~-~ Yangon, on the night of November 9, in the war room of the Yangon Garrison Command of the Japanese Army, Ito was listening to the chief of staff, Major General Yuichi Kawashima, full of passionate reports: "Commander-in-chief, during the day today, in the city of Yangon, there were more than 300 fierce battles, and the time of each battle was very short, but only a few minutes, after the battle, the staff counted the results of the battle, and killed a total of 37 spies of the ** division. ”

Ito opened his slightly closed eyes and asked expressionlessly, "What are the casualties of our gendarmerie troops?" Kawashima hesitated, lowered his voice an octave, and replied: "The gendarmerie suffered 678 casualties, of which more than 590 were killed and the rest were wounded. ”

Ito stood up in surprise, "Hani? What is the strength of the opponent's troops? "It's no wonder Ito was surprised, killed the spies of the thirty-seven ** divisions, his own soldiers, but nearly seven hundred people got in, this battle was really wretched, with a casualty ratio of more than twenty to one, in fact, Ito knew that he was asking nonsense.

How many troops can the other side have, it won't be a few thousand or nearly 10,000 people, right? If this is the case, Rangoon is still guarding a fart, so many soldiers of the ** division have come in, I am afraid that his headquarters will also be occupied, he just can't understand that in the heavily defended urban area of Yangon, all the gendarmerie units are dispatched, and such a casualty ratio is incomprehensible.

Ito estimated that there would always be a thousand people, otherwise, it would not be possible to guide the artillery of the ** division at the same time to carry out a destructive shelling of the artillery positions of the imperial army, but Kawashima's answer once again overturned Ito's judgment. It made him even more confused.

"So far, it is impossible to judge the number of troops to be released," Kawashima said, according to the report of the commander of the gendarmerie unit who participated in the battle. The spies of the ** division they encountered were no more than twenty people, but the opponent's individual combat ability was extremely strong, the combat skills were very proficient, and the response was quite sensitive, so every battle. It doesn't take more than five minutes. ”

"After a surprise blow to the gendarmerie, the other side quickly withdrew and disappeared into the city of Yangon, and we could not capture the direction of their retreat, so far, there has not been a single such squad, even the corpse, also because of the suicide method. Unrecognizable. Judging from the number of places where the fire was exchanged, the number of scouts of this ** division was about 600 to 700 people. Debriefing is over! ”

Ito's eyes rolled a few times, and he said to himself: "Super strong individual soldier Su zhì." Never love war, do not take the initiative to evacuate the battle for the purpose of fighting the soldiers of the Imperial Army" Kawashima respectfully took a straight posture and stared at Ito intently, he knew. His cunning boss must have something in mind?

Ito suddenly said to Kawashima, "Kawashima-kun." Mark the location of today's exchange of fire on the map of Yangon," Kawashima was busy on the map for a while, and then explained them to Ito one by one.

"To the West! I understand, this is Tang Qiuli's elite reconnaissance unit, Kawashima-kun, to convey my order to mobilize all the gendarmerie units in his area and carry out search missions to the periphery of the area where the battle is taking place. ”

Ito said, using a red pencil, to draw a large circle on the map, the range just included all the battle locations, although Kawashima did not quite understand the commander-in-chief's words, but still said very loudly: "Hai, immediately convey the order of His Excellency the commander-in-chief, do you immediately mobilize the military police units in other areas and assemble in this direction?" ”

Ito said slyly: "Yes, move overnight, and quickly, but order them not to take any action before dawn and wait for my orders." Kawashima nodded repeatedly, as if he understood, but he was actually confused to convey the order.

Ito looked at Kawashima's back, shook his head contemptuously, and said that he couldn't catch the traces of the scouts of the ** division, stupid one, connecting all the combat locations is their range of activities, and, as time goes by, the battle sites are gradually concentrated in one direction, which shows that the scouts of the ** division have received an order to assemble in a specific area.

I surrounded this area with heavy troops, and then, digging three feet into the ground, I can remove all these hidden dangers, Ito's head speed is enough, he can find the traces of the Eagle Eye team from another angle, and the conclusion drawn is very close to the orders given by Chutian to the teams.

Chu Tian, who was resting in the abandoned manor, did not know that after the danger of the day, although the search team of the Japanese military police stopped the search operation, the gunshots that rang out from time to time subsided, and the groups were temporarily safe, but the greater danger was quietly approaching with the night.

Northwest of Yangon, on the night of November 9, in the small town of Yangdong, the Yangon Front Command of the ** Division, division commander Tang Qiuli, and deputy division commander and commander-in-chief of the Yangon campaign Tang Qiusheng, and division chief of staff and acting commander of the directly subordinate corps Chang Feng, were studying the latest information sent by the intelligence department.

The intelligence content of the intelligence department is very important, and it can be said that it will have an important impact on the future Yangon battlefield." According to the top-secret information of the Taiwan Intelligence Station of the Intelligence Department, on 7 November, a fighter wing and two bomber wings of the Japanese military aviation unit stationed in Taiwan took off from the Japanese military air base in Taiwan for an ominous purpose. There seem to be signs of replenishment of large numbers of ships. ”

Tang Qiuli knocked on the information and said: "It is certain that the reinforcement of Yangon by the Japanese mainland has begun, unfortunately, we don't know more information, but one thing is certain, the Japanese army has increased its aviation force, and it is not just as simple as one wing of fighters and two wings of bombers." ”

Tang Qiusheng took over the conversation and said: "We have long been mentally prepared for the Japanese army to reinforce the battlefield of Yangon, and we hope that the Japanese will come to reinforce the army, and the division commander will put Le Yiqin's first and second flight groups in the south over the waters of the Andaman Sea, isn't that what it means, this is another form of encirclement and reinforcement, and Ito has lost all hope before he can continue to retreat south." ”

Tang Qiuli smiled and said, "Brother Qiusheng, is it Le Yiqin, who is here to grind you again?" Tang Qiusheng nodded with a wry smile, and said a little helplessly: "Le Yiqin, this guy, every day on the plane, wandering around the sea, can't fight at all, holding his stomach, these days, always complaining to me on the phone, saying that you are eccentric, and the hard battles are handed over to the infantry." ”

Tang Qiuli also smiled and said: "This guy, a natural militant, in this way, inform him of the news about the Japanese air force in the intelligence, my judgment, the increase of the Japanese air force will never be such a little strength, tell sù Le Yiqin, you must be mentally prepared." ”

"Xinlan, immediately send a telegram to Commander Le" Tang Qiuli said to Liu Xinlan, who was sitting quietly on the side, and then said to Deshui: "Director Yu, order the Taiwan intelligence station to strengthen the monitoring of the movements of the Japanese army, especially the ships entering the port, I have a hunch that the Japanese should increase their troops this time, and the action should be very large, otherwise, they will come to die." ”

So far, even with Tang Qiuli's experience, he does not know that the Japanese army's current increase in troops on the Rangoon battlefield is due to the simultaneous arrival of land, sea and air, and the addition of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, which is an unexpected factor that has produced many variables on the Rangoon battlefield.

Seeing that it was already late at night, Tang Qiuli said: "Brother Qiusheng, you go back and rest, even if the Japanese reinforcements arrive, it will be a few days later" Tang Qiusheng, whose eyes were red, shook his head with a smile, refused, and said: "You are an unofficial and light, hand over this big stall in Yangon to me, you go and rest, I and Chang Feng are staring here." ”

It just so happened that Liu Xinlan finished delivering the telegram and stepped into the door, Tang Qiuli squeezed his eyes at her, Liu Xinlan smiled shyly, and picked up Tang Qiuli's windbreaker, these days, Tang Qiuli has become accustomed to the feeling of holding Liu Xinlan's little hand to fall asleep, Tang Qiusheng saw this scene, and Chang Feng smiled knowingly, just arrived at the door, Tang Qiuli seemed to remember something.

Stopped, turned around and asked Chang Feng, "Chief of Staff, there is no news from Chutian yet?" Is there any movement in Yangon? Chang Feng picked up a phone record and replied: "No, it has been two days since there was no contact, according to the report of the front-line troops, all day today, in Yangon City, gunfire continued to ring, but it was all phased, the distribution range was very wide, and judging by the gunfire, the time for the exchange of fire was very short." ”

Tang Qiuli turned around and came back, let out an "oh" in surprise, and then, his face changed slightly, and said: "It's not good, Chutian and they are in big trouble, according to the order, at this time, the Eagle Eye team is in the latent stage, and there should be no fierce battle with the Japanese army in the city, which means that Chutian and they are entangled by the Japanese army, and they will only fight head-on." ”

Hearing these words, Tang Qiusheng also stood up, he completely believed in his younger brother's judgment, with the special operations detachment's Su zhì, Chu Tian's command ability, in Yangon, a population of nearly one million, he couldn't even do normal lurking, Ito must have taken a special method, and forced the Eagle Eye team to surface, which was extremely dangerous for Chu Tian who was in the wolf's den, and in the end, it was very likely that they would all be wiped out.

Tang Qiuli thought sharply: "Order Chutian and them to withdraw?" It can't be done, since Ito has already discovered Chutian and them, and has taken action, he will not let the Hawkeye team come out lightly, and he will break through the Japanese position in the outer trench of Yangon, and his original order to lurk on the spot is precisely concerned about this. ”

It is necessary to give Chutian the necessary support, attract Ito's attention, reduce Chutian's pressure, and get rid of the entanglement of the Japanese army, but what is the most appropriate way?

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