Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 831: 3-habitat goal achieved

Wang Meng, who had been in the telecommunications room since the beginning of the operation, excitedly picked up the telegram and ordered Duan Peng to ensure the safety of the four gunboats. He also informed the entire army not to attack.

"I guess the navy's remaining troops will be here soon, just paint them!"

Wang Meng plans to name these four new partners according to modern string number naming rules, namely 501, 502, 503, and 504.

As for the name, we will wait for Li Yunlong to come and discuss it together. Zhao Gang is also preparing to come back to receive the 100 graduates from the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University that Li Yunlong brought with him.

Early the next morning, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang arrived at the military fortress at the same time.

When the three people met, they smiled at each other at the same time, as if they all had good news to announce.

"Old Li, did you eat bee poop? You're laughing so hard that your mouth is stretched to the back of your head!"

"Haha, sorry, there is something happy happening."

"Could it be that Sister Xiuqin has given birth? If so, go back quickly and I'll take over your shift!"

Li Yunlong waved his hands and interrupted Wang Meng directly.

"Oh, I guess I have to wait until August, right? Forget it, I won't let you guess. This time when I went to the Anti-Japanese University, I originally planned to recruit 100 graduates, but they gave me 400 cadres for my sake... and the weapons and equipment, and they are all experienced political cadres!"

Zhao Gang was excited because the area they newly controlled was in short supply of cadres, especially experienced old cadres like this.

"Great! This will solve my big problem! I'll take them all away today. I also have good news to announce."

Lao Li showed a surprised expression, and then joked:

"Old Zhao, you have a child?"

Zhao Gang rolled his eyes at Li Yunlong. It seemed that Li Yunlong was relying on his son's status to challenge everyone!

"Get lost, I don't even have a wife, how can I have a child?

We have already set up government teams in large areas of Hubei and Hunan. We have identified some of the original government staff, whether they worked under the central government or worked with the Japanese, and killed dozens of them. All those who are still available will be kept for further use.

Now it was Wang Meng's turn to be excited. He had suddenly received such a large piece of land. He thought it would take only a few months to handle it, but he didn't expect Zhao Gang to be so powerful and immediately turned the enemy-occupied area into the rear area.

"Old Zhao, we have never managed waters before. If you need any help, just let me know. The Yangtze River Basin is our treasure land, and we cannot allow any trouble to occur."

Zhao Gang suppressed the expression on his face and started talking about business.

"Lao Li, Mengzi, I was just about to talk to you about this. The Japanese have been cultivating the Yangtze River Basin for many years. Some die-hard traitors have committed heinous crimes. They are afraid of being caught and beheaded, so many of them have become bandits.

The situation on land is easy enough, as our mobile regiment’s guns are not to be trifled with. But some of them tend to go to the Yangtze River, which is out of our reach. So let’s see if our Ship Research Institute can build a few iron ships to meet the emergency needs?

No need to equip them with weapons, just drive them, our soldiers will use rifles to kill them! If that doesn't work, we can use land artillery on the boats and mortars to kill them!"

Wang Meng's heart skipped a beat as he recalled the humiliation of "land artillery on board ships" again.

"Don't worry, Lao Zhao. I'll get you a few large ships right away. They should have a displacement of at least several hundred tons!"

"Mengzi, you've learned bad things from Lao Li, bragging everywhere that you can get a big ship soon, and it's several hundred tons?"

Wang Meng didn't say anything, but smiled as he handed Duan Peng's telegram to Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong. It would lack drama if he said it out loud, so it would be more exciting to let them read it themselves.

"Oh my god! They really are four gunboats!"

"Mengzi, I thought you were joking yesterday. I never expected that you would take it down so quickly. By the way, these Uji and Ataka are too ugly. Do you have to change the name?"

Wang Meng nodded, and the three of them began to discuss the name. Logically, the first gunboat should be named Pingshun, but Wang Meng strongly opposed it.

"Old Li, this is just a small gunboat. We will have bigger warships in the future. What should we do if the name Pingshun is taken?"

Only then did Li Yunlong realize that he had been too narrow-minded.

"So, name it after the province?"

Wang Meng shook his head.

"Use the name of the region?"

Only then did Wang Meng nod.

"That's pretty much it!"

After discussing it, the three men decided to pick a region from each of the four provinces they controlled first as the name of the gunboat.

Former Uji, hull number 501, Changzhi.

Formerly An Zhai, hull number 502, Baotou.

Originally Shiduo, hull number 503, Luoyang.

Formerly Hira, hull number 504, Weishan Lake.

"Okay, then I will immediately send a telegram to the whole country and order the naval garrison to paint immediately! Oh, by the way, Lao Zhao, you have to send a political cadre to Hengyang, they are in great need there!"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Wang Meng told the story of Suzuki Masaaki again. If he wanted these four gunboats to be effective, he had to compile a reliable operating manual.

Although the naval personnel and ship researchers have some basic knowledge, there are still some differences between the ships, so there is still a need for a reliable operating manual.

For this reason, Wang Meng wanted the political cadres to talk to Suzuki Masaaki and negotiate terms with him so as not to set a trap for him.

"Okay, then I'll send someone there right away, or I'll go there myself!"

When Wang Meng's telegram came out, the whole country was in an uproar. Originally, the independent column had no navy and could not be considered amphibious. But now it has all the army, navy and air force. Although there are only four warships, they are also real warships, aren't they?

Combined with the torpedo boats that can be launched in batches, it will be no problem to do a good job of defending the Yangtze River Basin! If it really doesn't work, the Air Force will be in!

In the eyes of the people across the country, the Independent Column seems to be the real national team.

In the official residence in Chongqing, Chang Guangzhou's beard stood up with anger. The independent column was shining brightly, while the war situation in Guangxi was a mess.

Originally, Guizhou's 29th Army and the 98th Army were to take the Hechi route to support Liuzhou, but by that day they had only traveled half the distance, which was very slow.

So after the Japanese obtained supplies in Guilin, they gradually moved closer to Liuzhou, while these two troops were still more than 200 kilometers away.

In addition, all the troops in the Fourth War Zone seemed to be asking Chang Guangzhou to coordinate with Stilwell to open the warehouses of the M Army and provide on-site supplies.

However, Stilwell had a lot of dissatisfaction with Chang Guangzhou, so how could he easily open the warehouse door?

"Damn it, investigate for me and find out if someone is behind this and is disrupting the war in Guangxi. If so, they will be treated as traitors!"

Chang Guangzhou has begun to waver. It seems that there is a major problem with his face control system, and he feels a little powerless.