After Tang Qiuli returned to Yangon, he went directly to the division headquarters, and the deputy division commander Tang Qiusheng briefly reported the situation in the recent period, the basic situation of the Malay Peninsula has not changed much, but the Japanese army retreated 20 kilometers from the original confrontation area without warning.

But Tang Qiuli understood in his heart, secretly laughing at Ito, to be an interesting and smart guy, the purpose of this is nothing more than to show an attitude, and it can also be regarded as a disguised show of goodwill, taking the initiative to retreat and break away from contact with the troops of the independent division, that is, it can show weakness, so as not to anger Tang Qiuli, and it can avoid a lot of friction.

Tang Qiuli's judgment of Ito's psychology is very accurate, Ito, who is trapped in Singapore, understands his current situation, all kinds of practices, it is a last resort, and he sees it as a burden of humiliation, cautious, walking on thin ice, for fear of angering Tang Qiuli, the murderous and unblinking devil, but those fanatical junior officers and low-level soldiers may not understand the good intentions of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief.

Ito knew too well the virtues of those junior officers and soldiers under his command, belonging to the typical memory of eating and not remembering, and forgetting the pain of the gang, after retreating to Singapore for more than ten days, the battle line was stable, and he ate a few full meals.

The situation of the grassroots troops who did not know the height of the sky was reflected to Ito, and he was scared out of a white sweat, and his own family affairs, his own knowledge, the fragile calm on the surface of the Malay Peninsula could be broken at any time, and this qiē depended on Tang Qiuli's mood, at this time, how much anger Tang Qiuli's behavior would give the troops who retreated in Singapore. Invite catastrophe.

Ito was not unaware that his situation was very bad and passive, and he repeatedly sent telegrams to the base camp asking for only one. Send the rest of the army to withdraw to the mainland as much as possible, and whoever wants to stay in this place where he may die at any time, where nearly a million independent division troops are eyeing him, with the sea in front and knives and guns in the back, and big farts, whoever wants to stay is a madman.

Ito has a bit of a broken jar mentality, and he has already disobeyed the military order anyway. Twice retreated without authorization, waiting for himself, I am afraid that the most severe punishment, imprisonment and losing his head are common things, now that he knows the result, Ito is fearless, while he has not been deprived of military power, when he has lost his personal freedom. Preserving some of the bloodlines of the sending army is the only thing you can do.

As for holding on to Singapore, not giving up the empire's bridgehead and port city in Southeast Asia. Ito didn't even think about it, Tang Qiuli's nearly one million troops, one person can drown the hundreds of thousands of soldiers under his own command, and then look at the terrain conditions of Singapore, there is no danger to defend, there is no strategic room for maneuver, since he chose to abandon Yangon, Ito has no intention of breaking the jade for the great Japanese empire in Singapore.

What Ito didn't know was that for his two disobedience to the orders of the base camp. The commander-in-chief of the dispatch army, who gave up important targets without authorization, and the decision-making level of the local area, have already quarreled and held several imperial meetings in succession, but no result has been reached, and several political factions have been distributed. Differing points of view, each not giving in, all have their own reasons, which made Emperor Hirohito also very troubled.

The most difficult thing to decide, is Ito has merit or the problem, the navy, shouting and shouting to kill, killing Ito, with the military discipline of the emperor's ** team, the army, a series of thinks, although Ito has disobeyed the orders of the base camp, but he is not guilty to death, after all, the hundreds of thousands of imperial soldiers, brought out of a desperate situation, and saved the military strength for the empire, they are all old fritters, it is impossible not to see, and defending Yangon is an end of annihilation.

Therefore, this department advocates that Ito be dismissed, but not investigated, and turned into a reserve, that is, refrigerated and never reused, and the faction that strongly supports Ito does not do it, their reason is that even if Ito has no merit, he is never at fault, and the famous general of the empire who fought against Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, is not a halberd and sinks into the sand, until the troops are tossed.

Not to mention, it is the former commander-in-chief of the Imperial China Southern Dispatch Army, General Terauchi Shouichi, what is the final result, it is not that the whole army is annihilated, and he ends up committing suicide, General Ito has done enough, twice to save the Imperial Southeast Asia Dispatch Army from the situation of annihilation, under the heavy attack of the Chinese devil Tang Qiuli, he can still retain hundreds of thousands of troops, and defend Singapore, what is the exceedance?

Emperor Hirohito's head, by the ministers and generals, quarreled painfully, several factions like black-eyed chickens quarreled, and made him very unhappy, dilemma, according to Ito's actions, the crime of killing the head is enough, but from the actual effect, Ito's two disobedience to military orders did not make the Southeast Asian dispatch army lose all, there are still more than 100,000 soldiers in his hands, and he still occupies Singapore.

Being able to retreat from a lonely city under the attack of the devil Tang Qiu from a million troops, Ito's talent is quite good, and he is not easy, such a general, if he is severely punished, it will inevitably form a kind of evil result, knowing that he can't do it, he will do all his strength in every battle, and in the long run, the empire is not rich in human resources, and it will not be able to withstand such long-term consumption.

This is also the point that Hirohito is most worried about, not to mention, in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, the opponent and enemy of the empire, not only Tang Qiuli, the Americans are also one of them, Hirohito weighed the pros and cons, he already has an idea, as far as the current situation is concerned, the empire is not suitable for the enemy of the devil at this stage, it is best to seek a temporary and safe way of mutual non-aggression.

At this moment, the Americans in Southeast Asia have been included in the sight of Emperor Hirohito, however, it is also necessary to take a look at the steps of the allies of the Germans, if in the European battlefield, the Germans can contain most of the energy of the Americans, Hirohito will do it without hesitation, if Tang Qiuli is a hard bone that cannot be gnawed, the Americans are soft persimmons that will be broken when they are pinched, and they are not placed in the eyes of Emperor Hirohito.

However, what needs to be solved urgently at the moment is what Tang Qiuli's specific attitude is, his troops, did not take advantage of the situation to kill Ito's troops, in Hirohito's view, is a conspiracy, at the same time, it is also a signal, a hint, although this speculation, it is still ambiguous, and even makes Hirohito feel incredible, he still chooses to believe his own judgment.

Hirohito is a typical politician, he has his own unique, different from the military's sense of political smell, he does not believe that the devil Tang Qiuli, will have a good impression of the Great Japanese Empire, and not to the Imperial Army troops retreating to Singapore, the killer, just like not believing that wolves do not eat meat, so he wants to test Tang Qiuli's attitude, if he can find out his hole cards, it will determine the next strategic direction of the Great Japanese Empire.

Today, it is still a routine study of how to deal with Ito's imperial meeting, as usual, as soon as the meeting began, it immediately entered the stage of quarreling, and the various factions chewed the words of the previous day, and turned them out like a treasure to attack the opponent, Hirohito listened to it for more than ten minutes, full of disgust, all vegetarian corpses, short-sighted guys, why didn't they see that behind the Ito incident, there was a greater strategic opportunity hidden?

Hirohito's gloomy eyes glanced at the audience, and said dryly: "Okay, I have made up my mind, and I have instructed General Ito Yanzaburo, as the highest representative of the empire in Southeast Asia, to be responsible for negotiating with Tang Qiuli and reaching a non-aggression agreement, with the only purpose of the emperor's ** team staying in the Malay Peninsula, if I can't complete my trust, it's not too late to deal with it."

His Majesty the Emperor made the final decision, and, there is no doubt, the ministers and generals who were staring at each other suddenly found that they were very ridiculous, arguing and arguing, and there was no result, His Majesty the Emperor found another way, that Ito not only did not receive any punishment, but also had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and became an imperial envoy, which is really unpredictable!

The dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and the general Ito Yanzaburo, who is waiting for the knife with his eyes closed, turns around, and good luck is on the head, and a telegram from the local area has changed his fate, which makes him who has already made the worst plans, a little unbelievable, but, things in the world, just so strange, not only did not receive any punishment, but also became the highest representative of the empire, it was really like a dream.

However, Ito is by no means easy, ten days ago, the two opponents who were still fighting to the death, now, actually want to sit down and negotiate, ridiculous and incredible, Ito even doubts that the personal decision from His Majesty the Emperor Xià can be realized, the empire wants to negotiate, is that the devil Tang Qiuli willing? Does His Majesty the Emperor feel quite good about himself, shaving his head and picking hot heads?

This is the only chance to get rid of the established fate, Ito devoted himself wholeheartedly, but he painfully found that there was no channel to contact Tang Qiuli, or his chief of staff, Major General Kawashima, proposed to build each of them in the future, "Your Excellency the commander-in-chief, can we expel a Chinese who is known as a prestige in the local area to serve as our special envoy, test Tang Qiuli's tone, and reach some initial verbal agreement, and then make the next step?" ”

Ito almost pulled Kawashima's chief of staff to kiss a few bites, there are such subordinates and deputies, it is the gift of Amaterasu, Kawashima's brain, how is it long, he can always put forward the most valuable suggestions when he is at a loss, so that the difficulties can be solved, Ito is also secretly glad that he obeyed Kawashima's advice and did not carry out bloody suppression of local Chinese and overseas Chinese like in Yangon.

Otherwise, there would be no opportunity today, Ito and Kawashima, after two days of study, finally chose Mr. Qi Yuanshan, President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chairman of the Singapore United Shipping Corporation, as Ito's personal representative, rushed to Yangon to discuss relevant negotiation matters with Tang Qiuli.