Chapter 1150 The Opponent I Don't Understand

The most critical battle of the Northern Burma Campaign, the Battle of Wubin, after Tang Qiuli ordered the troops to stop the offensive, the Japanese army built a defensive position at the northern foot of the Libao Grand Canyon, and the independent division controlled the first line of Mogu, which was temporarily stopped.

This order to stop the attack on the Japanese army made all the commanders puzzled, and they were very uncomfortable, how could they beat the little devil to the point of dying when they saw it, and suddenly called a stop, and the counterattacking troops from all sides fought very easily, and if it continued like this, it would not be a problem to capture Mandalay.

What's more, the seven infantry brigades that participated in the counterattack came from two corps, and they inevitably had the idea of fighting each other, especially the Sixth Brigade of the directly subordinate corps, which actually rushed to the front and left the other brigades far behind.

Why is he Chu a big man in the limelight, pulling out the troops to practice alone, no one obeys anyone, other brigade commanders, just muttering in his heart, Chu Ziye, the commander of the sixth brigade who rushed to the front of the counterattack force, was even more angry in his heart, his goal was Mandalay, but he was stopped and was not convinced!

A phone call to the Wubin Campaign Headquarters, named to find the commander-in-chief of the campaign, deputy division commander Tang Qiusheng to ask for an explanation, Tang Qiuli took the phone, a few words calmly, on the other end of the phone, there was no movement immediately, Chu Ziye and Liu Hongzhang are the same as independent division troops, famous fierce generals, followed Tang Qiuli from the northeast to fight abroad, not a single battle was lost.

For several other high-level commanders of the division, and even the hot-tempered deputy division commander Liu Tiehan, these two people dared to ask what was going on, of course, the execution of the order was absolutely unambiguous, but they wanted to find out, but in the face of the division commander Tang Qiuli, the anger in Chu Ziye's heart disappeared all of a sudden, not only that, but he also felt that the back of his spine was cold.

Why, where is Liu Hongzhang's example, a dignified brigade commander of a major general has become a small staff officer next to the division commander, I heard that this time he was sent to manage logistics again, "Division commander, I am Chu Ziye, I will resolutely implement the orders of the command center, and there is no doubt," on the other end of the phone, Chu Ziye straightened up and said solemnly.

In the armored command car, he was wronged by a big man, and he had to tilt his head, his voice was unprecedentedly gentle, and the staff officers in the car looked at each other, this change was too fast, right? The brigade commander was still angry just now, and in the blink of an eye, his voice was an octave lower, and he was still nervous.

Tang Qiu couldn't help but smile, and then, his face tightened again, "Chu Ziye, have the troops stopped attacking?" "Division commander, after receiving the order, the troops will be on guard in place, and face the direction of the Japanese army, and build field fortifications, don't you know, when did I disobey the order," Chu Ziye's face turned pale, and he dared to say tightly.

"Okay, your brigade will retreat ten kilometers, withdraw from the battle immediately, hand over your defense to the first brigade of the directly subordinate corps, and the troops will settle in Mengmi," Tang Qiuli said in a very light tone, Chu Ziye opened his mouth, he knew that calling Xingshi to ask for guilt would be such a result, stunned Shen'er's kung fu, and the words of the division commander Yan Sù came again.

"Chu Ziye, repeat the order I just made," Chu Ziye was so frightened that he hurriedly repeated it, put down the phone, Chu Ziye said listlessly, ordered the troops, and immediately withdrew to Meng Mi, "It's good now, I don't even have a chance to stare at the little devil, Meng Mi!" Meng Mi is dozens of kilometers away from Libao.

Not to mention that the fight against Mandalay is the vanguard force, I'm afraid I can't even catch the second echelon, "I've been busy for most of the day, but it's cheap Ren Zhaoquan's kid," Chu Ziye muttered, the armored command vehicle turned around and drove back, the phone in the car rang, Chu Ziye picked it up and listened, it was Major General Xu Zhigao, commander of the Third Tank Brigade.

"I said Lao Chu, you can make me miserable, just now, the division commander personally talked to me on the phone, and I was trained for a while, saying that I was not accompanied by a large number of infantry on both wings, and I was able to send live targets to the little devils by relying on tanks alone, and I also told me that the division headquarters lacked an armored staff officer, and asked me if I was going to transfer over, so scared that I hurriedly reviewed, I said Lao Chu, there will be this matter in the future, you can figure it out first!"

Xu Zhigao crackled and complained, without waiting for Chu Ziye to reply, the "let's click" phone was dropped, Chu Ziye grinned, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said angrily to the driver: "Speed up," The troops of the Sixth Brigade of more than 10,000 people withdrew from the front line, looking at the troops of the First Brigade that were constantly driving over from the side of the command vehicle, Chu Ziye still can't figure out what the division commander plans to transfer the Sixth Brigade to Meng Mi?

So, in central Burma, with the Libao Grand Canyon as the dividing line, the troops of the Independent Division and the Japanese army under Ito were facing each other across a canyon, saying that it was a confrontation, but in fact it was the troops of the Independent Division, which took the initiative to stop the attack, otherwise, the location of the confrontation might be near Yangon in southern Burma.

The defeat, the fiasco, the big melee for half a day and one night, the Japanese Southeast Asian dispatch army, suffered heavy losses, Ito took in all the tank brigades, more than two-thirds of the artillery, the lives of more than 90,000 soldiers, if you add the aviation unit, the big defeat in the sky over Mandalay, Ito's Southeast Asian dispatch army, from the air to the ground, is the whole line is heavily damaged.

Ito had already returned to Mandalay, looking at the telegram manuscript paper on the table, his eyes were straight, he didn't know how to write this battle report to the base camp, the defeat of Uhama made him unwilling and helpless, who would have thought that the front commander of the independent division would dig such a big hole for himself.

Before the Battle of Uhama, he was quite proud of the fierce firepower of his troops and the number of heavy artillery they were equipped with, and after seeing the artillery fire of the independent division, he felt that he was too petty, especially the kind of artillery that pulled the ground and the sky, dragged a long tail flame, and had a strange scream, which he had never seen before.

A group of shells fell, a sea of fire everywhere, the troops of the imperial army, shrouded in such artillery fire, there was no dead angle to dodge, the soldiers' bodies, vehicles, were under such artillery fire, turned into ashes, Ito closed his eyes in pain, Southeast Asia sent troops, in the previous battle to annihilate the British army, although it achieved an unprecedented victory, but also lost more than 50,000 soldiers.

Added up before and after, the consumption of the troops of the dispatched army was close to one-third, the heavy weapons were almost lost, and the muscles and bones were already broken, Ito no longer had the ambition to march north to Myitkyina, defeat or destroy Tang Qiuli's independent division troops, and control northern Burma and even the entire Indochina Peninsula, and what he was most worried about now was that he did not know whether Tang Qiuli's troops would still launch an attack on Libao and then seize Myitkyina.

If this speculation comes true, the dispatch army will face even more brutal battles and unbearable losses, how can a unit without heavy weapons cope with the overwhelming artillery fire of the independent division? All the individual weapons of the Imperial Army, helpless, and heavily armored tank units of independent divisions?

More than two hours later, the manuscript paper in front of Ito's eyes still could not fall a word, and the staff officers who came in to deliver the text and telegram were all light and did not dare to come out, for fear of angering His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, who was obviously on the verge of going berserk.

The original ruddy face, dark and haggard, deep-set eye sockets, eyes without the usual confidence, temper has become extremely irritable, even the second lieutenant Tamako, who is known as a flower in the general headquarters, was also subjected to a violent training yesterday, you know, Miss Tamako, but she is quite favored, and the chief of staff, Major General Koizumi.

Just because of the incomplete information provided by the commander of the China who commanded the campaign, he was sent to the Yangon Joint Service Command by His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief to become a logistics assistant at the level of a major general.

The two big celebrities of the General Headquarters have been deflated one after another, and that one dares to touch the head, to say that Koizumi was demoted, there is a reason for the incident, and the Tao is not entirely because of the incomplete information provided, and if you look into it carefully, it is probably because in the Battle of Uhama, he encouraged Ito to continue to attack northward, and he will be on the role of an independent division.

The information that led to Koizumi's departing was about this battle, the information of the commander of the Chinese side, a thin two-page paper, "Commander of the Ubin Front of the Independent Division of the China Army, Name: Tang Qiusheng, Military Rank: Lieutenant General, Current Position: Deputy Commander of the China Independent Division and Commander of the Sulu Mobile Corps, Age: Unknown, Culture Cheng Dù: Ominous, Graduated from Military Academy: Ominous, What Education He Received: Ominous, Military Resume: Ominous, Personality Traits: Tend to be Conservative, Nationality: It is said that he is Manchurian, not confirmed. ”

Ito almost swept these words with two eyes, and he was furious, slapping the table and stools, and scolding Koizumi and the intelligence minister, and when it was over, he directly sent Koizumi to get out, and the intelligence minister was guilty of meritorious service, and Ito said viciously to the intelligence minister: "Next time, if I see these two pages again, you will commit suicide by disembowelment!" ”

What annoys Ito is by no means this information that talks about a few words, but just an introduction, Ito has always thought that in northern Myanmar, from Myitkyina to Degang, from Ubin to the Baldwin mining area, it is the devil Tang Qiuli who is the opponent of him.

This makes a self-respecting General Ito Yanzaburo, how can he be embarrassed, from face to inside, and anyone who can accept this cruel reality, if it is against Tang Qiuli, Ito's mood can be better, after all, he is not the first and not the only imperial general who suffered defeat in Tang Qiuli's hands.

Every time he thinks of this, Ito's heart is like a cat's paw scratching, and he is now in a dilemma, a dilemma.

(To be continued)

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