bookcurios Chapter 874 The Military Dog is Lost
Chapter 874 The Military Dog is Lost
On May 1945, 5, the "Sea Lion" landing craft rolled off the production line at Dalian Shipyard.
On May 1945, 5, the Tank Research Institute's amphibious tank rolled off the production line.
These two powerful weapons arrived in Fuzhou at the same time and were handed over to the Marine Corps. Fang Xianjue had been looking forward to it for a long time, and finally these two treasures came.
"Chief of Staff, I didn't expect you to come in person to deliver the equipment."
"Haha, I didn't plan to come originally, because I believe you will definitely familiarize yourself with the equipment and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. But our Political Commissar Zhao asked me to come and see you, to cheer you up and encourage you!
But you are the Marines, you are all sea dragons, do you still need me to encourage you?"
Fang Xianjue seemed to be full of energy. Now that things have come to this, is there anything else to say?
Just practice! Practice to death!
"Chief of Staff, don't worry. If we can't form a fighting force within three months, I will bring my head to you!"
"Well, I don't want your head. I only want Taiwan Island, Hainan Island and the main island of Japan! In addition, if you have suggestions for improvements to landing craft and amphibious tanks, please raise them immediately! Time waits for no one!"
"Yes!"
After Wang Meng finished taking care of the mess, he began to prepare to take action against Hong Kong and Guangzhou. After all, the Japanese in these two places were like time bombs. If they did something, it would be really difficult to deal with them.
Surrounding the Guangzhou front line were the troops of Dai Anlan of the Third Army.
Among them, the Sixth Army was in the Qiongzhou Strait, keeping an eye on the Japanese on Hainan Island.
The 119th and 120th Armored Divisions of the Seventh Army were eyeing Guangzhou, while the 121st Armored Division was surrounding Hong Kong.
Wang Meng arrived at the Sixth Army Command in Shaoguan and met Dai Anlan, whom he had not seen for a long time.
"Commander Dai, how are you these days?"
Dai Anlan was a little unhappy, and his face was as stern as if he owed him money.
"Report to the Chief of Staff, not very good!"
"Haha, I knew it wasn't that good. Are you blaming us for not assigning you combat missions?"
"Yes! The First and Second Armies will fight in the Northeast, the Fourth Army will fight in central Henan, the Fifth and Sixth Armies will fight in Hunan and Guangxi, and only our Fourth Army will have nothing to do."
Wang Meng searched his mind and suddenly realized that Dai Anlan was talking nonsense.
"Commander Dai, did you remember it wrongly? I remember that you also participated in the Battle of Central Henan?"
"That was just a minor fight. The Fourth Army was the one fighting all the battles!"
Wang Meng looked at Dai Anlan without blushing or beating her heart, and curled his lips.
"Okay, if that's the case, I'll give you a chance. Take Guangzhou within a month! Also, cooperate with the Marines to take Hainan Island and Hong Kong within three months!"
Dai Anlan stood up excitedly, and the unhappiness just now was thrown out of his mind.
"Yes!"
"Are you satisfied now, Commander Dai?"
Dai Anlan laughed as if he had eaten bee poop.
"Satisfied, how can I not be satisfied?"
Wang Meng put away the smile on his face, walked to the sand table and pointed at Guangzhou.
"I'm glad you're satisfied, but I have to remind you that the business in Guangzhou is very developed. Our intelligence organization is organizing a secret evacuation, but because of the short time and the Japanese watching, we will definitely not evacuate cleanly.
Therefore, when you attack, you must do your best to avoid harming the civilians."
"Yes!"
Ten days later, on May 1945, 5, a military dog was lost during military training of the Third Army of the Independent Column outside Guangzhou.
Dai Anlan secretly telegraphed Lieutenant General Kondo Shinpachi, commander of the 130th Division stationed in Guangzhou, requesting that the independent column send a small force into Guangzhou City to search for the lost military dog.
When Kondo Shinpachi received the secret telegram, he was stunned. Would a military dog come to Guangzhou to look for someone? Are these people stupid?
"What? This secret communication channel was originally established to avoid friction between the two armies, not to find trouble for them! Send a warning to Dai Anlan. If he uses such trivial matters to harass our army again, we will fight back strongly!"
Colonel Yoshimura Yoshiji, Chief of Staff of the 130th Division, had his brows furrowed asunder. He held Dai Anlan's telegram in his hand, which seemed as heavy as a thousand pounds.
"General, there is something fishy about this matter. It may not be because of this military dog."
"Huh? What's going on?"
"In order to expand the campaign of aggression against China, we used the excuse that a soldier was lost in an exercise in Peiping and requested to enter the city to search. After being rejected, we launched an attack..."
Kondo Shinpachi wiped his sweat. It seemed that the role of the Japanese soldier was the same as that of the dog of the independent column. He just wanted to provoke disputes and give them an excuse to attack Guangzhou.
Although China and Japan did not cease fire, they had reached a tacit understanding to coexist peacefully. Although the two armies did not treat each other with respect, there were no major disputes.
Kondo Shinpachi's anger dissipated, and now there was only vague worry and fear in his heart. The entire Guangzhou had only one division of troops, but Dai Anlan had two armored divisions, and once the battle started, there would be no reinforcements.
Therefore, Kondo Shinpachi has no chance of winning.
"Send a telegram to the General Staff Headquarters, requesting tactical guidance!"
After receiving the request for help from the 130th Division, Chief of Staff Shanshanyuan focused all his attention on Southeast Asia and did not have much energy to take care of the situation in Guangzhou.
At present, Taiwan Island is still under the control of the Japanese, and together with Hainan Island, the airports on these two islands can provide shore-based aircraft support to the surrounding areas. The strategic significance of Guangzhou is not very great.
"Since the Independent Column wants to stir up trouble, we can't do as they wish and try to avoid conflict."
After the 130th Division received the intelligence, its commander Kondo Shinpachi was stunned. He did not expect that in less than ten years, Japan and China had changed their offensive and defensive positions, and Japan was even worse than China at the beginning. He did not even dare to refuse.
"Call Dai Anlan back and agree to let him send about a hundred soldiers into the city to search for the so-called military dogs, but they must be in plain clothes and are not allowed to carry weapons."
Dai Anlan was completely shocked when he received the telegram. He didn't expect that the Japanese would agree to this.
"Chief of Staff, what should we do?"
Wang Meng didn't expect that the Japanese would agree so readily?
He gritted his teeth and decided to go all the way.
"We asked him that in order to speed up the search, we must send two hundred people into Guangzhou City, and for safety, they must carry self-defense weapons!"
"This...will the little devil agree to it?"
"Humph, I just want him to disagree, then we'll fight back!"
"okay!"
After receiving the telegram, Kondo Shinpachi was so angry that his nose was almost crooked. He had never been treated like this since he was a child. This was really an insult.
"Baga! Absolutely refuse. Order all troops to prepare for battle!"
"Commander, please calm down. Perhaps starting a war is their goal. I don't know why the Empire and China have maintained a short-lived peace. Maybe there is a secret agreement, but it is obvious that they want to tear up this agreement and provoke a dispute."