Chapter 31 - Recovering the Treasure Island 2
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After Wang Fan and the top leaders of the Yanhuanghong Party discussed the Taiwan campaign and decided to use the most secure campaign purpose of "landing in Taipei and gradually pushing south," all that remained was the gathering of troops and the preparation of ships.
Choosing the "gradual southward push" campaign method will inevitably prolong the time for the Yanhuanghong Party to recover Taiwan, but in this case, it will leave more time for the Japanese to launch a landing campaign in India, so that the little devils can see the hope of success, so that they can fight the British for a while. In this way, the vitality of both sides will be more lost, which is also one of the important considerations in choosing the "gradual southward push" strategy.
In terms of naval vessels, the Yanhuanghong Party has now set up three fleets: the Beihai, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea. Among them, the North Sea Fleet held the Bohai Sea and patrolled the Wakou Sea (which will be renamed the Yanhuang Sea in the future); The East China Sea Fleet has just completed the campaign to land on Okinawa Island, and this time it is mainly responsible for vigilance and support in the waters south of Taiwan; Therefore, the main force of the landing force is the South China Sea Fleet, which has not yet been opened.
Like the East China Sea Fleet, the entire South China Sea Fleet has one Beijing-class heavy aircraft carrier (the Japanese Daiho armored aircraft carrier), one Guangdong-class battleship (the Japanese Yamato-class battleship), one Heilongjiang-class cruiser (the most advanced heavy cruiser of the Japanese Kou), and several Anshan-class destroyers. Although in terms of tonnage, it is not particularly majestic, but considering the fact that the Japanese Taiwan Army has no foreign aid and is alone, it is already a super luxurious configuration.
Taipei, near the mouth of the Tamsui River.
A large number of mines were also laid by the Japanese army, and small docks and ports were also damaged. Tetsu Watanabe was also a junior soldier in the Japanese Taiwanese Army, and at this time he was leading his men to observe the sea near the mouth of the Tamsui River, and pay attention to the Yanhuang naval forces that might appear at any time. Due to the limited strength of the Taiwan Army, it is impossible for them to carry out a large-scale blockade on the beachhead, but it is still necessary to send a small number of scouts to carry out visual reconnaissance along the coastline of Taiwan so that they can grasp the situation of the landing sites of the Yanhuanghong Party at the first time.
"Watanabe Juncao, is the enemy not going to appear today?" Glancing at the watch on Watanabe's wrist, Mitsuo Tokugawa, a soldier who found it was almost noon, asked.
"Let's hope, if they show up one day later, we can hold out one more day." Tetsuya Watanabe made the same judgment in his heart, and nodded in reply.
"Let's smoke a cigarette." Mitsuo Tokugawa took a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to his boss.
"Okay." Tetsuya Watanabe, who felt a little tired, although the military discipline on duty flashed in his mind, but this time he and Tokugawa Mitsuo were together, so he didn't care so much, leaned under a tree, took the cigarette handed over by Tokugawa Mitsuo, and skillfully lit it with a match.
"Whew~~" After puffing out two puffs of green smoke from his nostrils, Watanabe felt his whole person relaxed, and he had nothing to say: "New one yesterday?" ”
"Hey! Yesterday, everyone gave out a pack, and they have not been willing to smoke it. "In normal times, the low-level soldiers of the Japanese are not qualified to smoke cigarettes, so Mitsuo Tokugawa is very happy now.
"Your wife and family have moved to Australia, right?" According to the priority of the transfer of the Japanese and the soldiers of the Taiwanese Army, in order to encourage and appease the soldiers of the Taiwanese Army, the immediate family members of their 55,000 people have all been transferred from the Japanese mainland to Australia, and after the transfer, the letter of peace sent from Australia has greatly lifted the morale of the 55,000 soldiers and regarded death as home.
"Hey! Kobayakawa wrote to me that she and her son were now living in Sydney, and that she was living a stable life, and that I should not worry about it, and that I would fight hard and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. When it comes to his family, Mitsuo Tokugawa looks happy.
"Hey, be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor!" Tetsuya Watanabe, who also received a letter from his family, felt that there was nothing to complain about, worry about, and regret. He continued: "Wait, just give the empire some time, with the rich resources of Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and Brazil, these vast regions, the empire will definitely be strong again and regain its homeland." ”
"Hey! I am confident that this will be achieved. Now that we hold on, we will buy one more day for the re-emergence of the Empire. ”
"Boom~~"
Suddenly, the dull roar of a giant cannon came from a distance, and the cannonballs flew like the sound of a speeding train, approaching Tetsuya Watanabe from far and near.
"Enemy attack!"
"Lie down!"
"Boom!" With a loud bang and the ensuing tremor of the earth, the 460mm shell hit a shallow sandy area more than a dozen kilometers away from Watanabe's hideout. At the same time, looking from Tetsuya Watanabe's hideout, in the distance on the sea, the outline of a fleet began to appear vaguely, and the Yanhuang landing fleet, which had been waiting for many days, finally appeared!
"Mitsuo Tokugawa!"
"Hey!"
"Immediately return to the base and report to His Excellency Shibei Shaozo that the enemy has attacked, and the landing place is 13 kilometers east of the mouth of the Tamsui River."
"Hey!" After listening to the salute, Mitsuo Tokugawa immediately rushed behind him. At the same time, Tetsuya Watanabe took out the military telescopes that were distributed to him, in order to roughly estimate the number of Yanhuang ships and the total size of the landing force.
Treasure Island, Taipei City, the combat headquarters of the Japanese Taiwan Army.
"Your Excellency Ando, the enemy has attacked, and the landing area is 13 kilometers east of the mouth of the Tamsui River." The chief of staff, Haruki Koyama, entered the house and reported loudly.
"Well, is this the only place? What about other regions? Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando, commander of the Japanese Taiwan Army, who knew that the enemy was going to attack sooner or later, did not change much in his expression. Instead, he asked about the news of other landing sites, after all, the whole of Taiwan is surrounded by the sea and has many landing options.
"For the time being, there are no reports from other reconnaissance units, and there is no news from Tainan." Chief of Staff Haruki Koyama replied.
"Okay, let's start according to the plan."
"Hey!"
Ten minutes later, the entire city of Taipei was put on second-level alert in order to deal with the enemy attack that landed from the mouth of the Tamsui River shortly after.
Keelung City, located in the northeast of Taipei City, is at the same latitude as the Tamsui River Estuary, but one is in the northwest of Taiwan and the other is located in the northeast of Taiwan, and they happen to be Taipei City in the middle.
At this time, nearly 200 DC-3 transport planes of the Stars and Stripes arrived in batches over Keelung City, and they carried out the first airborne operation after the establishment of the Yanhuanghong Army Air Force under the escort of the same number of fighters. In order to minimize the loss of personnel, Liu Yalou and others chose the airborne landing site in Keelung City. There were no Japanese troops here, no anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns. In addition, through the leaflets that were continuously put out in the early stage, the residents of the city already knew that "time is running out" and that there would not be a large number of traitors, reports and ambush traps.
A total of 3,000 airborne troops, divided into six squadrons, parachuted near the city of Keelung. One after another, white umbrella flowers, like dandelions in the sky, keep falling to the ground.
"The transport plane will return immediately after dropping the soldiers, the Goshawk fighter squadron will escort the escort, and the rest of the fighter squadron will begin to circle, once the Japanese blocking position is found, air support will be implemented, and the fuel consumption will be paid attention to, and once it is insufficient, it will return immediately." Zeng Guohua, who was the commander of the fighter formation, ordered loudly through the airborne radio.
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
"Yes!"
Several fighter group leaders replied at the same time. Then within twenty minutes, the black spots in the sky began to disperse, most of them flew to the west, and the remaining fighters were even more petite, like air warriors, with a fleet of ten aircraft, and began to circle and reconnoiter in the airborne area.
In Keelung City, the aborigines of Taiwan.
"Daddy, look!" A child living in a wooden house pointed to the black dots that kept flying in the sky, nervous and curious.
"Danger, don't go near the window!" The child's father, Tang Kai, pulled the child to hide in the darkness of the house, and at the same time looked up at the fighter jets that kept flying in the sky.
"They're coming?" Tang Kai's wife, Liu Yun, asked a little overwhelmed. You must know that due to the decades of colonial rule in Taiwan, since she was sensible, Taiwan has been the Japanese who have the final say, and she has always believed that the "world" will continue like this. It wasn't until recently, with the increase in leaflets and the withdrawal of all the Japanese troops and expatriates, that she knew that Yanhuang also had a strong day.
"Well, our compatriots called~~" Through the leaflet, Tang Kai, who remembered the word "compatriot", said with some excitement and uneasiness. He has always hoped that he can get rid of Taiwan's status as a "second-class citizen" and live in Taiwan with his chest straight up, but he is deeply uneasy about how his unknown compatriots will treat them.
"Leave it to fate~~" Tang Kai couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
High in the sky on the island of Taiwan, Wang Fan piloted a plane to watch the landing battlefield.
"Yadi, hasn't Toshiyoshi Ando informed the Australian headquarters of our landing?" Wang Fan asked while looking at the big close-up on the screen.
"It's estimated that it's soon, and he is afraid that we are just a feint, so he will make a final confirmation, and when the airborne troops and the first landing force at the mouth of the Tamsui River come ashore, I believe he will send a report soon." Yadi replied.
"I'm really looking forward to the way the little devil and the British guys pinch each other, tsk, it's not a small India, plus the British troops deployed there are not weak, it will definitely be a good show, you can't help but watch it." Wang Fan said with a smile.
"India is the flag and jewel of the British world colony, if it falls, coupled with the paralysis of the Suez Canal, it will greatly limit Britain's war potential, you must know that the supplies transported to Britain through the Suez Canal account for about a quarter of the entire British shipping volume, especially now that they and the allied forces of the Stars and Stripes are suppressed near Normandy and urgently need a large number of supplies."
"There's one more thing you didn't say~~"
"What?"
"Chairman Chiang's 150,000 troops are also resting in northern India, if India is robbed, then his last hole card will also be lost, you say this, what will become of Sichuan and Chongqing?" Wang Fan is like a demon with two horns, following the path of good and seductive.