The current Qiongzhou Strait is actually under the control of Hainan Island, and the total length of the Qiongzhou Strait is 90 kilometers, with the widest part being only 30 kilometers and the narrowest point being only 18 kilometers.

Therefore, Li Tie only built two forts on both sides of the Qiongzhou Strait, and sealed the entire Qiongzhou Strait, and the powerful forts not only protected Haikou from enemy attacks, but also protected a large area of Hainan land on both sides of the strait.

In order to protect Haikou, Li Tie set up more than 100 antiaircraft machine guns and dozens of antiaircraft guns on both sides of the strait alone. In the vicinity of Haikou, Li Tie also built a large airfield.

Hundreds of flight cadets and hundreds of fighters were stationed at the airport in Haikou, and when Li Tie and two regiments of escorts had just fled to the Qiongzhou Strait, it was from here that 10 fighters took off to Zhanjiang to support Li Tie.

Fortunately, with the support of Haikou's powerful coastal defense artillery and air force, Li Tie's 8,000 sons entered Haikou smoothly, and then, the 8,000 guards immediately took over the defense of Haikou.

As soon as Li Tie entered Haikou, he immediately convened a meeting of the Hainan army, navy, and air force. According to the original history, Li Tie knew that the Japanese army would attack Hainan in three months at most.

In the previous life, because there was almost no garrison in Hainan, the Japanese army only walked from south to north and fully occupied Hainan, but this life is different, Hainan has become Li Tie's base.

It not only has a full 50,000 Hainan Escort Army, but also has a powerful air force and navy. And Li Tie from later generations can't do anything else, he has read the book of unrestricted warfare no less than ten times, and he has discussed with military fans on military forums the best means to deal with the current Japanese army.

Therefore, according to the current combat style and common methods of the Japanese army, Li Tie has long established various bases in Hainan.

And this is a secret, Li Tie has not put much thought into it. For example, except for Haikou, which is a relatively open big city on Hainan Island, all other cities are controlled by the patriarchs of various ethnic minorities in Hainan.

And these patriarchs are all Wang Yaqiao's righteous brothers, through the special interpersonal relationships of these ethnic minorities, today's Hainan Island has already made Li Tie and Wang Yaqiao operate like an iron bucket.

Any stranger who enters these minority areas will be subject to strict scrutiny, and in the few years since Wang Yaqiao took over Hainan Island, as many as 100 foreign spies have been captured. Among them, Japanese spies alone accounted for half.

As for the agents of the Central Command and the Central Command, there are even more, but fortunately, Li Tie still cares about the same roots, so these personnel of the Military Command and the Central Command were not only beaten up and sent out of the country.

And after Xu Enzeng and Dai Li's subordinates failed on Hainan Island one after another, they also extinguished their hearts to inquire about Hainan's military intelligence. After all, the relationship between Li Tie and Wang Yaqiao is there, and no one can tear their faces.

However, Hainan Island has thus gained a prestige in the intelligence circles of countries around the world, that is, the forbidden area for espionage, because no matter where you come from, as long as you are a spy with a different purpose, you will definitely be found and finally killed.

And Li Tie's bases in various parts of Hainan are all under closed management, so even if a few fish with open nets have mixed into the Hainan troops, there is still no news. This is also the benefit of having the bases located in inaccessible locations.

At present, Hainan Island not only has a number of simple large airports, but also has hidden aircraft bases and naval bases in the center of Hainan Island and naval bases such as Lingshui.

With the help of the proven experience of later generations in building airports in caves. In addition to building several open-air airports in Lingshui, Li Tie also dug hidden machine holes in several mountains in Hainan.

It is also in the middle of the mountain to open up several holes for flight, you must know that the aircraft of this era has very low requirements for take-off and landing conditions.

And the fighters of this era are also very small, less than ten meters long, and the wingspan is less than ten meters, even if it is a bomber, it is not much bigger, so it is hidden in a cave very much.

This is also the main reason why Li Tie has stored no less than 500 fighter planes on Hainan Island, but on the surface, you can't see a single plane.

As for the development of the navy, warships and the like are too ostentatious, so except for the eight warships from Britain that were bought in a row, Li Tie has never increased the number of warships.

However, there is no shortage of submarines with good performance, and several of the latest submarines have been imported from Germany every year in recent years.

By the end of the 38th year, Li Tie already had 36 of the latest German U-boats. There are hundreds of old-fashioned minelayers, reconnaissance boats, training boats, and torpedo boats.

At the same time, because of the great victory in the naval battle of Hangzhou Bay in Shanghai a year ago, Li Tie ordered 16 U-boats from Germany that were more suitable for fighting in China's shallow waters. Now the 16 newest submarines have just rolled off the assembly line in Germany and are on their way to China.

In early November 1938, Li Tie, who had just arrived in Haikou, convened the first meeting of the Hainan army, navy, and air force. The meeting was held in Haikou Municipal Government.

Attending the meeting were Li Tie, Wang Yaqiao, Qianwei Scorpion, Xu Meiqi, and the members of the Hainan Guards.

Looking at the group of elite soldiers in front of him, Li Tie had strong confidence in changing the world for the first time. After several years of development, the number of Hainan Guards has increased from 10,000 to 60,000, of which 20,000 are for each army.

At present, Li Tie is the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces of the army and navy and the commander of the air force, and Wang Yaqiao is still the commander of the first army of the army.

The commander of the Second Army of the Hainan Guard Army was Jiang Guangding. There are also Cai Yankai, the commander of the Third Army. The commander of the navy is Sun Qiang, the former captain of the first submarine group.

The meeting of the navy, land, and air force on Hainan Island is actually a general mobilization meeting for the defensive battle in Hainan that may occur in the next three months.

At the meeting, it was decided that Xu Meiqi would be fully responsible for the logistical support work of the various armies in Hainan, the thousand-tailed scorpion would be in charge of intelligence, and Wang Yaqiao would still be in charge of military-political communication.

Li Tie is responsible for assisting the overall strategic defense and offensive, and other army units are responsible for defending their respective defense areas. All 36 submarines will leave the port and begin to deploy in the waters off Hainan.

As for the air force under Li Tie's direct responsibility, it will remain on duty 24 hours a day, and at the largest air base in central Hainan, this air base will maintain 100 fighters that can be lifted into the air at any time to launch an attack on the Japanese troops that have landed.

Li Tie knew that his army was not as large as Japan's, and if he really fought, he might not be able to beat the Japanese army.

But it doesn't matter, whoever lets us make Hainan Island, which is surrounded by the sea on all sides, as long as we maintain air superiority, Japan will not dare to land on the island easily.

Li Tiecai did not believe that the Japanese, who had always calculated their lives, would not hesitate to fight for their own air force for the sake of a small Hainan Island.

At the same time as the Haikou Military Conference was being held, the 21st Army of the Japanese Army, which had just occupied Guangzhou, was also in session, and the content of the meeting was to discuss how to capture Hainan Island.

"At present, most of Guangdong Province is under our control, and only Hainan Island and Hong Kong have not been occupied by our army along the coast of Guangdong.

Now we have not yet torn our faces with the British, so it is impossible to attack Hong Kong, and we can only attack Hainan Island first. Hainan Island is rich in resources and beautiful scenery, and our Taiwan brigade is extremely familiar with the island's geography and customs, so I am willing to lead troops to occupy Hainan Island.

Isn't it a beautiful thing that I ask the generals to fulfill me, and when I occupy them, I can build a few more places for the generals to recuperate from their wounds? Commander Iida Brigade of Taiwan's 18th Division, who had just occupied Guangzhou, said unashamedly.

"Hahaha!" Most of the generals present smiled proudly, as if Hainan Island was readily available.

However, listening to the arrogant words of the commander of the Iida Brigade, Lieutenant General Anten Rikishi, who had just taken over the command of Seishiro Sakagaki of the Fifth Division, put forward a different opinion.

"Don't be careless, although our intelligence a few years ago showed that there were only 3,000 defenders on Hainan Island, but now it is very different.

Since Wang Yaqiao became the owner of Hainan, he has vigorously developed Hainan's economy, and he has used his iron hand to run Hainan like an iron bucket.

In addition to Haikou City, the whole of Hainan can also find out a little bit of intelligence, and other places on Hainan Island are set up as military restricted areas, and as long as anyone enters it, they will be subject to strict interrogation.

As far as I know, not only our intelligence personnel, but also the personnel of the Central and Military Commands of the Republic of China Government are not allowed to enter Hainan Island.

Therefore, in the past few years, our intelligence personnel have sacrificed many people, but they have not sent detailed information. So I don't think it's wise to attack Hainan Island without the latest information about the Chinese defenders on Hainan Island. According to my idea, it is better to attack Guangxi first.

Now that Guangdong has been occupied by us, as the second closest mainland province to Hainan Island, as long as Guangxi is occupied, Hainan Island will lose its rapid access to the mainland.

If we send warships to blockade Hainan Island again, it will not take a few months for Hainan Island to be in short supply of all kinds of living resources, so naturally we will surrender without a fight. ”

"What Vice Admiral Antengliji said is very reasonable: Over the past few years, the 20 nautical miles around Hainan Island have also been designated as a forbidden area for foreign vessels, and our reconnaissance fishing boats have ventured into several important ports on Hainan Island and have been sunk by patrol boats of the Hainan Escort Navy on several occasions." Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondo, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Fifth Fleet, said.

"So what, can't you attack Hainan without detailed information? In the face of great power, all intrigues and tricks are doomed to failure.

Nearly 100,000 defenders of the huge Guangdong were driven out of Guangdong by us in just 10 days, could it be that our three divisions and regiments of 780,000 imperial armies, as well as the powerful Fifth Fleet and hundreds of aircraft, could not take out a small Hainan Island? "It's unbelievable that the commander of the Iida Brigade thinks that these great generals of the empire are so cowardly.

At that time, he was just a major general who had been guarding Taiwan all the year round, and he didn't know many secrets in the Japanese leadership, so he didn't know that what these generals really taboo was actually Li Tie.