It is no wonder that Zhao Yuhe asked this question: When the three main forces of the independent division went out of the country and marched into Burma, Zhao Yuhe was still in the post of chief of staff of the headquarters of the Northeast Advance Command, and all his attention was spent on how to assist Lieutenant General Liu Tiehan, deputy division commander and commander of the East Command, and how to deal with the Kwantung Army, and he did not understand what happened when the troops first entered the Indochina Peninsula.

Tang Qiuli smiled, very old fox, and said: "Not only is it familiar, but I have also dealt with it a few times, and when the troops just entered Burma, the Japanese were fighting the British and retreating, I took the opportunity to yin Alexander, forcing him to lose almost all his family and flee to India, thus changing the pattern of the Indochina Peninsula, and finally, establishing our absolute superiority in the Indochina Peninsula." ”

Zhao Yuhe was very interested in the words of the division commander, he had never heard of this period of history, Tang Qiuli said with a smile: "Yuhe, today is not the time to answer questions and solve doubts, you should understand, the reason why I dare to design a large ambush circle near Magao with less strength than the British and Indian army!" ”

"Yes, it is based on the understanding of Alexander, the British are not willing to lose the domination of Indochina, and they dream of taking it back, but they are afraid of being beaten by the Japanese, and now, our independent division troops have beaten away the Japanese, and the British are alive again, and the execution of forty-seven British spies is just a fuse."

"Therefore, Alexander commanded the Anglo-Indian army, he came with a sense of revenge and shame, and he was in a hurry, and he would inevitably hope for success in the First World War, and Alexander, to be honest, belonged to the group of people who were ambitious and talented, and he had never fought with our squadron, so he had no way of understanding our combat methods and the combat effectiveness of our troops, at this point. It's far worse than what the Japanese know about us. ”

"But I knew the English quite well, and knew their weaknesses, and set out from the East Indies. Passing through the entire Hukang River Valley, the route of several hundred kilometers belongs to the labor expedition, Alexander first committed the taboo of the soldiers, plus I arranged two main brigades of the direct corps, blocking layer by layer along the way, not to destroy many enemies. Not to delay the advance of the British and Indian troops, but to paralyze Alexander, so that he would think that my main force had not yet had time to move, and that it would exhaust the morale and body of the British and Indian soldiers. ”

"Jade and you think, such a troop, to reach the vicinity of Magao. When we ambush the circle, how much combat power can we have, plus. Alexander has no backup troops, he is a lone army in depth, and I am fighting an ambush, not an encirclement battle, in the ambush circle of Ma Gao, with our existing strength, it is impossible to completely annihilate more than 200,000 British and Indian troops, we only need to cripple and run away, and destroy the will of the British and Indian troops to resist to the greatest extent. The purpose of the campaign was achieved. ”

"And the mobilization of the Nengziguan Garrison Corps and the 29th Corps on the front line of Kuala Lumpur is bound to alarm the Americans, so that I will expose my campaign intentions, and the two corps have hundreds of thousands of troops, and Chen soldiers are in the Malay Peninsula. It was a huge deterrent and pressure on the Japanese troops under Ito's command who were cowering in Singapore, and it could also prompt the Japanese to act against the Americans, so the troops in the Malay Peninsula could not move. ”

Zhao Yuhe suddenly realized, and added: "I fully understand the intention of the division commander, in the Magao ambush circle, strive to annihilate the largest number of British and Indian troops, and form a situation of encirclement, so that in the case of an unfavorable situation in the battle, and afraid of the annihilation of the whole army, Alexander will inevitably retreat to the East Indies, and then we will follow the pursuit, catch the heels of the British and Indian troops, and enter the territory of the East Indies." ”

Tang Qiuli nodded approvingly, and said: "The idea is clear, very good, but, Yuhe, your appetite is still too small, I don't plan to let Alexander go at all, the best place to completely annihilate the British and Indian troops is not in Magao, but on the west line of the Hukang River Valley, and besides, it is the British and Indian soldiers who are frightened by the bow and the wolf bèi who are fleeing back." ”…,

Zhao Yuhe's eyes widened in surprise and asked: "Division commander, your next plan is to choose the location of the total annihilation of the British and Indian troops in the Hukang River Valley, and our troops, following the pursuit, how can we surpass the retreating British and Indian troops and rush to the front to intercept them?" The Hukang River Valley is a narrow strip of land, and hundreds of thousands of people are crowded into it, and I'm afraid that even birds can't fly over? ”

Tang Qiuli shook his head with a little regret, and said: "Yuhe, your thinking is still stuck in parallel pursuit, the battle of Magao has not yet started, and Alexander can't think of my back hand anyway, this is the task I will assign next, order the four brigades of the Sulu Mobile Corps, which serve as the battle reserve, from now on, immediately stealthily interspersed with the front line of Xiduo, responsible for intercepting the retreating British and Indian troops." []”

Zhao Yuhe's face turned red, he really didn't expect this, but he said bluntly: "Division commander, let me talk about my opinion, the troops are interspersed with enemy troops on five routes, in order to avoid encountering the enemy army, the marching route must be an inaccessible jungle area, and all heavy equipment cannot be carried, in that case, it will inevitably increase the difficulty of intercepting the troops." ”

"Once Alexander knows that the back road is cut off, he will inevitably fight desperately, only lightly armed troops, the casualties are so large that it is unavoidable, and the fierce course of the battle, it is conceivable that in the face of the hundreds of thousands of British and Indian soldiers who fled the road, the consumption of ammunition will inevitably be an astonishing amount, just by the amount of interspersed troops, I am afraid it will not be able to support it for too long, this point, please consider it!"

"In addition, once it is known that Alexander's troops are surrounded, the Anglo-Indian army in India will organize reinforcements and come to aid along the Hukang River valley, and the interception troops will be exposed to the enemy on their backs, division commander, so much I have in mind, and the opinions I put forward are for the reference of the division commander!"

Tang Qiuli laughed and said: "Okay, analyze the problem objectively and calmly, is a qualified chief of staff, for this question, I will answer you now, the interspersed troops, to carry as little supplies and equipment as possible, in order to reduce the burden of the soldiers, don't forget, we have a strong air force, can be interspersed along the way, set up a number of supply airdrop sites, after the troops arrive in Xido, the transport machine will be heavy equipment and ammunition, airdrop over, in this way, won't it solve the problem!" ”

"In addition, in the direction of Ledo, Sugia, Gamai, and New Taiji, the troops of the eight brigades of the Sulu Mobile Corps, which are facing the four Anglo-Indian divisions, after completing the task of annihilating the enemy on the opposite side, will follow the route they came from and rush to the front line of Sido, at that time, what will be the more than 200,000 troops of the twelve brigades of the entire Sulu Mobile Corps that intercept Alexander's retreating troops, Yuhe, even if the British put together a support army, what can they do?"

"Moreover, with nearly a thousand bombers and fighters, Le Yiqin can allow the British reinforcements to reach Sido smoothly? Two corps, twenty-five brigades, more than 400,000 troops, chasing after the front, Alexander still has the ability to break through the fishing net? If you want to occupy the entire East Indies, it is far from enough to have the strength of the corps, and the British will definitely fight back, not in the East Indies, fight a few major battles, the British will not admit defeat! ”

Tang Qiuli's words were full of self-confidence and strong confidence in the control of the situation, Zhao Yuhe was convinced, his thinking, with the words of the division commander, expanded infinitely, and expanded to the entire Southeast Asian battlefield, which was of vital significance to Zhao Yuhe's future development path, so that his way of thinking and speed finally kept up with the pace of the division commander Tang Qiuli.

A few years later, Zhao Yuhe, who was already the commander of the independent division corps, talked about the long talk with the division commander in the small town of Magao in northern Myanmar, and said with a sigh: "Before that, I may have been a good staff officer, but after that long talk, I have benefited a lot, and my way of thinking and perspective, as well as the change of roles, all started from that moment." ”…,

Tang Qiuli patted Zhao Yuhe, who was still pondering, and said gently: "Okay, Yuhe, this is not something that can be fully accepted in a moment and a half, it must be accumulated in continuous actual battles, but our thinking and vision must jump out of the inherent circle in order to organically combine everything together and maximize the purpose of the battle!" ”

Zhao Yuhe said reverently: "Division Commander, Yuhe has been taught, by your side, I feel my changes every moment, you are the best commander I have ever seen!" Zhao Yuhe's words and attitude are very sincere.

Tang Qiuli also saw it, Zhao Yuhe was excited, and said with a smile: "Just a few days after returning to the division headquarters, you learned to pat on the back?" However, there is a problem that needs to be solved at the moment, that is, the British air force, with his own existence, is a big obstacle to the implementation of our campaign plan, and I don't know how Le Yiqin's fishing plan is progressing? ”

The commander of the division, Tang Qiuli, was worried about the commander of the Southern Flight Group of the Independent Division's Air Force, Major General Le Yiqin, who was in the war room at the moment, looking at today's flight record in a daze with a sad face.

Beside him, the head of the Operations Department of the Flying Group and more than a dozen staff officers exchanged glances with each other in surprise, and everyone wondered, when did Commander Le, who has always been arrogant and brave, have such a sentimental childish attitude?

Le Yiqin was really worried, after receiving the order from the division commander to bomb the British and Indian troops, Le Yiqin put forward his own plan on the basis of the order, that is, to lure the snake out of the hole, attract all the bombers and fighters of the British army in India, and before the Ma Gao ambush was carried out, defeat the British is air power, and clear the air threat for the troops to capture the East Indies.

For this reason, Le Yiqin dispatched all the bombers to bomb the British and Indian troops of the Fifth Route and indiscriminately bombed them, and did not send an escort fighter group, and the commander of the bomber group was puzzled by this unconventional order, and asked one after another, Le Yiqin replied, "Follow the order!" ”

The bait was scattered, but the big fish did not take the bait, and all afternoon, Le Yiqin muttered two sentences, "My fishing skills are not good, or have the British become smarter?" ”