Liu Xinlan, who had not slept all night, accompanied Tang Qiuli from combat readiness duty, first participated in two meetings that were connected from end to end, served as a meeting recorder, and took care of the breakfast of these bigwigs, and then, ran out to send a telegram to Tang Qiuquan, the commander of the naval fleet, just came back, Tang Qiuli had a telegram to send, Xiao is Liu Xinlan is full of energy, plus accompanied by her beloved, she was happy in it, and she also felt a little tired.

She glanced at Tang Qiuli with disgust, pursed her lips and said, "Qiuli, are you going to tire me to death?" It's really hard to be a confidential staff officer, otherwise, I'll go back to the staff office! After saying that, he sat across from him coquettishly, rubbing his shoulders constantly.

Tang Qiuli's thinking has been fully devoted to the plan of the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, his brain is running at a high speed, all kinds of possibilities, risks, the intricate situation in Southeast Asia, the resources and opportunities that can be used, constantly arranged and combined in his mind, although the general outline and the main plan have been determined, but no one can replace himself in terms of the details involved, as well as the grasp of the timing, etc., this should be the advantage of being a human being in the two worlds!

This battle can be said to be a big gamble, originally the odds of winning were in hand, he controlled the rhythm of the battlefield, Ito was just a passive response, and now, there is one more Hasegawa Kiyoshi's Third Fleet, this unexpected factor, the most important thing is that he has to take the Third Fleet, one of the four main fleets of Japan, into the bag, the difficulty of which can be imagined.

This plan has to take a lot of risks, if it is a land battlefield, Tang Qiuli can strategize, gallop vertically and horizontally, nearly a million powerful army, he can look down on any Japanese army, but that is at sea, in terms of the comparison between the Japanese and their own naval forces, it is not a disadvantage that can be said to be exhausted.

After capturing the Third Fleet of the Japanese Navy, Tang Qiu left all his cards. The biggest bargaining chip was Brother Qiuquan's naval fleet, which had been silent for two years and went to war for the first time. To fight against such a powerful opponent, Tang Qiuli has a lot of worries in his heart, he must use all external forces, Tang Qiuli's thinking has expanded to this Southeast Asian region, and he also thought of that person and the forces behind him, this time. is not only a touchstone, but also to pull him into the water, he has a plan in his heart, and naturally calls Liu Xinlan.

The girlfriend's sweet complaint brought Tang Qiuli's thinking back to reality, and she was stunned for a moment, took Liu Xinlan in her arms, and gently stroked her long black hair. Liu Xinlan hugged his waist tightly, and for a while, neither of them spoke. I don't know why, Liu Xinlan has a sense of responsibility to share weal and woe, yes, her own qiē has intersected with this man and cannot be separated.

Shaoqing, Tang Qiuli held Liu Xinlan's face with both hands, looked at her and cut her eyes, and said softly: "Xinlan, follow me." I think you still have to go back to the staff office, and I will choose another confidential staff officer, I can't bear to stay up with me like this for a long time. You're going to get old! Saying that, he kissed her smooth forehead, Tang Qiuli was telling the truth, Mei Ting and Mei Xue, no one had ever undertaken such a complicated job.

Although they are by their side, their workload is very easy, but Liu Xinlan is different; as her confidential staff officer, she has to send and receive a large number of telegrams every day, running between various departments under the division, and some time ago, during several operations on the battlefield in Yangon, the telegrams, various orders, and instructions sent and received by the division headquarters can be described as massive.

Hearing Tang Qiuli's words, Liu Xinlan's eyes widened, like a child making a mistake, and hurriedly defended: "Qiuli, are you going to drive me away?" I'm not leaving, people just say a few words, really careful, say, Master Shizao, what are the orders? After speaking, he took out the record book seriously and entered the working state.

Tang Qiuli laughed silently, Liu Xinlan gave him a different feeling from the two wives and Xiaoling, how to say it? Liu Xinlan was by her side, her heart was very happy and quiet, looking at Liu Xinlan's appearance, Tang Qiuli said: "Staff Officer Liu, Secretary Liu, record!" ”

"General MacArthur, First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in China and Southeast Asia Theater, has been informed by intelligence that the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet and its own reinforcements will pass through the Strait of Malacca in the near future and pass through the waters of the Andaman Sea to support the Rangoon battlefield, and in order to ensure the successful conclusion of the Battle of Rangoon and achieve the goal of completely eradicating the Japanese power in Southeast Asia, I urge Your Excellency the General to take all necessary means to blockade the Strait of Malacca, prevent the reinforcements of the Japanese army, and ensure the troops of our independent division, The total assault on Yangon was carried out in a down-to-earth manner. ”

Liu Xinlan stood up solemnly, "It's the master's seat, and the telegram will be sent out immediately," Tang Qiu was out of breath, and he was going to cast his claws in the past, and rubbed this girl hard, Liu Xinlan's face was flushed, and she fled in a hurry with a scream, leaving behind a string of crisp laughter like silver bells.

Tang Qiuli knew too well, just with this telegram, MacArthur, who was as cunning as an old fox, would do something to the Japanese reinforcements, and even thought of MacArthur's expression when he received his telegram, he would definitely give himself naïve and childish comments, and he would laugh at and despise himself in his heart.

Although preventing the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet and reinforcements from passing through the Strait of Malacca was nothing more than a gesture for MacArthur, and without the need to dispatch warships and planes, the US military's large-caliber, long-range shore artillery on the island of Sumatra could hit the city of Singapore on the other side of the strait and blockade the Strait of Malacca.

Tang Qiu was clear about MacArthur's thoughts of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, but he had to send this telegram to MacArthur, and according to the alliance agreement signed at the Supreme Military Conference of the Allied forces in Manila, the Americans had no reason to refuse to deal with the Japanese opponents passing through the Strait of Malacca.

Tang Qiuli wanted to throw such a big problem to MacArthur, see what he said with this hot potato, and take advantage of the word "first" in principle, and also lay the groundwork for Brother Qiuquan's fleet to tighten the exit of the Strait of Malacca, the situation in the Strait of Malacca is complicated, on one side is Singapore occupied by the Japanese army, and on the other side is the island of Sumatra, where the Americans are entrenched.

He didn't want his only fleet to be in a dangerous situation of being attacked on both sides, MacArthur didn't stop the Japanese reinforcements, and the fleet of the Independent Division naturally sailed to the Strait of Malacca, although the Americans were reluctant, they couldn't stop it with an excuse, and besides, if the Americans agreed to their request, Tang Qiuli was really reluctant, and it would ruin the plan to load Hasegawa Kiyoshi's Third Fleet into the Andaman Sea.

Tang Qiuli understood MacArthur's thoughts, and would never do anything to the Japanese, what he wanted was to see how MacArthur replied to him, so that this extremely selfish and cunning Yankee would have a headache!

When Tang Qiuli was thinking a lot about Hasegawa Kiyoshi's Third Fleet, Senior Admiral Ito Yanzaburo, commander-in-chief of Japan's Southeast Asian Dispatch Force, and Vice Admiral Hasegawa Kiyoshi, commander of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, had a very unpleasant quarrel.

The focus of the disagreement was focused on the choice of where the reinforcements would go ashore, Hasegawa Kiyoshi insisted on his opinion, landing in Bangkok on the Gulf of Thailand, the fleet would provide artillery fire and air support to ensure that the army captured the beachhead, Hasegawa Kiyoshi's reason, as Tang Qiuli analyzed, saved time in order to put the reinforcements into the battlefield as much as possible.

In fact, Hasegawa Kiyoshi has his own plans, and this reinforcement and escort mission made this arrogant Japanese vice admiral very unhappy, "What? Did the General Staff make a mistake? Ordering the Third Fleet to be under the command of that old guy Ito Yanzaburo, what are you kidding? Does Ito understand the Navy? Will he command warships in naval battles? What nonsense the General Staff has! Since receiving the order from the General Staff, Hasegawa Kiyoshi has been thinking indignantly along the way.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi was not enthusiastic about this mission at all, so he escorted the army's reinforcements to the battlefield in Indochina, and the Third Fleet was considered to have completed the task, in this case, it was convenient to go ashore there, detour through the Andaman Sea, and have seven or eight more days of sea turbulence, and under the guns and noses of the Americans, through the Strait of Malacca, a thankless and somewhat dangerous thing, I Hasegawa Kiyoshi will not do it.

Besides, if the army wins the battle in Yangon, the navy will not be able to get any credit and honor, and I, Hasegawa Kiyoshi, for the sake of the interests of the empire, will neither pull back nor send charcoal in the snow, and send reinforcements ashore, which will be the end of the matter, and listen to the old guy Ito shout and drink, or rather, let the navy take the lead, then we will have to wait.

After receiving a telegram from Hasegawa Kiyoshi, he didn't make Ito angry, "This guy who has been floating on the sea all the year round and has no roots on the soles of his feet, is he stupid and naïve, or is he deliberately going against himself?" Reinforcements and fleets are still floating in the South China Sea, so they started a fight with me, what a ***, bastard! Ito scolded angrily.

In Ito's opinion, Hasegawa Kiyoshi's opinion is ridiculously naïve, landing from the Gulf of Thailand, he can't figure it out, there, there is a main army of Tang Qiuli, 150,000 or 60,000 troops, how many reinforcements will come? The four first-class divisions are only about 100,000 people, could it be that Hasegawa Kiyoshi, a fool, asked the troops reinforcing Rangoon to first kill the 1560,000 people of the independent division, kill none of them, and then drive hundreds of kilometers straight into the battlefield of Rangoon?

"It's a stupid pig and a stupid guy," Ito couldn't help but curse again.

(To be continued)