Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 1752 On the Pacific Ocean
One thing that Guo Kui and the others didn't know was that Wavell made such a big show to welcome them, on the one hand because of his own wish, but mainly because of London's request in this regard.

Whether Churchill or Aiden, they initially agreed to pay such a high price in exchange for the student army to help rescue the captured British soldiers in Singapore in World War I. In fact, they were forced to do so because they were sent by Wavell according to Clary's intention. The confusion of that telegram.How did they know that at that time, the news about the rescue of Singaporean prisoners of war was actually only circulated in a very small circle, and no reporter knew about it at all.

In fact, there was little hope for the rescue operation, but it succeeded.Not only was it successful, but it was perfect.More than 1000 officers and soldiers, in the end, only more than [-] people were killed and more than [-] people were injured, and more than [-] people were all rescued. When Churchill and Eden saw this telegram, their reactions were quite consistent. , all think that Wavell got the exact numbers wrong.

"The Chinese, no, prepare to say they are the army of students. Are they gods? If the Japanese army were so vulnerable, they would have expelled the Japanese from China long ago, right? Biting his cigar, Churchill shook his head vigorously before he finished speaking, and said again: "Absurd! You can send a telegram to ask and tell Wavell that we can accept casualties of less than 1 people, and there is nothing wrong with it." This is a lie!"

Aiden obeyed and immediately sent a telegram to question.Wavell replied quickly, in which he reiterated the authenticity of the matter, saying that he had also checked with Phillips on the matter, and that was how Phillips replied to himself.From what he understood of Commander Phillips as a man, he believed it to be absolutely true.

This time, the expressions of Churchill and Aiden were wonderful.

While Churchill was still puffing on his cigar, Eden roared: "A brilliant victory, what could be more inspiring news than this? Phillips is really good! Your Excellency, this is a big deal." Heavy propaganda, this is no less than annihilating the same number of German troops!"

Churchill already believed that the news was true, but he looked at it from a different angle. He said: "It is certain that this matter will be widely publicized, but Aiden, haven't you thought of anything else?"

Aiden was taken aback, and then solemnly replied: "I really didn't expect a mere Chinese warlord to have such combat power. Prime Minister, your decision is correct. Under the current situation, it is necessary to form a friendship with China."

Churchill took another heavy puff of the cigar, and then said quickly: "Call Wavell and ask him to welcome the Chinese who have helped us with the highest courtesy. Tell him to make a detailed report on the course of this battle." Come here, I really want to know how the Chinese did it. Aren’t they going to purchase the weapons of the Xuebing Army? Let him do it freely, as long as he can defend the empire’s colonies in the Far East, no matter how big the sacrifice is, it will be worth it. "

Just as the British rejoiced for the freedom of the captured officers and soldiers in Singapore, after the Japanese military headquarters in Tokyo received a report from the Western Expedition Fleet Command, a debate about Koizumi began.

Hideki Tojo was the first to go mad, and the old devil said with a livid face like his dead mother, "This is a disgrace to the Great Japanese Empire", and then pointed out in a stern voice that Yamamoto had a major problem with the appointment of the acting commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition Fleet. The problem is that Koizumi is indeed a genius in military scientific research, but he is by no means an excellent strategist; he believes that the restructuring of the Western Expedition Fleet is urgent, and that the Navy should transfer the command to the Army and let the Army take charge of the Burmese strategy—"Why do we go to the West? Wasn't it just to open up the western front against China? But the real situation now is that we not only lost our only ally in Southeast Asia, but also were restrained everywhere, and were forced to confront the British army in the area of ​​Mawlamyine——Gentlemen, I What I want to reiterate is that the biggest threat to the current empire still comes from land, and our biggest enemy is still China, so I think that the most important thing for us now is not to expand the navy's long-range strike force, but to concentrate our forces to quickly occupy Burma , to ensure the smooth opening of the western front of China, and completely defeat China in the shortest possible time!"

Because Yamamoto happened to be on a business trip in Tokyo, it happened to be the meeting, and Tojo just finished speaking, and he stood up and confronted each other: "Minister of the Army, China is our biggest enemy. I don't deny this. Let me ask you a question, if If the western front against China is successfully opened, are you sure you can completely conquer China within half a year?"

Tojo laughed wildly: "Why does it take half a year? Three months is enough. With the second largest combat power of our imperial army in the world—"

He was interrupted mercilessly by Yamamoto before he finished speaking. Yamamoto asked with a sneer, "Three months? Is it under the condition that the Xuebing Army is excluded?"

The Japanese army planned two encirclement and suppression operations against the Xuebing Army, using more troops each time, but the results were more miserable than the first. In the territory of Inner Mongolia, the Xuebing Army has become the nemesis of the Imperial Army, so whenever there is a big meeting, in order to avoid spoiling the atmosphere, everyone has formed a tacit agreement, that is, never mention the word "Xuebingjun".

Compared with the navy, the army suffers much more from the cadet army. After Yamamoto said this, Tojo seemed to have a rotten duck egg stuffed in his mouth, he opened his mouth wide and panted heavily but uttered every word not come out.

Blocking Tojo's mouth, Yamamoto snorted coldly, looked around and said, "If China is the biggest enemy of the empire, then the Xuebing Army is China's Optimus Prime. Gentlemen, we all know that If we want to completely conquer China, we must defeat the Xuebing Army. But the problem now is that if the empire really concentrates all its forces to encircle and suppress the Xuebing Army, we may face the phenomenon of weak successors. Therefore, instead of being insufficiently prepared Conquering China without absolute certainty, we might as well be realistic and consider issues closely related to the long-term development of the empire. What is the biggest problem that plagues the development of the empire? Resources! Why do we have to concentrate all naval power without solving China? Western Expedition? That’s right, it is to obtain resources in Southeast Asia, to make the empire stronger and to go further in this century war. Gentlemen, I do not deny that the incident of the Singapore prisoner-of-war camp is important to the empire. It's a shame. But what I want to say is, so what? Do you know the idiom of the frightened bird? The more than 3 former prisoners of war who were rescued, they are the frightened birds. The British thought they had 3 more troops, but I think, It is because of the return of more than [-] prisoners of war that the British army has become more vulnerable. If Wavell thinks that he can take back Malaysia, haha, then I don’t mind recapturing them again. Gentlemen, our most important thing at the moment The most important thing is to consolidate the position of the imperial army in Southeast Asia. How to consolidate it? That is to defeat all the enemies that threaten the empire in that area, so I think that the current offensive direction of the empire is not on land—” Speaking of this, Yamamoto frowned Wrinkled slightly, he paused consciously, then looked around the crowd again, his eyes were sharp, and he said loudly: "And on the Pacific Ocean——"

(End of this chapter)