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The face of Gui Yongqing, with his left eye wide open, his right eye half closed, his mouth wide open, the corners of his mouth slanted, his tongue on his upper jaw, and a piece of seaweed stuck in his nostril, appeared in front of Ma Jizhuang.Ma Jizhuang, who had always remained calm, couldn't help shivering at this time, the white cloth slipped from his hands, and covered Gui Yongqing's body, covering half of his face, only showing two eyes, one big and one small.

"Lian Fang, your ship will not go to sea in the future." Ma Jizhuang stood up abruptly and pulled off his white gloves. "Danyang ship, just stay in Keelung Port."

"Yes, as ordered."

Not wanting to watch this scene any longer, Ma Jizhuang strode away and left the pier with his entourage.

"This ship is against the owner, this ship... is unlucky..."

Taipei.

"Chief Commander! We can no longer send ships to reinforce Penghu!" At the General Staff Headquarters, Ma Jizhuang almost roared.

"At noon on the 16th, our five main ships rushed to Penghu, and almost the whole army was wiped out. Soviet-made bombers attacked, and both ships sank! In just one day, our navy lost 5 large ships of more than 16 tons. If things go on like this, before the GONG army attacks the island, the Republic of China Navy will cease to exist!"

"Commander Ma! The Battle of Penghu is at a critical juncture. Without naval artillery support, all efforts may be lost! In the next two days, the Air Force will strengthen the fight for air supremacy over Penghu to ensure that naval ships will not be attacked by air..."

"On the morning of the 17th, there were Air Force fighter jets protecting Penghu, so what happened?" Ma Jizhuang replied, "The surviving officers and soldiers of the Xinyang and Fenyang ships have confessed to me that the GONG troops dispatched this time were Soviet secret bombers. Dropping bombs from high altitude can hit them with one shot! How can the Air Force prepare for it? As long as there is an opening to allow two bombers to sneak in, I will lose two large ships? No, unless I see that the Air Force has taken these Soviet secret bombers Completely light up, otherwise, the navy will not send ships to help, I can't risk the lives of my brothers in the navy!"

Ma Jizhuang slammed the door and went out.

Zhou Zhirou had nothing to say for a moment.As the chief of staff of the Air Force, the Air Force has long known about the secret Soviet bombers that Ma Jizhuang mentioned. In the early morning of June 6, Tainan Airport was bombed. Officers and soldiers who witnessed the incident also reported that only a few bombers of the GONG Army dropped bombs in the first wave, and it was these bombers that dropped a few bombs before blowing up the runway.

"Notify Hu Zongnan to withdraw from Dachen Island, the sooner the better, the time is late, and he won't be able to come back." Zhou Zhirou said to the staff.

"Where to withdraw? Of course it is withdrawn to Taipei!"

On the night of June 6, Penghu.

On the way the tank landing ship approached Penghu, it was still strafed by fighter jets of the National Army Air Force, but this was not a big threat to the 4000-ton landing ship.By the afternoon of the 17th, all five landing ships had been unloaded.On the afternoon of the 5th, with the fire support of amphibious tanks, the remnants of the 17th Division in the northern part of Xiyu Island had been completely wiped out.

5艘登陆舰带来了12门日制90式75毫米野炮、12门美制75毫米轻型榴弹炮、20门苏制37毫米高射炮及牵引卡车，外加28军82师在头天登陆没带上的第246团。

Now, there are two whole divisions and an amphibious tank regiment of our army on Xiyu Island, but the most important thing is the instant enhancement of artillery firepower.

As soon as the Type 90 field artillery was pushed into the established artillery position, it was loaded with shells and fired a round of artillery at Magong Port on the main island of Penghu. The 75mm howitzer immediately cooperated with the 31st Division of the 91st Army to launch a night attack on the national army of about one division gathered in the south of Xiyu Island.

"Does the national army have ships to assist Penghu?" Commander Su asked in front of Xiamen.

"So far, no."

Looking at the watch, it was already 12 o'clock in the middle of the night.

"Ships 31 and 32, continue to monitor the waters of Penghu. Infantry landing craft brigade, let's go!"

Tank landing craft are now separate from infantry landing craft.Since Xiyu Island had delivered a large number of anti-aircraft guns ashore, nine landing craft transported the troops of the 9th Regiment of the 83rd Division to Penghu, and then stayed on Xiyu Island in Penghu.In the next day or two, the transport from Xiamen to Penghu will mainly rely on five tank landing ships, and the landing craft will be responsible for transporting infantry from Xiyu Island, waiting for an opportunity to carry out an amphibious assault on the main island of Penghu.As for Baisha Island, which is stationed by the two divisions of the 247th Army, the most vulnerable of the 5th Corps (the two divisions add up to less than 12 people), Commander Su intends to suppress it with artillery fire. .

The battle had only been going on for two days, and the balance of victory in the Penghu Battle began to tilt significantly towards our army.

Chapter 38, Closing

The Penghu Islands are often referred to as the gateway to Taiwan.

The Penghu Islands are located on the side of the Taiwan Strait close to Taiwan. If Penghu is occupied, for the party attacking Taiwan, the width of the Taiwan Strait will not be 200 kilometers, but 50 kilometers. The distance from the mainland to Penghu is 150 kilometers. Occupying Penghu , which means that the 150-kilometer voyage distance has been saved.Moreover, several large and small islands in the Penghu archipelago hug each other, enclosing a large Penghu Bay, which is calm and easy to anchor, and can use the islands to hide the situation of its own troop concentration.Under the conditions of modern warfare, a large number of anti-aircraft guns are deployed on the island, which can also defend the ships moored and assembled in Penghu Bay.This is a natural springboard for attacking Taiwan.

Moreover, since the Penghu Islands form a three-dimensional structure that embraces each other, it is a bit difficult for the Taiwanese side to regain Penghu once it falls. Of course, Penghu is very close to Taiwan and is more vulnerable to Taiwan's air strikes. , but for the mainland side, which has the advantage in manpower and resources, it is not a big problem to resist the crazy counterattack of the Taiwan forces.

On the evening of June 6, the National Army Navy did not send warships to reinforce it.

On the evening of June 6th and 18th, the National Army Navy still did not have a single ship.

If you don't come, you're welcome.

On the night of June 6, all the amphibious armored vehicles and amphibious tanks of the 19nd Regiment of the 78th Division, together with the 232rd Division of the 28th Army, crossed 83 kilometers of water and launched an amphibious assault on the main island of Penghu.With the support of 6 frigates, 2 gunboats, and 4 long-range field guns on Xiyu Island, the landing force defeated the beachhead defense positions on the main island of Penghu in one fell swoop, and began to capture the commanding heights and key points of the battle on the main island of Penghu that night. The 12-kilometer-wide water surface takes less than an hour for a landing craft to go back and forth. Therefore, at dawn, the 6th Division of the 28th Army was transported to Penghu Main Island again, and began to intersperse and divide the area controlled by the national army.

"The gunboats were stuck guarding the exit of Magong Port, and no ships were allowed to leave the port; the 83th Regiment of the 248rd Division quickly intersected to the temporary airport, controlling or destroying all aircraft at the airport; the 31st and 32nd ships opened fire on the regiment headquarters in Hu Lian, Penghu County!" Xiamen Qian pointed out, Commander Su issued orders to the 28th Army, 31st Army, and fleet formations. "This time, it's best not to let Hu Lian run away!"

In the Battle of Kinmen at the end of October and early November last year, although two armies of the 10th Corps were eaten at one time, after the battle, when our army listened to the telegram, it was discovered that the 11th Corps still had a third army!Before, Commander Su thought that there were only two armies when the 12th Corps was rebuilt, but in fact Hu Lian also trained a 12th Corps, and after the 12th Corps became an army, he also assigned this army that was originally intended to train on behalf of other corps to his own name. Down.In this way, 67 troops of the 12th and 18th armies were indeed eliminated in Kinmen, but the 19th Corps still had about 4 men from the 12th Army, which were withdrawn from Chaoshan to Penghu.Another thing that made Commander Su regretful was that at the last moment of the Battle of Kinmen, Hu Lian escaped on a landing ship he had prepared a long time ago, and returned to Kinmen to continue to serve as the commander of his 67th Corps.

Hu Lian had dealt with Commander Su in East China as early as May 1946. At that time, Hu Lian led the reorganized 5th Division (11th Army) to attack the liberated areas in northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong, and made Commander Su suffer several times in the early days of the war.Later, the national army gradually failed, but Hu Lian could sense the danger every time, and led the army to retreat in advance.In the end, Huang Wei's 18th Corps was wiped out in Shuangduiji. Hu Lian, the deputy commander of the 12th Corps, showed his talent for escape and rushed out of the encirclement in a tank. The tank was trapped in the mud.

I escaped Nanma, Cao County, Shuangduiji, and Kinmen. Now I have seized or blocked all the airports and ports, and the warships of the National Army and Navy dare not go south to pick up people. Let's see how you Hu Lian still run.

……

Taipei.

Ever since retreating from the mainland to Taiwan and losing Kinmen, Chiang Kai-shek has been in a state of intermittent mania.High-level officials in the United States have brought words repeatedly, and the ambassador to China has also come to him more than once to persuade him to make plans early.

What are your plans?Truman thought he should prepare to form a government-in-exile, because Taiwan would be lost sooner or later.

Marshall believes that while Taiwan is still there, let Chiang Kai-shek quickly destroy himself and go wherever he likes. Anyway, Taiwan must be vacated as a UN trusteeship (of course, it is actually controlled by the United States in the end), and then Taiwan will be transformed into Guam.This is also entirely in the interests of the United States.

As for MacArthur, he reports once a week, thinking that the U.S. military stationed in Japan can expand its army and station in Taiwan with two divisions.

And Chiang Kai-shek believes that he is only temporarily transferred to Taiwan, and he is determined to counterattack the mainland and restore the legal system of the Republic of China.

Truman, Marshall, MacArthur:  …

As evidence, Chiang Kai-shek increased troops to the Taizhou Islands, excavated permanent fortifications, and conscription and training on the island.Perhaps Chiang Kai-shek himself knew that there was not much possibility of success in counterattacking Zhejiang by crossing the Taizhou Islands, but he had to do it, because this was the last evidence that the government might still have a hand in the mainland—the East Asian continent.

"The GONG bandits took Xiyu Island by chance, but they suffered heavy losses under the bombing of our air force. If I increase troops to Penghu, and then under the cover of sea and air, they can regain Xiyu Island." Chiang Kai-shek pointed to the map and said.

Zhou Zhirou and Ma Jizhuang: "..."

"President, although the Air Force has been trying hard to bomb Xiyu Island and the GONG Army ships in the past three days, the GONG Army also has a considerable number of fighter jets and anti-aircraft artillery, so the results may not be as great." Zhou Zhirou said.

"It doesn't matter, our navy still has dozens of large steel ships. Air and sea cooperation, bombarding the enemy together can also kill the enemy."

Yuan Shouqian: ...

Ma Jizhuang stood at attention with a "snap", bowed his head and replied: "President, our navy lost six large ships on the 16th and 17th, and has been refused to stop outside the Taiwan Strait and cannot rush to Penghu."

Chiang Kai-shek raised his head, as if waking up from a dream, stretched out his right hand tremblingly, and pointed at Ma Jizhuang.

……

Penghu main island.

Guns rang out everywhere, and Hu Lian could hear the sound of the M1919A4 heavy machine gun, ... "Crooked Handle", [-] Dagai, Browning, and Springfield rifles.These gunshots were mixed together. Obviously, the infantry of the GONG army had already landed on the island and left the coast to attack in all directions.

There are more than 6 troops in Penghu, but only the 67-strong 3th Army he had trained on the mainland is reliable.In the past three days of fighting, the 67th Division of the 56th Army was all on Xiyu Island, and the three combat regiments of the 67th Division of the 67th Army crossed the sea to reinforce Xiyu Island, but none of them came back. Auxiliary personnel such as transport soldiers, engineers, etc.Tonight, the coastal defenses of Penghu Main Island were breached, and this battle should not be able to continue.

"Messenger! Adjutant!" Hu Lian ran out from the regiment headquarters in the depression and shouted, "Messenger, go to the airport immediately and let them start the plane!"

The landing craft that Hu Lian ordered to stay in the early morning of the 16th had already been blown into a sieve, but Hu Lian still had a backup.

The messenger first got on the tricycle and rushed to the temporary airport. Hu Lian and the adjutant took two briefcases and got into the jeep.