[190] Chang Kaishen withdrew

Under the influence of the warm and humid air flow blowing from the Pacific Ocean, March in Taiwan is already as warm as spring, and the noon in Taipei during the day has reached more than 20 degrees. The sun shone on the concrete pavement in front of the presidential palace, baking the rows of black Dodge cars parked here.

After Chang Kaishen attended the Supreme Operations Meeting, he sat alone in his office, but his heart was still stuck in the cold winter that had passed, and it was unbearable to be damp.

At the just-concluded Supreme Operational Conference, Taiwan's military and political leaders all said that the coastal islands could not be defended, and Xue Yue, who had been assigned to Hainan Island to command an army of 100,000 troops, was obviously frightened by the neat defeat of Shi Jue and others in the Zhoushan Campaign, and no longer mentioned the "iron wall" and "Boling defense line" in Hainan that he had advocated before.

At the meeting, Xue Yue, commander-in-chief of Hainan's defense, made it clear that the current war situation is as erosive as ever, and the division of troops to defend Hainan is only an opportunity for the supply army to break through. Thinking about the land of Zhoushan, the garrison of 145 thousand people was still overwhelmed by the heavy cluster brought by the massive landing ship shock tactics for the army. Hainan Island is 75 times the size of Zhoushan, but the defenders have only more than 100,000 people, which can be said to be full of loopholes. Once the continuous supply of heavy troops arrives on the shore, these 100,000 people will also be finished.

Xue Yue also said, isn't Hu Lian's 67th Army known as a mechanized armored corps? Isn't this time also a war of defeat? If the supply army goes to the island, wouldn't I, Lao Xue, who doesn't even have a mechanized corps, be even more unable to drive the supply army into the sea!

Xue Yue said that he hoped to abandon Hainan and withdraw to Taiwan to hold on, because Hainan Island has no industry at all, there are dense forests and barren beaches everywhere, and the supply and maintenance of ordnance are all dependent on sea; if he does not retreat at this moment, once the sea route is cut off like the Battle of Zhoushan, 100,000 people will be just a pot of dumplings for the army! It is imperative to move to Taiwan.

Zhou Zhi-rou, commander of Taiwan's Air Force, said bitterly that the Air Force is currently suffering huge losses, and its experienced pilots have been almost exhausted in the previous air battles. Although the Air Force still has about 300 planes, if these pilots who lack training and experience attack the advanced jet planes that supply the army, it is tantamount to death. It can be said that if the jets and instructors promised by the Americans do not come to Taiwan for a day, Taiwan will not have an offensive air force for a day.

Zhou Zhirou's words decisively removed the Air Force from possible future failures in advance.

Navy Commander Gui Yongqing made it even clearer that the Navy can only protect itself at present, and it is absolutely impossible to confront the powerful new Soviet and Russian warships of unknown supply types. The coastal blockade tactics previously adopted have also suffered repeated setbacks recently, and warships that went to sea to carry out blockade missions have been sunk by warships supplying troops. At present, the navy has de facto stopped going to sea to blockade the mainland's coastal areas, and is only patrolling the waters near the island of Taiwan to blockade the Taiwan Strait, and does not dare to go north even a single step.

Gui Yongqing said vaguely that if the supply army goes south, it is estimated that the navy will not even dare to guarantee the blockade of the Taiwan Strait.

Sun Liren, Taiwan's commander-in-chief of national defense, reported that the supply army did not stop after recovering the big island of Zhoushan, and that the Zhoushan Islands in Hangzhou Bay had completely fallen, and without the follow-up support of the army, navy, and air force, the affiliated islands of the Zhoushan Islands had become pieces of meat and bones, and it was effortless for the troops to eat one bite at a time. In the next step, the supply army will definitely attack the upper and lower Dachen Island in Taizhou Bay at the mouth of the Jiaojiang River.

Sun Liren's single suggestion said that while the supply army had not yet started, he would simply withdraw all the defenders of Dachen Island first. Without the protection of the Air Force and Navy, the Army no longer needs to increase casualties in vain. Sun Liren also had no objection to Xue Yue's proposal to withdraw troops from Hainan, saying that this was the same as the evacuation from Dachen Island.

Chang Kaishen barely spoke much during the entire meeting, his heart was cold, the navy, land and air forces were now frightened by the battle of Zhoushan, and none of them dared to fight! There is no greater mourning than death.

The previous victory at Guningtou, that is, the hope brought to Chiang's army by the Battle of Kinmen, is now gone. If Jiang Jun still felt that he could bully the landlubbers to supply the army with the help of marine natural hazards, this battle of Zhoushan has shattered their illusions.

Judging from the telegrams sent back by Taiwan's Military Intelligence Bureau and the troops participating in the war, there are more than 100 modern steel landing ships of all sizes that will supply the army to participate in the Battle of Zhoushan! (83, in fact.) Each one can hold at least 100 people, and the landing ships for the army are large enough to transport a large number of artillery, and the first wave of landing clusters carried a large number of artillery to the island, and Hu Lian's mechanized 67th Army was all over the ground looking for teeth.

There is no doubt that the Soviets must have begun to provide a lot of aid after forming an alliance with the supply party, and the Soviets gave their own advanced large landing craft to the supply army! Every time he thinks of a behemoth like the Soviet Union supporting the army at any cost, Chang Kaishen's pores are closed, and he has goosebumps when he returns. From jets to long-range artillery, from landing ships to new warships, Lao Chiang did not know what terrible Soviet aid the troops below would get.

Anyway, Lao Jiang felt that it was still necessary to say a few words, if he, the master, had no confidence, how could he still expect these slaves to work seriously.

"The Supply-Industry Party has signed the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance with the Soviet Union, and has formed an evil alliance with the Soviets.

After Lao Jiang finished speaking, he looked around at everyone, and saw that there was silence in the conference room, obviously indifferent to his encouragement.

"During the Spring Festival, I broadcast the "Letter to the Mainland Compatriots" on the radio, and I said that one year of preparation, two years of counteroffensive, three years of sweeping, and five years of success, which is an optimistic statement. At present, it seems that in the face of the supply party in collusion with the Soviets, it will not be able to succeed in exterminating the land in ten years. In the future, we will work harder, and we will definitely be able to achieve the goal of ten years of reunion. ”

When the generals heard it, this is good, a big pie has been painted ten years later! Ten years later, if you reunite with your compatriots on the mainland, is there any basis for this jihua?

Seeing that everyone was still silent, Lao Jiang said helplessly: "I also know that Dachen Island and Hainan Island cannot be defended, since this is the case, then withdraw the troops, the sooner the better, to concentrate all the people who can be collected in Taiwan to strengthen our Liliang." As long as Taiwan is defended, in the future, it will definitely be able to succeed in the counteroffensive! ”

Surprisingly, Lao Jiang's words did not arouse any movement below, and everyone was still silent. A supreme combat meeting was held so lifelessly that Lao Jiang couldn't help but feel an irrepressible irritability in his heart.

"Adjournment!"

So this mournful meeting finally came to an end. After everyone dispersed, only Lao Jiang was left alone in the office in a daze.

With Lao Chiang's withdrawal, the People's Liberation Army naturally occupied Dachen Island and Hainan Island without much effort, while the two islands in the north and south, which had been carefully organized by Sanye and Siye, fell short at once.

The East China Field Army can say that at least it has fought the Zhoushan Islands, and the ping-pong is too addicted to landing operations.

But the four fields were holding back the fire in their stomachs, and after Han Xianchu, the "whirlwind commander" of the 15th Corps and the 40th Army, heard the news of Xue Yue's withdrawal, he stood in place for half an hour in anger before relieving himself.

"Why did you withdraw? This gang of cowards, Lao Tzu's artillery and Bayi bars didn't even hit a single shot. 100,000 people let him slip under his nose! Xue Yue, Xue Yue, this time you know each other. Han Xianchu muttered unwillingly.

Political Commissar Luo Shunchu said with a smile: "Isn't it good to take Hainan without a single shot, the purpose of our People's Liberation Army is to liberate the whole of China as soon as possible, Xue Yue helped us speed up the progress, I see, I have to give him a credit." ”

As soon as Xue Yue retreated the main force, the 40th Army went to the island on the pre-prepared sailing boats, wooden boats, and sailboats, and under the guidance of the Hainan guerrilla armed Qiongya Detachment, they quickly recovered the entire island of Hainan.

Xue Yue's methods were very vicious, according to Lao Jiang's instructions, more than 50,000 young and middle-aged men on Hainan Island were arrested and transported to Taiwan.

Commander Han Xianchu said angrily: "Jump! I see how long you old Jiang can be harmed! Sooner or later, one day, our People's Liberation Army will plant the red flag on the island of Taiwan! ”

Anger is angry, the 40th Army is not idle. While consolidating the coastal defense, they also helped the troops who came to the island to repair houses and farm for the people of Hainan, and to improve public security, sanitation, and transportation.

At this point, the great war of civil liberation came to an end, and except for Taiwan and Kinmen, the mainland and the coastal islands had all been liberated. The direction in which the republic will move next is already a question that needs to be solved urgently before the country's leaders.

In the end, it is to continue to pursue the poor people at sea and gather heavy troops to liberate Taiwan in one fell swoop. It is a dilemma to choose whether to garrison troops in the northeast and defend the security of our country's periphery.

The stone slabs in Fortress Garden have been polished to the soles of their shoes, and the number of times the chairman has been pacing each day has increased significantly.

At the beginning of each recent meeting of the Central Revolutionary Military Council, a countdown was made to the beginning of each meeting. In the face of the imminent military provocation of the first power and the strategic layout of the opponent's empty eyes, all military commissars at the vice chairman-level have a cautious expression and constantly deduce the possible situation.

Never since its establishment last year has the nascent republic faced such a serious challenge.

As early as the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Korean Provisional Government, which had been assembled by capitalists and large landowners in exile in Chongqing, returned to the American occupation zone in the south, but everyone who wanted to return had to sign a declaration of support for the American occupation forces.

If anyone returns to South Korea through another channel without signing this statement, the United States does not have to do anything, and those who have signed it will kill you as if you were a party member.

In the eyes of the United States, the status of the DPRK is no different from that of Japan, and the status of South Korea as a victorious country in World War II is completely absent. It's just that it borders the socialist countries of China and North Korea, so it has to be controlled more tightly. Although the Soviets left North Korea early, the U.S. forces refused to leave South Korea.

Under pressure from all sides of the international community, the U.S. military instructed the South Korean government to complete the massacre and purge of the "democratic" leftists in the country before withdrawing to Japan.

According to the information brought by Xiaoqiang from later generations, the Korean War will break out on June 25, and in fact, no one knows whether the situation will change in this parallel space-time that has been separated from the long river of time and space because of Xiaoqiang's appearance.

According to the information sent back from the DPRK by my diplomats in the DPRK, Kim Il Sung has evacuated all the residents of the area two kilometers north of the 38th parallel. On the railway lines in the north, all civil transport and freight operations have been completely stopped, and only for military transportation. Armed forces are massing in the border areas.