Chapter 331 Speculation

There has never been a shortage of plotters and speculators in this land, and a US ** team was actually stationed in the newly occupied area of gD, and it was heavily guarded all around, and some people even heard that there was also a prevention and control artillery fire around the airport here. What is this for? Several parties are playing games, and they all want to find out what this American ** team wants to do, as well as their own coping strategies, of course, the most important thing to figure out is the Japanese. And, of course, people with gD and gMD. And because it was a newly occupied area, various forces were still intertwined, and they were not completely controlled by the gD army. The U.S. side did not disclose this mission to any side, and the U.S. military did not trust any side, and what they wanted these squadrons to do was to do a good job of defending. General MacArthur put a lot of work into this, even ignoring the gMD's protests to supply weapons to the gD's army. And it all stems only from his guilt for General Wainwright, and the oath he made when he left the Philippines.

Parks didn't want to pay attention to all this around him, he didn't think anything around him had anything to do with him, no matter how they fought, he had canceled the order to go out, and strictly ordered anyone to sneak out of the camp. This is also to prevent the mission from leaking, and the transfer of Herman and Kaufman from the company is also a deterrent to the other team members. The training will continue as usual, and there will be training subjects for simulated assault and rescue every day, as well as training in ambush sniping, blocking support, etc. Everything is being prepared for the upcoming operation.

And the garrison troops near the Liuting airfield of the Eighth Route Army. General Li Zmin is presiding over a meeting at and above the regimental level. This time, the main participants were Liu Jiangting, the commander of the 31st Regiment, and Gong Youyuan, the political commissar of the 31st Regiment, who served as the main force in the battle to attack Yantai; Zhang Xingzhong, head of the 23rd regiment, and Zhang Wenxuan, political commissar; Ma Qingshan, head of the 63rd regiment, and Wang Zizhen, political commissar; Tian Weixin, head of the 65th regiment, and Qin Lieying, political commissar.

The atmosphere of the meeting was a little solemn, and Li Zmin, deputy political commissar of the military region, looked at the regiment commanders and political commissars sitting around the table and shook his head and said: "This is a newly occupied place, and we have to solve many problems. However, this incident can affect the overall situation of our resistance against Japan. As far as the international situation is concerned, it is a good thing that the Japanese army has been losing and retreating in the Pacific theater, which has made them have to transfer troops to the Pacific region and the mainland to carry out the defense of their homeland, and our pressure on the battlefield of the War of Resistance will be greatly reduced. This attack on Yantai is an example, and the resistance of the Japanese devils is not fierce, so we can successfully defeat it. Moreover, our attack on Yantai this time is not only for the purpose of expanding our revolutionary base areas, but more importantly, for the purpose of exchanging weapons and resources that are very precious to us. American-style armament for two divisions, comrades, what is this concept? With this batch of equipment, our combat effectiveness will leap to a new level. But we still only have the equipment that we can't get from one division, and the rest is still in the hands of the Kuomintang, and if we want to get the rest of the equipment, then there can be no problem here. Our main goal now is not to figure out what the Americans want to do, a company team cannot do anything earth-shattering, our goal is to shift, to do a good job of defending the airport until those Americans leave here. I don't think it will be very long, about ten days. Therefore, in order to prevent a recurrence of the last conflict, we must put in place good measures"

When Li Zmin stopped, Liu Jiangting, the commander of the 31st Regiment, said at this time: "Let me say a few words first." I agree with the words of the commissar, this time the Americans will defend them for whatever purpose, as long as they do not endanger our interests, as long as they can fulfill their promise to send weapons, anyway, it will not be long, and this deal is a good deal"

"Platoon Commander Zhang belongs to our regiment, and we are investigating this person thoroughly, but now he has no problem, he just received someone's instigation. And Wang Erhu, a soldier, enlisted in the army before the fight against Yantai, and said that he was a fellow countryman of Platoon Commander Zhang, so he enlisted in the army with a relationship, and his origin was a little vague, so he was already investigating him, and he was trying to ask for a confession as soon as possible. I estimate that he may be a member of the Kuomintang who wants to stir up trouble and destroy our relations with the US military, so as to vomit the remaining division of American-style equipment, and has achieved the goal of killing two birds with one stone. Gong Youyuan, the political commissar of the 31st regiment, said with a deep sigh.

"That makes sense," Li Zmin nodded, "Everyone speaks freely." ”

"Let me say a few words," Tian Weixin, the commander of the 65th Regiment, grabbed his hat from the top of his head, and said angrily, "It doesn't matter if he is from the Kuomintang or from Little Japan, it doesn't matter, we just need to do our best." This tells you to yours and I do mine. You don't move, I don't move. You want to move, but I still don't move. Turtle son, they dare to pull out the team and fight with our people? ”

When Tian Weixin said this, everyone attending the meeting immediately laughed. However, although his words are a little coarse, there is some truth in them. At this time, Liu Jiangting nodded again and said, "What Head Tian said is good. And as far as we know, the combat effectiveness of this US army is very strong. When Platoon Commander Zhang went to their camp to make trouble, their actions were fast, their tactics were in place, and they were very good at jamming and occupying advantageous positions, and their snipers were terrible, when Wang Erhu tried to shoot, his rifle was hit by a bullet, which was broken from the trigger and became two. If someone breaks through our defenses and enters their camp, I believe it will not be beneficial. In my judgment, this is an elite unit with very rich combat experience, far stronger than the Japanese troops we have encountered before, even if they are the elite of the Japanese army. ”

Li Zmin nodded and smiled: "Yes, yes, meticulous analysis can help us understand the opponent's situation." What Regiment Commander Liu said just now is very correct, this is not an ordinary company. I felt this way when I saw them for the first time. And I'm a little familiar with the Major Parks who led the team. Later, I found some newspapers in the Kuomintang area, do you know who this person is? He was once the company commander of the ace company E of the 1O1 Airborne Division, the most elite of the U.S. Army? Major Parkes. ”

Li Zmin said, looked at the regiment commanders and political commissars who were a little stunned around the table, shook their heads and smiled: "You are lonely and unheard, you only know how to fight with the Japanese, but you ignore the international news and situation, let me briefly say it." This Major Parks is a legend in his own right. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in Takoa in 1942 as a private, but now he is a major. The degree of promotion is not unpleasant, even in the ranks of our party, the meritocracy of talents, there is no such rapid promotion. And this man participated in the Battle of Normandy, Operation Market UA and Bastone, and it can be said that he participated in the largest battle of the American army in Europe. What's even more rare is that in his previous history, in Normandy, he once led a small detachment of more than a dozen people to raid the rear of the German army, rescued a large number of American prisoners of war, and easily destroyed the regimental headquarters of the German army, killing the commander of the elite German Sixth Parachute Regiment, Colonel Hyde; In the operation of the market UA garden, he led a platoon of people to parachute near the Arnhem Bridge, highlighted the surprise soldiers, blew up the German weapons depot and oil depot, and once occupied the Arnhem Bridge, and led the German army to misjudge and kill themselves. In Bastogne, he led a platoon patrol to the rear of the German lines, using tactical míuo Germans, killing two platoons of German troops, blowing up German artillery that threatened Bastone and robbing German logistical materials, and he once single-handedly rebelled against more than 3o German soldiers who escorted American prisoners and turned them into prisoners. After saying this, he shook his head and couldn't help but sigh: "It's not simple, this person"

All the regiment commanders and political commissars sitting here looked at Li Z Civil Affairs Commissar in surprise. In the end, the head of Tian hesitated and said, "Damn, isn't this the same as our guerrilla warfare?" ”

After hearing what Head Tian said, everyone felt as if they had suddenly realized, and then nodded and said, "Yes." I didn't expect that there is a person in the United States who can fight guerrilla warfare, it seems that this person is really unusual"

Li Zmin nodded, then shook his head and said, "What Commander Tian said is right, this does look like a guerrilla warfare that we often use, but there are still differences. ”

This question stopped everyone again. Everyone is thinking, but they can't get an answer, what difference does that look like? Li Zmin didn't interrupt them, just watched them fall into deep thought one by one, and smiled. In fact, he was also very interested in this company, especially after consulting the experience of this legendary company commander, his interest was even stronger.

"Can't think of it?" Li Zmin asked with a smile.

"I can't think of it," Tian Tuan's head shook his head at first, "It's guerrilla warfare, it's no different." ”

Li Zmin shook his head and smiled: "We can see the shadow of guerrilla warfare inside. However, there are many differences with guerrilla warfare, such as the Arnhem Bridge, where he used planes to penetrate the heart of the German army. When Bastuz was fighting against the German army, he used psychological warfare methods and so on, which seemed to be guerrilla warfare on the surface, but there were many differences between their combat methods and guerrilla warfare, for example, each operation was to take the initiative to penetrate into the heart of the enemy, and to directly take the key points, paralyzing the enemy's support, material or brain, so that the German army fell into a state of chaos and paralysis, thus creating conditions for the offensive of large forces. And our guerrilla warfare is a forced way of fighting, mainly contact with the peripheral troops of the Japanese army, and generally to break their sweep and encirclement, rarely pose a threat to the heart of the devil, it is not painful or itchy, it is like a dog skin plaster, sticking to make them uncomfortable, and it is indeed impossible to shake off"

This image is a metaphor, everyone laughs, and the atmosphere is much more relaxed. Zhang Xingzhong, the head of the 23rd regiment, said: "Yes, yes, this is a good analogy. But now that this team is here, is it to carry out a paralyzing operation on the brain organs of the Japanese army? This doesn't make sense, because without the cooperation of the main forces on the ground, such an operation is tantamount to a waste of effort? ”

"Yes" Li Zmin nodded and said, "But you all ignore one point, they need an airport, this is why they want us to attack Yantai, they need Liuting Airport here, I estimate that this time it may be like the battle in the market UA Garden, take the way of parachuting to break into the interior of the Japanese army, as for what to do, this is not our concern, but we can be sure of one thing now, that is, this operation is only beneficial to us, so I ask you to cooperate with each other. Clear the surrounding area, but defend the airport until they leave"

"Yes," the captains replied in a heartfelt manner. Li Zmin was thinking about another thing in his heart, if this matter was over, would he be able to have a good exchange with this Major Parkes, he really wanted to understand this combat method, and a surprise attack could cause the greatest results. And this person could also be crucial in driving the relationship between the party and the U.S. military. What he didn't say was that this man was a hero of the nation, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, and that he had an arms dealer's girlfriend. These materials are all from the highest intelligence bureau in Yan'an.

Parks didn't know how gD would handle this conflict, all he thought was about this operation, seven days had passed now, and there were still three days left, which was the day of the operation.