Chapter 19: Persuasion

Pushing the Japanese Navy to make the course of history develop in the direction he expected was a decision made by Zhuo Fei after careful consideration. If the appearance of the US Navy in South Asia cannot be prevented and delayed, the interests of China and the umbrella company will be harmed, which is exactly what Zhuo Fei does not want to see. After explaining that the staff team was making a plan for the Japanese navy to attack Pearl Harbor, Zhuo Fei took Angela to Chongqing by plane, and he also had to discuss this issue in depth with the high-level members of the coalition government.

When he came to Chongqing again, Zhuo Fei's mood was completely different, and he even thought about what the umbrella company would do if the coalition government did not agree to his proposed plan. Along the way, Angela and Vivien have been doing their best to help themselves, and of course they can't live up to their efforts, if the coalition government does not support their proposals, then the umbrella company can only abandon the coalition government and seek its own interests in South Asia.

The actual number of employees of the entire umbrella company has already exceeded 4,000, and if you count the Jewish scholars and scientists who serve the umbrella company, the number of people in the umbrella company may increase several times. All of this has contributed to the strength of the umbrella company today, Zhuo Fei can't and dare not give up the umbrella company, he can't ignore the hard work of those employees of the umbrella company.

"Are you really going to do that?" It was late at night when he arrived in Chongqing, Zhuo Fei did not dare to delay time, and went to the villa on the south bank to meet Chiang Kai-shek first. Listening to Zhuo Fei's explanation, Chiang Kai-shek's heart was agitated and at the same time, he asked a rhetorical question. If the Americans can really cut off the continued export of materials to Japan, it will undoubtedly be a catastrophe for the Japanese. But at this time, Zhuo Fei proposed to promote the Japanese Navy to attack the American fleet, Chiang Kai-shek didn't know why Zhuo Fei wanted to do this, but he was not optimistic about this plan in his heart.

"Chairman, the Americans entered South Asia too early, and for our ultimate plan, there are only disadvantages and no benefits." Xu saw what Chiang Kai-shek was thinking, and Zhuo Fei changed his tone to explain to Chiang Kai-shek. "Our new army has almost been trained, the heavy equipment that the umbrella company has brought back from Europe has been refitted, and the guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines that has lasted for several months has also caused the Japanese army's logistics supply lines to collapse, and if the government needs it, the new army can be put into battle immediately."

"The present situation seems to be favorable to the Japanese army, but when all the factors are taken into account, we will find that the balance of war has shifted in our favor. In the early stage of the war, the reason why the Japanese army had the advantage was because the Japanese soldiers had undergone long-term and rigorous training, and they were equipped with better equipment and weapons than ours. But the war has continued to this day, and not only our army has suffered heavy casualties, but also the Japanese army, except for the Japanese troops deployed in the combat zone, the other Japanese troops have been filled with a large number of recruits and servant troops from Korea. ”

"The New First Army and the New Second Army have now completed their assembly in Shanxi, and the vanguard of the New Third Army has also secretly rushed to Shaanxi, and as long as the construction of our forward airfield is completed, the New Army can enter Henan and Hebei at any time. Lazily cut off the offensive momentum of the Japanese army, and in the enemy-occupied area full of new recruits and imperial allied troops, our new army can gallop at will. Once the rear route is cut off, the Japanese troops deep into Hunan and Hubei can only shrink their defensive lines or retreat to the coastline, otherwise they will fall into our encirclement. ”

"Chairman, all these are the situations we most expect to see, and this situation is not easy to come by, why at this time, why do we still think about seeking help from the outside world, we can drive the Japanese army into the sea to feed the fish." Zhuo Fei's words were a bit reckless, but he couldn't care about that much, he needed to know Chiang Kai-shek's truest thoughts at the moment, if he couldn't convince Chiang Kai-shek at the moment, he naturally couldn't convince the other high-level leaders of the coalition government in China.

"Just forcing the Japanese army to the coastal line will still be useless for our great cause of the War of Resistance, after all, we do not have a navy, and the Japanese army only needs to be entrenched in the coastal area, and our country and people will still be invaded and humiliated by them." Chiang Kai-shek finally expressed his worries, and the Battle of Songhu was already a testament to the might and destructiveness of the Japanese navy.

Hearing Chiang Kai-shek's words, Zhuo Fei took out a document and handed it to Chiang Kai-shek, "Chairman, this is a confidential document of our umbrella company, after you read it, you will understand that the Japanese Navy is actually vulnerable." As long as we are given time to protect the umbrella company, as long as we can have enough patience, when the time comes, those ships of the Japanese Navy will only become live targets. When the time comes, we will fight whatever we want, and we will fight whenever we want. ”

Seeing that Zhuo Fei said so surely, Chiang Kai-shek took the information and looked at it carefully, Zhuo Fei showed Chiang Kai-shek the information on the long-range rocket project that was still under development in the Umbrella Division. Based on the modern long-range rocket data provided by Zhuo Fei, the rocket experts of the Protection Division have carried out large-scale research, and after initially solving the problem of liquid fuel, the rocket experts of the Protection Division are now working on the structure and engine of the long-range rocket body, and once these problems are overcome, mass production and assembly of rocket artillery will become the latest task of the arsenal of the Umbrella Company.

Chiang Kai-shek was really interested in this information, but he could not fully accept and understand some of the things mentioned in the information, so Zhuo Fei had to explain it to Chiang Kai-shek on the spot. "The long-range rocket artillery weapons developed by our umbrella company are divided into two kinds, one is the long-range and large-range suppression type on the conventional battlefield, and when encountering a Japanese group attack or a group attack by Japanese armored forces, the use of rocket artillery for large-scale firepower coverage will be an option to wait for work."

"And this kind of long-range rockets in the true sense of the word is a killer weapon that we are preparing to use against the Japanese Navy, the Japanese Navy's naval guns are very powerful, but they have a fatal problem, that is, the firing range. Including all the large-caliber artillery equipped in the Japanese infantry army, their firing range will not exceed 30 kilometers, and this long-range rocket artillery we developed can easily hit a distance of more than 30 kilometers. We can hit each other, but the opponent's ranged weapons can't pose a threat to us, and that's our advantage. ”

"This long-range rocket launcher uses liquid fuel, which will be faster than long-range weapons that use gunpowder as a propulsion, and the warhead uses the latest powerful explosives developed by Umbrella Corporation, and we can also add armor-piercing warheads to long-range rockets when dealing with Japanese naval ships. With the acceleration of research and testing, we will be able to produce rocket artillery weapons with a longer range in the future, and if the Japanese Navy does not dare to approach our shores, then what threat will their fleet pose to us. What's more, our rocket artillery weapons can be equipped for use on ships, even if it is a cargo ship, we can also convert it into an armed warship. ”

Zhuo Fei's patient explanation made Chiang Kai-shek pause, with the long-range rocket artillery that Zhuo Fei said, the Chinese army no longer had to be afraid of the threat of the Japanese fleet, and the fleet that did not dare to approach the coastline could have any deterrent. "Okay, I already understand what you mean, now go back and rest, and wait for tomorrow." Seeing Zhuo Fei's bloodshot eyes, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but sigh lightly at Zhuo Fei's back and forth, and then ordered Zhuo Fei to go back to sleep.

Unlike persuading Chiang Kai-shek, when Zhuo Fei met with Mao Zedong and others the next day, he only took out information about rocket artillery, and he had already obtained the approval of everyone. After the meeting, Zhuo Fei went to meet Li Kenong and Dai Li, these two are big names on the intelligence front, and Zhuo Fei's next plan needs the support of the two of them.

The three of them got together all morning and discussed, and it was near lunchtime that they came to an agreement. As for what all three people said, except for a few high-ranking members of the coalition government, no one else knew what had happened in the intelligence analysis room. "Okay, I've finally solved the big trouble, and now I feel a lot easier." Zhuo Fei, who walked out of the building of the Ministry of Intelligence, was full of ease, the plan had been handed over to Dai Li and Li Kenong, and as for how to implement the plan, it was no longer something that Zhuo Fei needed to care about.

After only staying in Chongqing for two days, Zhuo Fei rushed back to Ruili, and the appearance of Yamashita Fengwen was another heart disease for Zhuo Fei, and it was still unknown whether the independent army could withstand Yamashita Fengwen's attack. The situation in Mandalay is changing three times a day, and unlike the state of large-scale confrontation in the domestic battlefield, the British army here in Mandalay is already suffering from the frantic attack of the Japanese army. The arrival of Yamashita Fengwen made the soldiers of the Japanese 55th Division feel like they had been beaten with blood, and after losing the mountain artillery wing, the 55th Division had launched several large-scale attacks on the British troops stationed in Mandalay.

Under the attack of the 55th Division regardless of casualties, the British troops stationed in Mandalay also suffered heavy casualties, and some troops of the 1st Independent Division were also involved. "Just fight like this, don't listen to the British big nose, let's not be cannon fodder for them." Chen Geng, who commanded the 1st Independent Division, and the Jewish officers naturally did not use their troops to act as a shield for the British army, and the 1st Independent Division was almost still in a wait-and-see state until now.