Whether there is wine or not is secondary, the key is Liu Zunshan.

If you want to say it, there has always been a layer of estrangement between Ding Zhennan and Hou Chensheng.

Don't look at Hou Chensheng's admiration for Ding Zhennan very much, but when it comes to key interests, this Marine Corps Major General may not give Ding Zhennan face.

The reason is also very simple, Ding Zhennan is a general of the army.

Although the Marine Corps is an independent branch of the army, it is controlled by the Navy in many aspects, and in the combat system of the Navy, the Marine Corps plays not only the role of "land combat troops", but also has more important missions, such as restricting the Army, so the Marine Corps has always had the nickname of "Small Army".

In terms of the completeness of the establishment system, the Marine Corps also surpasses the Army.

In addition to the ground forces, the Marine Corps has its own assault aviation, which is mainly equipped with more than 1,000 transport helicopters and helicopter gunships. In addition, there is a tactical aviation with hundreds of combat aircraft, some of which are deployed on aircraft carriers of the Navy. The point is that after entering a state of war, the landing fleet will also be integrated into the Marine Corps, which will include amphibious assault ships capable of carrying vertical take-off and landing fighters.

If anything, the Marine Corps is the only combat force capable of acting on its own.

From the perspective of the Marine Corps, the main competitor is the Army.

Of course, the Army also sees the Marine Corps as a threat.

For example, when developing main battle equipment, it creates troubles and obstacles for the Marine Corps everywhere, so that the Marine Corps cannot obtain ideal main battle equipment.

Take the main battle tank as an example, the Marine Corps has always used second-hand goods from the army.

In addition, the helicopters of the assault aviation, which are also mostly army models, have only made the necessary improvements according to the needs of the Marine Corps.

For decades, the main battle equipment developed by the Marine Corps has only been a few amphibious armored vehicles.

It can be seen that the relationship between the Marine Corps and the Army is certainly not very good, so a Marine Corps general like Hou Chensheng must have a deep prejudice against the Army.

If you want to say, Liu Zunshan is no exception.

When he first arrived in Poshawan, he went to find trouble with Ding Zhennan, but he couldn't get a bargain.

This time, the biggest problem is still the assignment of tasks.

In fact, this is also the most dissatisfied with Hou Chensheng.

The Fifth Marine Division was the first to come to the Southern Subcontinent, and for this reason it gave up its combat operations in the southern part of the Two Rivers Country, which gave the 17th Panzer Division a big advantage when it arrived later. According to the situation at that time, the officers and men of the Fifth Marine Division, including Hou Chensheng, felt that they could fight the main force here.

Where did I think that before this ass was hot, he would give up the main attack position to the 17th Panzer Division.

Although Ding Zhennan had repeatedly assured that the Fifth Marine Division would be the main force on the east coast, and the other three Marine Divisions were all supporting roles, but with the previous incidents, let alone the grassroots officers and soldiers, even Hou Chensheng was a little suspicious, but it was not easy to openly question the identity of the division commander.

In fact, Hou Chensheng approached Ding Zhennan about this matter.

According to his meaning, since there were three Marine Divisions, there was no need for the Fifth Marine Division to go to the east coast, but the 17th Panzer Division should be sent over, because after the successful landing, it was necessary to advance inland, and the 17th Panzer Division was obviously more suitable for fighting inland.

In addition, on the side of the southwest battlefield, as long as it is necessary to fight in the coastal areas, it will also be useful to the Marine Corps, and there will naturally be the battlefield of the Fifth Marine Division.

Obviously, Ding Zhennan did not take Hou Chensheng's suggestion.

Although during the discussion, Ding Zhennan persuaded Hou Chensheng that the advantage of the 17th Armored Division was very obvious when fighting in the vast Fanluo Desert, and that the value of the Marine Corps could only be brought into play in the east coast area, especially in the estuary delta of the Gangaro River and the Yunwu River, but this did not change a very important fact, the Fifth Marine Division's actions on the side of Pakistan and Tie were still making wedding clothes for others.

It was in this way that the vanguard had only a reinforced battalion of marines.

According to the original plan, when the Vatican army mobilizes its forces to encircle and suppress the vanguard of the Fifth Marine Division, the 17th Panzer Division will appear on the field, and then the Fifth Marine Division will move to the east coast area, so there is no need to invest too many troops in the early feint operation.

This arrangement was also made to appease the dissatisfaction of the officers and men of the Marine Corps.

Only now, the situation has become complicated.

If we really want to fight a good battle, and the Fifth Marine Division must take the lead, one reinforced marine battalion is definitely not enough, at least a few more battalions must be dispatched.

Obviously, Hou Chensheng's support is needed first.

In fact, this is the reason why Ding Zhennan called Liu Zunshan back and asked Liu Zunshan to come forward to invite Hou Chensheng to dinner.

After a few rounds of drinking, the conversation is much easier.

With Liu Zunshan present, Ding Zhennan did not beat around the bush, and directly said to the point, the Fifth Marine Division alone fought a battle of annihilation here.

What Ding Zhennan didn't expect was that Hou Chensheng didn't think about it, and agreed to come down in one bite.

Ding Zhennan only learned afterwards that Liu Zunshan had talked to Hou Chensheng in advance and made his position clear, so Hou Chensheng did not use this matter to bargain.

If you want to say it, this matter is thanks to Liu Zunshan.

Hou Chensheng can not give Ding Zhennan face, but he must not give Liu Zunshan face.

Don't forget, Liu Zunshan's father is Liu Xiangdong, and the Fifth Marine Division has always been deployed in the southern region of the empire, which used to be under the direct jurisdiction of the Southern Fleet. Although Hou Chensheng and Liu Xiangdong have no intersection, several of Hou Chensheng's old superiors are all Liu Xiangdong's subordinates.

With this relationship, Hou Chensheng has to give Liu Zunshan a little thin noodles.

Of course, there is also a personal relationship involved.

Ding Zhennan made it very clear that this time the Fifth Marine Division was fighting alone, so even if the battlefield had to be handed over to other units in the end, the credit for this battle would also belong to the Fifth Marine Division, and there was no question of giving credit to other units because they had to withdraw after the battle was over.

It can be seen that Hou Chensheng readily agreed, but he just took what he needed, and he needed to prove his value and the Fifth Marine Division through this battle.

If the conversation goes well, there is no need to waste time at the dinner.

After lunch, the three of them returned to the operations center of the headquarters to discuss specific tactics.

"This place?"

"Yes, right here."

After staring at the logo on Ding Zhennan's finger for a while, Hou Chensheng looked at Liu Zunshan, who was standing next to him, obviously asking Liu Zunshan's opinion.

"It's a bit difficult, the key is whether you can achieve the suddenness of the battle, and whether you can stand firm." Liu Zunshan also frowned, looking worried. "Of course, if we really want to take this place down, the Van army will definitely fight with us."

"It's too difficult to achieve suddenness, and even if you take it, you won't necessarily be able to gain a foothold. The point is that logistics support will definitely not be able to keep up, and ground transportation should not be considered. If we only rely on airlift, we will have to build a field airfield on the front line, which is ...... difficult."

"The point is, it's too flat around here, and there's no danger at all."

"If you really want to fight, it's not impossible. First of all, the air assault will control the nearby traffic arteries, cut the telephone lines, and simultaneously implement all-round electromagnetic suppression. In the following days, he relied mainly on air support and long-range artillery to strike at the enemy, reducing the combat burden of the assault troops as much as possible, and at the same time using assault aviation to send engineering troops and equipment over. As long as a field airfield is built, then everything is easy to say. ”

"That's going to require enough transport planes."

After Liu Zunshan said this, the two looked at Ding Zhennan at the same time, and Ding Zhennan couldn't help but laugh after enduring it for a while.

When they sang and harmonized, it seemed that it was really the same thing.

Seeing through Ding Zhennan's careful thinking, Liu Zunshan laughed embarrassedly.

"There will definitely be enough transport aircraft, and there will be no less than 200 in total, of which at least 60 are 'Y-15A'."

"60?" Hou Chensheng was obviously a little incredulous, feeling that he had heard it wrong.

Ding Zhennan nodded, indicating that he had heard correctly, and said, "However, the others are mainly tactical transport planes, which can only transport personnel and materials. ”

"It doesn't matter, 60 Y-15A are enough."

"Is there anything else you need?"

"Can you arrange more helicopters to strengthen our division's assault aviation brigade?"

"I'll figure it out, there shouldn't be any problem, after all, it's just a temporary loan." Ding Zhennan didn't say anything to death, because he knew that Hou Chensheng's request was actually aimed at the 17th Armored Division, because now he could only borrow helicopters from the Assault Aviation Brigade of the 17th Armored Division.

feelings, Hou Chensheng wants to take this opportunity to give Fu Weimin eye medicine.

"There are not many requirements, the main thing is that heavy helicopters capable of transporting large equipment, after all, our heavy helicopters are all on landing ships." Liu Zunshan added, probably thinking that Hou Chensheng was a little too aggressive, and his request was too much, and everyone couldn't get over it.

"Whatever you ask, you can come to me at any time."

"Okay, I'll arrange it now."

When Hou Chensheng turned around and walked towards the door, Ding Zhennan hinted at Liu Zunshan and asked him to return to the headquarters after seeing Hou Chensheng off.

The key to the assault launched by the Marine Corps by airlift is the "Y-15A".

Before the Y-15A, the Imperial Air Force used the "three-stage" airlift tactic. First of all, the strategic transport aircraft, that is, the Y-10A, with a carrying capacity of up to 150 tons, will deliver equipment and supplies to the large airfields closest to the front line. Next, large transport aircraft, the Y-11 with a carrying capacity of 60 tons, will transport equipment and supplies to forward airfields that are closer to the front line and cannot allow strategic transport aircraft to take off and land. Finally, the Y-9, a tactical transport plane with a carrying capacity of 30 tons, delivered the equipment and supplies to the field airfield controlled by the combat unit.

The key reason for the use of the "three-stage" relay transport tactic is not that the transport capacity is insufficient, but that strategic transport aircraft and large transport aircraft have high requirements for take-off and landing sites, such as the runway must be long enough and need to be paved, and the field airport obviously cannot meet these requirements.

As a result, not only is the transportation efficiency very low, but it is also impossible to directly deliver tanks and other main battle equipment to combat units.

It was in order to solve these problems that the Imperial Air Force invested in the development of the "Y-15A" large strategic transport aircraft.

As can be seen from this name, the "Y-15A" is a large transport aircraft between the "Y-10A" and the "Y-11" that can carry out strategic delivery missions.

"Strategy" here does not refer to the carrying capacity and range, but to the ability to carry large cargo.

Before the Y-15A, only the Y-10A could transport all of the army's main battle equipment, including large-size special-shaped combat platforms. As for the load capacity, it is not a hard indicator, after all, the heaviest main battle tank is less than 60 tons. The range is even less important, the Imperial Air Force has hundreds of large tankers, and even if the range of the transport aircraft is a little shorter, it can be compensated for by air refueling.

Because transport aircraft have been in service for decades, it is necessary to take into account the main battle equipment that may appear in the future at the design stage.

The dimensions of the cargo compartment of the Y-15A, to be precise, exceed that of the Y-10A in height and width.

In addition, it has a carrying capacity of 75 tonnes and, with the appropriate reinforcement of the cargo floor, is capable of carrying three pallets weighing 27 tonnes each.

This carrying capacity is enough to transport all the main battle equipment of the Imperial Army!

However, this is not the most outstanding capability of the "Y-15A".

Compared with all strategic transport aircraft and large transport aircraft in the past, the most prominent feature of the "Y-15A" is actually the site adaptability of the tactical transport aircraft level.

At the time of design, the Imperial Air Force clearly demanded that the Y-15A must have the ability to take off and land at any field airfield that could allow the Y-9 to take off and land normally, and that it must not reduce its load capacity. Although in the design, the Imperial Air Force lowered the requirements, such as landing on a field airfield without a paved runway, the load capacity only needs to reach 60 tons, but the requirements for adaptability have never been reduced, and even partially increased, such as taking off and landing in the open field without preparation.

The Imperial Air Force made such high demands for only one purpose.

Let the "Y-15A" replace all transport aircraft, so as to change the previous "three-stage" air transport to "one-stop arrival", and improve the efficiency of air transport.

Of course, this assumption is a bit of a matter of assumption.

However, no one can deny that the "Y-15A" is an epoch-making new transport aircraft, and its appearance will inevitably change the face of military airlift.

That is, because the performance is too advanced, the mass production time of the "Y-15A" has been repeatedly postponed.

If it weren't for the outbreak of the Great War, I'm afraid it would have been a few years before it passed the acceptance test of the Imperial Air Force.

The reason is simple: the Imperial Air Force has thousands of transport aircraft available, and the average age of the fleet is less than 15 years, and many transport aircraft were produced in previous years, so even if the Y-15A is advanced, it will be difficult to obtain funds for mass production due to lack of urgency.

If it is to be said, the design work of the "Y-15A" was completed as early as the 148th year of the new calendar, and the Imperial Air Force also signed a letter of responsibility with the design unit, admitting that except for a few minor problems, the "Y-15A" has reached the mass production standard and can be put into trial production in small batches at any time.

The so-called few small problems are actually imaginary, or the threshold set for mass production.

Of course, the Great War changed everything.

To be precise, after the outbreak of the Bosa Bay War, the Imperial Air Force signed a mass production contract with the manufacturer, and allocated funds for the manufacturer to prepare for mass production.

The main job is to build more production lines and recruit and train workers.

It is precisely in this way that at the end of August, when the war was inevitable, the "Y-15A" was officially put into production, and after just one month, not one month to be exact, the highest efficiency was reached in mid-September, and the monthly output of three production lines reached 90 aircraft.

This, of course, is an out-and-out "wartime speed".

When the three new production lines are put into operation, the monthly output of the "Y-15A" will reach 180 aircraft!