Seeing that Zhao Yuhe was leaving, Mr. Huang was not very happy, and hurriedly said: "General Zhao, a little light meal in the cold house is also the friendship of the landlord, how can the general refuse, shouldn't he be afraid of General Tang's bribe joke!" The old gentleman's last sentence had a bit of a hint of agitation, and it was also evident that he was shrewd.

Zhao Yuhe looked at Tang Qiuli in embarrassment, he did have a lot of things to deal with, the Singapore campaign had just ended, and he had to arrange for the troops to be vigilant, maintain law and order in the urban area, etc., and he had to sort it out as the chief of staff.

Tang Qiuli smiled and said: "Old man, don't keep it anymore, I, the chief of staff, have a big mess to deal with, even if others stay here, my heart has already flown away, in the face of delicious food and wine, isn't it unpleasant to eat, there is a suspicion of destroying heavenly things, let him go!" ”

Mr. Huang regretted that he gave up, Zhao Yuhe and Ge Zhenzhuang, Chen Feng left together, after a while, the table full of local flavor dishes, the table was full, Tang Qiuli was not polite, tasting dish by dish, of course, it was full of praise, during the banquet, the guests and hosts frequently raised their glasses, the atmosphere was quite harmonious, and the Chinese businessmen also let go of their minds, competing with Tang Qiuli to clink glasses, and talk about their views on the future Singapore city government.

Tang Qiuli also made a more detailed explanation of this matter, and he also pointed out in particular that other government departments are prepared by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, and only the urban security organs should be transferred from other regions to transfer key personnel and hold leadership positions Chinese.

And these. Don't expect the police force formed by the locals, they don't secretly communicate and add fuel to the fire, even if they have a conscience, for Tang Qiuli's mentions, Mr. Huang and the Chinese businessmen, they naturally strongly agree, in fact, they are also worried, lest the locals make trouble, and they have no experience in urban management before, moreover. In the past, there were businessmen who had low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, but suddenly rose to a high position, and they were really not used to it.

Tang Qiuli also saw that after the initial excitement passed, Mr. Huang and the Chinese businessmen. Aware of the reality of the existence of zài problems, about it. The solution given by Tang Qiuli is. Singapore wants to implement military control, and for a period of time, the military control committee will act as the city government, and after the situation is stable, the power will be gradually transferred. It solved the biggest worries of Mr. Huang and the Chinese businessmen.

Next, let go of the heart, and everyone's feelings came up, pushing the cup and changing the lamp. Tang Qiuli naturally became the protagonist of the banquet, and the one who drank it was happy, Xiao was Tang Qiuli drank a lot of wine, and he also drank like a fog in the clouds.

Coming out of the Huang Mansion, Fu Qiang saw that the division commander had drunk too much wine, and couldn't help but complain, "Look at you, drink so much wine, if you let Captain Huang know that I didn't dissuade you, I'll wait to be trained!" But except for Captain Huang, who can persuade you! ”

Under Tang Qiuli's feet, he was a little flustered, and when he heard this, he said: "Fu Qiang, I warn you, don't tell Sù Mountain Tiger about today's matter!" Seeing this, Fu Qiang hurriedly helped him into the car and drove back to the new office in a puff of smoke, Tang Qiuli didn't even see what the surrounding environment looked like, the wine was surging, and he threw himself on the bed and fell asleep.

When he woke up, it was already dusk, he shook his head a little dizzy, and thought to himself: "I haven't drunk like this for a few years, it seems that the amount of alcohol has been greatly reduced, just that degree of wine, it stands to reason that if you drink these again, there will be no big problem, in the northeast, I drank more than 60 degrees of pure grain small burner!" ”

Walking out of the bedroom, seeing the personnel of the division headquarters, they were all busy, Zhao Yuhe saw him wake up, first poured him a glass of water, and then said: "Division commander, the results of the Singapore campaign have been counted, the battle lasted more than five hours, a total of more than 12,000 people of the Japanese Yokoyama Brigade were annihilated, from the brigade commander Yokoyama Kongoro and below, none of them escaped, it was an extremely beautiful battle of annihilation. ”

"Among them, more than 3,000 people were annihilated in the outer positions of Singapore, and in the Strait of Malacca, the fleet annihilated more than 8,000 people and sank more than 30 Japanese troop carriers.

Tang Qiuli nodded, indeed, in terms of the results of the battle and the course of the battle, there are many reasons for surpassing the battle of Hong Kong, the most important thing is the use of troops with experience in urban combat, he asked: "What are our casualties?" ”

Zhao Yuhe's eyes lit up and replied: "Division commander, our casualties are extremely light, a total of more than 430 casualties, of which, more than 100 people were killed, none of the tanks of the tank brigade were destroyed, and the main casualties were in the first brigade of the Sulu Mobile Corps, and they suffered heavy casualties in the process of clearing out the Japanese stragglers!" In contrast, the casualties of the three brigades of the main attack were very few! ”

Tang Qiuli said with emotion: "Urban warfare, the difficulty lies in the street fighting, if the Japanese army in Singapore does not abandon the city and retreat, our casualties will be several times more than now, and there will be no next annihilation battle, Yuhe, how about the loss of the ship formation?" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied even more vigorously: "There is no loss, the sailors are not even wounded, according to the report of the chief of staff of the fleet, the ship formation, the beginning of the engagement, is covered by dense artillery fire, the Japanese troop transport fleet, there is no power to fight back, our naval warfare rocket artillery, great might, before withdrawing from the battlefield, back to the Japanese shore-based artillery, a fierce blow!" ”

Tang Qiuli said: "A small boat can also fight a big battle, it seems that Brother Qiuquan set up a gunboat detachment, it is a very far-sighted move, by the way, Yuhe, Le Yiqin's aircraft group, there are no losses, they did not engage the Japanese army aircraft group, there should be no losses!" ”

Zhao Yuhe laughed, and Tang Qiuli asked strangely, "Yuhe, what are you laughing at?" ”

Zhao Yuhe was obviously overjoyed, and said: "Division commander, just because I didn't catch the battle, I just returned to the command headquarters, and I received a call from Commander Le, good guy, this complaint, and also ruthlessly sued the chief of staff of the fleet Xin Yi, saying that the chief of staff Xin ate alone, let hundreds of fighters and bombers, from the Myitkyina base, go all the way in vain, and have to sue you!" ”

"I also said that you are eccentric, the Southern Flying Group, assigned to the command of the fleet, he has no opinion, but he can not give a combat mission, that is the fleet's is not, if the aviation is allowed to launch the first wave of attacks on the fleet of the Hengshan Brigade crossing the sea, the battle will end faster, maybe even the Japanese positions in the depths of Sumatra Island will be bombed!"

Actually, Zhao Yuhe has already said very tactfully, Le Yiqin is on the phone, but this attitude is not this, it is simply a complaint, just like the world, he is the most wronged, clamoring to come to Singapore, put forward his opinion to the division commander in person, and sue the fleet.

It is understandable that on the day of the battle, he led a mixed group of more than 400 fighters and bombers to go around in circles over the Strait of Malacca for more than an hour, but he did not see the shadow of a Japanese fighter plane, and the bomber formation that bombed the Japanese troop transport fleet at a low altitude did not drop a few bombs.

Le Yiqin held back the anger in his belly and led the team to return, the more he thought about it, the more it was not a taste, so he had the call that Zhao Yuhe answered.

Tang Qiuli was also happy to lean forward and back and asked, "Yuhe, then how did you reply to him?" ”

Zhao Yuhe said: "I said, the division commander is discussing the formation of the Singapore city government with people from relevant parties, or will I send your phone number to the division commander?" ”

Tang Qiuli was very interested and asked, "How did Le Yiqin answer?" ”

Zhao Yuhe smiled again and said: "Commander Le said, then forget it, I don't go to find training, Chief of Staff, count me unlucky, next time, just be a little more thoughtful, and then hang up the phone." ”

Tang Qiuli laughed and said: "What about this Le Yiqin, he is not unclear, the group is to prevent the Japanese aircraft group, the air attack on the gunboat formation, not as an attack force, Yuhe, it can also be seen that in the current situation, the Japanese army is absolutely unwilling to have friction with us, in Singapore and the Strait of Malacca, the annihilation of the Hengshan brigade, including the gunboat detachment shelling the Japanese shore-based artillery, the Japanese army did not make a due response. ”

"The Japanese high-level will not have any belligerent moves with us until the US troops on Luzon Island are resolved, and what the Japanese are most worried about is that we will send troops to the Southwest Pacific Theater and force them to fight on two fronts, however, our action to capture Singapore will prompt the Japanese army to take new actions on Luzon Island, so it is good to break the battlefield stalemate on Luzon, which is beneficial to us, but for MacArthur, it is a hard time!"

On 10 August, General Ito Yanzaburo, commander-in-chief of Japan's Southwest Pacific Dispatch Army, launched an all-out attack on the defense line of Major General Whiteman of the US Third Army in the Calais Mountains under the cover of a large number of planes under the cover of the four main divisions of the 14th Army's Haruta Yoshihiko, plus two divisions and two brigades transferred from Singapore, in accordance with the orders of the base camp.

This was the largest attack taken by the Japanese army on Luzon Island since the outbreak of the Pacific War, and General Ito divided all his forces into five offensive directions, and according to his plan, he was to divide and surround the Third Army of the US Army in the Calais Mountains, and then completely annihilate it, and the battlefield on Luzon Island, which had been silent for more than two months, was suddenly full of gunsmoke!

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )