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Volume 1: On the Songhua River Chapter 3146: Australia¡¯s aftermath

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    A battle in Australia that used more than 70% of the division's ground forces, all two fleets, almost all the armored forces, the two northern and southern flying groups, all the artillery, and involved all Tang Qiuli's energy, finally came to an end.

    From the competition with the Japanese on the islands in the southwest Pacific, to Tang Qiusheng's Sulu Mobile Corps' clever landing in southern Australia, to the end of the current east coast of Australia where more than one million Japanese troops were annihilated, the Battle of Australia lasted for more than half a year.  For a long time, if you include the previous plans, the initial strategic layout took more than two or three years. It was the battle that consumed the most energy and effort of Tang Qiuli.

    The significance of this battle is even greater. Except for the front line of the North American continent and several islands in the Eastern Pacific, the Japanese have lost all their overseas colonies. The Japanese most elite navy and army have basically been lost. Japan  The archipelago is now an isolated island with no peripheral defense capabilities.

    The results of the Australian Campaign were also very brilliant. They killed the entire Japanese Australian Front, the last heavy overseas force group of the Japanese Army, and successively annihilated and captured more than 1.6 million Japanese soldiers.

    The commander of the Japanese Australian Front, Genzaburo Ito, committed suicide. More than 100 general-level officers below the chief of staff, Major General Akutagawa, also committed suicide. As for other junior-level officers, there were many cases where officers of the lieutenant-level were surrounded and committed suicide.

    What makes Tang Qiuli regretful is that when the troops began to attack the Japanese troops in the encirclement on the east coast of Australia, the firepower of ground artillery and aerial bombing was too fierce.  In the end, the number of Japanese prisoners of war captured by each regiment was only over 500,000.  More than hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers were wiped out in smoke and steel by more than an hour of combined ground and air firepower. For this purpose, the division's artillery and aviation units consumed tens of thousands of tons of ammunition.

    In addition to more than half a million Japanese prisoners of war who were dying of hunger, there were also a large number of weapons and equipment left by Japanese soldiers. For these Italian and Japanese weapons and equipment.  The soldiers in the division looked down upon him, and no one was interested.  Try a little devil's gun instead!

    However, Lieutenant General Zhang Quan, the division¡¯s logistics chief, who arrived in Australia after a long journey on the second day after the Australian campaign, did not dislike these things that the soldiers looked down upon.  He not only came here by himself, but also brought a large number of people from the logistics department. The main task was to collect these scrap coppers that were either intact or blown to pieces and scattered in every corner of the battlefield.  Rotten iron.

    Lieutenant General Zhang Quan also showed off his old qualifications and gave the commanders of each corps and brigade commanders a hard target. Each corps and each brigade must hand over a certain number of tons of stuff every day.  This rigid target made the corps commander and brigade commanders complain endlessly and could only order the troops to rest and reorganize on the spot.  Scattered on the battlefield with a radius of hundreds of kilometers, digging three feet into the ground to collect.

    In the face of the complaints from the generals, in the words of Lieutenant General Zhang Quan, "Hey! What's wrong, you guys are used to fighting lavish wars now? Planes and artillery are deployed at every turn, and the shells and bombs hit those few hard. But.  Do you know where the shells and bombs come from?¡±

    Of course the generals know.  But Zhang Quan still learned a lesson: "Don't look like a reluctant bitter gourd. I tell you that all these scrap copper and iron must be transported back and turned into cannonballs, bombs and bullets for you guys to squander again. You must learn to live your life, isn't it?"  ? Otherwise, according to your style of play, Master¡¯s family fortune would have been wiped out long ago!¡±

    "Do you know the hardships of the Logistics Department? Don't look at the division commander. He just wants to eat food and doesn't care about anything. If he is short of guns and artillery, he will reach out and take care of me!" After saying that, he glared at Tang Qiuli as if to demonstrate, and turned Tang Qiuli away.  Qiu Li made San San laugh dryly.

    Come on, put down this big hat. The commander of the corps and the brigade commanders will not dare to neglect it. If this old man gets angry and even the division commander can't handle it, Tang Qiuli's energy will certainly not be collected in the logistics department.  On rotten iron.

    After a war that lasted for more than half a year, the entire Australia was almost destroyed. The post-war reconstruction work was complicated, and he had to personally handle the transportation and disposal of hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war.

    For this reason, Tang Qiuli sent a special telegram to Li Honggang, director of the Prisoner of War Management Office of the division commander who was still in Kulun, Outer Mongolia, asking him to make all preparations for receiving Japanese prisoners of war. The weather in Australia in December was still  The sun was shining brightly and it was warm as spring, but in Outer Mongolia, it was already freezing cold and snowing heavily. Tang Qiuli didn't want to think that these free laborers would not die in the hands of the soldiers, but would die in the severe cold of Outer Mongolia.  Among!

    Australia, on the other hand, has specially allocated enough ships to prepare to transport prisoners of war, both by sea and land, tens of thousands of kilometers long distance, and hundreds of thousands of Japanese prisoners of war. One mistake can be a big deal.

    Tang Qiuli came up with a way to escort the Japanese prisoners of war separately. The ordinary soldiers were together, and the generals, assistant officers and lieutenants were also separated. According to the JapaneseWithout a leader, there will be no trouble. If he catches a few unlucky guys who are stubborn and want to show some bullshit bushido spirit and kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, he reckons there won't be any problems.  ?

    The matter of Japanese prisoners of war has been temporarily solved, but the subsequent post-war reconstruction problems in Australia have made Tang Qiuli's head grow bigger. He was not good at this kind of detail in the first place. In a few days,  When I came down, my eyes were as tired as rabbits. As soon as I saw the words on the page, my head began to hurt violently.

    A few days later, Tang Qiuli felt that he was really not qualified to do this, so he sent a telegram to Liu Hanzhang, who was the chairman of the Northeast, Korean Peninsula and Far East Regional Political Affairs Committee, asking for help. He said that now that Australia was fully occupied, there was a need for a military and political officer.  If you are the chairman of the committee, that means waiting for an empty seat!

    Anyway, all government affairs in the Korean Peninsula, Northeastern region, and Far East region are now on the right track. Don't the Hanzhang brothers not want to challenge a new region? Australia is different from other regions. The people to be managed are all foreigners.  It's very challenging. I believe in Brother Hanzhang's ability and he will definitely be able to take on this important task!

    After receiving the telegram from Tang Qiuli, who was not far away, Liu Hanzhang, who was sitting in Fengtian, looked up to the sky and laughed. He knew very well that his young boss was a little bit petty and wanted to be the boss.

    Liu Hanzhang¡¯s call back was very simple, just one word, ¡°Go!¡±

    A few days later, Liu Hanzhang took a plane and arrived in Australia. He was followed by hundreds of people, all of whom were elite soldiers and generals under him. They built more than a dozen large transport planes. According to him, this was just a front-line stop.  government officials, and a large army of thousands of people behind them!

    Tang Qiuli, who came to the airport to greet Liu Hanzhang, said to Liu Hanzhang as if he had seen a savior: "Brother Hanzhang, from now on, Australia is yours, so I can't control how many people come!"

    With Liu Hanzhang taking over Australia's post-war reconstruction work and local government affairs management, Tang Qiuli finally got away from the tedious government affairs. He spent three days sorting out the next course of action, and then, with  A notice was issued in the name of the division commander and decided to convene a military meeting on January 1, 1942.

    The range of participants in this military conference was quite wide, covering the corps commanders to the brigade commanders and their chiefs of staff, the commanders and their chiefs of staff of the armored force, the two fleets and the aviation force. The total number of participants reached more than 700.  Even Liu Tiehan, the deputy division commander in the north and commander of the East Point Force, as well as all the brigade commanders and brigade chiefs of staff of the East Point, Sun Zhenbang, commander of the Outer Mongolia Field Corps, and all the brigade commanders and brigade chiefs of staff of his troops.

    The unprecedented scale of the military meeting was held in Yangon, Indochina. Tang Qiuli meant that by taking advantage of this military meeting, it happened to coincide with New Year's Day. Everyone gathered together to celebrate for a day. After the Australian War,  I and my generals, who have been tense for a long time, can finally breathe a sigh of relief. It is also time for all the soldiers in the division to breathe a sigh of relief.

    Although Tang Qiuli did not explicitly mention this large-scale military meeting, it implied a celebration and a desire to reward the generals for their hard work. Therefore, he was particularly attentive and asked Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe to personally take charge and intervene.  The specific details must be done thoroughly.

    Moreover, Tang Qiuli repeatedly emphasized to Zhao Yuhe, "Yuhe, this gathering of princes from all walks of life in Yangon is not just a military meeting. It has been rare for everyone to get together for several years. All the expenses are borne by me."  I pay for it personally, not from the army, but you have to ask Mei Ting for it after you return to Yangon. She is in charge of my savings!"

    Zhao Yuhe disagreed and said resolutely: "Commander, convening this military meeting is purely official business. How can you spend your personal savings? If it were told, I, the chief of staff, would not be accused.  Backbone!"

    "Moreover, the division has special expenses in this area. You can't disrupt the financial system of the division by ignoring public and private matters. Besides, for hundreds of people, a few days of food and drink is a big expense!"

    "Hahaha!" Tang Qiuli laughed loudly and said, "Yuhe, you are looking down on my family background. The four of us in our family are on military pay, and I am the one with the highest military pay. More than a thousand yuan a month goes into the ocean.  When it comes to savings, our teacher can¡¯t compare to me, so that¡¯s it, I can still afford to spend this money, not to mention, this is what I want!¡±

    "For so many years, since I started my army in the Northeast, these brothers have been following me, fighting from outside the customs to Guanli, and from home to abroad, through life and death. Now, they are finally going to join the Japanese in their homeland. Yu Qingyu  I should pay for it out of my own pocket and treat the brothers for a few days. It¡¯s not about the amount of money, it¡¯s about my thoughts!¡±

    Zhao Yu and Mo Ran had moved expressions on their faces, but they did not persist.

    How many days are left until New Year¡¯s Day?At that time, Tang Qiuli took his division commanders and took a special plane back to Yangon. In addition to the need to prepare for the military meeting in advance, there was also a deep urgency in his heart. How many years had he separated from his three wives?  After more than a month, he really wanted to see the smiling faces of his wives.

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