MacArthur read the telegram that had brought him great surprise, closed his eyes, and whispered: "God forbid, damn the British, it has finally arrived!" ”

Calming down his agitated mood, MacArthur asked Kleist's acting chief of staff with a twinkle in his eyes, "Kleist, when will the rest of the British troops arrive?" ”

For the first time in many days, Colonel Kleist saw His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, so radiant and radiant, and he was infected by the feelings of his superiors, and he also raised his voice and replied: "General, according to Lieutenant General Wagnerze, chief of staff of the British and Australian forces commanding the troops, the rest of the troops will arrive on Luzon Island in the next three days!" ”

"Lieutenant General Wagnarze?" MacArthur repeated that he still had some impressions of the chief of staff of the British and Australian armies, and when the war in the Pacific had just broken out, he went to Australia in person to meet Admiral Fernandez to negotiate defense affairs, and he still had an impression, but General MacArthur at that time was only Admiral Fernandez who could be looked down upon by him.

"Where is Lieutenant General Wagnarze now?" MacArthur asked again.

Colonel Kleist replied: "General, Lieutenant General Wagnerdze followed the vanguard and was among the first to land on Luzon!" ”

"Oh!" MacArthur was amazed, and his good impression of Lieutenant General Wagnerdze immediately rose to a new level, and it seemed that despite the reluctance of that fellow Fernandez to reinforce himself, the chief of staff under his command was very positive, and for this reason alone, the highest courtesy should be given!

MacArthur commanded, "Kleist, order the guards to prepare the vehicles." I will rush to the port and personally welcome the arrival of Lieutenant General Wagnadze and friendly troops, and you will also go with me, and in the future, you will have more time to deal with the British! ”

Colonel Kleist almost jumped up with joy, he understood the intention of the commander-in-chief, to solemnly introduce himself in front of the British, and he would be his personal representative in the future, this was an opportunity to show his face. Just about to make arrangements, he was stopped by MacArthur again.

"Kleist, you wait, Lieutenant General Wagnerdze in the telegram, did you say anything. On their way to reinforce Luzon, they were intercepted by a Japanese fleet at sea? MacArthur asked, rolling his blue-gray eyes.

Colonel Kleist recalled. Replied in the affirmative: "General." No, Vice Admiral Wagnardze's troop convoy, escorted by the British task force in Australia, was very safe along the way, and the British reconnaissance planes were also around the route. Careful reconnaissance was carried out, and no trace of the Japanese naval fleet was found! ”

"Huh?" MacArthur groaned, and a cloud of doubt could not help but rise in his mind. It doesn't make sense, what is the reason why the Japanese would not be careless about this kind of journey and not cut off the connection between Luzon and Australia?

It's just that this cloud of suspicion was dissipated by the reinforcements that were about to arrive, and the good news was even more dispelled, whether the Japanese were careless or there were other conspiracies, it was an indisputable fact that 100,000 reinforcements were about to land on Luzon, and MacArthur even had such a plan, once all the reinforcements of the British and Austrian troops arrived, taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the Japanese army in the mountains of Calais had no chance to go south, and using the cutting-edge troops to give Yoshihiko Harata's 14th Army a devastating blow!

In the Indochina Peninsula, in the office building of the Singapore Military Control Commission, in Tang Qiuli's office, Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe was reading the content of this information, "According to the intelligence, the two divisions of the vanguard of the British and Australian armies reinforcing Luzon Island will land on Luzon Island tonight, and the rest of the troops will arrive one after another in the next few days," After reading it, Zhao Yuhe looked at the division commander calmly, and he knew that the division commander must have analyzed more content from this intelligence that was only a few crosses.

Tang Qiuli smiled indifferently and said: "This means that the Japanese conspiracy has succeeded, and in the next few days, it will be the time when MacArthur will regret it, forget it, there is no need to worry about the Americans, such a simple trap has not been able to see through, that MacArthur is really bad enough!" ”

Zhao Yuhe's eyes suddenly had a fighting spirit, and said: "Division commander, it can be concluded that once the British and Australian troops on Luzon Island are reinforced, after all the troops on the island are on the island, it will be when the main force of the Japanese army in the southwest Pacific will attack Australia, Ito Yanzaburo ended the battle in the Calais Mountains this evening, but did not immediately go south to Manila, in order to wait for this opportunity!" ”

"Division commander, the Japanese army launched a forward attack on Australia, staying on the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan. The number of troops in places such as Java and Sulawesi will inevitably be very small, and this is an opportunity, should we also do it? ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head meaningfully, and said with a smile: "Yuhe, although the opportunity is good, but before we make a move, the attitude of the Americans has always been unclear, we don't need to go on the pole to relieve the siege for the Americans, the Japanese and the Americans are not enough, the Japanese attack on Australia, will beat out the little caution of the Americans." ”

After speaking, Tang Qiuli seemed to remember something and asked, "Yuhe, you just said that the battle in the Calais Mountains only ended this evening?" ”

Zhao Yuhe nodded and replied: "Yes, division commander, that's what the Japanese army messages deciphered by the Intelligence Department said!" ”

Tang Qiuli suddenly sighed, and seemed to say to himself: "The Third Army of the U.S. Army was encircled by the Japanese army, it was eight days ago, in the face of the encirclement of the Japanese army several times its size, it insisted on fighting for so many days, and the Third Army was also commendable, but unfortunately, it was killed alive by MacArthur's pig-like command!" ”

"In response to that sentence, the three armies will be incompetent and exhausted, not only the third army of the United States, but also the 100,000 British and Australian soldiers who have been reinforced, will also be lost in the hands of MacArthur, if it is Stilwell's command, the dispute between the United States and Japan in the southwest and the Pacific Ocean, it is not yet known who will die, but from MacArthur, the result can already be determined!"

Facing the division commander's exclamation, Zhao Yuhe didn't interject, and Tang Qiuli asked: "Yuhe, has the telegram sent to Commander Tang of the fleet and Minister Zhang of the Logistics Department?" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Division Commander, it was sent overnight last night, Commander Tang and Minister Zhang, are on their way to Singapore, by the way, Division Commander, do you have any intention in letting the two of them come?" ”

Tang Qiuli smiled and said, "For Australia!" ”

Zhao Yuhe was puzzled, Tang Qiuli continued: "The combined fleet of the Japanese Navy has blocked the eastern Pacific Ocean, which is equivalent to cutting off the connection between the United States and Australia, then, the only thing that can provide logistical supplies to the British and Australian forces is the British colony in the West Indies, but the little industrial base that the British operate in the West Indies can't meet the consumption of the British and Australian troops at all, so the opportunity has come!" ”

Zhao Yuhe was even more puzzled and said: "Division commander, you don't have the idea of supporting the British and Australian forces, that doesn't match our strategic concept!" ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said, "Yuhe, judging from the current situation in the Pacific Theater, even if the Japanese army attacks Australia, it will not be possible to quickly occupy the entire Australian continent in a short period of time, and the British will hold out in Australia for a long time." ”

Moreover, what the Americans have lost is only overseas colonies, his national foundation has not been shaken, the Japanese are now in full swing, and our two opponents have not shed enough blood, so the Japanese should not be allowed to control the entire Southwest Pacific region lightly, because they are not fighting hard enough! ”

"We must support the British and Australian armies and the U.S. and Philippine armies that can retreat to Australia with an order, and on the Australian continent, the strength of the Japanese army will be consumed, as long as the Americans are given a year to prepare, the strong national strength of the United States will be mobilized, and the Americans will never watch the Japanese occupy the Hawaiian Islands and threaten their own homeland, therefore, the navies of the United States and Japan will inevitably have a bloody battle in the eastern Pacific, and the United States and Japan will weaken each other, which is in our interests!"

"Moreover, the Americans will inevitably rush to open up the passage to the Pacific Ocean, in comparison, the strength of our navy is still too weak, the Americans and the Japanese are not desperate, our fleet, how can it come out!"

Zhao Yuhe came to his senses, but he said worriedly: "Division commander, in this way, we will have to change the original deployment, and to support the British and Australian troops on the Australian continent, is it a problem for us to raise tigers?" ”

Tang Qiuli laughed and said: "As far as the British and Americans can still call it Tiger, Yuhe, and the Southwest Pacific Theater, in the next half a year or even longer, we can only be a spectator, unless we go to the United States and Japan, when we are covered in bruises, we will make a move, after dealing with the matter at hand, I will go to the Northeast once, and you will also go with you, where will the strategic focus be transferred from the second half of this year to the first half of next year!" ”

Zhao Yuhe was stunned for a while, and asked: "Division commander, are you saying that the next battle situation in the Northeast will have a trend that is favorable to us, and it is expected to recover the Northeast?" ”

Tang Qiuli nodded and said: "A few days ago, the General Staff of the German Army, according to the order of their Führer Hitler, sent me a war briefing, the German war against Britain, I am afraid that it is coming to an end, the German army is making pre-war preparations for landing on the British Isles, once the German army lands in Britain, it will have a huge impact on the war pattern of the world, and the German army that captures Britain will inevitably do something to the Soviets." ”

"With the combat effectiveness of the German army, once the Soviet-German war broke out, Stalin would feel tremendous pressure, and the Soviet Far Eastern Front, which was confronting the Kwantung Army on the front line of the Outer Khingan Mountains, would inevitably be mobilized, and as soon as the Soviet Army moved, the Kwantung Army would not be lonely, and it would affect the situation in the entire Northeast and even the Soviet Far East!"

Zhao Yuhe nodded thoughtfully, and asked again: "Division commander, what does it have to do with the Minister of Logistics, Commander Tang of the fleet, coming to Singapore?" ”

Tang Qiuli said very mysteriously: "The relationship is very big, our opportunity to make a fortune has come!" ”

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