On the night when the passage of the Libao Grand Canyon was opened, Lieutenant General Feng Jiwu, commander of the Eastern Front Combat Group of the Independent Division and commander of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, and Major General Ma Chaoyang, commander of the Southeast Mobile Corps of the Independent Division, drove through the Libao Grand Canyon, which was full of thunder pits and piles of gravel, to the northern foot of the canyon to meet with division commander Tang Qiuli.

Originally, Tang Qiuli was going to Mandalay to meet with the commanders of the two corps, but Feng Jiwu said that he didn't agree to anything, although he said that the passage had been opened, but he didn't dare to let the division commander take this risk, in case there was a mine that was not cleared, and it happened to be encountered by the boss of the independent division, the consequences would be absolutely catastrophic, and in the case that the engineer unit did not carry out the second sweep, Tang Qiuli wanted to leave Mogok and go to Mandalay.

In order to welcome the arrival of Feng Jiwu and Ma Chaoyang, Tang Qiuli deliberately took more than a dozen special guards, and together with the mountain tigers, they played a lot of game, not to mention, in the mountains and forests of central Myanmar, there are a lot of wild things, and the special guards are all good hands, in less than an hour, six hares, more than a dozen pheasants, lying in the trunk of the jeep.

Originally, a member of the team who joined the special guard in Guangxi built yì, there are a lot of wild monkeys in the mountains, it is better to get a few, according to the special guard, monkey meat is a rare delicacy, Tang Qiuli refused without hesitation, and there is a tendency to nauseate on the spot, although Tang Shao is a carnivorous animal, every meal without meat is not happy, but for these humanoid animals, or stay away, as for the big meat, think about it is a layer of goosebumps.

Feng Jiwu and Ma Chaoyang squeezed into a military jeep, bumpy on the road of the Libao Grand Canyon, looking at the dangerous terrain, Feng Jiwu secretly smacked his tongue, such terrain conditions, with extremely high military value, put yourself in the shoes of any brigade of the Niangziguan garrison corps, here according to the danger to block, the Japanese army even if there are more than 100,000 people. To break through this line of defense, it will not take a few months, it will be difficult to do, and. The toll will be incalculable.

In all fairness, Feng Jiwu had a little opposition to the division commander's strategic deployment, since the Mogu line concentrated the three main corps of the independent division, both in terms of strength and heavy weapons, they exceeded the Japanese army under Ito's command by several times. It should not be a difficult thing to break the Japanese defense line, why should the Eastern Front Group, advance thousands of miles away, come from the eastern part of the Indochina Peninsula, and insert a knife in the rear flank of Mandalay?

Seeking the near and far, wasting time, this is Feng Jiwu's evaluation of the division's command. Of course, he will definitely carry out the order without hesitation, now. Seeing the terrain conditions of the Libao Grand Canyon, Feng Jiwu secretly broke out in a cold sweat for his own thoughts, if according to his own ideas, even in the case of using aviation, forcibly breaking through the Japanese defense line, it would not be possible to do it in less than a month without paying the price of tens of thousands of casualties.

Out of the northern foot of the Libao Grand Canyon, the eyes suddenly opened up. At night, tents are arranged in a staggered manner on the slopes of Pingdi and the mountains, lit with lights and stars in the sky, if it is not for the tanks and military vehicles that "rumble" past from time to time, it really makes people think. It's a picnic camp.

At the exit of the canyon, there were several jeeps, Feng Jiwu and Ma Chaoyang's convoy had just arrived, and a burly figure like a mountain greeted them, with the help of the light, Feng Jiwu and Ma Chaoyang could see at a glance that they were mountain tigers, and their hearts were hot, the status of mountain tigers in the independent division, the weight in the eyes of the division commander, the independent division went up to the corps commander, down to the ordinary soldiers, that heart was not clear.

Shanhu stood up and saluted, "Deputy Division Commander Feng, Commander Ma, and Huang Shanhu, Captain of the Division Guard Brigade, were ordered by the division commander to come to greet the two," Feng Jiwu hurriedly returned the salute, and then, smashed Shanhu, and said with a smile: "Captain Huang, you still come with me to do this," Shanhu said: "This is the rule," the two laughed, Ma Chaoyang's military rank is the same as Shanhu, they are all major generals, in terms of seniority, there is no Shanhu old, how dare he bear Shanhu's salute, somewhat uncomfortable.

In the spacious tent, the lights are bright, and the table is already full of hot and fragrant game, all of which are packed in large military lunch boxes, and the sea is long, in the words that Tang Qiuli instructed Liu Xinlan, "They are all soldiers, there is no need to make them so fine, and eat meat in a big way, then it is comfortable," Liu Xinlan and several female officers were busy setting the table while chirping and laughing.

Seeing a group of people coming from afar, Tang Qiuli got up and walked out of the tent, behind him were Deputy Division Commander Tang Qiusheng, Chief of Staff Chang Feng, Commander of the 29th Corps Li Honggang, Chief of Communications Chen Feng, Chief of Staff Yang Ketian and other senior generals.

said: "Jiwu, Ma Chaoyang, you have worked hard, the rainstorm for several weeks is enough for you, and outside Mandalay, I watched Ito lead the remnants of the defeated army to run south, I ordered not to let you do it, I feel aggrieved enough!" Today, I am dedicating game to entertaining the two commanders of the Eastern Front Combat Group, please take a seat! ”

Feng Jiwu smiled, it was enough, the words of the division commander showed the hardships of the two corps of the Eastern Front Combat Group in the past few months, the soldiers who were swallowed up by the flood of the Salween River rushed to Mandalay with great difficulty, seeing the little devil running away under their noses, but they didn't let them do it, Feng Jiwu and Ma Chaoyang's hearts couldn't help but be a little resentful, understanding the division commander's Southeast Asian strategy, and knowing to start from the overall situation.

It is not difficult to cut off a large piece of meat from the Japanese army that retreated south, with the strength of the Eastern Front combat group, as long as he wants, Feng Jiwu himself can leave Ito and his more than 200,000 troops in Mandalay, eat them in a few bites, and do not need the main force of the division to cross the Libao Grand Canyon, as for Mandalay City, it is like a bag in the bag, ready to be obtained at any time.

Feng Jiwu said with a smile: "Since the division commander has said so, what else can I do, I can't quarrel with you, right?" Everyone laughed, Li Honggang said, "Deputy Division Commander Feng, don't be aggrieved, speaking of which, our 29th Corps is not in a good fate, the division commander was in a hurry to transfer us into Burma, the result was a hard battle was not fought, and we wanted to catch up with the battle of the Baldwin mining area while it was hot, then I thought that we lost our shoes, and just arrived at the place, Deputy Division Commander Tang had already finished eating, and did not keep a bite for our 29th Corps!" ”

Ma Chaoyang was not as open as Feng Jiwu, and hurriedly stood up and said: "Division commander, this is what we should do, as a soldier, it is our duty to obey orders, and we listen to commands when we act!" Feng Jiwu looked at Ma Chaoyang and teased: "Listening to what Commander Ma said, it's that I, Feng Jiwu, don't obey orders?" Ma Chaoyang waved his hand and shook his head anxiously.

In addition to Liu Tiehan in the northeast, Sun Zhenbang who guarded Outer Mongolia, Tang Qiuquan and Han Tie of the navy, Le Yiqin and Liu Cuigang of the air force, Yuan Jinghao in the Beijing-Tianjin region, and Jiang Yanming in the Songhu region, all the commanders of the main forces of the independent division gathered together.

Rong Ma is handsome, the years of conquest, it is rare to get together, old friends meet, they are all soldiers, the topic of discussion, naturally inseparable from the war, Tang Qiuli also guessed this, after everyone sat down, solemnly announced, "Today is just to talk about the past, not to talk about business, to celebrate the progress of the Burma campaign in advance, if anyone turns this into a discussion field, I will be punished for drinking, by the way, Liu Xinlan, you are responsible for supervising them, those who speak of military affairs, will be fined three glasses of wine!" ”

Liu Xinlan didn't have a little mental preparation, speaking of which, who here took it out, they are all generals who are on the powerful side and command hundreds of thousands of troops, can it be their turn to supervise as a little lieutenant? The tent was full of stars, Liu Xinlan and several female officers had already been dazzled, a little at a loss, Tang Qiuli said very abruptly, if she didn't know what to do.

The eyes of the generals turned to Liu Xinlan, Feng Jiwu and Li Honggang had never seen Liu Xinlan, but they had seen Xiaoling, and they were very familiar, their bodies were shocked, looking at her gaze, they were all surprised, and suddenly, the figure of the Northeast girl appeared vividly in front of them, and overlapped with this pretty female officer, Feng Jiwu turned his head to look at Tang Qiuli.

With shocked and disbelief in his eyes, he asked, "Commander, who is she?" Tang Qiuli also found that he was too reckless to mention yì just now, I don't know why, he said these words naturally, seeing Feng Jiwu asking himself, he smiled busily, hiding the flash of pain in his heart, and replied: "Oh, I forgot to introduce, this is my confidential staff officer Second Lieutenant Liu Xinlan, a trainee of the Guangzhou Military Academy." ”

He said half-jokingly: "Second Lieutenant Liu is very loyal to his duties, yesterday I invited a few of them to drink, and I was criticized, and she was used to supervise the wine, and she made the best use of her talents," Under the surprised eyes of Li Honggang and Feng Jiwu, Liu Xinlan's face was red and hot, and her head was so low that she almost touched the towering twin peaks, and she didn't know what to say.

Yang Ketian hurriedly relieved the siege, "Division commander, you have given orders, that one dares to violate the law, Second Lieutenant Liu, you go and rest first," Liu Xinlan escaped from the tent as if she had been amnestied, and the night breeze outside blew, and her mind was a lot clearer, as if she could hear her "bang" beating heart, and stroked her hot cheeks, she had not yet gotten rid of the strange feeling just now.

The two generals, looking at their eyes, were obviously very familiar, but they were very surprised, as if they shouldn't be here, why did they have such expressions, could it be that they were on their bodies, with their hidden secrets, and this secret was related to Tang Qiuli, looking at the starry sky in the night sky, Liu Xinlan said to herself: "What has something to do with me?" ”

At this time, Liu Xinlan's heart was as chaotic as the stars, and there were bursts of hearty laughter in the tent behind her.

(To be continued)To be continued......