20demayo Chapter 410: Our Own People in the Military Control Commission
Chapter 410: Our Own People in the Military Control Commission
410 Our own people in the Military Control Commission
Ye Qingshan wrote a note and handed it to Zhou Xinghai.
Zhou Xinghai took it but did not leave.
"what happened?"
"General, please give me more heavy machine guns and rocket launchers."
Zhou Xinghai said shamelessly.
"I was wondering why you didn't leave, because the weapons we allocated to you were too few.
You guy.
You really think I'm a local rich man."
"Is not it!"
"What did you say."
"No, it's nothing."
Ye Qingshan ignored Zhou Xinghai's muttering and continued, "I deliberately didn't equip your militia with too many weapons.
But it's more ammunition allocated to you.
In this battle of Fuzhou, the militia of your three regiments will be mainly responsible for assisting the 208th Division in combat.
Let those new recruits of your militia adapt to the battlefield.
I didn't ask you to fight as the main force, so why do you need so many heavy machine guns and rocket launchers?"
"Get out of here right now and go back to reorganize the militia."
"Yes."
Seeing that Ye Qingshan was getting impatient, Zhou Xinghai could only leave with some disappointment.
Not long after, Zhou Pingkou returned from outside.
"General, are you planning to attack Taizhou and Fuzhou?"
After Zhou Pingkou came back, he immediately asked Ye Qingshan.
"Zhou Xinghai told you?"
"Ok.
When I came back just now, I ran into him at the gate of the military camp.
He told me quietly.”
Zhou Pingkou nodded.
Ye Qingshan did not hide the fact from Zhou Pingkou that he would have to lead the troops to the battle of Fuzhou.
"Yes, I have decided to take action first.
Take Taizhou and Fuzhou and expand our strategic buffer zone.
With the ports in Taizhou and Fuzhou, it is connected to the coast of Wenzhou.
By then, the Japs will have no chance of blocking our maritime transport unless they send out most of their naval fleet.”
Ye Qingshan attaches great importance to the maritime trade with the United States in the next few months.
Absolutely nothing can go wrong.
This is also one of the reasons why Ye Qingshan wants to take back Taizhou and Fuzhou.
After hearing this, Zhou Pingkou also nodded.
“Also, the radar station at Bailong Mountain has already begun construction.
According to those radar experts.
After the Bailongshan radar station is completed, it will be able to monitor targets 150 kilometers away and flying more than 2,000 meters.
In this way, as long as the fighter planes at the Japanese airport in the Songhu area in the north take off and fly south, they will be monitored by our Bailongshan radar station.
The Japanese carrier-based aircraft on the east sea have not yet approached the shore.
Our radar stations can also detect it.
The only thing we were worried about was the Japanese aircraft that might come from the south.
Therefore, take Fuzhou and build a second radar station along the coast of Fuzhou.
Expand the depth of our air defense to ensure that our defense zone will not be bombed by the Japanese in the future.
This is crucial.
The arsenal, cement factory, etc. that we worked so hard to build.
We can’t let the Japanese bomb us and rebuild us over and over again.”
Ye Qingshan also told Zhou Pingkou more about his purpose of attacking Fuzhou.
“What the commander said makes sense.
I will personally lead the troops in this battle and ensure that we capture Fuzhou for the commander-in-chief."
Zhou Pingkou also felt the urge to fight.
“Well, I was originally planning to send you to fight Fuzhou.
Taizhou can be handed over to the 209th Division.
But Fuzhou is not easy to attack.
At present, the intelligence we have obtained is not very accurate.
The Japanese have at least one brigade of troops in Fuzhou.
Moreover, it is too close to the treasure island on the other side.
The Japanese fighter planes at the airport on the other side of the strait could support and bomb Fuzhou in half an hour.
Therefore, we must ensure suddenness when attacking Fuzhou.
We can't give the Japs too much time to react.
Otherwise, once a stalemate occurs.
The Japanese bomber group on the other side of the river and the Japanese naval aircraft carrier fleet also rushed to provide support to Fuzhou.
In that case, even if we were equipped with heavy artillery, we would not be able to take Fuzhou.
So, you must come up with a detailed battle plan, and I will approve it.
Then you can take action.”
Ye Qingshan looked at the sand table in front of him and said solemnly to Zhou Pingkou.
"Commander, I understand.
I will return to the division headquarters and work out a detailed action plan tonight and hand it over to you."
"Go."
Zhou Pingkou hurried back to his division headquarters.
Ye Qingshan also needs to prepare other combat units.
“Notify Meng Jifei and have them board the transport plane.
Depart immediately and fly to Huacheng Airport.
Then transfer to Siam.
The day after tomorrow, our second batch of P40 fighter jets will be sent to the port of Siam.
Let them drive back as soon as possible so as not to miss the subsequent battles."
"Notify the artillery brigade to have their heavy artillery regiment and rocket artillery regiment make preparations for war.
Ammunition and fuel, let them go to the warehouse to pick them up."
“And Sun Mingxu’s logistics department is also making preparations for the war.
After the war started, they had to ensure the transportation of logistics and ammunition.
Whether it is by truck or manpower.
I don’t want to see frontline troops running out of ammunition.”
Ye Qingshan issued orders one after another to make advance preparations for the battle of Fuzhou.
For the rest, Ye Qingshan just needs to wait.
Now, as the commander of an army of 50,000.
Ye Qingshan is generally only responsible for strategic matters, that is, deciding whether to fight or not.
And the overall coordination of various combat departments.
As for how to fight Fuzhou, Ye Qingshan doesn’t need to worry about it.
Ye Qingshan believes in the abilities of Zhou Pingkou and others.
On the morning of the next day, Zhou Pingkou brought over the battle plan they had drawn up overnight.
Ye Qingshan was still watching when Ning Yongchen also came.
At this time, Ning Yongchen had been transferred from the airport to Ye Qingshan's own military headquarters.
The security of the airport was handed over to others.
Now, Ye Qingshan gave Ning Yongchen a more important task.
It is to build your own intelligence system.
For this purpose, Ye Qingshan specially approved a total of US$5 million in funding for Ning Yongchen.
However, building your own intelligence organization is not something that can be accomplished in a day or two.
Before his own intelligence department is fully formed.
Ye Qingshan also needs to rely on the intelligence capabilities of the Military Control Commission.
Fortunately, Ning Yongchen also knows this.
Therefore, in the plan formulated by Ning Yongchen to develop his own intelligence department.
There was a two-pronged plan in the early stages.
On the one hand, develop your own intelligence agency.
On the other hand, the plan of bribing the middle and high-level officials of the Military Control Commission and letting some of them secretly provide intelligence to Ye Qingshan was used as a transition.
Moreover, this plan has already begun to be implemented.
It was quite successful.
At present, there are five senior Military Control Commission officials who have privately accepted US dollars sent by Ye Qingshan.
The top leaders of the Military Control Commission are not a monolithic group either.
Moreover, for those who work in intelligence, money is extremely important.
Some senior members of the Military Control Commission also had their own ideals and wanted to replace Boss Dai.
If conditions permit, there would be no problem for Ye Qingshan to cooperate with Boss Dai.
For example, the last time Ye Qingshan led his troops to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese Lin'an Airport.
This is an example of Boss Dai cooperating with Ye Qingshan in combat.
Because the interests of both parties were the same at that time.
However, this time Ye Qingshan is going to attack Fuzhou.
Ye Qingshan was not prepared and alarmed Boss Dai.
Because if Boss Dai knew, it meant the headquarters knew.
Once the headquarters finds out, regardless of whether they will stop Ye Qingshan or not, he will take Fuzhou.
The probability of the Japanese knowing about the leak would increase greatly.
The high-level infiltration of the National Army by the Japanese was extremely severe.
Therefore, Ye Qingshan will act first and report later this time.
After he captures Fuzhou, he will report to the headquarters.
In this case, if Ye Qingshan wants to use the intelligence system of the Military Control Commission, he can only use "his own people" who have been bribed.
"Commander, this is the intelligence sent by the military intelligence agent lurking in Fuzhou."
Ning Yongchen handed Ye Qingshan a telegram.
"The Japanese troops stationed in Fuzhou City do have a full-strength brigade.
It is the newly formed mixed 9th Brigade of the Japanese.
The commander was Major General Yuto Tadokoro, who was in charge of two infantry regiments, an artillery regiment, a logistics regiment, and an engineering regiment, with a total strength of 16,000 to 17,000 people.
In addition, there were nearly 20,000 puppet troops.
Relying on Fuzhou as the center, they currently occupy the surrounding counties of Ningde, Minqing and Yongtai.
At present, the Military Control Commission has not yet figured out the enemy's defense situation.
It will take a few days to get more detailed information."
Ning Yongchen looked at Ye Qingshan and gave a brief overview.
"The devil's full-strength brigade has quite a lot of people."
After reading the information, Ye Qingshan also looked solemn.
The Japanese troops in Fuzhou were stronger than he expected.
But since he has decided to fight, Ye Qingshan will not give up halfway.
"Tell the Military Control Commission to get as much information as possible about the enemy's deployment, but it doesn't need to be too detailed.
At least, I want to know.
How many Japanese soldiers were there defending Fuzhou City?
How many people are there in the counties outside the city?
Only then can we formulate a more complete action plan for the follow-up.”
"Yes, I will inform Mao Sen when I return."
The Mao Sen that Ning Yongchen mentioned was one of the five senior officials of the Military Control Commission who accepted Ye Qingshan's bribe.
This guy is a direct descendant of Mao Renfeng.
“But, Sir.
This guy Mao Sen hinted in his telegram that we should transfer money to him.
Last time, I just gave him two hundred thousand US dollars.
Now, when we ask him to do something, he actually bargains with us again.
He wants me to give him another $100,000.”
Ning Yongchen said with some disgust.
He felt that these senior Military Control Commission officials were too greedy.
“Then give it to him.
I'm afraid he's not greedy.
The more money he takes from us, the less he can get back.
But warn him that once he gets the money, he has to get the job done.”
Ye Qingshan sneered and didn't care about the other party's greed.
"Yes, I understand."
When Ning Yongchen heard Ye Qingshan say this, he immediately responded.
"Go, give this information to Commander Zhou."
After Ning Yongchen left, Ye Qingshan handed the telegram in his hand to Xiao Wusheng.
Go and give it to Zhou Pingkou.
Two days later, Ning Yongchen came to the military headquarters again and handed Ye Qingshan a document about the Japanese 9th Mixed Brigade in Fuzhou.
Intelligence on the deployment of defenses in the Fuzhou area.
"That's it?"
But after seeing it, Ye Qingshan was not very satisfied.
This was because the intelligence on the Japanese's defense deployment only mentioned that the Japanese's 9th Mixed Brigade and several of its regiments were in the city.
Those Japanese troops were outside the city.
As for the specific location of a certain Japanese regiment's defense, there is no such information.