Chapter 1153 The Americans in a hurry

The commander-in-chief of Japan's Southeast Asian Dispatch Army, Senior General Ito Yanzaburo, issued to all the troops under his command the principle of "three prohibitions" to maintain a stable situation in front of the Libao defense line, and the core meaning was that the troops of the independent division must not be angered under the current situation.

Just send sù The soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army, who can't fight back, scold and don't fight back, and forget the pain of the scars, the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army at all levels, especially the junior officers, are very unconvinced by the ban of the commander-in-chief Ito, when have the samurai of the Great Japanese Empire been like this, we would rather face the bullets of the people of China and die a glorious death than live in such a humiliated and stealing life!

As a result, some fanatical bushidoists incited hundreds of junior officers and soldiers to petition in front of the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief.

Although the base camp was not discounted, he agreed to all his requests, which surprised and surprised Ito, and was deeply moved, but then, a letter from a close friend of the military department revealed the details of the factions inside the base camp, and several bigwigs of the army gave him secret letters one after another, in which the ardent hopes and expectations, as well as the undisguised blame, made Ito have a lot of pressure.

After the arrival of domestic supplements, if he still can't defeat Tang Qiuli and calm the situation in the Indochina Peninsula, not only will he not live up to the vast grace of His Majesty the Emperor, but he will also not be able to gain a foothold in the military circles.

Therefore, Ito most did not want to start a war with Tang Qiuli's troops in the current situation, the reason is very simple, his side is temporarily at a disadvantage, and he used "Taoguang Yanghui" to explain his current strategy to a few henchmen, but these simple-minded, well-developed limbs, and muscular warriors do not understand their painstaking efforts, and the voices shouting to take the initiative to attack are very loud.

Originally, Ito didn't pay much attention to these arguments, on the contrary, he was secretly happy that his subordinates had such morale, but today, these guys are too out of line, and the impact is extremely bad, if their stupid behavior leads the troops to seek war out of control, Ito himself can't sing against all the officers and soldiers, and it will inevitably destroy his own plan.

What makes Ito even more angry is that he just doesn't take the initiative to attack, confront Tang Qiuli's troops, and give the troops a chance to recuperate.

Ito knows even more that the imperial world, especially the army, has the following traditions, and it is not good to make trouble, there are really so many officers, with troops, take the initiative to attack the troops of the independent division, that is a disastrous consequence for the imperial Southeast Asian dispatch army, Tang Qiu is hundreds of thousands of soldiers from Chen, at the northern foot of the Libao Grand Canyon, if he does not attack, he will naturally not show mercy to his subordinates, but have another conspiracy, this is his own buffer time.

With anger, Ito hurriedly walked out of the gate of the general headquarters, followed by a large group of senior officers, and when he saw Ito come out, several of the junior officers led by him became even more excited, and shouted with a straight neck: "Your Excellency General, the samurai of our empire, I ask for your permission to fight to the death with the army of China, and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, although there is no regret in death!" ”

Hundreds of people shouted together: "Fight to the death, although there is no regret in death!" Ito didn't speak, but with a coercive and gloomy gaze, he glanced at the officers and soldiers, who were obviously oversecreting male hormones.

Several junior officers, seeing that the commander-in-chief did not react, were even more excited, took out a sharp knife casually, cut it on the wrist, and cut it fiercely, black blood dripping out, and these fanatical militarists, red eyes, complemented each other, Ito made a straight face, walked to a leading Shaozo, slowly pulled out the saber, and slowly raised it above his head.

Under the illumination of the sun, the saber flashed with a penetrating cold light, and everyone's eyes were condensed on the saber raised high by Ito, the scene froze for a while, a senior staff officer, seeing that something was wrong, stepped forward a few steps, held Ito's wrist, and said in a low voice: "General, please control your anger, the will of the army cannot be violated, please think twice!" ”

Ito calmed down, the saber he held high, the cold light flashed, and it slashed on a small tree next to him, and the small tree with the thickness of a rolling pin fell in response, and the young officer, as if he had walked through the ghost gate, was full of blood, turned into a cold sweat, and he believed that General Ito would definitely cut off his head.

Ito slowly put the saber into the sheath, and said in a cold tone: "Whoever dares to fight lightly, the same as this tree, order the gendarmerie to immediately confine down all officers and soldiers who participated in the petition, the officer will be demoted by one rank, the soldier will be fined three months' salary, and each person will be beaten with a stick according to the third degree of violation of military regulations, and no one will be punished." ”

A turmoil within the Japanese army, just like this, was suppressed by Ito with thunderous means, and for a long time after that, the Japanese army did not make any moves, Tang Qiuli naturally did not know about this farce that happened within the Japanese army, but he smelled a trace of conspiracy from the unusually quiet of the Japanese army.

At the Wubin Front Headquarters of the Independent Division, at the military meeting of all officers above the regimental level, hundreds of people gathered together, Tang Qiuli said: "The Japanese army that is holding Libao is unprecedentedly quiet, which is not normal, which also shows that Ito is recovering his vitality, waiting for the support and replenishment of the Japanese mainland, and once Ito recovers, he will carry out the established plan to capture Myitkyina and northern Burma." ”

The officers attending the meeting all agreed with the division commander's analysis, but they also all had a question, since they judged the plan of Ito, an old devil, why not take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army did not recover its vitality to break through the Japanese army's Libao defense line in one fell swoop, and to fight the war is to take advantage of the situation, the so-called "take advantage of his illness and kill him," it is much easier and easier to fight Ito at this time than to wait for the little devil to recover his vitality and then fight, right?

Tang Qiuli saw the officers' questions, chuckled, and then said: "Our eyes should not only be on the Indochina Peninsula, but on the entire Southeast Asia, Ito, a mad dog, will not only bite us, but also bite other people, so, as far as the current situation is concerned, we can't beat Ito to death, we just need to scare him away, he will go somewhere else to bite people." ”

"Therefore, our troops on the front line of Uhama only need to maintain strong pressure, make Ito feel fear, and scare him away," Tang Qiuli could only say so much to his subordinates, in fact, as far as the independent division was concerned, the desire to fight was even stronger than that of the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army who were full of bushido spirit.

In the first battle of Wubin, the little devil spat blood, as long as there was another large-scale attack, the little devil's custody would be over, but at this most critical and convenient time, the division commander suddenly stopped, to say that these brigade commanders have no complaints in their hearts, it is impossible, but there is no petition like the Japanese army.

But privately, the officers at all levels, whether it is the directly subordinate corps or the Sulu mobile corps, have complained and told strange things, and Tang Qiuli has also heard a lot, so today's military meeting is equivalent to a briefing meeting, and as for how much the officers understand, it depends on their personal understanding.

The person who can be a regiment-level commander in each corps of the independent division, the one who is not a person who has enough brains and can understand it at a point, several brigade commanders smiled knowingly, Chu Ziye grinned, squeezed his eyes towards Ren Zhaoquan, and understood in his heart, "The division commander's words are vivid, Ito and his devil soldiers are not a group of mad dogs?" The British have already been bitten, and, bitten to death, who will bite next, is it not clear! ”

He forgot that after he received the order to stop the attack, it was time for him to jump to his feet and get angry, Ren Zhaoquan glanced at Chu Ziye, leaned his head over, and said in a low voice: "Brigade Commander Chu, call the headquarters again to ask for battle!" Chu Ziye's old face flushed.

In late July, Li Honggang's troops of the 29th Corps, which had entered Burma from the Fujian Defense Region, arrived at the Wubin front, and Tang Qiuli, Tang Qiusheng, and Chang Feng personally went to Degang, north of Wubin, to greet the former chief of staff of the independent division and the current lieutenant general commander of the 29th Corps, whom he had not seen for more than half a year.

"Division Commander, Deputy Division Commander Tang has resolved the crisis situation in northern Myanmar, you have given a few orders, and our 29th Corps has arrived day and night, but there is nothing to do, Division Commander, arrange tasks for our Corps!" Otherwise, nearly 100,000 people would have eaten dry, and I wouldn't have been able to explain to them. ”

Li Honggang's words have a somewhat sour meaning, and they are also the main force of the independent division, except for Liu Tiehan's troops in the northeast, the others have all entered Burma, and they were finally ordered to enter Burma, but they found that there was no war to fight, and they came to take advantage of the excitement, not to mention the defeat, but also in their hearts, and seeing that the other corps were fighting in full swing in Burma, Li Honggang, the former leader of the first detachment of the Bloody Hand Regiment, could not help but feel a little left out in his heart.

Tang Qiuli saw Li Honggang's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Commander Li, I came from afar, I didn't fight in a fight, I don't feel very comfortable, how can I smell a sour smell?" Everyone, including Li Honggang, burst into laughter.

Li Honggang's 29th Corps arrived at the Wubin front, bringing the strength of the Independent Division on this line to three main corps, close to 500,000 troops, which really made Ito nervous and sweaty, but until the beginning of August, he did not see any kind of attack on himself by the troops of the Independent Division, and Ito slowly relaxed his mind.

The Japanese were relieved, but some people were in a hurry, and across the South China Sea, the South Pacific region, Luzon, Mindanao, Malaysia, and Indonesia, the Americans, who were in their traditional sphere of influence, jumped to their feet in a hurry, especially the commander-in-chief of the United States in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, four-star General MacArthur, who was anxious and full of anger.

(To be continued)

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