Speaking of which, this iron-walled encirclement tactic is still the invention of General Okamura Ningji, commander-in-chief of the North China Dispatch Army in history, this guy is known as one of the "three masters" of the generals of the Japanese army invading China, and he has made a lot of efforts to solve the problem of public security in North China, which makes the Japanese base camp quite nerve-wracking, for only one reason, the anti-Japanese armed forces led by the first leader, regard the "Japan" himself as the strategic rear of North China, and make beacons everywhere, wolf smoke everywhere, and the "Day" himself cannot live in peace day and night.

The iron-walled encirclement tactic is simple, direct and effective, dispatching superior forces, with planes in the sky and tanks and cavalry on the ground, forming several encirclements in the target area, and then, compressing inward, squeezing the opponent's living space and strategic space step by step, and finally, concentrating superior forces to encircle and annihilate in a certain area.

Historically, Okamura Ninji implemented the period of the iron-walled encirclement tactics, which was from 1941 to 42, and was the most difficult two years for the anti-Japanese base area in North China, supplemented by the "three lights" policy, which caused great losses to the anti-Japanese armed forces and base areas, and Okamura Ninji himself, because of his effective and vicious tactics, won the reputation of a famous general, and won the "Yamato" medal awarded by Emperor Hirohito himself.

At that time, the Japanese army, eager to get out of North China, was dragged by the ** anti-Japanese armed forces of nearly one million troops, and was thrown into the Pacific Theater and the southern battlefield of China, which was destined to be unable to carry out a lasting iron-walled encirclement tactic.

The situation faced by Tang Qiuli is very different, the overall situation of the Indochina Peninsula has been decided, and he himself has lost the Malay Peninsula, and he can stop and take a breath, because there is still use value, or thanks to his own gifts, on the mainland of China, except for the northeast, there is no Japanese army at all, and he has no worries. There is no rush to transfer troops and open up new fronts.

In other words, Tang Qiuli had time to kill the more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers on Hainan Island, who had neither a way out but a way out. However, in this matter, you still need to go out in person, otherwise, Han Tie must have a strong sense of frustration in his heart, and any deputy division commander or corps commander will go. The fame and confidence of Han Tie are all a severe blow.

He told Tang Qiusheng about his plan, Tang Qiusheng didn't squeak for a long time, and it could be seen that he was not worried about whether Tang Qiuli could win this battle, just the strength of the ** division of marines could achieve a complete victory. What if we send troops again? There was no suspense at all, what he was worried about was Tang Qiuli's personal safety.

From top to bottom. Don't want the division commander to go to the front line to take risks, several bigwigs even looked at Tang Qiuli very closely, Tang Qiuli looked at Brother Qiusheng's attitude, and secretly shouted in his heart, it's not good, his opportunity to personally lead the troops to fight this time is about to fail, and he hurriedly said his worries in detail again, Tang Qiusheng thought about it again. Reluctantly accepted this reason.

By December 24, the 29th Corps of the ** Division, the Niangziguan Garrison Corps, and the Corps directly under the Niangzi Pass had already approached the city of Kuala Lumpur. Concentrated in the narrow area around Singapore, according to the order of the division commander Tang Qiuli, the troops of the ** division stopped.

In the face of such a situation, the Japanese army can not say that it is a provocation or a plot to attack, how long it can gain a foothold in Singapore depends on Tang Qiuli's mood, if this is called the devil of the devil by the "day" himself, His Excellency the vice chairman of the Tang People's Congress, he was unhappy that day, the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops around Singapore City are just a plate of small dishes in his mouth, Tang Qiuli sneezes, Ito Yanzaburo will be frightened and have a high fever.

On the same day, Vice Admiral Tang Qiuquan, commander of the fleet anchored in the port city of Mawlamyine in southern Burma, received an order from the division headquarters, and the fleet immediately pulled anchor and set sail, passing through the Strait of Malacca, and returned to the Qingdao naval base.

Tang Qiuli didn't want to go around such a big circle, and took great pains to bring the Japanese warships back to the Qingdao Naval Base for repair, but no matter whether it was Mawlamyine or Yangon, there were no complete repair facilities and conditions, let alone the warships of Japanese descent were refitted, and they learned the lessons of the last Japanese attack on the fleet on Okinawa Island.

In Tang Qiuli's order to the fleet, he particularly emphasized that "the route of the fleet's return to the Qingdao naval base this time should be close to the coastline of the mainland, and it must be within the range of land-based air fighters, that is, the fighters and bombers of the Southern Flying Group can provide air cover for the fleet throughout the whole process." Tang Qiuli's caution was absolutely necessary.

With more than half of the fleet's carrier-based aircraft lost and more than 70 unarmed warships, the First Fleet of the Japanese Navy was roaming in the waters south of Luzon Island and could intercept and kill the fleet at any time.

As for the Japanese troops at the eastern end of the Malacca Strait exiting from Singapore, Tang Qiuli didn't take Ito's remnants of the defeated army into account at all, and he was honest and a good baby, Ito could live longer, if he dared to make a small move, or tried to intercept the fleet, he would be looking for death, and he would be tired of life.

Because of this large-scale operation of the fleet, Rear Admiral Le Yiqin, who had been a staff officer for more than ten days, was finally liberated, resumed his original position, and rushed back to the Myitkyina Air Base to command this long-distance escort mission.

Even Tang Qiuli wanted to set up a banquet to entertain and send Commander Le back to work, but he politely and resolutely refused, in the face of Tang Qiuli's invitation, Le Yiqin said: "Division commander, I really want to have a meal with you, there are hundreds of major generals in the ** division, how many people can get such an opportunity?" However, the commander of the fleet sent a telegram that the fleet had set sail, and I couldn't delay the mission, right, next time, the division commander must invite me to dinner! ”

Le Yiqin didn't dare to run back, that posture, as if you stayed for one more second, you couldn't go, I saw Tang Qiuli and Tang Qiusheng laughing, and later, there were good subordinates who asked Le Yiqin: "Commander, what have you learned by the side of the division commander?" Le Yiqin pretended to be profound: "I have benefited a lot, I will be used for life, don't offend women!" ”

While talking, there was a look of palpitations, more than a dozen old subordinates for more than ten years, listening to it like falling into the clouds, confused, and then asked carefully, Le Yiqin refused to answer, annoyed, and drove his subordinates out, thinking of Liu Xinlan's frosty face and the fierce appearance of willow eyebrows, he couldn't help but shiver in his heart, and then became proud again, Liu Cuigang's kid is still a staff officer on Hainan Island, but he was liberated in advance, and Saion lost his horse and knew if he was blessed?

After everything was arranged, it was already December 27, close to the end of 1940, and Han Tie's marines were still entangled with the Japanese troops on Hainan Island, and after adopting the tactics of steady and steady fighting, the casualties of the troops were reduced to a minimum.

Since there is no large-scale war in the Indochina Peninsula, the future battlefield environment of the ** division is basically the same as that of Hainan Island, so it is better to use the Hainan Island campaign as a large-scale training ground for actual combat training, and it can also train the organization and coordination ability of troops to cross the sea. A godsend!

Based on this line of thinking, on 28 July, Tang Qiuli began to transfer troops, from Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps, Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps, Li Honggang's 29th Corps, Ma Chaoyang's Southeast Mobile Corps, and the Corps directly under the division headquarters, each of which transferred four brigades, a total of 20 brigades of 320,000 troops, to form the Hainan Island Combat Corps.

**Division commander, second-class army general Tang Qiuli himself, personally served as the commander of the corps, Colonel Yang Ketian, chief of staff of the division headquarters, served as the chief of staff of the corps, and Zhou Yushan, deputy director of the division logistics department and commander of the transport unit, served as the head of the corps logistics department.

At the same time, Ma Chaoyang's corps and Li Honggang's corps withdrew to the hinterland of the Indochina Peninsula and assumed garrison tasks in various places, leaving Tang Qiusheng's corps, the directly subordinate corps, and Feng Jiwu's corps, three front-line field corps, to monitor the Japanese troops under Ito's headquarters who were cowering in a corner of the Malay Peninsula.

In addition, Tang Qiuli also issued an order to the division commander: "The battle of Hainan Island is the last battle in southern China, and it is of a very representative nature, and it is for the purpose of tempering the actual combat ability of the cadets, and I have decided that the cadets of the Dingbian Military Academy and the Guangzhou Branch, who are about to graduate, will all go to the battlefield on Hainan Island this time and be incorporated into the grassroots companies of the participating units to serve as trainee platoon commanders, so as to accumulate actual combat experience, and hope that the veteran general will make proper arrangements as soon as possible." ”

The old general Jiang Baili was well aware of Tang Qiuli's intentions, and immediately ordered the two military academies, with a total of more than 4,000 students, to take a special plane from Dingbian and Guangzhou to Haikou on Hainan Island to stand by, instead of being directly incorporated into Han Tie's Marine Corps.

The disrupted reorganization of the division's corps was already commonplace, and the brigade-level combat units remained unchanged and were assigned to other corps, and the brigade commanders were accustomed to it, and coupled with the rational scheduling and arrangements of the new logistics minister Zhou Yushan, by 31 December, the last day of 1940, the newly formed Hainan Island Combat Corps of the ** Division had boarded ships from their departure points and began to cross the sea.