In the past, Jalan was a defeated general of the islanders. He knew that the islanders were very powerful in combat. If the islanders sent a large army to attack, he would have no way out. This was a matter of life and death for himself and his subordinates.
Problem, he had to be very cautious.
There were so many questions that Jalan wanted to ask, and he also knew that now was not the time to talk in detail. After thinking about it, he started to ask the ones he cared about most.
Jalan asked: "Xu, if we turn our guns and join the anti-Japanese ranks, how sure are you that we can deal with the Japanese army that comes to attack? Will the Japanese army send a large army to encircle and suppress us?"
Xu Dalong laughed and said: "If it was a year ago, I wouldn't be able to give you a definite answer, but now I can tell you clearly that the people of the island nation have sunk to the west and are about to be at the end of their rope. There is not much time left before they can be completely defeated and surrendered.
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Next, Xu Dalong briefly talked about the development of the world's anti-fascist war situation, especially the situation between the enemy and ourselves in Southeast Asia. Today, the island country has a serious shortage of troops. Otherwise, there would be no regular army of less than 10,000 people in Malaysia.
Moreover, on the battlefields in other countries in Southeast Asia, the Japanese army's military strength has been restrained by the Allied forces, and it is simply unable to mobilize large forces to come to Malaysia.
Even if they wanted to, they couldn't do it. Since the Battle of Midway, the Japanese naval power has suffered heavy losses. They simply don't have the ability to transport so many Japanese land forces, and they don't have the guts to do so. Once discovered by the Allies, they will suffer heavy losses from their naval forces.
An attack by air force. The Japanese army that was transporting by sea was very likely to be killed in the sea. They simply did not dare to take such a risk.
Xu Dalong can be sure that as long as the existing Japanese garrison in Malaysia is eliminated or driven away, the Japanese army will definitely abandon Malaysia. And based on their current strength, there is no possibility of a comeback.
Jalan was doubtful of Xu Dalong's words. He was only a brigade commander of the puppet army, and he did not know much about the international situation. However, he was still a senior officer in the puppet army after all, and he still had some information channels. He also heard about it one after another.
He had seen the situation of the Japanese army in other battlefields in Southeast Asia. He also saw that the main force of the Japanese army was constantly being transferred from Malaysia, which also proved that what Xu Dalong said was not groundless.
Of course, these alone are not enough to make him make up his mind. In his mind, the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in Malaysia is still better than the guerrillas. Jalan wants to take another look until the situation is completely clear.
Then make a decision.
He said: "Xu, what you said makes sense, but this matter is of great importance. Please allow me to think about it carefully."
Xu Dalong knew that it would be difficult to convince him for a while. Only by completely defeating the main force of the Japanese army in Malaysia and losing these puppet soldiers could he completely change his attitude.
Xu Dalong did not expect them to surrender to the guerrillas immediately. As long as he could allow them to watch on the sidelines during the battle, his goal would be achieved.
He said: "Of course, we will never force others to do anything difficult. As long as Mr. Brigadier does not become an enemy of the people or do anything to undermine the anti-Japanese resistance in the coming time, my promise to you will still be valid."
This is what Jalan wants now. He has made up his mind to continue to wait and see until the situation becomes clearer. So he said: "Thank you, Mr. Xu, then. Please rest assured, Mr. Xu, from now on, we will be independent."
The First Brigade promises not to fire a single shot at you. In order to avoid misunderstandings between the two parties, please keep communication open at all times."
Before Jalan finished speaking, gunfire suddenly rang out not far away. He was startled and hurriedly ended the call and asked, "What happened?"
His first feeling was that his troops had been attacked by guerrillas, but he had just expressed his attitude to Xu Dalong that there would be no conflict between the two sides. Jalan planned to find out the situation before contacting Xu Dalong to prevent the two sides from continuing to fight.
At this moment, his adjutant ran over with a look of horror on his face and said urgently: "Businessman, it's bad, something big has happened. Yichuan was beaten to death by the second regiment commander."
"What? Damn it, how could this happen?" Jalan was shocked when he heard this. Only then did he realize that when he was talking to Xu Dalong, Nubi went somewhere. It turned out that this guy killed Yichuan. Yichuan was
If the instructor sent by the Japanese army dies, or is beaten to death by his own people, then the First Independent Brigade will no longer be able to explain to the islanders. In other words, the escape route will be completely cut off.
His mind was a little confused now, and he hurriedly walked towards the direction of the gunshot.
Not far away, he saw Nubi walking towards him. Jalan shouted angrily: "Damn it, what are you doing?"
Nubi looked panicked on the surface, but his tone of voice was very calm.
He said: "Brigade, Yichuan discovered that I am here and knows that you are in contact with the anti-Japanese army. They are here to raise an army to investigate. For your safety, I have to take action first and get rid of them."
As he spoke, he pointed forward with his hand. Jalan followed his gaze and saw several islanders lying on the ground not far away, namely Yichuan and his military policemen.
Jalan understood that this was a trap set by Nubi for him. The reason why Nubi did this was to save his own life; on the other hand, he also wanted to completely cut off the retreat of the First Independent Brigade. This
It's obvious that he is sending himself into a pit of fire.
Jalan's guess was correct. Nubi has now defected to Xu Dalong, completely cutting off his retreat from the islanders. Now he is here to persuade Jalan to surrender. If he cannot persuade Jalan to surrender successfully, he will have no way to explain to Xu Dalong that Nubi will serve in the anti-Japanese armed forces in the future.
There is no status there. In this case, Nubi is likely to be abandoned or detained by Yichuan and others, and his life will be in danger.
The only thing Nubi can do now is to completely cut off the retreat of the First Independent Brigade. The best way is to kill Yichuan and his military police. In this way, the Independent Brigade will have no way to explain to the islanders and can only choose to surrender to the anti-Japanese armed forces.
On the way.
Before Nubi came to see the brigade commander, he already had the idea of finding an opportunity to kill Yichuan and others. Just at this time, Yichuan came over with a few cronies. Nubi made a prompt decision and headed towards Yichuan with the guards he brought.
Someone fired the shot.
Jalan stared at Nubi with blood-red eyes, wishing to shoot him. Nubi also knew that Jalan had no choice at this time, so he was not afraid and stood there calmly, quietly.
Looking at Jalan.
At the beginning, Jalan was filled with anger and wanted to eat Nubi. Later, he gradually relaxed and said feebly: "Damn it, you really killed me and the First Independent Brigade."
Brothers."
Nubi was very smart, and there was no need for him to persuade him at this time, so he chose silence to avoid irritating Jalan.
Jalan sat slumped on the ground. After a while, he said to Nubi: "You contact Mr. Xu, I want to talk to him."
After Xu Dalong ended his recent phone call with Jalan, he was quite satisfied with the result. In the following battle, if the Independent First Brigade can remain neutral and concentrate its main force to deal with the Japanese army, then the battle will be easy to fight.
There are more.
So he told the commanders of the guerrilla army the good news, and then redeployed for the next battle.
Unexpectedly, only such a short time passed before good news came again. The First Independent Brigade had made up its mind to surrender to the anti-Japanese armed forces and decided to fight against the Japanese invaders.
Xu Dalong was overjoyed. He made an appointment with Jalan, the commander of the First Independent Brigade, at a meeting place and hurried over.
Not long after, Xu Dalong met with Jalan. Xu Dalong thought carefully and immediately sent special forces to Kuala Lumpur. With the help of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, he rescued the families of the main officers of the 1st Brigade. Before this was done,
Previously, Xu Dalong and others tried to stabilize the Japanese army.
Seeing that Xu Dalong valued them so much, the officers of the First Independent Brigade expressed their determination to follow Xu Dalong and join the anti-Japanese cause.
Division Commander Kawamoto has always maintained contact with Yichuan. Yichuan will report to Kawamoto on the progress of the Independent First Brigade every once in a while.
Kawamoto had just received a report from the 1st Independent Brigade, saying that they had been attacked by guerrillas. Yichuan was seriously injured. Although his life was not in danger, he was hit by a piece of shrapnel in the face and had difficulty speaking. Therefore, he could only entrust his subordinates to report to the police.
The division headquarters reports on the progress of the Independent First Brigade.
Kawamoto wanted to find out the specific situation of the First Independent Brigade, so he asked Jalan to call him.
Jalan reported the situation here to him, saying that they did encounter guerrilla attacks on the road, but they were small groups of guerrillas and had been repelled by them. The progress is going smoothly so far.
Kawamoto had no doubts about this, because he simply could not imagine that in such a short period of time, the First Independent Brigade would defect to the anti-Japanese armed forces, which seemed to be still weak. So he commanded his Japanese troops and continued to follow the original plan
Attack in the direction of Zhencheng.
Soon after, the Independent First Brigade reported to the commander of the Kawamoto Division, saying that they had received reliable information. The reason why the Independent First Brigade did not encounter the main force of the enemy during the march was because Xu Dalong had already moved the main force of the guerrilla corps.
They were transferred away to meet the troops of the Yuanzheng Army and the Yunnan Army coming from Yangon.
Commander Kawamoto thought this statement was very reasonable, because the coalition forces coming from Burma and the reinforcements invited by Xu Dalong were being attacked by the main force of the Japanese army led by Yamashita Fengwen. It was normal for Xu Dalong to send troops to rescue them.
Kawamoto immediately reported the news to Yamashita Fengfumi. At the same time, he discovered that Xu Dalong had transferred the main force of the guerrilla army, so the enemy forces in the direction of Zhencheng must be very empty. This was a good opportunity to defeat Xu Dalong.
So Kawamoto decided to seize this favorable opportunity and immediately launched an attack on Zhencheng.
Normally, the commander of the Hebei Division could make up his mind for a battle of this level. However, after all, he was now under the command of Yamashita Fengwen to deal with the anti-Japanese armed forces in Malaysia, so he reported his idea to Yamashita Fengwen.
Yamashita Fengfumi is an experienced military commander. This time he has formulated a complete combat deployment for the Malaysian anti-Japanese armed forces. Now temporarily changing the combat deployment will bring about a series of problems. Logically speaking, he is
He would not agree. But out of his trust in Kawamoto and an unexpected situation that suddenly occurred, he made up his mind and agreed to Kawamoto's request.
This unexpected situation was brought about by Li Qiulin, Zhang Guangliang and others. When the main force of the Japanese army was fighting against the coalition forces, Li Qiulin, Zhang Guangliang, Li Jiming and others suddenly led the troops and rushed out from behind the enemy.
Their sudden appearance just confirmed the intelligence provided by Kawamoto, saying that the main force of the guerrilla army in the direction of Zhencheng had been transferred to reinforce the coalition forces, and the strength of the anti-Japanese armed forces in Zhencheng had been greatly weakened.
If Kawamoto can seize this favorable opportunity to attack the guerrillas' anti-Japanese base areas, he can effectively cooperate with the ongoing battle on Yamashita Fengfumi's side.
Therefore, Yamashita Tomofumi sent a telegram to Kawamoto, asking him to change his original combat deployment from the original feint attack to a direct attack. He also asked him to speed up the march and capture Zhencheng as soon as possible to cooperate with his own operations.
After receiving the telegram from Yamashita Fengfumi, Kawamoto immediately urged his Japanese officers and soldiers to start marching towards Zhencheng.
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce is still very capable. After receiving the telegram from Mr. Chen, they immediately took action and quietly transferred the families of the officers of the 1st Independent Brigade in Kuala Lumpur. The news spread to the 1st Independent Brigade.
After hearing this, the officers and soldiers of the first brigade felt relieved and actively asked to participate in the next battle.
The commander of the Kawamoto Division has about two regiments and more than 5,000 Japanese troops. This is a considerable force, and Xu Dalong was originally a little wary of it. Although his men controlled guerrillas, he knew that if they resisted head-on,
He was no match for them. Therefore, Xu Dalong decided to adopt guerrilla tactics and slowly consume the Japanese army.
But now that there was suddenly a well-trained independent First Brigade, the strength of both the enemy and ourselves suddenly changed fundamentally. Xu Dalong decided to take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army did not know the strength of the guerrillas, and launched a major battle to win one fell swoop.
Annihilate the Japanese army led by Kawamoto.
Accompanied by Jalan and various detachment leaders of the guerrilla corps, Xu Dalong surveyed the terrain. A large pocket array was set up in a hilly area 40 kilometers northeast of Zhencheng. Xu Dalong wanted to surround the Japanese army here and then encircle it.
Annihilate in one fell swoop.
After hearing Xu Dalong's plan, the officers and soldiers of the Guerrilla Corps felt very excited, but the officers of the First Independent Brigade expressed concerns.