Age of Rebirth

Seeing Chutian's telegram, Tang Qiuli couldn't help laughing. Thinking about it, too, a detachment leader of the special warfare detachment of the independent division was wronged to serve as a Japanese officer's guard. Instead, he was forced to go. Thinking of Chu Tiantian gnashing his teeth and his helpless appearance, Tang Qiuli wanted to have fun!

Tang Qiuli saw the telegram, but Tang Qiusheng and Zhao Yuhe didn't see it. After hearing what the teacher said, both of them changed their expressions. Tang Qiusheng hurriedly asked, "What's going on? Did something happen to Chutian? Did the Japanese find out?"

Tang Qiuli stopped laughing, handed the telegram to Tang Qiusheng, and said: "It's not that serious, but on the way back, I met a field inspection team from the Japanese No. 14 Army Staff Headquarters and was ordered to act as a temporary guard. , the place to go is the Calais mountains, where the Japanese and American troops are fighting fiercely."

During Tang Qiuli's explanation to Zhao Yuhe, Tang Qiusheng also read the telegram, but he was not in a happy mood, and said with a serious face: "Master, the Chutian team cannot evacuate according to the original plan, which will increase There were many changes, and, unlike the previous reconnaissance missions, the special operations team acted alone, and now they are circling in the old nest of the Japanese army.”[

"I don't need to say the dangers and risk factors. Everyone understands it. Therefore, my opinion is to order the Chutian team to get rid of the current situation and withdraw from Luzon Island as soon as possible. It is even possible to expose their identities. No hesitation! As long as it can be safely withdrawn, it is worth it!"

Zhao Yuhe didn't speak. He intuitively realized that after the teacher read the telegram, he didn't mean to be nervous. It seemed that he wasn't worried at all about the Chutian team's current situation. The idea of ​​a good show.

Tang Qiuli said with a smile: "Brother Qiusheng, there is no need to be nervous. With Chutian and his team's ability, there is no problem at all among the Japanese. What's more, he is serving as a bodyguard for the imperial envoy this time, so his identity is natural." It’s different, ordinary Japanese military officers don’t dare to make trouble, Director Chen, call Chu Tian back, let nature take its course, play by ear, wait for the opportunity to evacuate, safety first!”

After Chen Feng left, Tang Qiuli said to Tang Qiusheng and Zhao Yuhe: "But in this way, our plan against the Japanese army in Hong Kong will be delayed. This is an unexpected situation. Fortunately, the operation in Hong Kong has just started It is in the preparation stage, Chutian postponed the evacuation, so as not to affect the overall situation, Yuhe, ordered the troops in the Guangzhou Garrison District to temporarily stop all mobilization, and wait for the special operations detachment to arrive before making the next deployment!"

The telegraph operator handed the teacher's reply to Chu Tian, ​​and Chu Tian browsed it quickly, and the little dog beside him came up to see the content of the reply, but before he got to Chu Tian, ​​he saw that Chu Tian blushed first , and then there were black lines all over his face, he gritted his teeth, and tore the telegram to pieces, and then, gasping for breath, he looked wronged and could not defend himself.

This is in line with Chu Tian's current status, a lower-level commander at the grassroots level, and the squadron leader of the search force known for his toughness and bloodthirsty, and he is expected to be as elegant as the senior officers of the imperial army. The color does not change, everything is in the heart?

The little dog smiled gloatingly, he could even imagine that the content of the reply, Captain Fujino's boss, the captain, must have scolded him, his subordinates were inexplicably requisitioned by other officers, and he It's hard to find someone to reason with, and I can only vent my anger on Captain Fujino.

But it's up to me, it's good to have the guards, Nishibashi, the act of rushing to the front line without the guards, along the way, the little dog who is in charge of the safety of the convoy, is worried to death, Your Excellency has the spirit of bushido, You don't need to take your own life seriously, but it shouldn't hurt more than a dozen other people. Now, with more than 50 tough soldiers in your hands, you should be able to sleep well!

Seeing Chutian's dark face, Senior Commander Xiqiao and Major Junior Commander Xiaogou yelled at their subordinates, "Baga! You idiots, get on the train! Second Lieutenant Inoue, lead the first team to the rear train. , the rest of you, get in the first car with me, Hayagu!"

Colonel Nishiqiao shook his head amusedly, but when he saw the actions of the special forces members waiting for the car, they were clean and neat, without muddled water, his eyes lit up, and he thought to himself: "Everyone of Captain Fujino's subordinates He is a well-trained soldier, a veteran who has rolled on the battlefield, and, in terms of individual quality, I am afraid that he is not much worse than the commander's personal guard. General Ichiro will definitely be very satisfied, and it will be very good for me!"

Chu Tian, ​​who had already sat in the cab of the truck at the front, did not know that the devil commander was thinking of such a plan in his heart, otherwise, Chu Tian would have the urge to get rid of all these devil officers immediately.

Chu Tian whispered to the team members driving the trucks: "Pay attention to the terrain, to ensure the safety of our own people, drive!" The two trucks were one behind the other, with more than a dozen cars in the middle, and the convoy rolled up dust all over the sky. , galloping towards the Calais mountains, who would have thought that this is a team of the special warfare detachment of the Independent Division and a dozen Japanese officers, a convoy formed temporarily?

The battle situation on Luzon Island was dominated by the Japanese army and the US military. The two sides fought fiercely in the Calais mountains. The troops in Laishan District consisted of four divisions plus a brigade of more than [-] troops, more than double the strength of the Japanese army, and the firepower was several times more than that of the Japanese army.

Despite this, the U.S. military fought very hard. The commander of the Calais Mountain Campaign Group and the former chief of staff of the headquarters, General Stilwell, did not even have the ability to organize a large-scale counterattack.

It is not a question of strength or equipment, but a question of the morale of American soldiers. Leaving aside the [-]th Infantry Division, which has been half disabled, it is the [-]rd Mechanized Infantry Division, the [-]th Infantry Division, and the [-]th Infantry Division that were transferred up later. The Infantry Division and the Manila [-]st Independent Guard Brigade were also afraid of the Japanese army like a tiger. When they heard that they were going to take the initiative to attack, several division commanders and brigade commanders turned pale at that time.

Originally, Stilwell wanted to use the new cutting-edge troops to launch a fierce counterattack against the [-]rd and [-]th divisions of the Japanese army in the two directions of Batangas and Legaspi in the Calais mountain area, and then send the Japanese army Repel forty to fifty kilometers. In this way, the defensive posture of the US military in the Calais Mountains will be greatly improved, and Stilwell will also have room to build a large defense depth.

From the mountains of Calais to the front line of Manila, three blocking lines were established, and the blocking troops were arranged in echelons. If the result of the battle was as he expected, Stilwell was very confident that with the more than 8 troops under his command, In the mountains of Calais, hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops were blocked for more than a month.

But things backfired. Not only did the brigade commanders of several divisions under his command try their best to oppose the active attack plan, and their plan to report to MacArthur was rejected without hesitation. He also sent his acting chief of staff, Colonel Kleist, to catch up with When I arrived at the headquarters of the battle group in the mountains of Calais, I brought a few words, "It is best to preserve strength and be safe. This commander does not want to see such a risky battle plan again!"

In this regard, Stilwell was right. He didn't understand, let alone understand. MacArthur was also an experienced commander. Only by repelling or defeating the division can we ensure that there is enough time to deploy the Manila defense plan calmly. [

The night is as deep as water, and the battlefield in the Calais mountain area at night has lost the noise of a volcanic eruption in the daytime. There are only sporadic cannon explosions coming from far and near. In the Calais mountain area, Stilwell's battle group headquarters , a few bright gas lamps illuminated the headquarters as bright as day, the constant "tick" sound of the radio station, and the hurried and messy footsteps of the staff officers coming in and out, all added to the tense atmosphere of the battlefield.

Arriving in the Calais mountains, he commanded troops to stop the Japanese army. Within a few days, Stilwell lost a lot of weight. The beard on his chin was strong and luxuriant, almost covering half of his face. Due to lack of enough sleep, he was blue. The white and dim face does not mean that this American general who blocked the Japanese son for MacArthur is under great pressure both externally and mentally!

Fighting hard, I have always been fighting hard, whether it is an incomplete Seventh Infantry Division against the Japanese troops of two divisions, or now I have four divisions and a brigade of [-] people, I have always been fighting hard, from another perspective , The Japanese army has been attacking, and its own troops have been passively defending.

"Under a long battle, a place that must be defended!" Blindly defending can only hand over the initiative and rhythm of the battlefield to the Japanese. Is it because I, Stilwell, loves taking risks, or you, MacArthur, don't know, Stilwell feels There was a fire in the nest, the internal organs were almost cooked, and the oppressive atmosphere in the headquarters became even more depressing, so Stilwell simply walked out.

On a June night in the Calais mountains, there was no coolness at all, and there was a damp and sticky vapor in the air. Stilwell lit a thick cigar, and with light blue eyes, he walked through the dark night , Looking to the south, the tracer dragged its long tail, pierced the dark night sky, and plunged into the ground. Immediately, a ball of flames was visible to the naked eye, and the dull explosion sound came along with the night wind.

The hills of Calais at night are not peaceful. Just behind the low and rolling hills are hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers like wolves and tigers. This is what Stilwell puzzled about. Concentrate all the troops and storm the defense line in the Calais mountains. If this is the case, Stilwell himself does not think that he can stop the Japanese army for a long time.

Stilwell vaguely grasped a ray of light in it, and was about to think deeply, when the communications staff officer ran over, "Report to Your Excellency, Commander, an urgent telegram has been received from the Fifth Infantry Division!"

(To be continued)