The British on the British Isles do not know that Germany has begun to plan how to defeat them. They are still complaining that Roosevelt is too generous to the coalition government.

"Prime Minister, I really don't understand why those Americans promised so many benefits to the coalition government!" The complainer was the British Secretary of Commerce. He gritted his teeth and said angrily to Churchill.

"After all, they are white people after all. Why do they give so many benefits to those yellow-skinned monkeys? How many resources are there in Southeast Asia! Are they just going to let them go?!"

Not to mention the Secretary of Commerce, even the other cabinet members have bad expressions. Southeast Asia has always been the largest source of resources for the UK and even Europe, and no one can accept it being gone now.

"Do you think I want to see such a situation?! But now hundreds of thousands of Japanese are entrenched in Southeast Asia, and they have captured more than 300,000 of us and Americans as prisoners. What do you think we should do?!

"

Churchill almost jumped up and pointed at the Secretary of Commerce's nose and called him an idiot! Do you think the Americans are willing to give up Southeast Asia?! Why are all his own people trapped there now, and MacArthur has already evacuated to Australia?

Who is going to get those lands back?! The most serious thing is that Britain is now unable to protect itself under the strong attack of Germany. Let alone crossing the ocean to attack Southeast Asia, it is also a question of whether it can save the current British Isles.

It is a pity that short-sighted or profit-minded ministers are still closely focused on the benefits of Southeast Asia, but no one has mentioned that Southeast Asia has been occupied by the Japanese.

"Even if it is occupied by the Japanese, we can still take it back in the future..." The Secretary of War said to Churchill with some discomfort: "After all, those resources are so cheap for that tiger."

Churchill sneered, don't these idiots know the horror of the resources the Japanese have obtained?! If the Japanese have obtained sufficient resources, who can guarantee that they will not choose to attack Australia?!

Australia can't hold on any longer. So why did they come to Europe to fight for war dividends?! Did they go to Africa?! If they attack the United States crazily and the United States is unable to provide effective support to the United Kingdom, what will be the consequences?!

Churchill suddenly felt a little lonely. Few people in the Downing Street office really considered the long-term interests of the entire United Kingdom. What they valued was their own interests and what benefits they could get in the short term.

Although he was unwilling to admit it, in fact Churchill knew clearly that the reason why Britain had reached this point had something to do with these people's way of thinking.

Britain is becoming lonely and lonely due to its rapid state. The sun may have set on the empire that once never set. Churchill sighed. All he can do is to ensure the last bit of dignity of this country where the sun sets.

At least, the British Empire cannot be destroyed in his hands.

"Gentlemen, I just want to say two things about this issue." Churchill paused and said to everyone: "First, Southeast Asia is no longer in our hands. Although we don't want to admit it, in fact in the short term

We are unable to provide support to Southeast Asia."

"Second, the Japanese are our enemies after all. And the National Defense Forces still have our allies after all. Is it better for resources to be in the hands of the enemy or in the hands of allies? I don't need to explain this point."

After a pause, Churchill said coldly to these cabinet members who gave him a headache: "Finally, what I want to say is: If we still have the mentality of focusing on our own interests, then we cannot win this war!"

Churchill was somewhat resentful of these corpse-eating bastards, even though they were now his colleagues. But this method of destruction exempted Churchill from despising them.

"I told the then Prime Minister MacDonald a long time ago about the threat from Germany, but unfortunately no one in the UK listened to me at that time." Churchill said this, and everyone lowered their heads in shame.

Yes, they were also included in the people who were unwilling to listen to Churchill at that time.

"I know, I know from the bottom of my heart that it's not that you can't see the danger in Germany. It's that you think that only chaos on the European continent can allow Britain to develop calmly."

"But what did we get?! What we got was that hundreds of thousands of heroic British Empire soldiers were killed or captured, and the Germans drove us directly from France to the sea! Why is this? Gentlemen, do you know?

?!"

Everyone remained silent again, and they knew very well why. If they had been able to contain Germany's ambitions earlier, if they had been able to stop Germany's military expansion in time.

If they had stood firm when Germany tried to expand, maybe the situation would have been very different. Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world.

The British can only continue to regret after paying a huge price. Unfortunately, their inertial way of thinking once again allows them to repeat the mistakes they made in Europe.

They tried to let the Japanese consume the National Defense Force, but they arrogantly hoped that their original interests could be preserved. Perhaps these people were still thinking of making certain secret compromises with the Japanese.

It is not that they have done this kind of thing before. Despite the firm opposition of France, these British people secretly chose to compromise with Germany, giving Germany the opportunity to disrupt the European continent.

Of course, in the short term this seems to be very beneficial to the UK. Because doing so puts the UK at the commanding heights of Europe. Both Germany and France need the support of the UK to act.

The consequences of doing so are what they are now. They fattened up Germany. In the end, they were beaten to the ground by Germany, and hundreds of thousands of British troops were lost in Dunkirk.

But even so, these "big guys" still maintain their habits. They still want to do this in Asia, but they have forgotten that Britain is nothing in Asia now.

Even their "Pearl of the British Empire" India has been seriously threatened by Japan. Who said that Japan will not set its sights on India after occupying Southeast Asia?!

"Gentlemen, I hope you know that we have basically lost our influence in Asia." Churchill said sadly: "We still hope that the Tiger General can help us protect India, and if we still hold on to Southeast Asia at this time,

If he lives here, do you think he will help us defend India?!"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you without saying anything. It's not like they haven't seen the toughness of the Tiger. The UK has never taken advantage of him in several transactions. It can even be said that he suffered a slight loss.

In fact, this is where the British were aggrieved by the tiger slaughter. After all, it was the British Empire! How could they suffer at the hands of a yellow man?!

It is a pity that the situation faced by the British at that time was that they had to sell. If they did not sell, the Americans and French might sell it, and the losses would only be greater.

But the British secretly remembered this debt, always thinking of finding an opportunity to pay it back to Tu Menghu. Unfortunately, due to the rise of Germany and the threat of the Soviet Union, their eyes were always drawn away from the Far East.

They don't even have much energy to pay attention to their resources in Southeast Asia, let alone slaughter tigers.

"Gentlemen, now we should not focus on the Far East or Southeast Asia." Churchill looked at these cabinet members and said: "We must know that the most serious threat now is the British Isles!"

In Jakarta, Philippines, in the office of the commander of the Philippine Expeditionary Forces, Masaharu Honma was looking at the report in his hand with satisfaction, a smile on his face.

This is the recent mining volume of minerals in the Philippines, which has increased by about 30% compared to before. A steady stream of freighters from the empire departed from Tokyo and Yokohama and came to the Philippines to transport these minerals back to Japan in batches.

The headquarters held a positive attitude towards Masaharu Honma's contribution and sent a telegram to warn him to keep up his efforts. He also told Masaharu Honma that if he could increase production by another 20% before the end of the year, his position as a general would be just around the corner.

"Yoshi! Tanaka, I'm very satisfied with your results!" Masaharu Honma knew that if he supervised it himself, he might not have such a high output.

Being able to have such a high output is indispensable to the "Tanaka Nosuke" in front of him. He organized a large number of manpower to mine the mineral deposits.

And it was he who contacted local families and businessmen who were willing to cooperate with Japan. With the help of these people, a large number of prisoners of war were converted into mining coolies.

Most of these families are families that cooperated with the United States during the white period. They already know how to mine minerals. Under their efforts and supervision, no one has the opportunity to be lazy.

Hundreds of thousands of American prisoners of war and a large number of Filipino soldiers have all become invisible rats in the mines. Under the threat of machine guns and bayonets, they work hard to mine.

Because they knew that the "Poet General" who captured them was not a kind person. He never had any intention of feeding these prisoners of war in vain.

It's very simple. If there is even the slightest thing wrong with these prisoners of war or if they don't work hard, death will be waiting for them. The naked life threat makes these American prisoners of war have no choice but to work hard.

Those Filipino families who had taken refuge with the Japanese were extremely excited. They had once crouched at the feet of the white people, but now they could finally drive the previously aloof white people into the mines like mice.

Under their whips, these originally aloof white people could only tremble. The Japanese began to teach them how to use firearms and handed over some surveillance tasks to these Filipinos.

After all, Japan's current established strategy in Southeast Asia is to use Southeast Asia's human resources and resources to continuously support its expansion plan. The latest thing that has been put on the agenda is how to use Southeast Asia's human resources.

After all, such a large amount of human resources would be a waste if not used. The current requirement of the base camp is to allow Southeast Asian troops to be dispatched to assess these Southeast Asian locals.

Find out whether they are suitable for military tasks and how suitable they are. Where they are likely to appear is...

"China!" Ishihara Wanji bowed slightly to Hanin Gong Zairen and said: "In the opinion of my subordinates, the key to solving the war situation in China lies in Southeast Asia!"

"According to the reports from General Honma and General Yamashita, most locals in Southeast Asia are willing to cooperate with the empire. This is good news for us." After a pause, Ishihara smiled and said: "So, my subordinates

General Honma and others have been asked to examine whether the local indigenous people in Southeast Asia are suitable to become soldiers."

"If possible, then it would be a good choice to send them to China after a little training." Ishihara smiled and said: "Even if there are losses, it will be safe for the overall situation."

"As long as they can hold on until we take over areas including India, then the empire will be able to have enough troops to launch a full-scale war against China!" Ishihara Wanji's eyes shone brightly as he said, "This will finally be the case.

It will push the empire to its peak! Only then can we truly be proud of Europe and the United States and achieve hegemony!"

Kanin Miya Zaijin couldn't help but feel excited when he heard Ishihara Wanji's words. The empire's hegemony will dominate Europe and the United States. This is what Japan has been pursuing since the Meiji Restoration.

"Ishihara, you have to handle this matter yourself!" He tried his best to calm down his mood. Xianyuan Palace smiled at Ishihara and said solemnly: "The empire's century-old hegemony depends on this one move! As long as you succeed, I will

I will take you with me to ask for merit from His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Hai! I will definitely do my best to live up to His Highness's trust!"

Imperial Capital of China, National Defense Force Headquarters. Tu Menghu was looking through the documents about Southeast Asia submitted by the intelligence department in front of him, which recorded the current movements of the Japanese army and the situation of prisoners of war.

There is no doubt that British and American prisoners of war are now being used as coolies in Southeast Asia, causing considerable losses. In just over a month, more than a thousand people have died.

More than 5,000 people were injured or injured. The Japanese did not care about the Geneva Convention. All they want now is the minerals in Southeast Asia. Apart from these, they don't care about anything.

The lives and deaths of these prisoners of war are now in the hands of the Southeast Asian tribes for which they were once humble. Those families that chose to cooperate with Japan have now become the masters of these people.

Under their whips, the prisoners of war began to dig out ore in large numbers in exchange for their own rations.

"Too few died, more should have died." Tu Menghu put down the report and sneered: "The British seem reluctant to hand over Nanyang. Tell the people in Singapore that since the British are unwilling, then let them

The British there are more likely to die."

"Yes!" A middle-aged man with an ordinary face sitting on the sofa stood up and gave a military salute to Tu Menghu: "The Nanyang Theater sent a request for war. They think it should be possible to carry out small-scale operations now."

Pointing at the table, Tu Menghu shook his head: "Now is not the time, tell them to continue lurking."

With that said, Tu Menghu stood up and walked to the window, looking at the sunset that was gradually setting in the west. He said: "Let them calm down, only a small part of them are exposed now. When there are enough people, when Europe and the United States are angry enough, we will

Take action."

The purpose of Tu Mengben was very simple. He wanted the British and Americans to be angered, so that the local indigenous people would cooperate more and more deeply with the Japanese, causing more deaths of prisoners of war.

Only in this way, the British and Americans will be eager to let the National Defense Forces enter Southeast Asia. Instead of reluctantly and secretly thinking about stumbling, they will not do so now.

"Not enough people have died, we need more." Tu Menghu said coldly: "I can't personally take back the evil done by those white people in Southeast Asia for the time being. But it is also appropriate to let the Japanese help collect some interest.

."

The man nodded, performed a military salute, then turned around and left slowly. Tu Mengben did not stay in the office for too long. After a while, he was going to hold a military meeting. What he was hearing was a report on the war situation from Shanghai.

"Currently, the Sixth Army of our Second Army has firmly occupied the front-line position of the Japanese army. But we have only occupied the first-line position. The Japanese army has become much more cautious after experiencing a night battle by our army. Number of Sixth Army

Every night attack was launched without success..."

Su Zongzhe took the battle report and flipped through page after page, and said to Tu Mengben and others who were in the conference room: "After the Japanese army failed in the first battle, they transported a large number of 75mm artillery to the front line. These artillery and

Their anti-tank grenades pose a huge threat to our tanks, so for the time being the tanks cannot pose a threat to the Japanese positions..."
To be continued...