Chapter 1096: Ito Yanzaburo's Strategy

The Japanese army surrounded Mandalay, and more than 400,000 British and Burmese soldiers became dumplings in a pot of boiling water.

After receiving a telegram from the Chief of Staff, Major General Francis, Alexander went mad, broke into Stilwell's room, and said with trembling hands: "General Stilwell, the Japanese have surrounded Mandalay, and my army and soldiers are under Japanese artillery fire, General, you say, what should I do?" Stilwell's face turned pale all of a sudden.

Tang Qiuli has not shown his face, Stilwell with the intuition of a soldier, he has a premonition that things are not good, this famous but never met Chinese, should have his own plan, called to wait for the price and sell, he also once persuaded Alexander, so many troops, are concentrated in Mandalay, and it is easy to be surrounded by the Japanese army.

The safest way is to wait for Tang Qiuli's reinforcements on the one hand, and on the other hand, organize the troops to open the passage of Myitkyina to India, and make preparations with both hands, but Alexander can only smile bitterly, how can he not think so, but none of the troops in his hands can be pulled out to fight a tough battle, what he is most worried about is that the troops attack Myitkyina unsuccessfully, and the desperate situation will completely break the psychological defense line of the soldiers of the British Empire.

Therefore, he put all his hopes on Tang Qiuli, only hoping that the Chinese could block the bullets of the Japanese soldiers for the British, and retreat with their own bodies, that is, God bless, in this case, what else can Stilwell say? However, as he consumed in Tengchong day by day, his heart hung up little by little.

Now, worry has become a reality, more than 400,000 British and Burmese soldiers, just like the Japanese surrounded in Mandalay, Stilwell was in a cold sweat, although it was not the United States ** team that was encircled, but the United States and Britain, have a traditional friendship and constant involvement, the British army is in a desperate situation, Stilwell's heart is also quite panicked, it can be regarded as a kind of rabbit death fox sad feeling!

Looking at Alexander, who was depressed and sweating profusely, Stilwell persuaded: "General, things have not yet reached the point of despair, the British ** team will not be annihilated soon, as long as Tang Qiuli sends troops and attacks the Japanese army encircling Mandalay from the outside, he can open a gap, break through the siege of Lì, and then, turn to India, there is still something to be done!" ”

Alexander's desperate blue eyes showed a glimmer of hope, and now, Alexander's heart, in addition to the anxiety and despair of the troops being surrounded by the Japanese army, was a little more embarrassed, he couldn't even brush his sleeves away, where to go after brushing his sleeves? This is a big question, back to Mandalay, isn't it the British supreme military commander in Indochina who jumped into the encirclement of the Japanese himself? Throw yourself into the net and send the highest level of prisoners of war to the Japanese.

Leave the troops behind and go back to England alone? It seems to be safe, but can the bigwigs in China spare themselves who lost the Indochina Peninsula and hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the British Empire? Even if you are well-connected and God forbid you don't go to a military court, the spittle of the people in the country can drown you, and that radical guy may still die if he shoots his own black gun.

Stilwell's words gave him a glimmer of hope, and he didn't care about the gentleman's style of the British Empire, so he hurriedly pulled up Stilwell and ran directly to Chen Cheng, Alexander and Stilwell came together, looking at the British general's dead fish-like face, and the American general's iron blue face, Chen Cheng's heart was excited, and he had a premonition that something was wrong.

Dare to love, the intelligence system of the Nationalist Government, there is no news network in the Indochina Peninsula, what happened in Mandalay, Chen Cheng still doesn't know, when he read Francis's telegram, he was also dumbfounded, this is incredible, more than 400,000 people, said that they were surrounded, what the hell is going on with the British? Myanmar has not fought a war, how can the purpose of consuming Tang Qiuli's strength be achieved?

Chen Cheng wanted to ask, but after thinking about it, he swallowed back the words, isn't asking such a question at this time rubbing salt on Alexander's wounds? In fact, Chen Cheng's question was also in vain, even Alexander himself didn't understand what was going on, he knew that his last capital was in Mandalay, and it was about to be taken away by the Japanese, and that damn Tang Qiuli would not save him when he saw death, and sat back and watched the Allies being surrounded by the Japanese.

Thinking of this, Alexander's full grief turned into raging anger against Tang Qiuli, he did not dare to force Chang Feng, but he dared to lose his temper with Chen Cheng, "General Chen, the result of the British Imperial ** team today is completely caused by the Chinese, I want to complain to the top leader of the Allied countries about your despicable behavior of the Chinese who do not save themselves when they see death, now, the only way to save this ending is for Tang Qiuli to immediately send troops to Mandalay." ”

Look, Alexander, who is like a mad dog, vented all the anger in his stomach on Chen Cheng's body, and a big hat was buttoned up, and he didn't reflect on himself, what he did, what kind of purpose and conspiracy he held, and how much he was a scoundrel, and what he did wrong was all on the heads of others.

Chen Cheng burst out with a burst of fire, and was about to refute loudly, but he saw Alexander's eyes red, full of lost soul, and sweating profusely, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, Chen Cheng was also enough to hold his breath and bring fire, he had no soldiers in his hands, and he didn't dare to persecute Chang Feng, let alone call Tang Qiuli, and he had to swallow his anger at Alexander, this deputy chief of staff was dead!

There is no way, Alexander is anxious to commit suicide, Stilwell is also beating a side drum on the side, and jointly exerts pressure on Chen Cheng, Chen Cheng has no choice but to bite the bullet and beg Chang Feng, let Vice Chairman Tang rush back immediately, the British are going to die, in fact, after so many days in Tengchong, Chen Cheng also figured out what was going on.

Tang Qiuli did not show up for five or six days, he avoided it, did not take the life and death of the British to heart, Chang Feng was perfunctory to himself, using a push word trick, the two sang a double reed, and left Alexander here, with Tang Qiuli's deep thought and cunning Cheng dù, from the fact that he was excluded from the highest command structure of the Allied forces, it was not difficult to judge the purpose of the British to Tengchong.

After Tang Qiuli traveled all over the scenic spots in Tengchong, he read a book in his residence, looking at Mei Xue's delicate figure, with body fragrance, floating around in front of him, compared to Alexander and Chen Cheng's restlessness, living like a year, life is easy and comfortable, in fact, his residence has become the new command center of the independent division, all things are handled here, the original command headquarters, except for a few staff officers left behind, is an empty shelf left for Chen Cheng to see.

When Chang Feng came here, Tang Qiuli had just put down the book, Mei Xue had to let him change the environment, took his arm, and walked in the courtyard, seeing Chang Feng coming, Tang Qiuli said with a smile, "The chief of staff of our independent division, what amazing news did you bring," while letting Chang Feng do it on the rattan chair, Mei Xue smiled lightly at Chang Feng, and went into the house to make tea for them.

Chang Feng said with a smile: "Division commander, I really let you guess, according to the information sent back by the special operations detachment, the main force of the Japanese Southeast Asian Dispatch Army surrounded Mandalay at about five o'clock this afternoon, and it was confirmed that the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, Ito Yanzaburo, personally commanded the operation to encircle the British army, and Ito has arrived at the outskirts of Mandalay. ”

Tang Qiuli let out a faint "oh" and said: "The expected result, more than 400,000 troops who lost their armor and were frightened were crowded in the narrow area of Tengchong, fighting without fighting, withdrawing and not withdrawing, waiting for others to prevent disasters for themselves, neither the determination to resist, nor the courage to break through, as it should be, this time, how should Alexander feel?" ”

Saying that, he laughed first, the current situation on the battlefield in Burma was the same as he expected, which made him feel very happy, Chang Feng also smiled, this was the outcome that the division commander and he had long expected, Tang Qiuli asked again: "What is the situation on the battlefield?" The current Mandalay should be under heavy artillery fire, and the British are suffering from the Japanese shells, right? ”

Chang Feng put away his smile and replied: "Division commander, the expected battle did not happen, according to the intelligence of the commander of the Chutian detachment of the special operations detachment, after the Japanese army surrounded Mandalay, they did not immediately attack, but surrounded it in groups, and they did not prepare for the attack, things are a little abnormal?" ”

"Also, just now, Alexander, Stilwell, and Chen Cheng came to me together, and begged you to meet with them and agree on sending troops to Burma, should I reply?"

Tang Qiuli curled the corner of his mouth, and a sarcastic smile appeared on his handsome face, and said: "Since the Japanese army did not attack Mandalay, the British have not yet reached the point of exhaustion, continue to drag, and when the British are beaten by the Japanese army and vomit blood, we will go to see him again," Chang Feng nodded and got up to say goodbye.

After walking a few steps, he was stopped by Tang Qiuli, "Wait Changfeng, things may not be so simple, you inform Chen Cheng and say that I will rush back to Tengchong tomorrow, at nine o'clock in the morning, at the division headquarters, and have a formal meeting with Alexander." ”

Chang Feng was taken aback and said, "Commander, is now the best time to meet the British?" The battlefield of Mandalay is still silent,"

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said: "Chang Feng, think about it carefully, Ito Yanzaburo commanded more than 500,000 troops and surrounded Mandalay, why don't you take advantage of the victory and attack immediately, defeat Mandalay, and encircle and annihilate more than 400,000 Anglo-Burmese troops, for the Japanese, it is not a difficult thing, Ito instead put on a siege posture, there is a lot of article in this!" ”

Chang Feng still didn't quite understand, Tang Qiuli continued: "Since the Japanese army attacked the Indochina Peninsula, the British on the battlefield have been seen through by the Japanese to see through its essence, the generals are timid, the soldiers are afraid of death, the whole army has no morale, all the way to Mandalay, so, Ito Yanzaburo's plan is to adopt a situation of encirclement, force the British army to surrender without a fight, at the minimum cost, to achieve the greatest results, if the British army surrenders, it is not good for our plan." ”

Chang Feng thought carefully about the teacher's words, obviously still unable to fully understand the deep meaning.

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