Chapter 375 We need to expand our attack range!
Not long after, Cun Yunsheng received news about the Japanese army's massive attack on Australia.

The main reason was that Stilwell called him personally and said that the Japanese army had captured Darwin Port and was not only expanding the occupied area.

In addition to this, large numbers of troops are entering Australia.

It is obvious that the Japanese army wants to completely occupy Australia.

This is not good news.

Once Australia is occupied, it will be really troublesome.

So Stilwell sent a telegram to Cun Yunsheng, asking him to send troops quickly to capture more islands, so as to force the Japanese army to return to defend and distract their attention.

But Cun Yunsheng is not a fool, how could he send troops so easily?

All kinds of benefits must be asked for, to put it bluntly, it is just crying poor.

Stilwell seemed to have anticipated this and didn't say anything. He agreed to all the requests made by Cun Yunsheng.

There is no other way. Now I can only rely on Cun Yunsheng, and I can’t rely on anyone else.

"The Americans are indeed very wealthy." Meng Fanle looked at the list and couldn't help but smack his lips.

That’s really generous.

Even Meng Fan was a little flattered.

"It's all because of us being so powerful. Otherwise, the Americans wouldn't be so generous. You don't really think these weapons are so easy to get, do you? They all require a certain price." Cun Yunsheng sneered.

Don't think that Americans are so kind.

Although Cun Yunsheng had emphasized it more than once, he couldn't help but remind him again.

Don't fall for the Americans' sugar-coated bullets.

"I know, but I really didn't expect the Americans to be so generous this time." Meng Fan nodded, naturally knowing what Cun Yunsheng meant.

"Well, it is very generous, but it asks for a lot of things. It directly asks us to attack Indonesia. It seems that the Japanese attack on Australia did scare the American army." Cun Yunsheng nodded.

Luzon Island has not been completely taken yet, and as a result, they are going to attack Dutch Indonesia.

Stilwell was really anxious.

However, with so much aid, I must show some attitude.

Otherwise, Stilwell would get angry and the aid would be cut off again.

Moreover, the Japanese army's focus is now on Australia, and its efforts in other places have indeed weakened a lot.

Thinking of this, Cun Yunsheng said
"Launch an immediate attack on Dutch Indonesia."

Although the recruits have not yet completed their training, Cun Yunsheng feels that it cannot be delayed any longer.

He knew that Meng Fan and the others wanted to postpone the time further, but Cun Yunsheng felt that there was no point in delaying any further.

"Isn't it too hasty? How about we wait a little longer? After all, many of them are new recruits, and the Fourth Army is currently rushing to Luzon Island? How about letting them go?" Meng Fanle suggested.

"What's wrong with the new recruits? It will be good for them to exercise."

"What's more, the Japanese army has reached its limit now. Even if these hundreds of thousands of new recruits are wiped out, they must conquer Indonesia."

"And they are all natives. Don't worry about them. Let them fight with the Japanese army." Cun Yunsheng's face looked a little unsightly.

Although we can continue to consume the natives, it seems that we can't keep up at the moment.

Meng Fanle naturally had certain considerations when he raised these points.

However, Cun Yunsheng had his own idea, which was to eliminate the Japanese troops in Southeast Asia as soon as possible and take over their territory in full.

After being scolded, Meng Fanle's face turned pale. He sat aside with his head down and didn't say a word.

"Okay, I understand what you mean. You just don't want to sacrifice too many new recruits, but necessary sacrifices must be made. Besides, the natives in this place are more reliable." Cun Yunsheng's words eased Meng Fanle's expression a little.

Who knew that Meng was annoyed and shook his head and said.

"Master, what you said makes sense. In fact, with our current strength, it should be no problem for us to seize Nanyang."

"Although our navy is very weak now, the Japanese army is not that strong either. They are also distracted by a lot of energy."

"The navy is not weak anymore. The escort carrier that has just been modified can try to go out to sea. This is also a good opportunity. We can't keep hiding. We still have to let them see the world. No matter what, this is also our first relatively heavy warship." Cun Yunsheng understood what Meng Fanle meant. He was just afraid that the navy was too weak.

Now Cun Yunsheng feels that it is entirely possible to use the escort aircraft carrier for a try.

In other words, the fighter planes of this era were all propeller fighters. If they were replaced with jet fighters, the so-called escort aircraft carrier would probably have its deck burned through.

"As long as we occupy the beachhead, the Air Force can send hundreds of fighter planes to provide support, which will stabilize the situation in Indonesia. With the cooperation of the Air Force and the Navy, there will be no problem in taking over Dutch Indonesia."

Cun Yunsheng's words finally convinced Meng Fan.

"Well, this is a good idea. I think it can shorten the sea trials so that we can train more experienced naval officers. We can train while fighting. Without actual combat, no amount of training will be of any use."

"Yes, don't think so far ahead during wartime. The Japanese can't even complete three months of recruit training now. They are sent to the battlefield after a simple training. Their recruit rate is higher than ours. Didn't you see it from the battle reports in the past few times?" Cun Yunsheng sneered.

He doesn't have much time left, so he must speed up.

Moreover, the situation in Europe was not going well. Due to the alliance between Germany, Italy and France, and Speer's entry into the total mobilization for war, the German army's production capacity was constantly increasing.

So the US military became anxious and began to increase its recruitment efforts. It was obvious that they knew that this could not continue.

What Cun Yunsheng needs to do is to control the pass before the US military forces return to the Pacific.

This concerns his chance to control the entire southwest Pacific, so Guam and the Mariana Islands must be in his hands.

With them in our hands, even when facing the US military in the future, some conditions can be negotiated.

"I understand." Meng Fanle responded quickly.

.........

Under Cun Yunsheng's command, the navy gathered at sea again in just one day and one night, with an escort aircraft carrier as well.

In addition, there are hundreds of fighter jets of the Air Force.

Faced with the aggressive stance of the Sichuan Army, Heitaro Kimura had a huge headache. He now had basically no naval forces to mobilize, not to mention the air force, which was beaten so badly by the Sichuan Army that it dared not even take off.

Everyone knows that airplanes are easy to build but pilots are difficult to train. The Japanese army's elite military policy, in particular, led to an extreme shortage of pilots, leaving them with fighter planes but no pilots.

Therefore, the Japanese air force is now just a decoration and has no way to deal with the offensive of the Sichuan Army.

At this time, it was eleven o'clock in the evening, and the Japanese troops on Kalimantan Island were resting. Of course, some Japanese soldiers who had not slept were still on duty, and some of those who had connections went out to look for the natives.

Ohira Seiichiro was awakened and reluctantly picked up his gun to change shifts. In fact, there was no need for a sentry post at all. There were only natives here, and those natives were very obedient.

As for the outpost he was defending, it was not worth attacking at all. There was a reef outside the outpost, and there were dense forests and high mountains behind the outpost. So even if the enemy attacked from the sea, the ships would not be able to get in.

But the team leader said that they must maintain morale and combat readiness and insist on daily drills and night guard duty.

However, a place like this doesn't need too many sentinels, so only two unlucky guys are chosen every night.

The outpost is located in a sheltered place. It is actually a pier built with wooden boards extending into the sea, which can only be used by rafts to enter and exit.

There are many outposts like this. After all, Kalimantan is very large and can be landed on all four sides. Especially after the problem on Luzon Island, the Japanese army began to strengthen the vigilance of various islands.
But again, it's not very useful.

The main thing is that landing is possible in all directions and anywhere can be a landing point. This is why MacArthur was able to achieve results after using the leapfrog tactics and attacking everywhere.

The moonlight was beautiful tonight. When Ohira Seiichiro walked into the sentry post, he found that his partner had fallen asleep. Just as he was about to wake him up with a prank, he felt a sudden pain in his neck. He had difficulty breathing and couldn't even make a sound.

Before they could figure out who was attacking them, several soldiers in diving suits and holding guns stabbed their companions in the neck with daggers.

"Enemy attack? Frogmen?" This was the last thought that flashed through his mind, and then Ohira Seiichiro fell limply in the sentry post.

The raid was led by Long Wenjian's A Battalion. At this time, A Battalion had long been expanded into a regiment-level unit, but Long Wenjian still retained A Battalion, this elite special forces unit.

For this raid mission, Cun Yunsheng personally named Long Wenjian as the commander.

The purpose was to see what the frogman team he had spent so much effort to train was like.

This was based on the Italian frogman troops that Cun Yunsheng had asked Long Wenjian to find a way to train.

In order to train these frogmen, a batch of information and equipment was specially obtained.
"Captain, they're all killed." After checking the outpost, the team member said to Long Wenjian.

"Well, send a telegram to the troops behind." Long Wenjian gave the order.

"Yes!"

Soon, the members of Team A sent out a signal, and dozens of kayaks appeared on the beach. After leaving a small team to guide the seaplane behind, the special forces immediately headed towards the Japanese military camp.

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At the same time, there was a knock on the door outside Kimura Heitaro's headquarters.

"Baka. Is there anything that can't be discussed tomorrow?"

After his sweet dream was disturbed, Heitaro Kimura opened the door cursing, and the major on duty hurriedly took out the telegram.

"Commander, I just received a telegram. It seems that the Chinese are going to land on Kalimantan Island. There also seems to be an escort aircraft carrier."

"Baga! Escort an aircraft carrier?" Kimura Heitaro was confused at first, but he quickly came to his senses.

What a joke

There is even an escort aircraft carrier.

This is so outrageous.

A ragtag army actually has an escort aircraft carrier?
This is simply not possible.

"Yes." The major also thought it was nonsense, but still said it quickly.

"Baga, notify the troops on the island immediately, tell them to be alert, increase the number of patrols, notify the coastal defense forces to prevent the Sichuan Army's warships, and the air defense forces, tell them to be careful of enemy aircraft sneak attacks."

"Hai!"

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On the other side, the Japanese troops stationed on Kalimantan Island were also awakened by the roar of planes.

"Baka? What's going on? Why is there a sound of an airplane?"

"Could it be a fighter plane of the Chinese Army?"

At this time, the northern part of Kalimantan Island was garrisoned by the Japanese 96th Division, whose commander was Lieutenant General Shite Izuna.

The original body was composed of the Malay Independent Garrison, which was composed of the 256th Infantry Regiment, the 567th Infantry Regiment, the 568th Infantry Regiment and field artillery.

The strength is not weak.

Lieutenant General Shite Izuna immediately put on his military uniform and came down from upstairs. He walked to the window, picked up the telescope, and asked questions while searching.

“It wasn’t our plane.”

"Baga, that's the Chinese army's fighter plane."

Lieutenant General Shite Jingzuna immediately came to his senses and shouted.

Unfortunately it's too late.

Because he saw flares rising above the airport and some dark shadows clearly jumping down from the sky.

"Damn it, they are paratroopers, they are paratroopers."

"Baga, what are you still standing there for? Go send a telegram, the Chinese army is coming! Someone, sound the alarm and wake everyone up!" Lieutenant General Shite Izuna reacted immediately.

At the same time, he comforted himself by thinking that there were only a few dark shadows in the sky, and even if it was fully loaded with soldiers and bombs, there would not be many.

Just as the Japanese soldiers hurriedly got up and sounded the air raid alarm with sleepy eyes.

Gliders and transport planes had already begun dropping paratroopers.

Not only that, the escorting fighter planes also began to strafe the Japanese fighter planes at the airport.

In an instant, more than 50 planes on the tarmac were destroyed, and even pierced the glass windows of the dormitory, killing several Japanese pilots leaning against the windows.

In just a few minutes, the Japanese airport was bombed to pieces and even the runway was destroyed.

I'm afraid it can't be repaired in a short time.

Even if a plane escaped, it would not be able to take off without a day or two of cleanup.

At the same time as the explosion was heard from the direction of the airport, three flares suddenly appeared not far from the Japanese headquarters.

With the precedent just now, Lieutenant General Shite Jingzuna realized that this place had been infiltrated long ago.

"Baga, dispatch all the troops to immediately wipe out the enemies who have sneaked in. Also, hold the position and never give the enemy a chance to land."

"Hai!"

On the other side, Long Wenjian led his team to successfully break through the enemy's first line of defense, allowing the large force to land.

"Why are there only a few warships? Aren't they too few?" A team member couldn't help but ask as he looked at the warships appearing in the distance.

Long Wenjian smiled and said, "Although it's small, it holds a regiment of soldiers, enough to sweep away all the Japanese troops on the island."

"Besides, we have the help of the guerrillas on the island, so our strength is still very strong."

"The only pity is that we are half an hour late." Long Wenjian glanced at his watch and smacked his lips slightly. He had not expected that a surprise attack by a large fleet of aircraft across the sea would be so complicated, and that actual combat exercises alone had been conducted many times.

In the end, we were still half an hour late. It seemed that it was impossible to carry out this combat mode completely according to plan.

"Captain, aren't you asking too much? For such a large operation, it would be a success if we can land on the island smoothly. A mere half an hour is not too late." The team member next to him comforted him.

"Yeah, Captain, don't ask for so much."

"The paratroopers are starting to drop."

At this time, someone with sharp eyes saw snowflakes falling from the sky and said with some envy.

(End of this chapter)