Chapter 719 Recovering Taiwan (4) Pre-War Exercises
Or he pretended not to notice? Perhaps there is a possibility. With Chiang Kai-shek's stubbornness, he was still very confident in the Huangpu Group, which he had created and always controlled. For more than ten years, officers who graduated from Huangpu have been flooded at all levels of the millions of central troops. In terms of purity, it is very considerable.
However, purity does not represent combat effectiveness! Huangpu's training method and teaching level are considered backward in military academies in major countries around the world, and they are completely unable to keep up with the situation in terms of technology and tactics. If it weren't for Zhu Bin's intervention, these people would probably not even be able to do routine operations.
Of course, there are still some relatively high-quality generals, but compared to the overall number, they are simply scarce like prehistoric giant pandas. Sadly, most of these people are still in a hostile camp, and I'm afraid that Jiang Jiang will feel very miserable when he thinks about it.
In any case, the previous stalemate against the Japanese army in eastern Zhejiang and Fujian was in a stalemate, and the progress was extremely smooth and rapid. It seemed that it would be completely pacified in about one or two months.
In order to ensure the success rate, the Navy also specially assigned some destroyers to patrol offshore and provide artillery support at any time to prevent the Japanese from jumping over the wall and attacking important coastal cities and military areas. The firepower of a destroyer is enough to make a large group of Japanese troops without heavy weapons blind. This is just a small task for the navy with huge military equipment.
The negotiations proposed by Japan are still in dispute. It’s not that they are as arrogant as ever and asking for prices. This time, the Chinese side has opened too much!
Some of the things that Japan cannot accept are the first. The first is that Japan must reflect deeply on this and the past decades of aggression against China. Its spiritual leader, Emperor Hirohito, must personally apologize for it! This alone cannot be passed. Besides, it also added all the aggression against North Korea, Lushun, Shandong and other things during the Qing Dynasty. According to international practice, it is a historical issue. As the new ruling government, the Republic of China should not be confused.
Gu Weijun, one of the full-time negotiators, made it unceremoniously that unless the countries unanimously agree to abolish all unequal treaties since the Qing Dynasty, the government of the Republic of China has no choice but to bear it accordingly, and the two are inseparable.
This dispute has been undecided for several days. Let it be put aside for the time being. The second thing that Japan cannot accept is that the Kanto Army completely withdraws from the Northeast, stops supporting the so-called ** of the puppet Manchukuo, hand over a group of criminals led by Puyi, and gives China's vassal state North Korea to its military and political independence.
The Japanese even quit. The existence of Manchukuo is directly related to the future and future of their Japanese Empire. Now there is danger of land sinking and being bombed into ruins. If 70 million Japanese people want to survive, they must ensure that Manchu is in their hands. Now the world is in chaos, and they cannot miss the good opportunity to completely annex the Northeast!
The third article has become a waste of money. Japan unconditionally returns the territory and vassal states that have belonged to China since ancient times, including Taiwan Island, Sakhalin Island, and the Ryukyu Islands that have been actually occupied.
Such three points are completely slaughtering Japan on the chopping board of the defeated country. Such a tough attitude and such domineering clauses are simply to exhale all the afflictions accumulated over the years since the Sino-Japanese War. As the negotiator, Gu Weijun has a sense of proud pleasure!
The gap between the conditions between them is too big, and it is impossible to talk about it! Therefore, the preparations for the attack on Taiwan have not stopped, but also made it more and more powerful!
In the current Republic of China, no literate people were unwilling to care about national affairs, especially those who had been through the late Qing Dynasty, who were even more happy and encouraged that the country had such power in a short period of time! It was the first time to revenge the former enemy in the true sense and regain territory by force, which was the same as China's first cry to challenge the world!
It is no need to say that various organizations and groups called for support. Chiang Kai-shek himself shouted loudly and made up his mind to use this battle to completely highlight the strength of the Central Army and his own prestige. But when it was really time to take action, he wisely handed over the heavy responsibility of arduously seizing the landing site on the beach. Of course, there is no need to guess who will take over.
As soon as the mobilization order for attacking Taiwan was issued, the third war zone began to move forward. The commander-in-chief of the war zone, Li Zongren, was in charge of all official duties in Guangzhou. As the deputy chief of staff, Bai Chongxi would certainly not miss the great opportunity to use his intelligence and talents, and would come to help as soon as possible.
As a deputy, Gu Zhutong was not very involved in the affairs. But this time it was related to the face of the Central Army. Chairman Jiang called him and repeatedly reminded him that he must do everything perfectly and that others should not be so beautiful as before. So he also gave up all official duties and participated. For a time, the whole of Guangzhou would gather and the storm would rise!
Guangzhou in November is still so hot that it is hard to wear thick clothes, and it is completely different from the ice and snow that are fighting in the north. The participating troops selected from the Third War Zone gathered from all over the place, preparing to board the ships of the South China Sea Fleet from here and set out to Taiwan!
Inside and outside Guangzhou City, it became a large barracks surrounded by more than 100,000 troops, and the Pearl River channel was filled with Chinese warships.
Although Britain, France and other countries expressed various dissatisfactions, especially the British who occupied Hong Kong, were particularly worried that China would suddenly take the opportunity to take back the situation, they also protested and obstructed the war in order to balance the situation in East Asia.
Without telling Chiang, he dispatched a bunch of warships to scare people. Unfortunately, the South China Sea Fleet ignored their slightest, and Zhu Bin even spoke out that if Britain dared to interfere in China's actions, he might sell a batch of advanced weapons and equipment to Germany.
The British suddenly became anxious! Through the Sino-Japanese War, they had already seen clearly that some of the scientific and technological equipment in Zhu Bin's hands had unconventional destructive power, and Germany was already powerful, so they couldn't breathe. With a heavy weight, wouldn't it be a bad thing!
So apart from verbally intimidating, he did not dare to do more outrageous behavior, so he had to let the fleet stare at him to show his existence.
Li Zongren and others were completely letting go of their hearts that had been hanging.
On this day, the Third War Zone held a joint island landing exercise to build momentum for the battle in the sea of Shantou. All the commanders were present. Li Zongren held a telescope and watched from a distance from the rostrum. When the cannons of the South China Sea Fleet smashed countless exercises onto the beachhead with bombs like storms, a flash of light and huge explosions shook the beachhead, which was ten kilometers wide, and the mountains shook. A large number of fortifications in the temporary building were submerged in the boiling sea of fireworks.
Li Zongren couldn't help but feel scared. He put down his telescope, rubbed his eyes that were so painful that the flashes were stabbed, and asked Bai Chongxi with a sigh: "Jiansheng, if it was replaced with live ammunition and the defenders were replaced with us, how sure do you think you can withstand such powerful artillery fire?"
Bai Chongxi's face was also unnatural. His fists were clenched a little white. He pondered for a moment, and shook his head a little helplessly: "No one in 1000! Manpower is limited after all, especially the army that has not been fought. Faced with such giant ships and cannons, I am afraid I will be afraid before the battle!"
"Well, I think so too. Speaking of which, I have to thank Zhu Hanchen. If his navy had not blocked the Japanese army, I'm afraid we would have faced such a fierce attack first! At that time, hundreds of thousands of soldiers would have survived!"
Li Zongren sighed. Japan's ambition to invade China is known to everyone in the world, but it has always been a suitable opportunity. And its most powerful navy is ranked second in the world. If it were the ones killed before and after, it would be the world's first in scale. If Zhu Bin hadn't broken them a few times and attacked them, how hard would the guards on the shore be!
Especially the 406mm ship guns were bombarded. A live ammunition could dig a hole as big as a basketball court on the beach, which was equivalent to a small village. Even reinforced concrete fortifications below five meters could not withstand its penetration. If it was a high-explosive grenade, even a tank within the explosion range would have to stop the gun!
Bathing in such artillery fire, there is no other way to fight, except to fill in the lives of people. The heavy damage is probably indescribable.
Bai Chongxi thought about something else, and his eyes were too long sweeping over the Marine Corps of the Third Army of Wang Heishan who was rushing to the beach on a landing craft from behind the artillery fire. His ambition, which had been rising and falling in his heart for many years, was very unwilling to lie dormant again. He knew in his heart that facing such an enemy, they had no chance at all.
"It's really a partial teacher under Zhu Hanchen! Just because Wang Lishan became a monk halfway through his journey, he managed such a powerful force from an Hainan Island for four or five years. I really don't know how powerful the power Zhu Bin personally mastered will be!"
If Li Zongren said he was not jealous, that was fake. Who wouldn’t want a powerful army that would win every battle? He fought for the world to be admired by hundreds of millions of people? If he were Zhu Bin, he would have already driven Chiang Kai-shek off the stage at this time, crushed all the unsatisfactory forces and unified the country. How might it be?
Now it can only be thought about it, and it is almost impossible to achieve it. The world is in chaos today, and it is a good time for the country to rise up and soldiers to use their lives. If you do military internal struggles, you will be scolded by history books. It is better to quickly gain some political capital and wait for the war to end in the future. Use political struggle methods to try to realize your ideals, and come more appropriately.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel relaxed, and his face became much brighter.
Bai Chongxi and his hard-core partner knew what he was thinking at a glance, and nodded and said, "With such a powerful help, we don't have to worry about the loss of the beach fighting. Besides, with Zhu Hanchen's style, we will never sit idly by and watch the brothers and feet suffer too much. Once the war begins, it will definitely be a destruction. I just don't know whether Mr. Jiang's plan will be successful."
The entire combat plan was discussed through the base camp. Wang Heishan's Marine Corps was responsible for opening the gap. Li Zongren's main force first rushed forward to consolidate and occupied the current major cities and strategic key points. Later, a unit of the Central Army led by Gu Zhutong went ashore and launched a full-scale attack on the island.
In this way, all the benefits of three aspects have been taken into account. Obviously, in terms of the number of troops, the Central Army must have the advantage and dispatch ten divisions!
Li Zongren sighed: "Mr. Jiang is becoming more and more shameless! He can do anything to attack, which is really cold! However, if he thinks that Taiwan is isolated and helpless, it would be too despised the Japanese for more than 40 years of operation! Humph, don't eat meat and make you mess up first!"
Bai Chongxi smiled, this is also his opinion. The Japanese are not stupid, they must know that they cannot withstand the powerful sea and air power and try to block the beach. There is no big chance of it. The narrow and long mountains of Taiwan with such a complex terrain will become the rear of their continuous resistance. The Central Army will do this, which is definitely not as good as the professional Yunnan-Guizhou soldiers who have been hiking in the mountains all day long. They are hungry and will lose their teeth!
His thinking jumped very fast, but he thought happily and immediately turned elsewhere: "Brother Delin, you said that Zhu Hanchen would agree so happily to seize Taiwan and give benefits to Jiang. But as long as a few important ports are the parking area of his ocean-going fleet, what exactly is it?"
Li Zongren asked him. Yes, why? Zhu Bin is a person who refuses to suffer losses. Any effort must be rewarded with more rewards. If Taiwan is so big, if it is occupied as an enclave, the navy will watch it, the others will have no temper at all. But if they actually let it go to Chiang Kai-shek, it would be a bit qiguài.
"Maybe... he is not determined to be here? After all, he is mainly based on maritime power, so he is probably not interested in governing a place that has been colonized by the Japanese for nearly half a century! I heard that he is a person who is very afraid of trouble. Those five or six million islanders have been ruled by the Japanese for too long and have been severely enslaved, so it is unlikely to correct them. If the trouble is not good, he must kill some people. This kind of thing is very bad!"
Bai Chongxi asked and answered questions and seemed to have found the answer. If he had come to rectify a new place, he would probably have to do that. Taiwan implemented the rule of Japan's "royal people" and taught Japanese classes in schools. Officials spoke Japanese, wore kimonos for formal occasions. Even religious worship was forced to change, which was to completely turn it into Japan. For more than 40 years, it was probably a mess.
Li Zongren shook his head: "We won't worry about those! In short, if this battle is done, our lifelong wish will be fulfilled. Next time, if we can land in Japan for battle, it would be better."
Bai Chongxi laughed. There was really one day when he said he would run to the front and lead his troops to do something in person. That was the supreme glory.
The next moment, another question popped up in his mind: "Zhu Bin has been shouting at the ocean fleet for a long time. No one has seen a specific ship so far. So he just wants a false name? Or does it have no intention?"
People with a lot of heart always like to cause trouble for themselves. Bai Chongxi watched the military exercises and kept jumping out problems like a windmill in his mind.
Others could not imagine that it was so complicated. More than a dozen landing boats of the vanguard of the Second Marine Division rushed to the beach. Machine cannons, heavy machine guns, and rockets covered them like storms. Countless soldiers were wearing bulletproof carousels, bulletproof helmets on their heads, and automatic rifles in their hands spurted fire tongues, and shouted loudly onto the beach!
Chapter completed!