On the night of June 28, 1915, the Island Nation's Army secretly set out from the homeland and, under naval escort, headed for Southeast Asia.
On the morning of July 3, the Island Nation Navy's Combined Fleet shelled Hanoi. The Island Nation's Army's 1st Division landed there and encountered almost no resistance. That very day, the Island Nation's Army occupied Hanoi.
On July 4, the Combined Fleet escorted the Island Nation's Army's 2nd Division in its attack on Saigon, and they captured Saigon almost without shedding a drop of blood.
The French colonial officials who had originally been ordered to wait there for officials from Germany fled without a second word. France had never had many regular troops in the Indochina Colony to begin with; nearly all those remaining were Security Forces made up of local natives. Though the Security Forces numbered more than a hundred thousand, they had no will to fight at all. Once the Island Nation's Army attacked, they scattered and fled. The entire Indochina Colony was like a peach ripened to perfection, falling straight into the Island Nation's hands.
On July 5, the Island Nation's Army's 3rd Division attacked the Malaya Colony, while the 6th Division attacked Lion City. The British colonial officials and troops stationed there immediately fled, offering not the slightest resistance.
On July 7, the Island Nation's Army's 4th Division and 5th Division attacked Burma. The British colonial troops and officials stationed in Burma withdrew to India.
In just a few days, all of Southeast Asia seemed to have fallen into the Island Nation's hands. Though at that point, the Island Nation had occupied only a small portion of the region, its advance was unstoppable. With the colonial officials and troops of Britain and France abandoning resistance, those colonies would soon fall into