Age of Rebirth

Now that the division commander has made up his mind, Zhao Yuhe, the chief of staff of the division headquarters, and Yu Guanghan, the chief of staff of the Sulu Mobile Corps, will not say more. As the chief of staff, he has the right to make three suggestions on the deployment of the campaign. Since becoming an army, all the chiefs of staff who have worked beside the division commander have put forward suggestions centered on specific details. In order to improve the combat plan, it is not a few chiefs of staff who do not have their own unique insights, but as the division commander Tang Qiuli has established absolute authority.

Many times, the combat plans formulated by the division commander, in their view, were extremely risky, with obvious gambling elements, but in the end it turned out that the division commander was right. Over time, a habit has been formed. Use your brains on the details of the campaign, and try your best to make the plan more perfect, but there is basically no objection to the main direction of the battle.

Tang Qiuli also discovered this. It's not that he didn't let the chiefs of staff do it, but he hoped that his chief of staff could surpass him, but it still didn't work. The advantage of being a human being in two lifetimes!

Seeing that Zhao Yuhe and Yu Guanghan were not raising any objections, Tang Qiuli said: "Yuhe and Guanghan, from now on, the two of you should focus on controlling the marching rhythm of the troops, and fight with the three at any time." The brigade commander and Battelle kept in close contact. In addition, Yuhe contacted Qi Hanzhi to find out the exact location of the Japanese Army's Hengshan Brigade Headquarters. The chain of command is destroyed!"

Zhao Yuhe and Yu Guanghan looked at each other, and Zhao Yuhe said, "Master, are you going to use Commander Le's paratrooper regiment?" [

Tang Qiuli nodded and said: "The command system of the Japanese army has been destroyed. The order to destroy Singapore can be issued in a timely manner, and it can also relieve the pressure on the special operations detachment. The paratroopers airborne in Singapore and the frontal attack must be carried out simultaneously. Yiqin, his paratrooper, must be parachuted to the Japanese Army's Hengshan Brigade Headquarters before [-]:[-] am on August [-]th, which is when the battle starts, to carry out the beheading operation. After the specific combat plan is drawn up, report it Approved by the Division Headquarters!"

Le Yiqin received a call from Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe.I was so happy from ear to ear, now, the paratrooper regiment can't make it if they don't want to be famous, and the division commander personally assigns tasks to a regiment-level combat unit, you take it as a trivial matter.Subsequently, in the auditorium of the Myitkyina base of the Southern Aviation Group of the Air Force, a military meeting attended by commanders above the paratrooper regiment company was held.

Le Yiqin deliberately created an atmosphere, including the pre-war mobilization, swearing-in meeting, and the ceremony of awarding the regiment flag.Put together, Le Yiqin is dressed in military uniform.In high spirits, the major general's epaulettes shone brightly under the bright light, and he walked up to the rostrum with all the members of the headquarters.

The opening remark was just like Le Yiqin's personality, simple and straightforward, without any nonsense, he said: "Today is the day when our paratrooper regiment of the Southern Flying Group was formally established, and everyone has been training for more than a year. Go to the battlefield, fight a beautiful battle, huh?"

The officers below stood up together and shouted loudly: "Use me in the first battle, use me to win! Flying generals in the sky, tigers on the ground!"

Le Yiqin smiled, and then said: "Sit down, the slogan is quite loud, and the momentum is not bad. Our paratrooper regiment is the number given by the division commander himself. Saker, see, the dough flag will be awarded to you today. Originally, the division commander was going to present the flag in person, but the Singapore campaign is about to start, and we just received a telephone order from the division headquarters. The first battle of our paratrooper regiment after forming an army is the beheading operation!"

"The code name of this operation is to cheer up. What is beheading? It is to use our falcons to cut off the head of the highest commander of the Japanese army in Singapore. The first battalion will be responsible for the beheading task. You should parachute properly. It is best to jump to that place for me." On the desk of Major General Hengshan, the old devil, this is the first battle of the paratrooper regiment, the division commander and the whole army are watching, to fight well, don’t embarrass us, the Air Force, the Southern Flying Group, or me!”

Le Yiqin's words are simple but highly contagious. The fighting spirit and pride in the officers of the paratrooper regiment were ignited with a "boom". There may be thousands of regiment-level units in the entire army of the division. To get the attention of the division commander and personally award the designation is a kind of honor and expectation in itself.

The morale of the troops, like a pile of dry firewood, was immediately ignited by the commander's words. From the sparkling eyes of the officers, Le Yiqin could see a strong fighting spirit. He was very satisfied with his This ceremony, and at the end of the battle plan reported to the division commander Tang Qiuli, he added this sentence poetically, "The morale of the troops is unprecedentedly high, and the passion for fighting is burning in the blood!"

Seeing Le Yiqin's words, Tang Qiuli shook his head with a smile, and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, do you see that our militants also have beautiful writing, I remember in northern Myanmar, When Le Yiqin killed the British Air Force stationed in India, he also made a similar expression. It seems that all the reports he submitted in poetic language are the results of victory, and the victory is beautiful!"

Everything in the Malay Peninsula seemed so calm, but beneath the calm, there was a quietly accumulated war. From the perspective of the Japanese army in Singapore, there was nothing unusual.

The Yokoyama Brigade of the Japanese Southwest Pacific Expeditionary Force stationed in Singapore, the brigade commander, Major General Yokoyama Kingoro, has often had nightmares recently, especially for the Independent Division. After the capture of Hong Kong, the nightmare has become Major General Yokoyama every night compulsory course.

Before the outbreak of the Pacific War, Singapore was stationed with 10,000+ troops of the Imperial Japanese Army. Major General Yokoyama did not need to worry about this. However, after the troops were transferred to the Luzon battlefield, Major General Yokoyama would Falling into an inexplicable worry, when he found out that Singapore only had a brigade of [-] troops, Major General Hengshan, who didn't know what to fear, felt guilty.

Just across the Kuala Lumpur line not far away, there are hundreds of thousands of troops stationed in the independent division. This neighbor is not a kind person. He sent an entire army of tens of thousands of troops from the Indochina Peninsula to attack The tiger-wolf division who fled in embarrassment, Major General Hengshan had personally experienced the first few battles. Looking back on those scenes, if he said he was not afraid, Major General Hengshan himself would not believe it!

Guarding such an evil neighbor, he was always worried that a call would come. Naturally, Major General Hengshan had trouble sleeping and eating, and lived like a year. Although he believed that the fighting power and Bushido spirit of the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army could fight bravely without fear of death, 1 More troops vs. 10,000+, such a huge and disparate gap cannot be made up by the spirit of bushido. Major General Hengshan absolutely believes that as long as that Chinese devil Tang Qiuli is willing, it will take less than one morning. Will be wiped out.

Hong Kong fell, all the more than 6 imperial soldiers were broken, and the headquarters of the dispatched army was not seen, and an additional reinforcement was sent to Singapore. Many times, Major General Hengshan even had a feeling that he and more than 1 soldiers were forgotten by the empire. In other words, it was a sacrifice, just for an untenable Singapore, the Hengshan Brigade was like a side dish placed in the mouth of Tang Qiuli, the devil of China, who could eat it anytime he wanted!

Just when the head of the Hengshan Brigade was almost desperate, he finally waited for the order from the base camp. After reading the order personally issued by the chief of staff of the base camp, Prince Zairen, Major General Hengshan couldn't help shouting, "God Amaterasu blesses you, the Emperor!" Long live Your Majesty, after receiving the order, Hengshan began to make arrangements.

He has his own unique understanding of the base camp, requiring the brigade to evacuate and destroy the city immediately after being attacked by the independent division. Yes, by taking advantage of this opportunity, the brigade can be safely evacuated from Singapore. Therefore, Major General Hengshan's orders to the base camp were implemented very seriously and in place.

The military restricted areas marked out are the places where large quantities of explosives are buried, and the timing of detonation is very particular about one's own judgment. The head of the Hengshan Brigade issued such an order to the commanders of the troops responsible for the blasting, "Never After receiving the detonation order personally issued by the head of the brigade, all troops are not allowed to act without authorization!" [

The order must be unified. Who knows that crazy guy, holding the idea of ​​​​perishing with the Independent Division, detonated it in advance, and might bury the Imperial Army together. The fire and smoke, the ruins and rubble everywhere are enough to stop the Independent Division For the troops, at the same time, he issued a route map for their respective retreats to several regiments, and they could control the time of retreat by themselves without getting orders from the brigade.

In addition, the head of the Hengshan Brigade also ordered a large number of civilian ships to be mobilized at the port for orders. Under the supervision of the military police, the boatmen were not allowed to leave the ships for half a step. In addition, he also contacted the destination of the brigade's retreat, Sumatra Island. Lieutenant General Xinye, commander of the Fifth Army of the Imperial Southwest Pacific Dispatch Army, asked him to use long-range shore artillery to cover the retreat of the troops when he received his telegram for help.

Commander Xinye, he didn't make it difficult for the head of the Hengshan Brigade at all, and he agreed with all his mouth. After arranging all this, Major General Hengshan seemed to have a lot of confidence in his heart, but I don't know why, since yesterday, I have been feeling terrified and catastrophe is imminent a feeling of.

As for why this happened, the head of Yokoyama Kingoro's brigade couldn't explain it clearly himself. He was too calm. The independent division troops on the opposite side didn't behave abnormally at all, but he was just restless. The feeling of being overwhelmed is due to being too nervous.

On the morning of August [-]th, the head of the Hengshan Brigade and his chief of staff went through all the arrangements from beginning to end, and found no loopholes. Then, he said, "This beautiful seaside The city, one day, will become ruins everywhere, but the destruction of Singapore can be exchanged for the safe retreat of the brigade, which is worth it!"

(To be continued)

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