The headquarters of the Allied China and Southeast Asian Theater of Operations can't control the division, and the commanders of several main corps of the division don't have any mental burden on this, in their eyes, there is only one supreme commander, that is the division commander Tang Qiuli, and the other bullshit commanders and the like, while going, where can you stay cool!

Therefore, as for Tang Qiuli going to Manila's "military seminar", "everyone is not interested at all, is it a waste of time!" What kind of talk is grinding with the Americans, when Tang Qiuli said that he had a reason to go, everyone pricked up their ears and looked at this meeting, which was similar to garbage in their eyes, why could it arouse the interest of the division commander?

Tang Qiuli picked up the water cup, took a sip of tea, looked at these generals calmly, and said: "The reason is very simple, the Americans did not hesitate to put their posture very low, and tried their best to invite me to Manila to participate in the meeting, with only one purpose, either to coerce or induce, so that we could send troops to attack the Japanese army under Ito Yanzaburo, and control the scope of the war in Southeast Asia in Burma. ”

"So, this is the reason why I have to go, the Americans want to use our strength to cut off the Japanese who are in great trouble for them, Ito-Chen's troops in southern Burma, the north can attack us, turn around and go to the south, why not attack the Americans, so I went to Manila this time to make the Japanese think that I have reached some kind of secret agreement with the Americans and the British, the purpose is to jointly deal with the Japanese troops in Southeast Asia in Burma, and the Americans want to do it themselves, watch the fire from the other side, and take advantage of the fishermen, so I will drag them into the water."

Tang Qiuli looked at the generals with a smile, several corps commanders, none of them were general, the division commander had said this, if he didn't understand, he should really be killed by a head. Tang Qiusheng nodded thoughtfully first, "Xiaoqiu's method is good. With his ability and wisdom. Even if you go to Manila, you won't suffer. ”

Tang Qiuli continued: "In order to let the Japanese know, I went to Manila to attend the Supreme Military Conference of the Allied Forces, and I still have to do some articles. Anyway, the Americans have already made this meeting known to the whole world, so I will simply add a little more color. In the newspapers and on the radio, do some articles, tomorrow morning. I will return to Kunming. During my visit to Manila, the command of the Burma battlefield was exercised by Tang Qiusheng, the deputy division commander. ”

Tang Qiusheng nodded, and he didn't give in. He was the third person in the division, succeeding Tang Qiuli in command. It should be that Tang Qiuli finally said: "During this period, all operations are carried out according to the established plan, Jiwu, Ma Chaoyang, and your two corps, continue to advance in the direction of Mandalay, but the speed should not be too fast, if the Japanese army tries to deploy in the direction of your advance, do not attack, you can adopt a confrontational approach, try to attract Ito's troops, and disperse them in your direction." ”

After speaking, Tang Qiuli looked at his watch and said half-jokingly: "It's already lunch time, but unfortunately, the division commander didn't prepare the food for the commanders, so you have to pay out of your own pockets and listen to it!" Everyone laughed and said: "When the division came to the meeting, the division commander didn't prepare food, when did he become so stingy?" We can afford a meal ourselves! ”

After a brief meal at noon, Tang Qiuli gathered Chen Feng, chief of communications, Yang Ketian, chief of staff, Yu Deshui, chief of intelligence, and Shen Jun, director of investigation, and began to assign tasks.

"Director Yu and Director Shen, your two departments, together with Director Chen of the Communications Department, are responsible for preparing a press conference in Kunming, and we will invite all the major domestic newspapers to Kunming, and if necessary, we will be responsible for the round-trip travel expenses of the reporters, and if possible, we can also invite foreign reporters to participate, remember, the scene must be large, Yang Ketian, your staff office, is responsible for drawing a large map of the situation of Myanmar and our enemies, so that the reporters can see it at a glance. Our divisional units have adopted a posture of strategic encirclement against the Japanese troops under Ito's headquarters. ”…,

"Today is September 3, and the press conference is scheduled to be held on September 10, but as for the specific time when I will leave for Manila, I cannot disclose it to reporters," Tang Qiuli instructed, and several major functional departments of the division began to get busy according to the instructions of the division commander, but the heads of several departments could not guess what kind of medicine was sold in the division commander's gourd.

Before going to Manila, there is one more thing that must be solved, the former chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Government, Xu Liejun, was shot, the chairman of the provincial government was vacant, the original position, those bigwigs within the national government, broke their heads to fight, that person has no protégé, under the heart, the feudal official of the ruling party, but it is a rare fat shortage, the most important thing is to expand the power of his own side to a new territory, which is equivalent to controlling the power of a province.

For the sake of this fat shortage, the bigwigs found their own ways and almost broke their heads, and Chairman Jiang was even more annoyed, but with the captured officers of the Central Army. returned to Chongqing one after another, and gradually spread what happened in the north of Guiyang City, Xu Lie was shot by Tang Qiuli, which was within everyone's psychological tolerance.

After all, he Xu was named by Tang Qiuli, and it is reasonable that he lost his life, but there are more than 2,000 people under him! was ordered by Tang Qiuli to "suddenly" with light and heavy machine guns, and in less than half an hour, they were all killed, even if they killed more than 2,000 chickens, in the end, they would be soft, right? Xu Liejun has cultivated his power in Guiyang for several years, and this time he is happy, and he is gone!

The officers of the Central Army who were put back still have a fresh memory of the scene of that day, and they can't help but exaggerate the words and spread them by word of mouth, plus after the people who heard it were interpreted and exaggerated, Tang Qiuli's murderous name, even if it was famous in the sea, in less than half an hour, Xu Liejun's subordinates were slaughtered, corpses were everywhere, and blood flowed like a river, that scene was just one word "miserable!" ”

At this moment, the throne of the chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Government has become a hot potato and a blood-stained murderous place, these people's heads are not stupid, and the official hats released from Chairman Jiang's hands must listen to Chairman Jiang, but Guizhou is Tang Qiuli's sphere of influence, this provincial chairman, sandwiched between the two giants of the Republic of China, is not good, like Xu Liejun, the guy who lost his food, the official position is valuable, and the price of a small life is higher!

Chairman Jiang was hesitating and cold in order to arrange the position of this feudal official to that force, and it was quiet in front of the door, and those bigwigs who were sharpening their heads and fighting for this position suddenly shut up and did not talk about this matter, Chairman Jiang felt strange, and when he inquired, it turned out to be such a reason, so he was so angry that he slapped the table and scolded: "Niang Xipi!" All of them are cowards who are afraid of things, and no one dares to take office? Monitor Tang Qiuli for the central government? ”

Tang Qiuli also understands the truth, no matter who person or from that side of the force, when he arrives in Guizhou, he must listen to himself, otherwise, he doesn't mind fighting the rebels again by getting rid of Xu Liejun, and those bigwigs in the national government will carefully weigh the severity of it, and he will never allow the chairman of the provincial government to be in the rear base of Myanmar who is in opposition to him and makes trouble from time to time, and sure enough, after waiting for several days, he has not seen the chairman of the national government appoint a new chairman of the Guizhou provincial government.

On 7 September, he wrote to the Executive Yuan of the Nationalist Government, "Guizhou is one of the important rear bases on the Burmese battlefield, and there must not be a day when there is no one in charge of the government, and the war in Burma is about to break out, and Guizhou will rely on the support of the local government; since there is no suitable candidate for the national government, in the name of the vice chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government and the supreme commander of the Burma Theater, I will appoint Colonel Huang Zhixiang, former commander of the First Garrison Brigade of Guiyang of the Guangdong Garrison Region, to assume the post of chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Government and take up his post on the same day." ”

Note that Tang Qiuli gave the Executive Yuan a written letter, not a letter of discussion, and the appointment of Huang Zhixiang was not a succession but a service, this is a notice, the chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Government already has a master, and others, don't worry about it, it's useless to worry about it, as for whether the Executive Yuan issued a letter of appointment, Tang Qiuli didn't care at all. …,

After Chairman Jiang received the report from the Executive Yuan, he slapped the table angrily and scolded, and he didn't know that he was scolding that, anyway, except for his wife Song Meiling, it was not pleasing to the eye, even Chen Cheng was inexplicably scolded yesterday, and as for those attendant adjutants, they were trembling every day, for fear that Long Yan's anger would bring disaster to themselves.

After receiving MacArthur's invitation letter, Chairman Chiang was not even in the mood at all, he also knew that he, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in China and Southeast Asia, was just a tablet, and it was the Americans who took the idea, and at the same time, he was also very dissatisfied with MacArthur.

In the minds of this American, isn't the Republic of China two giants side by side? Tang Qiu left many generals and was confronting the Japanese, and when he arrived in Manila, wouldn't he steal the limelight? I, Jiang, will not be bored by myself, "Niang Xipi, the Yankees are digging paste and messing around, I won't go to the show, just let Yang Yongtai go for me!" Chairman Jiang muttered a few words and handed over this matter to his number one thinker, Yang Yongtai.

Of course, Chairman Chiang also has the meaning of self-respecting identity, if Roosevelt and Churchill both went to Manila, for their own interests, and to establish good relations with Britain and the United States, and pull in two strong reinforcements, even if it is a knife in the sky, Chairman Chiang will attend the meeting as scheduled with a steel helmet.

General Stilwell, who thinks he is a master of China, knows that among the Chinese, there are so many twists and turns, so many words, and so many intrigues within the government of the Republic of China, he thinks that Commander-in-Chief Chiang will inevitably come to the meeting, because there is no reason to refuse? The military meeting held by the Allied China and Southeast Asia Theater Headquarters, he, the commander-in-chief, did not come? Joke!

(To be continued)