Putting down the phone, the special guards were busy going out to prepare the car, Tang Qiuli returned to the bedroom, Mei Xue had already woken up, sat on the bed in her clothes, and when she saw Tang Qiuli coming in, she was busy looking at him with big black and white eyes.

Tang Qiuli smiled and said, "There is an emergency, I will rush to the headquarters immediately, Xue, you can go back to sleep!" ”

Mei Xue hurriedly got out of bed, brought him a military uniform, and said distressedly: "Qiuli, pay attention to your body!" While carefully buttoning the buttons on his military uniform.

The beauty was on the side, full of fragrance, Tang Qiuli stroked Mei Xue's black hair, and said with a smile: "Xue, how great my body is, don't you know yet, don't worry!" ”

Mei Xue blushed and said angrily: "Don't be shy, go quickly, don't let people wait for you!" The pajamas were wide open, revealing a pair of round and plump jade breasts, seeing Tang Qiu's centrifugal head was hot, he stretched out his hand suddenly, quickly kneaded it twice, and then sent his hand to the end of his nose and took a deep breath, exclaiming: "It's so fragrant!" ”

Mei Xue's face was as bright as a peach blossom, and she was so angry that she wanted to fight, Tang Qiuli had already chuckled and ran away from the door, Mei Xue was stupid for a while, and returned to bed, but she no longer felt sleepy, remembering the madness of last night, she couldn't help but smile sweetly.

Tang Qiuli, under the protection of Fu Qiang and a team of special guards, rushed to the headquarters when he arrived at the headquarters, Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe and Chief of Staff Ge Zhenzhuang, as well as more than a dozen staff officers, were already waiting for him in the war room, and a large map of Australia was hung on the wall.

Tang Qiuli entered the war room, and asked Zhao Yuhe in the first sentence, "Yuhe, about the war situation in Australia, does the intelligence department have the latest information?" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Report to the division commander, because the Australian battlefield is now in chaos, the intelligence department has ordered intelligence stations across Australia to actively collect intelligence. Just now, the situation of the British is not very good, the war has only been more than an hour, and the Japanese army has already landed at two landing sites, and is advancing to attack in depth! ”

Tang Qiuli said indifferently: "Unexpectedly, the regular troops of the British and Australian troops who stayed in Australia to land are only more than 60,000 people, and they have to defend so many ports and divide them. There is not even a division in each place, and the Japanese army is unexpectedly concentrated its forces, so it is strange that the British and Australian troops can hold it! ”

Zhao Yuhe's face tightened, and he hurriedly said, "Division Commander, the battle situation is developing at this speed. In a few days, more than 60,000 British and Australian troops. It was about to be eaten by the Japanese army in various ports. This is not in line with your latest strategic vision, what should we do! ”

Tang Qiuli withdrew his gaze from the map of Australia, looked at Zhao Yuhe, and asked, "Yuhe, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Yuhe thought for a moment. said: "Division commander, I am thinking that if the commander-in-chief of the British and Australian forces, Fernandez, is not so stupid, he should do it now. It is to withdraw the troops from the first-line ports, turn inland, avoid the edge of the Japanese army, use the vast territory of Australia, deal with the Japanese army, and then, urgently transfer back the 100,000 troops to reinforce Luzon, in this way, the British can still hold out for a while, if they fight hard with the Japanese army at various landing sites, it will not take more than five days, and Fernandez's hands will have no available soldiers! ”

Tang Qiuli laughed and said: "Yuhe, what you said is to the point, I judge that the 100,000 British and Australian troops who reinforced Luzon Island are already preparing to return to Australia at this time, not only the British are doing this, I am afraid that even MacArthur has already begun to retreat, the Japanese have completely shattered MacArthur's dream of defending Manila, and if he does not run, once Australia falls into the hands of the Japanese, more than 200,000 American and Philippine troops will become turtles in the urn!" ”

Zhao Yuhe thought about it and said: "Division commander, as far as the situation on the battlefield on Luzon Island in front of us is concerned, whether it is the British and Australian troops or the American and Philippine armies, it is by no means easy to get out of Luzon, and now, about 300,000 Allied troops are concentrated on the front line of the Calais Mountains to carry out MacArthur's counterattack plan, and now it seems that this is another conspiracy of the commander of the Japanese 14th Army, Yoshihiko Haruta, to firmly entangle the Allied forces in Luzon and make it impossible to return to Australia!" ”

"Besides, once the 100,000 British and Australian troops withdraw, the US and Philippine troops alone will not be able to stop the Japanese counterattack, and the next thing to lose is Manila!"

Tang Qiuli nodded and said: "The Japanese army under Yoshihiko Haruta will definitely bite the Allied forces to the death, so many troops retreat, it will be a big rout that cannot be controlled, analyzing MacArthur's habit of commanding operations, as well as the crisis situation in Australia, the only way for the Allies to evacuate is to let 100,000 British and Australian troops return to Australia first, and then, the US and Philippine troops rely on the Manila defense line to gradually withdraw in batches. ”

"This also involves a strict question, whether the Allied troops covering the evacuation can withstand the attack of the Japanese army, it seems that it only depends on the will of God! However, even if MacArthur succeeds in evacuating Luzon, it will have to pay a very heavy price! ”

Zhao Yuhe shook his head and sighed and said: "MacArthur's stubborn defense of Manila's plan has led to today's passive situation, this person's strategy and strategic vision are really difficult to compliment, and it is not surprising that the US and Philippine armies have suffered such a defeat, but unfortunately, it has also affected the British in Australia, alas! MacArthur begged for a blessing! Commander, are we helpless to watch this situation happen? ”

Tang Qiuli smiled, and then said: "Yuhe, how the allies evacuate Luzon Island is not the most difficult thing, after all, in terms of total strength comparison, it is more than double that of the Japanese army, and the Japanese still have the most ferocious move, the second and fourth fleets of the Japanese Navy have recently appeared in the waters around the Coral Sea and the Solomon Islands, of course, it is to cover the Japanese army's attack on Australia, which is the necessary fire support for the landing battle." ”

"According to my judgment, its real purpose is not only this, it is to prepare to intercept and kill the British and Australian military fleets returning to Australia at sea, and the British task force stationed in Australia has not been destructively attacked, and the Japanese Navy does not want to startle the snake, so the 100,000 British and Australian soldiers can leave Luzon Island smoothly, but in the waters around the Coral Sea and the Solomon Islands, they will be attacked by the ferocious blows of the two fleets of the Japanese Navy!"

Zhao Yuhe was terrified when he heard this, and he snorted and said: "The Japanese army has laid out in many places, just for the sake of the lore at sea, ruthless enough, not only to annihilate the 100,000 British and Australian troops who returned to the aid in a battle, but also to carry out the British task force, I completely understand, no wonder the British and Australian troops were not intercepted by the Japanese Navy at sea when they reinforced Luzon Island, and they landed on Luzon Island smoothly. ”

After speaking, Zhao Yuhe seemed to realize that he was somewhat out of shape, and added: "However, it depends on who is right, that is, MacArthur, a self-righteous guy, who has been fooled one after another. ”

Tang Qiuli glanced at Zhao Yuhe very playfully, and said: "Yuhe, learn to pat on the back, we can't let the allies be at an absolute disadvantage, let alone let the war situation in Australia end soon, it's still that sentence, it's not in our interests, the danger of the allies returning to Australia is at sea, you call Le Yiqin and ask him to rush to Singapore immediately, there is an important task to him!" ”

Zhao Yuhe called, and Tang Qiuli said to Ge Zhenzhuang, chief of the General Staff Office: "Zhenzhuang, the General Staff Office will immediately make the terrain sand table in Australia, and the attention of the General Staff Office should be on the Australian battlefield, and the final battle in the Southwest Pacific must be very exciting!" ”

On the morning of 25 August, in accordance with MacArthur's order, 100,000 troops of the First and Second Army Corps of the British and Australian armies began to evacuate the battlefield in the Calais Mountains.

After receiving the telegram from Admiral Fernandez, MacArthur did not close his eyes, and he and Chief of Staff Wagnerdze discussed many times on the phone, which can be said to be many quarrels, and finally persuaded the British, who was not open-minded, to take a cruel but absolutely necessary measure, the news of the Japanese attack on Australia, and tightly sealed all Allied soldiers.

Especially the two British and Australian army corps that were about to return to Australia, only the corps commander and the corps chief of staff knew the news, and after the withdrawal of 100,000 British and Australian soldiers, MacArthur could only use his own troops to plug the huge gap left in the defense line in the Calais mountains.

At this point, he did not bargain with the chief of staff of Wagnerdze at all, and he himself knew that even if the tongue bloomed and the words were fantastic, it was impossible for the British to leave a single soldier on Luzon, in other words, they could not keep it if they wanted to, so they simply came to be generous, and the faces of both sides were passable.

However, MacArthur made tactical adjustments to the US and Philippine troops remaining in the Calais Mountains, transferring the Philippine First Army, the Third Army Corps, the Manila Guard Division, the Quezon Garrison Brigade, and other units with Filipino soldiers as the main body to the first line, while the troops composed of pure American soldiers withdrew to the second line, and the orders given to the troops on the two lines of defense were completely different.

The order to the commander of the Philippine forces was, "All units on the first line of defense must stand still, not take a step back, and resolutely repel the Japanese attack!" If you withdraw without receiving my personal order, you will be severely punished by military law. ”

The order to the commander of the U.S. forces on the second line of defense was to "prepare all units to evacuate the Calais mountain battlefield, return to Manila, and wait for orders to board ships and evacuate Luzon." ”

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