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In any case, since the negotiations failed, there was only one way to continue fighting, and in fact the two sides were not fuel-efficient lamps, and the devil proposed that the peace talks originally meant to delay the army, and the Central Plains Field Army, which had been dormant for a while, also took this opportunity to enter a state of imminent war

If you go to the Northeast Battlefield by the traditional route, it will take a long time, and it will also increase the already heavy logistical pressure on the Northeast Battlefield, so Hu Weidong's idea is to take the sea route and land directly near Luda to form a north-south flank attack with Huaye. From the point of view of common sense, Hu Weidong's jihua is completely inconsistent with the laws of war, the sea supremacy is in the hands of the other side, and the air supremacy is not dominant. However, Hu Weidong was keenly aware of an objective condition that was extremely favorable to his side, that is, the Bohai Strait was too narrow, the narrowest point was only 106 kilometers, and there were many islands scattered in the Bohai Strait, and the distance between the adjacent islands was 1.4~10.7 kilometers, which was within the range of the army's artillery. If the capital ships of the Japanese Navy were still in Luda, Hu Weidong would not dare to take risks, but since they had been transferred, Hu Weidong naturally wanted to give them a try, and for this unexpected landing operation, Hu Weidong and the military industry department under his direct leadership also prepared a lot of special weapons and equipment

Fire support was crucial in a landing operation, and if the enemy's counterattack was not suppressed by heavy enough fire, the beach-grabbing force, which was not large enough at first, would almost certainly be driven out to sea by the defenders who had an absolute superiority in numbers. However, the only two large ships of the Chinese Navy have already been dispatched. Relying on the remaining few destroyers and light cruisers bought from the United States alone is not enough to provide sufficient fire support on the opposite shore, so Hu Weidong naturally thought of letting the army artillery go to the island, but as long as he makes a move, it will inevitably attract the attention of the devils, and will be blocked by the attacks of Japanese ships and aircraft, and even the devils will send troops to seize those small islands that have not been occupied before, and then they will have to fight for them island by island, and the suddenness of the attack will be gone, and the island seizure operation will be completely exposed to the superior firepower of the devil's navy and aviation units. The losses must have been enormous. This is not the consistent style of Hu Weidong, who "only takes advantage of advantages and does not suffer losses".

For this reason, Hu Weidong naturally remembered the concept of "fire support ships" in later generations, in fact, similar warships have long existed, that is, the so-called shallow water heavy gunboats. However, Hu Weidong did not choose this more traditional option, although the construction cost and construction time of shallow water heavy gunboats were much less than that of the capital ships with the same firepower (the largest shallow water heavy gunboats had the same firepower as battleships). But it is still a big burden for China, which has a weak shipbuilding industry base. What's more, China's limited shipbuilding capacity is now almost entirely occupied by Jihua, which cooperates with Germany to build ships. Therefore, Hu Weidong finally chose the approach of the new Chinese navy in later generations. That is to put rocket artillery on the ship

When the main fleet of the devils left Luda, the Chinese ships had to make good use of radar, and at least at night they could freely enter and exit the Japanese Navy's already airtight blockade network. The 122mm rocket launcher, which has a maximum range of almost 40 kilometers, can save the fire support ship from being counterattacked by the Japanese shore guns. As for the threat of the Japanese air force, due to the characteristics of rocket artillery, the fire support ships do not need and cannot provide fire support to the landing force for a long time, and they can immediately withdraw to the harbor after several rounds or even one round of rockets are destroyed. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if a fire support ship is sunk, the loss is not too great, because whether it is a free ship used for modification or a rocket launcher on board, the price is very cheap (the market price of a free ship is 1 million US dollars, and as for rocket artillery, its main cost has always been rockets. In the eyes of the military generals during the war years, economic losses and casualties are just some numbers, from this point of view, Hu Weidong has finally fully integrated into this era

In addition, rocket artillery on board also has an advantage, that is, it does not need additional structures such as gun mounts, so it occupies a much smaller space, a free wheel with an empty displacement of only 7,000 tons (full load displacement of about 16,000 tons) can be loaded with no less than 50 122mm 40 rocket launchers (the time is too short to be customized, directly with the army type to install it). Even Hu Weidong was a little surprised at first, you must know that the 516 fire support ship of the Chinese Navy converted from the old 053HG missile frigate in later generations was only equipped with 5 122mm 50 rocket launchers, although its tonnage is not as good as the free wheel, but this gap is too big, right?

But Hu Weidong thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood the truth, the No. 516 fire support ship still retains the original naval guns and some air defense and anti-submarine weapons, which occupy a lot of space, and the free ship is a merchant ship, whether it is the deck area or the internal and external space is much larger than the warship, and only needs to be equipped with rocket artillery, the natural number is much more, you must know that the Casablanca-class escort aircraft carrier converted by the free ship in history can be equipped with 28 aircraft? The army version of the 122mm 40-barreled rocket launcher can be loaded with only an ordinary truck, and the volume is less than a fraction of that of a carrier-based aircraft

Although the power of rocket artillery is great, but the continuity is not good, so it is necessary for the troops who rush to land on the beach to be able to quickly deploy their forces and establish a consolidated beachhead in a limited time, and the Central Plains Field Army

The operational plan drawn up by the headquarters is to attract the attention of the Japanese army in the brigade by landing on the beach, and then seize the opportunity to seize the various islands in the Bohai Strait, so that if the operation of the beach-grabbing landing is very smooth, the Central Plains Field Army will be able to take advantage of the situation to land on a large scale and take the brigade in one go; even if the attack is not smooth, as long as it can take those small islands and build artillery positions on them, the Japanese army will be doomed to death if there is no longer the main fleet to protect it

This put extremely high demands on the Marine Divisions responsible for the task of rushing to the beach and landing, but their division commander Hu Lian appeared full of confidence and promised to open the road to Dalian for the field army. However, the Marine Division is indeed strong now, and although it has not fought in the past few months, it has given them sufficient training time, so that the commanders and fighters of the division have gradually corrected many habits of adapting to the army's combat methods rather than the Marine Corps, and they have become more proficient in various techniques and tactics that the Marine Corps should master. In addition, the Marine Division has added a lot of new exclusive equipment during this time, all of which make it look more like a real Marine (to be continued......