"Why have you been so distracted lately?" An air base on Jeju Island, where the headquarters of the 1st Airborne Division of Daming is located. www.biquge.info Major General Zhou Qi, chief of staff of the First Airborne Division, looked at Lieutenant General Cui Yunjie, commander of the First Airborne Division, suspiciously.

"Nothing." Cui Yunjie tugged at the corners of his mouth, and reluctantly smiled in response: "Maybe the big war is coming, and the pressure is relatively high." ”

"It's all old fighters, right?" Zhou Qi smiled and raised his hand to pat Cui Yunjie's shoulder, "We have won this time, don't worry." The Japanese no longer had much to resist. ”

"Hmm." Cui Yunjie smiled and nodded, "You're right. ”

After Zhou Qi left, Cui Yunjie frowned slightly, looking at the two shining gold stars on his shoulders and sighed involuntarily.

The 1st Airborne Division was transferred to Jeju Island to prepare for the upcoming large-scale landing operation against Japan. But Cui Yunjie's mood has always been very bad. He wasn't worried about war or anything else. What made Cui Yunjie feel sad was Zhang Cheng, who lifted him with one hand and personally put on the lieutenant general's epaulette.

Zhang Cheng has a favor for Cui Yunjie. It was Zhang Cheng who allowed him to stand out from a large number of young and handsome people and become the commander of the powerful First Airborne Division, thus giving him the opportunity to become famous all over the world. This kind of opportunity Zhang Cheng can choose to give to anyone.

According to common sense, Cui Yunjie should be grateful to Zhang Cheng. Moreover, Zhang Cheng is the spiritual leader of almost all the young Zhuang officers in the entire Ming army. In any way, Zhang Cheng is Cui Yunjie's benefactor.

It's just that Cui Yunjie's heart is dissatisfied with Zhang Cheng at the moment.

Cui Yunjie admires Zhang Cheng, and he admires everything Zhang Cheng has done since he started from scratch. However, Cui Yunjie is a member of the Cui family, one of the family consortiums. Although he is not a descendant, he is a member of the Cui family after all.

Cui Yunjie, who has received elite education from the family since childhood, believes that the Ming Dynasty should implement family elite politics. He believes that only a small number of elites can lead the country to a more brilliant tomorrow.

In Cui Yunjie's eyes, Zhang Cheng is also an elite, and he is also an exceptionally good elite. There is no problem in leading the country with Zhang Cheng's talents, and he himself is enough to be called the best among the new generation of families. However, Zhang Cheng's continuous death to the family consortium made Cui Yunjie very dissatisfied.

In Cui Yunjie's eyes, the family consortium does have some black sheep, and getting rid of them is also a thing that makes people applaud. But Zhang Cheng's approach of putting down all the rods regardless of good or bad made him feel unacceptable.

For Cui Yunjie's sake, the Cui family has not suffered much in this turmoil. However, after all, it was a heavy blow, and the Cui family never returned to its former glory.

At the same time, many of the sons and daughters of the family consortium were purged from the army without any reasonable explanation. Cui Yunjie believes that most of them are elites. But now they were all kicked out, and the places they had made were in the hands of civilians of mediocre ability.

Watching the combat effectiveness of many units that have changed their commanders have dropped sharply, and watching the many elites waste their youth without a place to use them. Look at those mediocre civilians who can occupy high positions with pride. Cui Yunjie's dissatisfaction with Zhang Cheng in his heart has exceeded Zhang Cheng's kindness to him.

In Cui Yunjie's eyes, Zhang Cheng, who has come to this point from scratch, is a top family himself. However, he mercilessly attacked the family consortium that was very useful to the country, which made Cui Yunjie incomprehensible and angry. During this time, some people who secretly opposed Zhang Cheng hinted at him, and he did not refuse.

Cui Yunjie is still hesitating, he has not yet made up his mind.

The entire southern part of Korea and Jeju Island had been transformed into a huge barracks by this time. Thousands of planes, thousands of ships, a huge army of up to a million. Everything was waiting, waiting for Zhang Cheng's general attack order from the imperial capital.

Saturday, October 5, 1940. After dinner in the public cafeteria, Zhang Cheng came to the combat hall of the Supreme Command.

The actual location of the Supreme Command was in a huge forest on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital, and it was also located in a well-fortified underground, a huge underground fortification complex. Thousands of officers and soldiers work here, and this is the real core of the Ming Dynasty. The orders issued from here determine the direction of the whole world.

"Are you all ready?" Zhang Cheng sat on the leather sofa, crossed his legs and lit a cigarette and asked softly.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Supreme Commander." The chief of staff of the army, that is, Lu Zhiyuan's father, stepped forward and spoke: "All units are ready to attack, and the weather has been good for a week after the forecast of the meteorological department, which is very suitable for fighter units to fight for air supremacy. The wave aspect is also normal and does not have an effect on the landing operation. ”

"What do you think?" Zhang Cheng asked softly.

"We suggest that the Supreme Commander can proceed according to the predetermined battle plan." The chief of staff's words made Zhang Cheng nod slightly.

This operation was absolutely a large-scale military operation of unprecedented proportions. More than a million troops will be sent to the Japanese mainland with the support of powerful naval and air forces. A sea-crossing operation of this magnitude was unique in previous wars.

The Ming Navy's planned landing site is near the port of Nagasaki in the northern part of Kyushu Island, where the geographical water ripples and meteorological conditions are very suitable for landing operations.

Whether it is a gentle sandy beach, the Port of Nagasaki, the largest commercial port on the entire island of Kyushu, and the largest military port of Sasebo, it can berth 10,000-ton ships. These are all deep-water harbors that have a huge influence on landing operations. These ports are powerful for the rapid delivery of troops and supplies after landing.

Originally, it was suggested that the war should be quickly ended by landing directly on the Japanese island of Honshu, and then directly attacking Tokyo with a large army. However, this radical suggestion was ultimately rejected by Zhang Cheng. It's not that Daming can't do it, but there is no need for this.

In the event of a direct attack on Honshu Island, the Ming Dynasty would have to choose a landing site in the Chugoku region of Honshu Island, as well as in the and Hokuriku regions. Of these places, only the Port of Maizuru, located in northern, is a large port capable of providing a large amount of cargo throughput, and it is very inconvenient to transport people and materials on a large scale. Moreover, Maizuru Port is too far away from the south of North Korea, and the fighter escort will also be extended to reduce the time spent in the air.

In addition to this, the common feature of each of the above-mentioned sites is that the roads are narrow and mountainous everywhere, which is completely unfavorable for the army to carry out offensive operations. In many places, the Japanese army only needed to deploy a small number of troops to successfully stop the attack of a large number of troops.

Even if the Ming Dynasty was able to rely on its strong military strength to crush all the way to Tokyo, it would not only cause unnecessary casualties, but also greatly prolong the war.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhang Cheng still chose a relatively safe combat method. That is, the landing operation was carried out directly from Kyushu Island, which was close to the distance, had a good large port, was within the combat radius of Daming's air superiority, was very close to the starting point of the attack, had a very good geographical environment, and had a high proportion of Japan's industrial population and so on.

After landing on Kyushu Island, a gradual approach can be formed, and little by little it will advance in the direction of Tokyo. Destroy the living forces of the Japanese army along the way, occupying all the land that passes through. Such tactics are safe, and battle damage will be kept to a certain extent. Although the time will be a little slower, it is a tactic that cannot be cracked.

And the time for the start of the established battle plan was set for tomorrow morning. Of course, the early firepower has never stopped, and the large-scale airborne operation needs to start tonight. All of this requires Zhang Cheng's orders.

The war room soon fell silent, and many senior generals of the Navy and Army all turned their eyes to Zhang Cheng and the young man who could decide the fate of countless people. How many years has it been since Daming produced such an excellent young man?

The huge clock hanging on the wall kept spinning second by second. The war room was so quiet that the generals seemed to be able to hear the breathing of others.

It was a magnificent battle that cost millions of troops and decided the fate of an entire country. Being able to participate in it is a big thing for any soldier to go down in history.

"Let's get started." I don't know how long it took, Zhang Cheng, who closed his eyes and recuperated, finally opened his eyes, and a fierce color flashed in his eyes, "Let the soldiers on the front line bring Ming greetings to the Japanese!" ”

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The trumpets sounded, and the battle flag was slowly raised. At various airfields on Jeju Island, thousands of officers and men of the 1st Airborne Division sat on the ground and chatted and farted, and they helped each other to stand up under the whistles and cheers of officers at all levels. The soldiers stood in rows against each other and began to apply camouflage to the faces of their comrades in front of them.

The airborne forces involved in the operation consisted of three divisions, one from Jeju Island, and the other two from airfields in the south of Korea.

Their goal is very clear, that is, to airdrop to the rear of the front line before the landing of the army tomorrow morning to destroy the defenders' defensive positions, transport lines, command headquarters, communication centers, artillery positions and other important targets, in preparation for the subsequent large-scale landing.

When Zhang Cheng set up the Airborne Troops, he demanded the establishment of a super-elite unit. Simply put, it is to form an army within an army. At that time, Zhang Cheng may have other selfish motives, but this airborne force is indeed the elite of the entire Ming army. (To be continued.) )