In Tang Qiuli's view, the reason why Churchill insisted on taking action against himself in northern Burma and wanted to recover the original colony regardless of the domestic crisis was one reason, and the underlying intention was not necessarily a bluff and a disguised warning to Hitler, and the war potential of the British was far from being exhausted. ~~ (Free Novel Hand Hit Net) ~~

The normal understanding is that one opponent will not attack another opponent until it is completely defeated, and this is where Hitler's hesitation lies, and there is a telegram inviting Tang Qiuli to visit Germany secretly, and he needs Tang Qiuli, who is fighting with the British, to answer his questions, or rather, to get ideas.

Of course, this is Tang Qiuli's own speculation about Churchill's approach, although he carries the memory of later generations, there is no way to guess about the British prime minister, who is one of the four giants of the Allied Powers in history, and some of his perverse and counterintuitive practices, let alone appear in historical materials, but Churchill's approach obviously frightened Hitler.

Let him be undecided, otherwise, with the stubborn and crazy xìng grid of the German Führer, in the case of the German team sweeping across the European continent, there is no opponent, all the way triumphant, in the face of the feud Soviets, absolutely unable to suppress the killing machine, history will still slide according to the original trajectory, the German-Soviet war broke out in late June this year.

However, history turned a corner here, because Hitler turned to Tang Qiuli for help, and with Tang Qiuli, a demon who crossed over from this later life, the demons of the two worlds have changed and become unrecognizable, affecting the subsequent war trend and the world pattern, from this point of view, Churchill helped Tang Qiuli a lot, and he should be grateful to the crazy British Prime Minister.

Since the German Yuan made a sincere invitation, and this invitation was Tang Qiuli's dream, the two hit it off, Tang Qiuli personally wrote a reply telegram, and the message was very simple: "Your Excellency, Honorable Führer, after teaching me a lesson to the British. Fly to Berlin and get ready for beer, sausages and grilled fish, I've been around for a few years, and I've been reminiscing about it a lot! ”

And then. Carefully put the manuscript of the telegram into a brown paper file bag, sealed it, and asked Liu Xinlan to call Chen Feng, director of the communications department, and instructed: "Chen Feng, activate the secret radio station to contact the German Führer's capital, and you will personally send this telegram." Don't let the second person know, it's a matter of importance, double encryption, when sending a report, no one except me is allowed to approach the secret telecommunications room, and you and Shanhu will discuss the specific security measures. ”

Tang Qiuli had to be cautious. The Allies and the Axis are two hostile camps, and the two sides are fighting to the death, and he is the first deputy commander-in-chief of the Allied theater of operations. But he had to fly to Germany in person, in case he was suppressed by several parties, not to mention that in the domestic part alone, wouldn't he become the Han jian and traitor referred to by Qianfu?

In the face of the world's condemnation, political leaders from all over the world have done it, especially in the context of war when the world situation is moving and the smoke of gunpowder is everywhere. Today, it is not uncommon to call brothers and brothers, the so-called "everyone has ugly things, not lù is a master," from this point of view, Tang Qiuli's caution is by no means exaggerated.

Sent the telegram back to the German Führer. A big event that affected Tang Qiu's centrifugal spirit, finally the dust settled, he took out a cigarette, lit it, took a puff comfortably, and enjoyed it like a fairy, Liu Xinlan came over to pour him tea, saw that he was enjoying it, wrinkled his little nose in disgust, stretched out his hand to disperse the smoke in front of him, and was about to warn him a few words.

Chief of Staff Zhao Yihe hurriedly came in, Liu Xinlan swallowed the words back obediently, but he snorted dissatisfiedly, and gave him a blank look, Mei Ting, Mei Xue, including Liu Xinlan, all strongly opposed Tang Qiuli's smoking, the reason was very good, it affected his health, and he was not restricted from drinking. …,

Zhao Yihe took two telegrams, nodded slightly to Liu Xinlan, said hello, and then said: "Division commander, I received a call from the two brigade commanders Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan, the Hukang River Valley's blocking of the British and Indian troops was carried out according to the plan, so far, dozens of battles have occurred, the British and Indian troops used tanks as the assault force, and the offensive was very fierce, and at about 17 o'clock in the afternoon, our troops retreated to the Xinduo line. ”

Tang Qiuli did not answer the telegram handed over by Zhao Yihe, but said with a smile: "The two of them, it's not just as simple as reporting the battle situation, especially that Xiao Jinshan, I don't let the artillery and tanks be used, obviously it is the main force, and they have to pretend that they can't withstand the attack and retreat, and they must feel uncomfortable fighting such a battle, let's say, what the hell do they have in mind?" ”

Zhao Yihe was amazed, and the division commander knew the senior generals below, xìng style and characteristics, and guessed their thoughts, in a word, admired.

Zhao Yihe replied with a smile: "I really let the division commander guess correctly, Xiao and Fang, the two brigade commanders, please ask the division commander for approval, the two brigades will work together to establish a blocking line in Xinduo, and take advantage of the terrain conditions in Xinduo to fight a tough battle with the British and Indian troops advancing rapidly, so as to kill their sharp spirit and delay the advance speed of the British and Indian troops!" ”

Tang Qiuli said without thinking: "No, tell Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan, don't keep thinking about fighting a big battle, their current tactics are to create favorable conditions for the total annihilation of Alexander's main force, whether they fight well or not, it will directly affect the course of the campaign, and this must be made clear to them." ”

"In addition, the intensity of Xinduo's blocking must not be too large, there are still more than two hours before dark, tomorrow morning after eight o'clock, Alexander's main force will be too Xinduo, and the troops in the direction of Ledo, Sugia, Gamai, and Xintaiji will be ordered to increase the intensity of the blocking, delay the speed of the British and Indian troops, and there will be a one-day time difference between Alexander's main force."

At about 6:30 p.m. on the evening of 27 April, Alexander's forward unit of the Central Route Army, the 1st Division of the main force of the British Army in India, advanced to a distance of 5 kilometers from Sindo.

The division commander, Major General Fisher, with a large group of staff officers, observed the terrain of Xinduo at the front, under the twilight, the small town of Xinduo, was silent, no cooking smoke, no human voices, as silent as a silent stone, the sound of the flowing water of the Hukang River, in the setting sun, slightly screaming, on the wide river surface, dancing like a flame of sunset reflection.

On the periphery of Xinduo, there is a thick wall, which is made of large stones, about five meters high, and on the wall, there are still battlements for lookouts, mottled vegetation, under the twilight, with a cold dark light, revealing the ancient and vicissitudes, this is a typical cold weapon era, an effective defense pattern of the town, and the geographical location of Xinduo is just blocked on the throat road leading to northern Myanmar in the Hukang River Valley.

The Hukang River flows through the middle of Xinduo Town, dividing the town into two halves of the north and south, three stone bridges, separating the town on both banks, connecting as a whole, the road winding from East India is not wide, to the west side of the town, it suddenly narrows, and it has to climb more than a dozen stone steps to enter the town, from the overall layout, Xinduo is a militarized fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

There are stone walls and narrow roads outside, and no number of troops can be deployed, because of the limited terrain, there is only one choice for the attack point, that is, the road west of the town, and the strength of a company on the side in an attack is already the maximum limit, and any commander will have a headache or be helpless against such terrain conditions. …,

However, in the eyes of the division commander, Major General Fisher, there was not a single problem of zài, this seemingly well-walled, easy-to-defend town could hold off thousands of soldiers charging on horseback, but it could not stop the British Imperial Army, which was equipped with jīng good, marching high, and armed with artillery and tanks.

Major General Fisher was completely sure that it would only take 30 minutes for his artillery to bomb the town into ruins, and any defensive facilities would be vulnerable to the flying shells, and as the number one main force of the Indian army, more than 80 percent of the soldiers in the first division were British soldiers.

Moreover, the ordinary Anglo-Indian army has only one artillery regiment, while the first division of Major General Fisher is equipped with two artillery regiments, one of which is a heavy artillery regiment equipped with American-made 155 caliber howitzers, and two artillery regiments, once in unison, are hundreds or thousands of shells, as long as His Excellency the division commander is willing to not skimp on shells, it is a hill, and half of it can be cut.

A signal soldier with a walkie-talkie on his back quickly ran to the side of the division commander, Major General Fisher, who was pointing at Xinduo, "Your Excellency the division commander, the commander of the artillery regiment reports that the artillery position has been constructed, please tell me the time of the shelling?" ”

Major General Fisher looked at his watch, nodded with satisfaction, and said to the staff officer beside him: "OK! The movements of our artillery are very fast, probably Colonel Buffett and Colonel Hughes, who are already impatient, as if they saw the beauty of the East, from Xiduo to here, along the way, the poor artillery is useless, and the Chinese do not wait for their artillery to be ready, and they run without a trace. ”

A group of staff officers laughed and listened to their superiors' sighs, and Major General Fisher said more and more: "Now, I will give them a chance to let them rust their cannon breeches and stick some fire yào smell, poor Chinese soldiers, their dinner is no longer something like fodder, but a flying cannonball, which will make them unforgettable for the rest of their lives." ”

Then he said in a coated tone: "My soldiers will enter the town in forty minutes, oh my God, I wish I could keep a house intact, or else we will have to sleep in a damned tent, all right, gentlemen, let us begin to enjoy the fireworks of death!" Convey my order, and ten minutes later the shelling begins. ”

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