Chapter 264: Military Exercises and Military Purchases

In the face of Bai Chongxi's anger, Liu Yun did not explain in detail, but pointed to the flag of the Tricolor Wing, so that Boss Bai could see it clearly. Admiral Bai had no choice but to be patient, and shifted the periscope-style artillery scope to the large and small military flags of the attacking troops, well, it seems that something is wrong, it is not the sunburst flag commonly used by the Japanese army.

The three-color vortex flag on a white background, what kind of flag is this, it is a bit similar to the Japanese military flag, Bai Chongxi was hesitating, Commander Liu pulled Shang Qing'er beside him, Prime Minister Shang did not wear a military uniform, but traveled in civilian clothes, she was the captain of the tricolor wing, so she had to come forward to explain one or two.

"The Samba flag is the national flag of the Ryukyu Kingdom."

Bai Chongxi couldn't help but be stunned, then he remembered the origin of the Samba Pattern Flag, glanced at Shang Qing'er, and then quietly asked Commander Liu, "Brother Yicheng, I don't know where this lady is sacred?" ”

Before Commander Liu could answer, Shang Qing'er gave a military salute to General Bai, and replied without humility or arrogance, "Below is a descendant of the Ryukyu royal family, whose surname is Shang Qing'er, and he is currently the commander of the Tricolor Wing. Qing'er, I have met General Bai Chongxi Bai, because the time for the formation of the Tricolor Wing is still short, please give me advice."

"Well, the formation is still short, how short?" Bai Chongxi was a little curious, so he asked casually.

"Well, it's a little shorter, about forty days," Liu Yun hurriedly replied.

"Oh", General Bai is also a real person, he immediately set up the gun mirror and re-observed the tricolor wing, only then did he see the weakness of this stormtrooping force, there was no cooperation between the soldiers and the soldiers, and the change of queue and formation also seemed too stiff, and when charging, there was no confidence at all.

Sure enough, they were all recruits who rushed ducks to the shelves, and the momentum when they started to charge was quite scary, and even many old soldiers were deceived.

Bai Chongxi also smiled bitterly, but he also noticed that the officers of this team were decent, and they were also very similar to the devil officers, so he suddenly realized that he couldn't help but start to look at Commander Liu again, and he also had big questions about Shang Qing'er's identity.

When the tricolor wing rushed up the mountain, the offensive and defensive battle of the mountain pass in Yingxiu Town was officially over, and thousands of defenders, under the leadership of their commander, quickly withdrew to the plain defense line of Dujiangyan, and the directors of the two sides were in contact with each other and asked Liu Xiang and Liu Yun for their opinions to see if they intended to suspend the military exercise.

Commander Liu didn't care about himself, anyway, the expected goal had been achieved, which not only tested the training effect of the army, but also let all the officers present at the meeting know what the next war would look like.

The armored troops of the attacking side sent troops from Maozhou City, and won successive battles, not only taking Wenchuan County lightly, but also assisting their own air force in the middle of the way, destroying the air force of the defending side, and attacking the mountain pass of Yingxiu Town in the last breath, which took more than ten hours in total.

The actual engagement time for the Yamaguchi defense line was only about two hours, and it was only five or six o'clock in the afternoon until all the positions changed hands, and if the military exercise was not stopped in time, it could not be ruled out that the attackers would take advantage of the situation to launch a melee night battle to capture the frontal Dujiangyan defense line.

Liu Xiang's heart was really painful, when he saw the western Sichuan tank with his own eyes, he knew how bad his own tanks were, not to mention the performance of the western Sichuan tank, which can drive 150 kilometers without obstacles, just talking about the size and tonnage on the surface, so that many Sichuan generals were hit hard.

"Can you still fight"? In response to Chairman Liu's question, his international advisory group was dumbfounded.

Everyone is an expert, and there are some things that need to be explained one by one, the Western Sichuan Army currently has air superiority, not only with nearly 100 fighters available, but also with hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles, as well as a 122 mm caliber heavy artillery cluster.

What makes everyone desperate is that the defender occupies the terrain advantage, and the armored forces of the attacking side are indeed difficult to deploy, but if you want to attack half-crossing, or fight more and less, you have to see if other people's air clusters and heavy artillery clusters disagree.

Well, "those who know the times are Junjie", although Liu Xiang's fists were already clenched and his nails had already been buckled into the flesh, he still talked and laughed freely on the surface, and spoke highly of the training results of the western Sichuan team, so that all the Sichuan army units and commanders could learn from the elite troops in western Sichuan, and immediately made a decision to suspend the military exercise in time.

After the military exercise was suspended, Long Yun, Yang Jie, Zhang Hanqing, Bai Chongxi and other big figures, as well as the chief officers of their respective participating units, gathered together in Dujiangyan to warmly greet the Chinese and foreign military personnel who attended the military exercise, and Liu Xiang, the host, even held a sumptuous battlefield dinner.

On the morning of the next day, all officers at and above the battalion level who participated in the exercise received orders from their superiors to hold a meeting in the auditorium next to Dujiangyan Airport to listen to the director's comments on the participating troops.

Bai Chongxi and Yang Gengguang are both generals of the Republic of China, who can do things and be more capable of being people, and they highly praised the troops participating in the exercise in western Sichuan, believing that they are the pride of the Chinese army and an experimental army, and compared with the elite troops in Europe and the United States, they are also on par.

However, the two generals also fully affirmed the low generals of the defending army, holding that the failure of this military exercise was not entirely their own problem, and that in the face of ground-air integrated operations, even the Central Army in Nanjing would not be much stronger. ”

Subsequently, the two generals commented on the entire exercise from beginning to end.

The first is the choice of timing. The attacker's choice of 6:45 a.m. was a good move in itself, because of the problem of the sky, when the attacker launched a large-scale artillery bombardment or organized an armored force to attack, the air forces of the defending side could not provide effective support at all, so they had to watch the attacker capture Wenchuan County.

After occupying Wenchuan, the attacking side did not stop and repair, but continued to advance deeper, which was itself a psychological warfare. Because the county seat of Wenchuan has changed hands, the defenders have lost a step in psychology, and if the armored troops are allowed to drive straight in, I am afraid that it will greatly shake the morale of the army, so the defenders have to take the initiative to invite the battle.

However, the choice of a belligerent position is also a university question. It's early, the defenders don't have any advantage, so it doesn't mean much. If it is late, the attacking side will be prepared, and the suddenness of the battle will be lost. Therefore, being stuck in the middle of Wenchuan and Yingxiu Town is a clever move, so that the attackers can't take care of each other.

However, the attacker is still well prepared, has a very accurate grasp of the defender's psychology, and although the terrain and distance of the battle are not good for the armored forces and air support, but only in this way can the air power of the defender be drawn.

In fact, the First World War shot down 86 fighters of the defending side and destroyed the Dujiangyan military airfield in one fell swoop, thus gaining air supremacy on the battlefield, and then allowing the ground troops to capture Yingxiu Town in a short time, providing a possibility.

In the final analysis, the failure of this military exercise was not entirely the problem of the defending side, but the fact that the air units, armored units, and heavy artillery units in western Sichuan were too sharp and too advanced, and it was impossible to achieve such brilliant results without any of them.

Of course, the air forces of both sides also played a decisive role.

Everyone thought that the review meeting was about to end, and General Falkenhausen, the general adviser of the German advisory group, had arrived at the venue in time, and after winking at Liu Yun, he went straight to the rostrum and announced a good news, on behalf of Berlin, he proposed to the West Sichuan Arsenal to jointly develop a new type of fighter.

Commander Liu touched his nose and smiled bitterly, R & D your sister, I have already sent two new tanks to Berlin, and I want a new type of fighter, if it really comes out, I am afraid the consequences will be serious, and once Germany is defeated in 1945, China will face the severe sanctions of the European and American powers, don't you mean to harm people.

What is surprising is that as soon as Falkenhausen finished the announcement, the entire exercise judging venue exploded with a bang.

However, it was not the explosion of the bomb, but the roaring discussion, not only Liu Xiang, Long Yun and Zhang Shaoshuai and other bigwigs of the Republic of China exchanged heads and ears with each other, but even the German officers were dumbfounded, how could this be, with the pride of Germany, how could they accept the Chinese plane.

In the face of the doubts of the German soldiers, General Falkenhausen had only one succinct sentence: "This is a military secret, this consultant has nothing to comment, if you have any questions, please contact Berlin directly."

It doesn't seem to be fake, Long Yun, Zhang Shaoshuai, Yang Hucheng and others suddenly felt as if they had taken a reassuring pill, and their eyes at Liu Yun were suddenly a lot more eager. Unexpectedly, Bai Chongxi and Yang Gengguang were even quicker, and in the name of reminiscing about the past, they pulled Commander Liu and ran outside, leaving others out of reach.

Dujiangyan is Liu Xiang's territory, where did these small actions escape from his palm, the two generals hiding in the VIP room and Commander Liu didn't say a few words, they were caught by Long Yun and Liu Xiang, everyone had to laugh and obey Chairman Liu's arrangement, and went to Boss Liu's official villa together.

Dujiangyan is located in the west of the Great Plain of the city capital, just connected with the plateau of western Sichuan, before the pre-Qin Dynasty, hundreds of rivers converged here, perennial flooding, a barren land, until the Qin Dynasty Taishou Li Bing father and son, in the ancient Shu turtle Ling Canal (turtle Ling, ancient Shu Cong Emperor, good at water control) on the basis of the construction of Dujiangyan, since then turn harm into benefit, reclaimed out tens of thousands of good land, but after more than 2,000 years, Dujiangyan can not only work normally, but also become a famous scenic tourist area, Liu Xiang, Liu Wenhui, Deng Xihou and other Sichuan military dignitaries, There are private residences and villas built here.

Due to the lack of development of transportation during the Republic of China, the official residences and villas of these dignitaries were relatively concentrated, and most of them were located in the foothills near Guankou, and even the temporary residences arranged by the judges in this exercise were basically settled around these villas, and even some of the residences were simply the private residences of other low-level officials.

It has been seven or eight years since Chairman Liu Xiang ended the melee of the Sichuan army, and the unique style of the Sichuan army has long been formed in speaking and doing things, especially paying attention to stability and timeliness, and the attendants soon invited important guests one by one, such as Zhang Shaoshuai, Yang Hucheng, Long Yun, Bai Chongxi and Yang Gengguang, etc.

Considering that Deng Xihou and Li Jiayu were his own people, Chairman Liu put them at the end, and since Falkenhausen was an international friend, there were other arrangements.

The reason why Chairman Liu made such an arrangement was that in addition to the special status of Zhang Shaoshuai and others, there was also the problem of money, and the military exercises in western Sichuan with Liu Yun were not his own whims, and he wanted to deliberately show how "imbecile" the Sichuan army was, but an arms sales conference.

In the past, foreigners liked to hold a conference on arms sales in the Far East in Shanghai, and warlords from all over the country flocked to it, and it was hard to find a "ticket." This is an arms sales conference held by the Sichuan army itself, not to mention that he and Commander Liu have already had a cooperation agreement, and the two will divide the profits from arms sales between the two of them.

For example, people like Ma Hongbin and Ma Buqing have not been arranged in, these people are either small warlords who have no money, or they have already bought arms, and it is estimated that there will be no arms purchase plan for the time being, so it is normal to see each other for a while, not to mention that Dujiangyan is the home of the Sichuan army, and it is easy to arrange a few officials and gentry to drag it out.

When a group of dignitaries arrived, before Liu Xiang could speak, General Yang Hucheng took the initiative to talk about military procurement, Chairman Liu's temper was very good, so he simply let it go, just smiled to help maintain order, once someone wanted to interject, he would pull over, and strive to let everyone talk one by one.

Yang Hucheng is a typical northwest man, and he is more direct in his speech, their Northwest Army has always been very poor, and they have no money, but they have recently made a fortune, that is, together with Zhang Shaoshuai, they sold the Shaanxi Railway and part of the garrison rights in exchange for a large amount of money from the Nanjing government, the total amount is 20 million oceans, and his Northwest Army also got half of it, so he hopes to exchange all of it for arms.

Liu Yun immediately raised two questions, one is the transportation problem, at present, the railway in Sichuan only leads to Guangyuan, and it is still far from Xi'an, whether it is to go to Baoji or Hanzhong, it is difficult to transport arms and materials in place.

Second, the Northwest Army has a large number of soldiers, hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers have always lacked food and clothing, and all 10 million oceans have been exchanged for munitions, and Yang Hucheng's subordinates have what to eat and wear.