Chapter 1299: The Wind Rises
After Molotov left, Jiang Haoran and his entourage boarded the Boeing 307 and prepared to go to Chittagong.
In addition to Su Canwen's snow wolf special combat team with a detachment of forty-eight people, there are also Lin Long, Mei Xiang, Mei Xin, and of course, the orderly knife.
Xiaodao came back shortly after the Shanxi Campaign, Jiang Haoran originally wanted him to work as a battalion commander in the army to exercise, but the little guy resolutely disagreed, saying that the skills had not been fully learned, and he had to stay by Jiang Haoran's side.
Because there was no suitable orderly to replace the knife for a while, Jiang Haoran did not insist.
As for Su Canwu, he also returned to Wuhan after the Shanxi Campaign, but was immediately transferred to the Third Theater, replacing Hao Pengju, and appointed deputy commander-in-chief of the 43rd Group Army, concurrently serving as the commander of the 13th Division, and his rank was raised by one level to lieutenant general.
And Hao Pengju continued to appoint the deputy commander-in-chief of the Third Theater of Operations, and there were no direct troops under his hands, so he became a bare-bones commander, and Jiang Haoran treated him well, and he didn't go to the end.
The Boeing 307 carrying Jiang Haoran and his entourage quickly took off from Hankou Airport, accompanied by several wolf warrior transport planes and several fighter planes, forming a huge air formation and heading straight to the southwest.
The plane landed at Kunming Wujiaba Airport for the first refueling.
Yunnan Provincial Chairman Long Tian, Commander of the First Group Army Lu Han, Guard General of the Baoshan Base, and Tang Enbo, Commander of the Far Fifth Group Army, who received the notice, were already waiting at the airport.
Because Gu Lian was transferred to the post of commander of the Third Theater of Operations, Tang Enbo, the former deputy commander, naturally assumed the post and became the commander of the Far Fifth Group Army, except for three divisions that were incorporated into Liu Dakun's First Group Army to supplement the vacancies of the Special Operations Division and the New Third Division, the remaining seven divisions were then all transferred back to Yunnan to take up border defense tasks.
Because Yunnan borders Guangxi, it is naturally indispensable to mobilize Yunnan's troops to participate in the battle in the future battle of Guangxi, and Jiang Haoran summoned them at this time, which is to assign them defensive tasks by the way.
After a detailed discussion with Long Tian and Lu Han, Jiang Haoran met with Zhang Linghu and Tang Enbo alone, and the three of them had a secret conversation for nearly half an hour before it ended.
After dinner, the plane took off from the Wujiaba machine gun, and the next stop was Imphal, India, the headquarters of the Southeast Asian Theater of Operations.
In the middle of the night, the plane landed at Imphal Airport, and the personnel who came to meet the plane included General Stilwell, General Alexander, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Luo Zhuoying and Chief of Staff Huang Jie of the Expeditionary Force, and other staff generals.
After returning to the headquarters, Jiang Haoran held an emergency military meeting and did not return to his villa in India until about three o'clock in the evening to rest for a few hours.
At dawn the next day, the group hurried to the airport for the last stop, Chittagong. At this time, there was one more person on the plane, and that was Miss Linda, Jiang Haoran's British military liaison officer.
It is not difficult to see from the deployment along the way that the troops of the entire southwestern border and Southeast Asia will probably have to be dispatched, and the next battle is destined to be a turbulent one.
Chittagong is the base of China's Pacific Fleet, and naturally it is indispensable to build an airport with advanced supporting facilities; construction of the airport began as early as when the aircraft carrier entered the port, and now more than a year has passed, and the airport has long been put into use.
At about 10 o'clock in the morning, Jiang Haoran's special plane landed at Chittagong Airport, and when the group walked down the gangway, Chen Shaokuan, commander-in-chief of the fleet below, Yang Honglie, deputy commander-in-chief, Gui Yongqing, chief of staff, and Xiao Guang, political commissar, were walking with a group of staff officers and generals walking briskly.
As soon as Jiang Haoran landed, a group of generals dressed in snow-white naval uniforms and carrying generals on their shoulders stood up and saluted in unison, shouting, "Welcome home." ”
Jiang Haoran also formally returned the salute, and then shook hands with everyone one by one, thanking everyone for their unremitting efforts in the past year or so, so that today's brilliant achievements of China's Pacific Fleet can be achieved.
Speaking of which, today's Pacific Fleet is not like the size of four aircraft carriers a year ago, but a full eight.
Although the Yangtze River Shipyard in Houston, the United States, has gradually completed the relocation in more than a year, but before that, it still produced two light aircraft carriers.
Last year, Jiang Haoran also had an agreement with the Mi military to lease aircraft carriers, and the Mi country would return two Chinese aircraft carriers of the same class in a year, and two months earlier, the two aircraft carriers had also been in place.
In the end, the United States wanted to maintain their demeanor as a great power, although they knew that they were put together by Jiang Haoran, but they still handed over the two aircraft carriers to the Chinese Navy as scheduled.
Of course, just two aircraft carriers are nothing for the powerful United States, according to statistics, after the attack on Pearl Island, the war machine was running at full capacity, and a total of 147 aircraft carriers were produced during the entire World War II, which was as fast as dumplings.
Therefore, there is no need for them to worry about the gains and losses with Jiang Haoran at this time, especially when they still need to use Jiang Haoran at this time.
Up to now, the Chinese Navy has four Yorktown-class aircraft carriers, the "Zhongshan," "Jiezhong," "Qi Jiguang," and "Deng Shichang," as well as four light aircraft carriers, the "Yangtze River," the "Yellow River," the "Zheng He," and the "Ding Ruchang."
Originally, when naming the aircraft carrier, Chen Shaokuan suggested using the "Haoran" and "Zongfeng", but Jiang Haoran rejected it, he didn't want to leave a name in history.
As for naming the name of the historical navy, it is a shameful meaning in it, the vicissitudes of the Chinese Navy for a hundred years, in addition to the glory of Zheng He's voyage to the West, the other three generals are a history of blood and tears, and without exception have fought against the Japanese invaders, Deng Shichang and Ding Ruchang were directly killed in battle, drinking and hating the battlefield, although Qi Jiguang defeated the Japanese invaders, but it was only a hero to leave a name.
Although four aircraft carriers have been added, only one aircraft carrier task force has been added.
Of the four newly added aircraft carriers, the "Deng Shichang" was assigned to Chen Shaokuan's First Fleet, the "Zheng He" was incorporated into Yang Honglie's Second Fleet, and the remaining "Qi Jiguang" and "Ding Ruchang" were incorporated into the task force, and the commander of the fleet was Rear Admiral Xie Chen, a leading figure of the Shaozhuang faction.
Xie Chen was recommended by Chen Shaokuan, graduated from the Wusong Naval Academy, and successively served as captain and deputy captain of the "Chu You" gunboat and lieutenant captain of the "Haiyu" torpedo boat. Then he studied at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth for two years, and after returning to China, he participated in the Battle of Jiangyin.
This is also in line with Jiang Haoran's bold use of newcomers and the spirit of using talents.
After coming out of the airport, Jiang Haoran did not go to the headquarters, and the mighty convoy carried them directly to the military port.