The temporary headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Shanghai was forwarded with a piece of information from Japan, and finally reached the hands of Zuo Quan, Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Force. Zuo Quan, who had been anxious about the equipment that had not yet arrived, quickly glanced at the contents of the telegram.
A long-lost smile finally appeared on his face.
Under the surprised gazes of the combat staff around him, he rushed directly to Liu Hua's office not far away.
"Commander-in-Chief, good news, good news... After waiting for such a long time, I finally got some good news?" Walking into the office, he looked at Liu Hua, who was still silent in front of him looking at the map. Excited Zuo Quan said directly
Open your mouth and say.
"What good news... Could it be that the equipment supported by the US government has arrived..." Liu Hua raised his head and asked with a bright face.
"No, the equipment department hasn't received any news yet. The central government has just forwarded a message from Japan..."
"Our advance team successfully completed the tasks assigned to them by their predecessors in less than half a month..." Zuo Quan replied.
"Um, tell me about the specific situation?" Liu Hua immediately stopped thinking and asked.
"With the continuous efforts of our advance team, the resistance organizations in Japan that were on the verge of extinction have once again revived. So far, our expeditionary force's advance team has a total of ten combat units, each of which has controlled at least one insurgent army in Japan.
According to the latest statistics from our intelligence branch in Japan, the total size of the Japanese rebel army commanded by our advance team has reached 10,000. And this number continues to expand like a snowball. According to estimates from the intelligence office, half
Within months, the size of these rebel armies will exceed an astonishing 50,000 people..."
"Fifty thousand rebels...Chief of Staff, you are right..." Liu Hua asked in disbelief.
Although the 500 special forces elites he dispatched all spoke proficient Japanese, the environment they were in was, after all, a foreign country. And they wanted to organize such a large-scale attack in a short period of time in Japan, where they were unfamiliar with life.
The difficulty of the rebel army is completely different from that in China.
But now, these five hundred elites not only completed the task unexpectedly, but also exceeded the task limit, which had to shock and surprise Liu Hua. Then, he looked at Zuo Quan in front of him with a puzzled expression, waiting for a specific explanation.
"Haha, Commander-in-Chief, for this reason, we have to thank the Japanese Emperor Hirohito. In order to continue the Pacific War, in the face of the government's increasingly depleted finances and supplies, Emperor Hirohito and his military government had to
The idea is to target ordinary citizens and colonies..."
"According to the latest information sent back by the Japanese Intelligence Service, the relationship between the Japanese military government and ordinary citizens has so far deteriorated to the point of engaging in armed confrontation. Almost every day, every hour, many citizens suffer from hunger.
And died violently in the streets..."
"As the saying goes, the government forces the people to rebel. They have no choice but to rebel. In the face of death, as long as the Japanese people who are dying are given a hope of living, they will not hesitate to take up arms and join the insurrectionary army we organized...
.”
"In addition, since my advance team joined the rebel army, the rebel armies in various places have won consecutive battles, and many rebel armies have even established base areas according to the domestic model. This has resulted in the rebel army's prestige becoming stronger and stronger in Japan.
The Japanese people have gradually evolved from suspicion at the beginning to trust now, believing that the rebels will eventually overthrow the current military government..."
"So, in less than half a month, the ten rebel armies snowballed, turning thousands of people into ten thousand people with a certain fighting capacity..." Zuo Quan replied with a smile on his face.
"Well done... The 50,000-strong army, if used properly, can catch the Japanese defenders off guard at critical moments... Emperor Hirohito is really our hero. After successfully landing on the Japanese mainland, I really want to see him in person.
As soon as I saw this Emperor Hirohito..." After receiving the affirmative answer, Liu Hua, who had been thinking about the specific strategy of attacking the Japanese mainland, instantly understood the importance of these 50,000 rebels to the entire military operation, and said with excitement.
Today was destined to be an exciting day for Liu Hua. Just as he finished speaking, there was a rapid knock on the door of the office...
"Come in…."
Liu Hua's voice had just sounded in the office, and the anxious and excited figure of the communications staff stood in front of the two people.
"Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff, urgent telegram from the South China Sea Fleet..."
"South China Sea Fleet, could it be that there is news about our weapons? Tell me, what's going on?" Liu Hua quickly asked.
"The Commander-in-Chief is wise... The East China Sea Fleet reported that the fleet successfully received the ocean-going fleet from the US government in the predetermined sea area an hour ago as required. Currently, the East China Sea Fleet is escorting the ocean-going fleet to the Shanghai Navy Port in accordance with the order.
According to preliminary estimates, the ocean-going fleet will dock at Shanghai Naval Port at eight o'clock tomorrow morning..." the communications staff officer replied.
"Chief of Staff, there are so many good things today...The equipment, the equipment we have been thinking about for half a month has finally arrived..." The news one after another has completely enveloped Liu Hua's face with a smile. He faced Zuo Quan in front of him.
, sighed with excitement.
"It's finally here. As the chief of staff, I finally don't have to stand here and worry... Commander-in-Chief, I suggest that you immediately order the troops stationed outside the city to assemble and be ready to receive equipment. At the same time, order all the troops to carry out supplies,
Enter the military port immediately and prepare to transport these equipment..." Excited Zuo Quan said with emotion on his face.
"I agree, I will leave this task to you to complete... You should especially tell the two tank divisions and the armored battalions directly under each division to carry out adaptive training immediately after receiving the equipment. I will give them ten days at most, ten days
Within this period, you must fully adapt to the weapons you get..." Liu Hua nodded in agreement...
At Shanghai Naval Port, with a loud whistle coming from the sea, huge ocean-going cargo ships and new destroyers, puffing out thick black smoke, appeared in the sight of everyone at the dock. This huge fleet
, no surprise, it is all the ships and equipment delivered by the US government to the Chinese government...
At the military port pier, I watched howitzers and cannons with a diameter of 150 mm fall steadily on the pier under the continuous lifting of large cranes. Immediately afterwards, heavy trucks came in one after another.
Drag him away. Zuo Quan's eyes have already become hot...
"Commander-in-Chief, are all these artillery pieces for us?" Zuo Quan couldn't bear to see the continuous flow of artillery pieces and the excitement expressed by the artillery batteries on the pier. Zuo Quan, who only knew the specific quantity of this batch of equipment today, couldn't bear it.
Zhu asked with a dull look on his face.
"Of course, there are a total of fifteen American heavy artillery brigades, with a total of more than 3,000 heavy artillery pieces with a diameter of more than 100 millimeters... According to the current establishment size of our army's heavy artillery division, it is enough to form thirty heavy artillery divisions... Chief of Staff,
You can rest assured about these, I believe that with the addition of these artillery pieces, no, only half of the artillery pieces are needed to slowly level Japanese cities to the ground one by one..." Liu Hua replied with a confident look.
"so much….?"
Seeing the surprised Zuo Quan, Liu Hua continued to break the news.
"Chief of Staff, don't worry, what you see in front of you is just an appetizer..."
"To tell you the truth, all the ships docked in the military port, including one medium-sized aircraft carrier, three light cruisers, dozens of destroyers... are all military expenditures paid by the US government to allow us to send troops to Japan..."
"Of course, this is only what we can see now. Among the dozens of transport ships docked outside the military port, there are also hundreds of the latest combat aircraft, thousands of American heavy tanks, and a variety of combat aircraft supported free of charge by the U.S. government.
More than a thousand American medium tanks... It can be said that with these equipment, the combat effectiveness of our expeditionary force can more than double in a short period of time..."
Regarding Liu Hua's revelations, Zuo Quan was not only shocked, but also shocked. A few minutes later, when tanks weighing dozens of tons appeared in his field of vision, the shocked Zuo Quan slowly came to his senses.
Liu Hua beside him said with emotion.
"Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief, I, Zuo Quan, have suffered terribly from you during this period... I never thought that you would actually lay such a big foreshadowing and make me worry for so long... so many important things.
Equipment, if we still can’t capture the Japanese island, I, Zuo Quan, will not survive..."
"Chief of Staff, you also know that there are some things that I dare not disclose without the consent of the Chairman and others. What's more, this matter is related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in our expeditionary force, so I have to be cautious...
Liu Hua also replied helplessly.
Because each combat unit had already made preparations to receive new equipment, the change of equipment of the more than 300,000 troops in the army, especially the change of heavy weapons, only lasted less than two days and was successfully completed.
After the change of equipment, a Chinese Expeditionary Force with more complete organization and firepower was completely revealed to the world.
A main division of the expeditionary force, in addition to the original troops and equipment, specially added a medium tank assault battalion, which is 12 medium tanks. At the same time, in order to make up for the lack of heavy firepower of the division, a 105-caliber howitzer regiment with a total of 36 guns was specially strengthened.
Large caliber howitzer.
As for a main force, a tank assault regiment composed of a heavy tank battalion and two light tank battalions will be added. In terms of heavy weapons, in addition to the original field artillery battalion, a 150mm howitzer regiment and a 150mm howitzer regiment will be added.
120mm cannon regiment, a 150mm heavy mortar regiment….
In addition to the six 150mm heavy howitzer regiments directly under the expeditionary force, three 150mm heavy cannon regiments, a 230mm super-caliber siege artillery battalion dedicated to sieges, a heavy tank division, and two heavy tank divisions.
The firepower of the entire expeditionary force has reached unprecedented levels...
This book is about to be completed. The new book "The Rise of China in the Rebirth of the Republic of China". Different battles, different styles, different development paths... has been uploaded. Please continue to support and collect this book... to all new and old readers.
Please collect it, ask for monthly tickets, please subscribe, please recommend votes, please ask for rewards...
{Piaotian Literature www.ptwxz.com thanks all book friends for their support, your support is our greatest motivation}