At the Ikuhara Sea and Land Joint Command on Tsushima Island, a tense military meeting is being held. Present were the commanders of the corps and the generals at and above the division level, and the principal officers of the Pacific Fleet led by Dai Hui were among them. First of all, Wang Jie, chief of staff of the front army, gave a detailed introduction to the strength and defensive deployment of the Japanese army, which everyone seriously recorded in a small book. After the chief of staff gave a briefing, Dai Hui stood up and introduced the deployment of the fleet, and the central task was to ensure the safety of the landing force. Zuihou He Meng stood up to make the general deployment of the campaign, and he walked to the map and picked up the baton.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the landing operation is about to begin, and a larger, unprecedented landing operation is about to begin. In this regard, the Imperial Army, with its fearless courage, is going to launch a tsunami-like attack on the enemy, and I think everyone here is enthusiastic. According to intelligence, there was an American army on the opposite side of us, an army that we had never fought before. This U.S. army is the 1st Army of the U.S. First Corps. The area defended by U.S. forces was the Hamada Line. ”

"The headquarters approved our operational jihua, but again made a request. We must break through the American line of defense and land on the Japanese mainland. The clever requirements of the headquarters are: First, to test the Americans' will to resist and combat effectiveness. Second, it will test the weapons and equipment of the Americans, and third, it will hurt the Americans, so that they will be psychologically clouded, and at the same time, they will mentally destroy their psychological defenses. After all, Japan is not the homeland of the Americans, and the Americans cannot compare with the Japanese in the face of death, and once we land successfully, the Americans will collapse. ”

He Meng paused for a moment and continued: "Next, I will issue a combat mission." The target of the 1st Corps was Hamada, and Hamada was the main direction of attack, and the target of the 2nd Corps was Akiyama. As the secondary attack direction, once the main attack direction is unfavorable, the secondary attack direction immediately changes to the main attack direction. The target of the 3rd Corps was Nagasaki, which was mainly a feint. According to our analysis, the enemy's main warships have retreated into the Shimonoseki waterway, which means that the enemy's main warships may be under the deterrence of our powerful torpedo boats. Abandoning the attack on our landing force may be a trap, but don't worry. We have a countermeasure. ”

He Meng continued: "The offensive was launched at 4 a.m. on July 10, and today is July 7, and there are still three days to prepare. In this landing operation, the 1 Corps had the heaviest task. The 1 Corps was in the midst of an attack on Tsushima. Accumulated a lot of landing experience. Therefore, letting the 1 Corps take up the main attack task was a decision made by the Front Army Command after repeated study, and everyone should not have any ideas. If anyone has any questions, they can talk to me directly after the meeting. Ma Kai, the captain of the special forces group, stayed, and the meeting was adjourned! ”

Zhuang Lei was very excited, and before walking out of the venue, he stretched out two fingers to signal to Ma Kai, and the two fingers represented the meaning of victory. After the personnel dispersed, He Meng smiled and said, "Captain Ma." You did a very good job in the Tsushima decapitation operation, and the role of the special forces at the critical moment was immediate. In order to ensure a successful landing in Hamada, which was defended by the American army. Your unit secretly landed northeast of Hamada, and then detoured to Hamada's rear to disrupt his defensive system and cooperate with the frontal landing operation. "Please rest assured, commander, and resolutely complete the task at the lowest level."

He Meng said with satisfaction: "Is there any difficulty in your unit's action to coincide with the attacking troops and set off a day in advance?" "Commander, there is no difficulty.!" "The night after tomorrow, 10 submarines will be waiting for you at the West Corner Pier, and the submarines will send you to the northern waters of Hamada before dawn, and after disembarking, they will quickly intersperse with the rear of Hamada. Due to the inaccurate details, you will be in a very dangerous situation after landing, and I am sure that you will be able to complete the mission. Ma Kai gave a military salute and loudly promised to turn around and leave, He Meng looked at Ma Kai's departing back, and showed a look of approval with satisfaction.

"Dude, your expression is so serious, it means that the combat mission has been issued!" Li Tie stood outside and waited, and observed what he said. "Talk on the road!" After Ma Kai finished speaking, he quickly mounted the war horse, and galloped forward with the strength of his legs. Li Tie hurriedly rode a war horse to chase after him, "I'm in a hurry, you speak!" Could it be that this task is very arduous" "Yes, we must go deep into the heart of the enemy, disrupt the enemy's deployment, and ensure the smooth landing of the 1st Corps in Hamada. "What is the specific mission?" "Attack the supply lines behind the Hamada Line and cut off the front line from the rear. The difference in this mission is that there is no fixed target and it is very dangerous because it is in an area where the enemy is very densely stationed. ”

"Brother Ma, danger is exciting, I like to fight like this!" Li Tie's eyebrows fluttered slightly. "Don't get carried away, in the past, when we fought deep behind the enemy's rear, we launched attacks with an understanding of the enemy's situation. The difference this time is that we do not understand the situation of the enemy, the terrain and landforms, and we are basically blind people touching the elephants, and even full of dangers. After we go back, we should study it well, carefully consider the unfavorable factors, and try to be aware of it, so as not to be caught off guard. ”

Li Tie felt that what Ma Kai said made sense, so he fell silent. Ma Kai continued: "Commander He personally summoned me to inquire, explaining that our attack operations deep behind enemy lines are very important to the support of the landing force, and even determine the situation of the entire landing operation. Although Commander He did not focus on explaining anything, I felt the commander's ardent hope. How well we move behind the enemy's rear will directly affect the development of the war situation. And the most important thing is how to land on the enemy's heavily guarded coastline without being discovered, and once discovered, the previous efforts will be lost. ”

Not to mention how Li Tie and Ma Kai made decisions when they went back, Zhuang Lei was elated. He boarded the island in the transportation hall and hurried back to the troop station. From a distance, Hu Biao and the other two brigade commanders stood in front of the division department and looked forward to it. Seeing Zhuang Lei riding his horse galloping, Hu Biao took the lead to meet him.

Zhuang Lei turned over and dismounted before he could stand firm, Hu Biao asked repeatedly: "Division commander, the battle order has been issued!" Is our division the main attack, and when will it attack? Not to be outdone, the other two brigade commanders stepped forward to ask. Zhuang Lei smiled and did not answer, but went straight into the division headquarters. Hu Biao quickly followed up and said, "Teacher, don't play dumb riddles, tell us quickly!" "Inform the officers above the regimental level to come to the division headquarters for a meeting and announce the combat mission!" When Hu Biao and the other two brigade commanders heard this, they immediately cheered, and they didn't need to ask anything more.

Soon, Zhuang Lei looked at the excited faces and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the headquarters of the Front Army has issued an operational order to land on the Japanese mainland, and the main direction of our 1st Corps is Hamada of Japan. On the way back, the corps commander handed over the main attack task to our 1st Army, and the task of our division was to assault in the middle. "The generals below heard this, and they all exchanged their heads." Please be silent and do not whisper. The chief of staff shouted. Zhuang Lei continued: "In Japan, Hamada is defending the 1st Corps of the 1st Corps of the U.S. Army. The armament of the army was stronger than that of the Japanese army, with about 300 artillery pieces of various types, and the heavy fire was fierce. The strength of the U.S. First Army is about 40,000 people, and that's the basic picture. ”

Zhuang Lei continued: "This is the first time we have competed with the Americans, and we can only know how effective we are when we fight. The United States of America has only a little more than 100 years of history, and there is no history of external conquest except for the outbreak of large-scale civil war in the United States. However, the headquarters of the enemy coalition forces transferred the Americans to the front line to fight, perhaps because the US military was strong in combat. Our 1st Division is good at fighting tough battles, likes to fight tough opponents, and no matter what the opponent is, it cannot stop our attack. Today is July 7, three days before the offensive is launched. That's it for the meeting, let's go back and prepare. ”

At a small pier on the lower island, He Meng said goodbye to Dai Hui again. In the distance, the battleship Zhonghua was faintly visible, lying quietly on the surface of the sea, as if it was sleeping. A traffic boat docked, He Meng held Dai Hui's hand and said, "See you on the other side!" "See you on the other side!" Dai Hui boarded the traffic boat and waved, and the traffic boat left the dock and sailed towards the warship Zhonghua in the distance. Soon, Dai Hui boarded the battleship, and Deng Shichang led the captains of the major ships to meet him on the deck, and then the military meeting was held.

In the command cabin, Dai Hui said to the generals: "This large-scale landing on the Japanese mainland, our task is still to ensure the safety of the landing force. Considering that the northern exit of the Tsushima Strait has been blocked by our mines, and the enemy's large warships cannot enter the Tsushima Strait from the north, we have decided to deploy 50 torpedo attack boats, 10 submarine hunters, 5 attack submarines, and 25 small gunboats in the north. Hamada was the main direction of the landing force's attack, and the front command demanded increased artillery support, so it was decided to add two more battleships and 10 frigates in addition to the covering battleships dispatched for the landing operation on Tsushima Island, and the remaining main battleships were all deployed in the southern part of the Tsushima Strait. ”

Dai Hui continued: "Based on the feedback from the reconnaissance submarines, we have analyzed and judged that all the main warships of the enemy fleet have withdrawn into the Shimonoseki waterway, and we can basically conclude that the enemy's Pacific Fleet is very likely to cancel the attack on the landing force under the threat of our attack torpedo boats. However, it is also necessary to prevent the enemy's conspiracy, so we have deployed our main warships in the southern part of the Tsushima Strait to prevent the enemy fleet from using tricks to make a surprise attack on us. ”

Dai Hui continued: "The Marine Brigade suffered great losses in the landing operation on Tsushima Island, and the Marine Brigade did not participate in this landing operation. Large-scale landing operations require strong command, and this time, Deputy Commander Deng commanded the landing fleet in a unified manner, and there was efficient coordination and close ties with each other. I ask that by midnight on 10 July, all combat ships enter the designated positions to ensure that the landing force launches an attack on time. "Got it!" All the generals replied in unison.

After the captains left, Deng Shichang said: "The headquarters called, the Nanyang Fleet secretly set off from Taiwan's Keelung Military Port on the evening of July 9, and launched an attack on Japan's Sasebo Military Port about two days later. Dai Hui said with a smile: "The time of the headquarters is very accurate, a day after the landing operation is launched, the surprise attack on the Sasebo military port, the enemy's Pacific Fleet will definitely miscalculate, and this is what the headquarters wants." "Yes! The headquarters of the coalition forces must have believed that the Nanyang Fleet had joined our ranks, and it would not dare to act rashly in this regard. Deng Shichang said excitedly.

Late at night, Deng Shichang went to the battleship Beijing, which would then serve as the flagship of the landing fleet and take unified command. Soon after, the artillery support fleet led by the battleship Beijing left Xiadao and went to the waters northeast of Shangdao to stand by. The dark sea is quiet, but the rough waves will soon be repeated. (To be continued......)

PS: Choosing a targeted target is conducive to future operations.