The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 778 Is Questioned
On the border between Thailand and Malaysia, various forces of the coalition forces are gathering.

In an unnamed small village on the Thai side, Gao Jiu and others set up a temporary headquarters for the coalition forces.

At noon that day, the British troops arrived. Gao Jiu, George and others went out to meet them. George saw that the British troops were all mechanized troops, with a large number of armored combat vehicles, large-caliber howitzers, anti-aircraft guns and various other models. The artillery, the soldiers are equipped with a large number of machine guns, submachine guns, and other automatic firearms. Except for the lack of heavy tanks, such equipment far exceeds that of the British Army in other areas. Although he has heard of the British Army equipment here in advance, All were provided by the Golden Triangle. When he really saw it, he was still shocked.

When the senior officers of the British army saw George, they just greeted him politely, but when they faced Gao Jiu, they were all very affectionate. It could be seen that they respected Gao Jiu very much.

Accompanied by the commanders of the British army, Gao Jiu, George and others inspected the troops of the British army.

When the soldiers of the British army saw Gao Jiu, they saluted Gao Jiu respectfully under the commander's command, and then burst into warm applause.It can be seen that they also respect Gao Jiu very much.

The British are proud in their bones, and they can get the sincere respect of these British soldiers. It can be seen that Gao Jiu has a high prestige here.

The Thai army, the Burmese army, and the Yuanzheng army rushed to the assembly point one after another. The senior generals showed the same respect as the senior commanders of the British army when they saw Gao Jiu. George originally thought that the coalition forces came from all sides and were mobs. Now it seems that such worries are completely unnecessary, and he has a certain degree of confidence in the combat effectiveness of the coalition forces.

The coalition troops assembled in the border area between Thailand and Malaysia have a total strength of 42000, 1025 armored combat vehicles, and 827 various artillery pieces.

When George saw such a huge force, he had greater confidence in the victory of this battle.

After all, George is a British general, and he still has to rely more on those British troops.

On this day, he came to the camp of the British army and saw that the vehicles and artillery of the British army were neatly arranged together. Although anti-aircraft artillery positions were set up around him, he was still worried.

London was bombed by enemy planes twice in three days, and George was in that environment all day long, so he was very sensitive to air raids.

He said to the commander of the British army: "The troops are so concentrated, aren't they afraid of the Japanese air force bombing?"

The British commander smiled and said: "General George, the headquarters has been here for more than ten days. Have you ever seen the Japanese air force come to carry out air strikes?"

George was really confused. The coalition troops gathered here. It is impossible for the Japanese army not to get information about large-scale troop operations. However, for so many days, the Japanese air force has not been dispatched once. He asked: "What is this?" what's going on?"

The British commander said: "General George, there is one thing that you may not have imagined. All the anti-Japanese armed forces in South Asia obey Mr. Gao's command, and even the Japanese army mostly obeys his command.

We have fought many battles with Mr. Gao, and the Japanese air force has never been dispatched once. "

This news really shocked George, and even made him feel a little scared.

He asked, "What's going on here? Could it be that Mr. Gao colluded with the Japanese?"

Hearing this, the British commander said unhappily: "General George, you should not doubt Mr. Gao's anti-Japanese stance. Thousands of Japanese soldiers died under his hands. No one has the right to blame the Japanese on the issue of anti-Japanese war." he."

Seeing that George was still a bit confused, the British commander said: "Let me tell you this, the Japanese army never took advantage of Mr. Gao in the battle. They are very afraid of Mr. Gao. Therefore, as long as Mr. Gao is here , not only the Japanese Air Force, but also the entire South Asian Front Army of the Japanese Army did not dare to come to fight, otherwise, could the coalition forces gather here so calmly?"

Still not recovering from the shock, George said with emotion: "Mr. Gao is really amazing."

All the troops of the coalition army were in place, but Gao Jiu did not give the order to march.

George was a liaison officer, and he had no right to interfere with Gao Jiu's military command. However, he couldn't understand Gao Jiu's deployment, so he finally couldn't help but ask.

He said: "Mr. Gao, the coalition forces can go to Malaysia through the Thai border, or they can enter Malaysia from the Burmese border. The road is relatively flat.

There is a dense jungle on the Thai border, and the coalition forces are all mechanized troops. How can they get through this jungle? "

Gao Jiu said: "General George, don't worry, you will understand tomorrow."

Early the next morning, George was awakened by the roar of a huge engine.

After he got dressed and stepped out of the tent, he saw a large group of construction machinery such as bulldozers, loaders, and excavators heading towards the border.

George understands a little now, but he still can't figure out some problems.

During breakfast, Gao Jiu took the initiative to explain to George.

Gao Jiu said: "From the Burmese border to the hinterland of Malaysia, the terrain is flat, which is conducive to the march of mechanized troops, but it takes more than 300 kilometers to walk, and it is too close to the sea, so it is easy to be attacked by the Japanese navy.

Although the border between Thailand and Malaysia is a large jungle area, as long as the original road is widened and the jungle area is crossed, there will be a flat river in front of it, which is more conducive to the suddenness of the attack. "

As for the last point Gao Jiu said, George already understood when he saw those construction machines.

What he didn't understand was Gao Jiu's defense against the Japanese navy.

He said: "Mr. Gao, our British side has already formed a joint fleet with the American side to cooperate with the coalition forces to attack Malaysia and Singapore. With a powerful British-Midian combined fleet, there is no need to worry about the Japanese navy's attack."

Gao Jiu smiled faintly, and said, "I never fight risky battles, and it is impossible for me to entrust the lives of tens of thousands of coalition soldiers on your joint fleet of British and American navies."

When George heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little hurt in his pride, and said, "Mr. Gao, please believe in the strength of the combined fleet. We will definitely be able to defeat the Japanese navy and provide cover for the combined forces."

Gao Jiu didn't want to argue with him, so he didn't bring up this matter anymore.

Singapore.

Yamashita received information that the British army was about to counterattack Malaysia and Singapore, and he dismissed it. Both the British army and the US army were his defeated opponents, and he was completely sure to defeat them.

However, when he heard that Gao Jiu had organized a coalition force to attack Malaysia, he became nervous.

Yamashita Fengwen is an experienced senior general. He knows that the Japanese 11th Air Force is unreliable, and the only thing that can help him is the Japanese Navy.

Whether it is the huge naval guns of the Japanese Navy or the naval aviation on the aircraft carrier, they can deal a heavy blow to Gao Jiu's coalition forces.

After several battles with Gao Jiu, he believed that Gao Jiu was also an experienced senior general, and Gao Jiu would definitely think of the problems he could think of.

He concluded that Gao Jiu must have carefully considered the possible threat of the Japanese navy to the coalition forces.

From Gao Jiu's point of view, it is certain that the Japanese navy will be prevented from coming to participate in this battle in Malaysia, and the most likely way to prevent the Japanese navy is that the British army or the rice army dispatch the navy to fight the Japanese navy.

Having figured this out, Yamashita immediately sent a telegram to the base camp, asking the Japanese navy to cooperate with this operation in Malaysia.

Yamashita Fengwen's reminder has aroused great attention from the Japanese navy.

According to Yamashita's inference, they sent a large number of reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance in the sea area where the British and Mi navies might appear, and found the British and Mi combined fleet.

The Japanese navy immediately mobilized all its naval forces in Southeast Asia to intercept the British and Mi navies.

On the Thai-Malaysian border, when a large number of construction machinery began to rush to repair the road, Li Chengwu led two special operations squadrons of the Taohuashan guerrillas and a regiment of the British army to enter Malaysia first.

After Li Chengwu and others walked out of the jungle, they climbed over a mountain and saw a valley at the foot of the mountain. There was a town beside the valley.

From the map, this town is called Bahrain Town.Li Chengwu and others hid on the mountain with the British army, and several Taohuashan special forces went down to reconnaissance.

An hour later, the special forces sent out for reconnaissance reported the situation in Bahrain Town by wireless telegraph.

In this town, there is a squadron of the Japanese garrison and less than 100 Malaysian puppet troops. The Japanese garrison is organized as a local force and has no heavy weapons. This garrison squadron is equipped with a [-]-point mortar and two light machine guns. , two grenades, and the rest are [-]-type rifles.

Although the Taohuashan guerrillas of Li Chengwu and others and the British army could not bring armored vehicles and large-caliber artillery through the jungle, they carried a large number of rocket launchers, 82mm recoilless guns, mortars and other weapons to deal with the Japanese army. The defense team is very easy.

Li Chengwu told the head of the British army that their Taohuashan guerrillas were responsible for monitoring the enemy's reinforcements, and the task of attacking Bahrain Town was handed over to the British army.

There are more than 3000 people in a regiment of the British Army. The commander of the British Army agreed when he heard that the strength of the Japanese puppet army in Bahrain was so weak.

The head of the British army commanded the British army to divide into two groups and surrounded the town of Bahrain.

The Japanese army discovered the British army and fought with the British army.

The fighting power of the British army was very strong. They took advantage of artillery fire and instantly defeated the resistance of the Japanese and puppet troops. It took only 25 minutes to eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops and control the town of Bahrain.

Li Chengwu and others had bypassed Bahrain Town at this time, and when they saw the Japanese and puppet troops fleeing from Bahrain Town, they intercepted them and wiped them all out. After occupying Bahrain Town, Li Chengwu and others sent a telegram to Gao Jiu .

After Gao Jiu and others received the telegram, General George sent a telegram to the British Marine Corps that had already landed in Malaysia, asking them to get in touch with the Malaysian underground party armed forces, asking the commander of the British Marine Corps and The person in charge of the underground party came to Bahrain Town to meet with Gao Jiu and others.

After construction, a passage above the border between Thailand and Malaysia was opened, and large forces of the coalition forces entered Malaysia.

Gao Jiu and others set up the command post in Bahrain Town.

The entry of coalition forces from Thailand into Malaysia was indeed beyond Yamashita's expectations. He had already focused the main force of the 18th Division on the border between Malaysia and Myanmar.

After he learned that Gao Jiu and others had entered Malaysia, he immediately issued an order to the 18th Division to retreat quickly and go to defend Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia.

At this time, Fengwen Yamashita was very anxious. He was worried that Gao Jiu would send troops to cut off the retreat of the 18th Division and send troops to directly attack Kuala Lumpur.

However, after Gao Jiu and the others entered Malaysia, they actually stopped.

Yamashita Fengwen really didn't know what Gao Jiu wanted to do, but he felt very lucky, after all, this gave him precious time to concentrate his forces to build a defense line near Kuala Lumpur.

General George originally thought that after the coalition forces entered Malaysia, they would directly attack Kuala Lumpur, or at least cut off the retreat of the Japanese 18th Division.

Unexpectedly, Gao Jiu actually ordered the troops to stop advancing, and missed the opportunity to quickly take Kuala Lumpur.

General George wanted to question Gao Jiu, why did he do this?After thinking about it, he went to the British commander first and asked them what they thought of this matter.

The commander of the British army said: "General George, please believe Mr. Gao, he must have a reason for doing this.

Please rest assured that Mr. Gao is invincible and will be able to regain Malaysia in the end. "

Although George was full of doubts, he refrained from asking questions.

For several days, Gao Jiu led the army to rest in the area of ​​Bahrain Town, allowing the Japanese army to build a defense line in Kuala Lumpur.

Not only that, Gao Jiu also left time for the Japanese army to come for reinforcements.

After Yamashita Fengwen learned that Gao Jiu and others had entered Malaysia, he immediately mobilized the Fifth Division stationed in Singapore to cross the Denver Strait and enter Malaysia.

At this time, the main force of the Japanese army gathered in Kuala Lumpur had reached two divisions and a garrison of more than [-] people. The coalition forces no longer had an advantage in strength.

General George saw it and was anxious.He had to report this situation to the Bronze Commander of the British Army.

After receiving the report, the Bronze Commander of the British Army doubted Gao Jiu's commanding ability and felt that he had missed the opportunity of the war. He was very worried about the prospect of the Malaysian campaign.

The reason why Gao Jiu did this was because he was still very afraid of the Japanese navy. He had to wait until the outcome of the naval battle between the British and Mi combined fleets and the Japanese army was decided before he could make a decision on whether to march.

(End of this chapter)