Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2148 Take the initiative
When the Pacific Fleet entered the Timor Sea, the Japanese intelligence agency finally deciphered the content of an intercepted American telegram.This telegram was sent by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff in the name of President Roosevelt from Washington to MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army in Canberra, Australia. And let him contact the commander-in-chief of Xuebing Pacific Fleet and Guo Kui to see if Xuebing Expeditionary Second Army can be temporarily stationed in Australia for a period of time.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States is a military policy-making body newly established by Roosevelt using the prerogative of the wartime president. This department was reorganized from the Army and Navy Joint Committee.The Japanese just figured out the composition and function of this organization not long ago, and realized the status of this organization in the US military and political system. The senior generals of the Japanese military headed by Hideki Tojo immediately recognized the authenticity of this information.During this period of time, because of the smooth operation of the Qinling Mountains, the whole of Japan was immersed in a happy atmosphere.This also affected Tojo's mood, making him extra optimistic when dealing with military affairs. "The Yankees and the Chinese are about to flee. It seems that General Honma is doing quite well in the Philippines. Since the combined fleet is unwilling to attack, then it is up to our army to solve this serious problem of the empire. Let General Honma strengthen the air Strike force—hasn’t he always complained that the dispersion of enemy forces has reduced the effectiveness of the air force? Now is the opportunity to launch an air strike while the Yankees and Chinese are boarding the ship and carry out a half-strike attack. ...Tell Honma-kun that this opportunity must be seized no matter what, and it is best to blow up and sink all three aircraft carriers, so that we can be regarded as avenging the United Fleet," Tojo waved the deciphered message, spitting horizontally The way to fly.Thinking of the wonderful expression that would appear on Yamamoto 56's face when the army aviation unit sank the three aircraft carriers of the Xuebing Army, he was proud of himself, and then he laughed strangely.

At the same time, through the high-power radio signal receiving and transmitting equipment erected on the bridge of the Huangdi aircraft carrier, Chen Shichang and Guo Kui, who was [-] kilometers away, were in contact.The telephone contact was at the request of Guo Kui. After four waves of Japanese reconnaissance planes appeared over General Santos City, Guo Kui became more and more worried about the threat from the Japanese Army Air Forces, so he came up with a bold idea.Prior to this, the reason why he had no choice but to strengthen the reconnaissance of the devil's air force, so that the enemy could find and evacuate the troops first or strengthen the construction of air defense facilities, was to respond negatively, because there was no support from the air force.Now that there is the Pacific Air Corps, why does he still have to be a turtle? "Instead of waiting to be bombed by the little devils, we should strike first," Guo Kui suggested to Chen Shichang after consulting with the size of the Pacific Aviation Corps on the phone.

Chen Shichang felt very embarrassed at first.According to Guo Kui, there are three front-line airfields for the Japanese army that may threaten this troop withdrawal. They are located in Cebu, Bacolod, and Iloilo. The farthest is Iloilo. The current position is more than seven hundred kilometers away.To carry out air strikes on these three airports at the same time, the Pacific Air Corps can only attack with the whole army.Doing so will bring a great hidden danger. If the Japanese army launches an air strike against the Pacific Fleet at the same time, it will have disastrous consequences.Even if this possibility does not exist, it is only about two hours since the air raid of the HNA force to attack the fleet. Young HNA students, can they take off to fight again?Taking these factors into consideration, Chen Shichang did not immediately give Guo Kui an affirmative answer, but said that he must discuss it with Xu Sidong.

"Brother, we don't have much time left to make a quick decision," Guo Kui said before hanging up the phone.

Chen Shichang then asked Xu Sidong, who organized ground crews to maintain the fighter plane on the flight deck, to be invited to the headquarters, informed him of the phone call with Guo Kui, and finally said: "I very much agree with Commander Guo's strategy of controlling the enemy first, but I can't help it." Don't worry about whether the Japanese army will launch an air strike against us at the same time, and, the boys who have just fought a battle, can they immediately go into battle?"

Xu Sidong did not dare to make a decision lightly because of the seriousness of the matter. He pondered for a while and said, "Commander, these are not problems. Don't we have air defense radar? I am only worried about how to configure the escort fighter force." I am afraid that Chen Shichang will not be able to Understanding, he then explained: "We have a total of two and a half brigades of fighter jets. I think at least one brigade should be reserved for defense, so how should the remaining 48 be allocated? The number of fighter jet configurations must be different for the three airports. And because the environment is different, the size of the air defense force must also be strong or weak, can Commander Guo provide more detailed information?"

Chen Shichang thought of this problem when he was talking to Guo Kui, but to his regret, Guo Kui said he was helpless.Special operations and vanguard reconnaissance, these used to be the two tactics that the Xuebing Army was best at.The reason why the jungle special warfare brigade under the Second Army of the Xuebing Expedition failed to function like the Spike and became the magic needle of the whole army was not because of the degradation of their skills and tactics and the quality of individual soldiers, but because the Japanese were experiencing After MacArthur and other senior U.S. officials were rescued and the Cavite prisoner-of-war camp incident, they were deeply afraid of the special tactics of the cadet army and strictly guarded against them.In addition, the Philippine Islands are full of forests, which limits the performance of the second jungle special warfare brigade in charge of Zhang Liang. Therefore, under the guiding ideology of unnecessary sacrifices, Guo Kui did not let them continue such highly dangerous tasks. Instead, it relied on the Chinese and local guerrillas developed earlier to perform reconnaissance missions.At the beginning, these guerrilla armed forces did provide great help to the combat operations of the United States and the United States.However, as Masaharu Honma also began to form the so-called National Independence Army in the Philippines, the development and activities of the guerrillas were greatly restricted. Now, the General Command of the United States and the United States has basically lost the relationship with the guerrillas outside of Mindanao. Naturally, it is impossible to grasp the intelligence of the advancing airport under the strict defense of the Japanese army.

"I've already communicated with Commander Guo on this issue, and that's all the information they can provide."

"Then I will obey the commander's arrangement!"

"In this way, Iloilo doesn't care about it, the focus is on Cebu and Bacolod, how about it?"

"If I had to execute it, I thought Iloilo couldn't be spared. Iloilo is too close to Bacolod. As long as we appear in Bacolod, we will definitely alarm the Japanese air force in Iloilo. Instead of waiting to be passively attacked, it is better to take the initiative to attack. Commander, do you think this is okay? Thirty are responsible for escorting Bacolod and Iloilo, and eighteen in Cebu."

"That's it. In order to ensure the suddenness of the bombing, I suggest that you fully consider the surrounding environment of the three airports. It is best to sneak in at low altitude from the sea."

"Understood, then I'll go down."

Although the main purpose of this trip to learn from the Pacific Fleet is to help the US troops stationed in the Philippines on Mindanao Island and the Second Army of the Student Expedition to withdraw, but because learning from the Pacific Fleet is related to the future of the Xuebing Army and even China, so before he makes any decision The first thing to consider is the safety of the fleet itself.This is why he treated Guo Kui's suggestion with caution.Xu Sidong's position in considering issues was similar to his, which made him consider not only how to severely damage the Japanese Army Air Force, but also his own safety.In order to prevent the losses outweighing the gains, it will directly lead to the lack of air defense force of the fleet itself and put the fleet in danger.

In less than half an hour, the flight decks of the three aircraft carriers became empty. 48 Baiji, 69 Tiger Sharks, and 51 Chinese Sturgeons loaded with heavy aerial bombs took off one after another. In addition, Wang Luchun and Zheng Xudu organized four clusters and flew towards the north-west direction.

Of the four fighter jet clusters, the one commanded by Feng Aokong will be responsible for bombing the Cebu airport. There are 29 Baiji, 21 Tiger Sharks and [-] Chinese Sturgeons under his command.The bombing targets of the other three clusters were Bacolod and Iloilo airports. Among them, Xu Sidong personally led [-] Tiger Sharks and [-] Chinese Sturgeons to bomb Bacolod Airport, and Wang Luchun led the same number of Tiger Sharks and The Chinese Sturgeon was in charge of bombing the Iloilo airport, while Zheng Xudu led thirty Baiji dolphins to escort them.

A large group of fighter planes whizzed past the west side of General Santos City. The students and U.S. soldiers inside and outside the city saw it. Everyone was shocked at first, and subconsciously ran to the air defense facility.After learning that the fighters from the Pacific Fleet took off, the students were all very excited and proud of having such a powerful naval force. The expressions of the Americans were filled with joy and disappointment. Pessimistically, he asked the comrades around him: "Is the American Navy really in decline?"

The high-level officials of the United States and the United States were the first to learn about this air strike by the Pacific Fleet. Guo Kui led the crowd out of the headquarters and stood in the yard, picked up a telescope and looked up at the sky. After careful examination, he turned around. He said to Sharp, Bai Jia, and Wainwright IV: "If the air strike is successful, then we will have no worries about our retreat. Commander Chen finally adopted my opinion, which shows that he has realized that the Japanese Army Aviation Force will be the biggest threat to this withdrawal."

Today, not only Sharp, but also Paja and Wainwright IV, these senior US military officers stationed in the Philippines have long been tamed by Guo Kui.Soldiers have always talked about their strength, and the Second Army of the Scholar Expedition used their outstanding record to explain to the Americans what a strong army is.As a result, Guo Kui's position as Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Allied Forces has become more secure, and Americans no longer dare to use academic qualifications and other frames to challenge and try to replace him.

In the face of cruel war, victory is the most important thing, isn't it?
(End of this chapter)