In Singapore, there is a European-style white-walled church with Japanese plaster flag hanging on it. There are Japanese soldiers patrolling back and forth everywhere, and the guard is very high and it is deterrent.

This is the Japanese Southern Army Command. At this time, the commander-in-chief Soichi Tetsuyuki was looking out the window with a sad face, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, an adjutant walked in from outside the door and respectfully lowered his head to report to him: "Report to the commander, the general at the foot of the mountain asked for a visit."

Shouichi's turbid eyes narrowed into a slit, then slowly opened it and said calmly: "Let him come in."

"Hi!"

Not long after, a Japanese general who was about 1.7 meters tall and big and round waisted, pushed the door in. Such a figure seemed particularly rare among the generally low Japanese army. Even the guards at the door couldn't help but look at it twice.

I saw him walking in front of the temple with a big belly and his legs as if he couldn't close.

"Hiss Commander..."

"So far away, why don't you go to the Philippines? What do you do when you suddenly come to Singapore?" Temple turned around and asked lightly. With a short figure, he was only tall at the other person's chest. He had to look up when speaking.

"I heard that the situation in Myanmar is very bad this time. I want to come and see if I can help..."

The visitor was the commander of the 14th Front Army, known as the "Tiger of Malay", Yamashita Tomoto.

If you want to say that this guy is also a strange man. Two years ago in Malaysia, he met a god and killed a Buddha. The British guy was defeated by his "Silver Wheel Force".

Within a few days after the Pearl Harbor incident, the Japanese army launched an attack on Singapore. The British army also deployed troops here for such an important Far East stronghold, but mainly local mercenaries, and their combat effectiveness was very pitiful. What really threatened the Japanese army was British fighter jets, and the Japanese army could only attack Singapore on land.

Yamashita Tomoto studied the armored warfare in Europe. The 25th Japanese Army led by him concentrated 200 tanks and launched a fierce "armored offensive" on the Malay Peninsula. The Japanese army was in full force and swept across most of the Malay Peninsula in just one month.

However, due to the rapid advance, the oil shortage and many tanks were not repaired, the Japanese "armored offensive" was forced to pause.

Yamashita Fengwen was unscrupulous. One day when he walked to the bicycle brigade, he saw a soldier riding a bicycle with the tires of the wheels. The metal wheels were rolled on the road, making a sound of "Cheer, Cheer" on the road. Yamashita Fengwen suddenly realized that the sound was very similar to the sound of a tank track rolling on the ground. He immediately had a plan and ordered all the bicycle tires in the army to peel off all the bicycles in the army, so that the soldiers would take these cars with only iron wheels to launch a new "armored offensive" in the night.

At night, with the roar of artillery fire, the Japanese were like magical weapons falling from the sky. A sound of "Hao, Hao" sounded in front of the British defenders. The panicked British defenders shouted "tanks" while fleeing desperately, while the Japanese army easily took the Malay Peninsula.

Using this strange tactic, Yamashita Tomoto occupied Malaysia and Singapore with more than 100,000 defenders in less than two months, and directly made him famous in Southeast Asia.

Although the record is outstanding, only the person who has a great influence is different.

At that time, there were originally 110,000 British troops in Singapore, but Yamashita Fengwen, who led the attack, had only one and a half divisions and more than 30,000 people. Yamashita directly ordered a strong attack on Singapore, using the simplest tactic of artillery bombing and infantry rushing.

However, the Japanese army fought for several days but failed to achieve results. In the end, the shells were almost gone. Fengwen of Yamashita had no other choice at this time. The British fortress was too strong and his own troops did not have any advantage.

Just when he was almost asking for reinforcements from his superiors, the British "collapsed" first... On Valentine's Day in February 1942, British commander Pasival came over with a white flag, and more than 100,000 British troops actually surrendered to the Japanese army.

At the post-war celebration party, a Japanese officer flattered the mountain, calling him the "tiger general" of the empire, and promoted it in the army.

As we all know, the British have always had a "fine tradition". Whenever they suffer a defeat, they will brag about the strength of their opponents at all costs to conceal their incompetence. Therefore, the British army in the Far East also fooled them, claiming how terrifying the opponents are. The name "Malay Tiger" was called out like this.

This old boy was cruel and extremely greedy. When he was the commander of the garrison in Malaysia, he massacred local people, especially targeting the Chinese community. Because of the deeds of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia supporting the Chinese War of Resistance, Yamashita Fengwen hated them very much and wanted to plunder the property of wealthy businessmen in Southeast Asia. So he carried out an inhumane massacre in Singapore on the grounds of suppressing guerrillas.

He ordered people to formulate the "Plan for the Purge of Overseas Chinese", killing 100,000 Chinese in Singapore. All overseas Chinese who supported the domestic war of resistance were retaliated against. Fang Jingyao's family was one of them. The devil owed a large amount of blood debt to the Chinese.

However, Yamashita Tomoto, who has always been accustomed to being domineering, looked very respectful and humble when facing Soichi Desouchi, and even bowed down to make his height look less abrupt as much as possible.

The reason is that Sakaichi Nakachi is a close friend of his father-in-law and a great nobleman in his career.

"This time you were transferred back from the Kwantung Army, your father-in-law said a lot from His Majesty the Emperor."

Shinuen Saki glanced at the foot of the mountain and said quietly: "You can't do anything wrong with sending you to the 14th Front Army to sort out the military affairs of the Philippines, you can't do anything wrong, Yamashita."

"Mr. In the temple, you know the situation in the Philippines. The result will be the same if anyone goes there, but there is no need to lose anything in Myanmar. Look..."

Although Yamashita Tomoto acts a little recklessly, he is clear-headed. He has learned to be smart since he was transferred to the Kwantung Army for "retirement" last time by his arch rival Tojo.

Is the Philippines so easy to go? It's just that you have to face the Americans directly. Maybe if you lose a battle, you will be dealt with by someone with ulterior motives. You can't do stupid things.

Teruchi Soichi did not answer immediately, and closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

"You know, I'm very familiar with jungle combat. Did the British Empire's more than 100,000 troops were destroyed in the middle of the night? Moreover, the current Chinese army in Myanmar is only 30,000 to 40,000 people. As long as the strategic arrangement is in place, they can definitely be wiped out!"
Chapter completed!