readx; In the Shanghai Naval Port, He Minglun stood on the wharf and looked at the large number of transport ships moored in the port, and couldn't help but sigh that this major battle was probably the largest landing operation in China's history. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In order to launch the Ryukyu battle plan, the army, navy, and air force, under the coordination of the National Military Council, concentrated a large number of parts in an attempt to take the Ryukyus in a short time with the greatest force. To this end, the Army's North Pacific Theater has drawn up to six divisions, in addition to two Marine Divisions.

In total, the ground strength of eight divisions was reached! Since Ryukyu Island is far from the mainland of China's coastal area and is limited by the range of aircraft, the air force will not participate in the preliminary operations, and the air support part will be entirely undertaken by the navy's carrier-based aviation.

As a result, the Navy's First Fleet will send the Fifth Mobile Fleet to provide artillery and air support for the landing operation.

Although the Second Mobile Fleet will not directly send troops to participate in the Ryukyu landing operation, the Second Mobile Fleet will be fully responsible for the sea control between the Ryukyus and the mainland, and they will be responsible for intercepting any naval reinforcements, and the previous naval battle to cover the United States can be regarded as the main task of the Second Mobile Fleet.

Among the two Marine Divisions dispatched by the Navy is the Third Marine Division, which is He Minglun's unit!

He Minglun is no longer a second lieutenant who has just graduated from the military academy, in 1940, when China sent troops to Southeast Asian countries, the navy also sent the third marine division to land in Hanoi, at that time He Minglun was just a second lieutenant, a few years later, he has been promoted to captain, as a captain company commander of the seventh regiment of the third marine division, in just four years, he jumped two levels, which is already a very fast promotion speed.

Although since the outbreak of World War II, China's military expansion has been very fast, giving officers more opportunities for promotion, but the competition is not small, and not every officer in the army who participated in the Russian war can be promoted, and the Marine Corps has no combat opportunities, so it is more difficult to get military merit.

He Minglun also made a small contribution when he participated in the Hanoi landing in 1940, so he was able to be successfully promoted to lieutenant in 1941, and was promoted to captain again at the beginning of this year and sat on the throne of company commander.

And the reason why he was able to double jump in four years is also related to the expansion of the Marine Corps. In 1940, the Navy had a total of three Marine Divisions, and in the following years, although the Army tried its best to suppress the expansion of the Marine Corps, it was affected by China's overall expansion and the potential threat of the Pacific War.

After all, such a thing as a landing operation can only be regarded as a part-time job for the Army, but for the Marine Corps, it is an essential job, and there is still some difference.

After the Marine Corps expanded from three divisions to five divisions, this position naturally increased, and He Minglun took this opportunity to be promoted.

He Minglun's men were only about a hundred, not many, and soon boarded a transport ship, and when the transport ship was full, it began to leave the dock, and then sailed towards the sea outside the port.

The same happened at other docks, where numerous transport ships went up one after another, loaded with the soldiers who lined up on board, and then went out to sea to concentrate.

In addition to the soldiers, a large number of heavy weapons were loaded onto the transport ships one after another, not to mention the artillery, it is worth noting that the amphibious tanks of the tank battalion under the 3rd Marine Division were entering the huge cabin of the tank landing ship one after another.

These tanks are not ordinary tanks, but the amphibious tank T19 specially developed by China for amphibious operations, which is modified and designed based on the T16 light tank, the vehicle weighs 18 tons, and the protection is only 30 mm on the front, but it is equipped with a 75 mm tank gun, and the mobility surname is not weak, and the road can reach 50 kilometers per hour. Of course, none of this is very important, the important thing is that it can sail directly out of the tank landing ship and then land after the tank landing ship has washed into the beach. It is much more convenient than traditional tanks, which need to be hoisted and transported ashore by docks.

Therefore, after a certain type of T19 tank in 1941, it was adopted on a large scale by the Marine Corps and the Army Amphibious Operations Division, and became the only professional amphibious tank in China at present, as for the original Marine Corps and some of the tanks equipped by the Army during amphibious operations, most of them were directly retired, because the original ones used as amphibious tanks were not professional amphibious tanks, they were all directly used with T10 or T8 tanks slightly modified, and the amphibious combat efficiency was not high. So with the T19, a specialized amphibious tank, those T10 and T8 were kicked back into the rest of the Army.

Although the main tanks of the Chinese armored forces are already the T15 and T16 series, the Chinese army is so large, the tanks are only too few and not too much, even if they are old tanks, at most they are not equipped with the main armored divisions, but it is still good to use the infantry divisions as infantry support tanks.

In fact, so far, there are very many Chinese tank models, and both new and old tanks are equipped at the same time. It can be roughly divided into: light tanks with reconnaissance as the main task and infantry fire support: T8, T14. Medium tanks used as the main tanks of the Northern Forces: T9, T12, T15. Heavy tanks used as an assault force of the Northern Forces: T11, T17. Used as the main tanks of the Southern Army: T10, T16. Amphibious tank used by amphibious combat units: T19.

The above tanks are still in service in the Chinese Army, of course, there are a number of modifications of small batch models, not to mention, in addition to the most important main battle tank currently the army has been discontinued T15, in 1944 today is already in full production and equipped with T18 medium tank, this T18 medium tank is actually a T15 overhaul model, weight, firepower, protection and mobility can be comprehensively improved, but the appearance is not much change. Like T9\12, the Army sometimes calls T15\18 series for T15 and T18.

At this moment, the T19 amphibious tanks on the tank landing ship will accompany the infantry of the 3rd Marine Division to launch the landing operation as soon as possible, providing the most direct fire support for the landing infantry.

When a large number of soldiers and military supplies in the port boarded the ship, a group of high-ranking military generals sat together in the base headquarters building in the port, and the meeting was attended by the generals who were about to participate in the Ryukyu operation, not only the army, but also the navy and air force.

Sitting in the main seat was Marshal Li Lianyang, supreme commander of the North Pacific Theater, with Admiral Wen Tinghe, commander of the First Fleet of the Navy, and Admiral Huang Fei, commander of the Sixth Strategic Air Force, at the top of the right.

Li Lianyang said: "For this battle, the military has been preparing for more than two months, and you all know that the whole country is watching us, and the chairman is watching us, so I hope that you can play at the highest level in this battle and strive to play the military and national prestige!" ”

"Now, please ask Chief of Staff Chen to tell us the detailed operational arrangements!" After Li Lianyang's words fell, a young army general about thirty years old stood up, although this person was young, he had three general stars on his epaulettes, and he was a general.

The difference between this person's military rank and age is so big, then this person's identity is clear at a glance, he is Chen Huatian.

Because in the huge China, there is only one thirty-one-year-old general, and that is Chen Huatian! Since Chen Jingyun officially identified this eldest son as the heir, he promoted him to army general and appointed him chief of staff of the North Pacific Theater before declaring war on him, and on Chen Jingyun's schedule, it will not be long before he will be transferred to the standing committee of the State Military Commission, and then he will be the vice chairman of the State Military Commission.

In this way, Chen Huatian's status in the army was formalized.

In addition to gradually strengthening Chen Huatian's position in the army, Chen Jingyun is also gradually strengthening Chen Huatian's position in the party, and Chen Huatian is already one of the Central Committee members of the Kuomintang Socialist Party, and it will not be long before he becomes vice chairman of the Kuomintang Socialist Party.

As long as Chen Huatian's position in the Kuomintang and in the army is consolidated, then it is equivalent to formally determining Chen Huatian's position as the heir.

The reason why Chen Jingyun pulled Chen Huatian up in just a few years is mainly for the sake of thinking about it later, after all, Chen Huatian's own age is not young now, and he can't say that he is young at the age of fifty-six, although Chen Jingyun thinks that he is not so early from death, but who knows what will happen in the future, it is better to determine the heir earlier, so as not to think nonsense, and if it is determined earlier, Chen Jingyun will have enough time to help Chen Huatian up.

Although Chen Huatian is still young, he is also a veteran who has been in the army for more than ten years, and although his military talent is not as good as those genius generals, he is not an ordinary general.

Since Chen Jingyun confirmed him as the heir, he began to acquiesce and allow Chen Huatian to form his own team, and a large group of people gave him advice, if he led the army to fight, it would be a whole staff team with him. And if these people were placed in ancient times, they would be the staff of the East Palace. Of course, this year is also a republic, Chen Huatian even if he is Chen Jingyun's internal heir, it is impossible to have these similar institutions, basically those staff Chinese posts are in the name of private individuals, and the military positions are formed in the office of Chen Huatian, a member of the Central Committee of the State Military Commission, but the scale of this office is much larger than the office of other ordinary generals. 、

Chen Huatian stood up and said, "According to the previous coordination between the North Pacific Theater and the direction of the Navy and the Air Force, the combat plan has been formalized. Among them, the landing operation part was composed of six divisions of the Army and two Marine Divisions of the Navy, and the Ryukyu Front was formed to command the ground forces in a unified manner, and the commander was General Zhao Zhike. The first wave of landings will be initiated by the 1st and 3rd Marine Divisions. In addition, in order to weaken the defense of the Ryukyus, the bomber units of the Air Force will launch a continuous large-scale bombing of the Ryukyus.

The Fifth Mobile Fleet will be responsible for sea cover and air support for the landing operation.

In order to be able to carry out the Ryukyu operation smoothly and avoid reinforcements from the mainland, the 2nd Mobile Fleet will block all naval links from the Ryukyus to the mainland and intercept possible reinforcements from the Japanese army. ”

When the navy, army, and air force were holding their final strategic meeting, the first batch of troops of the landing force had already boarded the ships one after another, and then they formed a mighty formation and headed straight for the Ryukyus.