Beiyang reactionaries

"After the Battle of Imphal, we were indeed understaffed in the Indochina Peninsula. The British army raided Singapore and caused us heavy casualties. In the current situation, we can only barely maintain the situation."

"Then send troops."

Since taking office, nothing has been smooth.

This made Xiaoiso Guozhao very angry, and made him go more and more extreme.Successive failures made Koiso Kuniaki unable to vent the depression in his heart.Now seeing that Thailand is also coming out, Koiso Kuniaki is going to take the Thai flag for sacrifice.Xiaoji Guozhao completely forgot that he was going to take the Korean Independence Army to sacrifice the flag before, but he didn't expect to be blasted by the Korean Independence Army.

"If Thailand does not allow us to pass, then the connection between the Malay Peninsula and Myanmar will be interrupted. How can the Myanmar campaign succeed? We must teach Thailand a lesson. We must increase our strength in the Indochina Peninsula. Increase the number of troops in the Indochina Peninsula, It can not only deter half-hearted countries like Thailand, but also prevent the British from entering Malacca."

"Prime Minister, I think it is still necessary to negotiate with China at this stage."

Shigemitsu Aoi persuaded Koiso Kuniaki.

Mamoru Shigemitsu served as ambassador to China and also to the United States.He has a deep understanding of both China and the United States.Now that Japan is at a disadvantage on the battlefield, it is really not a good thing to offend China at this time.The best way is to stabilize China. Only when China is stabilized can Japan decide whether to fight or make peace with Britain and the United States.If China is not stabilized, neither Japan nor Britain and the United States will be able to save Japan's decline, whether it is war or peace.

"At this time we are negotiating with China, they will put forward harsher conditions. We must suppress China's arrogance first, so that we can sit together and negotiate."

"But we don't have any..."

"Master Shigemitsu, I hope you do your job well. What you have to do now is to make Thailand change its mind, and you have to work hard diplomatically. As for sending troops, we will decide."

Koiso Kuniaki strongly refuted Shigemitsu Aoi.

Then he said to Sugiyama Moto: "General Sugiyama Moto, how many troops do you think we should send?"

"Ten divisions of troops. As long as ten divisions are dispatched and combined with our troops in the Malaya Peninsula and Cambodia, it is enough to deter Thailand and make them change their current decision-making. This will also ensure the security of Myanmar."

"Ten divisions, ten divisions."

Koiso Kuniaki nodded.

In fact, for the current Japanese army, it is not so easy to send ten divisions.Not to mention the lack of financial money, the elite troops are all on the front line, and it is not so easy to transport troops.It is impossible for the troops to be dispatched to the Indochina Peninsula without more than [-] days.Even with a slight delay, it will take a month.This can only be done by fully mobilizing the transport ship.

But Koiso Kuniaki nodded in agreement.

If Thailand really interrupts the connection between Myanmar and Malaysia, then the next Myanmar campaign will be very dangerous.Therefore, Koiso Kuniaki must teach the disobedient Thailand a lesson.

Seeing Oiso Kuni Showa and Sugiyama Moto confirm ten divisions for reinforcements in this way, Shigemitsu Aoi shook his head.

These two people couldn't grasp the core issue and just looked at Thailand.Obviously, China is standing behind it, and this is the big problem.Once China decides to split with Japan, the Indochina Peninsula can be resolved by sending ten divisions.It is difficult to solve the problem by sending 20 divisions.

Thailand, Myanmar, Vientiane, Laos, and Champasak are all countries of the Chinese Federation.Will definitely follow China.Not to mention how many troops there are in Southwest China, the Mekong troops currently stationed on both sides of the Mekong River and the Seventeenth Corps stationed in Annan Province add up to a total of 27 army troops.In addition to army troops, there are also patrol boats cruising the Mekong River and naval troops stationed in Haiphong Port.

In addition to the army and navy, China has deployed more than 800 aircraft in this area.This is the South Army Group established by the Southwest Military Region.

Once China intervenes, so many troops will cooperate with Thailand and Myanmar, and what effect will Japan send those troops.When Shigemitsu Aoi was deep in thought, Showa Koiso and Moto Sugiyama had already decided which troops to send to the Indochina Peninsula.

"Prime Minister, I will arrange it now."

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Ojikuni Showa and Sugiyama Moto are indeed lunatics, including the Japanese military.In particular, there are the most lunatics in the army, and all of them are fanatical war elements.The situation in Japan is so bad now that it is really surrounded by enemies, but Koiso Kuniaki still issued a mobilization order, and he also received the full support of the army.

Japan will fight to the death.

Announced the formation of 85 new divisions, all selected from the reserves.After that, 120 million troops were mobilized again, and they were incorporated into the reserve force for training.The situation on the Korean Peninsula is no longer good, but Koiso Kuniaki has no intention of giving up.

Said that 10 more divisions will enter the Korean peninsula, and the southern part of the Korean peninsula must be kept.

Koiso Kuniaki publicly criticized Thailand's closure of the country's gates to prevent Japanese troops from passing through.Koiso Kuniaki warned Thailand that if this decision is not revoked, then Japan will definitely punish Thailand, and does not rule out the use of force to resolve this incident.

As a result, both the Korean Independence Army and Thailand gave the most favorable counterattacks to such a strong statement from Japan.

The Korean Independence Army took full control of Seoul on April 4, and then did not stop advancing, and continued to pursue southward.The traffic around Seoul is still good, which is very suitable for tank troops to operate.Japan is preparing to block the Korean Independence Army by virtue of the Han River line of defense.Compared with many big rivers in the world, the Han River is not a big river, and it is even a relatively small river.However, the Hanjiang River is relatively wide, and the usual places are more than one kilometer.The Japanese army relied on this river.Prepare to rely on such a natural advantage to resist the current morale of the Korean Independence Army.

Unfortunately, the idea is completely different from the actual situation.

Some of the Japanese troops guarding the Han River were troops defeated in the Battle of Seoul, and some were troops supported by Japan.The troops that retreated from the Battle of Seoul were completely bereaved dogs, and they didn't have many heavy weapons in their hands.The few tanks and artillery that they had were lost in Seoul, and many people even lost their light weapons.

As for the support of Japan, the time is too tight.

When the Korean Republic ordered the power-on, it gave Japan less than 20 days.After Hideki Tojo discussed with Gu Zhengzhi, Gu Zhengzhi came to China to negotiate.Originally, the negotiations were progressing, but the Tojo Hideki cabinet suddenly collapsed.Then came the cabinet of Kunisaki Koiso, and Kunizaki Koiso and Ishihara discussed with each other with a smile, and finally broke up unhappy.

Therefore, Moto Sugiyama was chosen as Minister of War.

Afterwards, Kojikuni Showa and Army Minister Moto Sugiyama discussed how to deal with the current situation.By the time the two of them decided to send reinforcements to participate in the war on the Korean Peninsula and received support from the army, there were not a few days left.At this time, the Japanese army sent reinforcements, which can be said to be in a hurry.

Front troops have arrived, but many weapons have not yet arrived.Even if it arrives, it will not be sent to the front line in time.

Therefore, there is a serious shortage of Japanese artillery on the Han River defense line.

After the Battle of the Han River broke out, the Korean Independence Army pulled all the cannons in their hands, including hundreds of heavy cannons, to the battlefield.In order to support the Korean Independence Army in the war, China has supported a large number of trucks of the Korean Independence Army to ensure the logistical supplies of the Korean Independence Army.And in order to transport these cannons, it also supports a large number of tractors.Therefore, the tank units of the Korean Independence Army marched so fast, but the infantry units and logistical supplies behind did not hold back, and kept following the tank units closely.The mechanized army of the Korean Independence Army is no worse than the German army in the early days of World War II in terms of maneuverability.It is even more mechanized than many tank divisions and armored divisions in China.

Together with the air force of the Korean Independence Army, it also participated in the Battle of the Han River.

At this time, the Japanese army lacking artillery could only be passively beaten.

Including the Japanese air force, it is also very weak at this time.As a result, the Han River defense line, which the Japanese army placed high hopes on, was broken by the Korean Independence Army after only holding on for a lot of four days.

The heavy artillery of the Korean Independence Army basically blew up the main fortifications of the Japanese army on the Han River defense line.

After the outbreak of the war on the Korean side, the most lamentable thing was not how powerful the Korean Independence Army was, but the serious decline in the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army.Up to now, the elite troops of the Japanese army have fought against Britain and the United States, and suffered great losses.The combat effectiveness of the troops remaining behind was severely reduced.

If it is an elite Japanese army with the Han River as its backing, no matter how unfavorable the situation is, it is impossible for the position to be breached within four days.Facing the powerful artillery fire of the Korean Independence Army, many recruits of the Japanese army were completely at a loss. On April 1944, 4, the Korean Independence Army began to cross the Han River.By April 25, 1944, all the troops of the Korean Independence Army had crossed the Han River.

After crossing the Han River, the situation was already very unfavorable for the Japanese army.

The Korean Independence Army used the victory of the Battle of the Han River to directly respond to the threat of Japan, without paying attention to the Japanese army at all.After that, the North Korean Independence Army marched very fast, and used tank tactics perfectly.

After the Korean Independence Army crossed the Han River, it advanced to the Jinjiang area in less than ten days.The Japanese line was defeated again in the Jinjiang area, and troops poured into Daejeon immediately after.The Japanese defense line in the Jinjiang area collapsed, and the Daejeon defensive battle failed.

On May 1944, 5, the Korean Independence Army had already occupied Daejeon, an important town in the southern part of the peninsula.Of course, by this time, the pace of the Korean Independence Army's offensive also slowed down.One is because the attack was too fast. In less than a month, the troops had advanced more than 11 kilometers, almost 400 kilometers.It was almost the same as the speed of the German attack in the early days of the Soviet-German war.As a result, so many large trucks were used, and the logistics support still could not fully keep up.Moreover, the war has been going on for almost a month, and the troops also need to take a rest.

Another point is that after taking Daejeon, the traffic is getting worse and worse going south.Compared with the northern part of the Korean peninsula, the road conditions in the southern part of the Korean peninsula are not very good.The traffic around Seoul is okay, but the traffic going south in Daejeon is not so good.It is already impossible for the tank troops to advance as quickly as before.In addition, during this period of time, the Japanese reinforcements had already passed through Busan, and a large number of them came to the battlefield.The Korean Independence Army needed to readjust its offensive tactics, so it stopped at Daejeon.But in less than a month, such a result was obtained beyond the expectations of many people.During this month, the Japanese army was defeated all the way from Seoul, lost more than half of the southern part of the Korean peninsula, and lost more than 4 people themselves.

The Korean Independence Army on the Korean Peninsula is invincible, which taught Japan a great lesson.The same goes for Thailand.After Japan warned Thailand and asked Thailand to withdraw its original decision, the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately issued a strongly worded statement.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand stated that Thailand is a sovereign country and has the right to decide its own affairs, and no one can interfere in Thailand's internal affairs.Thailand supports peace, hopes for world peace, does not want this war to continue, and has no intention of becoming Japan's accomplice.Therefore, the refusal of Japanese troops to pass through Thailand will not change.

At this time, Thailand has ignored the fact that it had followed Japan in declaring war on Britain, the United States and France.

Thailand stated very directly that it will not participate in the war, let alone fight with Japan.Moreover, Thailand originally stated that Japan would transport supplies from Thailand and leave Thailand with "road money".However, after Japan warned, Thailand directly stated that it would close the country, and even Japanese transport materials were not allowed to pass through Thailand.It is stated that if Japan wants to transport materials, it must apply to Thailand.Only when the application is approved can they be given a legal pass, and the "road money" that should be given cannot be less.

This is a statement.

Afterwards, Thai Prime Minister Luang Phibun Somkham declared a state of emergency in Thailand.In order to protect Thailand's security, Luang Phibun Songkham said that the Thai army is undergoing an emergency military expansion.All soldiers who have retired within the past five years are required to return to serve, and a group of new recruits are recruited to bring the size of the Thai army to 90.

The spokesperson of the Thai military even directly stated that any country that wants to invade Thailand and trample on Thailand's sovereignty will definitely be hit head-on by the Thai army.Thailand will not succumb to any external forces, and any attempt to subdue Thailand by force is unlikely to succeed.It can be said to be a very strong response.