Three days later, Vientiane Command.

Chief of Staff Huang Jie hurriedly walked into Jiang Haoran's office and said, "General seat, good news, all the officers and men of the Yuanyi Group Army have successfully landed, and the large army has begun to move forward. ”

"Oh, so smooth?" Jiang Haoran said suspiciously.

"Hehe, the fortress defense line of the island army was burned clean by napalm and bombs, according to the reports of the soldiers at the front, the steel and concrete were scorched, and even the barrels of hundreds of millimeters of giant cannons were melted, what else did they use to defend the line? Therefore, they simply retreated dozens of kilometers and rebuilt their defensive line in the mountains. ”

"Dozens of kilometers back?" Jiang Haoran frowned.

"Yes, according to the scouts, no trace of the enemy was found within at least thirty kilometers, and the aviation confirmed that the enemy had been retreating for the past few days...... What, what's the problem? Huang Jie originally looked happy, but he saw that Jiang Haoran's expression was becoming more and more solemn, and he was a little uneasy.

Jiang Haoran was silent for a while, and said: "There are masters in the island army, and he is the tactical thinking of Fengwen under the mountain. ”

"Ah...... How to prove. ”

Jiang Haoran said: "It's very simple, Yamashita Fengwen is also our old opponent, we know who he is, he attacked Singapore, swept Malaysia, and won the nickname of 'Malay Tiger', and even when he was in Yingduo, he led his troops to attack Homarin, if it wasn't for Lao Tzu's vigilance early, Lao Tzu almost folded in his hands." Therefore, this person's tactical characteristics are spicy and fierce, and his person is also more conceited, and he should be his tactic to fight a positional battle with us in a positional battle at the front line, and stubbornly resist to the end. ”

Huang Jie nodded again and again, and said: "What the general seat said is that a person's tactical thinking is always determined by his character, and it is difficult to change, Yamashita Fengwen is indeed taking a fierce path, retreating to the jungle defense in front of him, too conservative and weak, the contrast between the front and back is too great, it is not like the tactics of the same person, but ...... Do you think this tactic is clever? “

Jiang Haoran smiled slightly, and said: "It's not just clever, but quite clever, in this way, our naval artillery will be completely useless, entering the jungle, even the usefulness of the air force will be greatly reduced, and the enemy is more familiar with the terrain than us, whether it is blocking, setting up an ambush or attacking from the flanks, we can not be guarded against." I had expected to annihilate the enemy's living forces on the fortress line, but their retreat left us with our most powerful fists on the cotton, and we had to fight their soldiers in the jungle. “

"In this way, the little devil's trick is indeed quite poisonous." Huang Jie muttered, and then suddenly remembered, and said: "I heard that the Jiannan Group Army of the Island Army has used a very young chief of staff, called Jue San?" The name is quite awkward, I don't remember, I don't know if it will be related to this person? ”

"Jue what's three?" Jiang Haoran frowned, in his memory, he really hadn't heard of such a powerful figure in the island army, but since he was very young and became the chief of staff of the island army group army, he must have extraordinary ability, maybe it was him?

After thinking about it, Jiang Haoran picked up the phone and ordered Liu Qiaoshou to immediately collect this person's information and send it over.

Not to mention, the current efficiency of the Central Security Bureau is really high, and in less than half an hour, Liu Qiaoshou hurried over with a folder in his hand.

Eizo Hori, 24 years old, graduated from the Army University of the island country, born in a military family, his father was the commander of the first division of the island country, the director of army aviation, and the big spy Kenji Dohihara was his neighbor.

But his ability to become the chief of staff of a major general at a young age is not due to family reasons, but because this person has extraordinary judgment.

When the Pacific War broke out, Eizo Hori had not yet graduated from the Army University, and on one occasion, the intelligence staff officer of the General Staff Headquarters gave a lecture at the Army University, and used two examples of the Philippine battlefield in the classroom.

One was a tank squadron of 9 light tanks of the 48th Division of the Island Army, which drove out 15 M-2 tanks of the Mi Army.

The other is that 40 tanks of the island army forced the more than 3,000-meter army to retreat dozens of miles.

The people of the General Staff Headquarters talked about these two battle examples in order to prove the heroism of the locusts and the timidity of the rice army.

However, Hori Rongsan said that the light tanks of the island army were no match for the M-2 of the Mi Army at all, and it was even more incomprehensible to win more with less.

His judgment was that the intention of the Mi army was to delay the attack of the locust army and cover the retreat of the main force to the Bataan Peninsula.

At that time, the intelligence officer of the island country was extremely dissatisfied and angrily accused him of slandering the combat effectiveness of the locust army, but just ten days later, MacArthur retreated to the Bataan Peninsula and slapped the intelligence officer of the island country with the facts.

It is because of this that Hori Eizan was specially recruited into the Intelligence Department of the General Staff Headquarters as an intelligence staff officer, responsible for the analysis of Mi's intelligence.

In the subsequent Pacific War, Hori Rongzo accurately analyzed the Mi Army's plan of action again and again, and the reason why the Mi Army's island-hopping tactics did not go smoothly was entirely because this person had the foresight and foresight to successfully predict the next landing place of the Mi Army.

Therefore, because of his outstanding performance, the base camp of the island country directly promoted him from a major lieutenant to a major general, and became the chief of staff of the Jiannan Group Army.

After listening to Liu Qiaoshou's report, Jiang Haoran immediately said: "That's right, it must be this Rongsan who is causing trouble." ”

Huang Jie was puzzled: "I don't understand this, since Hori Rongsan's plan is so good, why does the little devil still put on a position to confront us head-on, instead of directly retreating to the coastline?" ”

Jiang Haoran said: "This is very understandable, since Hori Eizan is so young, even if he is the chief of staff, these veterans, including Yamashita Fengfumi and Ozawa Jizaburo, must not take him very seriously, until they suffered big losses in the sea, land, and air, and then they remembered how correct Hori's plan was." This can also explain why the island army retreated so simply

Huang Jie nodded, and then asked, "Then what should we do now, do we need to change the battle plan?" ”

Jiang Haoran thought for a while and said: "No, but you must tell Liu Dakun to remember to be greedy for merit, and he must first stabilize the rear, advance steadily and steadily, and at the same time, pay attention to flank protection, and don't let the enemy take advantage of the loopholes." ”

"Okay, I'll go."

Huang Jie said and strode out of the office, and when he came back, Jiang Haoran was spreading out a map on the table, comparing and drawing, looking intently, and he didn't even notice that he entered the door.

Huang Jie stepped forward and glanced at it, and found that he was looking at the topographical map of Nasugbu, and said curiously: "It's not yet time for the airborne troops to come on the field, what, do you want to advance?" ”

"I'm back." Jiang Haoran glanced up at Huang Jie and said, "I just took a closer look at the war report and found a very serious problem. ”