During the Burma Campaign, Commander Chu Ting, who was still the battalion commander at the time, proposed to attack the enemy's pontoon bridge with floating thunder down the river, so as to separate the enemy's main forces on both sides of the river. In the end, the proposal was approved, and it was the bomb dropped by his bomber, and it turned out to be a real success. This whimsical idea made him have a good image of Chu as a person, and he felt that this person was different from other stale and cautious Chinese officers, and he had a very good idea.

Of course, before getting up, he had reservations about Chu Tingchang's overall plan, thinking that this time it was not only whimsical but crazy. From Burma to India, the Allies were silent about the Japanese army, and they were always thinking of relying on depth, troops, climate, and disease to slowly consume the Japanese army's sharp energy, in order to consume Japan, which was weak in industry, in a protracted war. A-for-tat battle, that's unimaginable.

But this time, Chu Tingchang is going to confront more enemies than himself, and he also has to divide his troops to control the enemy. Vivier had planned to take advantage of the outbreak of the enemy's intestinal disease and divide his troops on both sides of the Ganges to attack Calcutta, but he was surrounded by a brigade instead of stealing chickens and rice. I didn't expect Chu Tingchang to steal chickens, he also wanted to steal cows. He came this time to make it clear to the Chinese that his Royal Air Force could not cooperate with such irrational actions.

The major general walked into the command room with his head held high, and found that the table was piled up with photos taken by the US aerial reconnaissance, and the reconnaissance planes of the 14th Air Force cooperated and reconnoitred the enemy in full accordance with the requirements of the 200th Division.

The major general walked over with his hands behind his back. Many of the photos found were of the harbor, which looked empty and almost without Japanese warships.

Chief Chu turned around and beckoned to the major general as a sign of greeting.

"Commander, Lieutenant General Vivier asked me to come to your headquarters to coordinate air-ground operations, and I'm here."

"George, you're just in time." Chu Tingchang didn't care if he had only met him once or twice, and he didn't know anyone at all, so he called him by his name. "I have to have a big operation here, which can definitely turn the tide of the entire anti-fascist war, and your plane is very much needed."

"I got the news that tonight, the enemy's main force, the 2nd Division, was about to be killed from the east, and you wasted a whole day and did not retreat in time. Now the situation is dangerous. My Air Force has just over a hundred aircraft, half of which cannot take off and cannot stop the enemy's ground forces. ”

"No, the battle to annihilate the 2nd Division, without your Royal Air Force, leave it to me."

"Annihilation of the 2nd Division?" The Major General gasped, "Do you know that this is the strongest combat unit in Japan?" ”

"I don't know about this, I only know that this division participated in the Lugou Bridge Incident in 37 years, and we have an old saying in China, which is called revenge, so I must deal with it. Don't meddle, or I'll turn my face. ”

Luo Ao was speechless for a while, so he had to cough twice to suppress the shock.

"That's right, I invite you here today because there is another matter to discuss."

"So what else is there to negotiate?"

"It's a Japanese battleship."

"Battleship?" Chu Tingchang's thinking jumped so fast that he was taken aback again.

"As I said, we have an old saying that revenge is always avenged, and I think you remember the hatred of the Prince of Wales being sunk by a Japanese plane, right?"

"Of course, but we don't have any aircraft that can perform such a task. Attacking the enemy's navy requires * aircraft and dive bombers, but there are no such aircraft in this theater of operations. There were only a few horizontal bombers and fighters" Major General did not directly refute Chu Ting's face, but rejected it with very technical rhetoric.

"No, you have 6 Beaufort * bombers, and 6 Skua dive bombers. I understand it all, and ...... Horizontal bombers are also not unhelpful. ”

Luo Ao was taken aback, this person looked impulsive and irrational just now, but he didn't expect that he knew the number of weapons at the bottom of the box. The Beaufort* machine has just arrived, and its performance is mediocre. The Skua is a very failed carrier-based aircraft, with acceptable maneuverability, poor bomb delivery accuracy, a lot of shake when diving, almost falling apart, and a clumsy one when pulling up, and it needs to leave 500 feet more room than the manual, yo ah or the plane has the risk of falling directly to the ground or sea. The Navy left a few Skuas still here, and only a few pilots who had lost their fighters are currently flying, not on missions, just to maintain flight proficiency. But how did Chief Chu know that he had these things?

"But according to my intelligence, their battleships are hiding in the open sea, and even if I have these planes, I need intelligence to make plans."

"George, it's easy, as soon as my troops attack Calcutta, they will surely come over. There is no doubt about it. ”

"However, my pilots lacked training and had difficulty hitting enemy ships on the move."

Luo habitually vetoed, but for some reason, a ripple welled up in his chest, and the absurd proposal to attack the Japanese battleship seemed to touch some desire in his heart.

"Speaking of pilots, they have two more days to practice." When Chu Tingchang said this, he pretended to look at his watch, "Maybe God will be on our side this time." ”

"How?"

"It's hard to say how lucky it is, and maybe their boat will break down on the beach. Or maybe your submarines can ambush them and turn them into immobile targets, and I think they're going to be out of luck. ”

Chief Chu continued to talk about it, and he couldn't say a slightly reasonable reason at all. But the major general was a little moved. According to the report he received, a mosquito bomb actually hit the headquarters of the 18th Division in the morning. This is simply the probability of winning the lottery. Maybe in the dark, God will really be on his side.

"Well, commander, if enemy warships appear on the seashore, I will try my best. I'll look at the tactics and get the lads ready. ”

"I promise they'll come. You send out those Sunderland scouts and prepare for an attack, ready to attack if you find any clues, instead of rushing. ”

"Okay, I'll be ready, but do you really want to march to Calcutta while holding back the 2nd Division?"

"Of course, when have I ever lost a battle?" Chu Tingchang sneered. It didn't take a few seconds for Major General Luo to recall the retreat in northern Burma, which was of course a defeat in the strict sense of the word, but he had seen Chu Tingchang's retreating column from the air more than once, and had also seen reports of troop losses, and never found that his troops had suffered any great losses.

"I'll go back and prepare, but if your troops can't stop the enemy's ground forces, then I can't help much, my people can bomb the headquarters of the 18th Division, in fact, it's just luck, you can't expect my plane, and it happens to blow up the headquarters of the 2nd Division, good luck will not be repeated.

"How did the 18th Division become bombed by your people?"

"I asked below, and a Mosquito was dropping a bomb."

Chu Tingchang didn't want to argue, he couldn't tell the truth, he sent the major general out and began to prepare for the attack, and the rest was handed over to 419, he knew that a shot * should hit a certain unit just right, in fact, it was a little difficult, but it was achievable. It was also a little reluctant to give this favor to the British, but he now had no firepower to damage the battleship.

The mailroom receives a secret telegram from Dai Li, confirming that Aixinjue Luo Pujie may have appeared in the East Indies. Something happened, and the military commander got the information earlier than 419. It is clear that the enemy did not communicate with each other on the radio. Soon Zhou Youfu's scouts spotted the Manchukuo Janissaries stationed in the garrison, their uniforms were too shiny, and they were easily recognized with the Manchukuo flag.

Commander Chu Ting personally spoke to the front, mentioning that Shangfeng asked to pay attention to Pu Jie, the commander of the enemy's Praetorian Guard Battalion. Of course, his original intention was not to kill the emperor's relatives and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, but Zhou Youfu's herald was from Guangdong, and the words were spread out of shape, saying that he wanted to beat the commander of the enemy's Praetorian Guard battalion and below into the streets.

The repaired heavy artillery was towed by a car and sent to Zhou Youfu's troops, and Lao Zhou did not dare to slack off, personally surveyed the enemy situation, and prepared carefully. He had just been scolded by Chu Tingchang, and he was really eager to find his way back at this time. Since it is said that this enemy wants to practice, then they are considered unlucky.

They had been here on this battlefield a week earlier, and after a night of artillery fighting, Chu Tingchang saw that the defense was impeccable and withdrew. Now the main forces of the enemy are gone. The Japanese pushed the patchwork of units to the front, hoping to use them to delay some time. Zhou Youfu quickly formulated the tactics of artillery extension and infantry pressing step by step, and infantry and artillery coordination was the best skill of Chu Tingchang's troops in addition to interspersing. It is also difficult for the most elite Japanese army to adapt, so today I will test the Manchukuo army.

Captain Pu Jie and his men had just eaten lunch, thinking that they could rest for a few days, but they were sent to the forefront by Bai Qi. The cavalry of the Chinese army on the opposite side appeared from time to time, sometimes firing a few mortars in front of the position, but they were all very biased. He still didn't know that the 18th Division had been wiped out, and he was bent on making meritorious contributions. Of course, it was also his dream to practice military command on the battlefield, and he also thought that one day he would be able to get rid of the control of the Japanese if he captured military power.

The Praetorian Guard had never actually fought, and the soldiers were eager to try, but Pu Jie was the first to see that something was wrong. Where is the 18th Division attacking north, and the enemy can still go around Calcutta with ease? And not only the cavalry, there are also many cars looming within sight, loading and unloading supplies, he has seen the map, if the highway is still in the hands of the Japanese army, it is impossible for the enemy convoy to come and go freely, Bai Qi, this bastard, must have something to hide.

"Bai Qi, this guy, how did you put my people in front? Did you leave the Isono troops in the city as a reserve? Didn't the royal brother's letter work? "How did Pu Jie know that the Japanese didn't take him seriously as a royal family at all. Bai Qi attached great importance to the Isono cavalry, which had actual combat experience, and grasped it as a mobile force.

Pu Jie checked the trenches dug by the soldiers, and found that the digging was very shallow, of course, it was not just lazy, the river near Calcutta was longitudinal and horizontal, and the groundwater level was high, and if it was dug down, it would be watery, and if it was dug deep, it could only be soaked in water, so the soldiers did not dare to get off the shovel. They were all wearing rubber shoes, and they had prickly heat on their feet in the afternoon, and of course they couldn't get into the water.