Chapter 306 The prerequisite for landing!
"Extend life?" Meng Fanle heard a different meaning from these two words.

"Did you do it on purpose?"

"Huh? Did you just realize it?" Cun Yunsheng replied unhappily. Did this guy just realize it?

If I didn't do it on purpose, would I have given the Germans a resource map?
To extend the lives of the Germans is simply to hope that they can hold on.

"Commander, you are walking on a tightrope. You never know when something might go wrong." Meng Fanle said with some concern.

Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng did not refute, but said with a smile.

"So, we have to take advantage of the conflicts between the great powers to gain the greatest benefits. Now that the German army is weakening, we must find ways to strengthen their strength and make them determined to continue to fight. Otherwise, if they continue to weaken, they will definitely not be able to hold on."

"I originally thought that the oil fields in Persia would give the enemy a shot in the arm, but the Germans did not fall for it. Instead, the Soviets could not resist their greed and sent troops south. I did not expect this."

"To be honest, the current situation has even developed beyond my expectations."

Hearing this, Meng Fanle immediately came to his senses and looked fiercely at Cun Yunsheng.

"Is this the real reason why you submitted the Nanyang Task Force plan to Stilwell?"

"Yes, you are not stupid. I was still thinking about it. I don't know how long it will take you to guess it."

"I didn't expect you to guess it so quickly. Good, good. The experience during this period has greatly improved your strategic vision." Cun Yunsheng said with great satisfaction.

"How about it? Are you interested in leading the troops? It might be difficult to become a division commander, but it should be no problem to become a brigade commander."

This is the truth. Meng Fanle is not a fool.

During this period of time, Cun Yunsheng has been keeping him by his side, instilling in him all kinds of strategic vision and so on. Now Meng Fanle's vision is definitely several times stronger than that of most people.

Even at the level of world strategy, even Zhang Fakui is not as good as the other.

The reason why he cannot become a teacher is because of his lack of qualifications, not because of his lack of ability.

"Forget it, I'd better be a communications soldier for you, that's good enough." Meng Fanle rejected the other party's proposal.

"So you are planning to fight a quick battle and eliminate the Japanese troops in Southeast Asia?"

"It's not that easy to achieve a quick victory." Cun Yunsheng nodded at first, but then sighed.

"Let's not talk about anything else. The landing on Luzon Island has been giving me a lot of headaches during this period."

"First, our officers do not understand the geographical environment of Luzon Island. I have asked General Stilwell to start searching for information in this regard. I believe it should not be a big problem."

"The second thing is the enemy's fortifications and troop distribution. We don't know anything about them right now, so we need to investigate them."

“This is just the preliminary preparation.”

"So Dong Dao's reconnaissance battalion has been strengthening landing training during this period? So are you planning to let him lead the troops to the island to investigate the Japanese troop deployment?" Meng Fanle suddenly remembered that Dong Dao had received an order not long ago, asking the reconnaissance battalion to prepare for island landing training.

Now I understand that Cun Yunsheng had already started making preparations.

"We need to change the name. From now on, we will call it the Special Operations Brigade." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

"It's equivalent to a regiment-level organization."

Seeing Meng Fanle’s puzzled expression, Cun Yunsheng explained.

"In addition, landing on Luzon Island requires at least 5 to 8 divisions of troops, including infantry, armored troops, artillery and other arms."

"My preliminary estimate of the total number is around 10 to 15 people."

When Meng Fanle heard that it would take 100,000 people, he was indeed shocked.

This is not one group, but two groups.

But one hundred thousand people.

This is really scary.

The logistics alone are enough to make people collapse.

"How can we have so many boats?" Meng Fan said after hesitating for a while.

"This is just a troop transport ship. We also need a strong naval fleet, including transport ships, destroyers, frigates, etc., to provide maritime cover and transportation guarantees."

"Now you know why I would rather spend 300 million yen to take over Siam and the French Indochina Navy?" Cun Yunsheng knew that when he was trying to trade money with the Japanese 4th Division, Meng Fanle had always disagreed.

I even feel that in the end it will be like throwing a meat bun at a dog.

Later, when he got the fleet, he was still not optimistic about it.

Because it really is a gold-devouring beast.

Most of the military funds that were obtained were spent on the navy.

Otherwise, how could paper money and tickets coexist?

Isn't it just about saving some military funds to support the navy?

It wasn't until now when we needed to land on Luzon Island that I truly understood.

It turns out that all this was planned long ago.

"I thought what you said to Stilwell was just to fool him." Meng Fanle scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Three parts of nonsense and seven parts of seriousness. As I said before, the more chips we win, the bigger the piece of cake we will get after the victory." Cun Yunsheng said meaningfully.

"These foreigners judge others by their strength. Only when we are strong enough will they look at us squarely."

"Those people in Shancheng don't even think about how to improve their strength. They think that just by saying a few nice words to the foreigners, they can make others look up to them?"

"dream."

"Now it's time for us to flex our muscles and let those foreigners know that they don't have the final say in Nanyang."

The reason why Cun Yunsheng was able to gain the trust of everyone in the cannon fodder group was because he always spoke in an inspiring way.

Just like a fishing boat that has lost its way, it brings them a ray of light.

This is the reason why the members of the cannon fodder group have always been willing to follow Cun Yunsheng.

Because in Zenda, they are cannon fodder who are looked down upon and are only fit to eat grass.

Here, they have human dignity.

"Commander, it's far from enough to rely on the navy alone, right?" Meng Fanle knew that it would definitely not be that simple. If it were that simple, why would Cun Yunsheng be so worried?

"Yes, the navy is only the most important part of the military force. In addition, a certain amount of air force is also needed."

"The goal is to gain air superiority and bomb enemy targets."

"There are still many Japanese fighter planes on Luzon Island. These are hidden dangers. Fighter planes can still cause great damage to the fleet, so we must have a strong air force. Fortunately, we currently have more than a hundred air force pilots, and dozens of fighter planes have been repaired during this period."

"There are currently more than a hundred fighter jets, but it is still not enough."

"At least 200 fighters are needed to completely gain air superiority, and this is assuming that the Japanese army does not withdraw fighters from other battlefields."

"According to my plan, at least 500 fighter planes are needed to ensure absolute air superiority. Even if the Japanese army sends in reinforcements, there is no need to worry."

"But based on the production efficiency of the military factories, I'm afraid we won't be able to gather so many fighter planes in a short period of time."

"But the Germans have agreed to provide some aircraft parts. I believe this problem can be solved."

"Add to that Stilwell said he would provide a batch of fighter planes, so we should be able to gather so many fighter planes."

In fact, Gold Finger can provide up to 25 P-51 fighters per month.

In two months, we should be able to gather at least two or three hundred fighter jets, let alone five hundred.

Moreover, they were all fighter jets with excellent performance, crushing the Japanese fighter planes.

We can definitely keep air supremacy firmly in our hands.

As for landing operations, they need to land in batches.

The vanguard should include elite infantry and armored units, quickly establish a beachhead and advance inland, with follow-up troops gradually following to consolidate and expand the occupied area.

In addition, sufficient logistical supply troops are needed to ensure the supply of materials for the landing troops.

So although landing operations seem simple, they are actually very difficult and require many things to be considered.

It would be best to contact the guerrillas on the island. With their help, the landing might be smoother.

Thinking of this, Cun Yunsheng couldn't help rubbing his head and asked.

"How is the training of the first batch of troops that arrived going?"

"We are currently conducting sea swimming training. Without professional landing ships, I'm afraid we can only use fishing boats to land on the beach, or just swim down. I heard that they are arguing fiercely right now." Meng Fanle explained.

After hearing this, Cun Yunsheng didn't know what to say, because his foundation was weak.

…………

On Qiongzhou Island, Qian Zhengqing, commander of the 70th Regiment of the th Division, is leading the soldiers of the regiment in intensive training.

Their regiment is the unit responsible for the important task of landing on the island.

Qian Zhengqing never expected that he, a leader of a ragtag group, would suddenly become the leader of a main force.

This is a standard regiment equipped with American equipment.

There are more than 3,000 people in total.

According to the original organization of the 12th Division, it consisted of one division, two brigades and four regiments, and belonged to the miscellaneous series.

Cun Yunsheng directly abolished the brigade-level organization, thus simplifying the command hierarchy.

It did improve Cun Xingxing's command level. After all, he only had to command two brigades before, but now he directly commands four regiments.

In addition to the four infantry regiments, there are also artillery regiments, armored regiments, anti-aircraft artillery regiments, as well as divisional reconnaissance battalions, communications battalions, engineering battalions, field hospitals, etc.

According to Cun Yunsheng's structure, the strength of a division has reached 30,000 people.

To be honest, this is indeed a huge challenge for Cun Xingxing.

However, Cun Yunsheng seemed very calm and told him not to panic because he was supporting him from behind and nothing would happen.

On the training ground, the sun was high and the heat was unbearable, but the soldiers' enthusiasm remained undiminished.

Next to Qian Zhengqing was the US military adviser, Major Ryan.

At this moment, he was standing on a high platform in the training ground, watching the soldiers' every move with a serious and focused look.

"All of you, stand at attention!"

As a roar echoed in the playground.

The soldiers straightened up quickly, their movements in unison.

Seeing this, Qian Zhengqing couldn't help feeling satisfied.

Some time ago, these soldiers were extremely lazy.

After these days of training, my spirit and energy are completely different.

Taking a deep breath, Qian Zhengqing said loudly: "Soldiers, we are about to face a difficult island landing mission. This island is of great strategic significance to us, and whether we can successfully capture it depends on the results of our training here."

"I hope that you will train rigorously in the coming days and practice every move and every tactic over and over again until they become your instinctive reactions."

Qian Zhengqing's voice was sonorous and powerful, and the soldiers listened quietly, their eyes firm and persistent.

"Yes, sir!" the soldiers responded in unison, their voices resounding through the sky.

"Major Lai En, I'll leave them to you." Qian Zhengqing nodded with satisfaction, then turned around and said to the American military adviser beside him.

"Okay, Colonel, I promise to train them into good guys." Major Ryan nodded.

The first step was physical training, where the soldiers ran on the playground carrying heavy backpacks.

Sweat soaked their clothes, but they never stopped.

"Hey, guys, speed up. You must have a strong physique to rush to the shore as quickly as possible."

"You must be faster than the waves."

"Come on, boys! Don't let this little difficulty defeat you!"

The American military instructor kept scolding, but his language was not that harsh.

"You haven't eaten yet, hurry up and run for me. We're having braised pork for lunch today. You can't eat if you don't finish the training."

Compared with the scolding of the American military instructor, Qian Zhengqing's words instantly made these soldiers scream and start to speed up.

Next is tactical training.

The soldiers were divided into groups to simulate the scenario of landing on the island.

"Pay attention to cover and advance in turns!"

"You must obey orders and never whisper to each other. You are the squad leaders and the backbone. You must strictly follow the training outline."

"Did you hear me."

"Yes, sir."

The soldiers acted quickly and orderly according to the orders.

"Remember, on the battlefield, a small mistake can lead to the failure of the entire operation, or even cause you to lose your life!"

"do it again!"

The soldiers immediately resumed the drill without complaint.

After the tactical training is completed, the next step is the practical weapons training.

Because many soldiers were using American equipment for the first time, everyone was learning very seriously how to use various weapons.

"Aim at the target, hold your breath, and gently pull the trigger." The instructor instructed patiently.

"Da da da……"

"Hold steady, don't rush, this is such a waste of bullets."

"We are landing on an island and we don't carry a lot of weapons and ammunition, so we must ensure the continuity of firepower."

The reason is that landing operations are so demanding on logistics, as they require transporting both personnel and supplies, and with such a limited tonnage, it is simply impossible to turn them around.

So during this period, there were two voices on the training ground.

Major Ryan believed that there was no need to worry about ammunition consumption.

Because shooting skills are trained with ammunition.

No problem!
But one thing to consider is that they don't have a sufficient navy.

The support that the US military can provide is not very much.

Doesn’t Qian Zhengqing know that marksmanship is developed from ammunition?
But why don’t you agree? Isn’t it because the situations are different?

If the US military is willing to not limit the supply of ammunition, he will definitely not care about the consumption of ammunition.

The training intensity is already very high now.

"Their skills are becoming more and more sophisticated, and their teamwork is becoming more and more tacit. It won't be long before they can go to the battlefield," said Major Ryan.

“They’re a really great bunch of lads.”

　There are still updates! I was supposed to take a two-day break and then resume two updates, but a bunch of shit happened again and I only adjusted it today! I'm too lazy to care!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)