Chapter 307 Why are there so many American weapons and equipment?

"They are indeed great fighters, but what we should consider now is how to conduct landing operations." Qian Zhengqing said with a frown, looking at the map.

There was a huge battle map hanging on the wall, marking the terrain of the island to be attacked.

As for the specific deployment of the enemy forces, there is no detailed intelligence at the moment.

"According to our understanding, this should be an area where the enemy's defense is relatively weak. Due to the complex terrain, large reefs and steep cliffs, the Japanese army is not too defensive here." Major Ryan said, pointing to the map.

"That means we can choose to land here?" Qian Zhengqing heard the implication in his words and asked in confusion.

"Can our fishing boats get close? And if there is a cliff, will it affect the follow-up troops?"

"You're right. Only here did the enemy lower their guard and think we wouldn't choose to land here." Major Ryan nodded, agreeing with his thinking.

"In fact, I don't think the Japanese army ever thought that we would raid Luzon Island." Qian Zhengqing said while looking at the map.

"What do you mean? Can we choose another route?" Major Ryan knocked on the door and asked in confusion.

"Yes, the Japanese army doesn't know what we are going to do now, so we can catch them by surprise. As long as we occupy the beachhead, we can expand our advantage."

Qian Zhengqing's idea made Major Ryan feel that the previous plan might need to be revised.

In the past two days, the two sides have argued several times over how to land.

As Cun Yunsheng said before, there are many things to consider in landing operations.

"Lieutenant Colonel, can we send a reconnaissance team to climb up the cliff using ropes to open up a path for the follow-up troops?"

Qian Zhengqing pondered for a moment and responded: "This is a feasible plan, but the reconnaissance troops will face huge risks."

"There are always risks in war, and there is no 100% perfect plan." Major Ryan felt that the other side was still too timid.

Hearing this, Qian Zhengqing thought for a while.

"Let's report our respective plans to the division headquarters, and let the commander decide how to attack."

Major Ryan did not refute this and obviously agreed with this statement.

Not long after, Cun Xingxing received telegrams from the two.

In fact, during this period, he had received telegrams from four regiment leaders.

The content is nothing more than some views on landing operations.

"This is the nth letter?" Cun Xingxing said helplessly.

"It seems that the soldiers are eager to fight, which is a good thing." The chief of staff said with a smile.

"I know, but the plans they made are too one-sided. They only consider land combat and do not combine naval and air combat. Landing operations are not that easy." Cun Xingxing shook his head and said.

In the past few days, Cun Yunsheng has explained to him what preparations are needed for landing operations.

Especially in terms of supplies, a large amount of supplies have been transported to Qiongzhou Island in recent days.

A dock was even built to allow soldiers to land safely.

"But you are right, their desire for war cannot be discouraged." Cun Xingxing thought for a moment and continued.

"Call them and tell them to train with peace of mind. There will be many battles to fight later."

"Yes." The chief of staff nodded.

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On the other hand, Zhang Deneng of the 59th Division of the 4th Army of the 4th War Zone received an entire division of American equipment.

He was originally going to participate in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign, but was forced back by Zhang Fakui.

He was naturally very happy about this, as anyone who could become a division commander was not a fool.

The Guangdong Army has suffered heavy losses since the start of the campaign, especially the 59th Division, where all the veteran soldiers had been killed long ago.

Most of the troops nowadays are new recruits, and the combat skills of the only veterans are not very high.

"The troops lack training and must be rectified." This was the opinion given by Zhang Fakui after inspecting the 59th Division.

"How can I trust you to hand over the 59th Division to you? How can I hand over more important tasks to you?"

"Sir, please rest assured. With American equipment, morale will be restored in a month at most," Zhang Deneng assured.

"Let me recommend someone to you, Wang Tianfang, my guard battalion commander. This guy has always wanted to go to the battlefield to gain some experience, and I don't think he is interested in being my guard battalion commander. Well, your 59th Division happens to lack backbones, so I will transfer a company of veterans from the guard battalion to you, so that your 59th Division can quickly restore its combat effectiveness." Zhang Fakui thought for a while and said.

"Sir, is there a mission?" Zhang Deneng subconsciously guessed that there must be some combat mission, otherwise it would be impossible to draw troops from his own guard battalion.

"Yes, I'll give you half a month. After you complete the training, you can immediately head to Yangcheng. Are you confident that you can take back Yangcheng?"

"We have lost Yangcheng for several years, and I have been thinking about taking it back all the time." Zhang Fakui looked at Zhang Deneng and said in a heavy tone.

Ever since Yu Hanmou lost Yangcheng, Zhang Fakui has been thinking about taking it back.

But after so many years, there has not been much achievement except for the waste of manpower.

Is the Japanese army too strong?
The Japanese army was indeed very powerful at the beginning.

But with the outbreak of the Pacific War, the elite Japanese troops were withdrawn.

Even so, he was unable to eliminate the remaining Japanese troops.

The main reason was that the several armies under his command were only thinking about preserving their strength and had no intention of retaking Yangcheng.

If he had not generously given him an American-equipped division and proposed to take the opportunity to retake Hong Kong, I'm afraid he would have had little hope of retaking Guangzhou.

After all, he had few direct troops under his command, and the troops under his command all pretended to obey his orders but actually disobeyed them.

"I also want to take back Yangcheng, but those bastards in Shancheng just want us to fill in the line, which has led to heavy losses for the veterans. They also keep stuffing people in, under the pretext of replenishing the troops. Humph, how could I not know what Shancheng is thinking?" Zhang Deneng sneered.

"How many miscellaneous troops have been swallowed up by them? How many divisions of the Guizhou army are left to fight? Perhaps after this battle is over, they will all be theirs."

Zhang Fakui naturally knew about Zhang Deneng's complaints.

"I know everything you said, so this attack on Yangcheng is an opportunity. If your troops can take down Yangcheng on their own, I believe no one will dare to point fingers at you in the future. More importantly, we can even take control of the Guangdong Army again."

Hearing this, Zhang Deneng was stunned. He really hadn't thought about these things.

"Can we really capture Guangzhou?" Zhang Deneng said after a moment of hesitation.

"Isn't it easy for an American-equipped division to deal with the thousands of Japanese devils in Yangcheng? And there are also the 90th Division and the 102nd Division. There is no need to mention the 90th Division. The commander of the 102nd Division, Chen Weiguang, is from the Guizhou faction. He knows very well that Shancheng is now blatantly replacing them. If they don't want to be swallowed up, they can only rely on us. Moreover, I promised the other party that soon, I will let them replace their equipment with American equipment, and not only that, I will also make up for their overdue military pay." When Zhang Fakui returned from Hanoi, he brought back one million oceans.

After seeing Cun Yunsheng's sincerity, he sold his property again. Now he has enough money, so his methods of winning people over have become more generous.

Before the sand was added, the salaries paid by Shancheng to the miscellaneous troops were all in legal tender, which was too hard to even be used to wipe one's ass.

Only after the blood transfusion is completed will we consider giving money to these direct troops.

But now Zhang Fakui has no shortage of money or weapons, so it is of no pressure for him to win over the 102nd Division.

"With two American-equipped divisions as your backup, what are you worried about? All you have to do is take over Yangcheng for me. Don't worry about anything else. I guarantee that no one will dare to preserve their strength or fail to provide effective rescue. Whoever dares to commit a crime against the wind, I will kill him directly." Zhang Fakui said fiercely.

"Yes, sir." Now Zhang Deneng was completely relieved.

The reason why we are so worried is that everyone likes to preserve their strength.

Do they really not know how to use various tactics?
Not necessarily!

In some battles, the tactics of the ragtag army were also used very effectively.

For example, the "center blooming" tactic is to let a part of the troops act as bait to attract enemy forces, and then use the outer troops to counter-encircle and destroy the enemy.

However, the successful implementation of this tactic requires many conditions, such as the bait force itself being strong enough to pin down the enemy.

The outer troops must cooperate well and be able to arrive in time and implement counter-encirclement.

At the same time, accurate intelligence and effective command are also needed.

However, in actual combat, due to various problems between the ragtag armies and the regular troops, such as poor coordination between the troops and individual generals preserving their strength, this tactic does not always achieve the desired results.

Over time, after the ragtag army was badly defeated, they began to conserve their strength, and even when attacking, they would not put in any effort.

So when he learned that Zhang Fakui asked him to attack Yangcheng with only one division, he was a little panicked.

He knew that since Zhang Fakui did this, there would definitely be reinforcements. What he was afraid of was not that there would be no reinforcements, but that the reinforcements would be slow and find various excuses to delay the march, and then he would be badly trapped.

But now Zhang Fakui has made his position clear, saying that if anyone dares to delay, he will definitely kill the other party, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

If nothing unexpected happens, we will definitely be able to capture Guangzhou next.

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Due to the ocean's offensive, the recruitment speed was very fast, mainly because of Zhang Fakui's reputation. In addition, the ocean's offensive directly spent money, and there were still many fearless men in western Guangdong and northern Guangdong.

If Zhang Fakui had not added a company of veterans at the right time, the 59th Division, whose number of soldiers had suddenly increased, might have been less combat-effective than a regiment.

At this moment, Lieutenant Colonel Wang Tianfang looked at his subordinates in front of him with an excited smile on his lips.

Finally, he was allowed to lead the troops to the front line.

Although being a guard battalion commander sounds impressive, he still prefers the feeling of fighting on the battlefield.

The 59th Division's infantry regiment was not organized according to the standard U.S. Army regiment, but rather according to the standard of two thousand men.

Equipped with American weapons, the combat effectiveness is completely different.

Especially when the unified military equipment is equipped with American weapons, the feeling is really different.

It is obvious at first glance that they are an elite force.

"Commander, the division commander has ordered that our regiment, as the vanguard, should immediately march out to Wuzhou and send out a reconnaissance unit to find out the Japanese troops in Yangcheng." At this time, the communications staff officer came over, holding a telegram and spoke quickly.

After receiving the order, Wang Tianfang did not hesitate and immediately ordered the troops to march out.

Since everyone knew that Guangzhou was going to be taken back, there was no such thing as people running away when they heard about the war.

The morale of recovering lost territory would naturally be much higher, and even people along the way would take the initiative to offer help.

Thanks to the cover of the people, taking Wuzhou City was not as difficult as imagined.

In other words, with the help of the people, they took a detour to Wuzhou via a small road.

When an elite force appeared in Wuzhou City, the Japanese troops in the city suddenly panicked.

Especially when facing American weapons, they were suppressed.

Wuzhou City, which had only one squadron of Japanese troops, was recaptured in less than three hours.

"Send a telegram to the division headquarters. Our troops have taken Wuzhou City as planned and are currently cleaning up the battlefield." Wang Tianfang was very excited. This was his first time commanding thousands of people, so his mood was naturally different.

At the same time, it also made him realize that when they had more powerful weapons than the Japanese army, the so-called elite Japanese army was nothing more than this.

In the past, a single Japanese squadron dared to charge at them. Wasn’t it because they relied on the powerful weapons in their hands?

Now the offensive and defensive positions have changed, and they are the ones who are pressing down on the Japanese army.

Wang Tianfang felt really good about this feeling of being proud.

The previous frustration was completely released.

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In Yangcheng, the Japanese Army Headquarters, upon learning that Wuzhou was lost, Lieutenant General Sono Moritaka's head was buzzing. You know, he had just taken over as the commander of the 105rd Flying Division, which was in charge of the 5st Flying Regiment, the 6th Education Flying Regiment, the th and th Air Regional Commands, etc.

It was a time of great success because the Central China Expeditionary Army Headquarters was preparing for the third Changsha Campaign.

So according to the plan, he needed to lead the Third Flying Division to carry out a massive bombing on the city of Changsha.

Who would have known that something would happen just after I received the promotion.

"There is a squadron stationed there. How could it be wiped out in such a short time?" Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka looked at the communications staff officer in front of him in disbelief.

"Hai, Commander, the enemy is from the 59th Division. They are fully armed with American weapons. Not only does their firepower far exceed ours, but their manpower is also far greater than ours. More importantly, those Chinese civilians led them around and came to the rear of Wuzhou City. Caught off guard, all the defenders in the city were killed." The communications staff said quickly.

Upon hearing this, Lieutenant General Nakazono Moritaka felt his scalp tingling.

If he remembered correctly, the 59th Division was just a ragtag army. When did it possess so many American weapons and equipment?

And now it's not just the 59th Division, according to his understanding.

It seems that China now has a lot of troops equipped with American weapons.

Even the troops further north were equipped with American weapons.

What the hell are those bastards in the Navy doing?
How did they block it?
Why are so many American weapons and equipment flowing in?

(End of this chapter)