Chapter 37: By Luck

"That's the way it is, I called you here for this thing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info "In the improvised headquarters of Yamarai, Fu Zuoyi, who had not slept all night, was in good spirits, and the homespun military uniform was worn on him, which did not show rusticism but felt heavy. He just gave a thorough explanation to Lu Yinglin, chief of the General Staff, especially in terms of weapons, and another thing to talk about was the ground support operations of naval aircraft, which was one of the purposes of Captain Huang Hanguang's visit to Suiyuan.

"We haven't done it." The things given by the navy, even if the foreigners kicked Lu Yinglin twice, they would know it, but it was difficult to say about the plane. Ground support operations, what kind of support is this, he has no bottom in his heart.

"Just like the 88th Army." Fu Zuoyi said, "When the 88th Army fights, doesn't it always have some aircraft to support the operation? And it's exclusive, basically under the 88th Army. Their role is to suppress enemy artillery, destroy tanks and vehicles that are holding off enemy forces, and clear obstacles for infantry. Fu Zuoyi also heard it from Huang Hanguang, and Chen Bingqian next to him saw that he missed one, and hurriedly added: "There is also a photo reconnaissance, that is, to take pictures of the devil's fortifications from the sky, and we will know where it is real and where it is false when we look at the photos." Not to mention the rest, there are our planes overhead, and the fighters are going to be overjoyed. ”

Chen Bingqian's joy infected everyone, even Zhang Haoqing, who was not smiling, smiled a few times, but he said: "Commander, why do you say the navy is so good for us?" Everyone is not related to each other. ”

"Aren't they all devils?" Fu Zuoyi looked at him and said, "If the navy doesn't fight devils, why send planes back to China to fight." ”

"I panicked. After a night of work, there were cannons, German machine guns, and airplanes to help in the battle, and I ......," Zhang Hao said, he was very uneasy about the gold ingots falling from the sky.

"I'm panicking too." Fu Zuoyi began to take out a cigarette, "I don't even dare to sleep, I'm afraid that I will wake up and be dreaming." ”

"Hehe......" Everyone laughed, Chen Bingqian laughed the most, he didn't think he was dreaming, everything was real.

"But the sincerity of the people has been shown." Fu Zuoyi lit a cigarette and took a few puffs and said, "That Captain Huang said that the navy used to cooperate with Chongqing, but then they fell out. Their Commander Lee still hopes to encourage the country. Therefore, it is intended to support meritorious troops, and to commend meritorious individuals or groups. Last year, we dared to brave the severe cold of minus 40 degrees Celsius and go 150 kilometers forward to pack our heads, and they Commander Li admired them very much, and now he will also give full help to counterattack Wuyuan. ”

"Yes, that's ......" Lu Yinglin and Zhang Haoqing were moved. Last year, the packing head was a failure, and some people even secretly complained that the packing head was beaten and even the five originals were lost. Seeing that the soldiers could only shrink in the sand for the New Year, Lu Yinglin and Zhang Haoqing were all uncomfortable. They also felt that the packing head was too Meng Lang, but they didn't expect that the navy would support them precisely because of this, which made their hearts surge.

"Exactly." Chen Bingqian nodded in agreement. "The Navy now has a plan to give one to two million dollars a year to reward troops and individuals in the country for fighting bravely. Captain Huang said that the reward for individuals is about $3,000 per person, thirty people per Chinese New Year's Eve. He said that they Commander Li said that the group of mouth and cannon trolls in Chongqing only knew that the army was not good, and that the army was a thousand miles of collapse and so on, and the navy was to be in millions of countries. Find out the real heroes in the army, and then spread the word about his heroic deeds. Then there are the rewards for the subordinate troops, mainly to give heavy weapons, and to send aircraft to support the operation. Our 35th Army was the first recipient of assistance this year, and it was considered to have won the jackpot. ”

"Is that so?" Lu Yinglin and Zhang Haoqing have a bottom in their hearts. Lu Yinglin said: "If you want to talk about heroes, all of us in the 35th Army are heroes, and last year we packed the head Niangniang Temple......

"As soon as Captain Huang said that, I reported the seven people in Niangniang Temple, if they hadn't sniped the Japanese, the team that entered Baotou might have been blocked in the city." Chen Bingqian said silently, "He said that because he is not responsible for this aspect, he can only submit the deeds report on his behalf, and the review committee will send someone to verify it at that time." ”

"I now understand very well that the Navy is doing this to cheer us up, and the 35th Army won the jackpot." Fu Zuoyi said, he immediately extinguished the cigarette, and said in a deep voice: "Can't live up to it, the plan to counterattack the Five Plains must be foolproof." Didn't our previous plan worry about the Japanese army reinforcing Gohara and planning to send troops to defend the Uga River north of Gohara? Well, now, Captain Huang said that this can be handed over to the Navy. He said that the naval pilots who bombed the pontoon bridge were the most proficient. ”

Just like the withdrawal of the Japanese army from the county seat of Linhe County, because the battle line was too long and the troops were insufficient, the main force of the Japanese army had gradually retreated from Wuyuan, and the main thing left in the city was the puppet Mongolian army. However, once you attack Wuyuan, the Japanese army will rush to help, so one of the keys to this battle is to block the reinforcements of the Japanese army. When the Japanese army came from the north, it would inevitably pass through the Uga River in the north of the city, and although the three bridges on it could have been destroyed in advance, the Japanese reinforcements would definitely build pontoon bridges to force the crossing of the Uga River. The previous battle plan, which was to block the enemy, was handed over to the 302nd and 303rd regiments led by Dong Qiwu, and now it can be handed over to the navy.

"Commander, can naval planes really blow up the pontoon bridge over the Uga River?" Lu Yinglin was a little worried, "Japanese planes can't ......"

"Captain Huang said that if the Japanese plane is an army plane, it cannot dive and bomb at all, it will only drop bombs in horizontal flight, so it will not be able to bomb at all. By the way, Captain Huang used to fly bombers. Fu Zuoyi said, "Japanese naval planes can dive bombing, but Japanese planes are not strong, the dive angle is generally about sixty or seventy degrees, and the hit rate is not as good as the 88th Army's biplane bomber called Henschel." If their hit rate was high, the railroad would have been blown up by Japanese naval planes during the Battle of Songhu. He said that although the naval attack aircraft were not as good as the German Stukka, which could dive nearly 90 degrees to drop bombs, it would not be far off. He also said that pilots trained in the United States often use scrapped cars to shoot targets, and only six out of ten can be considered qualified. ”

How big a car can be, it is estimated that it is not as wide as the pontoon bridge, and Lu Yinglin is relieved. He said: "That's good, let's revise the battle plan immediately, and leave the matter of blowing up the pontoon bridge to the navy." ”

"Yes. However, we still have to build the airport, one in Suiyuan and one in Zhongning. Fu Zuoyi said that the airport is more of a headache, the airport in Suiyuan is easy to repair, but the navy wants to build an airport in Zhongning, Ningxia, which is actually very close to Lanzhou, but Lanzhou is the place of the air force, and there are old Maozi, the navy is unwilling to rely on Lanzhou. In addition, Chongqing may not agree to the navy's construction of an airfield in Zhongning, and this matter must be kept secret.

"Why do you want to repair it in Zhongning, isn't there one in Yinchuan?" Lu Yinglin said strangely.

"The navy wants the kind of amphibious airport, that is, an airfield that can land large seaplanes for cargo on one side and combat planes on the other. Captain Huang said that the main reason is that it is too late in time, and the oil parts and personnel can only catch up with the counterattack by air, so there must be a water landing field such as the Ten Strand Canal. Chen Bingqian said, "Then Yinchuan is too close, and the Japanese planes take off from Baotou Airport to Yinchuan less than 400 kilometers, and Zhongning is 520 kilometers. The Japanese fighters said that their legs were short, and only bombers could reach Zhongning. ”

Chen Bingqian said that it was funny that Japanese planes have short legs, and that Japan not only has short legs, but also airplanes. However, what Huang Hanguang did not say was that all the planes returned to China were attack planes, and there was not a single fighter. The fighter is still stuck by the US Naval Aviation Administration, and they do not agree to the export of such an excellent carrier-based aircraft as the F5F. This would have been a fatal event, but Lee Kong Wing and the Director of the Aviation Division, Colonel Chan Man Lun, thought it was a temporary difficulty.

The Japanese Army's Type 97 fighters had a top speed of only about 470 kilometers, the Navy's Type 96 fighters were still below this, and the Saboteur attack planes had a speed of more than 500 kilometers. Then there is the firepower, the Japanese planes are nothing more than two 7.7 imitation Lewis aviation machine guns, and the saboteurs have two 12.7mm machine guns in addition to the two 20mm cannons originally planned. Although the attack aircraft is not as good as the fighter in dogfight, the saboteur attack plane can evaluate the speed of the Japanese fighter after encountering it. As for the Zero, that was after May, and it won't appear on the Chinese battlefield until June at the earliest.

The adjustment of the operational plan due to the support of naval aircraft, the construction of two land and water airfields, the selection of personnel for training and air-ground coordination, the rescue of the wrecked pilot, the snatching of the wrecked plane, and so on, all these topics were discussed at the meeting.

"Let me introduce you, this is General Fu Zuoyi, deputy commander of the Eighth Theater." The navy had already slept well, and Zhong Qiangong was dressed up, not only wearing the navy's dark uniform, wearing a white military cap, but also wearing a major rank collar flower. Standing next to him was Captain Huang Hanguang and more than a dozen crew members, and then Zhu Hongyuan's college students, who were officially enlisted in the army today, and also wore naval uniforms, looking heroic, and the most impressive thing was Wang Yiqin, who was also dressed in military uniform, with a smile on her face.

"You guys......" Fu Zuoyi saluted back, he was full of love when he saw these heroic naval officers, but what was even more emotional was the navy uniform, all of which were made of tweed material, and the military boots were shiny. Good, good. I am glad to see you, very happy. Fu Zuoyi suppressed his emotion and said.

"Commander Fu, we would like to ask you to take a group photo of the generals, is it okay?" Said the crew member who specializes in taking pictures.

"There's nothing wrong with that." Fu Zuoyi said with a smile, and after he finished speaking, he looked at his homespun military uniform, "Can I be photogenic?" ”

"What's not going to be photogenic about this?" After getting along for a long time, Zhong Qiangong knew Fu Zuoyi's temper, and immediately pulled him to the camera, and Chen Bingqian invited several people over, and soon, the spotlight flashed, and the photo was taken.

"It's better to be in the navy, it's better to be in the navy." Lu Yinglin said two sentences in a row. He didn't just look at the clothes of the navy like Fu Zuoyi, but kept staring at Zhong Qiangong and the naval pilot's guns, and he felt that it must be a good gun.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as the chairman of Suiyuan Province, I welcome you to Suiyuan on behalf of half of Suiyuan." After taking the photo, at the request of Zhong Qiangong, Fu Zuoyi spoke to everyone. "Why do you say it's only half? Because the other half was taken by the Japanese. I am ashamed, and the soldiers in Suiyuan are ashamed, no matter what the reason, it is that we did not defend our hometown. I'm glad that your navy can come to our aid, and I've never been so happy in my life. This is a charcoal in the snow! Not only did it give charcoal, but it also gave us the confidence to win. We must take back the five plains, and we will fight again in Baotou, until the Japanese surrender. Otherwise, I, Fu Zuoyi, am sorry for Father Suiyuan, and sorry for your support. ”

Fu Zuoyi's hand waved in the air, and with the expression of emotion, where did his hand stop at the end, and he couldn't speak, only his resolute eyes revealed his determination to fight to the death with the Japanese.

"Good!" Zhong Qiangong took the lead in applauding, and the camera next to him flashed again, filming Fu Zuoyi's waving movements. This photograph and this redacted speech later appeared in newspapers across the country, encouraging every soldier and civilian who did not give up the fight.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Huang Hanguang of the HNA that I just mentioned, and his current position is the deputy head of the Navy's China Theater Staff Group, and he is specifically responsible for formulating a plan for coordinated ground operations in the theater." After speaking, everyone dispersed, and only Zhong Qiangong, Huang Guanghan, and the generals who had a meeting with Fu Zuoyi just now were left in the room. Although Huang Hanguang did not go back with the plane, Fu Zuoyi still hoped to talk about the specific ground support operations earlier, so that the counteroffensive plan could be formulated as soon as possible.

"The most important thing before the war is reconnaissance, this is the country. The part that is often overlooked by the military. "In the face of a room of generals, Huang Hanguang is not stage frightened." In this regard, the navy will send reconnaissance planes to conduct aerial reconnaissance of the Japanese troops in and around Gohara before the operation, and after reading the photos, they will be provided to the General Staff as a reference for drawing up the battle plan, which is the first and most important part of the operation. Then, according to the battle plan, the naval planes will be in close contact with the front-line troops by radio, but considering that the planes have a limited time in the air, the time must be pinched very accurately, and the error should not exceed two hours. ”

"Two hours?" Lu Yinglin was a little confused, "Captain Huang, what do you mean by two hours?" ”

"Two hours means that if you are scheduled to hit this position at 3 p.m. and attack somewhere, then it is better to attack on time. If it is not possible to attack on time, then the change should be notified to the rear airfield as soon as possible so that the plane does not take off. Huang Hanguang explained. I guess it's not that hard to do, right? ”

"This," Lu Yinglin's expression was not only not relaxed, but even more intense. He said: "Captain Huang, don't you know, we have very few radio stations, and only the division or brigade headquarters have radio stations, such as the Suiyuan guerrilla army, which has no radio at all, and can only rely on cavalry to transmit orders. Even if there is a radio station, there is no way to turn on the machine during the march of the troops, and it must be stopped before it can be unfolded, and there are many times when it is unfolded, and it depends on luck to call through......"