Several of the main forces of the independent division in the south, Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps, Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps, and the directly subordinate corps, Li Honggang's 29th Corps, and Ma Chaoyang's Southeast Mobile Corps, were successively transferred to Burma to take part in the combat mission of Japan's Southeast Asian dispatch army against Ito Yanzaburo

Tang Qiuli's plan was not to annihilate all the Japanese troops under Ito's command in Burma, and the best result was to force Ito to retreat despite the difficulties, so he transferred all the military strength of the Japanese army in the Indochina Peninsula into Burma, just to give Ito and the decision-makers in Japan an obvious signal that it was easy to eat Ito's army.

Tang Qiuli's strategic layout, with three corps, on the Libao line in central Burma, maintained strong pressure on Ito, and with Feng Jiwu and Ma Chaoyang's corps, in the eastern direction, slowly advanced to force Ito's key Mandalay, forming an encirclement trend, forcing Ito's troops in the Indochina Peninsula, in order to avoid the fate of total annihilation, had to retreat south, the closer to the Americans as possible.

As for Ito's continuous increase of troops from the mainland, Tang Qiuli didn't care at all, even if he pulled all the Japanese men to the battlefield, just with the strength and equipment of the independent division in Burma, as well as the strategic deployment, it would also make the Japanese army hit the head and bleed, and he also knew that if he didn't let Ito try again, this unwilling guy would never retreat south.

Therefore, the current Burma battlefield is in a relatively balanced state, Tang Qiuli's mind has been placed on MacArthur who is far away in Manila, and he slapped this guy silently.

Tang Qiu paced in the centrifugation, MacArthur had a request for himself, the more indifferent and ignored, the more anxious he became, Ito's 300,000 Japanese troops were like a shallow bay in front of the Japanese with a huge fleet across the South China Sea and a narrow Strait of Malacca, just this is enough to make the treacherous MacArthur sleep, the Japanese can bite the British, why not bite the Americans?

In late August, Tang Qiuli convened a meeting of the commanders and chiefs of staff of the corps entering Burma in Myitkyina; originally this meeting should have been held a long time ago, but in order to wait for Feng Jiwu and Ma Chaoyang, it was postponed for seven or eight days, and the occupation of the entire southeast by the independent division was already a foregone conclusion, and as for the Japanese, they could fight out at any time as needed.

The main content of the meeting, in addition to military deployment, was mostly about the question of how to effectively exercise administrative power after the occupation of the Indochina Peninsula; when it came to the commanders of the several corps here, they did not talk much, and all of them became stuffy gourds; to tell the truth, the commanders of these corps led the troops to fight, and there was no problem at all.

But when it comes to managing the place, these people are really scared in their hearts, even Lieutenant General Tang Qiusheng, who is old and serious, and manages the rear of the Northeast Base, also frowns frequently, after so many years, that set has almost forgotten, besides, this is a foreign country, and the situation at home is very different, involving many ethnic and local contradictions.

Tang Qiuli also saw everyone's thoughts, and said with a smile: "It's not for your Excellency Commanders to change their careers to become magistrates, but for the needs of the current situation, before our administrative system is established, everyone really has to be magistrates in their own defense areas, and the directors of the military control commissions in various places, so I will trouble you to do both." ”

"I have a message for you, I have given the border special economic zone, the Pingjin and the Shandong garrison area, and issued an order that more than 15,000 administrative cadres will be transferred from each of the three localities to form the Indochina Peninsula Military and Political Management Committee, which will arrive here in the near future, and as for the countries that were originally divided, they will all be disrupted and the administrative regions will be reorganized.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it for long," everyone laughed, Tang Qiuli saw it, and they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he continued: "As the old saying goes, get on the horse to manage the army, get off the horse to manage the people, you are a good general, and you can govern the country and the country, depending on what you mean, do you want to be this good general?" ”

Everyone laughed again, and at this moment, Chen Feng, the director of communications, hurriedly pushed the door in, with a nervous look on his face, usually, it is not a very important matter, a military meeting at this level, the various division chiefs of the division headquarters will not bother lightly, and everyone looked at Chen Feng in surprise.

Chen Feng held a telegram, "Division commander, I received an urgent telegram from Chen Han, commander of the Guangzhou Garrison Command, Xu Liejun, former chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Government, announced the establishment of a provincial government in Zunyi, northern Guizhou, and declared that in the whole territory of Guizhou, exercising the chairman's management power, he immediately organized 11 security divisions, and this morning, suddenly forced into Guiyang, at present, less than three kilometers away from the defense line of the Second Brigade of the Guangzhou Garrison in Guiyang. ”

"In addition, Liu Xiang's troops in Sichuan also sent four divisions of troops to force into Guiyang from the direction of Luzhou and Bijie, and the Gui army under Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi in Guangxi also moved north to Nanning with the strength of five divisions.

Tang Qiuli looked at the telegram and was silent, this is a sudden situation, Xu Lie is a descendant of Lao Jiang, he thinks about restoring his sphere of influence all day long, which is expected, after all, the entire southern Qiannan has been turned into a rear base in the Burma theater, which is equivalent to cutting off a large piece of fat from Guizhou, but Liu Xiang, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi shouldn't be?

If Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi still have reason to explain, after all, going south from Nanning is also the scope of the rear base in the Burma theater that they have demarcated, and for Li and Bai, who have always regarded Nanning as their bag, although they have also reaped a lot of benefits, they can finally find a complete Guangxi, and it is reasonable for these two people to think about restoring their sphere of influence

And Liu Xiang's actions are incomprehensible, the scope of the Yudian Restoration base does not include Sichuan, there is no him in this oil, there is no him in the vinegar, what is the excitement with it? Moreover, he had a good personal relationship with Liu Xiang, and the Chishui River blocked the Japanese army of Terauchi Shouichi and won a complete victory, but he still obeyed his own construction, not to mention, there was no fundamental conflict of interests between the independent division and the Sichuan army.

As for Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, it is also very strange to turn their faces with themselves at this time, they can be sure that even if they occupy Nanning, they will be able to keep it and not lose it again? The combat effectiveness of the independent division is what they have seen with their own eyes, how can they have such courage? When it comes to personal relationships, he and Li Bai are more than any local bigwig.

All kinds of analysis, in Tang Qiuli's mind, flashed sharply, behind this matter, there must be a black hand manipulating, the tripartite joint action, must have been promised benefits, otherwise, Liu Xiang, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, would not dare to risk the risk of turning their faces with themselves and send troops, the importance of this, a few old rivers and lakes, should be clear.

In the conference room, the atmosphere was tense for a while, at this time, there was a serious incident in the country in which several forces joined forces to attack the rear of the independent division, and several corps commanders weighed the weight of this incident, and it was the critical moment when the division commander unfolded the overall layout and formed a strategic pressure on Ito, and if a part of the troops were withdrawn, there would be a huge loophole in the layout of the division commander, and the entanglement with the Japanese army under Ito's headquarters in Burma would have a great impact on the formation of the final pattern of the Indochina Peninsula.

Li Honggang took the case and said: "Division commander, these guys, I really don't know whether they live or die, our 29th Corps, just entered Burma, they stabbed them in the back, I request, lead the 29th Corps back to the division country, in less than a month, let these guys be wiped out, simply, take their territory." ”

In Li Honggang's character, it is rare to be so excited, because after the other corps of the Independent Division entered Burma, the rear base of the entire Burma Theater demarcated was the garrison range of the 29 th Corps, and as soon as he left, there were people who stabbed him in the back.

Tang Qiuli said to Li Honggang gently: "Hong Gang, don't be impatient, sit down first, a few loaches, can't turn the sky, Jiwu, Ma Chaoyang, from the troops left in the eastern part of the Indochina Peninsula by your two corps, draw out the strength of five brigades, and go north to aid Guiyang, under the command of Zhang Hansheng, chief of staff of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps." ”

Chief of Staff Chang Feng reminded: "Division commander, how should we deal with the troops of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's Gui Army in the direction of Nanning, the strength of our army in Nanning is only one brigade of the Guangzhou Garrison Command, do we also have to support it?" ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said: "The direction of Nanning is okay, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi are smarter than anyone else, they are taking one step and three steps, the key is Xu Liejun, he really risked his life to fight with us, and Chairman Jiang is supporting him behind him, as for Liu Xiang, don't worry, let's dismiss the meeting, the previous deployment of the Burma campaign remains unchanged." ”

Just when Li Honggang was about to lead the 29th Corps back to China, Tang Qiuli had already sorted out his thinking, just as he said, among the three people, only Xu Liejun in Guizhou was determined to make a move, and it was also the most active way, and behind this matter, Chairman Jiang, who was in Chongqing and always worried about himself, did not have such strength and courage without him inciting and bewitching behind his back.

As for Liu Xiang in Sichuan and Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi in Guangxi, one should be forced to do so, and the other should be taking advantage of the chaos.

However, what puzzled Tang Qiu was that with such a big movement from the three parties, why did a very sensitive independent division intelligence network not react at all? He said to Chief of Staff Yang Ketian, who was following him: "Ketian, immediately order Yu Deshui, the chief of intelligence, and Shen Jun, the director of the investigation, to meet me in the office." ”

There was no need for Yang Ketian to order, the heads of the two special departments of the Independent Division, one was Colonel Yu Deshui, the director of the Intelligence Division, who was responsible for collecting intelligence, and the other was Colonel Shen Jun, the director of the Investigation Division in charge of counter-espionage activities, who had joined forces in front of Tang Qiuli's office and were waiting for him anxiously.

Speaking of which, this matter has little to do with Shen Jun, his department mainly focuses on dealing with all kinds of spies and spies, and is another security department of the independent division in addition to the guard brigade of the Mountain Tiger, but the scope of responsibility of the two sides is different, and the guard brigade of the Mountain Tiger pays more attention to protecting the personal safety of the division commander Tang Qiuli.

However, Shen Jun's intelligence network is also all over the country, taking into account the collection of intelligence, and Yu Deshui's department, there is an intersection in business, and the most uncomfortable thing is the director of the intelligence department, Yu Deshui, this is within the scope of his department's business, and it is in charge, there is such a big incident in the country, and the intelligence department has not given prior warning, which is a dereliction of duty.

In fact, there is a problem of understanding here, during this time, Yu Deshui was busy in Southeast Asia, establishing an intelligence network, unfamiliar areas, and abroad, a thousand things, and Yu Deshui is a person who pursues perfection, and most of his energy is put on this, when Guizhou Provincial Chairman Xu Liejun announced the establishment of the provincial government in Zunyi, northern Qianbei, and began to expand the army, Zunyi Intelligence Station has sent relevant information to the headquarters.

After Yu Deshui saw this information, he didn't pay much attention to it, he thought that all local forces in the country did not have the capital to argue with the independent division at all, including the chairman of the committee, wasn't it also in front of the division commander, cautious, and did not dare to do anything too much and too much? Just those small fish and shrimp, how big a wave can they make?

Therefore, Yu Deshui divided the information of the Zunyi Intelligence Station into "level", which means basically worthless information, according to the intelligence department's division of various intelligence levels, the highest level of intelligence is "AA, level, it can be seen that this information, in the eyes of Deshui, is similar to garbage, it is nothing more than the Zunyi intelligence station, a routine report.

Now that I think about it, this is Xu Liejun, a bastard, who wants to do something to Guiyang, Yu Deshui can't wait to slap himself a few times, today he is looking for the division commander, it is with the intention of admitting his mistake and being willing to accept any punishment, and at the same time, he also brought the latest information about the domestic tripartite forces, as soon as he came out of the door of the intelligence department, he met Shen Jun.

The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, Shen Jun said, "Director Yu, I was about to see the teacher, why are you too?" Yu Deshui nodded sadly and said: "Director Shen, this time the face of the intelligence department is a big loss, I, the director, can't escape the blame, it's okay, let's go to see the division commander together, it's just that my brother will suffer together, I can't bear that!" ”

Shen Jun shook his head and said: "Brother, it stands to reason that our investigation department is also responsible for this emergency, hey, don't say anything, careless, these bastards, they have nothing to do, they don't know what to live or die, let's go, the meeting should be over, see what the teacher says, there is responsibility, let's take it together!" ”

From a distance, seeing that the division commander seemed to be overturned, the two of them were nervous, and hurriedly greeted them, Tang Qiuli looked up and saw Yu Deshui and Shen Jun, seemed to be taken aback, and asked: "I received a notice from Yang Ketian, the action is quite fast!" The two looked at each other and said in their hearts: "The division commander is really looking for us, this incident may be very troublesome?" ”

Entering Tang Qiuli's office, Yu Deshui said: "Division commander, the three domestic forces, there is such a big move, and our intelligence department did not provide information in advance, this is my dereliction of duty, and I also ask the division commander to punish according to the regulations," Shen Jun also said: "Division commander, the investigation department is also responsible, and I also ask the division commander to punish him." ”

Tang Qiuli sat on the chair relaxedly, and said with a smile: "This is a big news for our independent division, the two big spy leaders, come to me together to take the blame, too, how should I punish you?" Someone stabbed us in the back, and you didn't notice it, and you should be punished.

Yu Deshui and Shen Jun were a little confused, listening to the teacher's tone, they were not very angry, and they also had a taste of ridicule, what did the teacher mean? This is even more uncomfortable than scolding them with a few words.

Yu Deshui opened his mouth to say something, but Tang Qiuli raised his hand to stop him, and said: "Director Yu, don't patronize the review and ask for guilt, what I want to know is, what did your intelligence department do after the incident?" Also, Director Shen, what measures did your investigation department take? ”

Yu Deshui hurriedly handed over the latest information collected, Tang Qiuli looked at it seriously, and when he looked up, the two colonels in straight uniforms, with a heavy face, stood straight in front of their desks, smiled "flutteringly", and said: "Don't be so nervous, sit down, orderly, give Director Yu and Director Shen, pour a cup of tea!" ”

It can be seen that Yu Deshui is a usable talent, and after making a mistake, he was not busy covering up his mistakes, explaining the reasons, and looking for reasons, but actively remedied, put aside personal gains and losses, and look at people's views, Tang Qiuli couldn't severely reprimand Yu Deshui and Shen Jun.

The content of this intelligence report is basically the same as Tang Qiuli's judgment, and the princes of the three parties who have made some moves, Xu Lie of Guizhou are the most active, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, have a wait-and-see attitude, and the Gui army has stopped when it advances to the Shanglin area, and there is no attitude of confrontation, and there is no intention of continuing to go deeper.

As for Liu Xiang, he was completely forced to be helpless, mixed at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and there were many times when he couldn't help himself, when the Sichuan army arrived in the Bijie area of Qianxi, it never continued to advance, and the intelligence said that the Sichuan army of the four divisions did not even have a single mortar, and there were not many light and heavy machine guns, and the troops were not fully manned, saying that there were four divisions, and the sum of them was less than two and a half divisions.

It can be seen from this point that Liu Xiang was completely perfunctory, making a Ka gesture and dealing with Chairman Chiang, but it was Xu Liejun, who reacted in the intelligence that his troops were well-equipped and heavily armed, and that the troops were well-trained and fully manned, and that seven of the eleven security divisions had driven to the outskirts of Guiyang, with a strength of 100,000 troops.

There is a sentence in the intelligence, the most crucial, "The newly formed Guizhou Provincial Security Force, in many places, is quite similar to the Central Army," this is right, with Xu Liejun's ability and financial resources, how can it be possible to pull up more than 100,000 well-equipped and well-trained troops in just a few months? Xu is not an unknown person, if this is the case, can Chairman Jiang tolerate him? Put it as a prince?

Tang Qiuli sneered, and said in his heart, "What Guizhou Provincial Security Force, it is clear that the Central Army collectively changed into military uniforms, turned into a subordinate, and became Xu Liejun's subordinate, this is a soldier lent to Xu Liejun by someone Jiang, however, what is puzzling is that Jiang someone is doing this, what is it for?" ”

If it was simply to weaken his own strength, he could succeed by lending Xu Liejun the hundreds of thousands of soldiers? If it was instructed by the Americans, it would not be possible, at this time, the Americans were most afraid that someone would pull their hind legs, and there was even more reason for the troops Ito to do it, could it be that Jiang someone accepted some conditions of the Japanese, contained himself in the rear, and created an opportunity for Ito to attack northern Burma?

Tang Qiuli was taken aback by his own thoughts, if this is the case, more than one million Central Army is his opponent, for the independent division troops in the Indochina Peninsula, this is the most dangerous situation, it is equivalent to being flanked by the Central Army and the Japanese army under Ito, and the most difficult thing for Tang Qiuli is that the Central Army cannot be killed like the Japanese, and they will be killed.

I can't figure out the clue, there are all kinds of possibilities, and it is not excluded that he Jiang someone, taking advantage of the opportunity of his own troops being abroad, to re-bring the five southwestern provinces into the scope of his own control, what makes Tang Qiuli quite pleased is that Longyun in Yunnan has not moved at all, according to intelligence, recently, there are strangers in and out of Longyun's mansion.

The Kunming Central Station of the Intelligence Department and the First Group of the Kunming Special Administrative Region Operation of the Joint Investigation Department arrested two of them, and sure enough, the special representative of the Chongqing Military Commission came to Kunming to persuade Long Yun to participate in the joint operation.

However, Long Yunya did not offend the Chongqing government to the end, but just drove the lobbyists out, and did not inform Tang Qiuli of this matter, Tang Qiuli can also understand Long Yun's painstaking efforts, like him, a local powerful faction sandwiched between himself and Jiang Someone, two behemoths, naturally has the means to protect themselves, and it is impossible to do things absolutely without it.

Yu Deshui and Shen Jun, looking at the division commander's constantly changing face, for a while, sneering disdainfully, for a while, frowning, and thoughtful for a while, the hearts of the two people, with the division commander's constantly changing face, followed by seven up and eight down, it took more than twenty minutes of effort, the two colonels who had been in battle for a long time, on their foreheads, fine beads of sweat oozed out, they were nervous, no one knew what was thinking in the division commander's mind, the consequences of this incident, and what Cheng dù was Yan zhòng?

Finally, Tang Qiuli looked away from the intelligence, Yu Deshui and Shen Jun quickly straightened their waists, with a nervous look, and looked at Tang Qiuli intently, there should be an explanation for the dereliction of duty of the two.

Tang Qiuli looked at the two nervous subordinates, couldn't help but smile, and said, "I'm not so scary, am I? Scare two battle-hardened spy chiefs like this? Okay, I'm not going to give you any punishment for this matter, let's not take it as an example, take it as a warning, after the incident, the measures taken are very good! It has provided me with very valuable information for decision-making. ”

Yu Deshui and Shen Jun were stunned, this is the end? There was no punishment, and the two of them did not react for a while.