On November 8, 1941, Japan urgently dispatched seven divisions from the Chinese battlefield to attack Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and other places.
Indonesia was powerless to resist, and the windmill nation's defenses collapsed completely.
Under such overwhelming military pressure, it seemed that there was no other option but to surrender, comply with the Geneva Conventions, and sign a treaty.
On November 23, three divisions led by Shigeichiro Yamamoto, under the cover of the Combined Fleet, attacked Kuala Lumpur in the Strait of Malacca.
On the Malay Peninsula, the British Empire has a military force of 140,000, including more than 60,000 Indian troops, about 20,000 Malay troops, and 20,000 Australian troops. The actual British army numbers only more than 30,000.
These colonial army soldiers were unwilling to fight for the British Empire, were poorly trained, and lacked fighting spirit.
Most importantly, the British Empire only had a little over 200 old-fashioned aircraft, and its fleet was reduced to just two capital ships.
On November 28, the Malay Campaign broke out.
The Japanese army occupied Kuala Lumpur without bloodshed, while the British army crossed the Johor Strait and fled to Singapore.
However, with the sinking of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales by Japanese aircraft, the British forces completely lost control of the sea and were unable to continue their transoceanic retreat.
November 30th.
30,000 Japanese troops launched an attack on Singapore, while the defending British army numbered over 60,000.
On December 5, the vanguard of the Japanese army crossed the strait in small boats and landed in Singapore.
Singapore has long been called the "Gibraltar of the East" by the British. It has built a large number of permanent fortifications and five 381mm fortress guns. Ironically, the British army, which outnumbered Singapore by a factor of two, did not hold out in the so-called fortress city for long.
On December 6, the Japanese army breached the northern wall of Singapore and entered the city.
That evening, the British soldiers patrolling the city were ambushed by the Japanese army, suffering heavy casualties. Several British generals, in a state of panic, failed to organize effective resistance and quickly surrendered.
In the evening, Singapore fell.
By December 8, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and other places had all fallen under the control of the "Sakura Country".
Faced with the UK's plea for help, Lin Feng's attitude was, "This is not within the framework agreement. We only care about ourselves. Do whatever you want!"
On the same day, in order to capture Hong Kong Island, an important military base in the Far East where the Japanese army never set foot, and to cut off the supply channels to the Chinese mainland, the Japanese army launched an attack on Hong Kong Island in the early morning of December 8, 1941.
First, the air force bombed Kai Tak Airport on Hong Kong Island, and the navy implemented a maritime blockade. Then, the 38th Division of the 23rd Army of the Japanese Army launched a ground offensive from Shenzhen and captured the Kowloon Peninsula on the 14th.
The British army retreated to Hong Kong Island to continue its resistance, but finally abandoned the island on the 25th.
Throughout the battle, the British suffered over 1,200 casualties, while the Japanese suffered over 600 casualties.
On December 17, the National League for Democracy (NLD) delivered 20 percent of the agreed-upon weapons to the ports of Bangladesh as requested. The loss of Hong Kong Island greatly angered Lin Feng.
Therefore, he negotiated with the British Empire, offering two conditions: either immediately reclaim Hong Kong and continue the trade, or abandon the treaty ceding Hong Kong and return it to China.
Ultimately, the British Empire, lacking sufficient military strength to retake Hong Kong, agreed to relinquish the treaty ceding Hong Kong and return it to China.
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"Not bad, not bad, Lao Xue does a pretty good job."
Inside the Laizhou POW camp, Lin Feng had just finished his run when he received a message from Xue Zhigang, the foreign affairs representative, saying that Hong Kong had returned to China and that the document ceding Hong Kong had been torn up.
"President, what should we do next?" Chen Sanyuan was taking notes in a small notebook.
Lin Feng looked out the window and remained silent for a moment: "The next step... the next step is of course to complete the transaction with the British Empire as soon as possible, lest things get complicated!"
He knew very well that once the first batch of weapons arrived, there was no stopping; the deal had to be completed as quickly as possible.
Otherwise, all signed agreements will become worthless.
"Issue three orders."
Without a second thought, Lin Feng immediately gave the order: "The first order is to notify the commanders-in-chief of the three countries to complete the training plan for their troops before the Chinese New Year and submit detailed data by the end of the year."
"yes."
Chen Sanyuan nodded and continued taking notes.
"The second order is that within two months, Wang Yunfei must deliver all the military supplies needed by the allies to the ports of Bangladesh, cooperate with Xue Zhigang in signing the lease agreement for Myanmar, and arrange for technical experts and workers to come to the Southeast Peninsula, striving to get it done before the Spring Festival."
"yes."
Chen Sanyuan agreed again.
"The third order is to have Yang Wenhai take the passes from the Allies and the Axis powers and assemble an ocean transport fleet to deliver goods to the cook's island of Sicily. Remember to have him send more warships and submarines to escort the goods and make sure that the goods are safe and sound."
"yes."
Chen Sanyuan carefully memorized the orders.
"Alright, that's all for now. Go ahead and post them. I need to go for a run."
Lin Feng grabbed a towel and ran toward the parade ground, followed by several Han soldiers who instinctively picked up their guns.
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