China has fallen into a strange calm, while Southeast Asia has opened the pot! And Xiangjiang is even more miserable. When the Pearl Harbor sneak attack was launched, the Japanese army immediately launched an attack on Xiangjiang.

The battle in Xiangjiang only lasted a week and was ended. As a transit point, a large amount of transshipment materials in Xiangjiang were plundered. Eight thousand five hundred people, including the 21st Governor of Xiangjiang, Sir Yang Muqi, were captured.

The Army Commander of the 38th Division of the 23rd Army of the South China Expeditionary Force, Colonel Sano Tadayoshi, who was originally staying in Guangzhou, led the three infantry regiments 228, 229 and 230 under Takeo Ito to cooperate with the 66th Kitajima Ji Zixiong Artillery Regiment.

It took one week to break Xiangjiang's defenses.

The Drunken Bay defense line known as the "Oriental Maginot Line" built with great effort by the British army was breached by the Japanese army in just two days, and Kai Tak Airport was bombed by the Japanese air force.

Then the 228th Regiment passed through the Lam Tsuen Sheung Lead Mine. The 229th Regiment passed through Sha Lo Tung and Chi Nai Ping and then crossed Ma On Shan and walked out of Buffalo Hill. The 230th Regiment first went to Kam Tin, Yuen Long and Castle Peak Bay, and set off along Castle Peak Road to Tsuen Wan.

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The spies and traitors sent by Qingqi Qingyin also took the opportunity to start a riot. A group of people calling themselves "Victory Friends" began to attack small groups of British troops and served as guides for the incoming Japanese troops.

The British army suffered heavy losses. What was even worse was that most of the British warships originally guarding Xiangjiang were withdrawn to Singapore and abandoned Xiangjiang. The army was retreating steadily. After the fall of the drunken bay defense line, the Japanese army immediately occupied the entire Kowloon area.

The British army immediately retreated to the main island of Xiangjiang. Three days later, the island was captured and Major General Maudeby reported to the Governor of Xiangjiang, Yang Muqi. The defenders could no longer organize effective resistance and requested surrender.

It took the defenders two days to evacuate some military and political personnel. After the Governor of Hong Kong, the British Commander-in-Chief Major General Maudeby and the Japanese generals signed the surrender letter under candlelight at the Kowloon Peninsula Hotel, ending the war that lasted only seven days.

The Battle of Xiangjiang.

"The pigs can fight better than them!" This was the judgment given by the gunman in the United States after reading the battle report. Marshall, Roosevelt and others present seemed a little embarrassed.

Compared with the battle examples of the National Defense Forces, the British resistance in Xiangjiang was indeed too weak. It could even be said to be dispensable. The Japanese army broke through the defense line so easily and the entire line fell. This was something Roosevelt and others did not expect.

"This may have something to do with their defeat in Europe, and it also has something to do with the fact that the British army did not put their elite troops in Xiangjiang." Marshall smiled bitterly and said to the unabashed Tu Hu: "General Tu, you need to understand the defense of Xiangjiang.

The British army is not a strong army in the true sense..."

The gunman shrugged and said nothing. In fact, the gunman only had one thought in his mind. If he had known that these British guys were so incapable of fighting, I would have led his people to level the Xiangjiang River. Why wait until the Japanese show off their power?!

However, the gunman also felt a little emotional. Back then, the British felt that they were very majestic when they drove a few warships. They asked for this and snatched that, looking arrogant.

I didn't expect that I would be beaten like a mangy dog ​​by the Japanese. Not to mention how miserable it was, thousands of people surrendered. These scum...

"Ruici, don't worry. We will get Xiangjiang back." Pao Ye shrugged and said to Roosevelt: "We will also rescue those British people. But they can't stay in Xiangjiang anymore, even if they stay there

It can only be as a refugee."

The gun master's meaning is very clear. Our National Defense Forces can take back Xiangjiang themselves, but they will not give it to the British again. The other US military generals nearby seemed to think that this was a bit inappropriate, but they couldn't say anything. They could only look at it with their eyes.

Marshall asked him to say something.

"Old Ma, there's no need to say anything." Master Gun saw what Marshall wanted to express and said with a smile: "First of all, the leasing of Hong Kong was a matter of the former Qing Dynasty. Our National Defense Forces and the coalition government have never acknowledged this.

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"Besides, although we are allies with the United States now, we are not allies with the United Kingdom! Even if we send troops to take back Xiangjiang, it is all right. Didn't they take it back then?! There are so many Chinese collections in the British Museum.

I haven’t asked them for it yet! It’s already a great honor.”

After a pause, Mr. Pao sneered and said: "In the end, we did not capture this Xiangjiang. It was clearly lost by them themselves. After all, it can only be said that they British guys have no ability. We can defeat the Japanese and capture Xiangjiang.

It is naturally destiny that we should take back Xiangjiang."

Marshall smiled bitterly, he could see it. This tiger obviously didn't want to hand over Xiangjiang, or he himself had plans to capture Xiangjiang.

Marshall could also tell from his words that this tiger could not get rid of the sand in his eyes. If the United States had not given up its concession rights in the National Defense Forces area, perhaps the National Defense Forces would not have cooperated with him sincerely.

"Okay, General Tu, you and the British side can decide this matter yourself. We in the United States will not take a position on this." Marshall shrugged and directly cut off the topic.

Several U.S. military officers couldn't help but lament when they saw Marshall stopped talking, but there was nothing they could do. They didn't know that Marshall himself was actually very dissatisfied that Britain was defeated by the Japanese army in just one week.

Is your army a piece of cake?! A single division defeated you in a week, and the navy was still running away in panic! Is this the British Empire that once stretched across the world?! The decline is too great, isn't it?!

"British?! Hahaha..." Mr. Gun laughed and said to Marshall: "I only have one sentence for them: If you have the ability, fight back!"

"..." Marshall and Roosevelt rolled their eyes at the same time. Are the British stupid?! Your National Defense Forces killed millions of Japanese troops who were rushing to fight. Their troops, defeated by the Japanese army, came all the way to fight you?!

Unless someone is crazy, no one would make such a decision. And such a decision was made when the British mainland was not protected.

"Okay, let's take a look at the current war situation. Tiger, I hope to hear your analysis." Roosevelt completely cut off the topic and pointed to the Southeast Asia region on the map.

"Two days after the tragedy of Pearl Harbor, our Guam fell. Now the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, the capture of British Borneo, the capture of the Bismarck Islands and other places have been threatened by the Japanese army."

After a pause, Roosevelt said to Sanpao: "These areas have abundant natural resources, including oil, iron ore, copper ore, tin... etc. There is no doubt that they are extremely important to Japan. I believe you also know

, what does it mean for Japan to get these resources."

Tu Laohu touched his chin and walked to the map. He looked at the map without saying a word. The American generals beside him were discussing in low voices, and there were chirping sounds everywhere.

Marshall also looked at the map with San Pao without saying a word. The current situation in Southeast Asia was undoubtedly very unfavorable. This caused Marshall to be unable to think of a better way to deal with it for a while.

The importance of Southeast Asia is self-evident, and the United States has shown its attitude by sending veteran MacArthur for defense. But what is helpless is that they did not expect the Japanese army to launch an attack like this, let alone estimate the Japanese army's combat effectiveness.

Strong.

Previously, their assessment of the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was only on paper, based on the Central Army and the Battle of Songhu. However, after fighting against the National Defense Forces for so long, the Japanese army became more and more skilled in their tactical arrangements.

This caused the ill-prepared U.S. military to suffer a big loss all of a sudden, at least that was the situation reported by the Philippines. There were not many anti-tank weapons, and most of the aircraft were destroyed.

The strength of the ground troops is smaller than that of the Japanese army, and even the combat effectiveness is insufficient due to the drag of local troops. The most serious thing is that most of the US military's combat thinking is still stuck in the state of the First World War.

Although Germany has just used tanks to teach everyone a new war lesson, it will take time to digest and promote it to all levels of troops.

Even the local US military has not promoted it, let alone the troops stationed in the Philippines?!

"There are two suggestions." It seemed that after a while, Gun Ye finally spoke up. He stared at the map and said to Marshall: "First, withdraw from this area. Obviously your troops there are unable to defend at all.

, if you try to fight the Japanese, you will only be beaten by others."

Marshall shook his head and asked: "What about the second option?!"

"Disperse the troops and carry out guerrilla warfare." Gunner shrugged: "It is still necessary to evacuate, leaving only enough elite troops to carry out harassment, sabotage, sneak attacks... and other small tactical operations in the local area. When your strength recovers, then

Have a fight with the Japanese."

Several U.S. military officers scoffed, and some even whispered that they thought the general who was favored by Marshall could come up with any constructive suggestions, but it turned out to be these two moves.

"Don't underestimate guerrilla warfare. It is the most suitable way to consume Japan, especially in occupied areas." Gun Ye shrugged and said to Marshall: "The number of people does not need to be too many, about a thousand is enough. Continue to develop.

Local forces joined in."

"At the same time, you can consider attacking the Japanese army's supply lines and strongholds, or even sneak attacks on small groups of Japanese troops." Gun Ye cracked a smile and said: "This will greatly slow down the marching speed of the Japanese army, and it can also force Japan to

People had to use a large number of troops to guard the area."

"Don't underestimate guerrilla warfare. The guerrilla warfare carried out by the National Defense Forces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang caused more than 20,000 Japanese casualties." Pao Ye paused, looked at the officers seriously and said, "In order to defend against these guerrillas, the Japanese

There are almost 100,000 troops stationed in two places."

"I'm very interested in guerrilla warfare. Tiger, can you tell me about it?!" Roosevelt smiled at the gunner with great interest: "Although I don't understand military affairs, I know that a small force can contain a large force.

This is a very good deal.”
Chapter completed!