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The commander-in-chief of Japan's Southeast Asian Dispatch Army, General Ito Yanzaburo, brought more than 200,000 Japanese soldiers to Yangon, the capital of Burma, and in the following days, Ito was waiting for news from his homeland, whether it was good or bad, he was ready to bear it, and after rolling in the Imperial Army for decades, Ito knew how much he had committed.

But after waiting for a few days, nothing happened, neither the order of the base camp to dispose of himself, nor the news of sending someone to take his place, Ito had no bottom in his heart, and muttered directly, he didn't dare to hope that he would disobey the order of His Majesty the Emperor and the base camp to evacuate northern Myanmar, such a big thing, so silently passed.

Not to mention anything else, the former chief of staff of the dispatch army, Lieutenant General Wu Mura Yamaichi, who was removed from his post and locked up, was sent back to his homeland by him after arriving in Yangon, this guy must have a grudge against himself, in front of those bigwigs in the base camp, he won't say good things about himself, such a calm is definitely not normal.

Ito couldn't sit still, and used all kinds of connections to find out the base camp's attitude towards him, and the strange thing was that there was no news back at all, which made Ito feel like a year, and this breath had not yet been cleared, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the devil Tang Qiuli were pressed to Rangoon again, and he had to put aside the irritability of the hundred claws and scratch his heart for the time being, and cheer up to deal with the huge pressure of the independent division troops.

When he calmed down, Ito went through the things from the retreat from Mandalay to the retreat to Yangon, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was not quite right, and the defeat of Mogu was the result of his own luck, and he couldn't complain about others, but what happened in Mandalay made Ito ponder the bitter taste.

According to their own situation at that time, and the situation of the battlefield, it was entirely possible for the independent division troops that flanked Mandalay to cut off their own southward retreat and encircle the dispatched army on the line from Libao to Mandalay. Tang Qiuli didn't do this, he could intercept and kill his own independent division troops, but he just surrounded and annihilated the four divisions and regiments that he sent on guard, and then. Let more than 200,000 soldiers of the imperial army retreat from Rongnan.

What happened next was even more incredible, the independent divisional aviation unit that had air superiority was only an air attack on the rear guard of the Imperial Army, and if it was a dense bombardment along the way, it would blow up all the bridges. In less than three days, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Independent Division of the Independent Division poured up like a tide.

The dispatch army can only continue to retreat south if it fights and retreats, and if it does, how many people will be left of the imperial army troops who have withdrawn to Yangon? Ito himself didn't know. However, the battle, which should have happened logically, did not happen. The ambushes and pursuers that he judged did not appear.

With Ito's understanding of Tang Qiuli, he didn't think that this ruthless devil would make such an obvious low-level mistake, what happened before and after Ito, dressed together, broke the pondering, and came to a conclusion, this is a game of cat and mouse. It is very unfortunate that he and more than 200,000 soldiers of the Imperial Army are the rats in this game.

After coming to this conclusion, Ito was so depressed that he almost yelled, "Tang Qiuli, you devil." What the hell are you going to do? In fact, Ito knows best in his heart that Tang Qiuli deliberately let himself go, in other words, Tang Qiuli did not regard himself as an opponent, and the feeling of being despised by his opponent is undoubtedly a huge shame for Ito, who thinks highly of himself.

This feeling of shame, like a blunt knife, cut his spirit and soul, making him so depressed that he almost spurted blood, but he didn't understand it anyway, why did Tang Qiuli, the enemy of the Great Japanese Empire, do this, what did he want to do, what was his conspiracy and intentions? Is it to enjoy the pleasure of insulting an imperial general, and more than 200,000 brave imperial soldiers?

From a purely military point of view, the Imperial Southeast Asian Dispatch Army no longer exists, and it was encircled and annihilated in Mandalay, and all the jade has been shattered, but he and his soldiers are well in Yangon City, which is all thanks to the devil of that China, and the opponent and enemy have given him a chance to live in this way, so that Ito has an impulse to commit suicide by disembowelment.

I can't guess Tang Qiuli's intentions and intentions, I don't know how the base camp wants to deal with himself, two huge unsolved mysteries, lingering in Ito's heart, tormenting the generals of the Imperial Japanese Army, are a little nervous, even if Ito is possessed by Amaterasu, he will not know, Tang Qiuli's intention to let him go is actually very simple, like a mad dog, to bite the Americans, that's all.

In Japan, as Ito had guessed, there was absolutely no peace, and there were two completely different opinions on any disposition of Ito in the base camp, mainly on the naval side, advocating severe punishment for disobeying the enemy's orders and refusing to carry out the Emperor's plan for the Battle of Burma, and what he did had tarnished the honor of the emperor.

Dismissal and investigation, life imprisonment, and not shooting him are already based on the credit of the past, and they are extraordinarily gracious, and the army, of course, will not agree to severely punish such a theater commander, and let those guys in the navy take the opportunity to beat out one of their own generals, although within the army, there are also many factions and dog-eat-dog each other, and Takemura Yamaichi, who has been in prison for a few days, did not say good things about Ito, and moreover, he also added fuel and vinegar to sue him.

But once it was involved, they wrestled with the navy, and immediately stopped each other, and unanimously to the outside world, even the Takemura, who was hated by Ito, was called by several bigwigs, and even persuaded with a warning, and also carried a threat, telling Sù Takemura, "This is not a disagreement within the army, but a matter of fighting with the navy for the dominance of the war, you have to think clearly, what to say, what to say is best to rot in the stomach." ”

Takemura finally understood, even if Ito was a complete bastard, at this time, he had to hold his stinky feet in front of those bigwigs in the navy, not when he stepped on the dog's paws, or not, after the lawsuit with the navy, let's revisit the old accounts, and when Emperor Hirohito convened the imperial meeting again to discuss how to deal with Ito, Vice Admiral Takemura Yamaichi, who was eager to dig up the ancestral grave of the Ito family, turned into a witness and participant in that battle.

It should be admitted that Lieutenant General Takemura Yamaichi, who has been engaged in the work on the map, has a very profound theoretical foundation, and his eloquence is also good; in order to increase his persuasiveness, he also drew a map of the battlefield situation with his own hands, and even spoke with comparisons, and his voice was full of emotion, and he evolved Ito into a man who was loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and the Japanese Empire, and did not hesitate to risk disobeying military orders and ruining his reputation, and brought out the image of a hero who was in extreme danger in Southeast Asia.

In the end, Takemura almost choked up and said: "To sum up, as the chief of staff of the dispatch army at the time, I fiercely opposed Ito-kun's decision to withdraw south to Rangoon, and for this reason, a fierce conflict broke out between us. ”

Takemura wiped away the tears that did not exist, and continued to speak generously: "I also think, if it were me, what would I do? The answer is that I will continue to carry out the orders of the base camp and will not retreat south, because I do not have the courage and selflessness of Ito-kun, who is a true samurai and the pride of our army. ”

But what would be the consequences? The Imperial Southeast Asia Dispatch Army will all the jade shattered in Mandalay, and the vitality of the Imperial Army will be greatly damaged, then, today's Yang ~~――Net Update Debut~~ Light, it will be a situation where there are no soldiers to defend and an empty city, I am afraid that at this moment, it has fallen into the hands of the devil Tang Qiuli of China, and our Great Japanese Empire will lose an important bridgehead. ”

It should be said that Takemura is a super-first-class actor, his acting skills and eloquence are quite good, and the navy, of course, will not fully believe Takemura's words, but there is no evidence to refute it, if he forcibly asks for the punishment of Ito, I am afraid that even the emperor will not agree, and several bigwigs of the navy have to sigh secretly, "The efforts to fight for the dominance of the empire's foreign wars have been in vain." ”

In the heart of Emperor Hirohito, he knew better than the general about the causes and consequences of the Burma battlefield, and the order he personally issued to order Southeast Asia to send troops to implement the Burma battle plan was originally reluctant for Ito, and the imperial army troops on the Burma battlefield, whether it was troops or equipment, were inferior to the troops of the devil Tang Qiuli, and that battle was fought in suspense.

However, who can understand their own worries? Those insatiable and selfish Americans, seeing the benefits, rushed up with red eyes, who can guarantee that they will not send troops in the back of the empire in Southeast Asia, inserting a knife in the back, they themselves are in order to avoid the imperial team, in the dangerous situation of being attacked by the enemy, only to insist on launching the Burma battle against the devil Tang Qiuli of China.

In hindsight, I was impatient and hasty, so Ito disobeyed the order, and it was difficult for Ito, but now it's okay, Shintaro Nakamura brought new information, the Americans will not intervene in the war in Southeast Asia, their essence is that they are afraid of war with the powerful Japanese Empire, that is, only the empire will fight them, and they will never take the initiative to fight themselves.

Since Emperor Hirohito received Nakamura's information, he despised the Americans from the bottom of his heart, it was a piece of fat without bones, and he could use a knife at any time, and the imperial troops in Southeast Asia could rest assured and boldly fight against the troops of the devil Tang Qiuli.

Hirohito coughed lightly, and the attention of the Japanese military and political bigwigs who participated in the Imperial Council immediately focused on him, and Hirohito said in his usual slow and cold tone: "The course of the matter is already obvious, there is no need to argue anymore, Ito Gan took the risk and dealt with it on the spot, avoiding the heavy losses of the Imperial Army, let me ask, which one of those present has such courage as him?" ”

No one spoke, Hirohito continued: "The empire sends troops to Southeast Asia, no personnel adjustments are made, moreover, the troops and equipment must be strengthened, and they must be replenished, Rangoon must be defended to the death, and the empire cannot lose such an important strategic point, this heavy responsibility should be borne by Ito-kun!" ”

Hirohito's few words basically set the tone, and the battle situation in Yangon was developing in the direction that Tang Qiuli was worried about. ~-~