At about 10 o'clock in the morning of April 28, Ma Gao, the front command of the independent division's northern Burma campaign, chief of staff Zhao Yuhe, was on the phone, "Commander Le?" I'm Zhao Yuhe, and the division commander needs your air force aerial reconnaissance intelligence on the area around the Hukang River Valley. ”

After a while, Zhao Yuhe took a telegram, walked into the war room, and said to the division commander Tang Qiuli, who was carefully observing in front of the large military map: "Division commander, the reconnaissance information of the aviation has been obtained!" ”

Tang Qiuli didn't look back, and said: "Yuhe, let's talk about the situation, after suffocating today's time in the Hukang River Valley, I finally entered northern Myanmar, at this time, Alexander is afraid that he is anxious to rush in the direction of Ma Gao!" ”

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Yes, division commander, the situation detected by the air force, it is true, Alexander's Anglo-Indian army in the center, after occupying Xinduo, only made a short stop, and then, straight to the direction of Magao, so far, there are still about eight hours away from Magao, according to the current marching speed of the British and Indian army, at about six o'clock this afternoon, it can reach Magao." ”

"Moreover, the Anglo-Indian troops in the direction of Ledo, Sugia, Gamai, and New Taiji, after we reduced the intensity of the blockade, the speed of their advance was significantly accelerated, and they were not entangled with our small blocking forces along the way, and the distance between them and Alexander's central army was shortened to about half a day, and the direction was very clear, pointing to other important targets in northern Burma except for Magao and Myitkyina."

Tang Qiuli turned around and said: "Oh, Alexander paid attention to the coordinated attack, the Ninth Brigade and the Tenth Brigade, abandoned Xinduo, it seems that it did not arouse much suspicion in him, if we are in the other four directions, do not reduce the intensity of the blocking, and push the British and Indian troops too hard, with Alexander's experience, we will definitely stay in Xinduo." Wait for the other four-way assist troops to catch up. ”

"Alexander's tactic is to blossom all over northern Burma, and seize the time to capture the city while our main army has not arrived. Controlling the entire northern Burma region, the four British and Indian armies, occupying other key points in northern Burma, Alexander commanding the main forces, covering Magao and Myitkyina, and his tactical guiding ideology was based on the fact that our main army had not yet had time to be transferred to northern Burma. ”

"Still. This old friend of mine, I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed, by the way, Yuhe, the plane that picked up Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan, landed in Magao?"

Zhao Yuhe replied: "Twenty minutes ago, it has arrived, and now, the two brigade commanders Xiao and Fang. In the conference room. ”

Tang Qiuli looked at his watch, and there were still more than thirty minutes before he left the meeting. said to Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, invite the two of them to the war room, and talk to them while there is still some time!" ”

As soon as Zhao Yuhe walked to the door of the conference room, he heard a loud voice inside: "I said that Lao Jiu, Lao Shi, walk around the Hukang River Valley, lead the noses of the British and Indian soldiers, and there are battles every day, what a good errand it is." Why are you two wilting like frosted eggplants? You don't know, but it's spoiled us! ”

In the conference room, there was a burst of good-natured laughter, and then. Although Zhao Yuhe did not return to the division headquarters for a long time, and he also served as the chief of staff of the directly subordinate corps, it could also be heard that the loud voice was Chu Ziye, the commander of the fourth brigade of the directly subordinate corps, and apart from him, no one else had such a big movement.

Zhao Yuhe pushed the door in, the brigade commanders stopped talking, and greeted him one after another, Zhao Yuhe smiled and nodded, in front of the brigade commanders of these dozen or so directly subordinate corps, he did not have any capital that could be used to put old qualifications, Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan, they seemed not to be emotional, and they were worried, Zhao Yuhe said with a smile: "Xiao and Fang, the two brigade commanders, the division commander invites you to come over." ”…,

Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan glanced at each other, got up and followed Zhao Yuhe, the figures of the three people disappeared into the conference room, and the remaining brigade commanders wondered what the division commander meant.

Liu Hongzhang, the commander of the First Brigade, said: "I said the fourth, just your loud voice, the noise is like thunder, don't you panic?" Why did I hear that your words were a little sour, Lao Jiu and Lao Shi are not high, you don't see your loud voice? I estimate that in the Hukang River Valley for two or three days, eighty percent of the Ninth Brigade and the Tenth Brigade have suffered losses, otherwise, how could the division commander find them alone! ”

Speaking of which, the more than a dozen brigade commanders directly under the corps, in private, do not call each other's positions, but according to the battle sequence, from the first brigade to the commander of the twelfth brigade, they are called the boss to the twelfth.

But the other dozen brigade commanders, that is not a fuel-efficient lamp, especially the actual fourth brigade commander Chu Ziye, is even more unconvinced, no, when he heard Liu Hongzhang's words, his eyes rolled and said: "What, with the command experience of Lao Jiu and Lao Shi, such a battle, if you suffer a loss, can you still stay in the directly subordinate corps?" As far as you are well-informed, oh, by the way, we can't compare with your Brigadier Liu Da, how to say, you have also been a staff officer by the side of the division commander for a period of time, don't you, you have a deep understanding! ”

In the conference room, there was a burst of laughter, yes, this is Liu Hongzhang's weakness, his best friend and competitor Chu Ziye, from time to time to take it out to talk about things, to hit Liu Hongzhang, especially when he put on a boss posture, and he also called him "Liu Gaoshen!" "I hate Liu Hongzhang so much that the roots of my teeth itch, but I can't do it.

and Chu Ziye's theory, Chu Ziye said, "I have a basis for this, major general staff officer, can that identity be compared with those captain-level staff officers?" The identity is there, our independent division from the division department to the corps, there must be more than 100 major generals, your brigade commander Liu is the first major general to be a staff officer, probably except for the chief of staff, you have the final say, in order to show the difference, it is most appropriate to call it a high staff! ”

As soon as Chu Ziye's words came out, Liu Hongzhang wilted at that time, and waited for the triumphant Chu Ziye with a huff, closed his mouth, and the other dozen or so brigade commanders leaned forward and backwards with a smile, how could there be a little nervousness when the war was coming, the staff officers who passed by, heard the hearty laughter, and glanced curiously at the conference room, good guys, the stars were shining in the room, daring, and the bigwigs of the brigades directly under the corps were there.

The atmosphere in the conference room was happy and relaxed, these brigade commanders who followed the division commander Tang Qiuli and fought from the northeast to the Indochina Peninsula have seen a lot of big scenes, and they have not taken Alexander's 200,000 British and Indian troops in their eyes at all, and the generals of the directly subordinate corps have no ability to command operations than the British and Indian generals who have been nesting in India and have never seen blood.

Absolute self-confidence, based on self-confidence in their own strength, not to mention, for ambush warfare, these brigade commanders, who have not been with the division commander Tang Qiu a few hands, have been waiting for a long time, and indeed there is no tension when the big war is coming.

Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan arrived at the war room, and as soon as they saw Tang Qiuli, Xiao Jinshan said: "Division Commander, I'm here to review," Fang Yuanshan also said: "Division Commander, in Xinduo, if your order hadn't come in time, Brigade Commander Xiao and I would definitely not have seen you!" ”

Tang Qiuli smiled gently, waved his hand and said: "Sit down, I didn't let you come to review, the matter has passed, just learn from the lessons, come to you, the main thing is to understand the combat characteristics and firepower of the British and Indian armies, to be more detailed, you two have been entangled with the opponent for several days, and no one has more experience than you!" ”…,

Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan, let go of the burden in their hearts, and looked at the smile of the division commander with gratitude and guilt, the two of them thought that the division commander was looking for himself before the meeting, although he could not be dismissed or punished more severely, but he couldn't run away from a violent training, but he didn't expect that it was such a result, Tang Qiuli's attitude was more memorable than severely criticizing them.

The two spoke in great detail, including their own experience of fighting with the British and Indian armies along the way, especially in Xinduo's thoughts, Tang Qiuli listened very carefully, bowed his head and pondered from time to time, and the chief of staff, Zhao Yuhe, even wrote down every word of their words in a notebook.

Tang Qiu left in front, followed by Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, Xiao Jinshan, and Fang Yuanshan, and when they walked into the conference room, the brigade commanders stopped talking and laughing, and kept looking at Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan's expressions to verify their inner guesses.

Tang Qiuli sat down on the main seat, glanced at everyone, and said with a smile: "The chat is very lively, the big war is imminent, there is no tense atmosphere, very good, this is the confidence of victory, about the deployment of the campaign, I will not repeat it, it is all in the campaign plan, I only tell you one news, Alexander is very positive, and the speed of advancement is faster than expected." ”

The spirit of the brigade commanders, all of a sudden, the battlefield situation has changed, which means that the style of play may also change, Tang Qiuli looked at the generals who were eager to try, smiled even more happily, and then said: "Don't think about beautiful things, the style of play remains the same, there are some small adjustments in some parts, but the launch time of the ambush west of Magao is more than an hour in advance." ”

"The time of the campaign is set for 5:30 p.m. this afternoon, after the battle starts, the 9th and 10th brigades that have just come out of the Hukang River valley, as the battle reserves, once the British and Indian troops retreat, your two brigades will serve as the lead of the pursuing troops, are you familiar with the terrain, emphasize one point, everyone is a veteran of ambush warfare, suddenly, violently, ruthlessly, quickly, concentrate all the artillery fire, cover the marching columns of the British and Indian troops, okay, go back and prepare!"

Xiao Jinshan and Fang Yuanshan, when they heard that the division commander wanted their two brigades to be reserves, their faces were depressed, and later, when they heard that they were to be the pioneers, they were overjoyed in their hearts, and they looked at other colleagues with different eyes.

The brigade commanders were all gone, looking at the empty conference room, Tang Qiuli said to Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, we should also go!" ”

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