Contingency Planning(1)
"Mr. Chen!" Liu Hai walked into Mr. Chen's office. "Bangs, you're here!" Mr. Chen stood up and walked to the window, pointing to the glass frame without glass, "Look, the Kuomintang has opened the skylight for me!" "I was thinking about this, these bombers took off from the Zhoushan Islands, and we need to occupy the Zhoushan Islands as soon as possible!" "Excellent! It's good that you can take the initiative to think about it, and it shows that your mind has completely changed! Mr. Chen looked at the bangs appreciatively. Do you have any ideas? Bangs asked. The idea is simple, with your artillery division and the 7th Army cooperating, occupy the Zhoushan Islands! Mr. Chen said. The occupation of the Zhoushan Islands is not simple, because this is an amphibious landing operation, infantry, artillery, and all kinds of logistical equipment and ammunition supply, all of which must be carried out by boat, and also involves the selection of landing targets, landing fire cover, landing formation, opening up landing grounds, infantry and artillery cooperation after landing, sea defense, and the most important thing is sea and air defense. Bangs spoke their minds. I think about it comprehensively, but I believe that there is nothing difficult in the world, only people who are afraid of it, as long as we do it with our hearts, we can succeed! Mr. Chen said.
In the next few days, Liu Hai did not leave the headquarters of General Chen, and the commander of the Seventh Army to study and arrange the war arrangements for the liberation of the Zhoushan Islands, due to lack of experience, several people desperately guessed the occurrence of various situations that may occur and how to deal with them, and also found a few old fishermen to understand the tide situation and geographical characteristics near the Zhoushan Islands, after a few days and nights of sleeplessness, a detailed battle plan for the liberation of the Zhoushan Islands was formulated, looking at a thick stack of combat orders, Liu Hai let out a long breath and sent someone to inform Ghost Cannon, Wu Fatzi and Liu Xiaoshan to prepare for action, but what he never expected was that the battle plan that several people had worked so hard to make had not been carried out like this, and it was miscarried! On the fourth day after Liu Hai ordered the whole division to be on alert and prepare for battle, a group of Kuomintang warships attacked Shanghai and sank all the requisitioned military and civilian ships for sea-crossing operations.
"Tell the intelligence department that no matter what method is used, we must destroy all the enemy networks and organizations in Shanghai arranged by the enemy, and before the battle is fought, I will ask people to unload their legs, which is ridiculous!" Mr. Chen was very angry, because it was obvious that someone had leaked secrets about this matter, and this group of Kuomintang warships had a clear target and left after the fight, and it was very targeted, that is, to disrupt our army's plan to liberate the Zhoushan Islands, and there was almost no such possibility except for leaking! Somewhat frustrated, Liu Hai returned to his temporary division headquarters to sleep for a while, and then waited for the news, not to plug the holes in the intelligence, and to provide fighters to the enemy in the complete battle plan! A few days later, Liu Hai got the news that the intelligence department had found the reason for the leak, that is, after a staff officer entered the city, he did not withstand the temptation, and was tempted by a female Kuomintang spy and pulled into the water, and it was this staff officer who leaked the battle plan! After being arrested, Mr. Chen almost shot him personally!
"I didn't expect this kind of problem, what does the security department do to eat!" Mr. Chen's embers have not been extinguished. "None of us thought of Mr. Chen, although this plan was aborted, we can prepare again!" A staff officer next to him whispered. "It's easy for you to say, you think it's good to blow your breath when you cross the sea, this time the lost ships are all collected, and you don't have to pay for the loss! We have just resumed production, and the economy is already difficult, and this loss is not small! Mr. Chen said angrily. There was silence in the war room! Liu Hai, who was standing in front of the map, didn't seem to see Mr. Chen getting angry, but was quietly looking at the map, and after looking at it for a while, Liu Hai slowly said, "Mr. Chen, although we have temporarily lost the ability to cross the sea on a large scale, I do have a contingency plan that can achieve the goal of destroying Zhoushan Airport!" At least it has temporarily lost its bombing capability! "What? What contingency plan? Mr. Chen raised his head and asked. You see, the location of Zhoushan Airport is above its main island, there are many small islands around the main island, there are only a few observation posts on these islands, but the area can accommodate the deployment of an artillery battalion, for example, Zhouzishan Island, this is just a deserted island without people, but there is an open land in the middle of the island, surrounded by hills, there is no problem with the open field in the middle to expand an artillery battalion, the surrounding hills are extremely conducive to our construction of a defensive line, even if their ships come to besiege, they cannot directly observe the hilly area, The most commendable thing is that the distance between this small island and the main island of Zhoushan is still within the range of our heavy artillery firepower, and as long as we occupy this small island, we can bombard the enemy's airfield with artillery, and as long as the enemy's airfield information is accurate, I am sure that we can completely destroy the Zhoushan airfield within three hours! "Bangs speak their minds!" Well? Mr. Chen, who has rich combat experience, was excited for a moment, stood up and lay on the map to look at it!
"But even if you destroy it, it's useless if you don't occupy it! What people can repair and replenish, people have planes in the sky that can be airlifted! A staff officer said. It's not that simple, an airport is destroyed not only to bombard the runway, we can also hit hangars, ammunition depots and personnel dormitories, if all three are destroyed, then if this airport wants to be put back into use, then it is necessary to allocate aircraft, arrange staff officers and airlift supplies, which can not be completed in a month or two, and sea and air pilots also need to be trained, Taiwan's air force is now also limited, and it is difficult to recover all at once, at least during the period of his recovery, we can produce and prepare with peace of mind, As soon as the time comes, we can solve the Zhoushan Islands! Bangs further told the necessity of his plan! Let's talk about the specific plan! Mr. Chen said. The specific plan needs to be further refined, but in general it is a sneak attack, artillery bombardment and retreat! We used a company of elite troops, using the old boatmen who are familiar with the sea area to lead the way, launched a surprise attack on Zhouzishan Island around dusk, and strived to occupy it within half an hour, for the sake of safety, the sneak attack operation can be carried out without firing as few shots as possible, after the occupation, the prepared battalion of artillery ships will be quickly transported to the island, the mode of transportation is dismantling, the cannon will be dismantled to the marching state, after going to the island, it will be assembled, the assembly time will not exceed 40 minutes, and the main island of Zhoushan will be shelled after the assembly. During this period, it is necessary to resupply about two shells, and the whole time takes three hours, as long as the intelligence of Zhoushan Island is accurate, I am sure to destroy Zhoushan Airport in three hours! Bangs elaborated his thoughts.
"I think this can be done, it can be done!" Mr. Chen said excitedly: "Prepare immediately!" "Mr. Chen, I want to personally lead the team in this matter!" Liu Hai said, "It is very difficult to shoot accurately at sea at night, and I am afraid that it is not safe to change others!" Bangs said. That's for sure, you can't go if you don't go, and I don't feel at ease if you change someone else! Mr. Chen patted Liu Hai's shoulder, "Please entrust you with this matter, after the matter is completed, I will ask the central government for your credit!" "Yes, Mr. Chen, now let's study the specific action plan, we must be exhaustive, and one blow will be successful, but the prerequisite for this matter is to have detailed information from Zhoushan to the airport!" Bangs said.
In order to collect the information of Zhoushan Airport to the greatest extent, Mr. Chen tried his best, but it was difficult to deal with the location of the airport's ammunition depot, pilot's dormitory, and hangar! However, when Mr. Chen was trying his best, a staff officer reported that he had met a deputy head of the Kuomintang Engineer Corps, this deputy head was a playmate of his hometown, who was captured by our army in the Battle of Shanghai, and during the interrogation, it seemed that he had mentioned Zhoushan Airport, and thought of his position as the head of the Engineer Corps, he should have participated in the construction of Zhoushan Airport, and should be able to tell us what he should know, but now I don't know where it is! With this clue, Mr. Chen ordered to find out, and after spending a long time, the staff officer finally found the deputy regiment commander in a unit outside the city. The deputy head of the regiment was taken to Mr. Chen, and under Liu Hai's inquiry, the deputy head of the regiment drew the layout of Zhoushan Airport from a professional perspective.
"Great! With this picture, I promise to destroy the airfield in one fell swoop! Bangs said. But is this picture real? A staff officer asked. The layout of an airport should also have its rationality, from the quality of this deputy commander, this picture should be true, and the drawing is very professional, all kinds of icons and rulers are very professional, especially the layout and distance of the target on the airport can be accurate to the meter, which shows that this person has received professional training, just by virtue of this, it is a waste to be a battalion commander, and there is no problem to be an engineer regiment commander! "Bangs are full of praise!" Is it that powerful? Mr. Chen asked with a smile. Absolutely, it won't take long for us to have an airplane, and with an airplane, we need to build an airport and a large number of supporting facilities, and we will be able to get twice the result with half the effort with half the effort with such professionals! Bangs said excitedly with the picture. Good! Then I will transfer him out of the combat unit and stay in the rear defense to participate in the construction of the military industry! Mr. Chen said, "With this picture, your emergency plan can be laid out!" "Yes, Mr. Chen! In addition to this picture, you need a few boats and a few veteran boatmen who are familiar with the sea state and waters, and when everything is ready, we can get started! Bangs said.