489 disappeared from the front
Dai Anlan pulled out a match and prepared to burn the classified documents. Thinking about how to arrest Lin Linqi, judging from the text of the telegram, it was definitely not to let him wait until he arrived in India before making a move, but to arrest people immediately regardless of any war situation, looking like a military commander's style of doing things - rough, simple, and resolute.
"Divisional seats, it is not advisable to light fires outside the camp," a border guard immediately reminded, "Recently, many collaborators from the south of the Yangtze River have been mixed in in northern Burma, disguised as our army or overseas Chinese, and specially attacked and killed high-ranking generals. Twelve battalion commanders have already been assassinated with cold shots. ”
"Oh, got it, pack your things and go."
He was still immersed in deep doubts, and he didn't understand how Chongqing could label Lin Linqi, whom he had not yet met, but who had a very good impression, as a collaborator? How could collaborators beat the Japanese army to the ground? He was a little angry, of course he would be outside, and the king's order would not be affected; He thought that maybe he could wait until India to put Lin Linqi and his men under house arrest.
Due to his preoccupation with his thoughts, he didn't pay much attention to the guard's reminders, but still took out his lighter, put the note in the fire and lit it. Looking at the flames, I couldn't help but sneer. He suddenly felt that the history of the Chinese nation was repeated, and at every critical moment, there would be such inexplicable infighting, and there would always be Yue Fei, Yuan Chonghuan or some lesser-known soldiers who were killed under various false names.
On the mountain in the distance, someone had been staring at this place for a long time, and finally saw a little fire.
This person has already figured out that this is the headquarters of a division or more of the Chinese army, because there are a large number of garrisons here, and the lighting is extremely strictly controlled. Being able to go deep here, of course, is due to the fact that he himself is Chinese, and he can blend into the army by wearing a military uniform, in fact, he can do it a long time ago, but those regimental-level officers carrying box artillery battalions are not in his eyes, and he knows that at this time when the empire is not using troops well, he must assassinate a big man to reverse the situation.
Taking advantage of the flash of his fire, he saw through the scope several guards wearing steel helmets, all carrying full-width Soviet-made PPDs*, which were only available to units directly under the military headquarters of the 5th Army.
The soldiers were surrounding an officer in an ordinary military cap, the general was dressed in nothing special, but with a small holster, no leggings, and a windproof lighter in his hand, and according to experience, he could not have been an officer below the regimental level; The hordes of soldiers behind the man, carrying bundles of maps and radio equipment, loaded onto mules and horses, strengthened his judgment. Just those stations, this is more than a divisional headquarters.
Before the fire was extinguished, the assassin decisively pulled the trigger, and with the sound of a gunshot, the fire suddenly dimmed, and then there was chaos, and there was no way to see if it was hit.
Lin Xiuxuan still organized a blockade at the end of the highway to resist the counterattack of the 31st Division, the enemy came very chaotically, obviously the * that knocked out the communication node played a big role, and the Japanese army was very conscious of fighting separately on the battlefield, but there was no unified command. Normally, the troops that have lost their positions are only repeatedly charged in an attempt to recover their original positions, and without the cooperation of friends and neighbors and the coordination of artillery fire, it is relatively easy to feel the intention and it is easy to defend. With the gradual arrival of the expeditionary force, the defensive pressure gradually weakened, and in the second half of the night, the Japanese counterattack from all sides added fuel to the fire, and was counterattacked by the expeditionary force several times and hit farther away. At this point, the only thing that could threaten the road was artillery for the Japanese army, but since the expeditionary force was taking the road, it did not care about such a level of threat and the losses caused.
Lin knew earlier than Dai Anlan that Chongqing was going to arrest him, and the drone was listening to hundreds of communications here at any time, which was of course expected, because Chen Zhiping would inevitably make waves if he fled back, and he didn't have time to change his identity. Although He Ming is good at making fake documents, it is difficult to do it without complete equipment, especially when they have been running around in northern Myanmar for days recently, and they have no spare time to do this.
Seeing that the way to retreat has been opened, he must hide his fame and consider retreating; First of all, of course, Deputy Captain Chu must not be implicated, through listening to the American radio, it was found that Stilwell intended to let Captain Chu Ting lead the troops, and he was also a candidate that Chongqing might accept, but there would be a rocket promotion, which would be very beneficial for 419 against the Japanese traverser who had gained momentum. So the two have been not close, just to facilitate Chu Aiyun to clear up the relationship.
He planned to return to 419 to exchange views with Cheng Dayang after he broke away from the army. Judging from the action of 419's return, there may not be a Battle of Midway. This is clearly a major success of the Japanese time-travelers' efforts to change history, how to deal with it? It also needs to be discussed.
When Chu Tingchang arrived with the cavalry, Lin Linqi had already disappeared, and he immediately took over the command, and immediately asked Zhou Youfu about the whereabouts of the engineer captain, and Zhou replied that he didn't know. I just said that I went to the top of the mountain to reconnoitre, and I disappeared when I left. Then he called the rest of the troops, and found that the three commanders of the two groups he had sent out were missing at the same time.
Of course, this is a strange enough incident, so Chu Tingchang walked for a few minutes in front of Zhou Youfu with his hands behind his back according to the plan he had thought of, pretending to think, and then slapped his thigh and decided to send a report to Dai Anlan's headquarters to report that Lin Linqi was missing. But before he could send a report, he got the latest news that Division Commander Dai was shot in the abdomen by an enemy sniper and is currently dying.
Hearing the bad news, he couldn't help but feel dizzy, of course, the first thing that came to mind was that the disturbance mentioned by Sato was far away, time and space can be changed, but it has a tenacious tendency to repair itself, although it is not a god with a will, but it works like this, just like the stress in metal, always resisting the force exerted from the outside and deforming it.
From this, I think about whether the expeditionary force, which is close to 90,000 people (counting the new 38th Division), will be able to escape smoothly, and it is impossible to draw conclusions lightly until the last moment. At this moment, a Dodge Jeep is carrying Dai Anlan to India, as long as it is sent to the British military hospital in time, the division commander still has a chance.
419 stays on the edge of Langley Island near Sittwe, retrieving the drone. When the drone returned, a large number of merchant ships in Sittwe Port were being unloaded with equipment and army, but there were always two large submarines moored next to the merchant ships, and there were no other naval ships here.
Here 419 operated the drone landing, over there an army bomber, landed at the brightly lit Sittwe airport, after the hatch opened, the tired Keiji Suzuki stepped off the plane, followed by the energetic Chandrabose, someone was waiting here, and the two did not stay in the car and went directly to the port.
Along the way, Suzuki seemed a little dazed, but Bowes, who was on the side, had a strong conversation, and was clearly looking forward to finally coming in handy. Burma now has an Indian army of 30,000 men, organized into two divisions and an independent brigade, which is smaller than the Japanese army and poorly equipped, but Bose can't wait to return home with his men.
"As long as General Iida gives me command, we can land in Kolkata or Chittagong." He said excitedly. "Then we can set up an interim government, and I envision that the future of India will be a prime minister with many states, and I can be prime minister, and Nehru can be president. The upper caste should control the upper house and the military council, and of course there should be a legislature of the lower house with some lower caste participation, and the weak and scattered Congress party would have to be transformed into a party similar to the big political wing. ”
"General Iida won't give you command anymore because he's already out of office." Suzuki said coldly. He still admires Bos's intelligence in his heart, and in just a few months, he can already talk to himself about political ambitions in Japanese, but his face of being in a hurry to seize military power makes Suzuki feel very uncomfortable, maybe Kagezo promised Bose something, but he feels that this person is ambitious, and it may be difficult to control it in the future.
"It's a pity that General Iida left his job, but I'm already impatient to rescue General Kagesa."
"This is a highly complex rescue operation, and we can only get support from two submarines from the Navy at the moment," Suzuki said, shaking his head, "Submarines are so useful in special operations that the Army should have its own submarines." It would be better to have your own aircraft carrier. ”
The car came to a stop at the corner of the port. The two got out of the car and looked at the two Yi-15 submarines that were being refitted, the modification was very easy, mainly to dismantle the rear * tube and transform it into a personnel cabin.
"The plan is still being revised, and the part you proposed to add paratroopers and gliders is unlikely to be approved by the General Staff."
"So, when to act?"
"It was originally scheduled for three months, but now the situation in northern Myanmar is critical, about 100,000 Chinese soldiers are about to flee into India, and if they are quickly armed, it will be very difficult for you and me to achieve a common goal, so the plan must be advanced. It can be said that this rescue operation was also a prelude to the landing on the coast of the Bay of Bengal to see how quickly the enemy's coastal armed forces reacted. You know, the superiors did not have confidence in the landing battle. ”
"Yes, these Chinese dare to set foot on my motherland, it is so stupid, they themselves are ruled by Europe and the United States without knowing it, desperately trying to resist liberation."
Bowes gritted his teeth.
"By the way, in addition to some of your old colleagues, there's also a heavyweight in that prison...... This is the latest information available. ”
"Is it Nehru?"
"No, it's more important." Suzuki carefully observed Bowes' reaction, he didn't know what Kagezo had talked about with Bowes in private, but he was interested to know if Bowes could be controlled.
"Oh, I see." Bowes's reaction was somewhat flustered and cramped.
"He was arrested at the Tagore commemoration and then held there."
"With all due respect, he is a natural non-collaborator, who does not ally with any country and has no political foresight," Bosston paused, "You know, without India's involvement, the Axis powers will sooner or later face depletion, which is why the Western allies are desperately trying to save corrupt China." ”
"I'm glad you were honest, I think that as a great man who has spent his life fighting against powerful opponents, the best destination is to be killed by the enemy. That's what we Japanese think. ”
"Mr. Suzuki, I am grateful for your kindness."