Chapter 281: The Storm is Coming
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
"Come in."
Admiralty of the Republic, the office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Deng Haoqian.
Deng Haoqian raised his head and saw that it was Rear Admiral Lei Hong, chief of the naval staff, who was not only the chief of the naval staff, but also an important member of the general staff of the People's Army.
Rear Admiral Lei Hong graduated from the Guangxi Naval Academy in Fangchenggang in the southwest period, although he was the young Zhuang faction in the army, but his learning has already surpassed that of the batch of naval instructors who returned to China to teach, especially to catch up with the period of the great development of underwater submarine combat theory and aircraft carrier combat theory in the southwest, he has been greatly inspired in operational theory and thinking, and has become the best naval chief of staff in the republic, and was promoted to chief of naval staff after the founding of the People's Republic of China......
"Commander Deng, this is the draft of the operation codenamed 'Yellow Sparrow' that we have completed." Lei Hong's eyes were obviously bloodshot, and he had been busy for a whole week with the elite staff officers of the Navy Staff Department for this draft operation.
An operation is easy to say, and can even be summed up as a one-sentence operational idea, but it can also be very complicated, and it is already very fast to come up with an operational draft in a week.
On May 15, 1942, agents of the Republic in Tokyo sent back a top-secret piece of information. Intelligence shows that not only did the Germans and Germany reach a decision to conduct joint operations again to open up the Pacific theater, but German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop even authorized the staff officers of the German Admiralty who accompanied him to the headquarters of the German Admiralty on behalf of Hitler, and the elites of the German military headquarters formed the Pacific and German Joint Operations Command for the special formulation of the plan for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor codenamed "Climbing a New High Mountain."
Although the detailed operational plan has yet to be drawn up by this joint operations command, when this accurate information is transmitted back to China, the Chinese base camp secretly ordered to speed up the formulation of the 'Yellow Sparrow' combat plan, as well as the selection of relevant ships, special training of personnel, and even the transformation of relevant weapons and equipment.
Deng Haoqian opened the thick draft plan in his hand, looked at it carefully for nearly 30 minutes, and then took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "Bai Sheng, you sit." I've read the plan once, and it's good that your operational thinking basically follows the advice of the chairman, but you don't completely fall into the trap. ”
"Yes, Commander. The chairman's suggestion is to use aircraft carriers to sneak out quietly and finally use modified fighters to launch long-range air strikes, which is the core spirit of this draft operation.
On this basis, we believe that after the two-ship formation sets sail, it is necessary to maintain a long-term and large-scale patrol of carrier-based aircraft, so as to avoid a small number of commercial ships that may deviate from the course, and in the plan, in order to achieve maximum insurance, we even require aircraft carriers to carry carrier-based helicopters, at the beginning of the year, this new type of carrier-based helicopter has just completed the ship-based test, and aircraft carriers are such a huge maritime stability platform, landing and take-off are not a problem.
In terms of aircraft carriers, we have abandoned the Yandi and Huangdi aircraft carriers, which are the largest in tonnage, and their tonnage is too large and the target is too conspicuous to be suitable for this kind of long-distance attack. The Sengoku-class aircraft carrier with a smaller tonnage, but a faster speed and more outstanding long-range sailing ability was chosen. The two aircraft carriers, the Dachu and the Dayan, were both new aircraft carriers that had just been equipped with the Navy two years ago, and as the formation ships of the two large aircraft carriers in Yanhuang and Yanhuang, both had a full load displacement of about 21,000 tons, and the carrier aircraft were more than 60.
Of course, in terms of the necessary modifications, due to the lack of escort ships, it is definitely necessary to strengthen the capabilities of air defense and anti-submarine. However, in the plan, we still propose to add a Southwest-class heavy multipurpose cruiser for air defense and anti-submarine in an emergency. In this regard, we chose a new southwest-class multipurpose cruiser "Dalian" launched at the beginning of last year.
As for carrier-based aircraft, we plan to use three to four months to refit a batch of HJ-3 carrier-based fighters and HH-3 carrier-based medium bombers for this long-distance raid operation. At present, the HJ-3 fighter and the HH-3 carrier-based dive/horizontal medium bomber already basically meet the operational requirements.
In addition, all three ships will be equipped with large towed active sonars and the latest anti-aircraft guns. ”
Lei Hong first gave a general report on the selection of ships and weapons and equipment this time.
"Well, judging from the plan, it is necessary to add a cruiser, three ships in one, the target will not be too big, but in the event of an emergency, it will be able to deal with it more flexibly." Deng Haoqian also nodded, although the chairman of the committee originally said that there were two ships in formation, but the actual operation naturally had to proceed from actual needs.
Lei Hong continued, "According to the plan, after specially modified carrier-based aircraft, the HJ-3 carrier-based fighter can reach a combat radius of up to 1,400 kilometers, and the HH-3 medium/dive bomber can reach 1,200 kilometers. Combined with intelligence, the fleet will launch a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor when the fighters are mature. At this distance, the existing US naval forces are completely defenseless against us. ”
Deng Haoqian nodded, the US military's carrier-based fighters are still basically old models, and the latest F6F carrier-based fighters with high surnames, high speeds, and long ranges are still in test flights, and they are at least the end of the year or even next year when they are away from large-scale equipment. In fact, he is quite satisfied with this plan, but the supplementary plan part is still to be discussed.
"Bai Sheng, you plan to launch a sneak attack on Yu Ben's action fleet as well, sinking or severely damaging one or several aircraft carriers. It's a bold idea, but it's simply not going to pass. Deng Haoqian walked to the huge ocean map behind him, picked up his baton, and drew a virtual line in the Pacific Ocean, connecting the United States and Yueben, "Although I want to sink my aircraft carrier more than you, but, according to the strategic arrangement of the base camp, I need to go up to the top now, otherwise, once my navy is too lost, then it will only be us." Even if we are not afraid of the Americans, now is not the time. This is also the starting point of the entire battle plan. ”
"I see, Commander. That's why I put it in the supplement bar. ”
As soon as Deng Haoqian said this, Lei Hong of course immediately understood that this was a real trick to drive away wolves and tigers, and that China would not only not sneak attack the little devils from behind, but would beat the Americans even worse, fearing that the rapid expansion of the US navy would prematurely threaten the security of the Pacific region.
Even if the navy is strong for the time being, in the coastal areas, they are at a disadvantage compared to the Chinese navy and land-based air force, not to mention China's several major coastal airfields, and it only takes a short time for the fighters to sneak attack many cities where even the radar has just been successfully developed with the help of the Germans.
Therefore, compared to the book, although the Americans do not seem so hateful, they are actually more terrible than the people themselves, and may also bring far more terrible consequences of destruction than the little ones.
Deng Haoqian took the draft of the operation, walked up to him, patted his shoulder, "Go back to sleep first, and then improve this plan, properly refine it, and then I will show it to the chairman." ”
"Yes, Commander." Although he had only received the initial affirmation of Commander Deng Haoqian, Lei Hong seemed to have seen the American warship burst into flames under the second sneak attack by Chinese planes.
The battle plan was in full swing here, but Zhang Shusheng boarded the plane to the northwest, and Air Force One took him, Lu Yunyan, He Ning, and the accompanying guards and staff to Xin-Xinjiang.
Before leaving, he read the draft of the operation sent by Deng Haoqian, and made appropriate suggestions on some of its provisions, such as the use of weapons and equipment, which must be bold, and the weapons and equipment in the current system, no matter how advanced, can be used as long as they do not involve excessive leakage of secrets, and as long as they are actually installed on a large scale.
The five months or so of the Navy Command will be enough for the Navy Command to make the most complete plan, to modify the weapons and equipment needed for the operation, and to complete the exercise.
Zhang Shusheng also added a clause, if in case of no secrecy, such as in a foggy day, encountering those foreign cargo ships that deviate from the course, it must be dealt with decisively, such as taking the method of detaining the crew with the ship and sinking the ship directly. As for the sailors, they stayed in China for two years during the war, and when the war broke out, they were able to regain their freedom.
After Air Force One landed at the Diwopu airfield in Dihua, Zhang Shusheng and his entourage were welcomed by Lieutenant General Zhang Zizhong, commander of the Xinjiang Corps, and Lieutenant General Wang Zheng, political commissar.
"The scale of the Diwobun airport is quite large."
When the plane landed, Lu Yunyan looked out of the small porthole and saw a large-scale dual-use airport full of transport planes and fighter planes.
Zhang Shusheng couldn't help nodding, when the plane fell, he miraculously remembered his previous life, one summer vacation, his grandmother was critically ill, and he took a discounted plane home.
Although the plane was taking off at that time and landing this time, Zhang Shusheng miraculously recalled the Diwopu International Airport in his mind, and the airport and even the mountains in front of him coincided with that moment back then.
Compared with the dual-use airport in front of the Nest Bunker, the later Nest Airport is only a little larger in scale, and many passenger planes are parked, in fact, the Nest Airport in front of it also has two high-standard runways, as one of the scheduled front-line airports for the Soviet War, the construction of the Nest Airport is even more comprehensive than the previous life, in addition to the large oil depot near the airport, there is even an aircraft maintenance center, which is completely configured for wartime.
The entire Diwopu Airport, judging from the overall layout, although there is less tall terminal departure building and not so many white passenger planes, it is full of military planes on combat readiness duty, as well as transport planes responsible for transporting emergency export goods. A little farther away, there are also huge hangar complexes, all surrounded by dense anti-aircraft fire.
"The Chairman of the Committee is welcome to inspect our work."
"Xun Chen, I promised you, when you completely suppress this huge north and south Xinjiang, I will come to see you and Wang Zheng."
"We won't let the chairman down." Wang Zheng also said excitedly.
Zhang Zizhong and Wang Zheng personally picked up Zhang Shusheng in the car and went to the location of the provincial political axe and the corps headquarters. Along the way, He Ning and Lu Yunyan both looked at the street outside through the bulletproof glass with one-sided light, the two of them had never been to Xinjiang Province, and when they saw the Wei people riding on both sides of the highway in donkey carts, they felt a little strange.
Zhang Shusheng smiled secretly in his heart, the two girls did not forget their identity as the mother of the country, although they were curious, they did not show anything abnormal, so he casually picked some small stories about Xinjiang to tell the two.
The main road from Diwopu Airport to the Provincial Political Axe and Headquarters is exactly the same as the memory of Zhang Shu's previous life, and it is still named 'Yanjing Road'. He was particularly impressed by the fact that some of the city's main streets and facilities were named after him at his behest in Chengdu and Yibin New Town, just like his hometown of Bashu.
The entire Yanjing Road, even the width is about the same as the Yanjing Road in his impression, the only difference is that the buildings on both sides are too few, and it was not until the second palace of the Railway Bureau in later generations that he saw the urban area. Today, it is still named Ninomiya, but the meaning is completely different from that of the later Ninomiya.
At the moment of passing by the second palace, Zhang Shusheng suddenly felt that the embodiment of power was so direct.
Because, on the side of the second palace, a university that has only been built for a few years is located there, and even the location has not changed, and the sidewalks on the side of the road are also planted with sycamores. The most important thing is that even the name of the school is the same as the one I attended in my previous life.
Everything in Urumqi, like several cities in Bashu's hometown, as well as Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, is a place that can still make him remember the era he once lived in. In his previous life, these places were also the most familiar to him.
After the normal inspection work was completed, Zhang Shusheng and his entourage, together with the action units of the Xinjiang Provincial Corps and the Central Guard Bureau, secretly rode in armored vehicles to protect and go to Ili, where they saw the Nanati steppe in the middle of summer.
With the development of the domestic economy, as well as more and more Han residents in northern Xinjiang, many tourist attractions are also being developed one after another, Zhang Shusheng and his party have encountered a lot of Han tourists, except for a few plainclothes central guards, the others are on guard far away, Zhang Shusheng's three people have not been disturbed.
A couple of young teachers from Urumqi, are taking pictures there with a seagull camera, the scenery on the prairie is very beautiful, Zhang Shusheng came when they came in the morning, the whole prairie is like a beautiful girl who has just woken up, the far away place is still shrouded in a slight morning mist, in the distance of the prairie, some scattered herdsmen's tents, is emitting a stream of smoke.
It is said that the Nanati grassland, the development time is only about two years, there are not many tourists in normal times, and this morning is even less, can come to the grassland at this time, are real travel enthusiasts, before Zhang Shusheng and the three of them walked to this place, there have already been staff dressed as grassland police to review.
The whole grassland is not empty, in addition to the herdsmen, there is also a regiment of agricultural reclamation in charge of managing and developing the grassland.
"Hello!"
The young couple looked like they were newly married, probably on their honeymoon in the prairie. When I first saw Zhang Shusheng, I felt a little kind, especially for Zhang Shusheng, who seemed to be an acquaintance somewhere, so I had a lot of good feelings for these strangers for no reason.
The two were taking pictures of the morning light with their cameras, and when they saw Zhang Shusheng and the three of them coming over, they couldn't help but look at it carefully, although Zhang Shusheng and the three of them were not luxuriously dressed, but after all, they were much stronger than ordinary people, and the handmade clothes were better than those produced in batches, and the teacher and his wife were also knowledgeable people, thinking that the people in the mouth were traveling, so they greeted warmly. Nowadays, the gap between the rich and the poor in the country is not large, and even the income of the two teachers is very considerable.
"Hello." Zhang Shusheng and He Ning also greeted warmly, and when they saw the couple holding the camera, they knew that they might be able to help.
"You came from your mouth, didn't you? We are from Wushi, can you help us take a few photos? The young man wore a pair of glasses with thick bottoms of beer bottles, pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said to Zhang Shusheng and the others.
"Yes, we're here from the mouth." Zhang Shusheng said enthusiastically, and He Ning and the others next to him smiled, after all, the three of them had not been in contact with ordinary people like this for a long, long time, and the most important thing was that the two young people obviously didn't recognize them. "I'm a non-professional amateur photographer, huh."
After taking the camera, Zhang Shusheng found that this was a seagull license camera that was sold three years ago, this kind of camera is produced by Shusheng Optical Group, a subsidiary of Shusheng Company, and it looks quite expensive, the lens in front, Zhang Shusheng glanced at the parameters, and the retail price is at least 50 yuan The kind of high-quality lens. From this point of view, the living conditions of the two are not bad.
Although Zhang Shu had more contact with digital cameras in his previous life, he is now a master of film cameras, and he is also very comfortable with this seagull camera, even much better than the owner of the camera, and he took many high-quality photos for the two couples.
Subsequently, the two couples also took the camera in He Ning's hand and took a lot of photos of Zhang Shusheng and the three of them, but the staff in the distance pretended to be tourists on horseback under Zhang Shusheng's instructions and did not come closer.
From the conversation, Zhang Shusheng knew that the two of them were teachers, from their hometown of Shaanxi, they were the early people who helped the border, they were teachers at Urumqi No. 1 Middle School, and they got married at the end of last year, but in winter there was heavy snow in northern Xinjiang, and after the beginning of spring, the teaching work was busy, and they didn't have time to play for their honeymoon until summer.
The income of the two husbands and wives is very good, comparable to the income of ordinary small traders, and they are also very conscientious in teaching, and the young man has just won the first prize in the Urumqi Mathematics Teaching Competition, and the woman is also an excellent music teacher. And Zhang Shusheng did not fabricate his identity, and the other party seemed to think that from the temperament of Zhang Shusheng and the three of them, he thought that the origin was extraordinary, and he did not ask much.
The five of them played together for a long time, until they had lunch together in a Kazakh yurt, which included a large plate of chicken and hand-grabbed lamb, and then they happily parted.
"Mr. Zhang, this is a small gift, just take it as a souvenir from us, it's not easy for you to come to Xinjiang Province, it's really far. We can meet, and traveling to the prairie together is even more fate, hehe. The male teacher named Wang Yuanguang, with his wife, and Zhang Shusheng reluctantly said goodbye, and when parting, he took out three of his own amateur carved jade Guanyin to send Zhang Shusheng and the three.
"Yes, a small gift is not a tribute, this is an amateur carving by Yuanguang, this time I accidentally brought it on my body, but I didn't expect it to come in handy." Zhao Min, a young female teacher, also said happily.
Zhang Shusheng looked at this Guanyin, the carving is not much worse than the one in the store, the three small jade Guanyin, it looks like it is at least twenty yuan, if he didn't know that the two of them have a good income, he can't even bear to ask for this big gift from the other party. I secretly said in my heart that the people's living standards have indeed improved, and the pursuit of other things is more freewheeling.
"Given by a friend, of course I don't dare to push it back, so accept it." Zhang Shusheng smiled and motioned to He Ning and Lu Yunyan to accept it, and the two also said thank you.
Since he received a gift from someone else, he naturally wanted to give it back, and when Zhang Shusheng didn't have time to think about what was meaningful, Wang Yuanguang found this little embarrassment, "It's okay, it's okay, when you're out of the house, who can still bring small things, I will write the address of our home to you, if you come to Urumqi again in the future, but you must come to our house as a guest, that is a return gift, haha." ”
"No problem, definitely go, definitely go."
When Zhang Shusheng heard this, he did not fool casually, but promised sincerely. He suddenly saw the jade ring on his hand, this ring carving is excellent, it is made by the southern jade carving master knife, the material used is not the traditional Chinese jade, but from Myanmar's old pit glass ground best jade material, at first glance it is just a jade ring, but in fact the face is carved at first glance suddenly one, look at the unique texture of the Nine Dragons, as well as his name.
Tuo Zhong's jade material, the staff found the best southern jade carving master in Yangzhou, carved a lot of rings, ornaments, toys and the like, usually Zhang Shusheng is not brought, all occasions with Zhang Shusheng, are not suitable for these things, but this time it was He Ning on a whim, brought a set out, said to be a businessman to dress up, to be thorough.
With economic development and social stability, the price of domestic jadeite is getting higher and higher, and the price of ordinary good materials is better than gold, not to mention this kind of superlative.
However, where have the couple ever seen the best jadeite, and even the intuition that the jadeite is this color.
"We came out in a hurry and didn't bring anything meaningful. It just happens that the jade and the jade are on the side, this ring and this bracelet are not carved by me, hehe, and they are not worth anything, so they should be our return gifts. The ring is mine, and the bracelet is my two wives. Zhang Shusheng motioned to He Ning to take off the bracelet and give it to the other party, a ring and a bracelet, just to return the gift from others.
He Ning happily took it down, and was worried that there was no gift to give back to this pair of kind-hearted and dedicated people's gardeners. There are so many kinds of big ornaments in Jade's house, not to mention this box of small things, she and Lu Yunyan are very happy to be able to give back to each other.
As for the relationship between Zhang Shusheng and He Ning, the couple has no doubts, after all, although the republic practices monogamy, the fait accompli marriage before liberation is fully recognized. Wang Yuanguang and his wife also thought that Zhang Shusheng and the three of them were in this situation.
"This ring and bracelet should be more expensive, this ......" Although Wang Yuanguang and his wife did not know the goods, they did not see the subtle Nine Dragons on the ring and the Fengqi on the bracelet, but they simply felt that with the other party's dress, temperament and conversation, what they could wear on their bodies was naturally expensive, at least better than their own carvings.
Zhang Shusheng has a rare hearty smile, for this trip to meet Wang Yuanguang and his wife, he also feels that there is an alternative friendship, and it is too late to be happy, with his power in the world, the world's wealth, how can he care about this little thing, since he gave it to the other party, it is clear that let them make a windfall, he is almost certain, at most twenty years, these two pieces of jadeite, can be sold for a sky-high price, this slightly poor couple, will also become rich.
"Mr. Wang, Mrs. Zhao, you also said just now, since we met thousands of miles away, it is fate. Your Jade Guanyin is hand-carved, and it is much more valuable than ours. For the three of us, it is even more priceless. Just take it. Lu Yunyan saw that the two of them were a little hesitant, and couldn't help but speak.
"Brother Wang can accept it, I will come to the north again in his year, and I will find the door of your house, but I want to come to visit, when the time comes, we will take the jade Guanyin and jade as evidence, which can be regarded as a witness of time and time." Zhang Shusheng's heart moved, but he was interested, and said happily.
"Well, a word is a deal, and we have accepted the gift. But well, I'm waiting for you to come back in Urumqi, when the time comes, jade and jade will witness our short but extraordinary friendship. Wang Yuanguang also happily accepted the ring and bracelet.
"The address of our home is Urumqi No. 1 Middle School, Building 3, District B, Family District, ...... 204"
When the five separated, Wang Yuanguang and his wife left their home address, and Zhang Shusheng also handed it over to the secretary to keep it properly.
When Wang Yuanguang and his wife returned to the school teacher's residence in Urumqi a few days later, Wang Yuanguang looked at the teaching building in the distance, but suddenly his heart moved for no reason.
"You go back first, I'll go to the office and have a look."
Wang Yuanguang, who had some doubts in his heart, went upstairs and opened the door of the office, and when he saw the picture hanging on the wall, the image that was not hung by the teacher, but would be hung in the office, the whole person was stunned.
He finally understood why he felt familiar and intimate when he saw the tourist surnamed Zhang.
When Zhao Min saw that her husband had not returned for a long time and went to the office, she found that her husband was sitting on a chair in a daze, and when he saw himself walking in, he pointed to the portrait hanging on the wall.
"Ah...... How, how could it be ......"
Obviously, Zhang Shusheng is very similar to him in the portrait, but neither of them expected such a fantastical thing, and the two couples who came back to their senses found that there were miniature carvings and lettering on the rings and bracelets...... What neither He Ning, Lu Yunyan nor Wang Yuanguang nor his wife expected was that 20 years later, even if the couple had many opportunities to change their new homes, and even had the opportunity to transfer to the Education Bureau and work in the mouth, they never left the school, and they always lived in the already old family building, living in Room 204, Building 3, Area B, Family District, No. 1 Middle School in Urumqi City.
Even Wang Yuanguang, who is in his fifties, still thinks that the 'young friend' with an extraordinary temperament and a smile on his face will definitely knock on his door one day, just for this great but ordinary friendship.
What they didn't expect was that on the same day twenty years later, three still young people knocked on the door of room 204, and when Wang Yuanguang, who had gray hair on his temples, pushed the door open, what he saw was the young man from twenty years ago and his two wives......
(To be continued)