Chapter 792 Restoration of the old capital (9)
Details determine success or failure. How much material does Chennard's aviation force need to complete the transportation and airdrop supply guarantee of a paratrooper division? On these key issues, Gao Fei thinks that the most say is the paratroopers and Chennard, the paratroopers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
Especially the First Division is a seed unit, the Second Division has just formed its combat effectiveness, and the Fourth Airborne Regiment and the Fifth Airborne Regiment have completed the input and allocation of the backbone of the Sixth Airborne Regiment. The troops lack practical experience, so such troops at least have
It takes three to six months of running-in and training, and now it is like committing suicide by putting into battle.
However, now the Chinese Youth Army and Expeditionary Force occupy the vast majority of U.S. aid supplies, and have long been the target of public criticism. Any reason and excuse will be regarded as a manifestation of fear of war, so Gao Fei cannot refuse it at once, and Gao Fei believes that Chennard is fundamentally
There are not enough transport planes to transport a division of paratroopers, the air force Shanhaiguan, if your ground troops keep attacking and advancing day and night, it will take at least seven days. Even if you start attacking for three days, the paratroopers dropped in the air must stick to the minimum.
In four days, in several large-scale airborne operations in the history of World War II, none of them were not casualties, the bloody invasion of the Germans, the large airborne of Normandy, the Market Garden Operation, etc.
However, Gao Fei obviously ignored the existence of an idiot. This idiot was Stilwell. Stilwell was extremely happy that Chiang Kai-shek remembered his paratrooper army. Liao Yaoxiang, who had just taken over as command, was also inspired by the excited wave of asking for battle.
Excellent equipment, excellent officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers, Commander Gao Fei's five main forces of hundreds of thousands of assault troops. If the Second Paratrooper Division can attack and fight, it will undoubtedly be a very powerful stroke. Liao Yaoxiang sent Gao Fei
He went to a telegram to ask for battle, which made Gao Fei go in a dilemma. No one realized that the army was not ready yet. They just dared to fight, not good at fighting.
On December 4, 1942, Chiang Kai-shek was watching the densely packed Chinese officers and soldiers attacking Zijin Mountain in the front command center under the city of Nanjing. He was in a state of great excitement. The Chinese officers and soldiers who were not afraid of sacrifice made Chiang Kai-shek make up his mind and must block the Japanese from retreating.
The road outside the pass should be done at all costs.
Li Lun, commander of the Second Paratrooper Division, is a genuine American study abroad, graduated from Nanjing Army University, and studied in Germany. His professional paratroopers knows more about paratroopers from Gao Fei. The troops are ready without him, but at this moment
The whole army was full of fighting spirit, and Li Lun could not pour cold water on the front of the commission. The suggestions of Liao Yaoxiang and Stilwell made Gao Fei feel dizzy. They were actually preparing to send two divisions of troops to the Northeast to harass the enemy's rear to carry out a raid.
Cooperate with the main force to counterattack the Northeast. Anti-Japanese Blood Sacrifice to the Mountains and Rivers 792
At least a few months later, Gao Fei stared at Stilwell and said angrily: "General Stilwell, how many transport planes and gliders can we dispatch in total for airborne? Can the local area have contact and response, and relevant intelligence preparations? I
How to formulate the military's air cover and material delivery plan? Have the capacity and range of our army's transport aircraft reached? How many field airports are needed? Oil and materials? Our soldiers are not afraid of sacrifice, but these are our most elite troops in China, and they are in the comprehensive people.
Ninety-seven percent are illiterate countries. This is a force composed of high school students and college students. Their casualties are beyond China's capacity to bear."
Gao Fei's words also made Chiang Kai-shek slightly stunned. Xu Guoyi, the commander of the Fourth Paratrooper Regiment, immediately stood up and said loudly: "Commander-in-Chief, are you responsible for the rise and fall of our country? You taught us that even if we sacrifice several generations, we should
Isn’t it that we can seize enough living space for the nation? Now that the country needs us to sacrifice, we will never repeat it.”
Gao Fei looked at Xu Guoyi and couldn't speak for a long time. Chiang Kai-shek nodded with satisfaction and said, "The combat plan is set to be thunder. The main force of the Youth Army must provide Chennard's aviation troops with at least fifteen airports and ensure safety on four days of attack.
, the Second Paratrooper Division went to Shanhaiguan, and firmly blocked the Japanese's escape route."
Chennard glanced at Gao Fei, and he was silent for a moment and said, "Your Excellency Chairman, it is already the limit to airdrop the second battalion with its existing capacity. It takes at least five times to complete the combatants of the Second Division.
Airdrop, at least ten times of capacity is required to complete the airdrop of all equipment, we lack transport aircraft and gliders, and even the target map of local airspace, etc. This will be a very risky action. If the weather continues to get worse, we will
It is impossible to carry out airdrop recharge operations, and the airdrop area is the edge of the combat radius of the p40h fighter jet, which is extremely risky, and it is also extremely risky to establish a field airport behind the enemy."
Chiang Kai-shek refuted to the public and said: "War is about taking risks. If there is no risk, it is still a war. The greater the risk, the higher the reward. The Japanese are already at the end of their strength. What we have to do now is push them."
Gao Fei knew clearly that Okamura Yanji was a very cunning guy. His failure to reinforce Nanjing showed the problem. The Japanese retreated in an orderly manner, not a siege. It was a matter of no return to the army since ancient times. Two airdrops were released at a time.
The battalion troops are simply a disaster. Although the slogan of the paratroopers is "We are born surrounded by the enemy", the lack of battle plans is very likely to cause unpredictable huge disasters. Take risks in military operations and be fully prepared.
Under conditions, history has proved that extreme adventures are very undesirable and have to pay a heavy price.
After receiving a call, Chennard reported to Chiang Kai-shek with some joy: "At the 55th Arsenal in Kunming, scientists from the Allied Powers have repeatedly studied a fuel bomb proposed by General Gao Fei, and the new type of bomb has been initially developed.
Successfully, they hope to conduct the first test on the battlefield, and please withdraw the Chinese army attacking Purple Mountain from enough safe range. The bomber group will be in the air in thirty minutes."
When Gao Fei heard what Chennard said, he was happy and said, "Is it a cloud bomb? Is it really successful in development?"
Chennard smiled and nodded. Chen Cheng, who was standing beside him, saw Chiang Kai-shek nodding, so he picked up the phone and ordered the Zijinshan troops to retreat to the attack launch position. Gao Fei immediately said anxiously: "No, at least five kilometers of safe area must be maintained."
Ah? Chen Cheng looked at Gao Fei in amazement, as if he had found a monster's expression. Five kilometers means returning all the Japanese positions occupied by bloody battles to the Japanese. How many were killed in the front line of these positions?
Chapter completed!