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

Chapter 339: Just one word, "fast"

Early the next morning, Wang Meng met William at Kunming Airport. As expected, William returned to Kunming with a $10 billion contract.

"Wang, I can only say that you Jinnan and our M Country are now tied to the same boat, or at least we are now on the same boat!"

William handed the draft contract to Wang Meng.

"William, perhaps this is a good thing for us in southern Shanxi and Country M. Let us develop deeper cooperation in our respective areas of expertise!"

Wang Meng glanced through the contract, which was similar to the one he had given to William. It required the provision of 15 million bottles of penicillin over a period of ten years in exchange for 25 production lines of various types, 1,000 fighter jets, and 100 ships of various types.

However, a new clause was added at the end of the contract, stating that when the ten-year contract expires, Jinnan will unconditionally transfer penicillin manufacturing technology to Country M.

Wang Meng originally thought that this contract came too easily and was a little worried about its authenticity, but now it seems that this contract is very real.

"William, I'll take this last clause back and study it. I'll give you a reply within three days at the latest. Where will we hold the signing ceremony then?"

"Kunming! Minister Louis will sign on behalf of Country M, and he will also come to see the situation in western Yunnan!"

"I hope we can cooperate happily!"

After the chat, Wang Meng immediately flew back to Pingshun.

Back at the military fortress, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Lin Shubing had been waiting for a long time. They now had to finalize the contract as soon as possible to avoid any further complications.

In the auditorium next to the operational meeting room, the directors of various institutes of Pingshun Academy of Sciences reviewed the contracts in their respective fields and then put forward suggestions for revisions.

Wang Meng immediately contacted William regarding the summarized opinions, striving to get it done within three groups.

Taking advantage of this gap, Wang Meng reported the situation of the Sichuan Army and Baoshan Airport.

"Lao Li, Lao Zhao, and Shu Bing, Baoshan Airport can accommodate almost 160 planes of our Flying Tigers. I think we should start the transfer early tomorrow morning, and then the transport planes will start carrying anti-aircraft guns and an armed police regiment to take charge of the airport's defense temporarily!"

Li Yunlong had no objection to this. The Flying Tigers had been dealing with the Japanese in Southeast Asia for many years, so sending them there was naturally the most appropriate thing to do.

"Pay attention to air defense, set up radar stations as soon as possible, and don't let the Japanese planes succeed in their sneak attack!"

Wang Meng took a small notebook and wrote them down one by one.

"Mengzi, I have one more thing to tell you. Whether in Baoshan or Zenda, you must build a good mass base as soon as possible and try your best to form a local guerrilla force so that we can respond to emergencies when the time comes."

"Old Zhao has thought it through. My next step will be to talk to Long Wenjian and ask them to build up their own reserve armed forces. I think he is also good at recruiting people. Let's try to develop the Sichuan Army Corps into a Sichuan Army Division!"

Li Yulong applauded repeatedly. He has always supported and encouraged such ways of making money.

When the time comes, we will rely on this team to fight from Zenda to Nantianmen, and then cross the entire Myanmar to find an outlet to the sea!

As the head of the National Defense University, Lin Shubing naturally took on the task of training middle and senior military officers.

"Mengzi, the instructors of basic military skills have all followed you through the door. Next, I will pick a few instructors of military command and send them over to give them a snack in the evening!"

Wang Meng chuckled and thought that if they trained day and night like this, these veteran soldiers would be able to train in three months and would have no problem becoming commanders of battalions or companies.

That’s it for Zenda. The next thing to discuss is Pingshun’s future development, whether to go north or east.

After discussion among the four people, they basically decided on the general direction of development towards the north, but they had not yet come to a conclusion as to whether to slowly infiltrate the east or maintain a defensive position.

"Mengzi, if war breaks out in the east and the north at the same time, can we hold on?"

Wang Meng calculated that there are now seven armored divisions, each with four regiments, and each division has about 15,000 people, so he now has an army of 100,000.

The Japanese 62nd Division, led by Lieutenant General Hongo Yoshio, was scheduled to attack Diyangquan.

The 62nd Division had two infantry brigades of the Japanese devils. The 63rd Brigade was stationed in Yangquan, Shanxi, and the 64th Infantry Brigade was stationed in Shouyang, Shanxi.

The fixed strength is heads, and each independent infantry battalion has a fixed strength of 1233 heads.

步兵第63旅团旅团长中岛德太郎少将：独立步兵第11、12、13、14大队。

步兵第64旅团旅团长奥村丰二少将：独立步兵第15、21、22、23大队。

The 62nd Division also has direct combat units such as the engineering corps, communications corps, light and heavy corps, field hospital, and sick horse farm.

Taiyuan was Yoshio Shinozuka's base, and only had the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade stationed there.

The commander of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade is Major General Kazuaki Ohara.

第3旅团下辖独立步兵第6、7、8、9、10大队、炮兵队、工兵队、通信队，总计6350头。

"Based on the enemy's strength and equipment in Yangquan and Taiyuan, four armored divisions are more than enough for us to attack. But we are worried that Shijiazhuang in the east and Datong in the north will provide quick support, which will put us under great pressure!"

According to their initial discussion, at least one armored division should be deployed in Pingshun to prevent the Japanese in Zhengxian and Xinxiang from taking advantage of the opportunity to rob them.

One must also be placed on the east side to prevent the Japanese from Anyang and Handan from taking advantage of the fact that there are no tigers in the mountains to cause trouble.

After this and that, only one armored division was left to maneuver.

更何况现在把飞虎队调到保山，独立纵队在晋南的空中力量就只剩下一个航空师，150架F6F地狱猫、30架B-17空中堡垒轰炸机以及10架F4F-3p侦察机。

Moreover, not all of them can be transferred to Pingshun. At least one should be left in Qingyang to prevent a sneak attack by the Japanese.

According to Li Yunlong's previous thinking, having these 190 planes would make him laugh even in his dreams, but now he has suffered from "fear of insufficient firepower."

"The firepower is insufficient! But I think we must prepare for battle in the near future. Once Pingshun is stabilized, we will have the energy to take care of Zenda's affairs, so as to avoid fighting on two fronts and being in a mess!"

"agree!"

"agree!"

"agree!"

The independent column's operational decision-making approach has always been to unify ideas first and then study countermeasures.

The Japanese have been operating in Shanxi and Shandong provinces for many years, and their railway and road networks are particularly developed.

Therefore, there is only one way to prevent the Japanese from quickly reinforcing, and that is to destroy their transportation lines.

Then, they quickly captured Yangquan and Taiyuan, allowing these two strategic locations to be completely controlled by the independent column, forcing the reinforcements to withdraw.

To sum it up, it’s just one word: “fast”.

Quickly cut off transportation lines and quickly take Taiyuan and Yangquan.