It turned out that MacArthur's rout in the Philippines and the destruction of the two Z fleets of the British army caused the Americans to be alerted enough: in the vast sea area of the entire southwest Pacific, no one could resist the Japanese monkeys!

Once Australia fell, the United States, Britain and France lost their last roots in the Pacific. It's hard to start from scratch.

Therefore, what the Americans have come up with this time is the most advanced combination of warships and carrier-based aircraft, which can be regarded as a killer weapon for equipping the southwest Pacific Ocean, and it is also the biggest hole card to compete with the little devils.

With the reinforcement of the powerful naval fleet, MacArthur finally had the confidence to start planning and implementing the "island hopping tactic".

On the one hand, we should teach a good lesson to the odious "South China United Front," and on the other hand, we should expand the room for detours for the US-Australian coalition forces and the US-Philippine coalition forces.

What is different from history is that because the Philippine Islands, Borneo Islands, and Papua Islands were occupied by Bai Shujie, the Japanese devil's three-way reinforcements were all wiped out, which made the Prime Minister's Cabinet and His Majesty the Emperor in the base camp very angry.

In addition, Yamamoto's fifty or sixty battle at Midway Island did not completely destroy the US Pacific Fleet, but made a huge mistake in his rear base camp.

Therefore, the transportation route from Hawaii to Australia is still unimpeded, and supplies from the mainland of the United States are being continuously delivered to MacArthur in Australia.

After some planning, Hideki Tojo decided to appropriately shrink the front, first solve the problem of the southwest Pacific, and establish an "absolute defense circle" with Sumatra, Java, and Sunda Islands as the first line, so as to maintain long-term combat capability.

Because of this, Yamamoto's combined fleet arrived in the Marshall Islands three months earlier than in history. Then a large defensive array was built that included the "Marshall Islands, Wake Island, Guam, and Palau Islands", forming a huge semi-encirclement of Australia.

For a while, the surroundings of the Coral Sea were already overcast, the battle flag was hoisted high, and the breath of death was blowing in the nose.

The US Joint Chiefs of Staff decided to cancel the original decision to designate General Nimitz as being in charge of the Central Pacific Theater and General MacArthur to be in charge of the Southwest Pacific Theater, and to set up a joint command to deal with the more brutal war that would follow.

These changes are also issues that need to be studied in the direction of how the four-star Nimitz and MacArthur will determine their future strategic principles.

As for the possible reaction of the Americans, as well as the actions that MacArthur might take, Bai Shujie has an account in his heart.

In other words, before he decided to kill from the Korean Peninsula, he had already predicted that if he took this step, he would become the enemy of the whole world.

Since I was mentally prepared, I was not nervous. Anyway, it's all soldiers who come to block, and water comes to Tutun. Act on the opportunity and strive to survive.

With full mental preparation, Bai Shujie's recent main concern has been on how to stabilize the interior.

Jiang said that "if you go outside, you must first settle inside", which just comes in handy now. Only by first dealing with the internal unstable factors and then planning can we resolve the "temporary" grievances with the Americans and seek "immediate" peace.

After all, the main enemy now is the little devil, and after a lose-lose relationship with the Americans, the little devil will take advantage of the fisherman, and that will be an outcome that outweighs the loss.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, and all the personnel and equipment left by Bai Shujie on the Korean Peninsula have been transported to Nanhua City (Manila), and then transferred to Longcheng (Bandar Seri Begawan City) for the second time.

Dragon City and Wyvern City (Kota Kinabalu) are two cities that have not been damaged, because there is no danger to defend here, so the little devils did not dwell too much here. The key is that Wei Chong's troops on the southeast front are attacking too fast, and the little devils don't have time to stay here.

Miri is famous for its oil, and all assets that originally belonged to the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Japan have been confiscated, and it has been renamed Black Gold City by Bai Shujie's order. Now, in accordance with Bai Shujie's strategic layout, the intense post-war reconstruction work has begun.

After the initial clean-up, the biggest harvest was that a group of more than 27,000 Chinese people were rescued from oil wells, coal mines, iron mines, rubber plantations, and tea plantations in Tarakan, Sammarinda, Balikpapan, Machen, Sanpi, Pontianak, Sanfa, and other places.

The so-called "pig trafficker" ("piglet" is a contemptuous term for Chinese coolies) means being forced by others, or kidnapped, or lured into returning, and not acting on their own will.

The so-called "pig trafficking" of the "coolie trade", that is, the typical incident of the Spanish, Dutch, French, and British colonialists who plundered and lured Chinese laborers and led to their "going to the South Seas", was so barbaric and bloody that it was simply shocking.

When the "piglets" were trafficked to Wendao, they were first inspected by the heavily armed military and police of the colonial authorities, and those who were stubborn and unconvinced were immediately severely punished, and incidents of massacres of Chinese workers occurred from time to time.

Bai Shujie knew all these things, but what made him most incredible was that there were more than 4,800 Chinese prisoners of war in the lumber yard and plank factory of the Machen Shipyard and the sand turning workshop of the Pontianak Machinery Repair Factory.

Bai Shujie immediately rushed to the prisoner of war camp, and after preliminary inquiry, it turned out to be the national army captured in the first Nanning Campaign. Most of them belonged to the Guangxi Security Corps, as well as some soldiers of the 11th Army of He Xuan's 46th Army.

That's a great asset!

Bai Shujie looked at these scrawny and crumbling miserable mirrors, and he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart. The corners of his mouth squirmed for a long time, and he finally spoke: "It's all because we came too late and let the brothers suffer!" We fought all the way from Rehe and the Korean Peninsula, and now you are liberated and free! ”

A small man who looked to be about 1.6 meters, about 23 or 4 years old, whispered a big article, most of the people who followed Bai Shujie were northerners, and they didn't understand what it meant at all.

Fortunately, Bai Shujie participated in the special training of strategic scouts in the southwest in his previous life, and he is no stranger to various local dialects, including Southeast Asian languages, and finally understood the other party's Guangxi vernacular: "Sir, we can hear our own people's accents here, we are content to die!" ”

"I am Zhao Taicheng of the Guangxi Security Corps, 25 years old this year, the commander of the basic company, and now report to the commander! When I was 16 years old, I was admitted to the Guizhou Infantry School, and after graduation I was assigned back to the Guangxi Security Corps, and later served as the commander of the guard company of the regimental headquarters of the Security Corps, and the regiment commander was called Zhao Qidong. ”

"We are part of the supplementary force, and we will fill the holes wherever the fighting is tense. Three years ago (1939, author's note), after the devils landed from Qinzhou Bay, they quickly occupied Nanning. I was ordered to fight the Japanese at Wuming Gaofeng Pass, and was assigned to the machine gun company as a machine gunner. The guns we used were all Chinese guns, and they were marked with the words made in Hanyang. ”

"Not long after fighting with the devils at Gaofeng Pass, we retreated until the large army came up, and urgently marched northeast to Kunlun Pass for reinforcements. When we arrived at Kunlun Pass, our troops fought with the devils for Kunlun Pass several times, and after the devils captured Kunlun Pass, it was our turn to replenish the regiment to take it back. ”

"After several battles like this, our casualties were very large, and the platoon of people who rushed up was suddenly gone. Many people died up and down the mountain, and the corpses of the brothers were all over the mountain, but the devils also died a lot. ”

"I led a platoon to attack Kunlun Pass for the last time to regain the position, and the devil rushed up like crazy. Because there was no time to repair the fortifications, we used the corpses of devils to build temporary bunkers to fight back. ”

"In the end, the devil's cannon was more powerful than ours, and I was stunned by a shell, only to wake up and be captured. I'm sorry for my dead brothers, I'm sorry for my dead brothers! ”

"You talk nonsense!" Bai Shujie and the people of the guard regiment were in tears when they heard it one by one, and now when he heard Zhao Qidong's words of self-blame, he felt even more uncomfortable: "Zhao Qidong, Lao Tzu sues you: Soldiers like you are the real Chinese soldiers, and all of them are top heroes!" You are worthy not only of your brothers, but also of all the people in the world! ”

"Now, I order you, as temporary commander, to organize these brothers and follow my guard regiment over. Eat, bathe, change clothes, and then undergo a physical examination. The little devils have not been defeated, and your battle is not over. Now that you're here, you have to keep fighting. ”

With this experience, Bai Shujie hurriedly issued an order: "Conduct a comprehensive inspection of all plantations, rubber plantations, lumber yards, plate processing plants, and large and small mines, and send all domestic prisoners of war to Longcheng." ”

When the soldiers heard that there were prisoners of war escorted from the country by little devils, they immediately began a targeted raid. After more than half a month, it was sent to more than 8,600 people in Longcheng. However, these people have been tortured to the core.

After the review of Yang Erya's Ministry of Security, it turned out that these people were all soldiers of Yu Hanmou's 12th Group Army, including the 62nd Army, the 63rd Army, and the 65th Army.

There are also some soldiers of any sequence, all of whom have just been captured, but they were captured as soon as they entered the battlefield, and they didn't even understand what the number of the troops was.

The vast majority of these people were captured in 1938 and then sent to Taiwan for "correctional" education. After the little devils took over a large area here, they needed countless free coolies, so they were sent over for forced labor.

As for how to deal with this batch of prisoners of war, Bai Shujie brought Yang Manchu over: "Manchuer, when you were in Rehe, you were specifically in charge of the honor troops. Although these brothers have been captured, they have done their duty. ”

"Now that these 13,400 people have come to our territory, I will hand them over to you. Your guard regiment will set aside a battalion to serve as an officer, and then form an honorary division with 1 armored regiment, 1 tank regiment, 1 infantry fighting vehicle regiment, and 1 air defense regiment as our strategic reserve. ”

"It took a long time for this force to recover, so it was usually used as a police force and was responsible for policing and picketing in Borneo. You come to be the commander of this division and educate this army to Lao Tzu. Be able to stand up to it when it matters most, and don't be a prisoner anymore. ”

Yang Manchu turned out to be the backbone of the special reconnaissance battalion, and after a few ribs were broken in Shentouling, his physical fitness dropped significantly, and he was no longer suitable for the high-intensity combat on the battlefield.

Later, Bai Shujie formed the Chengde Supervision Group, which was the "Honorary First Regiment" of the Rehe Front, that is, the guard regiment of the General Headquarters that later followed Bai Shujie to seize the Korean Peninsula.

This regiment has a total of more than 4,900 people, each battalion is 1,130 people, plus a "internal guard company" controlled by Xiao Lamei 480 people.

To put it bluntly, this regiment is Bai Shujie's last death squad. If it really comes to the time when you want to die with the little devils, that is, when this regiment goes to the battlefield.

Now that there is suddenly an extra division of prisoners of war, Bai Shujie can only let Yang Manchu deal with it. The other generals are all digging a pit with a turnip, and no one can move the nest.

However, to form an "honorary division" of more than 14,000 people, Bai Shujie feels that it can be used as a killer weapon.

The key is to let this group of people regain their self-confidence, recover themselves, and regain their blood. Only then can we be able to "know shame and then be brave", so as to radiate tremendous combat effectiveness.

Bai Shujie believed that when Yang Manchu came to bring more than 1,000 "half-crippled" honorary soldiers to those prisoners of war, he would be able to solve the problem.

This matter came suddenly, and the handling was also a quick one, and Bai Shujie's attention quickly shifted to other places.

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.