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- Strait of Malacca.
The Strait of Malacca is a strait between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. The Strait of Malacca runs southeast-northwest. Its northwest end is connected to the Andaman Sea of ??the Indian Ocean, and its southeast end is connected to the South China Sea. The total length of the strait is about 1080 kilometers, with a maximum width of 370 kilometers in the northwest and a narrowest point of only 37 kilometers in the southeast. It is an international waterway connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
At the entrance of the Strait of Malacca, close to the South China Sea, a huge seaport is under intense construction. On the construction site of the seaport, a large number of Japanese free laborers wearing uniform labor uniforms are working intensively.
On the construction site, a large amount of cement, steel bars, stones, bricks and other construction materials are piled up. On the construction site, many soldiers with live ammunition can be seen. The soldiers are monitoring the work of these free Japanese laborers.
There are also many engineering and technical personnel wearing safety helmets on the construction site. These engineering and technical personnel will provide technical support for the construction of this seaport.
Looking at this nascent seaport, construction here has been started for some time. Construction started here as early as the end of October, not long after the Chinese Communist Party launched a large-scale attack on the Japanese army through the Burma Highway.
Of course, Zhang Yunfei knows the importance of the Strait of Malacca. The Strait of Malacca is also a golden waterway connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The Strait of Malacca is also a choke point connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and an important sea channel for communication between coastal countries in Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe.
In later generations, the Strait of Malacca is now co-administered by Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Now that China has become more and more powerful, the Chinese Navy will often enter and leave the Strait of Malacca, and the Chinese Navy will also fight in Southeast Asia. This time, Zhang Yunfei will of course take the opportunity to control the Strait of Malacca.
Therefore, not long after China began its large-scale attack on the Japanese in Burma, the Chinese navy and marines occupied this area, controlled the entrance to the Strait of Malacca, and built a huge seaport here.
When the Chinese ** team first started building here. The United States also raised objections, but they were firmly rejected by China. This was entirely necessary to eliminate the Japanese army in Southeast Asia.
The United States was busy fighting in Europe, so this matter was left alone. China began to carry out construction here and brought a large number of free labor from Japan for construction.
This is not far from Singapore, but Singapore has not yet been founded. In the past, the Singapore area was colonized by the British, and after Japan came. The Japanese drove away the British troops again.
However, after the Chinese Marine Corps landed here, it didn't take long to wipe out all the little devils in this area. Now, the Singapore area is under the control of the Chinese Marine Corps.
Although Singapore has not yet been founded as a nation, it is already very prosperous because the Port of Singapore is one of the largest seaports in Southeast Asia and is located in an important position in the Strait of Malacca.
Singapore¡¯s modern history can be traced back to the early 19th century. At that time Britain was expanding its territory in India and its trade with China. They urgently needed to find a port where their ships could be docked and repaired, so as to gain an advantage in their trade competition with the Dutch.
At the end of 1818, Governor Raffles established a new trading port at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. After Raffles landed at the mouth of the Singapore River on January 29, 1819, he found that the place had excellent conditions to develop into a port. The waters here were spacious and rarely affected by storms, and the nearby streams also had ample water sources to provide ships with clean drinking water.
? Initially, Singapore was under the jurisdiction of the British colonial administration of India. By 1820, Singapore was generating profits for the British Empire. 1824. Singapore's colonial status was further established, two new treaties were formally signed, and it became the Straits Settlements in 1826. In 1832, Singapore became the seat of the Straits Settlements government. April 1, 1867. It officially became a crown colony of the United Kingdom, under the direct jurisdiction of the Colonial Office in London. By the beginning of the 20th century, Singapore had grown from a swampy wasteland to the seventh largest port in the world.
When the Japanese army entered Southeast Asia, Britain completely underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army until Japan unexpectedly attacked Singapore, a small jewel in the crown of the British Empire. Singapore guards the entrance and exit of the Strait of Malacca, an important shipping channel between the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its special geographical location makes it a battleground for military strategists. As the political and economic center of Britain in Southeast Asia, Japan must capture Singapore to completely drive the British out of Southeast Asia.
Singapore has a dense overseas Chinese population and is the center of the Nanyang Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Movement. The "Nanyang Overseas Chinese Association to Relieve Refugees from the Motherland" led by Tan Kah Kee mobilized eight million overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia and raised huge amounts of foreign exchange for China during the domestic Anti-Japanese War. Overseas Chinese in Singapore had previously vigorously aided China in resisting Japan and organized volunteer troops to carry out heroic resistance. They had been hated and frantically retaliated by Japan.
However, now that the Japanese army has been eliminated, groups of soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms and carrying AK-47 assault rifles can be seen on the streets of Singapore from time to time. The soldiers patrol the streets from time to time. On the one hand, they are protecting Social security, on the other hand, is to tell everyone that the little devils have been eliminated.
It has been some time since Singapore was recovered, but everyone's enthusiasm for the Chinese Army has not faded away. From time to time, they talk about the powerful and well-armed soldiers.
A teahouse on the street has bright and clean windows. On a table near the window, three tea guests are sitting. The three people are discussing, and the content is still about China and the Chinese Communist Party.
"Do you know? Earth-shaking changes have taken place in China, and it is completely different from a few years ago."
"It's no wonder. If there were no big changes in the country, how could there be such a majestic army? You see, the weapons of those soldiers are obviously several grades better than the 38-type rifles used by the little devils before."
"No, more than a month ago, I saw with my own eyes a soldier using such a weapon to shoot and kill four little Japs at once."
More than a month ago, soldiers had a fierce battle with the Japanese army in Singapore, and also engaged in street fighting in the urban area. This person just now obviously saw the street fighting.
After the three people chatted for a while, they unknowingly talked about the situation in Singapore.
"Do you know? I heard that we in Singapore are preparing to establish a nation and establish a country that will be managed by us overseas Chinese."
"Really!" The two people next to them were full of surprise.
The other man nodded proudly, feeling proud and well-informed.
The other two people were also happy to see that the news was reliable. Although there were many overseas Chinese in Singapore, they were under British colonial rule and later experienced the brutal rule of the Japanese army. They did not expect that Singapore would actually be founded.
Thinking of the founding of the country, the two of them were slightly excited. From then on, they were the masters and would never live under the rule of others again.
However, when the two of them were so excited, they immediately thought of something. One of them quickly said: "Will the British agree to our founding of the country?"
"Tch! You don't know that after the little devils in this area were eliminated, the British government wanted to take Singapore back, but Chairman Zhang Yunfei strongly refused."
Mentioning Zhang Yunfei, the other two people suddenly realized that Zhang Yunfei's international image is that of a hardliner. Even the powerful United States, Zhang Yunfei, has never been false, let alone the United Kingdom, which has been deeply mired in war and can basically only protect itself.
In the past, it was true that Singapore was a British colony, but it is definitely not now.
Most of the overseas Chinese in Singapore don¡¯t know about it. Even the person just now only knows a little bit about the situation. After the Japanese army in Singapore was wiped out, the British declared Singapore to be a directly administered colony.
Even some remaining British troops scattered in the Malay Peninsula wanted to return to Singapore. However, the Chinese government quickly made it clear through diplomatic channels that Singapore was now under the control of the Chinese Army, and all foreign invasion near Singapore was prohibited. The team will be informed.
Although Singapore is important, China's military strength is now very strong, and Britain definitely does not want to establish a strong enemy anymore, so the British government immediately relented.
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Thailand.
There are large areas of tropical and subtropical rainforest here. The dense and ventilated tropical rainforest is very humid. Although it is December, it is still relatively hot here because it is close to the equator.
The hot and humid tropical rainforest is full of dangers. Not only are there a large number of poisonous plants, but also a large number of deadly and dangerous animals. Even a small insect can kill a person.
"In such a tropical rain forest, there was actually a group of three to four hundred Japanese troops marching. However, it could be seen from the tattered military uniforms worn by this Japanese army that they were a fleeing force.
This is indeed a remnant of the Japanese army, a field infantry brigade of more than a thousand people. Now only these three or four hundred people are left.
The Chinese Army is already attacking Thailand. Several big cities in Thailand are controlled by the Chinese Army. This little devil is also a defeated army. In the battle a few days ago, one hundred people were wiped out by the Chinese Army. After many people, the unit actually fled into the nearby rainforest.
As China launched a large-scale attack on Thailand, the Japanese army in Thailand was completely defeated. Some of the little devils were eliminated, some surrendered, and some became deserters. Not long after the exchange of fire with the Chinese army, they fled one after another. Many little devils Escaped into such a rainforest.
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