Chapter 150: Strategic Choices
After crossing the Guishan hills, there was no danger in the Taipei Basin, and the Yizhou Army was divided into two routes, and the 33rd Army was divided into Tamsui Port, which controlled the only commercial port where Taiwanese Japanese and overseas Chinese withdrew to the mainland. On the other hand, the 31st and 32nd armies attacked Taipei, Taiwan's first important town, under the command of the corps headquarters. The Iida Detachment, the remnants of the Japanese Taiwanese Mixed Brigade stationed in Taipei, was urgently organized into the 48th Division with the 47th Infantry Wing, and the heavy artillery wing of the Keelung Fortress was transferred to the reinforcements, building Taipei's urban defense line alone.
In fact, even the commander of the Japanese army, Kobayashi Jizo, who was born as a naval general, knew very well that it was only a matter of time before Taiwan, where the sea and air lines of communication were completely blocked, and that the 48th Division's lone defense of Taipei was only a battle of honor for the Imperial Japanese Army. At present, the Han army has not launched a general offensive, which is nothing more than a concern for Taipei's large population and dense distribution. Otherwise, with the artillery fire of the Han army, coupled with the bombardment of the air force, there would be no resistance at all with the meager strength of the defenders of Taipei.
Indeed, the national forest is really thinking about this issue. Before the landing in Kaohsiung, His Majesty repeatedly reiterated that he would try to avoid causing too much harm to civilians in Taiwan, which would be an important strategic point for the empire in the future. However, in a series of previous battles, it has been shown that the current Taiwanese do not welcome the Han army, especially the appearance of the Takasago Volunteer Army, which let the whole country know that it will not be so easy for the Han Empire to turn Taiwan into its own territory. Even, if the Battle of Taipei reaches the stage of street fighting, it is unpredictable whether the civilians in Taipei will fight back and help the Japanese army fight.
The capture of Taipei is not a problem, and how to fight this last battle on the island of Taiwan beautifully is something that the commander-in-chief should consider.
The battle in Taiwan was indeed in the final stage, and the Mosu Army, which was attacking along the east coast of Taiwan, with the cooperation of the navy, occupied Suao and attacked Yilan, and it was also like a bamboo along the way. Because almost all of the main forces of the Japanese army in Taiwan were on the west coast, there were only a few ports in the east with a small number of second-line troops stationed. In the face of the fierce and desperate to make meritorious deeds, the Mosu Legion could only make some limited resistance. The east coast ports of Hualien, Suao, and even Yilan, the most important air base in the east, fell into the hands of the Han army. The Combined Mosu Army, which is more adapted to complex terrain such as jungles and high mountains, has bypassed Sanmink Horn and marched towards Keelung, Taiwan's first military port.
Based at Magong Port in Penghu, the Northern Fleet entered the East China Sea and shelled the Japanese troops in Fuzhou and Chaozhou along the coastline to assist the Bingzhou Corps in recovering lost territory.
After taking Taiwan, the situation of the war suddenly became greatly favorable to the Allied side, and Ye Zhiqiu, who flew back to Hong Kong again, no longer went alone, but moved almost the entire General Staff over.
The victory in the Battle of Changsha made the opening of the second battlefield of mainland China more urgent, and once it could threaten the lifeline of the Japanese army in the north, then the war potential of the Japanese mainland would be further weakened. In later generations, some scholars argued that the strength of the Japanese army in the first few years of the war of aggression against China was far inferior to that of the Japanese army after the full-scale outbreak of the Pacific War, and the main reason was that after the invasion of China, Japan sucked up the blood of China like Ma Huang and strengthened Japan's industrial strength. It can be said that the strength of the Japanese army in World War II was built on the basis of China's blood transfusion.
Within the Han Empire, there were also opponents of the plan to open up a second battlefield in the north, and the representative figure was Jiang Yunzhi. Jiang Heiyan believed that instead of making a hard landing in Jiangsu or even Shandong in the coastal waters of China, it was better to make a right turn in the East China Sea and approach North Korea, cutting off the land transportation channel of the Japanese army; Or simply approaching the four islands of the Japanese mainland, such a transportation route is even shorter and easier than landing in northern China.
But Ye Zhiqiu thinks that attacking Korea or Japan is a greater military risk! The Imperial Army was originally an expedition, and then the lone army went deeper, directly **** the center of the Japanese army's forces, once the naval war was unfavorable and the lines of communication were pinched, it would be a dead end.
Chief Ye's words suddenly provoked the navy, what do you mean by "once the naval war is unfavorable"? Didn't you see us chasing the Japanese Combined Fleet to hide and seek? Is it Yamamoto's coward who doesn't dare to fight a decisive battle, right?
This controversy in the Wei Qing Pavilion still shook His Majesty's determination, did he enter the Yellow Sea, open up a second battlefield, fight steadily, and approach the northeast step by step after taking Pingjin? Or make a right turn in the East China Sea and attack the heart of Japan?
The pros and cons of both have been analyzed very clearly by the generals, and this is actually a matter of strategic choice. Zhong Yi thought about it for a long time, but he didn't make a decision. In the end, according to the original plan, Ye Zhiqiu led the General Staff to fly to Hong Kong first, and worked out the "Big Dipper" plan to open up the second battlefield with the personnel from Chongqing.
It has been a long time since the meeting was adjourned, everyone had already left, and even Jiang Yunzhi drove the latest WZ-40 Haidongqing armed helicopter to leave the small airport in Yutang.
The WZ-40 Haidongqing is one of the five new aircraft icons found at Zhong Yi's main base last time, and the two launchers on the weapon pylons can fire 48 air-to-air or air-to-ground aviation rockets. Compared with the WZ-10 Falcon, the Haidongqing armed helicopter produced by the base is not only greatly enhanced in the fire control system, but also has a big gap in flight stability. This is also another advantage of the equipment produced by the base -- sturdy and stable.
The Haidong Qing armed helicopter is ready to be equipped with the Army Aviation Unit of the Guards, but because the aircraft factory at the base is fully engaged in the production of Helleye strategic bombers and Tianlong fighters, Haidong Qing Wuzhi only produces a few of them for the Army Aviation Test and Training of the Guards Army. Of course, there are new helicopters, especially armed helicopters, Jiang Yunzhi will definitely not miss it, this bad habit has been scolded by His Majesty several times, but Commander Jiang accepts it with an open mind every time and resolutely does not change.
In the conference room, Zhong Yi had been staring at the holographic map for a long time, until the sound of "click, click" of high heels came from behind him. There was no need to look back, it must have been Vivien, and the others did not dare to alarm His Majesty's contemplation at this time.
"Your Majesty, the little princess is here to pick you up!"
"Huh?" Zhong Yi turned his head and deliberately pretended not to see the resentment in the eyes of the indigenous girl when she said this. Raising his left arm, the hands on the watch were already pointing to six o'clock in the evening, "Oh, it's so late!" Alright, I'll go back, Vivien, and you can rest early, too! Leaving the conference room as if running away, I sighed secretly in my heart: drunk and whipping famous horses, tired beauties, it's not that my brother is ruthless, but my brother has been very troubled recently! The two beauties of Jinhua Palace, although they didn't dare to say anything, they cleverly declared their sovereignty by keeping an eye on His Majesty's whereabouts. No, I even came to Weiqing Pavilion for a meeting, and when I went back a little later, Hei Ni came to pick it up in person, Nima, didn't you inadvertently praise the little Japanese girl?
Before leaving the door of Wei Qing Pavilion, the little goblin greeted him affectionately, hugged His Majesty's arm and asked for warmth, and at the same time, he didn't forget to glance at the female secretary with his blue beautiful eyes.
Zhong Yi looked a little funny, and looked at the empty parking lot, "What about the car?" ”
"Ugh! Your Majesty, what are the ...... Family...... What about at Yutang Airport? ”
"What?" Just walked with a black face, and there was a little goblin, how many steps is this? And get a helicopter?
"Ouch! Your Majesty, don't you be angry? People have just taken the pilot license, and besides, are they in a hurry to pick you up? ”
Sweet whispering, hugging and kissing, this is the only secret of the little goblin to make His Majesty happy, Zhong Yi understands, if this trick is not compliant, the next thing should be pear blossoms with rain, helicopter is helicopter, after a day of meeting, it is really a little tired! But this wind cannot be raised, and the sky above the palace of the dignified empire is full of helicopters flying around. Besides, the woman of the Han Emperor is driving a helicopter around, this is not a strange news in the world?
"Hmph, I warn you, don't take it as an example!"
His Majesty pretended to be serious, and couldn't scare the little goblin, the shrewd Heinie had long understood such a thing, His Majesty would not really lose his temper with her, and he turned his head and glared at the indigenous girl standing on the side, so angry that Vivien almost shed tears, "What does this matter to me?" ”