In the early morning of 7 June, it was another sleepless night in Yangon, the rear headquarters of the Independent Division, and Tang Qiuli did not return to his residence this night, because Liu Xinlan was going to return to the Guangzhou Military Academy today to continue her unfinished studies. ,!

Mei Xue helped her clean up at home, if she returned home, facing Liu Xinlan's reluctant expression, Tang Qiuli was afraid that she would not be able to control herself, so she would continue to stay by her side.

Men can't be so selfish, Tang Qiuli used this sentence to comfort himself, pushed open the window, the fresh air of the Indochina Peninsula in the early morning of June, mixed with the salty smell of the ocean, rushed to his face, and some of the wooden-haired brains were suddenly sobered up, and his mood was also refreshed.

After the outbreak of the South Pacific War, the development of many battles and battle situations has gone beyond the scope of their own known history, for example, the Battle of Midway, which ended completely different, for example, the Hawaiian Islands, which are in the midst of fierce battles, if they only rely on the memory of history to lay out, not only harm others and themselves, but also make mistakes, and follow themselves with more than one million independent division soldiers, which is also the original intention of approving the Chutian reconnaissance plan!

Rubbing his temples with a faint pain, it was obviously the sequelae of excessive use of the brain, Tang Qiuli couldn't help but smile a little bitterly, the Americans and the Japanese were fighting, and they made up their minds to reap the benefits of the fisherman, but the overall feeling was that they were more tired than Roosevelt, MacArthur, Emperor Hirohito, and Ito Yanzaburo together, if the troops of the independent division participated in the war, after the general strategic direction was determined, the commanders of each corps would be much easier to organize the implementation of the campaign.

Tang Qiuli shook his head self-deprecatingly, he couldn't help but feel a little helpless, the eastern sky, the dawn had already appeared, on the verdant green trees outside the window, the dewdrops were in the veins of the thick green leaves, shining with a crystal luster, the breeze blew, the dewdrops were dripping little by little, poignant and light, I don't know why, Tang Qiuli felt that just like his mood at this time, maybe it was because of Liu Xinlan's relationship that she was leaving today, right?

"Bang bang" The door of the office was knocked gently, pulling him back from his distant thoughts, and Tang Qiuli shouted: "Come in!" ”

The door was gently pushed open, and Ge Zhenzhuang, chief of staff of the division headquarters, came in, Tang Qiuli asked with some surprise: "Oh, Zhenzhuang, come to me early in the morning, is there anything urgent?" ”

is also the chief of staff of the division headquarters, and the current director Ge Zhenzhuang, but not as casual as his predecessors Yu Guanghan and Yang Ketian, maybe because he has served for a short time, maybe he thinks that his qualifications are not enough, Ge Zhenzhuang has always been very restrained in front of him, if there is no business that must be handled, he needs to make his own decisions, he will not take it lightly to his office, so Tang Qiuli will have this question.

Ge Zhenzhuang hesitated for a moment and said: "Division commander, Staff Officer Liu Xinlan, I want to return to Guangzhou today, I think, after all, she has worked in the staff office for more than a year, and the department is going to hold a short farewell party, which is also the meaning of all staff officers in the staff office, and I hereby ask the division commander for approval!" ”

Tang Qiuli's heart, an inexplicable pain, found the root of his loneliness, and said to Ge Zhenzhuang with a smile: "Director Ge, I completely agree with this matter, you can ask Chief of Staff Zhao for approval, he is the direct boss of your staff office, there is no need to look for me!" ”

Ge Zhenzhuang blushed and said: "Looking for the division commander's approval, it's just one thing, on behalf of all the officers in the General Staff Office, I also invite the division commander to participate in this farewell party!" ”

Tang Qiuli pondered for a moment and said: "Director Ge, I won't participate, the relationship between Xinlan and me, everyone knows it, besides, if I go, the staff officers will be restrained, but they can't let go, isn't it a big scene!" ”

Ge Zhenzhuang didn't dare to insist anymore, and after saluting, he turned around and left, leaving Tang Qiuli, who was stunned, standing in the office.

"Divisional commander! Teachers! A few soft shouts woke Tang Qiuli up, it turned out to be Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, Tang Qiuli shook his head, he was a little depressed, and he didn't even notice that Zhao Yuhe came in!

"Oh, it's Yuhe who is here, it's strange today, the people of your staff system, one after another, sit down!" Tang Qiuli said hello.

Zhao Yuhe glanced at Tang Qiuli's face, opened the text folder, and said, "Division commander, good news, I just received a telegram from the head of the Chutian detachment of the special operations detachment, and there is an important intelligence report!" ”

Tang Qiuli's eyes flashed with joy, and all the things were left behind, and he hurriedly took the telegram: "Division commander, according to recent reconnaissance, the commander of the US army who commanded the US troops in the Calais Mountains of Luzon Island and fought fiercely with the Japanese army was Stilwell. ”

"The U.S. military deployment in the Calais Mountains is a campaign cluster consisting of the 3rd Mechanized Division, the 5th Infantry Division, the 7th Infantry Division, the 8th Infantry Division, and the 1st Independent Garrison Brigade of Manila, with four tank regiments, eight artillery regiments, and most of the combat aircraft of the Third Air Force of the Southeast Asia and South Pacific Headquarters, forming a campaign cluster, with Stilwell as the commander, under unified command of more than 80,000 U.S. troops."

In addition to the 103rd and 104th Divisions, which continued to attack Stilwell's campaign cluster and maintained a fierce offensive, the main force of the 14th Army of the Japanese Army, as well as the three divisions and regiments that subsequently reinforced the Luzon battlefield, and a mixed brigade unit were all assigned to the second-line position in the Calais Mountains. And did not enter the battle to break the resistance of the American army! ”

"As of the early morning of 7 June, the battlefield on Luzon Island was only in the Calais Mountains, and fierce fighting was still breaking out, and the Japanese army seemed to be deliberately trying to leave time for the US military to adjust its troop deployment, in addition, the commander of the US army, MacArthur, had already drawn up a plan for the defense of Manila, but the specific content is unknown, and our group is ready to cross the battle line and go deep into the area of Manila this night to find out the specific content of the plan!"

Putting down the telegram, Tang Qiuli's face showed a relaxed expression, the information sent back by Chutian was not only timely but also comprehensive, a three-dimensional and intuitive Luzon battlefield situation map was formed in Tang Qiuli's mind, many doubts and incomprehensions suddenly became clear, and even Chutian could see that the deployment of the Japanese army was abnormal.

It can be determined that their judgment is completely correct, and the Japanese want to attract American troops to help Luzon and use MacArthur's troops in Manila as bait to achieve the goal of gradually depleting the strength of the US military.

The only thing that surprised Tang Qiuli was that the change in Stilwell's identity, based on his own understanding of MacArthur and Stilwell, could not rule out that MacArthur borrowed the Japanese sword to get rid of the obstructive and disobedient Stilwell, which can be seen from the fact that MacArthur ordered Stilwell to serve as the commander of an infantry division and block the two elite divisions of the Japanese army with the strength of one division.

Later, MacArthur increased Stilwell's troops and equipment, which should be MacArthur's plan for the defense of Manila, which is being deployed, and he needs time and Stilwell to withstand the Japanese attack in the Calais Mountains, and this plan has been approved by the highest level of the United States.

It's just that there is a key question, Tang Qiuli still hasn't figured it out, since the Americans are on Luzon and fighting to the death with the Japanese, where do their reinforcements come from? Without reinforcements, MacArthur's current strength is not enough to carry out the defense of Manila!

Native reinforcements? Did the Japanese attack on the Hawaiian Islands be determined to cut off the South Pacific islands and the mainland of the United States, and use British troops in Australia? Wouldn't that give the Japanese army an opportunity to attack Australia, once Australia's British troops were exhausted on Luzon, it would not be difficult for the Japanese troops of the four armies to take Australia on several other battlefields!

If he was in MacArthur's position, the most appropriate way to do it was to withdraw the US and Philippine troops on Luzon Island to Australia in order to preserve his strength, and choose to fight with the Japanese on Luzon Island.

Since you can't guess it, you just don't want to, anyway, the more the US military consumes in the South Pacific theater, the more beneficial it is to your next plan, put aside the doubts in his mind, Tang Qiuli asked Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, "Yuhe, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Division commander, the intelligence of the commander of the Chutian detachment just proves your judgment, the Japanese set a trap for the Americans on Luzon Island, and the bait of the trap is MacArthur's American troops!" ”

Tang Qiuli asked again: "What do you think of Stilwell?" ”

Zhao Yuhe smiled and replied: "Division Commander, you really asked me, I learned about Stilwell's information from the archives of our intelligence department, I have no direct impression of this person, Division Commander, you have forgotten it, after I was transferred to the division headquarters, I have not met Stilwell, so I dare not talk about any impressions and opinions!" ”

"However, as the chief of staff of the Southeast Asia and South Pacific Regional Headquarters of the US Army, he was demoted to an ordinary infantry division, served as the division commander, and was also the role of the death captain, the inside story must not be simple, by the way, division commander, how did you remember to care about this American?"

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