On the other side of the 83rd parallel east longitude, in Yangon, Indochina Peninsula, in the office, Tang Qiuli, who was looking through the statistical reports, was also laughing, and he was smiling very proudly and happily, with the face of an old fox who had succeeded in his plan, he looked at Zhao Yuhe, the chief of staff opposite, and felt a chill in his heart.

In just a few days, more than 10 million aborigines crossed the nearly 1,000-kilometer-long border and poured into the West Indian side. ”

In this regard, Tang Qiuli's instructions to the East Indian Border Guards were, "Only do statistics on the number of people, have a kind attitude, be polite, reflect the demeanor of Chinese soldiers, do not check, do not search the immigrants, do not check their identities, and let them cross the border, but it is more difficult to enter the country than to ascend to the sky. ”

When the time entered August, Tang Qiuli re-invested his eyes on the Southwest Pacific theater, especially on Luzon Island, he couldn't guess what the Americans were thinking, for the independent division troops, the recovery of Hong Kong, related to the vital interests of the Americans, there was no reaction at all, no matter from which point of view, Tang Qiuli's military action against Hong Kong would involve part of the Japanese energy, which was equivalent to indirect support for MacArthur, but the Yankees just kept silent, which made Tang Qiuli difficult to take the next move.

In contrast, the British made a little move, and they couldn't get a reply from Tang Qiuli when they begged for Hong Kong. The governor who was about to be appointed did not dare to take office alone, so he had to symbolically submit a letter of protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The reply of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State Government was quite effective: "The Nationalist Government has entrusted the matter of your country's restoration of Hong Kong's sovereignty to General Tang Qiuli, Vice Chairman of the Military Commission. "In a word, you British go and deal with Tang Qiuli, he can do whatever he likes, and the government will not mix anything! The British never had a follow-up.

However, the bigwigs of the various factions in the national government heard that the British did not dare to send a governor to Hong Kong. The bowels are about to turn green, you say. Why was he frightened by the name of the British in the first place? It's too late to say anything now. The dust has settled on the administrative and military management of Hong Kong, and if we fight for it at this time, it will really be snatched from Tang Qiuli's mouth, in case the ruthless Vice Chairman Tang goes berserk, the consequences will be born. It's going to be unimaginably scary!

Tang Qiuli couldn't figure out the Americans' thoughts, so he decided to put another signal flare and prepare to make a move on Singapore to stimulate the nerves of the Americans.

On the morning of August 3. A military meeting was held in the large conference room of the rear headquarters of the Yangon Independent Division, attended by the commanders and chiefs of staff of the corps, the commanders of the Southern Flying Group of the Air Force, the chief and deputy commanders and chiefs of staff of the naval fleet, the commanders of the armored forces, and the heads of the second-level departments under the division headquarters.

Before the official start of the meeting, Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe, on the current situation in the Southwest Pacific Theater, made a detailed analysis, in fact, there is nothing new, the Americans and the Japanese on Luzon Island, just like the two bulls on the top frame, no one wants to break the current stalemate, Zhao Yuhe used a few words, the situation in the Southwest Pacific Theater, made a summary, "From the overall situation, the Luzon battlefield has been dull to the point of no return, and the Japanese army seems to be waiting for an opportunity. ”

Next, the director of the intelligence department, Colonel Yu Deshui, said that there was nothing new in the report on the enemy's situation, but there were two of them, which attracted Tang Qiuli's attention, and said: "According to the intelligence collected by the intelligence department, the Japanese army is abnormal, as long as it is concentrated in two areas, one is the Japanese army on Luzon Island, which has been mobilized more frequently recently, and has increased the amount of logistics supplies, and the other is the Japanese army Hengshan Brigade stationed in Singapore, which has recently set aside a number of military restricted areas in the urban area, and what the specific intentions are, are being detected!" ”

Tang Qiuli frowned slightly, thinking about the content of the information, which was equivalent to the completion of the report, and said: "According to these two pieces of information, can it be judged that the Japanese army on Luzon Island is planning an attack operation to break the current stalemate, and the main purpose is to put pressure on MacArthur and transfer the British and Australian troops from Australia to reinforce the battlefield on Luzon Island, otherwise, it is impossible to explain the fact that more than 800,000 Japanese troops are standing still on the occupied islands!" ”

"As for the abnormal behavior of the Yokoyama Brigade of the Japanese Army in Singapore, it is not difficult to see that we have taken Hong Kong, which has greatly touched the Japanese army, and Singapore is a lonely corner of the Indochina Peninsula, and the Japanese know that they will not be able to hold it, but they are reluctant to give up, and they are making preparations to evacuate at any time."

Speaking of this, Tang Qiuli paused, as if grasping a trace of something, but it was not real, frowning, thinking hard, in the eyes of the generals of the independent division, the division commander was distracted again, Tang Qiusheng, who was sitting next to him, quietly pushed him.

Suddenly, a cold light flashed in Tang Qiuli's eyes, he slapped the table with a "snap", and said in a hurried tone: "It is certain that the Japanese Yokoyama Brigade is preparing to abandon Singapore, but the Japanese army is also preparing to destroy Singapore, otherwise, it cannot be explained that the Japanese army suddenly carved out a military restricted area!" ”

Speaking of this, Tang Qiuli scolded fiercely, "The Japanese are doing Hong Kong again, let us cast a rat trap, it's really not a fucking thing!" ”

Now that the plan of the Japanese army in Singapore has been judged, the combat meeting revolves around how to conduct the campaign, and after a heated discussion, Tang Qiuli made the following arrangements: "There are successful combat examples in Hong Kong, and all the special operations detachments, under the command of Chief of Staff Qi Hanzhi, infiltrated Singapore in advance, and the only task is to sabotage the Japanese army's plan to blow up Singapore. ”

"The specific details of the operation, the two of you discuss, report to the chief of staff, I think, you can use the relationship between Mr. Huang, the president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, this old gentleman has a good character, it is said that he is still very appealing in Singapore!"

Qi Hanzhi and Yu Deshui stood up at the same time and replied: "Yes, division commander, I promise to complete the task!" Yu Deshui did not sit down, but continued: "Division commander, since the last time, Mr. Huang was forced to serve as a messenger of Ito Yanzaburo, our intelligence department has established a one-line contact with Mr. Huang, and the Huang house is the secret base of the Singapore station of the intelligence department, and the information about the establishment of a military restricted area by the Japanese army is still provided by Mr. Huang!" ”

Tang Qiuli was in a good mood, nodded and said: "Okay, if you have a good cause, you can get good results, if you didn't have a long conversation with Mr. Huang last time, you realized his patriotism, and there would be no today's intelligence, with his assistance, the special combat team members who infiltrated will have a guarantee of safety!" ”

Tang Qiuli continued: "Regarding the issue of the force to be used to attack Singapore, I decided to use a few brigades that participated in the battle of Hong Kong, but this time, because the Japanese army defending Singapore has only one brigade, so the three brigades of Liu Hongzhang Brigade and Chu Ziye Brigade directly under the Corps, and Liao Zhenbang Brigade of the Sulu Mobile Corps, can participate in the Singapore Campaign, do you have no opinions?" ”

The generals naturally have no opinions, the division commander has just finished commanding the Hong Kong Campaign, it is the time of familiarity, no one is more familiar with urban combat than him, Tang Qiuli continued: "Battle, your armored corps is still deployed according to the Hong Kong Campaign, but it is enough to use the strength of a tank brigade, the terrain of Singapore is narrow, too many tanks, it cannot be used, but it will affect the course of the battle!" Battle nodded.

Tang Qiuli's gaze turned to Le Yiqin, commander of the Southern Flight Group of the Air Force, and said: "Yiqin, I heard that you have recently set up a paratrooper regiment, how many people are there, can you pull it to the battlefield now?" ”

Le Yiqin stood up "suddenly" and replied loudly: "Report to the division commander, this paratrooper regiment has a full strength of 2,632 people in order to strengthen the scale of the regiment, which was established a year ago, and after strict training, it can now be put into the battlefield, and it can also ensure that it can play a normal combat effectiveness, thank you to the division commander for giving the paratroop regiment the opportunity to fight!" ”

Tang Qiuli was "fluttering", shook his head and said: "You are a musician, you can really climb along the pole, when did I say that I want to pull the paratroop up, but I just care about it and ask casually!" ”

Le Yiqin was anxious and said: "Division commander, the paratroop regiment has been training for more than a year, and it is short of actual combat experience, a rare opportunity, you have to give them whatever you say!" You don't often say that a soldier who has never seen blood cannot be called a real soldier, and if the paratrooper regiment does not go to the battlefield and really fight, it will not be able to grow! ”

Tang Qiu looked at Le Yiqin, who was a little excited, and asked sternly: "The paratroopers are a special branch of troops, and the equipment required is very different from that of the army, have all these been solved?" If your paratrooper regiment is using infantry equipment, I will not use it in the Singapore campaign with confidence! ”

Le Yiqin grinned, and said quite proudly: "It turns out that you are worried about this, rest assured, before the formation of the paratrooper regiment, I went to Dingbian and interviewed Wang Xu, director of the Special Equipment Research Institute. ”

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