Age of Rebirth

Chapter 55 Chen Bing Border

As a result, the British Governor-General in Burma sent the governor of northern Burma, Mistral.The matter of Lord George's violent protest is trivial and can even be ignored, but it is a big deal for the British who have always been arrogant and have never looked at the Chinese.

The point is that the British, who have always been arrogant, feel that their dignity has been provoked, which greatly hurt the self-esteem of the British gentleman, and the Chinese, who have been weak for a hundred years, dare to challenge the empire on which the sun never sets. Things should not be taken lightly, there must be an explanation.

In fact, this letter of protest was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chongqing through the British embassy in China. The senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were confused when they saw the letter of protest from the British. Man, is that something we can afford?

Out of ideas, and in a hurry, a senior official who had enough brains said suddenly: "Everyone, this matter is related to the British, and it involves the diplomatic relations between the two countries. None of us can make the decision. My brother's humble opinion, report it to Chairman Jiang, please sit down and make a decision, and everything will be done, so we should have a charter, right?" [

The crowd suddenly promised that this letter of protest would be sent to the Generalissimo Jiang. When the Generalissimo saw it, he became angry at that time, "Niang Xipi, these idiots in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the trouble Tang Qiuli caused at the border , What’s the matter in my hands? Do you still want me to apologize to the British, pay compensation, tell the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, let the British directly make Tang Qiuli negotiate, or the same sentence, Tang Qiuli represents the government.”

With a light kick, Chairman Jiang regarded the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country as a huge problem, and kicked it to Tang Qiuli's feet. All the bigwigs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs admired Chairman Jiang and said, "It's our chairman who is wise. , This matter was originally provoked by Vice Chairman Tang, why should the Ministry of Foreign Affairs take the blame for him, and the Tai Chi skills of the commissioner are so good."

In this way, three times and two times, the British protest letter arrived at Tang Qiuli's place. When he saw the young vice chairman with an extremely contemptuous sneer, the gentry with good ears heard Chen Feng's words. , everyone stopped joking and looked at Tang Qiuli.

Mr. Zhang Youde, a local celebrity in Tengchong and the retired former county magistrate, stepped forward and said with concern: "Vice Chairman Tang, this is the usual method of the British. When I was the county magistrate, I handled similar diplomatic matters many times. The dispute, originally, the old man argued hard, but the government did not support it, and in the end, it was all settled with an apology and compensation. Thinking about it, I feel panicked."

Zhang Youde is a clean and honest official with great popularity. As the county magistrate, he has made great achievements in local construction. His greatest achievement is the establishment of Tengchong local county school in Tengchong, so that some children from poor families have the opportunity to receive education. In addition, Tengchong has a strong literary style since ancient times, and has produced many celebrities.

Tang Qiuli did not dare to be arrogant to such a respected old gentleman. During the banquet, he kept performing the ceremony of disciple. Hearing what Zhang Youde said, he raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked, "Mr. Have people always dealt with border disputes mainly on our side's concessions and compensation?"

Zhang Youde smiled wryly, shook his head again and again, and sighed, "It has always been like this. The Kokang and other areas in northern Myanmar were still under the jurisdiction of China during the Qing Dynasty. After the Opium War, Myanmar became a British colony and forced the Qing Dynasty. The court signed a border treaty, and these places became the territory of the British."

"In order to make a living, the border residents went into the mountains to engage in production and hunting. Sometimes they strayed into the area and were caught by the British. It was a huge diplomatic incident. The local government had to apologize and extort huge compensation. The Burmese, who are doing things for the people, deliberately invaded our land, and the local government sent troops to drive them away. The British used force to face each other. After a long time, many border lands were regarded as British by default, and they resigned in anger. .”

Tang Qiuli's eyes flashed coldly, and he said: "Whether it is the British or the Japanese, they are all the same breed. They are greedy and disgusted with our country, but the Japanese are robbers who fight openly, and the British are profiteers with schemes and schemes. It's the same. ,” Old Mr. Zhang Youde nodded sympathetically.

The next day, Tang Qiuli took Mei Xue, Shan Hu and others to the pass where the Japanese army entered Yeren Mountain. The [-]th Brigade of the Corps directly under the guard here kept the pass under strict control. Came to inspect, drove here in a hurry, and did not forget to order a battalion of troops to establish a cordon at the place where the division commander inspected.

As soon as he got out of the car, Wang Chengye quickly stood at attention and saluted, "Report to the commander, Wang Chengye, the commander of the [-]th Brigade directly under the Corps, is here to report, please give instructions from the commander!" He still hasn't forgotten that he once questioned the commander's order, but until now, The feeling of discomfort in his heart never let it out.

Tang Qiuli glanced at Wang Chengye and said, "It's Brigadier Wang. How about it? Seeing so many Japanese soldiers all sneaking into the forest, I feel regretful and greedy. As a teacher, Tang Qiuli, What kind of bullshit order did you issue?" Wang Chengye replied loudly: "Master, soldiers take obedience to orders as their bounden duty, and humble officers dare not think otherwise."

Tang Qiuli laughed and said: "I still have ideas, but I just dare not say it. You will understand in the future. If there are more than 20 Japanese troops, if you don't fight with Wang Chengye, you will collapse, and the Fourth Brigade will not need it." It’s all spent here, send a regiment of troops, and set up surveillance posts in all areas that can pass through. Don’t worry, the Japanese army will not run back.”

Speaking of this, Tang Qiuli thought of another thing, and said to Chen Feng, the director of communications: "Send a message to Le Yiqin, the Southern Aviation Group of the Independent Division Air Force has formed a combat readiness duty force at Kunming Airport, with a lot of troops Yu four fighter regiments are in charge of the air blockade in northern Myanmar. Once the Japanese air force is found, they will provide air supplies to their savage mountain troops, and immediately destroy the Japanese transport planes. Make sure that a grain of food and a bottle of medicine are safe. It cannot fall into the hands of the Japanese army."

Tang Qiuli's order was an absolute drudgery. It was equivalent to cutting off Shouichi Terauchi and the more than 20 Japanese troops. The last ray of hope, didn't the British not allow the squadron to enter Burma to fight?Well, I'm in the air, stuck to the neck of the Japanese, if the British plane dares to come to cover the Japanese transport plane for airdrop, even the British plane will be killed together.

After returning to Tengchong, Tang Qiuli adjusted the strategic deployment. Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps immediately went south to the China-Myanmar border. Li Honggang's No.20 Ninth Corps entered the China-Laos border. Ma Chaoyang's The Southeast Mobile Corps continues to be stationed on the Sino-Vietnamese border.

Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps handed over the garrison tasks in Fujian and the coastal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi to Jiang Yanming's Songhu Garrison Corps, the Guangdong Provincial Garrison Command, and the Southern Guangxi Garrison. Stationed in Jinghong, Mengsuo, Yongde and other places.

The aviation unit of the Independent Division, the Northern Flying Group, mobilized one-third of the combat troops, and based on Nanning Airport, formed the Second Southern Aviation Group of the Aviation Force, which was unified under the command of the Aviation Commander of the Independent Division, Le Yiqin, and each unit arrived at the designated position to command , Immediately conduct targeted jungle and mountain combat training.

The Joint Service Command of the Independent Division hoards a large amount of medicines, food, medicine and other materials in the troop assembly area. Each corps has at least two full-staffed brigades. The preparations for jungle warfare equipment will be completed before the first ten days of October. In this way, Tang Qiuli set up five main field corps on the front line of the China, Vietnam, Laos, and Burma borders. [

Among them, the Yunnan-Myanmar border area is the area where Tang Qiuli judged that the war broke out first. Therefore, three first-class main force regiments, Tang Qiusheng Corps, Feng Jiwu Corps, and Directly Subordinate Corps, were concentrated. On the roads leading to the border areas in various places, there are troops marching from independent divisions everywhere.

For Zhang Quan, the commander of the Joint Service Command of the Independent Division, this is a lot of pressure. The five corps gathered at the border is a big problem for the transportation of materials and medicine. The road conditions in Yunnan are not very good, less than half In just one month, the supplies and medicines of more than 80 troops will be transported to designated areas. This is a severe test for the rear Joint Service Command.

Zhang Quan was very busy every day, and the old man's temper became more and more serious. His usual amiable and smiling face disappeared, and he started shouting and killing. Tang Qiuli knew that for Zhang Quan, such a huge transportation volume was a huge burden. The pressure was so great that Zhou Yushan, the commander of the transportation headquarters of the independent division and the deputy director of the logistics department of the division, was transferred.

Not only did Zhou Yushan come, but he also brought his transport troops with thousands of trucks. The two old partners joined hands again. Zhang Quan's anxiety was also wiped out. Hundred-fold increase.

After finishing all this work, Tang Qiuli remembered that there was also the matter of the British protesting. Anyway, it was nothing serious. After a while, the consul in the northern Burma region of the United Kingdom, who was full of nonsense and screamed for beating and killing, Mistral.Lord George, what bird is this Englishman?

He notified the Tengchong local government to meet with the British. While Tang Qiuli was busy adjusting his deployment, he received three letters of protest from the British from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the state. His words became more and more fierce. In Chang Feng's words, Panicked and flustered, he sent a plane to throw bombs over our heads.

But it's strange that the British were as if they had committed a shofar madness. The person whose mouth was full of gunpowder, the leader of the special warfare detachment of the Independent Division, Colonel Chu Tian, ​​didn't even have a telegram. Li also wondered, how did Chutian provoke the British?

(To be continued)

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