The expeditionary force began to dominate Southeast Asia by recruiting defeated soldiers

On November 27, the Sextant Meeting ended as scheduled.

The leaders of the three countries, Qian Kingdom, White Eagle United States and John United Kingdom, gathered together and finally reached a critical point after several days of public consultations.

These days, Zhang Chi also stayed in front of the telegraph machine all the time, receiving the latest news about the Sextant Conference.

As a time traveler, he was well aware that the announcement that would follow the meeting would undoubtedly change the landscape of Asia and even the world, and would determine the fate of all Chinese in Pegu and even Southeast Asia.

Sure enough, the three countries soon issued a joint statement:

The three countries agreed that all the territories that Fuso had expanded since the First World War in 14 years, including the Korean Peninsula, were illegally occupied.

All the territories of Qian State thus occupied must be returned to Qian State unconditionally.

At this time, the three countries not only declared a complete liquidation of Fuso, but also made it clear that the three countries would fight side by side until Fuso unconditionally surrendered, and none of the three countries would negotiate with Fuso alone.

This announcement was undoubtedly a severe blow to Fuso, but also a great recognition of Qian Kingdom.

Not only did the Qian Kingdom become an equal global strategic power alongside the White Eagle United States and the John United Kingdom, it even occupied a pivotal position in the joint statement.

As soon as the news came out, the top leaders of Qian State were extremely excited, like a tide surging to the top of a mountain.

Of course, it is a long-standing tradition to hold big meetings for small matters and small meetings for big matters.

After the conference, in a private meeting with John's leader, driver Qiu, Commander Luo had a fierce argument with the other party over Zhang Chi's survival.

As the first piece of the puzzle to disintegrate John's many colonies in Asia, General Luo would never give up on Zhang Chi. After all, the other party used a full set of White Eagle weapons and White Eagle mechanical equipment, and even used White Eagle swords to pay wages, and his combat effectiveness was quite strong.

Of course, if you want Commander Luo, who values ​​diplomatic pragmatism, to abandon a loyal and powerful ally like Zhang Chi, that's possible, but it will cost extra money.

But there is no doubt that the John people, who have already pawned their pants in this war, cannot offer such great benefits.

So after some intense oral gymnastics, Driver Qiu, the leader who stepped on the accelerator at the end of the empire, finally secured a seemingly good condition for the declining empire:

First, the issue of Hong Kong's ownership was put on hold. Secondly, the John people were allowed to withdraw John's troops from Southeast Asia to Europe to carry out the "Operation Overlord" to open up a second front. The Battle of Pegu was entirely under the responsibility of the Qian army and Zhang Chi's troops, and the John people did not need to dispatch a single soldier.

The atmosphere of the private meeting between General Luo and the leader of the Qian Kingdom was much more harmonious and friendly.

Commander Luo promised in a private meeting: to provide equipment to the 90 Eagle-equipped divisions of the National Army in three batches, to strengthen the combat capability of the White Eagle 14th Air Force (Flying Tigers), to provide strong assistance to the construction of the Qian National Air Force, and the White Eagle Army will send 10 infantry divisions to Qian to fight together.

These promises can be said to be quite sincere, so the White Party’s top leaders naturally have to reciprocate. On the one hand, they promise full opening in the future, and on the other hand, they urge Wei Junru to attack as soon as possible and show some results to the allies and the international community the White Party’s combat effectiveness.

With the "order" from the top, Wei Junru could no longer allow the other departments to delay and immediately restarted the full-scale attack.

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At the same time, starting from the 26th when the weather cleared up completely, the continuous bombing of the Independent Air Force of the Anmin Army was like a sharp blade, ruthlessly cutting the Japanese defense line.

The eight 105mm field guns and more than a dozen 75mm field guns and mountain guns deployed by the Japanese on Song Mountain were full of confidence due to the advantage of geographical location, posing a deadly threat to the logistics channel on the east bank of the Nujiang River.

At the same time, these cannons, with their advantage of being high above the ground, helped the Japanese to maintain their position during the offensive in Tengchong and Longling, and suppressed the counterattacks of the Expeditionary Force and the Anmin Army with artillery fire.

It was this firepower that made Honda Masazai firmly believe that he could persist in the difficult situation for more than a month and inflict heavy casualties on the enemy.

However, Zhang Chi had anticipated this situation, so he modified the C-47 in advance to use machine cannons and machine guns to suppress the exposed firepower points of the Japanese in the sky.

Combined with the napalm bombs dropped by B-25 bombers, the Japanese heavy artillery on the core position on Songshan was completely suppressed.

Since Honda Masazai only had the Type 92 heavy machine gun and the Type 1 heavy machine gun equipped with anti-aircraft tripods, both weapons used 7.7mm bullets, and were quite insufficient in terms of firing rate, firing height, and lethality to play the role of anti-aircraft machine guns.

The C-47 equipped with steel plates even dared to withstand these two weapons and fire at them at low altitude with its 40mm Bofors cannon and 12.7mm heavy machine gun.

The real threat to the low-flying independent aviation team aircraft was the Type 93 13.2mm heavy machine gun.

This weapon, which was improved by the Japanese based on the Japanese Hotchkiss M1930 anti-aircraft machine gun, had an air-to-air shooting height of nearly 5000 meters. However, since the Japanese army used 30-round magazines to supply it with ammunition and its equipment was scarce, the few Type 93s that dared to fight back were quickly destroyed by the P-40E fighters responsible for suppressing the ground.

In this way, the 177th and 178th bomber divisions of the Anmin Army Independent Air Force and the 919th Close Air Support Regiment took advantage of the clear weather and launched a large-scale attack, launching a massive bombing on the Japanese positions in western Yunnan.

Not only did the Japanese artillery positions in Songshan and the Japanese on the Longling front suffer, but even the expeditionary force in Tengchong took advantage of the situation, and the Japanese in front of them were also heavily bombed.

After all, beating children on a rainy day is just a way to do nothing.

The planes of the Independent Air Force came out with bombs hanging on them, and naturally they could not take them back, so the Japanese on the Tengchong front were also fed with bombs and gasoline bombs.

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"Damn it, did Zhang Chi's Air Force's bombs fall from the sky?" Commander Gu of the 2nd Reserve Division held up a telescope and watched the Japanese positions on Bailang Gorge being turned into a sea of ​​fire by napalm bombs.

"Commander, what's falling from the sky is not bombs, but money." The chief of staff of the 2nd Reserve Division said with envy.

According to the internal price of the National Army, a 100-kilogram bomb would cost nearly 100 oceans. The Chief of Staff estimated that the price of the incendiary bomb dropped by the Anmin Army would be even higher.

In just one morning, the chief of staff saw nearly a hundred planes of the Anmin Army arrive and drop at least a thousand gasoline bombs on the Japanese, which was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The Chief of Staff of the 2nd Reserve Division swallowed hard and looked at Commander Gu:

"The Anmin Army informed us that today's air support has arrived. Are our brothers going up?"

"The higher-ups have been very ruthless this time for the sake of international image, we must go!" Commander Gu had a ferocious look on his face, completely different from the pitiful look he had when he pleaded with Wei Junru a few days ago.

"The White Eagles defeated 90 armed divisions. As long as we fight well this time and leave a place in the hearts of the higher-ups, even if all our brothers are killed, we can just recruit more."

"Let the brothers come forward and tell them that if we take over Bailang Gorge, I will treat them to wine and meat!" Commander Gu kept calling out to his brothers, but he didn't care about the lives of his soldiers at all.