in2ebook Chapter 871 Marine Corps
Chapter 871 Marine Corps
Now the entire Chinese Air Force is divided into three flying groups, namely the National Defense Group, the East Line Group, and the West Line Group.
The National Defense Group is commanded by Lu Tianlong and is composed of the 1st to 8th Aviation Divisions. It is mainly responsible for the air defense tasks of key cities in China.
The Eastern Front Group was commanded by Huang Rongfa and was composed of the 9th to 16th Air Divisions. It was mainly responsible for responding to the future battle for the recovery of Taiwan and the battle on the Japanese main island.
The Western Front Group was commanded by Xu Gun, which was under the command of the 16th to 20th Air Divisions, and coordinated with the Flying Tigers to support future battles in Southeast Asia.
Therefore, the main task of resolving the Taiwan Island issue was handed over to Xu Gun and Chen Shaokuan. Of course, there was another force, that is, Fang Xianwei's Marine Corps.
After Fang Xianqie was recruited, he was directly combined with more than 5,000 wounded soldiers recuperating in Guandu Mountain and new recruits who could swim in the Yangtze River Basin to form the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Marine Divisions.
In addition, many targeted training sessions were conducted in the Yangtze River Basin and along the coast, specifically focusing on landing operations.
"Commander Huang, where is Commander Fang?"
"Reporting to the Chief of Staff, Commander Fang Xianqie is conducting exercises at the seaside. I have sent someone to notify him."
"Well, how are you guys preparing?"
Xu Gun pointed at the fighter jets scattered throughout the airport, full of confidence.
"Chief of Staff, our Eastern Front Group's eight aviation divisions are distributed across eight coastal airports. As long as you give the order, our fighters will tear apart the Japanese's air defense network, and our bombers will lay eggs on their foreheads!"
"Well, the Marine Corps' intelligence personnel are already collecting information on important targets on Taiwan Island. You must set up special combat plans for each city and each target to ensure that the bombing mission is completed in the most accurate and efficient manner when the time comes."
Huang Rongfa stood at attention and straightened his body.
"Yes, I promise to complete the mission!"
After Wang Meng finished speaking, he looked at the Fuzhou Airport filled with planes and gave Huang Rongfa a temporary combat mission.
"Commander Huang, the Japanese have launched 20 fighter planes and 15 bombers from Taiwan, taking off from Hsinchu and preparing to bomb Fujian, Shantou and Zhoushan!"
Huang Rongfa suddenly realized that this was a test given to him by the chief of staff, and immediately ordered the three planes on duty in Fuzhou, Zhoushan and Shantou to take off immediately. In addition, within fifteen minutes, twenty fighter jets were to take off from each airport to intercept them.
Wang Meng arrived at the Air Force Command Center at Fuzhou Airport and looked at his watch. Sure enough, within fifteen minutes, he saw a large number of bright spots appearing on the radar at various airports.
"Not bad, you've passed! Also, I asked you to send excellent bomber pilots to the northwest for training. Have you done that?"
"Reporting to the Chief of Staff, we have arrived in the northwest and started joint training with the 101 Institute!"
"very good!"
After Wang Meng finished speaking, he left the Air Force Command Center and went directly to the Marine Corps training base on the seashore.
Before I even reached the training ground, I heard the soldiers roaring.
Huang Rongfa caught a commander at the scene and asked hurriedly:
"Hey, where's Commander Fang?"
"Reporting to Commander Huang, Commander Fang Si received an order and left! I will send someone to contact him now!"
"Go!"
Huang Rongfa looked at Wang Meng awkwardly and said with a wry smile:
"Chief of Staff, Commander Fang Xianqie might have gone astray, so he didn't run into us."
"It's okay, let's take a look first. Without Fang Xian to accompany us, maybe we can see it more realistically."
Wang Meng raised his leg and ran forward, watching the soldiers, some of whom were practicing fighting, some were practicing armed swimming, and some were practicing boat operation.
It seems that they are really practicing hard. According to Wang Meng's plan, an air strike on the Japanese island is expected to be launched in September this year. If everything goes well, the Marines can go ashore and take over directly. If the Japanese resist stubbornly, there will be fierce fighting on both Taiwan Island and the Japanese island.
The Marines may not be needed, but they must be there!
Only if they take the bridgehead and control the landing mudflats can the subsequent large number of ground troops land on the island smoothly.
When Wang Meng nodded with satisfaction, Fang Xianjue appeared from behind him.
"Reporting to the Chief of Staff, this is Marine Corps Commander Fang Xianjue reporting in, please give instructions!"
Wang Meng shuddered, but still nodded while pretending to be calm.
"Commander Fang, it's only the first day of the new year, and our soldiers have already started training? Are you performing for me?"
"We dare not! Chief of Staff, we have no experience in landing on an island. We are all learning from the instructors of Country M, so we dare not slack off. The more skills we practice, the more chances we have to survive."
"Yes, that's right! But the sea water is still very cold! How about this, let's have a competition in armed swimming today!"
Fang Xianjue burst into laughter. They all said that their chief of staff was a tough guy who could jump with a parachute, dive into the sea, play with guns, and wield knives. Was this a lesson for him?
"Okay, Chief of Staff, I'll dare to compete with you!"
“Haha, good fellow!”
The Marines brought two sets of equipment. Wang Meng was frightened, fearing that someone would give him less equipment to take care of him.
Seeing that the two sets of equipment were similar, they armed themselves fully and warmed up. Then Wang Meng, Fang Xianjue and a company of soldiers rushed to the sea. The freezing sea water felt like needles, but they didn't seem to feel the cold when swimming.
About half an hour later, Wang Meng and Fang Xianjue returned to the shore one after another.
He wanted to laugh when he saw the soldiers who were suffering from cramps and falling behind.
"Come on, come on, you guys are still conserving your strength. If it weren't for me and your Commander Fang holding you back, you would have already run away, right?"
Looking at the soldiers laughing, Wang Meng took the commander's whistle and blew it hard.
"Everyone has them. Get another one as a gift for me!"
The soldiers turned around and rushed to the sea, swimming much faster this time than before.
"Commander Fang, although I was a little faster than you this time, you are older than me, so I lose this time!"
"No, no, no, I soak in this sea every day. You haven't practiced for eight hundred years. I lose this time!"
Wang Meng was too lazy to argue with him anymore, so he said to him:
"Our major shipyards are working overtime to manufacture landing craft, which are expected to be able to transport 70 soldiers and four Type 5 tanks at a time. They can dock with troop transports.
I asked about the progress before I came here today. It is expected that the sea trial will be ready in May this year. By then, you will train with the troop transport ship and get results as soon as possible!"
Fang Xianjue saluted.
"Chief of Staff, now we are short of landing craft. With landing craft we can conduct actual combat drills, which is much more efficient than the current paper talk!"
"Yes, but you must not slack off in your training. I think your training ground is not realistic enough. You must arrange for chevaux de frise, anti-tank cones and embankments.
Our amphibious tanks will also be offline soon. At that time, we will choose whether to use Type 5 tanks or amphibious tanks based on the target area. You must also be prepared to receive them!"
"Yes!"