Saigon, later the location of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is a city with a large Chinese population. With the Japanese occupation of the area, the once thriving trading city has become much more depressed.

Regarding the news that the First Division of the Fourth Theater and Zhao Tiehu had arrived at the Wolf's Den base near Saigon, the Japanese troops stationed in Saigon did not know. However, the recent situation around Saigon is still a headache for the Japanese troops stationed here.

On the one hand, they were urged to raise more food, and on the other hand, the resistance to the armed activities became more and more frequent, and the amount of food that could be grabbed became less and less. Under such circumstances, the Japanese army headquarters stationed in Saigon also seemed very anxious.

In the face of the urging from above, let the garrison raise as much food as possible. The food raised from here was not only for the Japanese army fighting in Indochina, but also for the Japanese army as far away as China, Burma, the Pacific islands, and even the Japanese mainland.

Even the Japanese troops stationed here sold some of the collected rice to the residents of the city at a high price, making a windfall, and then used the money to buy other military supplies or simply enrich their own pockets.

In this case, the local people who are miserable have no choice but to flee their homes or simply hide their food. Over time, there will undoubtedly be more and more rebellions and conflicts caused by grain requisition.

The Japanese army, which has an infantry brigade stationed in Saigon, is undoubtedly troubled by the chaos in the control area. But the current situation is for the Japanese army, and it has to raise as many strategic materials as possible.

Food, in today's year, is naturally one of the strategic materials that all parties urgently need!

Looking at the commander of the Japanese brigade, who had a headache, an operational staff officer suddenly said: "General, if you don't organize a big operation, you will also grab the food in the hands of those people." There should be a lot of food in the hands of those people! ”

"You mean Embankment Chinatown?"

"Yes, General! Although there is no direct evidence to prove that they are among the frequent revolts in various places today. However, according to the information we have, several grain stores in Chinatown have been selling low-priced grain from time to time recently.

Despite this grain, they were mostly sold to the Chinese living there. But their actions have undoubtedly had a great impact on our grain sales. I feel the need to warn them! ”

After this combat staff officer said this, a Japanese wing commander shook his head and said: "General, I don't agree with Koyama Nakasa's suggestion!" Once we start to grab the food of those Chinese, we are afraid that it will cause even greater chaos. ”

"What does Nakamura mean? Xinghua Army? ”

"Yes, General! Although there is no direct evidence that the Chinese living in Chinatown have a direct connection with the Xinghua Army. But it is almost certain that in the jungles around Saigon, there must have been a large force of the Xinghua Army.

If we start a clean-up operation in Chinatown, it will inevitably anger them. At that time, if we only have an infantry brigade and want to control the situation here, I am afraid that it will be very difficult, and it will even affect the overall strategy! ”

As the wing captain's words were finished, the Japanese staff officer who had suggested moving Chinatown before said disdainfully: "Captain Nakamura, when did our army of the Great Japanese Empire be afraid of a group of people?"

In my opinion, it is precisely because there are a large number of rebels hidden in the vicinity, or the Xinghua Army composed of the Shina people, that it is necessary for us to carry out a clean-up operation. These guerrillas are hiding in the mountains, and it is really difficult for us to carry out the eradication.

But if they dare to come out and attack us, with the strength of our infantry brigades, even if they come with 10,000 or 20,000 people, I believe that the final victory will also belong to us. Why should we be afraid of the combat capability of these Chinese armies?

What's more, the empire has decided to open up this strategic channel in Southeast Asia, and if it does not solve these Xinghua troops, how can it ensure the security of the strategic channel? This is not the South Seas, this is the French Indochina region, our territory! ”

After some fierce debate, in the end, the officers of the main battle team won the victory. In order to complete the above task of raising food, and in order to deter the rebel forces in various places, the commander of the Japanese brigade finally decided to take action against Chinatown on the embankment.

It's just that the commander of the Japanese brigade didn't expect that this plan would be learned by the Wolf Nose intelligence department just after he had a combat meeting. And the news was also very fast, and it was conveyed to Zhao Tiehu, who had just arrived at the station of the First Division.

Holding the information that had just arrived, Zhao Tiehu sneered: "The little devil here is not small, he really dares to do something to Chinatown!" That's fine, even if the Japanese army here is completely wiped out at that time, I believe that the little devil will have nothing to say. Wu Hao! ”

"Here!"

"A main battalion was transferred from the 1st Division and secretly stationed in Chinatown overnight, taking over the security of Chinatown, cooperating with the garrison of Chinatown, and protecting the safety of the compatriots living there.

The rest of the 1st division and 1st regiment were lurking near the embankment. Once the Japanese army launched an attack on Chinatown, they would obey my orders at any time and carry out a counter-encirclement of the Japanese troops attacking Chinatown, and completely annihilate the Japanese troops there.

The 1st Division and the 2nd Regiment lurked near the Saidi Highway and ambushed the Japanese troops stationed in Saigon as soon as they were dispatched. The rest of the troops, ready to attack Saigon. The local wolf warrior team will fully cooperate with this operation! ”

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"

"Alright, let's get moving!"

Zhao Tiehu, who had just arrived here, wanted to give the troops a few more days to rest and recuperate, and then formulate the corresponding combat missions after Chen Xinyi and others arrived. But now, the Japanese army suddenly wants to make a move on Chinatown, so naturally he can't wait any longer.

In fact, Zhao Tiehu knew that many Japanese commanders stationed in Nanyang had always wanted to clear the Xinghua army. It's just that such an action requires more concerns and consideration for many Japanese generals.

Although Zhao Tiehu didn't know that the Japanese commanders here had the courage to dare to do something to the Chinese. But Zhao Tiehu believes that the Japanese generals will also pretend not to know about such a move and want to see the specific results.

After all, the situation in French Indochina is still somewhat different from that of Nanyang. In this place, the Xinghua Army did not show much strength. Therefore, the Japanese army will have the meaning of temptation, in fact, it is also said in the past.

But for Zhao Tiehu, as long as the Japanese army dares to make a move, then he will attack with thunder, taking advantage of the Japanese army in Saigon to attack the local Chinatown, give the Japanese army a heavy blow, and even take over the defense of the Saigon area.

In this place, have a good fight with the little devils. After all, the troops in all theaters have completed their reorganization, and they also need some actual combat training to fight them. Then this battle is not bad to use for military training.

I didn't know that the Xinghua Army had already dispatched a main division in advance to lurk and wait for the Japanese army in Saigon. After formulating a battle plan to attack Chinatown and achieve a quick victory, an infantry brigade of the Japanese army was also quickly dispatched.

In cooperation with the Japanese garrison brigade stationed on the embankment, it planned to carry out a clean-up operation against the Chinese living in the embankment's Chinatown. However, before the Japanese infantry brigade arrived, a main battalion of the 1st Division had already entered the Chinatown block.

The captain of the garrison, who had already been notified by his superiors, and the captain of the garrison in charge of Chinatown's security guards also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You guys are finally here!" Since the afternoon, the little devils have strengthened their monitoring of us and began to prohibit people from entering and leaving! ”

"Captain Song, don't worry! We are only the vanguard troops, and there are large forces behind us. Tonight, you will work hard and notify them from door to door, so that they must hide in the tunnel.

As for the defensive arrangement, my troops are in charge, and as long as the little devils dare to come, they will definitely be able to come and go. It's just that the people need to be reminded that once the time comes, I'm afraid that many houses will definitely suffer. ”

The main battalion commander who was ordered to take over the security and defense of Chinatown knew very well that once the fight broke out, many of these houses, which were also important to the Chinese, would be blown up or burned down. And this kind of thing is also very common in war!

Song Yuming, who served as the captain of the Chinatown garrison, also said very understandingly: "As long as you can save your life, the house will be burned down and rebuilt." I believe that you can understand this situation. ”

Before starting the deployment situation, the main battalion commander said to a major wearing a wolf warrior uniform beside him: "Those observation posts of the little devils, please clean them up." According to the commander-in-chief's meaning, let the little devil do it first! ”

"Okay! I promise, tonight's little devil's observation posts will all be dead! ”

When the Wolf Warrior's clearance team began to roam the vicinity of Chinatown. Many Japanese observation posts were silently resolved. At this moment, the main battalion stationed in Chinatown began to build fortifications in the streets with some commanding heights.

Once the Japanese attacked, the first thing to do was to break through the defensive line they had established. In the process of arranging their defenses, a Japanese sentry and a bribed spy who was ordered to keep an eye on Chinatown were silently obliterated.

Gradually, the captain of the Japanese garrison, who was in charge of the defense of the embankment, was also surprised: "What did you say? Are all our sentinels gone? Yaga, how is this possible? What's going on in Chinatown? ”

"Report to the captain, I don't know what the specific situation is! According to our patrol's observations, the situation in Chinatown is no different than usual. The Chinese guards in charge of protecting Chinatown are still patrolling normally.

It's just that we arranged to go to a nearby undercover post earlier, and no one has come back to report the news. I then sent a patrol to check on the situation, only to find that there was no one in sight at the location of the lurking observation post! ”

"Damn it! Could it be that those Chinese received any information? ”

"Probably unlikely! If they had received the information, they would have fled overnight. But the patrol team didn't find anything going on in Chinatown. However, this thing does get a little weird! ”

In Southeast Asia and the South Seas, it has become commonplace for Chinese to form self-defense forces. Even though the Japanese army was dissatisfied with this, they finally acquiesced to this kind of thing. After all, it is also common for armed men to be armed in this era.

And isn't it normal for a Chinatown to be equipped with dozens of patrol guards to guard the security of the neighborhood?