Age of Rebirth

Several main corps of the Independent Division in the south, Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps, Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps, the Corps directly under it, Li Honggang's No.20 Ninth Corps, and Ma Chaoyang's Southeast Mobile Corps, were successively transferred to Myanmar. Participated in the combat mission of the Japanese Southeast Asian Expeditionary Force against Genzaburo Ito.

Tang Qiuli's plan was not to wipe out all the Japanese troops under Ito in Myanmar. The best result was to force Ito to retreat in spite of difficulties. Therefore, he transferred all the troops far exceeding the Japanese troops in the Indochina Peninsula to the Myanmar is to give Ito and the decision makers in Japan an obvious signal that it is easy to eat Ito's subordinates.

Tang Qiuli's strategic layout, with three corps, maintains strong pressure on Ito on the Libao line in central Myanmar, and uses Feng Jiwu and Ma Chaoyang's corps to slowly push forward to Ito's key Mandalay in the east, forming a The situation of encirclement forced Ito's troops in the Indochina Peninsula to retreat to the south in order to avoid the fate of being wiped out. The closer to the Americans, the better.

As for Ito's continuous increase of troops from the mainland, Tang Qiuli didn't care at all. Even if all the Japanese men were brought to the battlefield, the strength and equipment of the independent division in Burma, as well as the strategic deployment, would make the Japanese army come to blows. Broken blood, he also knows that if Ito is not allowed to try again, this unwilling guy will never retreat south.

Therefore, the current Burmese battlefield is in a relatively balanced state. Tang Qiuli's thoughts have been placed on MacArthur who is far away in Manila. He slapped this guy quietly. With MacArthur's character and habits, he will never Will just swallow his anger like this, as if nothing happened. [

Tang Qiu was restless, and MacArthur had something for himself. The more he was indifferent and ignored, the more anxious he became. Ito's three 10,000+ Japanese troops had huge power across the South China Sea and the narrow Strait of Malacca from the Americans. In front of the Japanese in the fleet, it was almost like a shallow bay. This alone was enough to make the old and cunning MacArthur sleepless. The Japanese can bite the British, why can't they bite the Americans?

In late August, Tang Qiuli held a meeting of the commanders and chiefs of staff of the corps entering Myanmar in Myitkyina. Originally, this meeting should have been held long ago, but it was delayed by seven or eight days to wait for Feng Jiwu and Ma Chaoyang. It is a foregone conclusion that the division occupies the entire southeast. As for the Japanese, they can fight out at any time according to their needs.

The main content of the meeting, in addition to military deployment, was mostly about how to effectively exercise administrative power after the occupation of the Indochina Peninsula. When it came to the commanders of the corps here, they didn't talk much, and they all became dull gourds , to be honest, the commanders of these corps led troops to fight, and there was no problem at all. After a few years of blood and fire, they met with the little devil's bayonet, and they didn't have their own set of command art. , with different styles.

But when it comes to managing the place, these people are really scared. Even Lieutenant General Tang Qiusheng, who is mature and prudent, frowned frequently after managing the rear of the Northeast base. After so many years, he almost forgot about that. Besides, this is a foreign country, which is quite different from the domestic situation, involving many ethnic and local conflicts.

Tang Qiuli could also see everyone's thoughts, and said with a smile: "It's not about letting you commanders change their careers to become local officials. It's the current situation. Before our administrative system is established, everyone really has to work on their own. If you are a local official and the director of the military control committees in various places, I will trouble you to take part in it.”

"I want to tell you a piece of news. I have issued an order to the border special economic zone, Pingjin and Shandong garrison zones. Each of the three places will transfer more than [-] administrative cadres to form the Indochina Peninsula Military and Political Management Committee. Recently, when I arrived here, as for the countries that were originally divided, they were all disrupted and the administrative regions were reset.

"I'm afraid you won't be able to serve for a long time, local officials." The crowd burst into laughter, and Tang Qiuli could see that they were all secretly relieved. Only by dismounting from the army and managing the people can one be a good general, and only then can one govern the country and secure the country. Seeing what you guys mean, do you want to be such a good general?”

Everyone laughed again. At this moment, Chen Feng, the director of communications, hurried in through the door, with a nervous expression on his face. Usually, it is not an extremely important matter. For a military meeting at this level, all the departments in the division Director, it is not easy to disturb, everyone also looked at Chen Feng in surprise.

Chen Feng held a telegram, "Master, I received an urgent telegram from Chen Han, the commander of the Guangzhou Garrison Command. Xu Liejun, the former chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Government, announced the establishment of a provincial government in Zunyi, northern Guizhou, and declared that throughout Guizhou, After exercising the management power of the chairman, he immediately formed a force of eleven security divisions, and this morning, they suddenly pushed into Guiyang. At present, they are less than three kilometers away from the defense line of our second brigade of Guangzhou Guard in Guiyang."

"In addition, the Liu Xiang troops in Sichuan also dispatched four divisions from the direction of Luzhou and Bijie to push into Guiyang. Move, in view of the insufficient strength of our independent division in the country, please deal with it as soon as possible!"

Tang Qiuli looked at the telegram, groaning silently. This was an unexpected situation. Xu Lie was a direct descendant of Lao Jiang. He thought about restoring his sphere of influence all day long. This was expected. Being turned into the rear base of the Burmese war zone by oneself is equivalent to cutting a large piece of fat from Guizhou, but Liu Xiang, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi shouldn't?

If Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi have reasons to explain, after all, from Nanning to the south is also the range of the rear base of the Burmese war zone designated by themselves. There are many benefits, but after all, there is a complete Guangxi. It is reasonable for these two people to want to restore their sphere of influence.

And Liu Xiang's actions are puzzling. The scope of Yudian's restoration base does not include Sichuan. He is not in the oil, and he is not in the vinegar. Why join in the fun?Furthermore, I have a good personal relationship with Liu Xiang. Chishuihe blocked Shouyi's Japanese army in the temple and won a complete victory, so I followed my advice. Besides, there is no conflict of fundamental interests between the independent division and the Sichuan army.

As for Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, it is very strange to turn against themselves at this time. They can be sure that even if they occupy Nanning, they can keep it and never lose it?The fighting power of the independent division is what they have seen with their own eyes. How can they have such courage?When it comes to personal friendship, Li Bai and I are more than any local bigwig.

All kinds of analysis flashed through Tang Qiuli's mind. Behind this matter, there must be a black hand manipulating it. The joint action of the three parties must have been promised benefits. Otherwise, Liu Xiang, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi, He didn't dare to send troops at the risk of turning against him. The seriousness of this should be clear to several veterans.

In the meeting room, the atmosphere was tense. At this time, several forces in the country combined to attack the rear of the independent division. The commanders of several corps all weighed the weight of this incident. It was the division commander who launched the overall layout. At the critical moment of strategic oppression against Ito, if part of the troops are withdrawn, there will be a huge loophole in the layout of the division commander. The entanglement with the Japanese troops under Ito in Burma will have a great impact on the final formation of the Indochina Peninsula. .

Li Honggang jumped up against the case and said: "Master, these guys really don't know how to live or die. Our 29th Corps just entered Myanmar, and they stabbed them in the back. I beg you to lead the No. 20th Corps back to the division. It doesn't take one Yue, let these guys be wiped out, and simply take all their territory."

With Li Honggang's character, he is rarely so excited. It is because after the other corps of the Independent Division entered Myanmar, the rear base of the entire Burmese war zone designated by the No. 20 Ninth Corps was within the security range. As soon as he left, he would be stabbed in the back. People, in Li Honggang's view, it was his failure to do a good job and lack of deterrence when he was responsible for the security task, which made Xu Liejun and others have a wrong heart. This is his own dereliction of duty.

Tang Qiuli said to Li Honggang gently: "Hong Gang, be safe and don't be impatient. Sit down first. A few loaches can't turn the sky. Jiwu and Ma Chaoyang, from the troops left by your two regiments in the eastern part of the Indochina Peninsula, take out The strength of the five brigades, going north to aid Guiyang, should be commanded by Zhang Hansheng, chief of staff of the Niangziguan Garrison Corps.”[

Chief of Staff Chang Feng reminded: "Master, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's Guangxi army in the direction of Nanning, how should we deal with it? The strength of our army in Nanning is only a brigade of the Guangzhou Garrison Command. Do we need to support it?"

Tang Qiuli shook his head and said: "Nanning direction, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi are smarter than anyone else. They are taking one step and three steps. The key is Xu Liejun. He really risked his life to fight us. Generalissimo Jiang is backing up, as for Liu Xiang, don’t worry, let’s adjourn the meeting, the deployment of the previous Burma campaign remains unchanged.”

Just when Li Hong was about to lead the 29th Corps back to the country, Tang Qiuli had already cleared his mind. As he said, among the three groups, only Xu Liejun from Guizhou was determined to do it, and it was also the most active way. What's more, behind this incident, there must be Chairman Jiang who is always thinking about himself in Chongqing. Without his instigating and bewitching behind the scenes, Xu Liejun would not have such strength and courage.

As for Liu Xiang from Sichuan and Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi from Guangxi, one should have no choice but to take advantage of the chaos. If Xu Liejun succeeds, they will take back the southern Guangxi area. If Xu Liejun hits a wall, Li Bai will I will give myself a reasonable explanation.

However, what puzzled Tang Qiuli was why there was no response from a very sensitive intelligence network of independent divisions when there was such a big movement from the three parties?He said to Chief of Staff Yang Ketian who was following behind him: "Ketian, immediately order Yu Deshui, Chief of Intelligence, and Shen Jun, Chief of Investigation, to meet me in the office."

There is no need for Yang Ketian to give orders. The heads of the two special departments of the Independent Division, one is Colonel Yu Deshui, the director of the intelligence department responsible for collecting intelligence, and the other is Colonel Shen Jun, the director of the investigation department in charge of counter-espionage activities. They have joined hands in Tang Qiuli's office before him, waiting anxiously for him.

Speaking of which, this matter has little to do with Shen Jun. His department mainly focuses on dealing with all kinds of spies and agents. It is another security department of the Independent Division besides Shanhu's security brigade. The scope of responsibility of the two sides is different. Shanhu's security brigade pays more attention to protecting the personal safety of the division commander Tang Qiuli.

However, Shen Jun's intelligence network is also spread all over the country, taking into account the collection of intelligence, and has overlaps with Yu Deshui's department. The most uncomfortable thing is Yu Deshui, the director of the intelligence department. This is the business scope of his department. Inside, it is the right management. If such a big incident happened in the country, the intelligence department did not give advance warning. This is a dereliction of duty.

In fact, there is a problem of understanding. During this period of time, Yu Deshui was busy building an intelligence network in Southeast Asia, unfamiliar areas, and abroad, with a lot of clues, and Yu Deshui is a person who pursues perfection. I put most of my energy on this. When Guizhou Provincial Chairman Xu Liejun announced the establishment of a provincial government in Zunyi, northern Guizhou, and began to expand the army, the Zunyi Intelligence Station had already sent relevant information to the headquarters.

After Yu Deshui saw this information, he didn't pay much attention to it. He believed that various local forces in the country did not have the capital to challenge the independent division at all, including the Generalissimo Jiang, who was cautious and overdone in front of the division commander. , Don't you dare to do things that go too far?How big a wave can those little fish and shrimp turn up?

Therefore, Yu Deshui divided the information of the Zunyi Intelligence Station into "level, which means information of basic value. It can be seen that this information, from Yu Deshui's point of view, is almost rubbish, not just a routine report from the Zunyi Intelligence Station.

Now that I think about it, this is Xu Liejun, the bastard, signaling that he wants to attack Guiyang. The latest information about the three domestic forces came, and as soon as he left the intelligence office, he ran into Shen Jun.

The two looked at each other with wry smiles, and Shen Jun said, "Director Yu, I'm going to see the teacher, why? Are you too?" Yu Deshui nodded sadly, and said, "Director Shen, the face of the intelligence department this time , But it’s a big loss, I, the director, can’t escape the blame, it’s okay, let’s go to see the teacher together, but I can’t bear that if I make your brother suffer together!”

Shen Jun shook his head and said: "Brother, it stands to reason that our investigation department is also responsible for this emergency, hey, don't say anything, careless, these bastards are looking for trouble for nothing, don't know if they are dead or alive, let's go Well, it's time for the meeting to end, let's see what the teacher says, we have the responsibility, we both bear it together!"

From a distance, seeing the teacher approaching with a lot of preoccupation, the two felt tense and rushed to meet him. Tang Qiuli looked up and saw Yu Deshui and Shen Jun. He seemed surprised and asked, "Received Yang Ketian's call?" Notified, the action is pretty fast!" The two looked at each other and said in their hearts: "The teacher really wanted us, this matter may be troublesome?"

Entering Tang Qiuli's office, Yu Deshui said: "Master, the three domestic forces have made such a big move, and our intelligence department did not provide information in advance. This is my dereliction of duty. Please punish me according to the regulations." Shen Jun also said: "Teacher, the investigation department is also responsible, and I also ask the teacher to punish."

Tang Qiuli sat relaxed on the chair, and said with a half-smile: "This is a big news for our independent division. Two big spy chiefs came to me to plead guilty. That's right, how should I punish you?" ?Someone stabbed us in the back, you didn't realize it at all, you should be punished.

Yu Deshui and Shen Jun were a little bit confused. Listening to the teacher's tone, they were not very angry, and there was a sense of ridicule. What does the teacher mean?This is more uncomfortable than scolding them head-on.

Yu Deshui opened his mouth to say something, but Tang Qiuli raised his hand to stop him, and said, "Director Yu, don't bother to review and plead guilty. What I want to know is, what did your intelligence department do after the incident? Yes, Director Shen, what measures did your investigation department take?"

Yu Deshui hurriedly handed over the latest information collected, and Tang Qiuli carefully flipped through it. When he looked up, two colonels in military uniforms stood straight in front of his desk with sad faces, " Puchi laughed, and said, "Don't be so nervous, sit down, orderly, pour a cup of tea for Director Yu and Director Shen!"

The information brought by Yu Deshui can be said to be a lot of hard work. It can be seen from this that Yu Deshui is a useful talent. After making a mistake, he was not busy covering up his mistake, explaining the reason, and looking for a reason , but a positive remedy, personal gains and losses, honors and disgraces, put aside, depending on others, Tang Qiuli can't severely reprimand Yu Deshui and Shen Jun.

The content of this intelligence report is basically consistent with Tang Qiuli's judgment. Of the three princes who made moves, Xu Liejun of Guizhou was the most active. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi took a wait-and-see attitude. , and, did not adopt a confrontational attitude, nor did it mean to go deeper. [

As for Liu Xiang, he was completely forced to hang around at the feet of the emperor. Many times, he couldn't help himself. When the Sichuan army reached the Bijie area in western Guizhou, it never continued to advance. Moreover, according to the intelligence, the four divisions The troops of the Sichuan Army did not even have a mortar, and there were not many light and heavy machine guns, and the troops were not fully staffed. It was said that there were four divisions, but the combined strength was less than two and a half divisions.

From this point, it can be seen that Liu Xiang was completely perfunctory, making a gesture to deal with Chairman Jiang, but Xu Liejun, according to intelligence reports, his troops are well-equipped and have a lot of heavy weapons, and the troops are well-trained. Fully staffed, 10 security divisions, seven of them arrived in the suburbs of Guiyang, with a strength of [-].

There is a sentence in the intelligence, which is the most critical, "The newly formed Guizhou Provincial Security Force is quite similar to the Central Army in many places." That's right. With Xu Liejun's ability and financial resources, how could it be possible to Within a short period of time, more than [-] well-equipped and well-trained teams have been pulled up?Xu is not someone who is silently famous. If that is the case, can Generalissimo Jiang tolerate him?Put it as a prince?

Tang Qiuli sneered, and said to himself, "What is the security force of Guizhou Province? It is clearly the Central Army who collectively changed their uniforms and transformed into Xu Liejun's subordinates. This is the soldier Jiang lent to Xu Liejun. What is puzzling is, what exactly is Jiang doing this for?"

If it's purely for the purpose of weakening one's own strength, can things be done by lending Xu Liejun's 10,000+ soldiers?If it was ordered by the Americans, that is impossible. At this time, the Americans are most afraid of someone pulling their backs, and there is even more reason for the army Ito to do it. Could it be that someone Jiang accepted certain conditions from the Japanese, The rear contained himself and created opportunities for Ito to attack northern Myanmar?

Tang Qiuli was taken aback by his own thoughts. If this is the case, the more than 100 million Central Army is his opponent. For the independent division troops in the Indochina Peninsula, this is the most dangerous situation. The army and the Japanese army under Ito attacked back and forth, and what made Tang Qiuli most embarrassed was that he could not kill the Central Army like he did with the Japanese.

I can't figure it out, there are all kinds of possibilities, and it is not ruled out that he, Jiang, took advantage of the opportunity that his troops were all abroad, and brought the five southwestern provinces into his control. Tang Qiu What is gratifying to Li is that Long Yun in Yunnan hasn't changed at all. According to intelligence, strangers have been coming and going in and out of Long Yun's residence recently.

The Kunming Central Station of the Intelligence Department and the first group of the Kunming Special Zone Operation of the Joint Investigation Department captured two of them. Sure enough, the special representative of the Chongqing Military Commission came to Kunming to persuade Long Yun to participate in this joint operation. According to their Confession, Long Yun sternly rejected Chairman Jiang's request and drove all these people out.

However, Long Yunya did not offend the Chongqing government to the end, but just kicked out the lobbyists, and did not report this matter to Tang Qiuli. Tang Qiuli could also understand Long Yun's painstaking efforts, like him In this way, the local powerful faction caught between the two behemoths of himself and Jiang, naturally has the means of self-protection, and it is impossible to do everything right.

Yu Deshui and Shen Jun looked at the teacher's constantly changing face. For a while, they sneered disdainfully, for a while, they frowned, and for a while, they became thoughtful again. Their hearts followed the teacher's constantly changing face, followed by It took more than 20 minutes to get up and down, and the two colonels and directors who had been fighting for a long time had fine beads of sweat oozing from their foreheads. They were nervous. No one knew. What are you thinking about, how serious is the consequence of this incident?

Finally, Tang Qiuli looked away from the information, Yu Deshui and Shen Jun quickly straightened their backs, and looked at Tang Qiuli intently with nervous expressions. There is a saying.

Tang Qiuli looked at the two nervous subordinates, couldn't help laughing, and said, "I'm not that scary, am I? Scaring the two veteran secret service leaders like this? Well, about this matter, I I don’t plan to give you any punishment, let’s not set it as an example, and take it as a warning, after the incident, the measures taken are very good! It provides very valuable information for my decision-making.”

Yu Deshui and Shen Jun were taken aback, is this the end?There was no punishment, and the two of them didn't react for a while.