Age of Conquest Reborn

Speaking of which, this iron wall encirclement tactic was historically invented by General Neiji Okamura, the commander-in-chief of Japan's North China Expeditionary Force. This guy was known as one of the "Three Heroes" of the Japanese generals who invaded China. He was very troublesome for the Japanese base camp.

A lot of efforts have been made to solve the security problem in North China. There is only one reason. The anti-Japanese armed forces led by Mao Zedong regarded the Japanese as the strategic rear area of ​​North China. They caused wars and wars everywhere, and the Japanese could not live in peace day and night.

The iron wall encirclement tactic is simple, direct and effective. It dispatches superior forces, with planes in the sky and tanks and cavalry on the ground. Several encirclement circles are formed in the target area, and then compressed inward, squeezing the opponent's living space and strategic space step by step.

, and finally, concentrate superior forces to carry out encirclement and annihilation in a certain area.

Historically, the period when Okamura Neiji implemented the iron wall encirclement tactics was from 1941 to 1942, which was the most difficult two years to seize the North China Anti-Japanese Base Area. This was supplemented by the "Three Lights" policy, which provided great support to the anti-Japanese armed forces.

and caused great losses to the base areas. Okamura Neiji himself also won the reputation of a famous general because of his effective and vicious tactics, and received the "Yamato" medal personally awarded by Emperor Hirohito.

The current environment and situation are different. Okamura Neiji has long been transformed into a lonely ghost in the sky of North China. The Japanese army at that time was eager to escape from North China, and the nearly one million troops held back by the Japanese anti-Japanese armed forces were

Being invested in the Pacific battlefield and the Southern China battlefield was destined to be unable to carry out a long-lasting iron wall encirclement tactic.

The situation that Tang Qiuli faced was quite different. The overall situation in Indochina was decided. The Japanese had defeated the Malay Peninsula. They could stop and take a breather. Because they still had value, it was better to thank themselves. In mainland China, except for

There were no Japanese troops in the Northeast, so I had nothing to worry about. I was in no rush to mobilize troops and open up new fronts.

In other words, Tang Qiuli had plenty of time to kill the more than 30,000 Japanese troops on Hainan Island who had neither a retreat nor a way out. However, he still needed to take action in this matter, otherwise Han Tie must have something in his heart.

With a strong sense of frustration, any deputy division commander or corps commander would be a serious blow to Han Tie's reputation and confidence.

He told Tang Qiusheng his plan. Tang Qiusheng remained silent for a long time. It could be seen that he was not worried about whether Tang Qiuli could win this battle. The strength of the Marine Corps of the ** Division alone was enough.

A complete victory. What if we mobilize more troops? There is no suspense at all. What he is worried about is Tang Qiuli's personal safety.

**The division from top to bottom did not want the division commander to go to the front line to take risks in person, and several big bosses were watching Tang Qiuli very closely. When Tang Qiuli saw Brother Qiu Sheng's attitude, he secretly cried out, "It's bad, it can't be done."

, his opportunity to personally lead troops to fight this time was about to fall through, so he hurriedly explained his concerns in detail and with eloquent words. Tang Qiusheng thought about it again and again and reluctantly accepted this reason.

By December 24, the 29th Corps of the ** Division and the Niangziguan Guard Corps, directly under the corps, had arrived at the gates of Kuala Lumpur. When the Japanese saw the troops of the ** Division approaching the border, they abandoned Kuala Lumpur without firing a single shot.

Concentrated in a narrow area around Singapore, according to the order of division commander Tang Qiuli, the ** Division troops stopped there.

The remnants of Ito Yanzaburo who fled south in a hurry can finally take a breath. Faced with such a situation, let alone provocation or plotting an attack, how long the Japanese army can gain a foothold in Singapore depends on Tang Qiuli's mood. If this is

Vice Chairman Tang, who the Japanese call the China Devil, was unhappy that day. The hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops around Singapore were just a plate of small dishes in his mouth. If Tang Qiuli sneezed, Ito Yanzaburo would freak out.

high fever.

On the same day, Lieutenant General Tang Qiuquan, commander of the fleet anchored in the port city of Moulmein in southern Myanmar, received an order from the division headquarters. The fleet immediately pulled anchor and returned to Qingdao Naval Base via the Strait of Malacca. The captured Japanese warships were briefly

After repairs, the speed can now keep up with the normal speed of the fleet.

Tang Qiuli didn't want to go around in such a big circle and took all the trouble to bring the Japanese warships back to Qingdao Naval Base for repairs. Unfortunately, neither Moulmein nor Yangon had complete repair facilities and conditions, let alone

The warships of Japanese origin were modified and the lessons learned from the last Japanese fleet raid on Okinawa were learned.

In Tang Qiuli's order to the fleet, he specifically emphasized, "This time the fleet returns to Qingdao Naval Base, the sailing route is preferably close to the mainland coastline, and must be within the range of land-based aviation fighters, that is, the Southern Flying Group

The fighters and bombers can provide air cover for the fleet throughout the entire process." Tang Qiuli's caution was absolutely necessary.

The fleet has lost more than half of its carrier-based aircraft, and it also carries more than 70 unarmed warships. The Japanese Navy's First Fleet is swimming in the waters south of Luzon Island and can intercept and kill the fleet at any time to inflict heavy damage.

The strength of the subsequent fleet's carrier-based aircraft would be difficult to compete with the powerful Japanese First Fleet.

As for the Japanese troops at the eastern end of the Malacca Strait exiting Singapore, Tang Qiuli did not take into account Ito's defeated soldiers at all. If he was a good boy, Ito could still live longer. If he dared to make small moves, or

It's an attempt to intercept the fleet. That's asking for death. It's too boring to live.

Because of this large-scale fleet operation, Major General Le Yiqin, who had been a staff officer for more than ten days, was finally liberated and resumed his original position. He rushed back to the Myitkyina Aviation Base to command this long-distance escort mission. Le Yiqin

Just like a bird out of its cage, it wants to return home like an arrow, wishing it could grow wings and fly away from Yangon.

Even Tang Qiuli's suggestion to host a banquet to send Commander Le off to work was euphemistically but resolutely rejected by him. Faced with Tang Qiuli's invitation, Le Yiqin said: "Sir, I am

I really want to have a meal with you. There are hundreds of major generals in the ** division. How many of them can get such an opportunity? However, Fleet Commander Tang sent a telegram saying that the fleet has--, I can't delay the mission, next time.

This time, the teacher must invite me to dinner next time!"

Le Yiqintou did not dare to look back and ran away. His posture was as if he would not be able to leave if he stayed for one more second. Tang Qiuli and Tang Qiusheng laughed loudly. Later, there was a good news

His subordinates asked Le Yiqin: "Commander, what have you learned from being with the teacher?" Le Yiqin pretended to be profound and replied: "I have benefited a lot and will use it for life. Don't offend women!"

As he spoke, he looked like he was still frightened. His subordinates, who were more than a dozen years old, felt as if they were lost in the clouds and were confused. When asked further, Le Yiqin refused to answer. He got annoyed and drove his subordinates out, thinking of Liu Xinlan.

With a frosty face and fierce eyebrows, I couldn't help but shiver in my heart, and then I felt proud again. That guy Liu Cuigang was still working as a staff officer in Hainan Island, but he was liberated early. How could he know that it was a blessing in disguise?

After everything was arranged, it was already December 27th, which was close to the end of 1940. Han Tie's Marine Corps was still entangled with the Japanese troops on Hainan Island. After adopting a steady and steady strategy,

The casualties of the troops were reduced to a minimum, but they were still unable to deal with the Japanese army in a short period of time.

The Battle of Hainan Island is a typical battle to seize the island and a subtropical island jungle war. Since there is no large-scale war in Indochina, the future battlefield environment of the ** division troops will be basically the same as that of Hainan Island.

The battle can be used as a large-scale actual combat training ground. It can also train the organization and coordination capabilities of troops in cross-sea operations. There are ready-made Japanese troops that can fight and kill. Where can we find such an actual combat training ground? A God-given opportunity!

Based on this idea, on the 28th, Tang Qiuli began to mobilize troops, from Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps, Feng Jiwu's Niangziguan Garrison Corps, Li Honggang's 29th Corps, Ma Chaoyang's Southeast Mobile Corps,

The corps directly under the division headquarters will allocate four brigades each, with a total of 320,000 troops in 20 brigades to form the Hainan Island combat corps.

Tang Qiuli, commander of the **Division and second-level Army General, personally served as commander of the corps. Colonel Yang Ketian, director of the division staff office, served as chief of staff of the corps. Zhou, deputy director of the logistics department of the **division and commander of the transportation force,

Yushan, serves as the director of the Logistics Department of the Corps.

At the same time, Ma Chaoyang's Corps and Li Honggang's Corps withdrew to the hinterland of the Indochina Peninsula and assumed garrison duties in various places. Three front-line field regiments, Tang Qiusheng's Corps, the Directly Affiliated Corps, and Feng Jiwu's Corps, were left behind to monitor the Ito camp huddled in a corner of the Malay Peninsula.

Japanese army.

In addition, Tang Qiuli also issued an order to the division commander, "The director of Dingbian Military Academy, Veteran General Jiang Baili, said that the Battle of Hainan Island was the last battle in southern my country and was very representative. It was for the purpose of training the students' practical combat capabilities. I decide

Ding, Dingbian Military Academy and Guangzhou Branch, all students who are about to graduate will go to the Hainan Island battlefield this time, and will be incorporated into the grassroots companies of each participating army and serve as trainee platoon leaders to accumulate practical experience. I hope the veteran general will make appropriate arrangements as soon as possible.

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Senior General Jiang Baili was well aware of Tang Qiuli's intentions and immediately issued orders to two military academies. A total of more than 4,000 students took special planes from Dingbian and Guangzhou to Haikou, Hainan Island to stand by, instead of directly recruiting them.

The marines who entered the Han Railway were considered by Tang Qiuli to protect these students. He also wanted to meet these new students who had experienced the battlefield for the first time, the seeds of the future of the ** division. He did not dare to

Take it lightly.

It has become commonplace for the corps of the ** Division to be disrupted and reorganized. The brigade-level combat units remain unchanged and are assigned to other corps. The brigade commanders have become accustomed to it. Coupled with the reasonable dispatch and arrangements of the new Logistics Minister Zhou Yushan, by the 12th

On March 31st, the last day of 1940, the newly formed Hainan Island Combat Regiment of the First Division had boarded ships from various starting points and began to cross the sea.