Chapter 309: Returning to the Target Plane and Hu Zongnan's Hesitation
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After Wang Fan spent the Spring Festival on the main plane, said goodbye to his parents and went crazy with Mu Yunting for two days, he returned to the first target plane and began to "go to work". The time here is now pointing to the end of June 1944. In other words, it has been more than one and a half months since Wang Fan last left. The period of one and a half months has been long and colorful for all countries in the smoke of world war.
In Europe, since the successful landing of the British Empire and the Stars and Stripes Republic in Normandy, many world media and politicians believe that it is only a matter of time before Germany is defeated again. But what happened next surprised them. Due to Bismarck's intervention again, the Luftwaffe, equipped with a large number of "six masters", once again dominated the entire European sky, including the skies over Normandy, with an incomparable advantage, so that the millions of Allied landing troops that had lost air supremacy had to risk dropping bombs at any time to forcibly attack the hinterland of Europe.
In the eyes of the Allied commanders, it was still very cost-effective to pay two or three hundred thousand ground troops for damage in exchange for the destruction of a large number of German front-line airfields, thus making Germany's air supremacy "stuck." But just a week later, the surging array of German Leopard and Tiger tanks showed the British and the thin-skinned tanks of the Stars and Stripes what a real steel torrent and encounter were. With the extravagant supply of troops (after all, Lao Xi had 1 million mobile troops in his hands and armed to the teeth), Rommel abandoned the cautious "combination of true and false" tactics in the deserts of North Africa, and directly used the most blood-pumping hard-hitting tactics, taking advantage of the superiority of German armored vehicles to force the front and flank of the landing force.
Relying on the superiority of air supremacy and ground firepower, in just half a month's counterattack, the British and the Stars and Stripes Allies lost more than 500,000 troops, accounting for one-third of the total number of landing ground troops. To put it mildly, the Allied forces in mid-to-late May 1944 were extremely dangerous, and the demoralized troops involved in the war were likely to repeat the Dunkirk-like rout. However, at this critical moment, Mountbatten and a series of famous Allied generals finally stood up, relying on a powerful firepower network composed of battleships, with a large number of anti-tank artillery and anti-aircraft gun positions, with Normandy and the nearby French large port of Cherbourg as the core, to build a super line of defense, in order to keep the precious "gap" in the second European theater.
In this way, the Allies and Germany added another 430,000 and 320,000 respectively in the following month, and the tension inside and outside the line finally calmed. The German army, which had lost its offensive momentum, needed time to breathe, and the Allied landing force, which had suffered nearly half of the casualties, did not dare to hope for a counteroffensive in a short time. They have only one task, and that is to persevere, persevere, and persevere!
South America, Brazil.
After the easy success of the landing operation in Brazil, disagreements began to arise within the Japanese invaders, and some officers and generals suggested using Brazil as a base to attack the transportation lines in the Atlantic, so that Britain would lose its sea supply lines, and the Allied troops landing in Normandy would be completely deprived of supplies, so that they would be defeated and surrendered. But another large group of officers strongly opposed this strategy, and their objection was simple: after such a war, Germany would most likely unify Europe and divide its immediate goals in its entirety. However, the Japanese have nothing to gain by themselves, but instead lose the possible Stars and Stripes and the British Fleet to counterattack Europe, and will concentrate all their efforts on destroying the Australian Japanese Empire, which will be in danger of overturning. So this strategy of "self-denial" must never be implemented, even if it could be beneficial to the overall strategy of the Axis powers.
Therefore, after the capture of Brazil, the Combined Fleet of the Japanese only assisted the army in clearing the unarmed defenders of Brazilian ports along the Atlantic, and then, in the name of attacking the Atlantic supply line, while the Stars and Stripes were tense, the Combined Fleet quietly turned around and sailed back to Australia, thousands of miles away.
Yanhuang Continent, Pingwu County, Sichuan Province, the general headquarters of Hu Zongnan's Corps.
"Gunza, can't you make up your mind?" Hu Zongnan's chief of staff, Sheng Wencheng, asked in a low voice in Hu Zongnan's private lounge.
"Wencheng, it's not that I don't want to, but it's difficult, it's too difficult! My feud with the Red Party is too big and deep. Hu Zongnan lit a cigarette and said while smoking, "From the 1935 campaign to the 'Limit the Communist Party' and '**' policies implemented after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, I have participated in all of them. ”
Historically, Hu Zongnan was the head of Chairman Jiang's thirteen Taibao, nicknamed "Prince Ye", and the leading elder brother of the Shaozhuang faction in Huangpu. In February 1935, he served as the commander of the 2nd Column of the 3rd Route of the "Suppression of Bandits", actively participated in the interception and siege of the Red Army of the Long March in June, and served as the commander of the 2nd Column of the 1st Route Army of the "Northwest Suppression of Bandits" in September, blocking the Red Army in the northwest of Sichuan; In January 1940, when Chairman Chiang set off the first ****, Hu Zongnan was ordered to attack the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region in depth with the cooperation of the Air Force, encroaching on five counties, and openly shouting the slogan of "eliminating the border area", building a blockade line composed of pillboxes and fortifications for more than 700 miles. Of course, due to the appearance of Wang Fan, the Red Party's combat strength increased by leaps and bounds in a short period of time, and in July 1943, Hu Zongnan's plan to raid Yan'an was stillborn and was not put on the agenda.
"But the military seat, Wen Cheng is not a villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death, but he is really a weak party-state, although you are the first person in the Huangpu department. But now the party-state only has Sichuan Province, plus most of the land in Guizhou. The back road prepared by the chairman of the committee is more than 100,000 expeditionary troops as far away as India. But it was Chen Cheng who was in charge of them. In time, the Red Party decided to enter Sichuan, and you who had lost the support of 200,000 or 300,000 troops, even if you could leave Yanhuang and Sichuan by plane, but you who had lost your foundation were at most just a public servant in India. Because it was related to his own net worth and life, Chief of Staff Sheng Wencheng persuaded without giving up, "Now the party-state has 1.5 million elite soldiers to defend Sichuan, and Shu is impregnable." But the officers know very well that in addition to the 300,000 people who defended the border of Qinghai and Sichuan, there are only 300,000 people near Chongqing who can withstand a battle, and the rest are mostly Lazhuang Ding and the rabble gathered together. The so-called impregnable is nothing more than a joke. ”
"Junza, in fact, we can send someone to contact us first, and there will be no loss whether it succeeds or not. I heard that with the founding of the Red Party, many officers of the Whampoa Department secretly sent people to secretly contact the Yanhuang Red Party. Hu Zongnan's secretary Xiong Xianghui (this is his pseudonym, his original name is Xiong Huiquan) chimed in.
Xiong Xianghui is Hu Zongnan's confidential secretary, and he is also the largest underground party in history that the Red Party has planted beside Hu Zongnan. It was he who delivered the news in time that allowed the Red Party to avoid the heavy losses that Hu Zongnan planned to raid Yan'an in July 1943.
Xiong Xianghui was valued by Hu Zongnan not long after serving as Hu Zongnan's secretary because of his own talent. The speech he wrote was "both passionate and reasonable," which was completely in line with Hu Zongnan's taste, so he was a "military and political assistant," and he was well versed in Hu Zongnan's temper, so he gradually changed from appreciation to complete trust. In the end, the secret orders given by the "old man" to Hu Zongnan were all signed by Xiong Xianghui, and the orders issued by Hu Zongnan were also drafted by Xiong Xianghui. Of course, in order to protect Xiong's safety, the organization required him to contact the Red Party as little as possible and do a good job of concealment.
"Who are they?" Hearing that others had already taken the first step, Hu Zongnan frowned.
"At present, I know Zhang Zhizhong, Shao Lizi, Liu Fei, etc." Xiong Xianghui interjected.
"Hiss~~"
"Military seat," Chief of Staff Sheng Wencheng wanted to persuade again.
"Okay, let me think, let me think again!"
Beijing, Zhongnanhai.
With the establishment of the New Yanhuang Democratic Republic, the identity of the entire Red Party has changed from "opposition" to "in power," and many high-level members of the Red Party have begun to change the content and direction of their work. Some of them shed their military uniforms and joined the government, others were responsible for handling foreign affairs, and some were responsible for more specific matters such as railway operations and production at oil refining bases. Of course, the above people are carefully screened according to the various materials brought by Wang Fan, and history has proved that they do have that kind of talent or potential. After all, compared with the early days of the founding of the main plane, they have a lot of experience, summarization, and lessons to learn from, and they have taken many detours.
Old Mao dwellings.
At this time, Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Liu Bocheng, He Long, Chen Yi, and Lin Biao in the house (I haven't made a mistake at this time, so I can't give people a stroke, in Lao Mao's words, those who are talented must make the best use of them. and others are all there, of course, Wang Fan has a special identity, and he is also in the house at this time.
They respectively held the posts of vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and according to the regulations of the new country, military personnel do not participate in politics, and they do not participate in politics!
"Now the Bald Heads are starting to come into contact with more and more people, roughly one-fifth of the total number of high-ranking members of their military, right?" Lao Mao held a long list of people, half emotionally and half discussantly.
"Yes, especially the high-ranking officials of the bald party at the junction of Sichuan and the provinces, they have the earliest contact, the most people sent, and the most urgent mood." Zhu De replied.
"That's for sure, if you really fight, they will die first, and they will be buried with the bald party, I'm afraid there are few people with such integrity." Mr. Peng said angrily.
"However, the price they put forward is too high, what keeps all the property, does not pursue any past mistakes, and even intends to keep the existing 7 aunts." He Long took down his pipe and said with a smile.
"This is called a sky-high price, sit on the ground and pay back~~" Chen Yi also said happily.
"However, among these people, there is no Hu Zongnan, the former 'king of the northwest'." Lin Biao interjected.
"According to the news from our comrades lurking around him, he should be about to die, and he himself is very hesitant and is currently engaged in an ideological struggle."
"This is understandable, after all, he is one of Chairman Jiang's cronies, the leader of the Thirteen Taibao, and the leader of the Shaozhuang faction," Lao Mao nodded, and then said to Wang Fan (who became Tang Wei at this time): "Tang Wei, we can't wait indefinitely, if another month passes, we can't peacefully solve the Sichuan problem, then the road into Sichuan"
"Don't worry, chairman, leave it to me, and I guarantee that it will be smooth sailing and unimpeded when the time comes!" Tang Wei smiled slightly and said confidently.