On March 18, the First Southern Army finally conquered Hong Kong Island after three days of fierce fighting.

On the same day, Chen Jiongming, commander-in-chief of the Southern First Army, issued a nationwide telegram in Guangzhou, announcing that Hong Kong was officially revived and ended its more than 50 years of colonial rule. At the same time, Guangdong Governor Tan Ting-kai issued an announcement to safeguard the personal and property safety of the former Hong Kong residents, but it was mandatory to go to a designated location to handle Chinese citizenship and household registration within the next three months.

During the entire Hong Kong war, the British dispatched a total of 5,000 troops and a fully equipped artillery battalion. However, at the end of the war, most British soldiers and Indian mobilized troops became prisoners, and all heavy weapons and equipment became trophys. The four cruisers that had fought in Victoria Harbor set off at noon on the 17th and drove away from Hong Kong and evacuated towards Taiwan.

After the Chinese team controlled the entire territory of Hong Kong, command units at all levels immediately issued strict orders, requiring soldiers not to disturb the people and to treat prisoners well. Not only that, the Fifth Division also specially formed a security command center, dispatched military police and troops directly under the division to maintain order, clean up the battlefield, and assist the people in restoring the situation in Hong Kong.

The battle report was soon posted to the Kunming Head of State. After carefully reading the detailed records of the battle, Wu Shaoting highly praised the cooperation between the Water Ghost Force and the Airship. This tactic with innovative and practical value should be encouraged. In addition, it also requires Guangzhou to accelerate the improvement and mass production of the savage high-altitude bomber.

After putting down the report documents in his hand, Wu Shaoting stood up from behind the desk and said happily: "Britain claims to be the world empire and opens up colonies all over the world. Today, we are regaining Hong Kong to teach the world's number one invaders."

Deng Keng, who was standing in front of him, nodded and said with a smile: "That's right. Recovering Hong Kong is of great significance to our Republic of China. This is the most powerful blow to end the semi-colonial status quo."

Wu Shaoting walked to the office window and looked outside. The spring in Kunming was gradually getting hot. Then he said: "This war went smoothly. North Korea captured Pyongyang, and the Japanese should be able to breathe in their chests. Although the fierce battle in Hanoi is very troublesome, they are all under control. Later, you go to the South Asian War Zone Command and inform He Chongshi, asking him to launch a second phase of offensive on Myanmar, Laos and Siam immediately."

Deng Keng responded and said, "I understand."

At this moment, Wang Changling and Long Yun walked into the head of state's office together, and the two of them held a telegram in their hands.

Deng Keng turned around and took a step forward to ask them, "What's the matter?"

Long Yun said happily: "It is good news that North Korea sent an urgent call."

Deng Keng took the telegram without reading it much, and directly handed it to Wu Shaoting. After reading the content of the telegram, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He said: "The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a telegram to Pyongyang and agreed to a truce of war."

Deng Keng heard this and felt very pleased, and hurriedly said, "Is that so? This is really good news."

Everyone present knew that Japan is currently in a state of disintegration. China's offensive against Japan is not only taking place in the Korean battlefield. The "East Asian Economic Recovery Plan" planned by the Economic Strategy Office of the Ministry of Defense of the Ministry of Defense is also quietly playing an influential role.

The first stage of speculation on the yen exchange rate and suppressing international gold prices has now begun to show results. According to the plan, the second stage of the plan is in full swing. Once the financial bubble expands, it will be a fatal doubt for the whole country of Japan. When the financial bubble explodes, the whole country of Japan will completely collapse and be looted by international speculators without reservation.

Now Japan has proposed peace talks, which shows that it is because the domestic economy cannot support the continued war on the front line. At the same time, the domestic warlords also see that North Korea is in a desperate situation. If they do not negotiate peace talks, they are afraid that the existing seven divisions will be doomed. But they would not have thought that even if they surrender now and when the "East Asia Economic Recovery Plan" is gradually completed, Japan will be doomed.

"Very good. Call Nanjing and Pyongyang to ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Commander to send people to follow up on this matter. Before the formal signing of the armistice and treaty, our offensive must not be relaxed. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will draft a peace agreement as soon as possible and send it to me for a review." Wu Shaoting explained in an orderly manner.

"Yes, I'll go now." Long Yun said, turning around and leaving the head of state's office.

"Mr. Wang also has new news reports?" After Long Yun left, Deng Keng turned to Wang Changling and asked.

"Yes, the latest information monitored by the War Situation Bureau." Wang Changling's face was not as relaxed as Long Yun, and even vaguely revealed a bit of solemnity.

Wu Shaoting started asking the intelligence department to increase its work efforts a month ago, expanding the scope of the intelligence network and the efficiency of intelligence collection. Now that Wang Changling finally has news to report to him, he certainly would not be surprised. He immediately took the telegram from the other party and looked it carefully and found that it was a telegram dedicated to the intelligence department, and some terms were not understood at the moment.

Wang Changling saw this and quickly explained: "First of the People's Republic of China, this telegram was just copied and has not been sorted out. The War Intelligence Bureau just collected an important piece of information at the intelligence station in the Middle East five days ago, and it was not until the day before that the authenticity of the information was verified. The British Middle East fleet stationed in Egypt suddenly secretly left the Egyptian base two months ago, and its whereabouts are still unknown."

Wu Shaoting frowned, and his mood recovered from the telegram from Long Yun just now. He asked calmly: "What does this mean?"

According to Wu Shaoting's understanding, before India received direct threats, British colonial forces in the Middle East ignored the situation in the Far East. The so-called direct threat naturally refers to the head-on invasion of Indian territory, which is obviously impossible to achieve in the short term.

Egypt controls the Suez Canal, an important transportation line connecting Europe to Asia. The Ottoman Turkish Empire, as an ally, opened a battlefield in the Middle East. Even if Egypt wants to send troops to support the battlefield, it will only choose the European battlefield, rather than support the unfamiliar Asian battlefield.

Wang Changling sighed slightly and said in a serious tone: "We have had an emergency contact with the German intelligence department. The German Navy Intelligence Department confirmed that the British Middle East Fleet did not appear in the Mediterranean or the North Sea. In other words, this fleet is likely to come to our Asia."

Wu Shaoting pondered for a while, and said to Piaotiansi.com: "Our Chinese navy has always been weak, so we will try to avoid naval wars both in North Korea and Vietnam. If the Allies really want to obtain sea control, it is enough to rely on the Japanese navy alone. Why should we transfer a fleet from Egypt from afar?"

Wang Changling nodded and said, "Yes, our intelligence analysts also have such doubts. In addition to Egypt, we currently monitor a large number of encrypted telegram exchanges between India and the Straits colonies during this period, many of which are military communications that we can confirm."

Deng Kengma, who was standing beside him, asked, "What are they all?"

Sighing, Wang Changling smiled bitterly: "We have only monitored the amount of telegram information at present, and we have not yet been able to decipher the British telegram password. The reason why we are sure to have a lot of military communications is because we have recorded the relevant password styles before."

Wu Shaoting asked: "How much information is this?"

Wang Changling said: "It is almost twelve times the communication with the United Legion before. We speculate that it is very likely that the Middle East fleet is hidden near the Strait of Malacca, and it is even possible that an army has been secretly gathered in the Strait colonies."

Wu Shaoting emphasized and said, "This may be quite a bit. No matter what, we must now figure out the purpose of the disappearance of the Middle East fleet. Even if we have really come to Asia secretly, what is their real purpose?"

Wang Changling nodded with deep consent, and said solemnly: "This is indeed not to be taken lightly, but according to the information we have at present, it can only be hypothetical speculation, I am afraid that it will not be determined in a short period of time."

Wu Shaoting pondered again. He was always worried that Britain would join forces with the United States and then make some small moves in Asia.

To this end, he specially went to contact Song Jiaoren, the ambassador to the United States, and asked Song Jiaoren to release news in the United States that China is willing to win over the United States to jointly establish North Korea's legitimate sovereignty. The so-called "joint establishment" is more popular, which means "joint sharing". At this time, as long as the US situation can stabilize and share North Korean interests is not bad.

Just a week later, Song Jiaoren replied to a telegram, informing the US Congress that it is currently quarreling over the Asian situation and that it will not be able to determine its formal foreign policy against Asia for a while. It can be imagined that the strategy of winning over the United States has taken effect.

Although I can breathe a sigh of relief at this time, for Wu Shaoting, I don’t know what small moves the British are doing behind the scenes for a day, and I can’t be completely at ease. As he said before, the battlefield has been getting smoother and smoother, but the smoother it is, the more worth it. How could the Allies sit and watch China expand without restrictions and ignore it?

"No matter what, the purpose of establishing an intelligence department is to collect intelligence. No matter what, you must carefully find the enemy's conspiracy with me. This is a major event related to the fate of the country." Wu Shaoting had to put pressure on Wang Changling, and at this time he could only increase the intensity of intelligence work to explore the trends of Britain.
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