931 Strategic deception
Lin Xiuxuan received Qin Xiaosu's report, and immediately gathered manpower, and at the same time mobilized the task force battalion specially allocated to him by Chief Chu Ting, which was composed of a reconnaissance group and a hound-armored vehicle. He assigned manpower, first Qin Xiaosu made the corresponding plan and served as the forward commander, then Ma Qiang and Xu Chong formed the action group, and he himself led the task force battalion, staying in the rear as a response.
He and his men had been scattered like headless flies, hoping to find the enemy's nuclear bomb carriers in the vast lower Mekong River. Without the support of large drones, intelligence gathering has become so blind and passive. If everything does not go well, he can only ask Chu Tingchang to give up the attack on Da Lat, although it seems that the enemy's two divisions will not be able to parry Zhou Youfu's attack at all, and the opening of Guangxi is just around the corner.
Qin Xiaosu had news from there, which made the whole group excited, but Lin Xiuxuan still didn't dare to take it lightly, he always had a string in his heart, and he always felt that things would not be so simple. To some extent, the way of listening to the radio has been unable to obtain valuable information, indicating that the enemy is prepared, but the news of the enemy's blowing up of the bridge is obtained from the radio.
The Japanese should know that they are at a disadvantage in anti-reconnaissance / reconnaissance, it is simply a smear, but they cannot do nothing. In fact, the Japanese have been improving their intelligence methods. Long before Keiji Suzuki was killed, Lin Xiuxuan was aware that the Japanese had released some misleading false information through the radio, although clumsy, but it was true. Therefore, Qin Xiaosu's major breakthrough may still be the Japanese plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. This was the main reason why he decided to stay behind and not take part in the operation directly.
At this time, Qin Xiaosu's small boat could secretly keep up with the enemy's big ship, and even in the night, the flickering electric sparks on the enemy's superstructure could still be seen from several kilometers away. The low speed of the boat made it possible for the partisans to keep up with the general in small boats.
If a nuclear bomb could explode at any time on board, it would still be a major threat to the team. If the enemy jumps over the wall in a hurry, detonates a nuclear bomb, and destroys the team, the actual losses caused will inevitably exceed the destruction of Zhou Youfu's 10,000 or 20,000 people, so Qin Xiaosu must plan a thorough and complete plan in advance. The easiest way, of course, is to destroy*. The object has not yet been placed on the platform, indicating that it is still not on standby.
Qin Xiaosu formulated two plans, the first one is relatively simple, by Ma Qiang or Xu Chong, install a few * on the bottom side of the boat, and after detonation, a hole will be formed on the bottom side of the boat and water will enter. Considering that the center of gravity of the ship, which welded the huge superstructure, is biased, the ship will quickly roll over once it tilts. In his opinion, this is the fastest solution to the problem. But Lin Xiuxuan then vetoed the plan, and Lin felt that this was quick, but he still couldn't confirm whether the thing was on the ship.
Qin Xiaosu's second plan was to use the dark night to have a team member climb onto the enemy boat from the river to obtain first-hand information before carrying out the explosion. This plan is much more complicated than the first, but it is also the only one that can confirm the existence of a nuclear bomb. Lin Xiuxuan approved the second plan.
The plan was carried out at the area where the Saigon River bends into Dong Nai, where the river is sandwiched between high mountains and valleys, and it is easy to observe the enemy from a high vantage point, and it will be very troublesome for the ship to turn in such a sharp turn in the current of the water. Its center of gravity is too high, resulting in high-speed turns, easy to overturn, and reducing speed, the rudder efficiency is insufficient, coupled with unpredictable currents, improper operation, it is easy to run aground on the river beach or hit the reef. Therefore, Qin Xiaosu expected that the enemy would pause here for a while, wait until dawn, use two 50-ton gunboats, tow the roof, and force a turn, he observed that the large Japanese motorboat that opened the way for it had slow tires, and it was obvious that the enemy had made preparations in this regard.
Sure enough, the enemy boat slowed down when it reached the bend of the river, but it did not seem to be ready to wait until dawn to make a turn, but slowly moved to the middle of the river, and a gunboat equipped with a 20-mm machine gun slowly sailed to the side, as if to help the clumsy ship turn by a slight impact. But the black light blinds, such a dangerous operation, can not be achieved overnight.
Xu Chong had already arrived here ahead of schedule and dived into the water. Ma Qiang observes through night vision devices on the mountain above and provides intelligence support.
He had to go back and forth twice, first 3 pieces of 10 kg*, mounted on the side of the hull. Although it is only 30 kilograms*, it is enough to tear a large hole in the bottom of the boat if it is installed correctly. Considering that this kind of river gunboat, there is not much reserve buoyancy and there are no compartments, and once the openings are blown up at key points in the bottom of the ship, capsizing is inevitable and unusually fast.
Another gunboat had been surrounding the transport, shining a searchlight on all sides. However, the enemy's attention seems to be focused on cornering operations, making the defense very porous. And Xu Chong could get the observations and instructions of Ma Qiang on the mountain and Qin Xiaosu on the other side at any time.
Fortunately, the enemy's turn was in trouble, and the river gunboat in the refit barely moved for an hour. Xu Chong went back and forth twice, and fixed a few * to the bottom of the boat. *The installation position is very particular, and the two are about five meters apart. Once detonated by a synchronized explosion, a huge breach can be formed in the bottom of the ship in an instant. Calculated from the amount of water intake, the ship will have a sufficient tilt angle to capsize within a minute.
After completing the installation, Xu Chong's oxygen had run out, he discarded the oxygen cylinder and climbed up from the side of the ship. At this time, the gunboat that was colliding on one side was overmaneuvered, making a loud noise, and in a panic, the crew of the ship shifted to that side. This gave Xu Chong a good chance to climb up.
According to his assumption, it would not be too easy to infiltrate a heavily guarded ship, but when he got on board, he found that the garrison did not seem to be tight, no fixed sentry was found, and there were only two people on duty in the cockpit. These circumstances are consistent with Ma Qiang's observations on the mountain, in short, there are not many people on the deck. He moved to a half-open hatch and waited for a moment, but the Geiger counter didn't go off. So he cautiously slipped in.
The passage was empty, and the surrounding area was a mess of things and stuff, and it was definitely not what a well-defended place should be. The unexpectedly simple way of sneaking in made Xu Chong chuckle in his heart, feeling that there was fraud in this place. Lin Xiuxuan did not personally command the operation here, but stayed in the rear with a battalion of troops to respond, which may be reasonable.
He was at the end of the passage and descended the stairs. There were Japanese walking around below, and he hid in the shadows to observe, and noticed that the Japanese who walked past did not look like members of the special forces, and in fact, he had not seen anyone carrying special equipment or even gas masks on the ship.
In the basement of the Saigon Navy Command. Itagaki Seishiro was looking at the small flag planted on the sand table, the small flag showed the ever-changing situation of the enemy and us, Zhou Youfu's offensive was already irresistible, even the division and regiment that came from Guangxi were not opponents at all, on the side of the battlefield, the small flag representing the transport ship had not moved for a long time.
He stood up and folded his hands, frowning. Not sure if it makes sense to do that. Kagesashi stood at his side, constantly flipping through the telegrams. At the meeting with the navy, Kagesa Zhenzhao also didn't say a word, which made Sakahara a little dissatisfied.
"Kagesa-kun, is it worth blowing up an important bridge for the sake of something uncertain? Every day, 2,000 tons of rice are transported to Saigon Port through this bridge. At present, there is a shortage of food in the country. ”
"Commander, if Chief Chu Ting expels us from Vietnam, no matter how much rice there is in the delta, it will be meaningless."
"I've always felt that such a costly voice is going to hit the whole world...... Somewhat blind. Moreover, this time even the Navy has been deceived, what will they think? ”
"I used to think so...... But now I'm pretty sure that they've been watching us secretly, hehe, they're omnipotent, and the only thing we can do is fool ourselves, so that we can confuse them. ”
"Hopefully it will work."
"In the face of their advanced reconnaissance technology, our technical countermeasures are meaningless, but ancient wisdom is always effective." Kagesa does not answer questions directly, but only makes vague and metaphysical sophistry. Of course, he didn't know if blowing up a bridge would actually attract the enemy's attention and form a strategic deception, but he knew that such a scene would be enough. For the past year, he's been nervously dodging drone assassinations, and he knows most of the time it's a blind job, but it has to be.
Over time, I had an experience, and then organized it into a set of strategies. A few days ago, he flew to Singapore to plan with Sakahara for this attack on Zhou Youfu, with Sakahara in charge of the operational part and he in charge of the intelligence confrontation part.
"Zhou Youfu's troops are really unstoppable. The 102nd Division will not have much effect if it goes up. ”
The staff officers came over, and to the west of Dalat, planted a blue flag representing the troops of the 202nd Division. The whole situation looks more and more critical.
"When will the marines land in the rear of the enemy?"
"In two hours, Umezu's detachment will occupy a landing zone, and within a few hours, two thousand men will come ashore. When the time comes, Zhou Youfu will inevitably retreat. ”
"It's more than just a bridge...... Wouldn't it be a helpless choice to use a few thousand Taiwanese soldiers as bait to accompany the funeral? In order to win, it is necessary to do whatever it takes. ”
"Really?" Commander Sakagaki sneered helplessly. In fact, a bridge is really nothing for this operation, and the lives of thousands of Taiwanese soldiers are not worth mentioning. The key is to eliminate Zhou Youfu's main force. The staff squad of the base camp assessed the combat strength of the 202nd Division and held that compared with the 106th Division, it was 1.5 to 1, that is to say, two similar divisions could block it; the General Staff of the Southern Army did not dare to be so big, and it was generally believed that Zhou Youfu's 202nd Division was stronger than Chu Tingchang's 200th Division in terms of offensive, and its firepower exceeded that of the 106th Division, which had no heavy artillery, by 10 times. Once this unit is eliminated with *, it will be able to thwart Chu Tingchang's overall offensive. To some extent, this nuclear bomb attack is of extremely high strategic value. This mission was accompanied by a corresponding strategic deception.