Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 599 Strategic Okinawa
On this day, just after returning from Pyongyang, Zhao Bingjun came to see the emperor in a busy manner.

"Has the matter been settled?" Guan Xuqing could get an affirmative answer from Zhao Bingjun's expression.

"Don't worry, your majesty, everything is done. Li Xi drank the poison you gave him and died on the spot. Afterwards, after the arrangement of the minister, the official news was that Emperor Gaozong Li Xi died of illness in the palace." Zhao Bingjun replied road.

Guan Xuqing sighed softly and said: "Li Xi, Li Xi, the smart one is confused for a while, and some mistakes cannot be made. If you make one mistake, you will never recover. He understands this truth too late." He raised his head and said to Zhao Bingjun: "I don't want outsiders to know about this, especially Concubine Duan, do you understand?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have made careful arrangements. Those who accompanied me are all people of blood selected by me from the Blue Heart Club. After this matter is over, I have already executed them in secret. Except you and me No third person will know." Zhao Bingjun said confidently.

"Zhi'an, you are worthy of being an imperial fox demon. Thanks to what you think, you have created a Blue Heart Club. But it's good, with these dead men, it saves a lot of trouble."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."

The Blue Heart Society was a secret organization established in Shanghai when Zhao Bingjun was just preparing to establish the Security Bureau. Its predecessor was an orphanage run by French missionaries in the Qing Dynasty. The orphans of the orphans, the military agents personally appointed by Zhao Bingjun, instilled in these orphans the idea of ​​revenge, loyalty and patriotism since childhood. Of course, this monarch is Guan Xuqing, and this country is of course China.When they are a little older, they will be trained in special abilities such as fighting, firearms, tracking, monitoring, assassination, etc. After years of development, a complete set of strict training and training system has been formed.They usually don't have any missions, only when performing special missions, Zhao Bingjun will select a few of these people, these people have been trained to be dead warriors, they are absolutely obedient to Zhao Bingjun, and are ready to die generously at any time to complete the mission.This time, Zhao Bingjun selected several bloodline members to carry out the task of assassinating Li Xi, and then ordered other people to execute these members secretly.

For Guan Xuqing, the Blue Shirts Society has become more and more important during several major missions. For the benefit of the empire, sacrificing a few foreigners is nothing at all.

"Your Majesty, I heard that we have signed military alliance treaties with several European countries, and we have paid for them. What good does this do us?" Zhao Bingjun asked a little puzzled.

Guan Xuqing smiled lightly: "Zhi An, you are smart, but sometimes you still can't see some things."

"The minister is dull, please make it clear to the emperor."

"No matter which of these small countries is far from the opponent of the Communist Party, the reason why Hitler marched so quickly and occupied most of Europe is because of the hesitation of Britain and France and the dispersion of European countries. Now let's unite them and deal with the Communist Party together. , Hitler will only be in a hurry. We only pay money but not people, which avoids the casualties of the empire, let them go back and toss, we will always benefit, and our money is not for nothing. The interest rate is not low, so why not do such a bargain." Guan Xuqing explained patiently.

"The emperor is sage, and the subject is suddenly enlightened."

After finishing all these chores, Guan Xuqing came to Shufangzhai to visit Concubine Duan with Li Xi's affairs in mind.Concubine Duan was holding a newspaper, weeping silently.

Guan Xuqing glanced at the contents of the newspaper, and the huge headline read: "Korea King Gojong died of illness."

"You know everything?" Guan Xuqing asked softly.

Concubine Duan stood up abruptly and threw herself into Guan Xuqing's arms, her shoulders trembling.

Guan Xuqing patted her on the shoulder and said softly: "Okay, okay, I am also very sad to hear the news. It happened so suddenly that no one thought of it, but since it has happened, I am very sad." What's the use. Don't worry, I have ordered the Governor of North Korea to hold a grand state funeral for your father. I believe that he knows that with a filial daughter like you, he can rest in peace."

When Concubine Duan heard this, she cried even more sadly. Tears soaked the front of the emperor's clothes. Guan Xuqing held Concubine Duan motionless and looked at the other party's sad look, feeling a little sore in her heart. fleeting.After a while, Concubine Duan raised her head and said, "Your Majesty, please allow me to go back to North Korea to see my royal father for the last time."

Guan Xuqing showed a hint of displeasure, but then calmed down, "You know the rules in the palace, you are no longer Lord Dehui, but my concubine Duan, if you leave the palace rashly like this, don't What my concubines say, what my ministers say, I can set up an ancestral hall for you in the palace, and if you pay homage here, it will be regarded as fulfilling your filial piety."

Concubine Duan has a weak temper and always obeys the emperor's words, so she nodded immediately, and she couldn't say anything else, so she burst into tears again.

"Your Majesty, now our army has basically controlled Kyushu Island, but there are still some Japanese troops on the island who are stubbornly resisting, and it will take some time to clear up. Next, I thought that we should first target Okinawa Island. The intersection of the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean is the farthest from the mainland. As long as our army captures Okinawa and builds a few airports and military ports on it, it can be used as a transit point for the air force and navy to attack, and the rest will be much easier. "Feng Xianghua first expressed his opinion.

"At present, we have formulated three offensive targets. The first is Okinawa Island, the second is Yakushima, and the third is Tanegashima. Yakushima has a relatively large area. It has nearly 1000 square kilometers, but there are too many mountains on it. Well, there are more than 30 mountains above 45 meters above sea level. There are not many flat lands, and there are not many places suitable for building airports. It is not an ideal landing place. However, Tanegashima is different, although the area is less than [-] square kilometers. But there are a lot of places where airports can be built. Moreover, with the combat radius of land-based aircraft, half of them can be attacked northward, including Nagoya, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka and other big cities. If the bomb load of the aircraft is changed from [-] kg If it is reduced to [-] kilograms, it can still reach Tokyo and launch a raid on Tokyo at any time. If you go south, you can support the navy to occupy the Ryukyu Islands at any time, and at the same time cut off the sea connection with the western countries. Island." Feng Ru put forward a different opinion from his boss Feng Xianghua.

Liu Buchan and Xu Shichang disagreed. They knew that once the air force gained a foothold in Tanegashima, the war would basically end, and the navy and army could only watch the fun from the sidelines.But in this way, the navy and air force will not get much training opportunities, which will be detrimental to future battles with the German army.

So Liu Buchan cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the second-generation "Zhonghua"-class battleship has been launched, and it will be put into active service in a month or two. The construction of the second-generation Shang-class aircraft carrier has also begun. To train a victorious army, it is so hard to have such a country as a free training tool, it is too wasteful not to make good use of it and give full play to their role."

In the end, Feng Xianghua proposed a more compromise plan. First, the navy would take Okinawa and hand it over to the air force. The air force would be responsible for bombing the southern part of the archipelago, and the navy would use all bombing ships and carrier-based aircraft to bomb the northern part of the archipelago, including northern Honshu and Hokkaido. However, it is of course the army that is ultimately responsible for the occupation of Okinawa.

Only in this way can a balance be reached between the army, sea and air forces.The commanders-in-chief of the three parties are all very satisfied with this arrangement. The air force's land-based aircraft cannot fly to the northern part of the archipelago, so they have nothing to say; the navy is of course even more satisfied. For training opportunities, although most of the places bombed are places with less developed economies, Tokyo is among them.Everyone knows that is the core goal of the entire war against Japan.

After the discussion was completed, Guan Xuqing immediately asked to send the finalized plan to all the front lines, and urgently dispatched the Fourth Formation of the Nanyang Fleet, which was cruising and patrolling in the waters to the east, to capture Okinawa Island, and transferred the 2nd Army of the Japanese Hunting Squadron stationed on Jeju Island. Under the conditions of the warship to launch a landing operation.

The Chinese Navy’s plan to seize Okinawa was soon discovered by the Special High School of the Military Department, and the Japanese base camp immediately made corresponding campaign deployments. On the one hand, it was preparing to send the surface combat fleet composed of the remaining mosquito ships of the navy to the south to block the Chinese fleet’s attack. Offensive, of course they know that this will undoubtedly lead to death, but now they have no choice but to bite the bullet.On the other hand, the newly formed 11th and 12th Special Flying Brigades were transferred to Okinawa.This special flying brigade is also called the Kamikaze Death Squad, and each brigade is equipped with more than 500 small aircraft.This small biplane, mainly made of wood, is not equipped with any weapons, but half of its fuel tank is filled with TNT explosives, which are very powerful and relatively safe explosives, even if they are penetrated by bullets Generally, it will not burn or detonate. It is called the "King of Explosives", and once the pilot enters the cockpit, he will be sealed from the outside. Therefore, this is a suicide aircraft that does not leave any retreat at all.

Okinawa is the largest island in the Ryukyu Islands, with a total length of 108 kilometers, a width of about 30 kilometers at its widest point, and only 4 kilometers at its narrowest point.The south of the island is open and flat hills, while the north is mountainous.There are more than 46 people on the island, mainly in cities such as Naha, Shuri, and Motobu.In order to strengthen the defense force of Okinawa Island, the Japanese army also built three airports in Naha, Yomitan and Yonahara outside the original Kadena Airport in the very flat area in the southwest of the island. An airport has also been built on Yijiang Island and Yijiang Island, which can accommodate more than 1000 fighter jets in total.

(End of this chapter)