A small episode did not affect Tang Qiuli's status in the minds of the generals of the Marine Corps, but he was just surprised, only Han Tie and Wang Dongshan blushed, as the two military commanders of the Marine Corps, it is natural to think that there is another meaning in the laughter of the division commander, but it is not sarcasm and ridicule, but it is impossible to guess what it is.

Wang Dongshan replied: "According to the information we have, the supreme commander of the Japanese army on Hainan Island is named Miyazawa Nishikawa, the commander of the 78th Division of the Japanese garrison on Hainan Island, with the rank of lieutenant general. ”

"When our troops landed on Hainan Island, they did not deploy the main force on the beachhead, but used a small amount of artillery to block the attack, and its main force did not defend the city, but hid in the mountains and forests, avoiding a decisive battle with our main force, but adopting the tactics of harassment and guerrilla fighting, and dealing with our army."

Wang Dongshan's remarks revealed the true situation of the Hainan Island Campaign, and also stated the current dilemma of the Marine Corps, Tang Qiuli did not look down on Han Tie and them, since the independent division troops entered North China, the troops have developed rapidly, the strength has expanded greatly, and commanders at all levels have also become accustomed to fighting in large corps.

In the duel of tens of thousands of troops, the Japanese army, which advocates the decisive battle of the main force, is also quite cooperative, giving the commander the opportunity to display his talents; taking the predecessor of the Marine Corps as an example, several major battles, the smallest of which were brigade-level scales, is also reasonable.

Tang Qiuli looked at Han Tie and the brigade commanders who were not very good-looking, and said: "The first battle was unfavorable, I suffered a loss, and I didn't feel very good, but I didn't have a good plan, so I was in a hurry, right?" Hell-bent on getting off to a good start. But it's the way it is now, ashamed? ”

was told by the division commander to break his mind, starting with Han Tie, the senior officers of the Marine Corps. The face is a little unnatural, in a word, shameful, all battlefields have been reported frequently, and several other corps have also made quite successes, but their own troops are known as the elite of the independent division. More than 80,000 troops were dispatched, but they didn't even kill more than 30,000 little devils, how can they have face in front of their brother troops?

Tang Qiuli understood the thoughts of the officers too well, and said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, when encountering such tactics of the Japanese army, at the beginning, I was helpless." After studying with the General Staff Office for several days, they came up with a set of operational plans, called the iron-walled encirclement tactic. Specialized in dealing with the current tactics of the Japanese army. ”

The officers of the Marine Corps, as soon as they heard that the division commander had brought a good plan, were all in high spirits, and it was their common wish to be able to crack the tactics of the little devils and end the battle on Hainan Island as much as possible, and the six brigades of the Marine Corps, with more than 80,000 people, could not be consumed on Hainan Island with more than 30,000 little devils, right?

In the expectant and excited eyes of the officers. Tang Qiuli explained in detail the tactics of iron-walled encirclement, which is very simple, it is the side with superior forces and equipment, and the tactics used to promote the strengths and avoid the weaknesses of the inferior side, and attack the periphery of the target area. Set up several encirclements, then compress them towards the center of the target area, and finally, gather and annihilate them.

After Tang Qiuli finished speaking, the officers all had a feeling of being sudden, and they were eager to try, eager to return to the army immediately and give the little devil an iron wall, Tang Qiuli smiled, and then said: "To use this tactic, it must be an absolute advantage in troops, so it is difficult to implement it only by relying on the landing team, and the natural geographical conditions of Hainan Island determine the use of tactics." ”

"This time, I brought 20 brigades and 320,000 troops, plus the existing strength of the Marine Corps, more than 400,000 troops, a ratio of more than 10 to 1 troops, so that we could fight an island jungle battle with the Japanese army on Hainan Island.

Tang Qiuli said to Han Tie: "Commander Han, immediately order the troops to stop the offensive, set up a blockade line along the line from Chengmai to Qionghai, and at the same time, transfer capable personnel to form a small detachment to clear out the Japanese troops infiltrated behind the blockade line, and as soon as the corps troops arrive, we will begin to push from north to south, one line, more than 400,000 troops, spread on Hainan Island, not to mention more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers, even a mouse, it is difficult to have room for maneuver, right?" ”

After the meeting ended, Tang Qiuli called over to Chutian, "Chutian, your troops, immediately go down, go deep into the area of Wuzhi Mountain and Limuling, reconnoiter the movements of the Japanese army, remember, don't have contact with the Japanese army, let alone take the opportunity to destroy a part of the Japanese army, if you defeat my training opponent, I will settle accounts with you!" ”

Han Tie and Wang Dongshan, when they heard the words of the division commander, their eyes widened, and they dared to love the division commander, they didn't take more than 30,000 little devils seriously at all, and more than 400,000 troops spread out, fighting such a bold battle, just for the purpose of training, it was really an unbelievable approach, thinking of the thousands of students from Dingbian and Guangzhou Military Academy, who rushed to the battlefield on Hainan Island thousands of miles away, and the two seemed to understand the division commander's intentions and intentions.

On the way to meet the trainees by car, Shan Hu, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, turned around and said to Tang Qiuli: "Xiaoqiu, did you know that you were smiling so suddenly just now?" I thought you were crazy, by the way, what made you laugh like that? Say it and I'll hear it! Let me have fun too! ”

Tang Qiuli secretly said in his heart: "Say it, I'm not afraid to scare you to death, I said that I came from decades later, can you Shanhu believe it?" He muttered in his heart, but said: "I remembered that when we were in the Northeast, didn't we use this way of fighting to deal with the Kwantung Army?" Now, isn't it ridiculous that the Japanese army uses such tactics against us, Huzi, you are an old man of the Bloody Hand Regiment, think about it, isn't this the case? ”

Shanhu scratched his head, looked at the serious Tang Qiuli suspiciously, with a look of disbelief, but he couldn't find fault, with his understanding of Tang Qiuli, things must not be so simple, Tang Qiuli secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally fooled over, Shanhu, this guy, is becoming more and more shrewd" Liu Xinlan, who opened her beautiful eyes and looked at the two men arguing, also didn't believe it, she instinctively felt that things were not so simple.

In Haikou City, in the auditorium of the 78th Division of the former Japanese Army, Tang Qiuli met with the intern students of the Military Academy, Tang Qiuli's appearance brought great excitement to these students, who is the division commander, that is the founder of our independent division, the undefeated military god, the achievement of a legend, the idol of the students, the peak that needs to be looked up!

Applause, thunderous applause, almost overturned the roof of the auditorium, looking at the young and energetic faces, Tang Qiuli seemed to have returned to his previous life, the days with his comrades, in terms of age, he was only a few years older than these students, but the sum of the two lives, the mental age of more than forty years made him have the illusion of looking at his juniors.

Tang Qiuli did not say some high-sounding and empty words, but combined with his own practical experience, he gave the cadets a vivid lesson on battlefield survival, which was also the only purpose for him to meet with all the cadets; the future independent division wants to go further and be more stable, and batches of professional grassroots officers who have undergone systematic study are the backbone and foundation of the troops.

Tang Qiuli didn't want to lose their precious lives on the battlefield because of their lack of experience or ignorance, and in the near future, these trainees would be assigned to various units of the independent division as company and platoon level officers, and he didn't want to see that because of their lack of experience, the soldiers under their command would die in vain, and after training on the bloody battlefield on Hainan Island, they would grow rapidly.

To Tang Qiuli's surprise, his brother-in-law Mei Ling, as one of the leading instructors of the Dingbian Military Academy, also went to Hainan Island, and as far as he knew, Mei Ling served as the chief of staff of the regiment in Liu Tiehan's East Command Army, and had been stationed in western Liaoning, and he hadn't seen him for a few years, how did this kid become an instructor?

In a teahouse in Haikou with Hainan style, Tang Qiuli warmly entertained his brother-in-law who came from afar, and after a farewell to the years, the young boy at the beginning, seeing that he was still a little shy, has grown into a lieutenant colonel officer, with a resolute face, a stout and sturdy figure, almost half a head taller than himself, sitting calmly, a soldier's breath, rushing to his face, quite a little not angry and arrogant.

According to the rules set by Tang Qiuli at the beginning, officers at or above the deputy regimental level of each field corps, who are excellent and have commanded actual battles, are regularly transferred back to the two military academies to serve as instructors, and similarly, the instructors of military academies must regularly go to the field corps to receive actual combat training.

Originally, there was no task for him to lead the team, but as soon as Meiling heard that there was a war on Hainan Island, and it was a battlefield completely different from the terrain and climatic conditions in the northeast, he immediately came to the spiritual head, went through the back door, pestered President Jiang Baili, and even did not hesitate to use the influence of Old Man Mei to win a place among the hundreds of rotating officers.

In Hainan Island, he unexpectedly met his brother-in-law, which made him overjoyed, in addition to talking about the military, Tang Qiuli asked the most about the family situation in Dingbian, especially the recent situation of his wife Mei Ting.

In fact, Meiling didn't know much, he returned to Dingbian less than a day, he hurriedly flew to Hainan Island, didn't even meet his parents, just called his parents and sister, as for the second sister Mei Xue, she hasn't seen each other for more than two years, and the usual contact is letters and telegrams.

Mei Ling said with some complaints: "Brother-in-law, you should take the time to go back once, I heard my mother say that the eldest sister has shed tears several times behind her back, although she doesn't say it, but our mother also knows the eldest sister's thoughts." ”

Mei Ling said, secretly observing Tang Qiuli's face, for this brother-in-law, Mei Ling was in awe and worship from the bottom of his heart, he didn't know what kind of reaction his words would make this powerful brother-in-law have in the world? ――