Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Story of the Chaebol

The European and African battlefields were in fierce fighting, and the Asian battlefield was not so quiet either.

In order to curb the Japanese invasion in Southeast Asia, the South China National Defense Army had already begun to march northward along the Malay Peninsula. At the same time, the navy also formulated a series of landing plans to cooperate with the army's advancement plan.

At present, the South China Navy has been engaged in conflicts with the Japanese navy in many areas including the South China Sea and the Bashi Channel.

Because they were afraid of crippling the Japanese navy right from the start, Nanhua had been holding back when fighting the Japanese. The fleet that was now confronting the Japanese head-on was not Nanhua's original four fleets, but the newly formed North Pacific Fleet.

The complacent Japanese originally thought that this time they went south they could teach Nanhua a painful lesson.

But who could have imagined that the naval battle between the two sides in the Bashi Channel would teach the Japanese a heavy lesson.

As a newly formed fleet, although Nanhua's Beitai Fleet is not small in size, the ships they use are all old ships that have been eliminated by the Nanhua Navy in recent years. You should know that the Beitai Fleet is not equipped with any of Nanhua's most powerful Han-class aircraft carriers and Tang-class battleships.

The most powerful ships in this fleet today are the Qin-class battleships and Sui-class battleships of the previous generation of the South China Navy. As for the aircraft carriers they are equipped with, except for the four Jin-class aircraft carriers, the other ones do not even have the code name of the dynasty.

After all, they are just some medium-sized aircraft carriers. Since their birth, people in Nanhua have paid little attention to this level of aircraft carriers. After all, they were built only for training purposes. After this level of aircraft carriers, Nanhua also built four Jin-class aircraft carriers for technical accumulation, and then the Han-class aircraft carriers.

Today, the Northern Thai fleet is equipped with four Jin-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of tons, four Glory-class aircraft carriers with a full load displacement of tons, three Qin-class battleships with a full load displacement of tons, two Sui-class battleships with a full load displacement of tons, eight City-class heavy cruisers (old model), eight Jianghe-class cruisers (old model), twenty-six large destroyers, thirty-six small destroyers and nearly five hundred other types of ships.

The Beitaiping Fleet, relying solely on the fleet it had, actually fought back and forth with the Japanese in various waters in Asia.

Even though Nanhua looks down on the five existing battleships, if we look at the world, apart from the Japanese's future "Yamato-class" which is like a joke, in terms of single-ship combat power, none of these five giant ships are really scary.

"Your Majesty, there is the latest battle report from the front!"

"where from?"

“Southeast Asian!”

"Good news or bad news?"

"good news!!!"

"Just good news. Tell me what our soldiers on the front have done to the Japanese?"

Since Nanhua joined the war, the country has received hundreds of war reports of all sizes every day, some good and some bad. Not long ago, a company of soldiers from Nanhua was ambushed by the Japanese in the jungle. Only six people survived in that company. After hearing the news, Sun Tong really decided not to pretend anymore. He wanted to give an order to the Air Force and missile forces to drop all the dozen nuclear bombs in Nanhua's hands on the Japanese mainland.

But for the future of the country, Sun Tong finally resisted the urge.

Since he had decided to let the Franco-Spanish Alliance continue to bleed the major powers, he could not give up halfway, otherwise wouldn't the soldiers who died before have died in vain?

However, not taking action now does not mean that he will not avenge those soldiers in the future. After the war is won, he will have plenty of ways to deal with these Japanese devils.

"Your Majesty, just six hours ago, the First Corps of the South China Expeditionary Force successfully captured Kandal Province. At this time, the First Corps is less than 120 kilometers away from the Cambodian capital of Jinbian. At this time, most of the 160,000 Japanese and 230,000 puppet troops in the area around Jinbian have been wiped out by the First Corps, so they are confident that they can capture Jinbian within a week and completely occupy the entire Cambodia within three months!"

"As expected of the Guards Corps that I formed against all odds, Zhao Fuchun really made me proud. Good, tell him that if his First Corps can defeat Cambodia, I will guarantee him the rank of general!"

"Your Majesty, what about Ian?"

The Ian mentioned by Qu Hongxi is whose full name is Ian Phil. He and Zhao Fuchun are both the earliest old men who followed Sun Tong. Before that, they served as the commander of the First Division and the Second Division respectively.

After the war broke out, Sun Tong took out eight Guards Divisions (Type A Divisions) to form the First Corps, with the First Division Commander Zhao Fuchun as the Corps Commander. As for Ian Phil, Sun Tong did not treat him badly either. Using the Second Division as a base, Sun Tong directly allocated him two Type A Divisions and seven Type B Divisions to form the Second Corps.

In terms of numbers alone, the Second Corps was not less than the First Corps, and their combat effectiveness was not much different either. The tasks Sun Tong gave them were very simple: one was to go to the Cambodian battlefield to contain the Japanese, and the other was sent to the southern region of South Vietnam to fight the Japanese.

Judging from the current situation, both of them are playing pretty well.

Zhao Fuchun turned the containment mission into a mopping-up mission. Although Ian Filley failed to occupy too many areas in southern South Vietnam, this guy relied on his talent in defense to teach the Japanese and local puppet troops a severe lesson in defense. You know, just a week ago, Ian Filley directly wiped out more than 60,000 Japanese and more than 100,000 puppet troops in a defensive battle.

It is precisely because this guy’s battle record is also extremely exaggerated that Qu Hongxi asked Sun Tong about his arrangements for Ian Fair!

"Just like Zhao Fuchun, if this guy can conquer the southern part of South Vietnam, I will guarantee him the rank of general!"