It can be seen that Le Yiqin has made careful preparations for Tang Qiuli's arrival, and in the war room, all kinds of equipment are readily available, and a large military map of northern Myanmar has been hung on the wall, and telephones and radio stations, including newspaper officers wearing aviation uniforms, are all sitting at their respective posts.

Seeing the commander coming in with the division commander, he stood up and saluted together: "Hello division commander!" Tang Qiuli smiled knowingly, waved his hand and sat down for everyone, and said to Le Yiqin without praise: "Yiqin, I can't see it, you guys with thick lines, you are so careful, yes, as soon as you come in, you give people the atmosphere of war." ”

Le Yiqin smiled "hehe", although he didn't say anything, he was actually very proud in his heart, but wasn't it, the division commander personally came to northern Burma to command the battle against the British and Indian troops, and the headquarters must be located in Myitkyina.

This time, I finally had the opportunity to get along with the division commander, but it didn't give the division commander a satisfactory environment, Le Yiqin asked with a smile: "Teacher, are you still satisfied?" ”

Tang Qiuli glanced at Le Yiqin, who was like a monkey offering treasures, and replied affirmatively: "Very satisfied, thank the officers and soldiers of the Southern Flying Group on my behalf, okay, enter the state immediately, and report the situation in the Hukang River Valley first!" ”

At the mention of fighting, Le Yiqin's face immediately lit up, and he said to a lieutenant colonel officer who was only in his thirties: "Commander Yue, it's up to you to report to the division commander!" ”

The lieutenant colonel walked briskly to the military map, and first saluted Tang Qiuli, "Report to the division commander and the commander of the reconnaissance aircraft regiment of the Southern Flight Group of the Air Force, Yue Ziqin." To report to you the results of the reconnaissance, our reconnaissance regiment conducted a full day on 24 April in the area around the Hukang River valley and the Indo-Burmese border area. Conduct multiple aerial reconnaissance. ”

"The result of the reconnaissance was that at about 9:20 a.m. on the morning of the 24th, on the road on both sides of the Hukang River Valley, two mechanized units of the British and Indian armies were found in front of them. It has crossed the line of Sikoma and is moving in the direction of Sido, and in addition, Anglo-Indian troops have been found at four locations in Ledo, Sugia, Gamai, New Taiji, etc., but these four Anglo-Indian troops. They are all light infantry, and the specific strength is about one division each, and the report is complete! ”

Tang Qiuli did not speak, there was no suspicion that the British were in northern Burma. A large-scale offensive was launched, and the attack posture of the British and Indian troops was centered on the Hukang River Valley, which could pass through mechanized troops, and the two flanks were spread out and advanced in multiple ways, expanding the battle line in the direction of attack to more than 400 kilometers. Five attack arrows were formed, and the main attack was on Myitkyina, an important town in northern Burma, in the middle lane.

In the direction of the Hukang River Valley, it advanced to the west. It should be the main force of the British and Indian army, and Tang Qiuli already had a basic idea in his heart about how this battle should be fought, but before coming to Myitkyina. Very little information was obtained about the Anglo-Indian attack routes, and the other four Anglo-Indian armies were not included. The battle plan should be revised, and the number of troops should be increased!

Thinking of this, Tang Qiuli shouted, "Chief of Staff Zhao! Without answering, he looked up to look for Zhao Yuhe, and Ge Zhenzhuang, chief of staff of the division headquarters, hurriedly came to him and said, "Division commander, Chief of Staff Zhao is contacting Wen Rongcai, commander of the northern Burma garrison in the telecommunications room, what orders do you need to convey?" ”

Tang Qiuli said: "Director Ge, record the following order, the Hukang Valley Battle Plan, revised as follows, Commander Tang of the Sulu Mobile Corps, after receiving the order, with your first and second brigades, rush to the first line of Ledo, the third and fourth brigades, rush to the first line of Sugiya, the fifth and sixth brigades to the first line of Gamai, the seventh and eighth brigades, rush to the first line of Xintaiji, each brigade is to block the British and Indian troops continue to advance to the northern Burma region, to ensure that the battle of the Hukang River Valley is carried out smoothly for the purpose of eliminating it. ”…,

"In addition, the other units of the corps, as the general reserve of the campaign, are maneuvering in the southern section of the Indo-Burmese border area, and the troops of the 9th and 10th brigades directly under the corps will immediately move west from Magao to the Hukang River valley, and the task is to take over the blocking task of the first and second garrisons of the northern Burma garrison area on the front line in the west, and adopt the tactics of blocking at various levels and gradually retreating, so as to delay the advance of the British and Indian troops and gain enough time for the campaign."

Ge Zhenzhuang quickly recorded the orders of the division commander, and he knew very well that the revision of the battle plan of the Hukang Valley meant that the scale of the battle was more than doubled. The two main field corps participated in the battle, with more than 400,000 troops, and a major battle of unprecedented scale will break out on the front line of the northern border of Burma. ”

Tang Qiuli nodded, Ge Zhenzhuang hurriedly walked out, and he shouted again: "Xinlan, record the order, the third and fourth garrisons of the northern Burma border garrison area, before the Sulu Mobile Corps troops arrive at the designated position, take on the task of blocking the four-way British and Indian troops. ”

If the British and Indian troops only advanced along the Hukang River Valley, he would have time to arrange the battlefield west of Ma Gao, but he could drill out four Anglo-Indian troops, and before Qiushengge's troops reached the designated position, they could only use two regiment-level local troops in the northern Burma border garrison area to undertake the task of blocking four divisions of the Anglo-Indian army, which was a difficult task.

Although the garrison of the northern Burma border garrison area is a strengthened regiment-level structure, although the strength of the troops is larger than that of the field troops, its weaponry and combat effectiveness are not at the same level at all, and it is really a last resort to deal with the British and Indian troops with two reinforced regiments; similarly, the two garrisons in the Hukang River valley cannot withstand the mechanized main force of the British and Indian troops at all, and even if the two main brigades directly under the corps go up, it will be of no avail.

Therefore, Tang Qiuli's battle plan was to block the Anglo-Indian army on the fourth route and continue to advance, and the main force of the Anglo-Indian army in the middle continued to move in the direction of Magao in northern Burma, and set up a battlefield west of Magao to put the British and Indian troops in to fight.

The British took the initiative to provoke the war, Tang Qiuli did not plan to let go, he didn't know how many catties and taels he had, he wanted to annihilate completely, through this campaign, to wipe out all the British and Indian troops that had invaded northern Burma, and then, take a large-scale counteroffensive, hit the East Indies, and carry out de facto occupation, to the goal of completely controlling the Bay of Bengal and the East Indian Ocean.

During this period, Bangladesh has not been separated from Pakistan by India, India and Pakistan have not been divided, India has not even smelled of independence, the South Asian subcontinent is still a British colony, at this time, do not take the opportunity to cut more meat, but when, if you miss this great opportunity, later generations of historians, the evaluation of themselves is two words, "idiot!" ”

The sudden attack of the British on northern Burma certainly caused some trouble to Tang Qiuli, but what followed was a huge opportunity, an opportunity to dye the subcontinent, so at this moment, Tang Qiuli had already made up his mind to fight a special battle, which was also an important reason for him to transfer Qiusheng's corps to participate in the war.

After giving a series of orders, he turned his head and saw Le Yiqin, still guarding his side, Tang Qiuli looked Le Yiqin up and down a few times, and saw that Le Yiqin's heart was furious, and hurriedly said: "Commander, I'll see if you still need anything, if not, then I'll be busy with other things!" ”…,

After saying that, I'm going to slip away, and if I don't leave, I'm waiting to find a training? Didn't you see the division commander's eyes, in fact, Le Yiqin listened to a few orders from the division commander with hot eyes, all of which were for the army, and after listening to it for a long time, there was nothing to do with the aviation at all!

The division commander's headquarters is located in Myitkyina, which is one of the bases of the Southern Flying Group, and it is right next to the division commander, but the aviation unit has no tasks.

"Come back!" There was a low shout behind him, Le Yiqin hurriedly turned around, looked at the division commander inexplicably, Tang Qiuli said: "Le Yiqin, I know your ghost eyes, don't you just look at several other corps, all of them have combat missions, are you greedy?" ”

Le Yiqin smiled and said: "The division commander still understands me, since I knocked out the little devil's group, let's be idle, isn't it panicked, see if there is anything we need to contribute, even if it is assigned to that brigade!" ”

Tang Qiuli said solemnly: "Le Yiqin, receive the order, the Southern Flying Group, from tomorrow, dispatch all bomber units to carry out non-stop saturation air raids on the British and Indian troops in the following areas, Ledo, Sugia, Gamai, and New Taiji, and carry out harassing air raids on the British and Indian troops in the Hukang River Valley, carry out the order!" By the way, there can be no less fighters to escort the escort, the British are in the East Indies, there is aviation power! ”

Le Yiqin was happy to give Tang Qiuli a military salute, and said loudly: "Please rest assured, division commander, Southern Flight Group, to ensure the successful completion of the mission!" Blow up the British! ”

In fact, Le Yiqin also wants to build yì, with the main force of the Anglo-Indian army in the Hukang River valley as the key bombing target, what a lot of energy! But thinking about the combat mission that was finally caught, if that sentence is not right, the division commander will cancel his qualification to participate in the war again, and the group of regiment commanders who are screaming will not eat themselves? Take it when you see it!

Looking at the back of Le Yiqin, Tang Qiuli's eyes were full of smiles, he just liked this guy's will to fight, for the battle of the Hukang River Valley, Tang Qiuli's psychological pressure was much lighter than previous battles, which was also the main reason for the continuous growth of the independent division's strength. He laughed self-deprecatingly.

(To be continued)