, Chapter 1078 The Japanese are ready to move

The Black Dragon Society, a Japanese underworld organization, ran into a small shop on the streets of Tengchong, an ancient city in western Yunnan, and the serial assassination of Tang Qiuli, the commander of the Independent Division, ended quietly, and did not affect the stability of the Independent Division and the development of the war situation.

By the beginning of 1940, great changes had taken place in the European battlefield, and the German army, which had rested and recuperated, saw the strong old rival Anglo-French coalition army, and always cowered on the German-French border, not daring to take a step beyond the thunder pool.

In mid-February, German Führer Hitler took advantage of the opportunity of the British and French forces to wait and see, and transferred most of the elite troops that captured Czechoslovakia to the Western Front.

As the fist unit of the German offensive in Eastern Europe, this group army has two tank divisions, one motorized infantry division, one self-propelled artillery regiment, one "Greater German submachine gunner" regiment, one engineer regiment, and one logistics support division, and is the strongest combat fighting force among the German army.

At the age of just over 22 years old, he was still a foreigner, and he was able to achieve the position of commander of the tank division of the main group army in the fierce German Army, not only the imperial head Hitler, but also Tang Qiuli's face, and the reason for his vigorous promotion was that Battelle himself had conducted in-depth research on the theory of armored operations, and in actual combat, he showed outstanding command ability, which was amazing and outstanding in all previous battles.

In the campaign to attack Poland, Battle's tank regiment, in the battle of breaking through the Saône, at the minimum cost, achieved a brilliant record of defeating the Polish army a whole army, and in the subsequent attack on the Polish capital Warsaw, the first to break into the city of Warsaw, Battelle in the actual battle, the advanced military theory of the West, and the ancient wisdom of the Eastern art of war, perfectly combined, and went to the pinnacle of military honor.

Guderian, the founder and executor of the German Army's blitzkrieg, once sighed and said: "Major General Battle, the most talented genius in tank warfare I have ever seen, his command art has reached perfection, perhaps, in another year, Major General Battle, will become a shining star in the German Army, and the light will overshadow all the generals." ”

These news were deliberately revealed by Hitler in the telegrams exchanged between Tang Qiuli and the German Führer, and I don't know what the Führer's psychology was, in the telegrams that traveled across the ocean, he repeatedly mentioned a tank division commander, perhaps, it contains both flattering elements, your brother is in our Germany, I myself take good care of it, always care, and probably also contains the element of showing off, right? Only in a country as strong as Germany can your brother show his talents.

Anyway, Tang Qiuli is full of joy for Battle's honor in Germany, and his worries about his personal safety have also been reduced a lot, with the current situation in Europe, the German army is winning and invincible, and Battelle will not be in any danger, once it arrives at the later Soviet-German battlefield, it will be a huge whirlpool, and Tang Qiuli will definitely transfer Battle back to China.

Tang Qiuli also made an exception to show Bai Luoyu the telegrams exchanged with the German Führer, and the little girl was overjoyed, coupled with Tang Qiuli's repeated promises that Battle had already served as the division commander, and there would be absolutely no danger, and when the time was right, he would be allowed to return to China, and finally reassured Bai Luoyu's heart.

At Tang Qiuli's request, the German Führer agreed to make an exception to allow Battle to establish radio contact with Tang Qiuli, which was a unique exception in the entire German ** team, and the confidential officer of this radio station was served by Bai Luoyu, which was also Tang Qiuli's deliberate arrangement, and the telegram exchange between Guò and Battell, and then referring to the routine war briefing of the German General Staff, Tang Qiuli, who was far away in Asia, knew no less about the European battlefield than the German Führer himself.

The hesitation and wait-and-see of the Anglo-French forces gave Hitler plenty of time to prepare, and a large number of German elite troops continued to drive to the Western Front, and after adjusting the overall deployment of the German army, Hitler also saw the cowardice and fear of war in the hearts of the British and French governments and armies, and the weakness of the opponent was their own opportunity, and the Germans finally made a move against the Anglo-French forces.

This shot, fierce and fierce, like a thunderstorm, the German armored cluster, like a tide, crossed the German-French border, the French spent a lot of money to build the Maginot Line, like an indestructible reinforced concrete dragon, across the German-French border, which became the biggest reliance of the French, however, the seemingly impregnable Maginot Line, did not stop the pace of the German attack.

Guderian's First Panzer Army of the German army, avoiding the Maginot Line, bypassed the front of the defense line from the Ardennes Mountains in northern France, broke through the Rhine, occupied northern France, and went around the back of the defense line.

The Anglo-French forces saw that the general trend had gone, and in the face of the ferocious attack of the German army, they fought and retreated, and retreated step by step to the northeastern port of Dunkirk, which bordered the Netherlands.

The Germans were frequently reported in the European theater, and the British and French could not support it at the sight, and the Japanese, who had accumulated strength in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific and were waiting for the opportunity, were naturally encouraged by this great news, and the last trace of worry of Emperor Hirohito was completely gone, and the Japanese were already showing their sharp teeth and staring at Southeast Asia.

And Alexander, the commander-in-chief of the British army in Southeast Asia, and the British governor in Burma, Ebson, were still intoxicated by the agreement reached by the Japanese, and they were not at all vigilant, not aware at all that their allies had sharpened their knives and were ready to attack.

Not only that, Alexander also transferred the British Army's 3rd Infantry Division, 5th Mechanized Division, and 6th Infantry Division, the 5th and 7th Mixed Brigades of the British Army, and the British Army's 2nd Motorized Infantry Regiment to the border line with China in southern Burma.

The main forces of the British army were stationed in Mandalay in Burma, Burang Prabang in Laos, Ha Chi in Vietnam, Chiang Rai in Thailand, and other places, on the one hand, in order to prevent the independent division troops from continuing to infiltrate and expand into the interior of Southeast Asia, and the most important thing was to prepare for a large-scale attack on the independent division troops entering Southeast Asia in cooperation with the Japanese troops of Terauchi Shouichi in the savage mountains.

When Yu Deshui, the head of the intelligence department, handed over this information to the division commander Tang Qiuli, Tang Qiuli just said coldly, "It's stupid, you are dying, and you still have a big dream of spring and autumn," and then, a mocking sneer hung on the corner of his mouth.

Then, for Deshui, he instructed, "The future work of the intelligence department will focus on establishing a more complete intelligence network in Southeast Asia, and I need all the information about Southeast Asia, especially the local Chinese forces, don't be afraid to spend money, if you can buy it, try to buy it, and also, secretly, arm these local forces, and when the troops enter these areas, they want to be familiar with the local situation." ”

Yu Deshui naturally understood what the division commander meant, the troops entered Southeast Asia to fight, and the geography and people were not familiar with it, this was to ask the intelligence department to prepare in advance, after Yu Deshui left, Tang Qiuli communicated with Chu Tian in the Savage Mountain, and asked about the current situation of the troops, Chu Tian's days in the Savage Mountain were quite good compared to the Japanese army.

The attack column was transferred to a group of cutting-edge detachments after a period of time, and Chutian not only left the Japanese troops in Terauchi Shouyi in Savage Mountain, but also used Savage Mountain as a training ground, for Southeast Asia, there is no better subtropical jungle warfare training ground than Savage Mountain, there are actual opponents, and there is a real combat environment, and there is no worry about excessive troop losses.

Later, Chu Tian even set up a unit to transfer two to three brigades from each corps to enter the Savage Mountain in batches, and took the Japanese army, which was already on the verge of collapse and scattered, as the object of training, to train the troops' experience in jungle warfare. ”

Tang Qiuli admired Chu Tian's whims, but vetoed his construction, as far as a savage mountain is concerned, such a large-scale mobilization of troops, with the current situation in Southeast Asia and the actions of the British, is very inappropriate, and it also diverts the main target, Terauchi Shouichi has become a water dog, and he can't move the people to fight, and it is okay to attack the column of Chu Tian and slowly clean it up.

However, in the telegram, Chu Tian mentioned one thing, which attracted Tang Qiuli's attention, "Division commander, in the past few days, I have attacked the various detachments of the column in the outpost monitoring area in northern Burma, and found that small groups of British troops and Burmese mixed in different numbers are advancing into the depths of the Savage Mountain, the purpose is unknown, I have ordered the troops to intercept them all." ”

!#

，