Age of Rebirth

Tang Qiuli almost yelled and said these words, and couldn't remember how long it had been since he had not been so excited, such an outburst of grief, all the strength in his body seemed to leave his body with these words, he sat slumped Sitting on the chair, panting heavily.

Inside the room, Tang Qiuli's sudden roar shocked everyone outside. The vigilant special guards looked at each other, not knowing what to do. If it were any other situation, they would have rushed in and taken the opponent down, but The chief of staff who went in just now was also his immediate superior. Shanhu and Meixue, who had been worried outside, hurried in when they heard the roar.

Tang Qiuli turned his head and saw Shanhu and Meixue, his eyes showed a tired light, and he shouted in a low voice: "Get out! It's none of your business, and no one should come in without my order!"

Shanhu and Meixue were stunned. Tang Qiuli had never treated them like this before, and he might lose his temper with Meixue, but he never said a single harsh word to Shanhu. Except for these two veteran deputy division commanders, probably Shan Hu has not received a word of criticism, this is the first time he has encountered it.

Shanhu didn't feel surprised or embarrassed, as if he didn't hear Tang Qiuli's words, he just used his eyes to scan the room for a week, and then his worried eyes fell on the silent Chang Feng, He hesitated to speak. [

Mei Xue froze for a moment, glanced at her husband with distressed eyes, then looked at Chang Feng, and silently got two cups of tea and put them in front of the two of them. After that, he exchanged a glance with Shanhu, exited the room, and closed the door gently.

Shanhu and Meixue withdrew, Tang Qiuli suddenly let out a long sigh, with an indescribably lonely expression on his face, "Chang Feng, I wanted to talk to you calmly, but I couldn't suppress my anger. Forget it, we can't help it." Convince the other party, this question. Leave it to posterity to comment! Chang Feng, what are your plans?" The tone was tired and hoarse.

Chang Feng felt a pain in his heart, what should come, finally came, he replied: "Master, with my current state, I am no longer suitable for leading troops to fight. I am not suitable for the upcoming combat missions of the troops. I think , I’d better retire from active duty and go to the Dingbian Special Economic Zone, wherever I want to do my studies, and ask my teacher to help me!”

Tang Qiuli took a deep look at Chang Feng, as if he wanted to kill the person in front of him.The current appearance of the young general who fell like a meteor is engraved in his heart.He thought for a while and said: "There is no need to leave the army. There are three places that you can choose arbitrarily. One is the dean of education at Dingbian Military Academy, the other is the vice president of Guangzhou Military Academy, and the third is the campaign department affiliated to the division headquarters. Director of the research institute, however, the office is in Dingbian, where do you want to go. I will issue a letter of appointment immediately?"

Chang Feng smiled wryly, and said, "Master, I'd better go to the Institute of Warfare Research and immerse myself in learning. I hope that I can provide you with help within my ability in a place far away from the sound of guns and guns. Isn't teaching like this a misleading student?" "

Tang Qiuli's mood also calmed down. Based on Chang Feng's current state, it may be a better choice to be a scholar. He added: "Your rank and treatment will remain the same, and you will enjoy the benefits of an officer of the same level in the field army." Treatment, besides, I hope you will leave in a few days, take a look around the Indochina Peninsula, and see the destructive consequences of this riot, maybe it will help you change your mind.”

Chang Feng stood up, and respectfully saluted Tang Qiuli. With tears in his eyes, he said, "Thank you, Commander. Chang Feng has disappointed you, Commander." Tang Qiuli waved his hand, nothing, Chang Feng's lips moved After a while, he found that there was something to say, turned around and left, his back was still so tall and straight, but there was an indescribable loneliness.

Tang Qiuli was in a daze for a while, and after looking away, he realized that he was the only one left in the huge room, which was indescribably empty and lonely, and he called out to the door: "Special Guard, let Secretary Mei come in !"

Mei Xue came in, felt the faint sadness in the air, and her husband's lonely mood, did not speak, poured the herbal tea away, continued the boiling hot water, and asked: "Called me to come in, Is there something wrong?"

Tang Qiuli glanced at his wife, sighed slightly, and said, "Xue, record three orders. First, transfer the former chief of staff of the Northeast Advancement Headquarters of the Independent Division, Zhao Yuhe Colonel, to serve as the chief of staff of the Independent Division from now on. The military rank was promoted to major general, and he took up his post immediately after receiving the order. Second, Colonel Yang Ketian, the former chief of staff of the independent division, was transferred to the chief of staff of the Northeast Advance Command.”

"From the time the order was issued, the work was handed over immediately, and he rushed to the Northeast to take up his post on the same day, and was promoted to the rank of major general. Colonel, this order will take effect from the day it is issued, and it will be notified to all corps, departments directly under divisions, local garrison areas, Outer Mongolia border guards, naval fleet, aviation unit, Dingbian Special Economic Zone and other units."

Mei Xue repeated the order, hesitated, and asked cautiously: "Qiu Li, the Chief of Staff is gone? You won't fire him from the military, will you?" Tang Qiuli smiled bitterly, and replied: "The mistake is serious, and the crime doesn't stop there. It was his own choice to go back to Ding and bury his head in learning, " After speaking, she was quite emotional, but Mei Xue was obviously relieved.

This is a small-scale personnel adjustment within the command system of the Independent Division, but the shock produced will gradually appear in the subsequent battles. The direct effect is that no one dares to defy or question the division commander Tang Qiuli's plan. An order, of course, is an order to form a battle plan after full discussion.

While Tang Qiuli was talking with Chang Feng, the brigades of the Sulu Mobile Corps of the Independent Division, and the brigades directly under the Corps, had already started marching towards their respective target cities according to the division commander's order a few hours ago.

The [-]th Brigade directly under the Corps is responsible for entering the urban area of ​​Mandalay from the south gate of Mandalay, a city in central Myanmar. After the troops entered the urban area, they dispersed along the streets with battalions as units. The brigade commander Chu Ziye followed the first regiment Operation [-]th Battalion.

The first thing he saw was a chaotic city, with burning flames everywhere, crowds running in panic, thugs carrying machetes, iron bars, and wooden sticks, chasing and beating citizens recklessly, or people from the streets facing the city. In the store, move things out.

On both sides of the street, broken glass, blood stains that have not yet solidified, and corpses seen from time to time tell the story that this city is suffering an unprecedented catastrophe. It can be seen from the signs of the shops that were smashed and looted that they are all Chinese and overseas Chinese. Chu Ziye did not hesitate to order to shoot and kill a few small groups of thugs who tried to attack the troops.

The dense gunshots frightened the mob's courage. They never thought that the Chinese soldiers would dare to shoot. Seeing that the situation was not good, they left the looted things and ran away with their heads in their arms. Chu Ziye ignored him. Can't escape the temple, the army has already surrounded Mandalay, these guys can't slip out, after controlling the situation in the city, they will be picked out one by one like digging mice.

Turning around a few streets, the troops suddenly stopped advancing, Chu Ziye frowned, jumped out of the armored command vehicle, and angrily ordered loudly: "Combat staff officer, go to the front immediately and ask, what happened? Why did the troops stop advancing?" [

A few minutes later, the combat staff came back panting with the commander of the fourth battalion, and the battalion commander of the major reported: "Report to the brigade commander, the street in front is blocked, a large number of rioters have blocked the way of the troops, and there are attempts to The action of attacking the troops, I have ordered the troops to prepare for shooting, and I am waiting for your order!"

Chu Ziye was furious, and shouted at the commander of the fourth battalion: "What? The road is blocked, what nonsense orders are you waiting for, just shoot these bastards! Did you forget the commander's order?"

The commander of the fourth battalion replied in embarrassment: "Brigade Commander, it's not that I don't want to shoot, the key is that there are too many people, blocking the whole street!" Chu Ziye became more and more annoyed, and said, "There are too many people? There are also Da Libao Was there a lot of little devils at that time? Come on, go ahead and have a look!" After finishing speaking, he gave the Fourth Battalion Commander a vicious look, stepped into the military jeep a few steps, and the Fourth Battalion Commander shrank his neck and followed closely behind. go.

Passing through the alley formed by the soldiers, after driving for five or six minutes, I heard the noise of people in front of me, a company of soldiers, shooting in a kneeling position, with the guns in their hands aimed at the front, but look carefully Suddenly, the hands of the soldiers trembled slightly.

The "creaking" jeep suddenly stopped at the front with a screeching sound of brakes. Chu Ziye took a look, hey, it opened his eyes. The originally wide street in front of him was packed with crowds. In the front are a group of shirtless men with fierce faces, holding machetes, iron rods, wooden clubs and other murder weapons in their hands.

In the crowd behind them, there were quite a few people with various weapons. Chu Ziye saw that the murder weapon was still stained with dark red blood. A few guys with trumpets and machetes were standing on a high place. Shouting at the top of their lungs, following their shouting, the crowd below was followed by a burst of noise and wild shouting.

Chu Ziye frowned, and asked the translator beside him, "Those bastards, what are you arguing about?" The voices were noisy, but Chu Ziye couldn't hear clearly, so he shouted impatiently, "Who hasn't eaten? Speak louder, I can't hear you!"

The translator leaned over Chu Ziye’s ear and said loudly: “That’s a few members of the Burmese nation-building committee, they’re shouting, kill all the Chinese pigs, get the Chinese pigs out of Burma! Burmese don’t welcome Chinese pigs!”

Chu Ziye snorted coldly, and ordered to the fourth battalion commander: "Convey my order, light and heavy machine guns, and mortars are ready, the troops are lined up, ready to shoot!" After speaking, he stepped into the back seat of the jeep.

(to be continued) (to be continued...)