilize the interior.

What someone Jiang said, "In order to fight against the outside world, we must first secure the inside", is just in handy now.Only by first solving the internal instability factors, and then planning can we resolve the "temporary" grievances and grievances with the Americans and seek "immediate" peace.

After all, the main enemy now is the little devil, and after a mutual loss with the Americans, the little devil will reap the benefits of the fisherman, which is not worth the gain.

In the blink of an eye, a month later, all the personnel and equipment that Bai Shujie left on the Korean Peninsula have been transported to Nanhua City (Manila), and then transferred to Longcheng (Bandar Seri Begawan) for the second time.

Dragon City and Feilong City (Kota Kinabalu) are two cities that have not been destroyed, because there is no danger here, so the little devils are not too entangled here.The key point is that Wei Chong's southeast line troops hit too fast, and the little devil didn't have time to stay here.

Miri is famous for its oil. All assets originally belonging to the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Japan were confiscated, and Bai Shujie ordered it to be renamed Black Gold City.Now, according to Bai Shujie's strategic layout, the intense post-war reconstruction work has begun.

After preliminary cleaning, the biggest gains were obtained from oil wells, coal mines, iron mines, and rubber plantations in Tarakan, Samarinda, Balikpapan, Mahindra, Sanpi, Pontianak, and Sanfa. , The tea garden rescued a group of more than 27000 Chinese people, all of whom came from "trafficking piglets".

The so-called "piggy trader" ("pigboy" is a derogatory term for Chinese coolies) means being coerced by others, kidnapped, plundered, or tricked to return.

The so-called "pig trade" in the "coolie trade", that is, the Spanish, Dutch, French, and British colonialists robbed and deceived Chinese laborers and caused them to be "sent to Nanyang".

When "pigboys" were trafficked to Wen Island, they were inspected first by the heavily armed military police of the colonial authorities. If they found those who were stubborn and disobedient, they were immediately punished severely, and incidents of massacres of Chinese laborers occurred from time to time.

Bai Shujie knew all these things, but what surprised him the most was that there were more than 4800 Chinese prisoners of war in the lumberyard and board factory of the Machen Shipyard and the foundry workshop of the Pontianak Machinery Repair Factory.

Bai Shujie rushed to the prisoner-of-war camp immediately, and after preliminary questioning, he turned out to be the woman who was captured in the first Nanning Battle.The vast majority belonged to the Guangxi Security Corps, as well as some soldiers from the 11th Army, He Xuan's 46th Army.

This is a huge treasure!

Bai Shujie couldn't tell what it was like seeing these people's emaciated, crumbling mirror images.The corners of his mouth twitched for a long time, and he finally managed to speak: "It's all our fault that we came too late and made our brothers suffer! We fought all the way from Rehe and the Korean Peninsula. Now you are liberated and free!"

A soldier who looked about 1.6 meters tall and about 23 or 4 years old whispered a long story. Most of the people who followed Bai Shujie were from the north, and they couldn't understand what he meant.

Fortunately, Bai Shujie participated in the special training of strategic scouts in the Southwest in his previous life. He is no stranger to various dialects, including Southeast Asian languages. It's all enough!"

"I am Zhao Taicheng from the Guangxi Security Corps. I am 25 years old. I am the company commander of the basic company. I am now reporting to the commander! When I was 16 years old, I was admitted to the Guizhou Infantry School. After graduation, I was assigned back to the Guangxi Security Corps. The leader is Zhao Qidong."

"We belong to the supplementary force. Wherever the war is tense, we will fill in the holes. Three years ago (1939, the author's note) after the devils landed from Qinzhou Bay, they quickly occupied Nanning. I was ordered to fight the Japanese army at Gaofengao, Wuming. , assigned to the machine gun company as the machine gunner. The guns we use are all Chinese guns with the words Made in Hanyang on them.”

"We fought against the devils at Gaofengao not long ago. We retreated when the large forces came up and marched urgently northeast to Kunlun Pass for reinforcements. When we arrived at Kunlun Pass, our troops competed with the devils for Kunlun Pass several times, and the devils captured Kunlun Pass. After that, it will be our turn to replenish the regiment to take it back."

"We fought this way several times, and we suffered a lot of casualties. A row of people rushed up and disappeared immediately. Many people died on the mountain and down the mountain. There were brothers' corpses all over the mountains and plains, but many devils also died."

"I led a platoon to attack Kunlun Pass for the last time to regain the position. The devils rushed up like crazy. Because there was no time to repair the fortifications, we used the devils' corpses to build temporary bunkers to fight back."

"In the end, the devil's cannon was more powerful than ours. I was stunned by a shell, and I was captured when I woke up. I am sorry for the dead brothers, I am sorry for the dead brothers!"

"You are talking nonsense!" Bai Shujie and the guards burst into tears, and now hearing Zhao Qidong's self-reproach, he felt even more uncomfortable: "Zhao Qidong, I tell you: soldiers like you are the real soldiers. The Chinese* are all top heroes! Not only are you worthy of your brothers, but you are also worthy of everyone in the world!"

"Now, I order you as the interim commander to organize these brothers and follow my guard regiment. First eat, take a bath, change clothes, and then undergo a medical examination. The little devils have not been wiped out, and your battle has not yet It's over. Now that we're here, let's keep fighting."

With this experience, Bai Shujie quickly issued an order: "Carry out a comprehensive inspection of all plantations, rubber plantations, lumber mills, plate processing factories, and large and small mines, and send all domestic prisoners of war to Longcheng."

When the soldiers heard that there were prisoners of war escorted by the little devils from the country, they immediately started targeted raids.More than half a month later, more than 8600 people were sent to Longcheng.However, these people have been tortured beyond recognition.

After review by the Yang Erya Security Department, it turned out that these people were all soldiers of Yu Hanmou's No. 12 Army, including the 62nd Army, 63rd Army, and 65th Army.

There are also some soldiers of some order, who were just captured and captured as soon as they entered the battlefield. They didn't even know what the number of the troops was.

Most of this group were captured in 1938 and sent to Taiwan for "corrective" education.After the little devils occupied a large area here, they needed countless free coolies, so they were sent over for forced labor.

As for how to deal with this group of prisoners of war, Bai Shujie called Yang Mandun over: "Mandun, when you were in Rehe, you were in charge of the honor army. Although these brothers were captured, they have done their best. responsibility."

"Now that more than 13400 people have come to our territory, I will hand them over to you. Your guard regiment draws out a battalion to serve as an officer, and then forms an honorary division with 1 armored regiment and 1 tank Regiment, 1 infantry fighting vehicle regiment, 1 air defense regiment, as our strategic reserve."

"It takes a long time for this army to regain its strength, so it is usually used as a police force and is responsible for security pickets in Borneo. You come to be the commander of this army and educate this army well. It must be able to stand up at critical times , stop being a prisoner."

Yang Mantun was originally the backbone of the special reconnaissance battalion. After several ribs were broken in Shentouling, his physical fitness dropped sharply, and he was no longer suitable for high-intensity combat on the battlefield.

Later, Bai Shujie formed the Chengde Inspection Team, which was the "First Honor Regiment" of the Jehol Front Army, which was also the guard group of the General Headquarters that followed Bai Shujie to seize the Korean Peninsula.

This regiment has a total of more than 4900 people, each battalion has 1130 people, plus another 480 people from the "Neiwei Company" controlled by Xiao Lamei.

To put it bluntly, this regiment is Bai Shujie's last death squad.If it really came time to die with the little devil, it would be the time for this regiment to go to the battlefield.

Now suddenly there is an extra prisoner of war from the division, Bai Shujie can only let Yang Mandun deal with it.The other generals dug holes one by one, and no one could move their nests.

However, Bai Shujie feels that forming a "honorary teacher" with more than 14000 people can be used as a trump card.

The key is to let this group of people regain their self-confidence, restore themselves, and regain their blood.Only then can we "know the shame and then be brave", thus radiating a huge combat effectiveness.

Bai Shujie believed that when Yang Mantun came to lead more than 1000 "semi-disabled" honorary soldiers to the group of prisoners of war, everything would be solved easily.

This matter came out of nowhere, and the handling was swift and messy. Bai Shujie's attention quickly turned to other places.

After all, what happens next, let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.