Chapter 155: Sailing (Asking for Subscriptions, Monthly Passes, and Various!! )
It was precisely the situation of Chen Shaokuan and the navy at this time, so Chen Feng would make this request, and he knew that Chen Shaokuan would agree to him.
Although the 61st Army does not have a single warship now, and even does not have a permanent and safe outlet to the sea, Chen Feng knows that if he wants to complete that bullshit mission and save his life, he must have a strong navy, because the enemy he will face in the future is not only the Japanese, but also the polar bears that occupy the 64 tuns in Jiangdong and millions of square kilometers east of the Ussuri River, including Sakhalin Island. There are also British hooligans who occupy Hong Kong and a large number of concessions in Shanghai and other places, and Portugal, which occupies Macau.
Portugal is okay to say, don't talk about the future, with Chen Feng's current strength, it is not a big deal to recapture Macao by force from Portugal, and he doesn't dare to chirp crookedly if he wants to come to that fart country. But which of the remaining three countries is easy to provoke, and the little devil is still fleeing around with the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. In addition, the British Empire has not yet been half-broken by the mustache in Europe, if Chen Feng dares to slash his hair, I am not sure if this country that is used to pirates will send the Royal Navy, which is known as the world's first.
Let's talk about the polar bear later, don't forget that it is no longer the rotten Tsarist Russia that is in power, but the powerful Red Soviet Union, which is a god who dares to wrestle with the mustachioed madman in Europe, and who wants to snatch food from Stalin's bearded mouth, without a little skill, it is simply looking for death. Eight years after the Dao, under the leadership of the bearded man, the polar bear once swelled to a terrifying point. Together with the United States, it has become the only two superpowers in the world, which is really a dick at home.
If you want to drive the little devils out of China, if you want to recover Hong Kong, Macao, and the great northeast including Sakhalin Island, and if you want to recover the vast Outer Mongolia, you can't do it without a navy.
It is far more difficult to develop a navy than an army, and the reason why Japan is so strong is not how confident they are in the army. Rather, there is confidence in their navy. The reason why Japan has confidence in the navy is because they know what to do. Even if China is given another 30 years, the Chinese Navy is far from the invincible combined fleet that they have developed in half a century.
The 61 st Army wants to develop the navy, but first, it does not have port ships, and second, it does not have the personnel who understand naval operations. Even ten aircraft carriers of the 21st century are in vain. It will still be sent to the bottom of the sea by the Japanese invincible battleship "Yamato". Broken halberd and sinking sand.
So Chen Feng thought of Chen Shaokuan, he knew Chen Shaokuan's personality very well, and this benevolent brother's temper was notoriously smelly in Chinese history. He could not give Lao Jiang's face, and in the end, he was seized of power by force and left the navy gloomily. But Chen Feng admired this brother's level of naval warfare very much, if he was given a naval fleet of the same strength, he would definitely send Yamamoto Fifty-six's big bald head to the bottom of the sea.
With Chen Feng's full support, in just one day, 1,318 literate and water-savvy soldiers were gathered, and the vast majority of them were student soldiers who had just joined the army. On the one hand, the reason why student soldiers are chosen is that most of them have a certain cultural foundation, and the navy is different from the infantry, and the navy has certain requirements for the cultural level of soldiers. The second is that the plasticity of student soldiers is good, unlike veterans who have developed those habits, and it is difficult to quit no matter how good they are.
Looking at the more than 1,300 energetic soldiers in front of him, Chen Shaokuan was in a good mood, especially when he heard that Chen Feng was going to let him escort 50,000 tons of supplies to the south this time, Chen Shaokuan's good impression of Chen Feng and the 61st Army skyrocketed, and even began to be called brothers despite Chen Feng's opposition.
"Brother Chen, do you really plan to transport all these hundreds of cannons from the Tianjin port to Guangzhou?" Chen Shaokuan asked in surprise.
"Of course, we will definitely not be able to hold Tianjin anyway, and now the little devil is spreading the stall too big, and it will be out of order for a while, otherwise the navy, land and air force would have jointly fought over. When the time comes, there are warships on the sea, tanks on the ground, and planes in the air, do you think we will be able to hold this place? Since you can't hold it, you can't make the little devils comfortable, each of these large-caliber coastal defense guns is a treasure, rather than leaving it to the little devils to harm us, it is better to transport it to Guangzhou, I think it will definitely be of great use there. Chen Feng said.
"Oh, for what? Is the Japanese army going to attack Canton? Chen Shaokuan asked suspiciously.
"Do you still have to guess, now the Japanese army occupies almost all the coastal cities in our country, and only Guangdong and Fujian still have a few large ports in our hands. If we want to completely encircle our country from the sea, then the capture of Guangdong and Fujian is necessary, so I judge that it will not be long before the Japanese army will attack Guangzhou. Chen Feng said.
"Isn't this good news, with this batch of cannons, can you hold Guangzhou?"
"Can't hold it, as I just said, the situation in Guangzhou is the same as in Tianjin, once the Japanese army launches an attack, it must be a joint attack by land, sea and air, and the soup of the Central Army of the Nationalist Government is not the opponent of the Japanese at all, so Guangzhou will fall sooner or later. However, with this batch of artillery, at least the little devils can be caught off guard, and it would be great if they could severely damage or even sink a few large warships. Chen Feng said.
"What if the cannon is dismantled and you have to stay here for at least a few days, what if the Japanese warships come a few days earlier, will you be bombed?" Chen Shaokuan asked again.
"How is it possible, it is already the 28th, and in another 4 or 5 days, the materials in the city will be rushed out, and if they can't be transported, they will all be pulled by you to Guangzhou, and transported from Guangzhou to the rear. As for us, you don't have to worry about it, they don't have the guts, the lives of the more than 20,000 Japanese expatriates in Tianjin are still in my hands, and when the little devils dare to open fire, I will pull those Japanese expatriates to the dock and let them open fire to their heart's content. Besides, now the Japanese army in Beiping City has been almost defeated, and more than 30 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces are bombarding day and night, and at most Beiping City will be captured tomorrow, and then how can the little devils still have the energy to manage Tianjin. Chen Feng said lightly.
Chen Shaokuan was dumbfounded and said: "Wouldn't it be too cruel to use expatriates as hostages, they are all civilians." ”
"Cruel? What the hell is this cruel, compared to the little devil, we are already very merciful, brother, have you ever known that when the Japanese army attacked the county town of Tianzhen where our army was stationed not long ago, due to the desperate resistance of our army, the Japanese siege troops suffered heavy losses. In order to reduce casualties, the brutes actually captured thousands of civilians from outside the city, forced them to charge at our positions with bayonets, and at the same time helped many people with explosives bags and grenades, and more than 500 civilians were shot in that battle, and one of my regimental commanders committed suicide out of guilt. In addition, brother, do you know who is fighting with us in Beiping City now? You can't imagine that it's those Japanese civilians. Then Chen Feng explained: "Originally, those Japanese expatriates entered major cities with the army, and the vast majority of the expatriates were former soldiers, and when the war was not tense, they maintained order in the city for the Japanese army while doing business. When the force is tight, they will be replenished to various units to participate in the battle at any time, and become the most vicious invaders. There were originally only a few thousand Japanese troops in Beiping City, and it stands to reason that it should have been breached a long time ago, but because of which expatriates are there, it has been 5 days since Beiping City remained immovable. ”
"It's really a beast, kill it well, just pull those bastards to the dock and let them see the courage of our Chinese." Chen Shaokuan said.
"By the way, brother, the younger brother has something to ask for, and I hope the elder brother must help?" Chen Feng said.
"If you say anything, brother, as long as I can help, I will definitely not postpone it." Chen Shaokuan said.
"That's right, this time we attacked Tianjin, not only captured so many naval ships, but also captured a large number of aircraft, so I hope you can talk to Captain Gundam of the Air Force, let him keep a pilot with a good combat level, and let them come down and teach my soldiers how to fly airplanes." Chen Feng said with a smile.
"Flying planes, are you going to form aviation units?" Chen Shaokuan said.
"In general, we can't let those planes nest in the hangar." Chen Feng said with a smile.
"Alright then, I'll ask for you."
After a while, there was a letter that one of the Air Force lieutenant pilots and two second lieutenant pilots would stay behind to teach the soldiers of the 61st Army how to fly airplanes.
In the early morning of January 29, taking advantage of the heavy fog, Chen Shao quietly left the port of Tianjin with three large warships and more than 30 other ships and headed for Guangzhou.
Looking at the naval fleet that slowly disappeared into the fog, Chen Feng's mood was very complicated, Chen Shao took not only the ships of the dozens of big ships and the 50,000 tons of supplies, but also the naval seeds of the 61st Army. It is not only those ships that set sail, but also Chen Feng's naval dream.
Chen Shaokuan and the naval fleet left, Gao Yuntian and the 4th Destroyer Group also left, but three people stayed. They are Air Force Lieutenant Ma Yun, Air Force Second Lieutenants Yang Chengang and Xue Chenghu, all pilots of the Fourth Destroyer Group. The main task they stayed behind was to teach the soldiers of the 61st Army to fly planes, and Chen Feng gave these three guys a death order, no matter what method was used, anyway, when the troops retreated from Tianjin, the more than 40 planes in the hangar had to fly back to the place of operation. (To be continued......)
PS: I'm sorry, today the county's supervision team came to the unit to guide the work, and had an afternoon meeting, so I can't help but update it later today, forgive me!!