Chapter 597: Running When You Meet a Siamese Man
Qin Wei actually likes Zhang Lingfu very much, a very pure soldier, obeying the orders of his superiors, and fighting with a bit of Spartan momentum: "We don't ask how many enemies there are, only where they are." He believes that if it weren't for his position, every superior would like a subordinate like Zhang Lingfu...... It's so easy to use and so useful.
And get rid of Zhang Lingfu, Qin Wei also likes Du Yuming, Wang Yaowu, and Sun Liren very much. Du Yuming didn't say it, this was the figure who supported the Kuomintang in the later period, and his role in the later battlefield of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was far more important than that of Hu Zongnan, Tang Enbo and others. He also commanded the Liaoshen Campaign and the Huaihai Campaign, although the Kuomintang side was defeated in these two battles, and Du Yuming himself became a prisoner, but it can be said to be a crime of non-war. If there were no top boss like Lao Jiang, who wanted to meddle in everything, Du Yuming would still not be able to win even if he was the worst, at least he would not lose so ugly.
There is also Wang Yaowu, it is said that he has never made a mistake in his life, although he was defeated on the battlefield in Shandong, but that is also an external reason. And he himself could have run away, but unfortunately he made the only small mistake in his life, and the biggest mistake when he escaped: in the process of escaping by disguised as a common man, after he went to the toilet, he actually wiped his butt with high-grade toilet paper. The Kuomintang has governed the country for so many years, and the life of the common people has never been good. How can such a stark person hide from the bright eyes of the people? So, he was caught by the people who found him and handed over to the People's Liberation Army.
and Sun Liren, although he successfully withdrew to Taiwan and was entrusted with important tasks, but the most unfortunate outcome was that he was imprisoned by Lao Chiang for decades......
So. Qin Wei tried his best to give these outstanding talents a better way out. But the problem is that since he is an outstanding talent, he naturally has his own ideas. They don't necessarily follow his orders honestly...... And among them, especially the belligerent Zhang Lingfu.
When Qin Wei ordered the 58th Division to prepare to fight in Burma, Zhang Lingfu was leading his subordinates to train and seize the beach in the Sanya area...... First, they took a boat from across the Gulf of Tonkin to North Vietnam. Then take the repaired Yunnan-Vietnam Railway and go straight to Yunnan. By the time Qin Wei received the news, the gang had already arrived at Tengchong on the border of Yunnan, and had already begun to collect vehicles and prepare to go south.
Qin Wei was half angry to death.
He just asked the 58th Division to prepare. didn't let Zhang Lingfu rush over. But now that this guy has arrived, what else can he do? As the most well-equipped of the entire national army. One of the most powerful forces in the armed forces. Naturally, it was impossible for him to excuse himself on the grounds of insufficient equipment and materials. In particular, the Americans also knew the details of the 58th Division, and Stilwell had thought of using the 58th Division as the advance team, and now that this unit had reached the border with Yunnan, if he watched Patton besieged by the Japanese army and did nothing, the Americans would really be angry.
So, in desperation. He had no choice but to order Zhang Lingfu to lead the 58th Division to aid Patton.
And just one day after the departure of the 58th Division, he received a telegram from Zhang Lingfu: Alexander, the commander-in-chief of the British army, ordered the 58th Division to reroute to aid Ren'anqiang...... It turned out that the British army, which was retreating in a panic, encountered the Japanese airborne troops who had been killed from the Ringanqiang oil field. It stands to reason that the number of airborne troops is not large. Because the territory occupied by the Japanese is too large, and the air force is scattered everywhere, it is difficult to concentrate a large number of transport planes and bombers for parachute training, which also limits the size of Japan's paratroopers. The number of Japanese paratroopers who occupied Ringanqiang is said to be less than 3,000 men, the size of a wing. With such a small number of troops, with the so-called Burmese Independence Army, it stands to reason that it may be a little difficult to just defend Ringanqiang, so no one thought that they would rush out of the oil fields, and they also blatantly blocked the escape of tens of thousands of British troops.
As the old Chinese saying goes, "Don't chase after the poor, don't stop the teacher". To put it bluntly, it is the fear of forcing the enemy into a situation where there is no way out, so that the enemy will be desperate and cause unnecessary losses to himself. But the Japanese did the opposite, and what was even more puzzling was that the British were really blocked.
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"According to information, the Japanese army in Ringanqiang cut off the railway from Yangon to Mandalay."
It stands to reason that as the acting provincial chairman during the war, Jiang Jingguo's affairs should be very busy and busy, but this benevolent brother likes to make peace with Qin Wei when he has nothing to do, and he does not have the "reserve" of being a prince at all. However, those who know the inside story feel "admiration" for what Chiang Ching-kuo has done...... This kid clearly wants to get a piece of the pie in this "military dinner". Although as the acting provincial chairman, he will definitely get a share of the credit after the victory of the war, but how can that kind of credit compare to staying by Qin Wei's side and earning it really? As the acting provincial chairman, at most he is "helping", but staying by Qin Wei's side is to experience such a big battle firsthand...... These are two completely different credits.
"The railway has been cut off, so I don't know how to run the road?" After listening to Jiang Jingguo's report, Qin Wei smiled bitterly, "With only 3,000 Japanese troops, even if Alexander and his subordinates are papier-mΓ’chΓ©, don't they dare to rush it?" β
"I heard that it was this Japanese airborne force that attacked them first." Chiang Ching-kuo's face was strange, "As a result, the vanguard of the British army was broken up, and Alexander and his group were frightened to retreat more than ten miles. β
"Awesome!" Qin Wei was stunned, and then stretched out his thumb, "This shows that this is a fierce team, and we can't afford to mess with it." Send a report to Zhang Lingfu asking him to continue to carry out the previous orders of the headquarters, and then tell him that every order he is receiving now has the permission of the commander-in-chief of the Western Pacific Theater, and has irrefutable authority in the entire Western Pacific Theater, and no one is qualified to change it...... It doesn't matter if it's British, or it's American. β
"Yes."
"By the way, I didn't ask you to help ask Sun Liren, did the Siamese people solve it?" Qin Wei asked again.
"Sir, Sun Fumin reported that he had already sent the provisional 18th and 184th divisions to meet the enemy, but according to the reports of the two division commanders, Pan Shuorui and Lu Junquan, so far, they have not found any trace of the Siamese." Chiang Ching-kuo replied.
"Oh?" Qin Wei narrowed his eyes, "Then where are these two divisions now?" β
"It's already been reached." Chiang Ching-kuo replied.
"Order them to continue south along the Mekong River, and if there are no enemy troops all the time, they will continue to enter Cambodia." Qin Weidao.
"Wouldn't that be too dangerous?" Jiang Jingguo frowned, "Although Cambodia is still governed by the French, since Sun Liren and the others withdrew, there has been a lot of chaos there. And there are no of us around, Siam is still the forward base of the Japanese army...... If they appear there, they will probably be besieged by the Japanese army. Probably they themselves won't be happy. β
"I know that they are the Dian army." Qin Wei smiled, "But I didn't let them fight." These two divisions had spent time in Cambodia with Sun Liren before, and they were familiar with the situation there...... The Siamese have now declared war on the allies, but these people are afraid of wolves and tigers, and they dare not move easily, so although they received orders from the Japanese, they still hesitated, and the Japanese now pay more attention to the Burmese battlefield, and Siam is their partner on the surface, so they do not use strong means for a while. But since you are already an enemy, there is no need to be polite. I'm going to give the Siamese people a boost first...... Let Pan Sou Shwe and them go all the way from the Mekong River to Vietnam. The Japanese had avoided these two places since they had dared not provoke us, but what do you think if they heard that our people had reappeared in South Vietnam? β
"They're definitely going to have to worry about the way back." Chiang Ching-kuo said with a smile.
"That's right." Qin Wei said with a smile, "Taking off from the airport in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in Vietnam, our planes can completely blockade the Gulf of Thailand, and even bomb Singapore directly." Shouichi Terauchi had dealt with me a few times, and he knew that I had a big appetite, and that I was quite sincere about the navy, and that I would definitely not dare to take this risk. But at this juncture, he could not and did not dare to send more Japanese troops to fight back, so his only way was to force Siam to send troops. At that point, what do you say we should do? β
"This ......" Chiang Ching-kuo pondered for a moment, "head-on? β
"That's not right." Qin Wei shook his head with a smile, "I said, it's not for these two divisions to fight. To be a man, you have to talk about it. β
"Then I don't know." Chiang Ching-kuo smiled bitterly, "If you don't give the Siamese people a head-on blow, then Cambodia and South Vietnam will probably fall." Although it is not our territory, it is still within the scope of our power, and its strategic position is extremely important, and it can provide us with some food, if it were me, I would definitely not be willing to abandon such an important place. β
"yes, that's a good place." Qin Wei nodded, "The Mekong Delta, as well as the Tonle Sap Lake in Cambodia, are both land of fish and rice, and they are rich in products. If the business is good, the problem of supplying grain to our southwestern provinces will not be big. And now that the Yunnan-Vietnam railway has been rebuilt, the transportation between the two places is also convenient, and the status there is even more important. β
"And what are you going to do?" Chiang Ching-kuo asked curiously.
"Run." Qin Wei smiled bitterly, "Let Pan Shuorui and Lu Junquan continue to run, from south to north, and 'escape' back to North Vietnam." β
"Yes...... That's just Siamese! Chiang Ching-kuo felt unacceptable. Although he decided that Pan and Lu would not be willing to join the Siamese people, if Qin Wei gave an order, the two Dian army divisions would still have to act according to the order. Moreover, he believed that Pan and Lu would not be happy to run away in front of the Siamese...... I'm not Japanese, so I can't afford to lose that person.
"Just because I'm a Siamese, I have to run! If you don't run, there will be problems. (To be continued......)
PS: There's a lot of stuff.,There's going to be a lot less updates this month.,At present, it's barely guaranteed to be a chapter a day. I hope you will understand if you like this book.