Chapter 5: Showdown
The tenacity of the Japanese army in the Nanyang battlefield caused a large number of American troops to be pinned down there, as did the navy and air force as infantry support, for which the United States had to take more material consumption. If that's all right, the war money makes the American arms families very excited, they wish that the war would last for 100 years, but the increasing casualties of soldiers have made the US government a little unbearable, if too many people die in the war, there will be no one to support the domestic conscription activities, and they are about to face the situation of exhaustion.
Zhao Zhi entrusted Hunter to bring back the battle plan to the United States, the United States could not fight on two fronts, compared to the still strong German army, it was the best policy to end the battle with Japan first. "Man, there's only so much I can do to help you, hopefully there's a chance we can meet in the United States, damn Burma, I'm never going again." Hunter's telegram from the United States made Rowling laugh when he read it. On a whim, Rowling took Su Mei and Hunter into the mountains to hunt, but the prey was not encountered, but Hunter was frightened by the locusts in the mountains, otherwise he would not have agreed so easily to Zhao Zhi to return to China to lobby those congressmen.
"Okay, now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed." Zhao Zhi stretched his waist greatly, from now on, Thunder wants to fight for himself, and going north to North Korea is only the first step. "Inform the mountain troops in the training camp to leave and end at Quy Nhon Port in Vietnam." After calling the intelligence staff officer on duty outside the office, he whispered a few words, Zhao Zhi slowly walked out of his office, like Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing, Zhao Zhi also likes to rest on the terrace, but the scenery here is far better than that of Chongqing.
"How long will it take to be back this time?" Rowling, who was already a little bloated in her lower abdomen, grabbed Zhao Zhi from behind, and Rowling's staff team participated in the whole process of the house's plan to go north, so Rowling knew the danger of this trip. She wanted to say that she wanted to go with her, but she also knew that Zhao Zhi would never agree, because Rowling was already pregnant, and this was Zhao Zhi's first child, whether it was Zhao Zhi or Rowling herself, they would not allow this child to have an accident.
"Don't worry, I'm just in command, those officers will do the specific things, you can rest assured and wait for me to come back, soon." Rowling had a child, and Zhao Zhi's hugging posture could no longer be as hard as before, so he could only carefully hold Rowling on his lap. "You can stay in Mandalay with peace of mind, I will let Zhang Lan stay and take care of you, the Japanese army does not dare to fight the idea of Burma now, and there is still Dazhi and those recruits under him here." Zhao Zhi knew that Rowling was reluctant to do so, but for the sake of Thunder's future, Zhao Zhi had to harden his heart and leave Rowling in Mandalay.
The infrastructure of Morun and Zhang Lan has done well, with direct roads from Burma to Thailand and Yunnan, and more than a million people building roads that allow Zhao's troops to move quickly from Mandalay to all the key cities and seaports in these countries. More than a dozen transport companies in Kunming have become the main force of Zhao Zhi's transport troops, hundreds of trucks of various sizes can transport more than 15,000 soldiers to the ports of Vietnam at one time, and Zhao Zhi also has many tanks and armored vehicles in his hands, and the 60,000 recruits in the training camp can be sent to Quy Nhon port in just a week to wait for boarding.
With Hunter's efforts to persuade him, the U.S. Congress agreed to send the Pacific Fleet's Seventh Fleet to transport troops north to Korea for Zhao Zhi, and in order to transport Zhao Zhi's 60,000 soldiers, the Seventh Fleet sent more than 20,000 naval soldiers and more than 20,000 marines belonging to them into the Philippine battlefield. Counting the ships captured by Zhao Zhi of the Thai army, he only needed to transfer all 60,000 recruits to Jiaodong once, and with a few days of rest, these soldiers sent to Jiaodong could land on Jeju Island.
Of course, the Seventh Fleet that came to help couldn't come empty-handed, they also had to take on the task of transporting weapons and ammunition for the Thunder, and the new sniper rifles produced in Florida that could be equipped with silencers were the highlight of this weapons delivery, in addition to some special ammunition needed by mercenary troops. Moreover, Zhao Zhi has been authorized to provide appropriate fire assistance when the Thunder forces land in Korea, and the carrier-based bombers that follow the fleet to the East China Sea will be under Zhao Zhi's command, of course, including those aerial bombs and powerful incendiary bombs in the cabin.
Zhao Zhi has repeatedly carried out battle situation deductions in the battle plan for the north, and those operational staff officers under him are about to be driven crazy by Zhao Zhi, and they are all day long in the face of this map and all kinds of intelligence to analyze and deduce the battle situation, if it weren't for Zhao Zhi's enough tobacco, alcohol and food here, these combat staff officers may have gone on strike early in the morning. After half a month of war situation deduction and repeated revisions, the final plan for going north was determined, and the entire battle plan still adhered to the short, fierce and fast rhythm of Thunder.
The fleet going north was bound to attract the attention of the Japanese army, but Zhao Zhi had already been at the forefront of the Shandong war with the landing force in Jiaodong, and such a large force going north would at most be regarded by the Japanese army as a precursor to a major counteroffensive by the Chinese army, and they would never believe that Zhao Zhi dared to cross the sea and land in Korea. 60,000 recruits were unloaded in Jiaodong and then loaded 30,000 Jewish troops stranded in Jiaodong, and the mixed troops of 60,000 people would land in Korea at night, and launch a surprise attack to attract the attention of the Japanese army when the Japanese army was not on the slightest alert, and then the 30,000 recruits who were placed in Jiaodong would take the opportunity to attack Jeju Island, and when the Japanese army came to their senses, Zhao Zhi had already taken Jeju Island.
Jeju Island is not very far from the Japanese mainland, and the Japanese army may send warships from Nagasaki Port to fight for Jeju Island, but Zhao Zhi still has a whole Seventh Fleet as a backing force. As long as the U.S. Seventh Fleet can buy Zhao Zhi three days, his 30,000 troops will not only be able to clean up all the Japanese on Jeju Island, but will also be able to build no less than four temporary airfields suitable for fighter planes to take off and land.
The sudden outbreak of the plague in Japan has already made the Japanese government anxious, and if at this time, Zhao Zhi mobilizes hundreds of bombers to bomb Tokyo or other cities in Japan, I believe that the Japanese will not have a good time, not to mention that the hidden troops sent by Zhao Zhi in Japan are also ready to take action, as long as the time comes, Zhao Zhi can 100 percent guarantee that at least more than half of Japan's military enterprises will be paralyzed.
Move its root and cut off its lifeline, this is Zhao Zhi's true intention to seize Jeju Island, in Zhao Zhi's battle plan entrusted to Hunter to bring back to the United States, these two sentences are in quotation marks. The relationship between the Thunder and the U.S. government is now just a simple employment relationship, and Japan was able to establish relations with Germany in the first place, and was able to obtain a steady stream of steel supplies from the United States after the war against China, all because of interests. Zhao Zhi believed that as long as the Japanese showed reasonable interests, the United States would stop the war with Japan, and maybe it would turn around and deal with the thunder.
Therefore, Zhao Zhi deliberately brought in the US military to carry out this battle plan, and when the bombing of Japan was carried out, Zhao Zhi would not leave behind the US air force and prevent Japan from re-establishing relations with the United States, only in this way could Zhao Zhi and Lei Ting get enough benefits from Japan. Waving goodbye to Rowling was three days ago, and after a three-day voyage, the Seventh Fleet sailing north finally arrived at the transit point of the Jiaodong Peninsula, where they would unload 30,000 soldiers and some weapons and ammunition, and when the 20,000 Jewish soldiers were ready to board, they would land at the port of Incheon in North Korea at night.
"There will be heavy fog tonight and tomorrow, and I have lived by the sea for most of my life, and I can't go wrong with the sky." The dozen or so old fishermen recruited by the mercenaries are all good at observing the sky at night and judging the weather, and all of them gave Zhao Zhi a positive answer, that is, from tonight to noon tomorrow, there will be heavy fog on the sea, as for the scale and concentration of the fog, they can't say.
"It's good if there's fog, as long as it can affect the Japanese coastal cruise planes." Weihai on the Jiaodong Peninsula is only a hundred nautical miles away from Incheon across the sea, and the transport planes that Zhao Zhi arranged in Jiaodong can airdrop the airborne troops into Inchon in just over an hour. However, the number of Thunder's transport planes was still too small to support the large-scale movement of troops, so Zhao Zhi had to rely on the sea route, which could avoid or affect the Japanese cruise planes, which was naturally a good thing.
"Sir, Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 74th Army, is here, just outside the headquarters." In Zhao Zhi's impression, Wang Yaowu was not so polite, and he would wait outside his headquarters to wait for him to summon him, which seemed to be a little abnormal. Wang Yaowu was a military general that Chiang Kai-shek relied on, and after taking charge of the 74th Army, he made many military exploits, and he also performed well in Zhao Zhi's cross-cutting plan, and Zhao Zhi also admired Wang Yaowu very much.
"Brother Boyuan, what are you doing again? I see that your headquarters is quite lively with people coming and going, is there a chance for our 74th Army to drink soup? "As soon as Wang Yaowu and Zhao Zhi met, they were playing haha. Chiang Kai-shek trusted him so much, it was impossible for him not to know the news that Zhao Zhi and the Nationalist Government were about to turn their faces, Wang Yaowu's cozy attitude made Zhao Zhi frown, he really couldn't see what Wang Yaowu wanted to do when he came here, was it a temptation? Or is it in a cliché?
"You're going to cross the sea and land in North Korea?" Zhao Zhi simply showed Wang Yaowu the prepared battle plan, the day of the operation was tonight, even if Wang Yaowu had spies around him, as long as they did not leave Zhao Zhi's headquarters, Zhao Zhi was not afraid that the news would be known by the Japanese army in advance.
"Yes, crossing the sea and landing in Korea, Thunder had earlier accepted the employment of the US Congress to contain the Japanese army south, and landing in Korea can effectively contain the Kwantung Army to continue to move south, and maybe it can also contain part of the Japanese army for your brother's 74th Army." The battle plan that Zhao Zhi gave to Wang Yaowu was only the part of the landing at Incheon, but the part of the attack on Jeju Island to build a temporary airport was still in Zhao Zhi's hands.