[77] Operational instructions

General Yi patted his chest and said: "You can rest assured, all the cadres from our 2nd Field and 11th Army can endure hardships and are politically competent, and the comrades have been mobilized by the party committee many times, and I guarantee that our base can resolutely complete the original construction tasks." ”

General Yi said again: "I have seen the 024 missile boat, this ship is driving fast, although the cannon is a little less, there is only a 25MM twin high-level rapid-fire gun, but the rate of fire is fast enough, the rate of fire of eight or nine hundred rounds per minute, this firepower is not worse than our old small gunboat, and it can also fight with the enemy with bayonets." ”

General Zhang Aiping, commander of the East China Military Region Navy, who arrived from Puhai, spoke: "I have different opinions about this missile boat. I think this missile boat is very distinctive, it is a sharp knife for us to fight enemy ships, and it must not be used to fight bayonets. ”

Commander Zhang Aiping looked at everyone and continued: "I have carefully studied the information brought by Comrade Cao Xiaoqiang, and it is clearly stated here that the main force of future naval warfare is missiles, and missile speedboats are the most economical combat ships. ”

General Yi was a little puzzled, and said: "We have also practiced the missile launch steps of this missile speedboat, it is really troublesome, according to the information, after each launch, it is necessary to repaint it when it returns to the port, and the information says that after the launch, the tail flame of the missile spray will burn the paint on the speedboat, and we do not have this refractory paint at present, which is really enough to lose, not to mention that we have not tested it at present, or it is safer to use it as a gunboat." ”

Commander Zhang said solemnly: "I think it is still necessary to do a test launch, of course it is very economical to do experiments with actual combat, but if something happens, it may be too late to regret it." These high-level ships are not easy to come by, and we still have to eat them thoroughly before going out to fight. After all, we have ten of them. ”

Commander Xiao began to ponder: "This missile is said to be amazing, but before it is used, no one can say where the god is. Now everyone highly respects all kinds of high-level artillery on these high-level ships, and the captains of the ships below also report that they are fully confident that they can defeat the Kuomintang Navy by relying on these naval guns alone. And what about this missile? Is it necessary to shoot live ammunition once in training first? ”

General Duan Dezhang, political commissar of the Qingdao base, spoke at this moment: "I agree with Mr. Zhang's opinion, this missile is high-tech, and I am really not sure before I hit it. As mentioned at the previous information seminar, this missile boat can easily sink the cruiser, and it is so powerful that if you don't fire first, the soldiers may not have the bottom in their hearts. ”

General Yuan Wang Hongkun, deputy commander of the Navy, frowned and said: "Looking at the information, it is said that the test firing training will be fired with 5 rounds, which is too wasteful, a total of ten missile boats, 20 missiles, and 5 rounds will be killed. We don't have any ammunition in hand. ”

Admiral Luo Shunchu, chief of the General Staff of the Navy, made a statement: "I think it's safe to test the firing, no more, the test firing will be ended as soon as it hits, and if it hits as soon as it hits, then only one shot, and it won't hit until the second shot, then it will hit twice." In short, I have been fighting until I hit, if I still don't hit the five methods, don't fight, ask Xiaoqiang what is going on, and let him help us find an expert to solve it. ”

The other seven generals in the conference room nodded their heads in approval of Chief of Staff Luo Shunchu's suggestion.

"Mr. Luo's plan is good, if you don't hit, it will inevitably cause chaos in actual combat, I agree." General Yi said.

Commander Xiao clapped his hand and said: "Then it's decided, let's hurry up and pull an old ship out tomorrow as a target ship to test missiles." ”

Chief of Staff Luo Shunchu said: "I took a look at the recent training, and the performance of the landing craft is the most haode, the operation of the 067 and 069 class small landing ships is very simple, even the 271 medium landing craft also perform very well, and these landing craft can already participate in actual combat."

The preliminary training of the four Type 6605 minesweepers is also coming to an end, and these minesweepers are quite advanced and have good firepower, so I think we can send one out first to carry out mine-detection and mine-sweeping operations on the southbound route under the cover of gunboats. ”

Commander Xiao nodded and said: "It is urgent to clear the mines in the southbound channel, according to Jihua, three 037 hunting submarines can be sent tomorrow to protect a 6605 minesweeper to start minesweeping, and other hunting submarines continue to train and be on standby at any time, once the enemy situation is discovered, we must reinforce in time, and we will also contact the air force, once the enemy plane is found, ask them to give necessary support." ”

Commander Xiao paused, and then said: "Lao Lin, you went to Germany to drink foreign ink and learned professional submarine jishu, when do you think the training of those two 033-level submarines will be completed?" ”

General Lin Zun replied solemnly: "I'm afraid it will take several months, the submariners are not as professional as surface ships, and if they do not cooperate well with their operations, they will have no combat effectiveness."

I don't think I can pin my hopes on submarines for the time being, and of course, I'm not going to relax in terms of training, but there is a shortage of skilled sailors right now. ”

General Wang Hongkun, deputy commander of the Navy, said with a tiger face: "The Navy and the Army are indeed too different, and our soldiers who are drawn from the Army are all good calves in the Army. There is no military training and political consciousness, so that this can be selected into our navy. These boys know that they are all like little tigers when they fight, even if they charge and kill the enemy with their heads, they never frown, they are all good. But you see that it has only been on the ship for a few days, and one by one they vomited their faces like wild vegetables, all of them were green, and some comrades vomited out all the yellow bile water, and the black bile was so black that I felt distressed when I saw it, and Lao Duan wiped his tears when he saw it, and everyone got off the boat, and they didn't want to eat anything, so they poured it on the ground. ”

Commander Xiao's face also wrinkled, and he said sadly: "Comrades are training hard, and nutrition must keep up, just say my order, no matter how much you vomit, you must eat it back, and if you can't eat it, you have to eat, if you can't get in and out, if your body collapses, what combat effectiveness does it have?" Must eat!

In the area of food, I will find a way to make every effort to strengthen the nutrition of the soldiers, as well as cigarettes, in a word, materially to give priority to the combat personnel of the ship. ”

General Yi Yaocai, commander of the Qingdao base, said: "I have already arranged for the base to do this, and now the base is opening the highest standard of combat stoves for the combat troops on the boat, and our ground personnel, including leading cadres, all eat ordinary stoves, and the base has already made arrangements for logistics, and we must give priority to meeting the supply of training personnel on the ship. ”

Commander Xiao nodded: "It's hard for everyone, but it's worth the hardship."

I would like to announce the latest telegram instructions of the Central Committee. ”

Everyone in the audience immediately sat upright and looked at Commander Xiao seriously.

"All commanders and fighters of the Navy should speed up the progress of training, carry forward the PLA's fine work style of uniting as one, studying hard, obeying orders, abiding by discipline, being arduous and simple, and being brave and tenacious, so as to form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. As soon as the military horn sounded, they marched forward courageously and cooperated with the army and air force to liberate the islands along the southeast coast, liberate Taiwan, completely annihilate the remnants of the enemy, and liberate the whole of China.

In response to the needs of the revolutionary situation, the navy must complete its training tasks before the end of March, cooperate with the East China Military Region in opening up the Yangtze River estuary channel, take Hangzhou Bay, Tanhu Island, Zhoushan Islands, and Shengsi Islands in the waters of northern Zhejiang as soon as possible, remove the remaining mines in the Yangtze River estuary channel, and ensure the safety of sea navigation north of Puhai City.

If possible, we should now mobilize a number of warships that can be fought to cooperate with the East China Military Region in the campaign to liberate the Zhoushan Islands, and strive to take the Zhoushan Islands as soon as possible.

The People's Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China,

January 15, 1950. ”

After listening to the telegram, the eight generals shouted in unison like soldiers: "Guarantee to complete the mission!" ”

The sound made the small conference room hum, as if even the overhead light bulb was shaking.