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"Quick! Fast! Watch your breath and keep your head up! ”

"Remember! Once entangled, cut the rope with a dagger immediately. ”

"See? It's a condom! It's not for you to put on that thing to harm the mothers, it's to put it on the muzzle of the gun to prevent sand! There is also this layer of white sè is plastic paper, each gun must be sealed tightly, and it can be used when it is torn off after going ashore. ”

"This is a twenty-round magazine for a semi-automatic rifle, see this red dot? It jumps out and tells you that there are only four rounds left in the magazine. Don't think this is useless, the charge of the rì soldiers is fierce and fast, and I don't want anyone to be killed because they are stupid enough to forget to change the magazine. ”

"Our landing craft should be as close as possible, and we should try to shorten the wading distance for our brothers in the Marine Corps and the Army. Machine guns and speed guns should be covered, and something should be shouted out loudly. ”

"After the hatch is opened, you must rush out as soon as possible, and when you breathe fire, you must see if there are any brothers around!"

"See, that's our mission. As soon as the beachhead was established, we had to go up, one after the other, connected by iron anchors that served as breakwaters. ”

"Pay attention to the running position when attacking back, no! You are dead, and even the brothers behind you have been killed by you! Come, run with me. See, alternate, pay attention to alternation! Three-three! The infantry ran first, then the machine guns. Machine guns and grenades should form a mutual support, taking turns to rush upwards. ”

Miaoli County, in the west of Taiwan, has been turned into a large military camp. On the beach, tens of thousands of soldiers were reprimanded by the officers, wearing life jackets and practicing armed swimming, and the fishy sea water and scorching sun made the young men swarthy and shiny. In the distance, on the Gary Mountain, the artillery fire was even louder. From the moment the decision was made to land in the Ryukyus, the General Staff Department set up a landing training base in Taiwan, which is similar to the terrain of the Ryukyus, where hundreds of thousands of soldiers worked hard to train their amphibious combat skills.

A small transport boat slowly passed behind the swimming soldiers. A muscular officer in his early fifties, with short shaved hair, stood on the deck none other than Chu Nan, the new chief of the General Staff of the Wehrmacht. He came this time to inspect the preparations for the landing. This year, there are four major combat missions, namely "Rainbow", "Typhoon", "Thunder" and "Nu Cháo". The "Rainbow Bombing" has achieved the desired effect and will continue until the end of the war, with Operation "Typhoon" being a landfall in the Ryukyus, "Thunder" being an operation by the Army on the Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin and Kamchatka, and "Nu Cháo" being the Strait of Malacca. Of these four major actions, the "typhoon" is the most important link, because only by landing on Ryukyu Island can you close the Rì Minamammon Gate and continue the rest of the plan.

"You're pretty much ready, right?" Chu Nan stood on the deck and asked Shen Honglie, who was standing beside him.

Shen Honglie said: "The first batch of troops is ready, and we will set off tonight." The rest of the ships are already on standby, it's up to God. "This April, the weather in the Ryukyus is abnormal, and there are hardly any consecutive sunny days. This is not good for landing, because wind and rain can affect fire support, and it will also increase the waves, making landing difficult.

"What does the Weather Observatory say?"

"Say it's next Wednesday and there should be five to seven days of good weather in a row. We are closely monitoring and have sent three weather planes to continuously observe the clouds, so that as long as we can ensure three days of sunny weather, we can carry out a landing battle. ”

"Hurry up, Bingwen and Xiao Jinyun told me that the Rì Ben Navy has been moving frequently recently. The Yamato and Musashi had secretly moved a few days ago, and even we did not know where they were going, the main forces of the combined fleet also secretly set sail last night, reconnaissance planes were searching, and recently they also used submarines to send back dozens of veteran pilots from Nanyang and other places, and once again added a considerable amount of artillery to the Ryukyus. The intelligence also confirmed that at least 30 merchant ships loaded with 70,000 tons of heavy oil were on their way back from Nanyang and other places. It can be seen that they are also making final preparations. Chu Nan said: "So the president asked me to bring you a message, it can be early, but you should also pay attention, if the opportunity is not good, it is better to miss than to have the incident of Wake Island." ”

Listening to his last tone, Shen Honglie hurriedly asked, "Chief of Staff, is there something wrong?" ”

Chu Nan nodded: "The Soviet army has begun to counterattack again, and the strength is not small. ”

As China's pace of rì** grows faster, Moscow seems to be sniffing out. So yesterday afternoon, the Ural Front launched a new offensive in the Kostanay and Irgiz areas with a total of 5 tank divisions, 41 infantry divisions, more than 30,000 artillery pieces and more than 1,000 aircraft. This incident also alarmed Yang Qiu, so he had already decided to go to Central Asia again to inspect. Originally, Chu Nan was going to accompany him, but the "Typhoon" operation was imminent, so he decided to stay on the spot to supervise the battle. It has been less than two months since the last **, and the launch of a major offensive of four or five army groups again, shows that Stalin and the Soviet army urgently hope to hold China back, because as long as Rì exists, China must fight on two fronts.

Chu Nan knew that the reason why the battle went smoothly last year was because the Soviet army was unfamiliar with it and because of its superiority in equipment, it formed several large encirclements. But as your supply distance increases by 2,000 kilometers, the pressure is increasing. In addition, the Soviet Union's European region was too far to reach, the supply line from Europe to the Urals was short, and the Soviet army's industrial output could still maintain 60% of the pre-war scale, so Central Asia was actually in a stalemate. Everyone was mentally prepared for these things, so Yang Qiu reminded the navy. After all, with the deepening of the "rainbow bombing", the shipbuilding and aircraft manufacturing capacity of the navy is close to collapse, the oil stocks are used less than once, and even the pilot training is insufficient, so if the chances of a decisive battle in the navy are not good, there is no need to fight to the death. Chu Nan said: "You don't have to worry, don't look at the fierceness of the Soviet army, if you want to break through our defenses, these troops are not enough at present." So now it's up to you, if we can land in the Ryukyus sooner, then we can draw our hands to attack Malacca, and then increase our troops in the Persian Gulf to break the stalemate and force the Soviets to return to the Caucasus. ”

"Don't worry, Chief of Staff, we'll do our best."

After taking the two of them around the sea training ground, the traffic boat returned to the Penghu base. As soon as he landed, a long-lost figure appeared on the pier. "Marshal Sa, why are you here too?" The person who came was none other than the posthumously promoted Admiral Sa Zhenbing. "Hehe, the old man is idle at home, I heard that you are lively here, so I came to take a look." As a veteran of the three dynasties of the Navy, Sa Zhenbing can be said to be a banner of the Navy. Last year, he also summoned the industrial and commercial circles of Guangdong and Fujian provinces to donate tens of millions of yuan to the navy. In gratitude to him, the Navy named the No. 6 ship of the Xi'an-class heavy cruiser, which had just been delivered to the sea trials, as the Sa Zhenbing.

"When I'm old, I can see this grand scene, even if I let Ming Rì close my eyes, I have no regrets." Looking at the harbor lined with ship masts and listening to the rumbling guns in the distance, Sa Zhenbing sighed with emotion. "Marshal, you can torture us, if it weren't for the foundation you laid, how could there be the merits of our juniors." Chu Nan and Shen Honglie hurriedly stepped forward to pay their respects.

"Hehe, don't fight with my old man." Sa Zhenbing looked at the two of them with satisfaction and asked, "I heard that you are going to attack Ryukyu?" ”

Chu Nan nodded: "Don't hide it from the marshal, if there is no accident, I will do it next week." ”

"Good hands, good! I think when I was young, I also saw Shang Tai, but it's a pity. "After returning from studying abroad, Sa Zhenbing participated in negotiations with Rì Ben in Ryukyu with the ship, but unfortunately the Qing Dynasty was weak at that time, which led to the destruction of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Shang Tai family was sent to Rì Ben to die of depression. In this regard, not only was the Taiwan barrier lost, but the southeast coast was no longer in danger to defend, and this matter was a great regret in his heart. Now I heard that the army is conducting landing and mountain training here, so I don't know what's going on, so I made a special boat trip to check it out.

Sa Zhenbing has a special identity and is not afraid of revealing secrets, so Shen Honglie began to introduce him to the general preparations: "The Rì Army has twelve divisions in Ryukyu, eight divisions on Ryukyu Oshima, three on Anmi Oshima, and one on the islands of Miyakojima. Therefore, we are preparing to invest 20 divisions, three aircraft carrier battle groups, and one battleship strike battle group, with a total of 10 aircraft carriers, 5 battleships, 10 heavy cruisers, 20 light cruisers, 156 destroyers/frigates, and 223 landing ships, with a total force of 550,000. Among them, the "XN21" battle group is the three aircraft carriers Liaoning, Guangdong and Guangxi (Liaoning class), and the "D**12" (D** = Northeast Pacific) battle group has three aircraft carriers, Guizhou (Sichuan class), Beihai and Balkhash (Beihai class), which are the main forces for attacking the Ryukyus and the decisive battle against the Rì Honsho, and also cut off the connection between the main island, the Philippines and the Ryukyus. In addition, there was an artillery formation consisting of 4 general-class escort aircraft carriers and 5 battleships, mainly to support the landing force. To the south, there is also an "XN23" battle group, as well as four general-class escort carriers and four battleships, which are responsible for the southern expedition to Marshall and other places, and to intercept Rabaul's Rìben Sixth Fleet (the Haruna has been incorporated into the Sixth Fleet).

According to our plan, Miyako Island and Ishigaki Island, which are close to Taiwan, will not be fought for the time being, and Anmi Oshima will not be fought for the time being, and we will concentrate all our efforts on taking Ryukyu Oshima for the time being. There are four tentative landing sites, three to the east and one to the south. The eastern side is mainly concentrated in the south of Cape Zampa, where the water is shallow, and the ocean currents from the north are also blocked by the peninsula, so it is perfect for frontal development. To the west, it is mainly Jinwu Bay. The Air Force will also provide air support after landing. ”

Sa Zhenbing listened to the introduction and kept nodding his head, until Shen Honglie finished speaking, and then deliberately reminded in a deep voice: "I know that you have won a lot of battles, and I shouldn't be too talkative as an old man, but I still want to say something." ”

"Marshal, please."

"I am very familiar with this country and their navy, even though we had two ships in Dingzhen, in the end it was still a big mistake. Although there are all kinds of problems in the meantime, it can be seen that naval warfare is different from that of the army, and the slightest carelessness will affect the overall situation! So you have to remember that it is better to win the first battle than to win the final battle. When he said this, everyone nodded again and again. The navy is not an army, and it takes years from manufacturing to completion, so no matter how many victories there have been before, it can't stop a Wake Island-like fiasco. What's more, it is even more difficult to recover from the loss of naval personnel, and it has taken Beiyang half a century to finally pull out a world-class navy.

Seeing that everyone listened to it, he smiled: "Look, it's all the old man's mouth, as if I'm afraid of Rìben." After speaking, he took the first two steps to the map, put on his glasses and looked at them carefully, and found a problem: "It takes a day and night to go from the southeast to Ryukyu, which is a bit long." ”

It is worthy of the old navy, and the biggest problem of the landing can be seen at a glance. After all, the East China Sea is not the distant Marshalls, and after the defeat of the Marianas, the Rìmoto Navy basically abandoned its activities in the open sea, so as long as there are enough escort ships, the safety of the landing fleet can be basically ensured. However, the East China Sea is not good, because it is close to the mainland of Rì, and there are nearly 200 submarines, destroyers, and torpedo boats of various types active in this area alone. Most of their landing ships and transports have a speed of only twelve or thirteen knots, and once they are discovered, they will not be able to avoid dangerous oxygen torpedoes. Therefore, the success of the landing depends first on whether the fleet can cut off the support of the Rìben navy, and then on the establishment of a landing outpost.

Chu Nan smiled slightly, stepped forward and pointed at Kume Island and Iheiya Island, which are only a hundred kilometers away from Oshima Island to the east of the Ryukyus: "At noon the day after tomorrow, we will hit here first." The two inconspicuous islands made Sa Zhen's ice tiger's eyes light up, and he nodded vigorously: "Okay!" These two places can be used as landing stations, and Yamamoto has to come out for a decisive battle! Good, good! ”

Kume Island and Iheiya Island are the eastern gateways to the Ryukyu Oshima Island and are the must-save places for the Rìmoto Navy. As long as this place is captured first, the combined fleet will definitely not dare to sit idly by, so Sa Zhenbing even said a few good things. Just as he was about to ask again, the staff officer pushed the door and walked in: "Chief of Staff, Marshal." The reconnaissance aircraft spotted the Combined Fleet, located on the new island of the Izu Islands, and was sailing in the direction of Iwo Jima. ”

"Iwo Jima." Sa Zhenbing's old face slowly wrinkled: "What does Yamamoto Fifty-six want to do?" Chu Nan and Shen Honglie glanced at each other and shook their heads. The XN21 battle group is on standby on Guam, there are still hundreds of planes on the island, and with the support of the two islands of Rota and Pagan, Saipan is already difficult to save.

The situation in the Southwest Pacific became strange, and the combined fleet unexpectedly sailed south, casting a layer of fog over the decisive battle.

Chu Nan is the chief of the General Staff, but the command decision is in the hands of Shen Honglie. So the latter thought for a while and looked at the staff officer: "The plan to attack Kumejima and Iheiya Island remains unchanged, so that Guam is ready to defend against a sneak attack, and the D**12 battle group in Qingdao is ordered to set off." In addition, telegrams were sent to Natuna and Huangshanma bases, and reconnaissance planes were sent to Luzon. After speaking, he slowly took out a cigarette: "There are only two possibilities to go to Iwo Jima, the first is to attack Guam, and the second is to join the Fourth Fleet. ”…… (To be continued.) )