Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 1,078 The Japanese are ready to move

The Black Dragon Society, a Japanese underworld organization, carried out a series of assassinations on Tang Qiuli, the commander of the Army Division, in a small street shop in the ancient city of Tengchong in western Yunnan. It seemed like a lucky break and the assassination ended quietly, without affecting the internal affairs of the Army Division.

The stability and development of the war situation..

By the beginning of 1940, great changes had taken place in the European battlefield. The rested and vigorous German army saw their powerful old rivals, the British and French allied forces.

Incomparably well-behaved, the German head of state Hitler became bolder, and with Tang Qiuli's suggestion, the shadow of the First World War faded a lot in the hearts of the Germans.

In mid-February, the German head of state Hitler took advantage of the opportunity of the British and French coalition forces to wait and see, and transferred most of the elite troops who captured Czechoslovakia to the Western Front. Among them, Army Group A and Army Group B were the main armies attacking Eastern Europe. Army Group A

In the sequence, there is the famous Guderian's First Armored Group.

As the fist force of the German offensive in Eastern Europe, this group army has two tank divisions, one motorized infantry division, one self-propelled artillery regiment, one "Grossdeutschland submachine gunner" regiment, one engineering regiment, and one logistics support division.

Among them, it is the group army with the strongest combat effectiveness, and Tang Qiuli's younger brother Battle, because of his outstanding military exploits, now serves as the commander of the "Lightning" Armored Assault Division, and was promoted to the rank of major general by order personally issued by the German head of state Hitler.

At the age of just over 22 years old, and still a foreigner, being able to achieve the position of commander of the tank division of the main army in the German Army among the fierce generals was not only for the sake of Tang Qiuli, the head of the empire, Hitler.

The most important reason for the strong support is that Battelle himself has conducted in-depth research on the theory of armored combat. In actual combat, he has demonstrated outstanding command skills and has performed amazingly well in previous battles.

In the battle to attack Poland, Battelle's tank regiment achieved a brilliant record of defeating an entire Polish army at the minimum cost in the battle to break through the Saone River. In the subsequent battle to attack the Polish capital Warsaw, it won the first

Breaking into the city of Warsaw, Battelle perfectly combined the advanced Western military theory with the ancient wisdom of the Eastern art of war in actual combat, and reached the pinnacle of military honor.

Having created a record that astonished the German generals, Guderian, the founder and executor of the German Army Blitzkrieg, once lamented: "Major General Battelle is the most talented tank warfare genius I have ever seen. His command art

, has reached the level of perfection, maybe, in another year, Major General Battelle will become a shining star in the German Army, and his light will outshine all generals."

These pieces of information were all deliberately revealed by Hitler in the telegrams between Tang Qiuli and the German head of state. I don’t know what the head of state’s psychology was. In the telegrams that traveled across the ocean, he mentioned a tank division commander many times.

Maybe it contains an element of flattery. I take good care of your brother in Germany and care about him all the time. Maybe it also contains an element of showing off? Only in a country with strong military force like Germany can your brother show his full potential.

talent.

Anyway, Tang Qiuli was full of joy for Battelle's honor in Germany, and his worries about his personal safety were reduced a lot. With the current European war situation, the German army was victorious and invincible. Battelle would not be in any danger. Once

When it came to the Soviet-German battlefield, it was a huge whirlpool, and Tang Qiuli would definitely transfer Battelle back to the country.

Tang Qiuli also made an exception and showed Bai Luoyu selective telegrams with the German head of state. The little girl was overjoyed. In addition, Tang Qiuli repeatedly promised that Battelle had already served as the division commander and there would be absolutely no danger.

When the time comes, he will be allowed to return to his country, which finally reassures Bai Luoyu.

At Tang Qiuli's request, the German head of state agreed to make an exception and allowed Battelle to establish radio contact with Tang Qiuli. This was a unique exception among the entire German army, and the confidential officer of this radio station was Bai Luoyu.

, was also a deliberate arrangement by Tang Qiuli. Through telegram exchanges with Battelle and referring to the routine war briefings from the German General Staff, Tang Qiuli, who was far away in Asia, knew as much about the European battlefield as the German head of state himself.

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The hesitation and wait-and-see of the British and French forces gave Hitler ample preparation time. A large number of elite German troops continued to head to the Western Front. After adjusting the overall deployment of the German army, Hitler also saw the cowardice and fear in the hearts of the British and French governments and armies.

With a war mentality, the opponent's weakness is their own opportunity. The Germans finally took action against the British and French forces.

This move was fierce and fierce, and it was as powerful as thunder. The German armored clusters crossed the German-French border like a tide. The Maginot Line, which the French spent a lot of money to build, was like an indestructible reinforced concrete dragon, straddling Germany and France.

On the border, this became the French's biggest reliance. However, the seemingly impregnable Maginot Line did not stop the German attack.

German Guderian's First Armored Group avoided the Maginot Line, bypassed the front of the defense line from the Ardennes region in northern France, broke through the Rhine River, occupied northern France, and went around to the back of the defense line. The Maginot Line became

The British and French allied forces lost their biggest psychological support and panicked. At that time, their morale was shaken.

This genius tactical proposal originally came from Battelle's suggestion. Seeing that the situation was over, the British and French forces fought and retreated in the face of the fierce German attack, and retreated step by step to Dunkirk, the northeastern port on the border with the Netherlands.

Well, if the situation continues like this, the war situation on the European continent will soon come to an end.

The Germans were reporting frequent successes on the European battlefield, and the British and French could no longer support them. The Japanese, who were accumulating strength in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific and waiting for the opportunity, were naturally encouraged by this good news. Emperor Hirohito's last worry was

Completely gone, the Japanese are gearing up, showing their sharp teeth, staring eagerly at Southeast Asia.

Alexander, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in Southeast Asia, and Ebson, the British Governor-General in Burma, were still intoxicated with the agreement reached by the Japanese. They were not wary at all and did not realize that their allies had sharpened their knives and were ready to strike.

At this time, the Japanese look at the innocent British people, just like a wolf that has been hungry for months looks at a fat sheep whose intestines are full of meat and its mouth is full of oil.

Not only that, Alexander also included the British 3rd Infantry Division, the 5th Mechanized Division, the 6th Infantry Division, the 5th British-Burmese Mixed Brigade, the 7th Mixed Brigade and other units in southern Myanmar, and the British 2nd Motorized Infantry Regiment.

The so-called elite troops were deployed to the border area with China, and they were aggressive and ready to fight.

The main force of the British army is stationed in Mandalay in Myanmar, Prang Bang in Laos, Hechi in Vietnam, Chiang Rai in Thailand and other places. On the one hand, it is to prevent the Japanese division troops from continuing to penetrate and expand into the interior of Southeast Asia.

The main thing is to prepare to cooperate with the Japanese troops of Juichi Terauchi in the Savage Mountain to launch a large-scale attack on the Japanese division troops entering Southeast Asia.

The unusual movements of the Japanese and British in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific could not be hidden from the eyes of the Intelligence Division of the Division. When Yu Deshui, the director of the Intelligence Division, handed this information to the division commander Tang Qiuli, Tang Qiuli

After reading it, he just said coldly, "It's so stupid that even when death is imminent, I still dream about spring and autumn," and then a sarcastic sneer hung on the corner of his mouth.

Then, he told De Shui, "The future work of the Intelligence Department will focus on establishing a more complete intelligence network in Southeast Asia. I need all the information about Southeast Asia, especially the situation of local Chinese forces. Don't be afraid of spending money. If you can

Those who are bribed, bribe as much as possible, and secretly arm these local forces. When the troops enter these areas, they want armed assistance who are familiar with the local situation."

Yu Deshui naturally understood what the division commander meant. When the troops entered Southeast Asia to fight, they were unfamiliar with the geography and people's conditions. This required the intelligence office to prepare in advance. After Yu Deshui left, Tang Qiuli communicated with Chu Tian in the Savage Mountain.

Asking about the current situation of the troops, Chu Tian's days in Savage Mountain were quite good compared to the Japanese army.

The attack column would be replaced by a group of cutting-edge units every once in a while. Chutian not only kept the Japanese troops from the Shouichi Temple Division in the Savage Mountain, but also used the Savage Mountain as a training ground. For Southeast Asia, there is no one better than the Savage.

There is no better training ground for subtropical jungle warfare. There are actual opponents and a real combat environment, and you don't have to worry about excessive troop losses.

Later, Chu Tian even suggested that two to three brigades of troops from each army regiment be transferred into the Savage Mountain in batches. The Japanese troops in the Savage Mountain, which were on the verge of collapse and scattered, could be used as training objects to train the troops' jungle warfare experience.

, Chutian himself called this suggestion "battlefield rotation training" in his report to division commander Tang Qiuli.

Tang Qiuli admired Chu Tian's whims, but rejected his suggestion. For a barbarian mountain, such a large-scale mobilization of troops was very unacceptable based on the current situation in Southeast Asia and the actions of the British.

It was appropriate, and the main target was shifted. Juichi Terauchi had become a lost dog, and there was no need to mobilize troops to fight. Chutian's attack column could just take care of it slowly.

However, one thing Chutian mentioned in the telegram caught Tang Qiuli's attention, "Division Commander, in the past few days, I have discovered various numbers of British troops in the surveillance area of ​​the northern Myanmar outpost by each unit of the attack column.

A small group of troops mixed with the Burmese are heading deep into the Savage Mountains for an unknown purpose. I have ordered the troops to intercept them all."

(To be continued)

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