Chapter 337 The Japanese Army Wants to Negotiate Peace?
Looking at the familiar tactical moves before his eyes, the Japanese major even became dazed.

Is this really not the Japanese Army's 4th Division?

Is it really not the traitorous Osaka Division?

"Damn it, there's no doubt that they are troops trained by the Osaka Division, what a bunch of bastards." The Japanese major said gritting his teeth.

The Osaka Division is a Type A division, and it is also a top-ranked unit, with combat effectiveness far exceeding that of his unit.

As a result, such a force, composed of trained natives, actually fought back and forth with them, and even suppressed them in some aspects.

This made the Japanese major's mentality explode.

"Baga, stop the attack of these natives for me."

"Hay."

It didn't take long for the situation here to be heard by Lieutenant General Yamashita Tomoyuki, who had been promoted to commander of the 14th Area Army.

Originally, this guy had already gone to work for the Kwantung Army.

However, the Sichuan Army is now developing in full swing, in order to curb the offensive of the Sichuan Army.

The Japanese military headquarters transferred Yamashita Tomoyuki back to the Southern Army.

And served as commander of the 14th Front Army.

Looking at the telegram in front of him, Yamashita Tomoyuki recalled the six months when he served as the commander of the 4th Division.

He had never seen a division like that.

"Damn it, what a bunch of idiots." Yamashita Fengwen roared angrily.

"Commander, what should we do now?" asked the staff officer at the side.

"They are just a group of natives. Even if they were trained by the 4th Division, I don't believe they can defeat my troops. Let the Siamese army destroy this damn army at all costs." Yamashita Tomoyuki was indeed a little annoyed.

I originally thought it would be the main force of the Sichuan Army, but what was the result?

It turned out to be just an indigenous army.

More importantly, this indigenous army defeated the advisers he sent out.

This was a little hard for Yamashita Tomoyuki, who was the Tiger of Malaya, to accept.

"Hi." The staff officer responded quickly.

The performance of the natives on the front line was indeed beyond Cun Yunsheng's expectations.

He also didn't expect that the fighting ability of these natives was so strong.

The Siamese army was defeated and the Japanese army suffered heavy losses.

It really surprised him.

"Do you think Yamashita Fengwen will curse his mother?" Cun Yunsheng asked Duan Zhenguo with a smile on his face.

"They will definitely curse, but I didn't expect that the indigenous troops trained by the Fourth Division would be so powerful." Duan Zhenguo also felt that this was a surprise.

At the beginning, the first line of defense, the Li family's First Division suffered heavy casualties.

This made Duan Zhenguo somewhat pessimistic.

He even felt that the natives might not be able to hold out for long, and that he would have to lead a new regiment to join the battlefield.

Unexpectedly, the performance of the Li Family’s First Division continued to be more and more outstanding.

In fact, this is normal. At the beginning, they had not experienced actual combat and did not have enough combat experience.

Naturally, they suffered a great loss, but once they had enough combat experience, their combat effectiveness gradually improved.

They began to flexibly apply the combat skills taught to them by the Japanese army.

Now not only are they fighting in an orderly manner, they are even beginning to suppress the Japanese military advisers.

Cun Yunsheng was naturally in a good mood when he received the news.

"Give commendations to the front line and tell them that if they kill the Japanese soldiers, their military merit will be doubled." Cun Yunsheng waved his hand and the military merit was doubled.

This is the technique that Cun Yunsheng uses to enhance the combat effectiveness of indigenous troops.

For these natives, life in Siam was too difficult.

Now, joining the army can not only help you escape poverty, but also help you become a better person.

These natives naturally worked very hard to kill the enemy.

Especially since you can get land for your military merits, you will fight to the death.

"Sir, I'm afraid that if this happens, the combat effectiveness of the natives will be greatly improved, and the Japanese army will be in trouble by then." Duan Zhenguo naturally knew what doubling the military merits meant.

Although the military exploits of these natives cannot be compared with those of the Sichuan Army, after doubling them, the gap between the two sides is not so obvious.

But this kind of military exploit will cost countless native lives.
One will be a million bones.

"It's time to give the Japanese army a headache. It's a good opportunity for us to 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 all depends on how the Japanese army responds. It's only a matter of time before the remnants of the Siamese army are destroyed. I'm curious how Yamashita Tomoyuki will break the impasse. Will he use human lives? I'm afraid he doesn't have more troops than me."

He now felt more and more that it was right to use the Japanese Army's 4th Division to train these natives.

Although they are not good at fighting, they are really good at training.

After all, it is a Type 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.

Once you complete your training, you'll have to go to the battlefield.

Use the natives to fight with the elite Japanese troops in a consumption war. When the elite Japanese troops are almost exhausted, send in the main force to completely destroy the Japanese army.

For a moment, countless lights appeared before Cun Yunsheng's eyes.

Here, Cun Yunsheng was excited about finding a new way for himself.

On the other side, Chief of Staff Tsukada Isao of the Southern Army Command was stunned for a long time when he looked at the telegram sent by Yamashita Tomoyuki. Yamashita Tomoyuki was praised as the Tiger of the Jungle, but now someone actually sent him a telegram.

It was not a request for assistance, of course, but a detailed explanation of the huge impact of the 4th Division's betrayal.

Especially the indigenous troops they trained, whose combat effectiveness actually reached that of a Class C division.

After reading the telegram, he was even more confused.

Yamashita Tomoyuki meant that many of the troops in the 14th Area Army led by him were Class C divisions with weak combat effectiveness. He hoped to send a few divisions with strong combat effectiveness so that he could severely damage the Sichuan Army in Borneo.

Originally, his 14th Front Army was composed of the 8th Division, the 10th Division, the 19th Division, the 23rd Division, the 103rd Division, the 105th Division and the 2nd Tank Division.

The combat capability is definitely very strong.

It can be said to be the elite force of the Southern Army.

But as mentioned earlier, the sudden change on the Tianzhu battlefield forced the headquarters to withdraw all the elite divisions of the 14th Front Army.

For example, the 8th Division, the 10th Division, the 19th Division, the 23rd Division and the 2nd Tank Division.

All of the above elite troops became troops under the command of Kawabe Masamitsu.

Then the other side became very successful in India and defeated the British army step by step.

If it weren't for the special bullet incident, it is estimated that one third of India would have been occupied by now.

There was no other way, because Tianzhu was so huge that Hebian Zhengsan had to ask for help from time to time.

The last special bomb caused the 10th Division of Kawabe Masamitsu to lose more than 10,000 people.

These are all elite veterans.

It was really heartbreaking to see him gone just like that.

Yamashita Tomoyuki was naturally very distressed when he received the news.

If all these elite divisions had stayed with him, would he be in such a miserable state now?
Looking at the divisions under his command, they are all ranked after 100, and there are even some Class D divisions after 200.

What can such a division do?
It sounds nice to be called a division, but its combat effectiveness is probably only enough to maintain public order.

To put it bluntly, a regiment of the Type A Division could pin them to the ground and beat them up.

This is also why Yamashita Tomoyuki was so upset when he learned that the combat effectiveness of the natives was on par with that of his Class C division.

He sent a telegram directly to Chief of Staff Tsukada Isao, requesting that he add elite divisions to the 14th Front Army.

"Yamashita Tomoyuki is just so-so. I originally thought that he could defeat the Sichuan Army even without elite divisions. Now it seems that he is just talking big." There were also struggles within the Japanese army.

Naturally, some people were dissatisfied when they saw Yamashita Tomoyuki requesting an increase in elite divisions.

"They are just a group of natives. Is he afraid of them?"

"Humph, the so-called Malayan Tigers are just relying on the British army's lack of interest in the war."

"Baga, you are absolutely not allowed to slander Yamashita-kun." If there are people who slander, there will naturally be people who admire.

"Enough, shut up. Yamashita-kun is right. Without an elite division, it is indeed difficult to defeat the Sichuan Army."

"Assign the 33rd and 38th Divisions to the 14th Front Army."

"Also tell Yamashita-kun that this is the greatest sincerity the Southern Army can show." Tsukada Gong said coldly.

"Hay."

"It would be great if the navy could help." Someone couldn't help but mutter.

Upon hearing this, Tsukada Kou said nothing. He had also looked for Yamamoto Isoroku before.

The news we received was that it was impossible to withdraw warships.

Because intelligence showed that Michu would be able to replenish all the consumed warships in two months at most.

So the navy couldn't even dispatch warships to help him, and that's not all.

Isoroku Yamamoto kept sending telegrams to the Navy Ministry, requesting that more warships be built as soon as possible.

To deal with the attack of rice livestock.

To be honest, seeing such a huge gap, Tsukada Kou felt a little desperate.

It seemed to deal a heavy blow to the rice livestock, but in fact it only extended their lives by a few months.

"We can't withdraw more troops, not even the escort warships." After a long time, Tsukada Ko spoke.

"Mr. Chief of Staff, was it the right decision for us to go south?"

"If we had gone north at that time, would it have been different?" someone asked in a low voice.

"In fact, whether we go north or south, we lose."

"The enemy's strength is several times stronger than we imagined." Tsukada Kou seemed even more desperate after learning that Yamamoto Isoroku had revealed the true situation of Michu.

As for going north?

The army had suffered a severe defeat at Nomonhan and had long lost the courage to move north.

"I know, but I'm a little unwilling..."

This sentence expressed the thoughts of many people, and they didn't know why things suddenly turned out like this.

It seems that they have been going downhill since they lost the naval battle with the Americans.

"What do you think about us making peace with the Sichuan Army?" Suddenly, Tsukada Ko made a suggestion.

Upon hearing the request for peace, many people in the headquarters were shocked and looked at him in disbelief, as if to ask, is this something a lieutenant general of the Empire could say?

"When I say asking for peace, I don't mean surrender. As long as we wait for a while, as long as the empire can get more steel and oil in India, we still have hope." Tsukada did not feel ashamed when he attacked.

After all, before the full-scale invasion of China, they had fought with China before, and it was normal for both sides to fight on and off.

"You don't know the specific situation. The intelligence given by Mr. Yamamoto shows that although they have severely damaged the main force of the US fleet, our losses are also huge. According to the intelligence, the Americans will come back in three months at most, and it will take at least half a year, or even longer, for us to replenish our warships."

"We don't have time to wait."

"But, asking for peace..." Many people still find it difficult to accept.

"You feel ashamed? But if the Southern Army still had the troops from before, I would definitely not do this. Now there are only these second- and third-line troops left, and even divisions with numbers above 200. Can't you see that the Empire's elite troops have been constantly consumed?"

"Once 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 Gong shook his head and said.

Even Yamashita Tomoyuki, known as the Tiger of Malaya, did not dare to guarantee that he would win because he did not have the support of elite divisions.

What guarantee does he have?
The Southern Army still has the 21st Division left, which is its last elite force.

He would never allow this elite division to be withdrawn, or even to suffer excessive losses.

After hearing what Tsukada Kou said, many people fell silent, because he was telling the truth.

"Negotiation is not surrender, and if the conditions are too outrageous, we may not agree. We just need to buy time."

"We are short of time now." Tsukada Gong said.

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"You said that the Japanese army wants to make peace with us?" Cun Yunsheng, who was directing the next step of the battle at the headquarters, was stunned for a long time when he heard the report from his subordinates.

"Yes." Duan Zhenguo was also confused and didn't quite understand what the Japanese army meant.

But since someone was asked to pass on the message, it means the other party has this intention.

"Sir, what is this Japanese guy up to?" Duan Zhenguo asked puzzledly.

"Yeah, why are you asking for peace out of the blue? This is not like the Japs' style." 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 peace, he was stunned.

Cun Yunsheng frowned, looked at the map, and kept thinking.

"Did they put forward any conditions?" Cun Yunsheng suddenly asked.

"There are no other conditions. They said they would wait for us to negotiate terms."

"That means they want to delay time, maybe to mobilize troops." Duan Zhenguo felt that this was a conspiracy.

"Yes, I also suspect it's a conspiracy. The Japanese are very cunning and their words must not be trusted." An Enpu also advised.

"Don't worry, I'm not a fool. I have probably guessed the tricks of the Japanese. The elite troops of the Southern Army must have been withdrawn. Now their strength has declined, and they were stunned by our fierce offensive." Cun Yunsheng sneered.

"In that case, let's make the offensive on the front more fierce and let the newly arrived Burmese native army join the battle immediately."

"What about the Japanese army's peace talks?" Duan Zhenguo hesitated.

"It's acceptable, but let them give up the Strait of Malacca." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)