When Wu Tiejun and others came to the chief's office, they felt an unusual atmosphere, the staff of the entire office center were silent, and Mao Yunxian even signaled to a few people in advance, the chief was not in a good mood.

Zhang Shusheng took out the incident report sorted out by the Special Intelligence Department and motioned for the four of them to take a look at it first.

"The general situation is that the British have done it. Let's take a look at the document and then share our views. Although Zhang Shusheng has made up his mind to fight, and has issued an early combat order, he still has to give his subordinates some opportunities to make independent suggestions, after all, perhaps from his point of view, this war must be fought and must be won, but standing in the position of others, there may be different ideas.

Sure enough, Wu Tiejun thought about it again and again and cautiously asked a question, "Chief, Hong Kong has been our sacred and inalienable territory since ancient times, and our Southwest Political Axe has refused to recognize the unequal treaties signed by various political axes and foreigners in the past from the very beginning. If it is taken back now, it makes sense. From the army's point of view, the two garrison divisions in Guangdong, one main division, were fully capable of handling combat missions after leaving one division to defend against the Kuomintang.

However, at the previous meeting of the military headquarters, the plan put forward by some middle- and high-ranking officers to first solve the problem between Shaanxi and Shanxi and to make arrangements ahead of time for the possible defeat of the Northeast Army was also endorsed by many people. Of course, my opinion is still subject to the arrangement of the Chief,"

Speaking of this anti-Japanese plan, Zhang Shusheng couldn't help frowning, he was worried that the Northeast Army would not be able to stop the Yue Army, and the Southwest Army had made a decision to liberate Shaanxi and Shanxi first, so that even if the Yue Army went south to Pingjin or even North China, the Southwest Army could respond flexibly, resolutely resist and counterattack.

Jiang Baili nodded, although the matter is very simple, it is nothing more than the British shooting to provoke the incident, but whether to fight or not is a big problem, "The British army in Hong Kong is not large, there is no air force, only army and navy. The army consisted of the 26th Gurkha Infantry Brigade and a battalion, as well as the Royal Hong Kong Regiment, which consisted mainly of Chinese. The total strength is more than 6,000 people. The Navy was stationed at the Tamar Naval Base, and after the Leizhou Incident, the British Pacific Fleet was mixed with the Far East Fleet, where a task force including one battleship and three cruisers was stationed.

In the previous analysis of the distribution of the surrounding enemy situation by the General Staff, the British forces in Hong Kong did not even have the strength to protect themselves, and they only had two backers, the British Far East Army in the East Indies and the Far East Fleet with its headquarters in Singapore. The former was the British in the Battle of Ruili in 1925, and the latter had recently been replenished from the Home Fleet support.

According to the analysis of the General Staff, if Hong Kong is recovered, we will face a strong reaction from the British. The nascent navy will come under even greater pressure, with the British likely to send Indian fleets to Asia, and the British in the East Indies likely to deploy troops on the Sino-Burmese border again. However, no matter which combat plan is prioritized, we have a very high chance of winning, but we do not have the basis for conducting two combat missions at the same time. After all, it should be noted that Chiang Kai-shek and the British cooperated closely, and the Kuomintang army could also take the opportunity to launch a military operation against our southwest. ”

It was the turn of Air Force Commander Fan Siran to speak, "The current strength of the Air Force is sufficient to ensure the completion of air support operations for any of the combat missions in the two programs, and even to be able to attack the British fleet in the coastal waters through the Haiphong airfield; relevant training has been carried out for many years, and the latest distribution of a new type of dive bomber fighter and a torpedo plane have been installed at the coastal defense airfields in Guangxi and Guangdong, and the closest to Hong Kong happens to be the Bao'an Airport, which is a medium-sized coastal defense airfield that itself has half a squadron of fighters and bombers."

On the whole, judging from the number of fighters alone, our Southwest Air Force has been able to rank among the top 10 in the world, and some of its new fighters have been able to compete with the most advanced fighters in the West. And on key auxiliary equipment such as alert radar and coastal defense radar, we even surpass the UK.

A radar plane under development that uses the H-2 bomber as the carrier aircraft will be equipped with a new type of airborne radar to serve as an early warning mission for air combat in future aircraft fleets. ”

Zhang Shusheng nodded, with the development of the economy and the increase of population and resources, the air force in the southwest has also achieved inevitable high-speed development, although the hundreds of fighters accumulated over the years, although they are stationed in various places, but because the surname of the fighters can be generally relatively high, in Asia, local air battles should be able to surpass the capital. Judging from the information obtained from the northeast, the main force of the air force of the Yue army is still an old aircraft more than ten years ago, and it can also bully Zhang Xueliang in the northeast, and once it encounters the southwest air force, it will be beaten and there will be no scum left.

Although the strength of the entire air force is inferior to that of Britain, France, Germany, and other countries, it is better than the terrain conditions, and those traditional air force powers in the West are tens of thousands of miles away from China.

In fact, the key to this meeting is the navy.

Zhang Shusheng: "General Deng, you analyze the advantages and disadvantages we have in the next Sino-British naval war, if this war starts, the army and air force will not be a big problem, I think the key is still in the navy." ”

Deng Haoqian nodded, as the commander of the navy, the surrounding British Royal Navy has long been the target of the Admiralty, and he has analyzed and planned countless times for his surname, "In the face of possible conflicts, we have already planned for a long time." To put it simply, there are two ideas. If it was to deal with several British ships stationed at the Tamar naval base in Hong Kong, the plan of the naval staff was to directly launch a surprise air attack with a bomber formation or a submarine to infiltrate the harbor and set up an ambush to catch the British by surprise.

Of course, once war broke out, the British were likely to bring in more warships from Singapore and India.

Moreover, with the British and French surnames, it is likely that the French Far East Fleet stationed in Vietnam will also be involved, and like the British, after the Leizhou incident, the French transferred two heavy cruisers, and the entire Far East Fleet has an old Brittany-class battleship Provence, two Ducaine-class cruisers Dikena and Tourville.

In this way, as soon as the Anglo-French combined navy intervenes in our liberation operation, we will face a powerful fleet. Therefore, submarine forces, aircraft carrier task forces, and even land-based bombers may also be used, and the entire operation may suffer some losses. ”

In the afternoon, high-ranking officials from southwest China, including Sun Changqing and Foreign Minister Li Zongren, also came to the Governor's Office Center.

Two hours later, Zhang Shusheng announced the final result: "Based on various considerations, the implementation of the Shaanxi-Shanxi plan will be suspended, and the military plan for recovering Hong Kong will be carried out immediately." The main combat operations are mainly based on the General Staff Officer's Plan No. 1 for Hong Kong, and the General Staff of this operation must assume the important responsibility of coordinating the three services, and must do its utmost to peacefully liberate Hong Kong......"

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Tao Qian, who had just arrived at the front-line headquarters in Bao'an, Guangdong, by plane, could not wait to rush to the Mingxi River to check on the enemy's situation, where a regiment of the 10th Division of the Garrison Division was already stationed, and across the river, a regiment was confronting the British troops stationed in Hong Kong. Light and heavy machine guns were erected on both sides, and a regiment of 24-year-old infantry guns was also pushed up, and in the artillery position behind the col, the firing of Zhuyuan was adjusted, and with only one order, the British position on the opposite side would be plunged into a sea of fire.

The British army only has more than 6,000 troops in the whole of Hong Kong, and at this time, only a Gurkha battalion and a royal Hong Kong battalion were urgently transferred, and the number was completely inferior. Positions were urgently constructed along the riverbank, and even simple sandbags. There was no large-caliber artillery in the whole of Hong Kong, and the only few mountain guns were still the reinforced fire of the outpost company, and in the face of the southwest army armed to the teeth on the opposite side, and in the face of the heavy pressure of the Chinese, the British were taken by surprise and completely unprepared.

They never even imagined that the Chinese would suddenly launch an attack on Hong Kong, although according to the investigation that the cause of the incident was caused by drug trafficking by a company commander who absconded, the arrogant British certainly would not admit it, mobilized troops to block the Chinese, and informed the garrison that they were ready to send small destroyers into the Ming Creek River to shell the Southwest Army.

“…… I protest in the strongest terms against your brutal military action, on behalf of the British Royal Axe and the Governor of Hong Kong, that you must retreat immediately or ......"

On the Hong Kong side, the Governor of Hong Kong did not come, but sent a representative, a British representative with a civilized stick, there to protest in an old-fashioned manner.

The British delegates felt very aggrieved, and said that when the Empire of Immortality was like now, it could only rely on protests to delay the enemy's military action. But this time, even he himself did not believe that the surprisingly quiet Chinese on the other side would abandon this military operation.

Is it the Chinese Southwest People's Army opposite? It is rumored that this southwestern political axe is very strong and extremely hostile to Western countries, including the British Empire. Now, they don't even let go of Hong Kong, and the army is pressing, so the next step will be a direct collision with the empire.

What can the imperial colonies in the far east rely on to defend? Perhaps the only way to rely on the Empire's invincible navy will be the only way to do so.

He only needs to hold out for an hour, and after an hour, someone more powerful will come to replace him and try to negotiate with the Chinese, and the Gurkha brigade will complete the assembly, and even the destroyers of the Royal Navy will arrive to support them with naval guns. Of course, none of this has anything to do with him, and as a shrewd British, he is ready to flee the ship from Hong Kong.

On the bank of the Mingxi River, Xu Changming, the commander of a regiment, was using a telescope to check the position of the British army opposite, and found that the other party was completely unprepared, and the only thing was that there were cement fortifications in the vicinity of the outpost, but in the face of a few infantry guns fired at close range, it would be difficult for them to escape the fate of being bombed into the sky.

"Regiment commander, the division headquarters is calling!!"

Xu Changming took the earphone in the hand of the signal soldier, and the voice of Gu Tianfeng, commander of the 10th Division of the Garrison Division, came from inside.

"I am Gu Tianfeng, and I order your regiment to cooperate with the fighter troops taking off from Bao'an Airport at 4:35 p.m. to force the British troops at the outpost. If the forced surrender fails, your troops will immediately launch a strong attack!! ”

"Yes! Mission completion guaranteed! ”

Xu Changming roared, almost didn't shake Gu Tianfeng on the other end, Gu Tianfeng, who was only the head of the main division in 1925, is now also the commander of the main division.

"Vice Minister Tao, Xu Changming, this kid is still very clever, you wait to see a good show." Gu Tianfeng was a colonel at this time, and Tao Qian, who rushed to the front line and was in charge of the command of this reconquest operation, was the commander of the second division of the main division, with the rank of major general. In the practice of the Southwest Army, senior commanders temporarily concurrently serve as the commanders of division-level units, for example, Wu Tiejun did not leave his post as commander of the First Division until he became the head of the War Department. Tao Qian's position in the War Department was Deputy Minister.

Tao Qian nodded, he knew that Chief Zhang asked him to come, just because he didn't want any mistakes in the military operation to recover Hong Kong and Macao, "The two regiments responsible for the attack in the Macao direction, inform them again, be sure to complete the task." ”

The 5th Division and the 10th Garrison Division will be stationed in Hong Kong to suppress the situation, and the 3rd Regiment of the 10th Division and the 3rd Regiment of the 5th Division will be responsible for the recovery of Macao and the suppression of the situation in Macao.

Zhang Shusheng's order was very severe, since the matter had already come out, then Macao must also be withdrawn, without any excuse or provocation, to announce to the Portuguese that we in the southwest do not recognize those unequal treaties and will immediately resume the exercise of sovereignty over Macao.

The military operation in the Macau direction was carried out by Qiao Pusheng, deputy commander of the 5th Division of the main force.

"Deputy Division Commander Qiao is also an old man in the southwest, so I will call him in person to talk to him." Gu Tianfeng and Qiao Pusheng were almost the same group of cadres who were promoted to divisional level when the army was expanded. Like the regimental-level commanders of several divisions in those years, he either served as the commander-in-chief of the garrison division, or as the division commander, deputy division commander, and political commissar of the newly added main divisions.

"Qiao Pson is still a very talented person, he fought with the British in Burma back then, and this time it can be regarded as a coincidence. Let's go to the front and have a look, I really want to see the troops enter Hong Kong with our own eyes. This will be another military action to inspire the people of the country and raise the prestige of our country, and Hong Kong, which has been separated from the embrace of the motherland for many years, will return to China today. ”

Tao Qian resolutely opposed staying at the headquarters and went directly to the front line of Mingxi, preparing to watch the troops cross Mingxi and enter Hong Kong to complete a major national event.

At 4:20 p.m., more than 20 Jian-2 fighters and H-1 bombers filled with fuel and loaded with weapons and ammunition had already been parked on the two runways and taxiways of Guangdong's Bao'an Airport.

"Uh......h Woo...... Woo......"

Suddenly, the combat alarm at the airport sounded frantically, and the fighters that had already been parked on the runway finally moved.

"Plan starts, act as planned."

The order from Bao'an Airport finally came from the pilot's radio headset, and the fighter pilot who was in first line immediately replied: "Tower, Tower, I'm 203, I'm ready to take off, request to take off." ”

"Permission to take off!"

The fighter plane slowly taxied forward, and the pilot of No. 203 could even feel his hands trembling slightly, but even so, he started the plane slowly but firmly, and the propellers on both wings spun wildly.

"Boom ......"

The Jian-2 fighter numbered 203 glided forward at a rapid pace amid a roar, and the wheels of the take-off and landing gear gradually detached from the ground, and the fighter plane immediately raised its head and shot into the sky at an oblique angle.

More and more fighters of the "Bomb ......" took off from Bao'an Airport.

In just a few minutes, the fighters that took off had already completed their formation, and the fighters of two or three planes covered the 10 bombers of the two-plane group in the middle, and soon flew over Mingxi.

"An ultimatum to the British, if we don't surrender, we will attack." Xu Changming saw that there were still five minutes before the time for the general attack, and ordered to shout to the British.

A car carrying a high-powered loudspeaker appeared on the col and began to shout to the British military Chinese on the other side of the Mingxi River.

“…… You are ordered to surrender immediately and unconditionally, and to surrender your weapons. Otherwise, in five minutes, we will go on the offensive ......"

The supreme commander of the British army on the opposite side was a British regimental commander who had arrived urgently and was responsible for commanding the defenders of the two battalions. The Chinese on the opposite side did not move throughout noon, and no matter whether they sent people to threaten or lure, the other party did not reply. Now it's good, suddenly he shouted.

The British regiment commander asked the interpreter next to him, "What are they talking about?" Is it to negotiate with us? Or do you want us to hand over the murderer? Damn, Robert has already run! Damn, I should have three days left to vacation by the sea in Malaysia, damn Chinese, damn Robert. ”

"Smith, sir... Yes, the people on the other side said that if we don't surrender in five minutes, they will attack. No, it should be three minutes left......"

"God, five minutes, they are provoking a war, and we will not give in!" The British Legion Commander waved his fist and roared, turned and left, ready to go and oversee the battle himself. He had confidence in his soldiers, and even if the soldiers of the Royal Regiment were incompetent, the soldiers of the Gurkha battalion would be his most loyal men.

"Lieutenant Commander Smith, our destroyer has arrived."

At this moment, the signal corpsman reported loudly to Lieutenant Commander Smith that the destroyers of the British fleet had entered the Mingxi River. After taking the binoculars, I could see that the two destroyers in the distance had entered the range of shelling, and gradually stopped, and it seemed that they were about to prepare for shelling.

"Damn, this time you must give the Chinese a good look!!" Smith was shocked, the two destroyers had a lot of guns, enough to deal with those stupid Chinese.

However, the stupid Chinese once again shattered his dream.

By the time the first fighter plane appeared in the air, it was already 4:35 p.m. Smith saw only a group of planes flying in the sky in the direction of Guangdong, and before he could give the order for covert air defense, the planes headed towards the two destroyers.

"God, the Chinese's plane!!"

On the destroyer, the Royal Navy sailors who were preparing to shell saw a large number of planes flying in the air, and they didn't need to think about it to know that it was the Chinese's plane, and they flew towards the destroyer aggressively, and they didn't need to think about it to know that the other side was going to bomb two destroyers.

"Air defense, pay attention to air defense!!" The sailors on the destroyer ran frantically, but before they could run to the anti-aircraft gun position and anti-aircraft machine gun position, the Chinese fighters had already dived down for the first time.

"Da Da Da ......"

The first fighter plane flew almost against the chimney of the destroyer, the pilot pressed the launch button with trembling hands, and the aviation machine guns on the wings and belly of the fighter roared wildly.

The destroyer was like a naked girl, and as the fighter flew at high speed, many sailors were shocked by the air wave and their ears hurt, and some were even blown to the ground, and the Chinese's plane really flew too low.

On the deck, in the anti-aircraft gun emplacement, and in the anti-aircraft machine gun position, sparks were swept by the aviation machine guns of the fighters in a straight line, and the Royal Navy on the gun position was directly broken into two sections, or there was a large hole in the body.

The bombing had just begun, and as the fighters swooped down at a low altitude to suppress the anti-aircraft fire that had not had time to activate at all, the bomber formation also flew at a low altitude over the two destroyers after confirming that it was safe.

More than a dozen 500-kilogram aerial bombs fell from the bomber's belly like dumplings, and landed on the destroyer in the blink of an eye, and a violent explosion sounded instantly, and almost without relying on the momentum of the high altitude, the 500-kilogram heavy aerial bomb sent the two destroyers into a monstrous sea of fire.

"Boom! …… Rumble! ……”

A continuous explosion sounded from the two destroyers, and the British regiment commander, Lieutenant Commander Smith, put down his binoculars in a daze, and just now, the Chinese air force launched an air attack on two imperial destroyers.

The destroyers who were suddenly attacked did not even have time to make any resistance, and the sailors did not have time to dive, and the violent explosion caused a monstrous sea of fire that engulfed both battleships.

In less than a minute, the two destroyers turned into two large fire balls on the Mingxi River, and the explosions produced by the big explosion came and went, and gradually, the two destroyers began to sink, and the Mingxi River, which was not deep, was destined to bury the two destroyers of the Royal Navy.

At this moment, the battalion commander of the Gurkha battalion ran to report, "Regiment commander, please give the order to fight!" ”

This Gurkha, who had become a battalion commander, had just seen the destroyer of the Royal Navy being attacked by an air raid, and the violent explosion seemed to touch the heart of his foreign officer, but he ...... "Surrender, surrender immediately!" The herald immediately raised the white flag, damn it, if you don't surrender, the Chinese's planes will drop bombs. ”

With his furious roar, the group of fighters that had completed the task of bombing the destroyer flew back over the post and began to dive and strafe the British troops.

"Dada...... Da Da Da ...... Dadada......"

"Boom ......"

…… Amid the sound of explosions, a white flag flew over the British makeshift position, and upon closer inspection, one could still recognize it as a white shirt.

The British surrendered!! The Guard Dog has surrendered!!

Hong Kong, which has been a British colony since 1842, finally ushered in the People's Liberation Army of the motherland today in 1932.

(To be continued)