Beiyang reactionaries

Thailand's statement made the Japanese army furious.

Koiso Kuniaki was really angry, Thailand didn't take Japan seriously.Although Japan is weak now, it still has millions of troops in the Indochina Peninsula.But a small country like Thailand treats itself like this.

Therefore, Koiso Kuniaki accelerated the pace of sending reinforcements to the Indochina Peninsula.

From April 1944, 4, when the first batch of reinforcements set off, Japanese reinforcements poured into Malaysia continuously.At this time, the "Mekong River Joint Command" suddenly issued a statement, stating that it would strictly check the ships passing through the Mekong River and would not allow Japanese materials to pass through the Mekong River. The "Mekong Joint Command" stated that the Mekong River can only be used for development and should not be an accomplice to war.

This statement made the Japanese army very angry.

Because the Mekong is no ordinary place.There is a material distribution center in the Indochina Peninsula on the Mekong River, and that is the country of Vientiane.Vientiane City is currently the most prosperous city in the Indochina Peninsula, because it is the trade distribution center for the entire Indochina Peninsula.

A large amount of materials from China poured into Vientiane City, and all countries in the Indochina Peninsula purchased materials from here.Of course, there are so many countries in the Indochina Peninsula, and they also have supplies to sell, and they will sell them in Vientiane City.There are a large number of traders on the Chinese side here, buying back what is needed in the country.

And in order to complete the trade, the Vientiane City trade distribution center uses RMB.Therefore, Vientiane City is still the financial center of the Indochina Peninsula and a city where RMB is freely convertible.As a result, Mixc City is getting bigger and bigger, and the population is also increasing.

When Vientiane Kingdom was founded, it had a population of one million.But after several years of development, the population of Vientiane City alone has exceeded 150 million, making it one of the major cities in the Indochina Peninsula.

The supplies needed by the Japanese army were also purchased in large quantities from Vientiane City.This has become one of the important logistical supplements for the Japanese army.But now the "Mekong River Joint Command" suddenly announced that Japanese supplies are not allowed to pass through the Mekong River, which is tantamount to directly cutting off the Japanese army's logistics.

"Zina, you are too deceitful."

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"Zina, you are too deceitful."

At this time, the news spread quickly.

After the statement of the "Mekong River Joint Command" came out, the news soon spread to Japan and to Koiso Kuniaki's ears.Originally because of the tension between China and Japan during this period, Japan has been watching China's actions.If China makes a slight move, Japan will know immediately.The news came so suddenly that Koiso Kuniaki was furious.

Looking at the angry Koiso Kuniaki, Shigemitsu Aoi was very calm.

As early as when Thailand closed the country, Shigemitsu Aoi warned Koiso Kuniaki to let him know that China's support is behind North Korea and Thailand.We must carefully consider China's attitude and stabilize China.

But Koiso Kuniaki didn't care at all.

look now?

China has made a move, and the move is to cut off your logistics supplies, and will not give you a chance to react.

"By the way, where's the flour we bought?"

"They were all detained by the 'Mekong Joint Command'. They stated that these materials were purchased by the imperial military, which violated their announced policies."

"All deducted?"

"Yes."

"How can this be?"

Koiso Kuniaki was completely out of breath.

This time, Ojikuni Showa and Sugiyama Moto decided to send ten divisions to Malaysia, but logistics was a big problem.In fact, the Japanese army in the entire Indochina Peninsula currently lacks logistics.

The food of the Japanese army is getting worse and worse. Most of the troops can only eat two meals a day, and many troops have not eaten meat for a long time.

For the next step of the combat plan, plus the addition of ten divisions, the Japanese military purchased a large amount of flour from Vientiane City and prepared to send it to Malaysia as army logistics.

This is not a small amount.

Up to now, the military has begun to use their private money to buy supplies.The Japanese army swept across Southeast Asia and plundered a large amount of gold and silver treasures in Southeast Asia.The wealth accumulated in Southeast Asia for thousands of years was looted by the Japanese army.Many of the good things were intercepted by the military.

But now that the Japanese government is increasingly short of money, the military can only take out some of their private money.

This time the military prepared not only for reinforcements, but also for the Burma campaign.Therefore, the amount of flour purchased this time is a lot, a full order of 1.2 tons, which is the amount needed by an army of one million in the next two months.

The results of it?

At present, the military has only received the first batch of about 1500 tons.The second batch of more than 3000 tons of flour was shipped to Malaysia via the Mekong River in the past few days.Unexpectedly, the second batch of flour was seized by the "Mekong Joint Command".

This is military rations.

Without food, how can we fight on the front line.

Japan is a major food importer, mainly importing food from China and Thailand.Regardless of whether it is Chinese food or Thai food, when it is sent to the front line, it is transported by the Mekong River.Now that China has cut off the shipping of the Mekong River, how can the food on the front line of Japan be guaranteed?

"It's not just flour. The military supplies ordered this time were all seized by the 'Mekong River Joint Command'. We made a statistics. In addition to flour, the seized supplies also included medical supplies for military hospitals. Even The items of many imperial merchants were also seized, and they needed to be reviewed by the 'Mekong Joint Command'. They would only release them if they confirmed that they were not military supplies."

"Damn it, China should be damned. Foreign Minister, what can you do to let them go. The Mekong River cannot be broken."

Koiso Kuniaki was completely in a hurry.

Don't know what to do?

Why did the situation become more and more unfavorable after I became prime minister.In the past few days, American B-29 bombers have come to bomb Tokyo from time to time.Although every time the U.S. military bombs, it is not very successful, and many times it fails to complete the bombing target.

At present, the United States is bombing Tokyo, and the targets are all Japanese military factories.But the effect cannot be said to be very good, and more than 60 planes were dispatched at most.Although many of these bombers failed to complete the bombing targets, the Japanese began to panic.

Because after the outbreak of World War II, it was the first time that the United States frequently bombed Tokyo during this period.Japan lost the battle outside, but they have been promoting the victory of the Japanese army at home.

But a lie is a lie after all.

Seeing the American bombers, no matter how stupid the Japanese people are, they know that the war situation is very bad.Otherwise, American bombers would not be so unscrupulous.In less than half a month, the United States bombed Tokyo 1100 times.Even if the bombing was not very effective, the panic it caused was real.Koiso Kuniaki couldn't think of any way at all, so he could only pin his hopes on Shigemitsu Aoi.He looked at Shigemitsu Aoi very earnestly, hoping that he could give him a solution.

"There is only one way."

"Foreign Minister, tell me quickly."

Koiso Kuniaki asked Shigemitsu Aoi eagerly as if he had grasped at a life-saving straw.Shigemitsu despises Koiso Kunizaki in his heart. Koiso Kunizaki was also a soldier, and he was also famous during his tenure as the governor of North Korea.At that time, Xiaoiso Guozhao performed very well, and his ability was very outstanding. He was known as both civil and military, and he left a lot of beautiful resumes.If it weren't for this, it is impossible for him to be the prime minister this time.

It's a pity that after retiring from active service, Koiso Kuniaki knew that he was outdated, he couldn't see the development of the world situation clearly, and his thinking couldn't keep up at all.Even he himself is old, without the abilities of his youth.When something happens, you don't know what to do.

"Negotiate with China and stabilize China."

"Negotiate with China?"

For Japanese soldiers of Koiso Kuniaki's age group, they all despise China in their hearts.Because when they grew up, it was the stage when Japan defeated China and became the most powerful country in Asia.In their hearts, China has completely lost the deterrent power it had in ancient times, and is instead an object to be slaughtered.

It is difficult for him to admit the strength of China.

So Koiso Kuniaki was very hesitant.

Seeing Koiso Kunizaki's appearance, Shigemitsu Aoi really hated iron but steel.Although Tojo Hideki brought Japan into the war, Tojo Hideki's ability is much better than Koiso Kuniaki's.

"On the Marshall Islands, the United States has already occupied many islands and is competing with us for control of the remaining islands. The current situation is very unfavorable. It is only a matter of time before all the Marshall Islands fall into the hands of the US military. Moreover, the US military is also dividing its forces to attack the Mariana Islands. , and some troops attacked the Solomon Islands, and they were able to handle them with ease. On the Burmese side, the British army is also preparing to cross the Chindoon River and carry out their Burmese campaign. Now we can't divide our troops, and we don't have the strength to divide them. At this time, we need stability Our rear, so that we can stop Britain and the United States. The only way to stabilize our rear is to stabilize China, otherwise China will move one after another, leaving us completely overwhelmed."

"Can…………"

"Prime Minister, we must react quickly to stabilize China. Otherwise, China will press us step by step."