Chapter 1280: Forming the Enemy Workers' Corps
After reading Chu Tian's information, Tang Qiuli was furious, but he did not expect that Ito was so vicious and vicious, pulling hundreds of thousands of Yangon citizens to accompany the funeral, enough for a headache, after thinking about it, he was relieved in his heart, this is the consistent practice of the Japanese, in history, when they invaded Chinese mainland, they did this kind of work, grabbed strong men, expanded the puppet army troops to take the lead, became cannon fodder, and forced the Chinese to fight hard.
In order to make up for the lack of troops and maintain the rule of the occupied areas, it seems that although his appearance changed history, it did not change the nature of the Japanese, which is probably the true meaning of "dogs can't change and eat"? The next work in the bones of the Japanese can't be removed even if it turns into ashes.
If you think about it carefully, it's not a big deal, it's nothing more than that the strong man has been replaced by a Burmese, and there are a lot less scruples in the fight, so you don't have to be restrained, but you should think of a proper way to crack Ito's poisonous trick, and the activity of learning the Burmese language initiated by himself should work to some extent, Tang Qiuli is a little funny from himself, and his idle and idle move just corresponds to Ito's tricks.
Seeing Tang Qiuli's face gloomy for a moment, and then replaced it with a disdainful smile, Liu Xinlan was a little confused, and muttered, "What a weirdo, cloudy for a while, sunny for a while," Tang Qiuli vaguely heard Liu Xinlan's muttering, and asked, "Xinlan, what do you say?" Liu Xinlan stuck out her tongue and smiled mischievously, "You heard the errand, I'm reading the telegram!." ”
"By the way, Xinlan, immediately notify Deputy Division Commander Tang, Chief of General Staff, and several corps commanders to have a meeting at the headquarters!" Tang Qiuli commanded, and Liu Xinlan looked at her watch. "Now, it's already two o'clock in the morning," Tang Qiuli said with a stern face, "It's now, the emergency military meeting." Notify me immediately," Liu Xinlan promised.
When I got to the door, I turned around and said, "You haven't rested, and while you haven't had a meeting yet, I'll ask the cooking team to make you some supper, and if you continue to stay up like this, your body will be exhausted," after speaking. The figure went gracefully.
Tang Qiuli was speechless, "This girl, is she praising herself or hurting herself?" I've been touring the mountains and rivers for several days, and today is the first time I'm on duty. Will you be exhausted? However, in his heart, there is still a warmth of being cared for by women, especially Liu Xinlan's care, which ripples softly in his heart.
Tang Qiusheng gave birth to several of their corps commanders. was summoned overnight, and everyone was nervous, thinking that something unexpected had happened, and the staff officer who answered the phone did not know the specific content. When Liu Xinlan was notified, it was very brief. Just tell the staff officer who answered the phone, "The division commander ordered." Immediately convened an emergency meeting, "This girl didn't think too much, she was thinking about the supper for Tang Qiuli."
Everyone rushed over in a hurry, and saw Tang Qiuli eating supper leisurely, Liu Xinlan bent her crescent eyes on the side, and carefully served him rice and vegetables, Qingqing and mine, not to mention how warm it is, an atmosphere of living at home, everyone was stunned, Tang Qiuli looked at the anxious generals with an innocent face, and said vaguely: "You sit down first, I'll finish eating soon!" ”
The generals almost fainted, and they were as anxious as a spark, and they summoned us in the middle of the night, thinking that something serious had happened, you are good, guarding the big beauties and eating sweet supper, we are sweating in a hurry, Feng Jiwu's temperament is more anxious, and he asked: "Commander, urgently summon us over, is there any unusual big move of the little devil?" ”
"Chutian has sent information, you can circulate it first," Liu Xinlan handed the telegram to Tang Qiusheng first, and after everyone read it, they were all silent, it was indeed not an emergency, but the complex meaning behind the intelligence could not help but make several senior generals of the independent division who had been in battle for a long time think deeply, more than 200,000 Japanese troops are not terrible, but hundreds of thousands of armed civilians are a very headache.
If it is not handled well, or in other words, no effective way to crack the poison plan of the Japanese is not found, which means that the troops of the independent division will not only have to fight against the Japanese army, but also fight against nearly a million citizens of Yangon, and the cost is too high.
However, the division commander made it clear that we are not here to destroy Rangoon, but to occupy it and manage it, and that the future Rangoon is the territory of our independent division, and if we destroy and rebuild, the price paid is too great, and the seeds of hatred must be sown, and the gains outweigh the losses from any point of view, so the battle of Yangon cannot be regarded as a siege battle in the pure sense.
Tang Qiuli hiccuped comfortably, looked at the silent generals, and asked: "How about it, what are the good suggestions and opinions, say it, speak freely, I can't make up my mind, so I gathered everyone overnight to discuss a countermeasure." ”
Tang Qiusheng broke the silence first and said: "From Chutian's intelligence, it can be seen that it is obvious that the Japanese want to tie the civilians in Yangon to their chariots, whether these civilians are willing or forced, as long as they go to the battlefield, there will be casualties, in this way, the sinister purpose of the Japanese has been achieved, and now, the most difficult thing is that we have no effective means to expose the conspiracy of the Japanese." ”
Tang Qiuli nodded and said: "Brother Qiusheng's analysis is also what I'm worried about, in the face of armed civilians, followed by Japanese soldiers, to fight or not, how to fight?" Of course, not all the citizens of Yangon are like this, but even one in 10,000 will cause us great difficulties, and our soldiers will not shoot at these civilians because they are not Japanese. ”
Feng Jiwu thought about it for a while and said: "My opinion is that when the citizens of Yangon take up arms and fight with our troops together with the Japanese soldiers, whether voluntarily or forced, their identity is no longer civilians, but our enemies, otherwise, not only in the process of capturing Yangon, our troops will pay unimaginable casualties, but also will be dragged into the quagmire of national street fighting by Ito, which is extremely unfavorable to us." ”
Everyone argued enthusiastically, each insisted on the word, the proposed proposal, were not perfect, Tang Qiuli did not say a word, he considered it more realistically, in the fierce battle, both sides were red-eyed, if a soldier was hit by a gun in the hands of a civilian, the bullet fired and died, his comrades would definitely take revenge, this kind of sentiment spread to the entire army, it was a kind of slaughter in disguise. ”
"How can we make these Burmese who have been captured clearly know that the enemy of the independent division is the Japanese and not them, and the practice of learning a few words of the local language advocated by themselves cannot fundamentally solve the problem, but what is the best way?" Tang Qiu was at a loss for the same situation, which was very nerve-wracking.
Seeing Tang Qiuli's frowns, Liu Xinlan beside him whispered, "Let the Burmese people sue the Burmese people," Tang Qiuli suddenly turned his face and stared at Liu Xinlan, staring at Liu Xinlan in a panic, she knew that she didn't know the severity of the meeting, even the major generals and brigade commanders were not qualified to participate in this meeting, she was just a small second lieutenant, what did she say indiscriminately?
In private, when he is with Qiu Li, he can be coquettish and say whatever he wants, without any scruples, but it will definitely not work on a formal occasion, not just a matter of overstepping his authority, "Qiu Li must be very angry," Liu Xinlan thought to herself, bowing her head, nervous, ready to bear Tang Qiuli's thunderous anger, looking pitiful.
Tang Qiuli said: "Xinlan, say what you just muttered out loud!" Liu Xinlan raised her head unexpectedly, looked at Tang Qiuli's encouraging eyes, several people stared at her gaze, their faces turned red, and said: "I'm just saying this casually, let the Burmese sue the Burmese, and the Japanese army's conspiracy will be self-defeating." ”
"Bang" Tang Qiuli slapped the table and shouted, "Ah," not only Liu Xinlan was startled, but looked at Tang Qiuli in horror, and several other people were also stunned, what are you doing, startled, "Xinlan's words just now reminded me, it really woke up the people in the dream, and we all got into a dead end." Tang Qiuli said.
After getting Tang Qiuli's praise, Liu Xinlan was even more embarrassed, pursed her lips shyly, and stopped talking, with ideas, the next thing was much easier.
The meeting decided to immediately set up an enemy labor corps, recruit a large number of local Chinese and Burmese who are willing to cooperate in the area under the current control, join the independent division troops, and after training, specialize in the work of the citizens of Yangon, and the members of the enemy labor corps should be assigned to the company level of the main attacking force, and each grassroots company should have at least two people, and there should be no other than to carry out propaganda to persuade the Burmese strong men to lay down their arms and stop giving their lives to the Japanese.
In order to attract local Chinese and Burmese to participate, all those who voluntarily joined the troops of the independent division were immediately awarded the rank of second lieutenant and enjoyed the treatment of regular officers of the independent division.
In addition to the formation of the enemy's engineering corps, a large number of leaflets were printed, planes were sent over the city of Yangon, and a large number of leaflets were distributed, and the contents of the leaflets were mainly to expose the conspiracy and practice of the Japanese army to kidnap and deceive the civilians of Rangoon, to appeal to the citizens of Rangoon not to cooperate with the Japanese, to explain the purpose of the independent division and the purpose of capturing Rangoon, and to ensure that innocent civilians would not be harmed.
This is a typical propaganda war, as long as the citizens of Yangon understand the truth of the matter, Ito's poisonous trick will lose its effect, in vain, Tang Qiuli while talking eloquently, while secretly shaking his head, not only to fight with Ito's sword soldiers, but also to fight a war of words, all Ito's hopes are gone, what else is he going to do?
(To be continued)