Ito believes that Hasegawa Kiyoshi's opinion is foolish, naïve and ridiculous, as long as the reinforcements land in Bangkok, they will be fiercely attacked by the independent division Ma Chaoyang's corps, and even if they can gain a foothold on the beachhead, heavy casualties are inevitable, and then, from Bangkok to Yangon, the route of several hundred kilometers will have to be fought all the way, and when they reach Rangoon, how much combat strength will the troops have left?

Then, it is necessary to break through the encirclement of nearly one million troops of the independent division, enter the urban area of Yangon, and not be surrounded between Bangkok and Yangon, even if it is lucky, Tang Qiuli is not a fool, as long as he draws 100,000 troops from the troops surrounding Yangon, and the independent division Ma Chaoyang Corps chasing after the north and south, the reinforcements will not become dumpling filling, I'll cut off my head and give it to Hasegawa Qing as a night pot!

What kind of bullshit fleet artillery fire and carrier-based aircraft fire support, after dozens of kilometers deep into the land, Hasegawa Kiyoshi's naval guns are useless? With less than 200 carrier-based aircraft, Tang Qiuli's aviation can cover the northward advance of reinforcements all the way? Drop bombs on the heads of his troops? Blow up the passage to the north? Dream of it!

Ito also vaguely guessed Hasegawa Kiyoshi's intentions, he didn't want to add icing on the cake to the army, just complete the escort mission, he didn't want to join the Yangon battlefield, to put it bluntly, he didn't want to accept his own command, he felt uncomfortable, "This selfish guy who doesn't care about the overall situation, at a critical moment related to the interests of the empire in Indochina Peninsula and even the whole of Southeast Asia, is still making personal plans, I really don't know how he climbed to the position of fleet commander, which shows that the selfishness of those guys in the navy has gone deep into the bones." ”

Although Ito was so angry that his blood pressure rose and he was flustered and short of breath, he did not dare to offend Hasegawa Kiyota, did he ask anyone, at the very least, the large-caliber naval guns of the Third Fleet could cover the entire periphery of Yangon, and could make up for the weakness of his lack of artillery firepower. There are also those 200 carrier-based aircraft, plus the combat planes of the military air force, which can better compete with Tang Qiuli's air force, and this is the capital of Hasegawa Kiyoshi who dares to argue with himself.

Thereupon. Although Commander-in-Chief Ito's stomach greeted all the female relatives of Hasegawa Kiyoshi, especially his wife, who was molested by His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief N times, he still patiently sent a long dizzy telegram to Hasegawa Kiyoshi, which was more than 10,000 words.

In addition to a detailed report on the hostile situation on the front line of the Gulf of Thailand. Emphasizing the strength of the independent division's defensive forces, and pointing out that this place could never be chosen as a place to go ashore, and that the Third Fleet and reinforcements had no other way than to disembark in the port of Rangoon, Ito added the following words at the end of the telegram.

"Hase-kun, I am both emperors. Jointly serve the Emperor Xià's ambitious plan, and the goal is the same, this battle of Yangon. It is related to the overall situation of the empire's Southeast Asia strategy, the emperor's hegemony, and I hope that Hase-kun will abandon the battle for the portal, take into account the overall situation, and fully assist me in the first battle with a real emperor's mentality. Please don't forget this. ”

Ito thinks that his telegram, with its earnest teaching and hard work, is similar to teaching a schoolboy, persuading and reminding, using both soft and hard, and mentioning the height of imperial interests. Put down your body and lower your posture, Hasegawa Kiyoshi can cover the heat even if it is a stone! can't be moved inexplicably and cry, at least you can obey your own command with all your heart.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi frowned, and after listening to Ito's long telegram like a footcloth, he immediately jumped up, and with a few big mouths, he knocked the hapless communications staff officer out of his cabin, and tore the telegram to shreds in front of his chief of staff and several officers, and his eyes were fierce with a fierce look.

"What? Ito, this old guy, sang a high note with me, saying that I have a gateway view, selfishness, not a real emperor, how can I really *** be reasonable, and threaten myself with the orders of the General Staff, I simply said that the Third Fleet of our Navy is a combat unit of Ito, and I'm Hasegawa Kiyoshi is a little minion under you, and I'm really angry with me! ”

The chief of staff of the Third Fleet and a cadre of naval officers looked at His Excellency the Commander in amazement, where they were scolding and jumping, as if they had fallen into an evil spirit, their faces were so angry that they were running back and forth, to be honest, Hasegawa Kiyoshi was very angry, don't look at the land and sea dispute in the empire, everyone tacitly knows it, I know, break wrists and stumble behind the back, you can play any way.

But if it is brought to the table, it will be a big deal, and neither the army nor the navy will want to bear this notoriety, and now, Ito, a son of a bitch, will buckle the shit basin to his head, and what makes Hasegawa Kiyoshi even more angry and frightened is that Ito seems to have laid a foreshadowing, once the Battle of Rangoon is lost, it is that he and the Third Fleet do not cooperate, do not listen to the command, and do their own thing, so they will be defeated.

The big thing is that the entire imperial navy was pushed to the forefront and suffered the blame of the people, the blame of His Majesty the Emperor, such a big crime, enough to kill the head and lose the head, Hasegawa Kiyoshi thought that he could not accept it.

Even if His Majesty the Emperor doesn't dispose of himself, those bigwigs in the navy can still spare themselves? A small way to calm the anger of the public and lose the pawn to protect the car, he will fall into the point of no return, and he doesn't know how to live in the second half of his life, Hasegawa Kiyoshi shuddered when he thought about it.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi finished jumping, yelling, and scolding, but this is not a good thing, Ito's tricks have to continue, "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief Ito, Hasegawa Kiyoshi led the Third Fleet to rush to the aid of the Rangoon battlefield, since the orders of the General Staff shall prevail, as for what Your Excellency said, such as 'the view of the door, taking into account the overall situation, and the attitude of the soldiers', Hasegawa does not know why Your Excellency said this?" Surprised! Jun is so suspicious of me Hasegawa Kiyoshi that this way is really chilling, and it also chills all the officers and men of my Third Fleet! ”

"The great cause of the Great Japanese Empire, the grand wish of His Majesty the Emperor, is the common responsibility and obligation of our emperor, not a matter of the army, proposed the landing in the Gulf of Thailand, as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Rangoon campaign, only built yì, as for whether to adopt or not, it is all up to the decision of the commander-in-chief, since the day of receiving the order, Hasegawa Kiyoshi and the Third Fleet have been part of the Rangoon battlefield, and all actions are carried out in accordance with the order."

"Remind Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief that the Third Fleet and its reinforcement fleet, when passing through the Strait of Malacca, will sail under the guns of the Americans, and that you should be cautious about the risks involved."

Hasegawa Kiyoshi replied to Ito, both-for-tat and leaky, Hasegawa Kiyoshi knew that the telegram exchange between the Third Fleet and the headquarters of the dispatch army could not escape the ears of those bigwigs in the base camp, and a beautiful Tai Chi push hand to avoid future risks, even if Ito was framed in the future, there was a telegram as proof.

Hasegawa Kiyoto's channel through the guò navy, knowing the situation on the battlefield in Rangoon, for the imperial army, it was really not good, Ito's troops were surrounded by nearly a million troops of that devil Tang Qiuli, if Ito suffered a defeat and lost Yangon, he would put all the blame on the Third Fleet, and he would have to guard against his move.

In fact, Hasegawa Kiyoshi wronged Ito, Ito has no intention of shirking responsibility at all, he is ready to live and die with Yangon, the meaning of sending this telegram is to make Hasegawa Kiyoshi better cooperate with himself, all the forces of the imperial army work together, with Ito's own ideas, even if Rangoon is lost, all the jade of the Southeast Asian dispatch army will be broken, and it will cause irreparable losses to the troops of the devil Tang Qiuli.

After receiving a call back from Hasegawa Kiyoshi, Ito's inner anger suddenly came to naught, his anger was smooth, his head was also good, and he was impressed by Hasegawa Kiyoshi this unruly guy, Ito believes that this is his first victory, a good start, and half the success, as for the risk that Hasegawa Kiyoshi said, Ito didn't take it to heart at all.

In the Indochina Peninsula, Ito killed hundreds of thousands of Anglo-Burmese troops, in his opinion, the essence of the Americans is the same as the British, they are all afraid of the army of the Japanese Empire, otherwise, MacArthur would never have signed the treaty of mutual assistance of the alliance on the one hand, and secretly signed a non-aggression pact with the Japanese Empire on the other hand.

He even wanted to make a bet with Hasegawa Kiyoshi that when the Third Fleet passed through the Strait of Malacca, it could fire at any US military position along the coast at any time and place, ensuring that the Americans would not dare to return fire a single bullet.

On the morning of 12 November, according to Ito's orders, Hasegawa Kiyoshi's Third Fleet and troop carriers docked at the port of Singapore for the last replenishment, which is the choke point into the Strait of Malacca.

In the afternoon, Japanese warships and troop carriers sailed into the channel of the Strait of Malacca, and it would be nonsense to say that Hasegawa Kiyoshi was not nervous; such a narrow channel would have become a live target as long as the Americans had set up hundreds of cannons on the shore and lined up along the coastline of Sumatra, and the Third Fleet, which had three aircraft carriers, more than 70 warships, and dozens of troop carriers.

Hasegawa Kiyoshi stood on the bridge of the flagship "Asahi", holding a telescope with fear, constantly observing the situation along the coast of Sumatra.

He had already ordered the fleet to be ready for battle at the first level, and once the Americans tried to open fire, the fleet would strike first, and it would not be able to stand up to the attack anyway.

As for the result after firing, Hasegawa Kiyoshi was not optimistic about his fleet, shore artillery against warships, it was the warships that suffered, what he absolutely did not expect was that just when he was observing the situation on the shore and planning for the worst, there was another person on Sumatra who was also holding a telescope with fear, observing the hideous faces of the ship's guns on the waterway, one warship after another.

(To be continued)