Chapter 338: Yamashita Tomoyuki’s defense is broken!
"Sir, the Japanese will never agree to your condition. They will never agree to it even if you kill them." Duan Zhenguo was speechless.

Hand over the Strait of Malacca?
Just tell the Japanese directly, you can go to hell.

Without the Strait of Malacca, the Japanese troops in India could simply declare themselves ready to die.

Therefore, Duan Zhenguo believed that the Japanese would never agree.

"Don't worry, I didn't expect the Japanese to agree." Cun Yunsheng sneered.

"Even if the devils agree, I won't believe it."

"Could it be that they really want to make peace?" An Enpu put forward another hypothesis.

After all, this is all in the speculation stage, and as a military commander, all kinds of speculation must be taken into consideration.

"It's not time yet." Cun Yunsheng knew what An Enpu meant.

At this time, the Japanese army's combat effectiveness had not yet been extremely weakened, so peace talks were just nonsense.

It's simply impossible.

More importantly, is it something he can decide on regarding peace talks?
Therefore, Cun Yunsheng didn’t take it to heart at all.

"Alright, let's just pretend we don't know about the peace talks..."

"No, report this matter to General Stilwell, and remember to send it to General Stilwell intact."

As he was talking, Cun Yunsheng suddenly thought, could this be another conspiracy of the Japanese army?

Deliberately talk about peace talks and then spread rumors.

By then, my crotch will be covered in yellow mud and I won't be able to wash it off.

"Yes, my Lord."

"At the same time, tell the front-line troops to hurry up and beat them hard."

"Yes."

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On the other side, the 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the Li family's 1st Division, which had been attacking for a long time, failed to capture the position after fighting for a long time.

Although my superiors are pushing me very hard, there is nothing I can do.

Although their combat effectiveness was not bad, they were able to fight back and forth with the Japanese army.

However, it is still difficult to break through the Japanese defensive positions.

Their current fighting style is artillery bombardment, infantry charge, and after the infantry charge, artillery bombardment.

The Japanese army's three-pronged tactics were also inherited well by them.

It became the most annoying thing in Meng Fanle's mouth.

But I have to say that the tactics are simple.

The effect is really good. At least along the way, the casualties have been greatly reduced.

In contrast, the Siamese Army's First Division suffered heavy losses.

"Baga..." Faced with the familiar three-axe tactics, the Japanese major could only fumble around.

Fortunately, he was ordered to hold his position, but as time went on.

He could clearly feel that the opponent's tactics were becoming more and more proficient.

If this continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on.

If the other side deploys Type 965 tanks, it will be really bad.

The result is really what you fear will come true.

The Li First Division, which had been unable to capture the enemy for a long time, moved up the Type 95 tanks from the rear.

Originally, these tanks were to attack along with the infantry.

However, the roads here are too bad, especially the wooden bridges, which are simply unable to support tanks crossing the river.

So they had to stay behind, but after failing to capture the city for a long time, they sent people to reinforce the bridge, and finally the tanks arrived at the battlefield.

When the tank squadron arrived at the position, the battle suddenly became much more intense.

"These Japanese troops are not easy to deal with. It's a bit difficult to smash their turtle shells with only the mortars in our hands." The infantry company commander of the 9th Company of the 3rd Battalion said helplessly to the officers of the tank squadron.

Upon hearing this, Captain Lunwei, an officer of the tank squadron, frowned slightly.

"So difficult to deal with?"

"Of course, otherwise what do you think our Ninth Company is doing? Are we playing?" said the Ninth Company commander unhappily.

He wondered if the other party thought he was just there to do nothing?
Hearing this, Captain Lunwei was not angry, and continued: "In this case, it is difficult to crack these turtle shells with our 37mm tank guns alone. I think what you need is the Type 57 tank. Their mm tank guns can definitely crack these turtle shells."

Even mortars found it difficult to break through the enemy's defensive fortress, and it was not so easy for their 37mm tank guns to break through the enemy's defense.

"But the Type 97 tank is still in the rear. I'm afraid it won't be able to get over for a while. Now we can only rely on us." Captain Lunwei explained.

"It's okay. Our superiors have promised to give us air support. I believe that fighter jets will arrive soon." The commander of the ninth company shook his head and said.

You should know that those wooden fighter planes of the Japanese army were sold to Siam by Cun Yunsheng.

After all, he didn't think highly of this old fighter plane.

So these fighter jets were exchanged for large tracts of fertile farmland.

Now that they have received Cun Yunsheng's order, the indigenous army on the front line will naturally take action.

The air force also began to take off.

"Here, according to the intelligence we have, the Japanese defense here is relatively weak, and the original few fixed firepower points have been destroyed by long-range heavy artillery. Although it is predicted that the Japanese army may have also withdrawn some troops for reinforcement, it should be difficult for the Japanese heavy firepower in this area to be replenished in a short period of time. In this case, the threat when you attack will not be great!"

"As long as you can tear open a gap in the enemy, the Japanese troops in other defense lines will collapse immediately, and we can take this position."

After listening to the 9th Company's arrangements, Captain Lunwei nodded. Overall, there was nothing much to add about the tactical arrangements.

After all, they were all taught by the Japanese army, and they were well aware of the Japanese army's tactical arrangements.

If nothing unexpected happens, this should be the case.

"No problem, let's do as you say. I'll urge my men to launch an attack when I get back." Captain Renwei nodded in response.

While they were discussing detailed tactics, the artillerymen continued to bombard the Japanese positions in front of them.

A new wave of air support aircraft had arrived to carry out strafing and bombing to support the subsequent attack launched by the infantry units.

But the position on the opposite side was indeed reinforced.

After all, such a long time had passed, and the Japanese army was not stupid, so they naturally assisted the Siamese First Division in strengthening the defense line and building fortresses.

The purpose is to stop the Sichuan Army from moving south.

Now it seems that the effect is still good. At least neither the heavy artillery nor the aerial bombardment has destroyed their fortress.

If we want to truly break through here, we have to rely on the attack of the infantry units.

Soon, Captain Lunwei returned to the temporary base with a mission and issued a combat mission.

To be honest, if the Japanese army had anti-tank firepower, they might be a little scared, but it is obvious that the Japanese army did not have any anti-tank firepower.

In other words, they never thought that the Sichuan Army would move south from the beginning.

So the Japanese troops here had no anti-tank firepower at all.

All the anti-tank guns were transferred to the Guadalcanal area. After all, the firepower of the US troops there was too strong.

Compared with the firepower density of the US military, these are just minor fights.

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"Give up the Strait of Malacca?" Tsukada Ko sneered as he looked at the telegram in his hand.

What a joke! If we give up the Strait of Malacca, the Indian imperial army will just ignore us?

Without the strait, I'm afraid the base would kill him directly.

So he felt that the Sichuan Army had no sincerity in negotiating peace.

Do not!
In other words, his peace talks were an illusion from the very beginning.

It's nothing more than paralyzing the opponent and seeing if there is any chance.

It now appears that the plan has failed.

Of course, it cannot be said to be a complete failure.

"Since the Sichuan Army has no sincerity in negotiating peace, then continue to mobilize troops and tell Yamashita Tomoyuki to send troops as soon as possible to severely damage the enemy troops heading south." Tsukada Gong said.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I suggest that we spread the rumor that the Sichuan Army has agreed to negotiate peace with us. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, it will at least disturb the other side's mind." The combat staff suggested.

"Yoshi, you're right." Tsukada Gong felt that it made sense. Regardless of whether it succeeded or not, at least it would disrupt the opponent's vision.

Thinking of this, Tsukada Gong couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder and praise him.

"I'll leave this matter to you."

"Hay."

On the other side, Yamashita Tomoyuki received the telegram and couldn't help but sneer.

Negotiate peace?

To gain time?

The idea is nice, but it's simply not realistic.

The war has come to this point.

There is absolutely no possibility of peace without a fight to the death.

Moreover, the Imperial Japanese Army is only somewhat weakened now, which does not mean that they are unable to resist.

If you have to blame someone, blame it on the fact that the temptation of India is too great.

Gold, silver, steel, oil, rare minerals and so on.

There is also a lot of food.

These are what the Japanese army needs.

That’s why the base camp attaches great importance to it.

A part of the elite divisions were drawn from the strongest Southern Army.

As a result, the Southern Army is now weakened.

There are only three Type B divisions left in the top rankings.

Not a single Type A division was left, which made him feel helpless.

Although the 23rd Division is ranked high, there is still a gap compared with the veteran Type A divisions.

As for the 33rd Division and the 38th Division.

Yamashita Tomoyuki could only sigh.

Better than nothing.

He knew that this was the greatest sincerity that the Southern Army's Chief of Staff Tsukada Isao could show.

There really isn't any more.

After all, the area occupied by the Southern Army was too large, and he had to consider other places.

"Commander, the defense line of the Siamese First Division has been completely breached, and the other side has added 20,000 troops. The 40,000 enemy troops broke through our defense line at all costs." At this time, the combat staff came in and spoke to Yamashita Tomoyuki.

Hearing this, Yamashita Tomoyuki was not surprised. Ever since he learned that these natives were trained by the 4th Division, he had guessed that this day would come.

I just didn’t expect that there were 40,000 indigenous people.

Who would have thought that the natives whom he once looked down upon now have the strength to compete with them.

It was a little hard for him to accept for a while.

Thinking of this, Yamashita Fengwen spoke.

"Let the 38th Division rush to the front line to build a defense line to block the enemy's attack. At the same time, reorganize the Siamese First Division and recruit some natives. We also need to organize these natives to fight the enemy."

He suddenly felt that this idea was actually quite good.

Use the natives to deal with the natives.

Saves manpower.

As for wasting weapons and ammunition?

impossible!
He had defeated the British army before and seized a lot of weapons and ammunition.

Now is the perfect time to distribute them and arm these natives.

such a pity!
The idea is quite good.

As a result, another accident occurred.

That is when the Malaysian guerrillas began to harass the Japanese army's logistics supply stations.

Because of the long march, the Japanese army naturally could not carry many supplies.

Therefore, it is necessary to build supply stations along the way.

But the Japanese army could not do these rough work themselves, so they needed to recruit the natives to do the work.

If you just pay the money honestly, maybe nothing will happen.

The key point is that the Japanese soldiers are all very poor, so why ask them to give money to these natives?
That's even more impossible.

Even if they were issued, they would only be some military notes.

Military notes are no longer valuable now, and the natives are not fools. They know that these military notes are meant to plunder their wealth.

So, the natives immediately became angry and turned around to tell the guerrillas about these supply stations.

Needless to say, all these supply stations suffered disaster next.

Either they were bombed or their supplies were stolen.

When Yamashita Tomoyuki received the news, he was immediately furious.

He didn't expect that in just one year, everything would be different.

In the past, these natives always looked kind and even welcoming when they saw them.

What now?
One by one, they turned their guns around and started dealing with them.

This made Yamashita Tomoyuki feel very heavy.

"Commander, the 38th Division does not carry much supplies. We must replenish them in time, otherwise something bad will definitely happen over time." said the Japanese combat staff.

"Can we still withdraw supplies?" Yamashita Tomoyuki asked bitterly.

After taking over, he realized that the entire 14th Front Army not only had few elite soldiers, but also had few supplies.

Most of the supplies were transferred to India, and the remaining supplies were destroyed by these guerrillas.

"Yes, we can ask the wealthy Chinese in the city to donate money. If they resist, arrest them all. I suspect that they were responsible for the attack on the supply station this time."

"Otherwise, those guerrillas would not be able to know our supply stations." said the Japanese combat staff angrily.

"Yoshi, you are right. These guerrillas definitely cannot do without the support of the big Chinese families. Then we should send people to their homes and confiscate the property of anyone who resists." Being forced to this point, Yamashita Tomoyuki had no good solution.

The headquarters is now focused on supporting India and obtaining more steel and oil.

They were not so concerned about the Southern Army, and the intensity of material support was greatly weakened.

In fact, even if it didn't weaken, it would take a while to arrive due to the long journey.

Therefore, the best way is to force the local Chinese tycoons to donate money.

"Hay."

For a time, the entire Chinese community in Singapore suffered.

At the same time, some weak-willed Chinese families decided to sell out the Malaysian guerrillas in exchange for the safety of their families.

Of course, this is all in the future.

On the other side, Cun Yunsheng in Bangkok received a telegram from Meng Fanle.

"Are we going to launch the final offensive against Yangcheng so soon?" Cun Yunsheng looked at Meng Fanle's telegram with surprise.

With the arrival of reinforcements from two infantry regiments, Meng Fanle immediately ordered them to follow the armored regiment and rush to Zengcheng.

This time, the telegram was sent to Cun Yunsheng to confirm whether the Japanese 104th Division had captured Zengcheng as agreed.

"So fast?" Duan Zhenguo was also surprised when he heard Cun Yunsheng's words.

(End of this chapter)