Tang Qiuli's heart suddenly relaxed, as if he had put down a thousand catties of burden, the anxiety of the past three days came to naught, he got up to greet him, sat down reservedly, and laughed: "Captain Chu, I finally know the telegram back, I still remember that everyone is worried about him, it's rare."

Everyone laughed, but Tang Qiusheng could feel the deep meaning in Tang Qiu's words, and urged Chen Feng to say: "Director Chen, quickly read the content of the telegram to this Chutian, it's true."

Chen Feng said: "Division headquarters, our group entered Luzon Island three days ago, although we have been rushing for several days, the situation on the battlefield in Luzon Island is complicated, and we have gained very little, so far, there is no valuable information, and the only thing that can be clear is that the Japanese army and the US army are in a state of competition with each other in the Calais Mountains between Legabi and Manila, and the battle is fierce, the Japanese troops have suffered heavy casualties, and the casualties of the US troops are unknown."

"The main attack on the Calais Mountains is the 03rd and 104th Divisions of the 14th Army of the Japanese Army, in addition, the Japanese army on Luzon Island, in addition to the 14th Army, has recently added the 57th, 68th, and 69th Divisions, as well as the 1st Mixed Brigade of the Singapore Garrison, etc., according to which it is inferred that the Japanese army has increased its troops on Luzon, and the reinforcements are likely to come from the Japanese troops garrisoning Singapore."

"According to the intelligence, General Ito Yanzaburo, commander-in-chief of Japan's South Pacific Dispatch Army, commanded all Japanese troops on Luzon Island, and on the night of June 6, our group had approached the Calais Mountains, preparing to cross the battle line and go deep into the battle area, the specific deployment of the Japanese army and the US army, and then it was detected, there was the latest information, and it was reported at any time.

After Chen Feng finished reading the telegram, there was silence in the office, although Chu Tian did not say a word to explain the difficulties he had encountered, but everyone knew that with Chu Tian's ability and the combat effectiveness of the special operations team, he had not yet touched the actual situation on the battlefield in the three days since he entered Luzon Island.

After a while, Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe asked: "Division commander, how should I call back to the leader of the Chutian detachment, their radio station is still waiting"

Tang Qiuli pondered for a moment and said: "Director Chen, record the message, Chutian, your team takes ensuring its own safety as the first priority, do not take risks, and do not cross the area where the two sides are fighting unless necessary, remember, what you do is strategic reconnaissance, but not campaign reconnaissance, the difference between the two is very big, you have to grasp a degree, if necessary, you can evacuate Luzon Island first and return to Yangon."

"In addition, we have received information from special operations teams in the other four directions, the fighting on Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java and Sulawesi has ended, most of the US troops have been annihilated, and the rest have surrendered to the Japanese army, so you can concentrate on intelligence gathering on Luzon and do not need to be distracted."

Chen Feng hurriedly called Chu Tian back, Tang Qiuli read the telegram again, frowned slightly thoughtfully, Zhao Yuhe said with regret: "Division Commander, Chu Detachment Leader's group, since it is in such a dangerous place, and there is no safe way to obtain valuable information at present, it is really unnecessary to continue to stay on Luzon Island, my opinion is, can the Chu Detachment Leader's group be withdrawn temporarily?"

Tang Qiuli shook his head slowly and said: "No, Yuhe, Chutian has already provided us with the most important information, the Calais Mountains, the focus area for the US and Japanese troops, that is to say, MacArthur made up his mind to defend Manila, the US army is fighting fiercely in the Calais Mountains, it should be for MacArthur to deploy the defense of Manila and win time."

"I don't know who is the commander of the US military unit in the Calais Mountains, who has a very strong fighting style, and in the frenzy of surrender of the US troops, he can actually go against the trend and push the Japanese army against the Kaais Mountains, this person is not simple."

"The Japanese troops attacking the US forces in the Calais Mountains have only two divisions, which proves even more that the topic we just talked about, Ito Yanzaburo is setting up a situation for MacArthur, deliberately leaving a respite for the Americans, so that the Americans will continue to increase troops to Luzon Island, in order to achieve the goal of constantly consuming the strength of the US army, but I still can't guess that the battle in the Hawaiian Islands is not over, and the Japanese are choking the choke point of the Americans' reinforcements in the South Pacific theater, how can the Americans reinforce them?"

"And the most important point, Ito Yanzaburo is on Luzon, the intention of this bureau is even more obvious, the Japanese army reinforced the Luzon battlefield, not using the idle troops in other battlefields, but transferring the garrison of Singapore, it can be concluded that the intention of the Japanese army to attack Australia has been determined, or to encircle Manila and attack Australia, the two battles are carried out at the same time."

Speaking of this, Tang Qiuli looked at Tang Qiusheng and said with a slight smile: "Brother Qiusheng, what do you think, if we capture Singapore now, can we do it effortlessly?"

Tang Qiusheng smiled and replied: "The Japanese army is on Luzon Island, and the intention of digging a hole for the Americans, I also think that it is a presence, otherwise, with the strength of the Japanese army on Luzon, at least two days ago, Manila should have been encircled, why has it been delayed until now, but it has been repeatedly fought in the Calais Mountains, is it unnecessary, Ito is asking MacArthur for reinforcements, leaving time"

"As for saying that the Japanese army is going to attack Australia at the same time as the Luzon Campaign, I have reservations, the reason is very simple, with the existing strength of the Japanese army in the South Pacific region, I am afraid that it is not enough to conduct two large-scale battles at the same time, and before MacArthur is completely annihilated, if the US army divides part of its forces and suddenly penetrates from Luzon Island to attack the back of the Japanese army in Australia, what kind of situation will it be?"

"Therefore, my judgment is that even if the Japanese army has the intention of attacking Australia, it should be after the end of the Battle of Luzon, otherwise, there is a hidden danger of being attacked by the enemy, and Ito Yanzaburo has not been incompetent to such a point"

Tang Qiuli smiled, and did not refute Tang Qiusheng's words, because his judgment was too shocking and contrary to common sense, only when something happened, everyone would suddenly realize, and now they are arguing like this, neither of the two can convince each other, he avoided this topic and asked: "Brother Qiusheng, what do you think about Singapore?"

Tang Qiusheng glanced at Tang Qiuli, and said in a calm but very firm tone: "I don't approve of attacking Singapore now, or the sentence you emphasized before, it is too early for us to intervene in the South Pacific theater now, no matter whether the Japanese army in Singapore is empty or not, once we take action, it will inevitably expose our strength, and at that time, the Americans will ask us to join the Luzon battlefield, agree or not?" It's going to be passive."

In fact, Tang Qiuli's idea of taking down Singapore immediately is very strong, for no other reason, Singapore is the best starting point for attacking the islands in the South Pacific, once the time is ripe, the troops will gather in Singapore to cross the sea, and it will take a long time, now, seeing that Tang Qiusheng is trying his best to oppose it, and what he said is very reasonable, he will calm down.

He said with a smile: "According to Brother Qiusheng's opinion, keep Singapore for the Japanese first, in fact, according to Chutian's intelligence, we only need three or four brigades to attack Singapore, by the way, Yuhe, order the intelligence department to find out the situation of the Japanese garrison in Singapore, Brother Qiusheng, I have a feeling that Ito is ready to give up Singapore"

Tang Qiusheng smiled, then shook his head, but did not speak, Tang Qiuli did not continue, and said to Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, order the special operations teams on Sumatra, Kalimantan, Java and Sulawesi, their reconnaissance mission has ended, withdraw immediately, and at the same time, send another telegram to Chutian to find out which commander of the US army in the mountains of Calais is?"

Then, he said to Tang Qiusheng: "Brother Qiusheng, we don't fight Singapore, but we can fight Hong Kong, in the name of the troops of the Guangzhou Garrison District, that is a ** direction, and the South Pacific war will not interfere, Brother Qiusheng, Yuhe, let's study the specific combat plan"

Tang Qiusheng and Zhao Yuhe glanced at each other, feeling a little unable to keep up with the division commander's thinking, too jumpy, jumping from Singapore to Hong Kong at once, fighting Hong Kong, it was a typical urban warfare, for the troops of the ** division, it was their own shortcomings, and the strength of the Japanese army, although the thinking of the two had not yet turned a corner, they still got up and followed Tang Qiuli into the war room.

Luzon, on the night of June 6, in the direction of the Calais Mountains, sporadic artillery sounds sounded from time to time, and the evening breeze brought a heavy smell of gunsmoke. The fighting on other battlefields has ended, and the reconnaissance missions of several groups have been completed, but this group is the only one.

"Alas" Chutian sighed, lit the telegram on the bonfire, and watched the telegram turn into ashes, and the team members also felt the depression of the detachment leader, so they stopped laughing, at this time, the operator came over, "Detachment leader, I received a telegram from the division commander again"

Chu Tian looked at the radio operator and said: "Turn off the radio immediately, for a long time, it will arouse the suspicion of the Japanese army's telecommunications department, our call sign is not in the Japanese army's code sequence" The radio operator agreed and left.

The detachment leader leaned over, looked at Chu Tian's slightly frowning brows, and asked, "Detachment leader, the division commander has come to order again, is there any new task?"

Chutian handed the telegram to the detachment commander and said: "The division commander ordered us to find out who is the commander of the American army in the Calais Mountains and the American troops who commanded the US troops to fight against the Japanese army.

The captain of the detachment agreed, and was just about to get up, when the guard sentries on the periphery suddenly shouted in Japanese: "What person? Password: Stop, or shoot."

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