Chapter 337: The Japanese Army Wants to Negotiate Peace? Looking at the familiar tactical movements in front of him, the Japanese major even fell into a trance. Isn’t this really the Japanese Fourth Division? Is it really not the betrayed Osaka division? "Baga, don't think about it, they must be troops trained by the Osaka Division, these bastards." The Japanese Major said through gritted teeth. The Osaka Division is a Category A division, and it is also a top-ranked unit. Its combat effectiveness far exceeds that of his unit. As a result, the trained natives of such a unit actually fought with them back and forth, and even suppressed them in some aspects. This made the Japanese major's mentality explode. "Baga, stop the attack of these natives." "Hai."
It didn't take long for the situation here to reach the ears of Lieutenant General Yamashita Fengfumi, who had been promoted to the commander of the 14th Front Army. Originally, this guy had already gone to serve with the Kwantung Army. However, the Sichuan Army is now developing in full swing, in order to contain the Sichuan Army's offensive. The Japanese base camp transferred Yamashita Fengwen back to the Southern Army. and served as commander of the Fourteenth Front. Looking at the telegram in front of him, Yamashita Fengfumi recalled the half-year period when he served as the division commander of the Fourth Division. He has never seen any division be like that. "Baga, these idiots." Yamashita Fengwen roared angrily. "Your Majesty Commander, what should we do now?" the staff officer on the side asked. "They are just a group of natives. Even if they are taught by the Fourth Division, I don't believe that they can defeat my troops. Let the Siamese Army destroy this damned troops at all costs." Yamashita Fengwen was indeed a little annoyed. . I originally thought it would be the main force of the Sichuan Army, but what happened? It turned out to be just an indigenous force. More importantly, this indigenous force defeated the advisors he sent out. This made Fengwen Yamashita, who had a Malayan tiger, somewhat unacceptable. "Hai." The staff officer responded quickly. The performance of the indigenous people on the front line was indeed beyond Cun Yunsheng's expectations. He also didn't expect that these natives were quite capable in fighting. The Siamese army was defeated steadily, and the Japanese army suffered heavy losses. It actually surprised him.
"Do you think Yamashita Fengwen would scold his mother?" Cun Yunsheng asked Duan Zhenguo with a smile on his face. "I will definitely scold you, but I didn't expect that the indigenous troops trained by the Fourth Division are so powerful." Duan Zhenguo also thought this was a surprise. At the beginning of the first line of defense, Li's 1st Division lost troops and generals. This makes Duan Zhenguo a little optimistic. He even felt that the natives might not be able to hold on for long, and he would lead a new regiment to join the battlefield. Unexpectedly, Li's First Division performed more and more brilliantly next. In fact, this is normal. They haven't experienced actual combat at the beginning, and they don't have enough combat experience. Naturally, he suffered a lot of losses. When he gained enough combat experience, his combat effectiveness gradually improved. They began to flexibly use the combat skills taught to them by the Japanese army. Now not only are they fighting in a methodical manner, but they have even begun to suppress Japanese military advisers. Cun Yunsheng was naturally in a good mood after receiving the news. "Give rewards to the front line and tell them that if they kill the Japanese army, their military merits will be doubled." Cun Yunsheng waved his hand and his military merits were doubled. This is the technique Cun Yunsheng used to improve the combat effectiveness of the indigenous troops. For these natives, life in Siam is too difficult. Now being a soldier can not only escape this poverty, but also become a master. These natives naturally kill enemies very hard. Especially if you gain military merit and you can divide the fields, it will be even more life-threatening in a war. "Take a seat, I'm afraid that if this happens, the combat effectiveness of the indigenous people will be greatly improved, and the Japanese army will suffer disaster." Duan Zhenguo naturally knew what doubling the combat merit means. Although the military exploits of these natives cannot be compared with those of the Sichuan Army, after doubling their numbers, the gap between the two sides is not so obvious. It’s just that this kind of military exploits will cost countless indigenous lives. One general succeeds and ten thousand bones wither. "It's time to give the Japanese army a headache. It just so happens that we also test the training effect of the Japanese Fourth Division. If the training effect is really good, we can let them continue training." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile. "Now it depends on how the Japanese army responds. It is only a matter of time before the remnants of the Siamese army are destroyed. I am very curious about how Yamashita Fengwen will break the situation and use human lives to accumulate it? I am afraid that the troops in hand are not necessarily more than mine." He now feels more and more that it was right to use the Japanese Fourth Division to train these natives. Although he is not good at fighting, he is really good at training. After all, it is a Category A division, and its combat effectiveness is unquestionable. Thinking of this, Cun Yunsheng decided to expand the scale of training. As for the cost of training, it will naturally be borne by their respective countries.
After completing the training, you have to go to the battlefield. Use the natives to compete with the Japanese elite for attrition. When the Japanese elite are almost exhausted, they will then invest the main force to completely eliminate the Japanese army. For a moment, Cun Yunsheng's eyes were filled with countless bright lights. Cun Yunsheng here is excited about finding a new path for himself. On the other side, Chief of Staff Tsukada of the Southern Army Headquarters was stunned for a long time when he looked at the telegram sent by Yamashita Fengfumi. Yamashita Fongfumi was praised as the tiger of the jungle, and now he actually sent him a telegram. Not a plea for help, of course, but a detailed account of the great impact of the Fourth Division's betrayal. Especially the indigenous troops they trained had a combat effectiveness as high as that of a Class C division. After reading the telegram, he was even more confused. What Yamashita Fengfumi meant was that many of the 14th Front Army he led were C-level divisions and their combat effectiveness was not strong. He hoped to send a few divisions with strong combat effectiveness so that he could severely damage the Sichuan Army in Borneo. Originally, his Fourteenth Front was composed of the 8th Division, the 10th Division, the 19th Division, the 23rd Division, the 103rd Division, the 105th Division and the Tank Division. The Second Division and other departments. The combat effectiveness is definitely very powerful. It can be said to be the elite unit of the Southern Army. But as mentioned before, the sudden changes in the Tianzhu battlefield caused the base camp to mobilize all the elite divisions of the 14th Front Army. For example, the 8th Division, 10th Division, 19th Division, 23rd Division and the 2nd Tank Division. All the above elites became the troops under the command of Kawabe Shozo. Then the opponent flourished in Tianzhu, and the British army retreated steadily. If it weren't for the special bombs, one-third of Tianzhu would have been occupied by now. There is no way, Tianzhu is too big. So much so that Kawabe Shozo asked for help from time to time. The last special bomb caused the loss of more than 10,000 people in Kawabe Shozo's 10th Division. These are all elite veterans. It really made him feel extremely sad that it was just gone. After receiving the news, Yamashita Fengfumi was naturally very distressed. As long as these elite divisions stayed by his side, would they be so miserable now? Looking at the divisions in his hands, they are all D-level divisions ranked after 100 and even 200 or above. What can this kind of division do? It sounds like they are a division, but their combat effectiveness is probably limited to maintaining law and order. To put it bluntly, a single regiment of the Class A Division could knock them to the ground and beat them wildly. This is why Yamashita Fengfumi became upset when he learned that the combat effectiveness of the indigenous people was the same as that of his Class C division.
Directly sent a telegram to Chief of Attack Staff Tsukada, requesting the addition of elite divisions to the Fourteenth Front. "Yamashita Fengfumi is nothing more than that. I originally thought that he could defeat the Sichuan Army without an elite division, but now it seems that it is just rhetoric." There are also struggles within the Japanese Army. Seeing Yamashita Fengwen's request to increase the number of elite divisions, naturally some people couldn't stand it. "It's just a group of natives. Is he afraid?" "Hmph, the so-called Malayan Tigers are just relying on the British army's unwillingness to fight." "Baga, you are absolutely not allowed to slander Yamashita-kun." Of course, if someone slanders someone, there will be others who will admire him. "That's enough, shut up. Yamashita-kun is right. Without an elite division, it is indeed difficult to defeat the Sichuan Army." "Assign the 33rd Division and the 38th Division to the 14th Front Army." "Also, tell Yamashita-kun that this is the greatest sincerity the Southern Army can show." Tsukada said coldly. "Hai." "It would be great if the navy could help." Someone couldn't help but muttered. Hearing this, Tsukada Kaoru didn't say anything. It's not like he hadn't looked for Yamamoto Isoroku before. The news turned out to be that it was impossible to deploy warships at all. Because intelligence shows that Mi Zhu can replenish all the consumed warships in up to two months. Therefore, the navy cannot dispatch warships to help him at all, not only that. Yamamoto Isoroku kept sending telegrams to the Navy Ministry, requesting that more warships be built as soon as possible. To deal with the attack of rice beasts. Seeing such a big gap, to be honest, Tsukada was a little desperate. It seems to have severely damaged the rice animals, but in fact it only extended their lives for a few months. "We can't mobilize more troops, not even **** warships." After a long time, Tsukada finally spoke. "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, was it the right choice for us to go south?" "Would things have been different if we had gone north?" someone asked in a low voice. "Actually, whether we go north or south, we lose." "The enemy's strength is many times stronger than we imagined." Tsukada seemed even more desperate after learning that Yamamoto Isoroku told the true situation of the rice beast. As for going north? The army was beaten hard at Nomenkan and had already lost the courage to go north. "I know, I'm just unwilling..." This sentence speaks to the thoughts of many people, and they don't know why it suddenly became like this.
It seems that since losing the naval battle with Mi Zhu, they have started to go downhill. "What do you think about us suing for peace with the Sichuan Army?" Suddenly, Tsukada made a suggestion. Hearing the request for peace, many people in the headquarters were shocked and looked at him in disbelief, as if to say, is this what an imperial lieutenant general can say? "The peace I am talking about does not mean surrender. As long as we wait for a while, and as long as the empire can get more steel and oil in Tianzhu, we still have hope." Tsukada did not feel ashamed after attacking. After all, before the full-scale invasion of China, they had fought against China. It was normal for the two sides to fight intermittently. "You guys don't know the specific situation. According to the intelligence given by Yamamoto-kun, although they severely damaged the main force of the American fleet, our losses were correspondingly huge. According to the intelligence, the rice beasts will make a comeback in at most three months. It will take at least half a year, or even longer, for our battleships to be replenished.” "We don't have time to wait." "But, asking for peace..." Many people still find it difficult to accept. "Do you feel embarrassed? But if the Southern Army still has the previous troops, I will definitely not do this. Now there are only these second-line and third-line troops, and even the divisions with more than 200 numbers later. Can't you see it? The elite of the empire has been continuously exhausted." "When all the veterans are exhausted, what will we use to fight others?" "What we need to consider now is the future of the empire, not the shame. If the future is gone, what's the point of face?" Tsukada shook his head and said. Even Yamashita Fengfumi, known as the Malayan Tiger, did not dare to guarantee that he would win because he did not have an elite division to support him. What guarantee does he have? The Southern Army still has one 21st Division, which is the last elite. For this elite division, he is absolutely not allowed to be transferred, or even suffer excessive losses. After listening to Tsukada Gong's words, many people were completely silent because what he said was true. "Negotiating peace is not surrender, and if the conditions are too outrageous, we may not agree to it. We just need to delay it." "We are short of time now." Tsukada said. … "You said the Japanese army wants to sue for peace with us?" Cun Yunsheng, who was directing the next operation at the headquarters, was stunned for a long time when he heard the report from his subordinates. "Yes." Duan Zhenguo was also a little confused as to what the Japanese army meant. But since someone sends a message, it means that the other party has this intention. "Senzuo, is this little devil selling some medicine in his gourd?" Duan Zhenguo asked doubtfully. "Yeah, how can you ask for peace so easily? This is not like the style of a little devil." An Enpu, commander of the 60th Army, was also at the headquarters at the moment. When he heard that the Japanese army wanted to negotiate for peace, he was stunned. Cun Yunsheng, on the other hand, frowned, looked at the map, and kept thinking. "Did they put forward any conditions?" Suddenly, Cun Yunsheng asked. "There are no other conditions, just wait for us to negotiate terms." "That's to delay time, maybe to mobilize troops." Duan Zhenguo felt that this was a conspiracy.
"Yes, I also suspect it is a conspiracy. The little devils are very cunning. Their words must not be believed." An Enpu also advised, "Don't worry, I'm not a fool. I have probably guessed the trick of the little devil. It must be that the elite troops of the Southern Army have been transferred away. Now that their strength has declined, they are stunned in the face of our fierce offensive. "Yeah." Cun Yunsheng sneered. "In this case, let's make the frontline offensive more intense and let the newly arrived Burmese indigenous army join the battle immediately." "What about the Japanese army's peace talks?" Duan Zhenguo asked hesitantly. "It's acceptable, but let them give up the Strait of Malacca." Cun Yunsheng said with a half-smile. (End of chapter)