Chapter 590: Chapter 366: Conquering Southeast Asia_3

After the Genetic Warriors and Super Soldiers had entered the jungle and strangled the An Nan Guerrillas who tried to sabotage the supply lines, the armored forces and Mechanical Army began to massively mobilize, attacking from two fronts simultaneously.

An Nan Country was too long and narrow, possessing no strategic depth whatsoever.

The Jieke Group was divided into two army groups, Group A, consisting of 70,000 Jieke Group soldiers and 150,000 servant soldiers, set out from Huafan County in Zhenla, aiming directly for the capital Hu City of An Nan, just 136 kilometers away.

Group B, comprised of 50,000 Jieke Group soldiers and 120,000 servant soldiers, embarked from Mu Hua County in Lancang, making a beeline for An Nan’s Hu City, which was only a mere 55 kilometers away.

Hu City was the capital and political center of An Nan with a population of eight million.

Whereas Hu City had a population of 11 million and was the economic center of An Nan.

The Jieke Group’s heavy forces, like two sharp arrows, one aimed at the heart and the other at the throat of An Nan, were lethal in every move.

The Mechanical Combat Brigade served as the spearhead; wherever the army passed, all resistance was crushed. In less than two hours, Group B had stormed into Hu City, reaching its gates.

It took Group A three and a half hours to similarly overwhelm the obstacles along the way and to reach the outskirts of Hu City.

Thereafter, both army groups executed probing artillery strikes, immediately causing panic among the citizens within the cities.

Masses of citizens fled in a frantic scramble, the stock market plummeted, all capital was in a rush to divest and escape, and several artillery shells wiped out hundreds of billions of US Dollars from An Nan’s economy per shell.

Without even assaulting the cities directly, An Nan had already begun to severely falter, facing dire economic straits.

If it had been just guerrilla warfare, An Nan might have still rallied millions of reservists to wage a prolonged war against Jieke Group.

But with their heart and throat under the sword’s blade, unless An Nan wanted their two vital cities to become ruins, negating decades of economic development and reverting to pre-liberation conditions, and to annihilate Jieke Group even at the cost of mutual destruction– a scenario highly unlikely–the educated elites of An Nan knew the war was unwinnable.

With no other choice, An Nan could only humbly plead once more to resume peace talks and beg Jieke Group for a ceasefire, because they did not know how to win this war.

Eventually, Jieke Group reluctantly convened the Southeast Asia Five Countries’ Conference, and handed over an even more stringent amendment of the treaty to An Nan.

Faced with the alarming and unequal treaty, the representatives of An Nan could only swallow the bitter fruit of defeat, no longer daring to quibble over minor issues, for fear of angering Jieke Group, as they tremulously signed the treaty.

With the treaty’s signing, Jieke Group took merely a week to thoroughly subdue An Nan, the would-be leader, forcing them to kneel and “call Daddy.”

This also confirmed the saying, the truth exists only within the range of cannons.

Jieke Group had convinced An Nan with its own version of the truth.

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On March 1, in the Grand Palace of Siamese City, the Five Countries of Southeast Asia officially completed the treaty signing of this Southeast Asian War and obtained the approvals from the leaders of the five countries, making the treaty officially effective.

Since it was signed in Manchester, this treaty was known as the “Manchester Treaty.”

The main content of the treaty was filled with unequal privileges of the defeated Siamese Four Countries by Jieke Group; economically, the four countries became the product output locations and cheap labor markets for Jieke Group, and militarily, Jieke Group extended its influence into the four countries through garrisons.

The transformation of Siam was the most thorough, its King was supported by Jieke Group, and a series of mutual defense treaties tightly bonded Siam to Jieke Group’s military chariot. Zhenla, Lancang, and the other two An Nan countries also experienced varying degrees of deepened influence, with this impact set to deepen further over time.

It could be said that with the signing of the “Manchester Treaty,” Jieke Group, through this war, had amassed immense benefits, both economically and militarily.

And through this war, Jieke Group cemented its dominant position in Southeast Asia, significantly increasing its territorial area and actual population control–the entire Southeast Asia had turned into Jieke Group’s playground.

Meanwhile, when the news of the signing of the Manchester Treaty was released, the entire world was shocked.

‘Jieke Group has pried open the doors of Siam, An Nan, Zhenla, and Lancang through cannon fire, brutally and ferociously forcing these countries to bow their heads in submission, an act utterly heinous and ruthless, an outrage to the heavens.’

——–“The Times”

‘The signing of the “Manchester Treaty” has compromised the sovereignty of the four countries, making them economic colonies of Jieke Group, and their people have been enslaved by Jieke Group.’

——–“Wall Street Journal”

‘The “Manchester Treaty” has destroyed the judicial, tariff, territorial waters, and military autonomy of the Siamese Four Countries, the territories being ruthlessly divided, and this act of imperialism looks to turn Southeast Asia into a colonial dominion.’

——–“Daily News”

‘Su Jie, a remnant of modern imperialism, his dictatorship is poisoning the entire Southeast Asia, forcing other nations to submit to his underlings. However, we believe his brutal empire is destined to be abandoned by the free world of democracy, and we look forward to the day this tyrant meets his sad demise.’

——–“New York Times”

‘An ardent practitioner of extreme nationalism, Su Jie truly deserves the title of Southeast Asia’s Emperor.’

——–“Truth Newspaper”

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Su Jie once again dominated the headlines of major global media because of territory and indemnity loss, national humiliation, and the unequal “Manchester Treaty,” solidifying his title as the modern-era Emperor.

Western society, naturally full of scorn for the high-handed Su Jie and Jieke Group, even though the contents of the “Manchester Treaty” echo what they themselves have done in the past to their colonies, some of the terms are still currently being implemented by Beautiful Country and other Western nations to other countries, yet they choose to forget selectively, chastising Jieke Group vociferously.

Jieke Group remained indifferent to the criticism, as no amount of verbal abuse from the enemies could stop Jieke Group from its complete and overwhelming victory in this war, truly becoming the undisputed overlord of Southeast Asia.

And the most bitter of all was Beautiful Country, originally organizing a four-country assault on Jieke Group, which ended up like throwing a meat bun to a dog–gone and not coming back, little did they know how dismally these countries would perform and how ruthlessly sharp Jieke Group would act.

This move not only failed to destroy Jieke Group, but instead became a stepping stone for the growth and strengthening of Jieke Group, causing insufferable distress.