Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

"Okay, then we will immediately form the Northeast Independent Division, distribute weapons and equipment according to the organization, and airdrop them immediately! In addition, let them form a local guerrilla force to ensure that there are sufficient reserve forces!"

"Mengzi, the Japanese haven't made any movement for such a long time. Are they really going to start a big battle?"

Li Yunlong's worry is also Wang Meng's worry. The Japanese devils are not good people. They haven't said a word for such a long time. They must be planning some dirty tricks.

Perhaps the battle Wang Meng faced was even larger than the one in history! After all, the Japanese were not only facing the tense situation in the Pacific battlefield, but also the continuous advance of the independent column within China.

Therefore, the Japanese are now extremely anxious and eager to open up a major land route, activate the resources in China, Southeast Asia and the main island, and fight stubbornly.

According to the last intelligence, it is now approaching the March deadline. Could it be that the Japanese will take action now?

"Old Li, I will order Li Yiming from the intelligence department to immediately collect all the information about the Japanese invasion of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, and then we will make a decision!"

"Okay, how's the Fourth Army training going?"

"Oh, I went to Yuncheng a few days ago. Li Jiayu is doing well in training. Don't be fooled by his small stature. He has great prestige in the Fourth Army Group! From the army commander to the soldiers below, no one disobeys him!"

"That's great! So should we also prepare an action plan?"

"Well, although we don't have any specific information about the Japanese yet, we can try to deduce it first."

Wang Meng chatted with Li Yunlong for a whole day, from morning to three in the afternoon. He talked until his stomach growled, and finally finalized the first operational draft.

If the elite forces of the Kwantung Army were transferred to the interior to fight, the First Army would take the opportunity to occupy the Greater Khingan Range area and seize the three northeastern provinces as appropriate.

If the Kwantung Army did not move, the First Army's First and Second Armies would not move, while the Third Army would advance to Zhangjiakou. At the same time, the Second Army would put pressure on Shijiazhuang from Niangzi Pass, forcing the Japanese to withdraw their troops heading south to Henan, Hunan and Guangxi, or transfer the Kwantung Army to the pass.

The Third Army attacked Kaifeng, Jiaozuo and Zhengxian from the southeastern part of Shanxi, joined forces with the Weishan Lake Independent Division, and cut off the north-south passage.

The Fourth Army crossed the Yellow River from the south of Yuncheng and from the south of Luoyang, waiting for an opportunity to cut off the retreat of the enemy troops that had penetrated deep into Hunan and Guangxi, thus closing the door and attacking the enemy.

Before the battle, the independent column's air force must be deployed to Quzhou, Zhejiang, Zhijiang, Hunan and other places.

"Mengzi, how far has the Air Force developed now?"

"A new batch of pilots have recently graduated and have been added to the front-line troops. Next, I want to reorganize the Air Force."

"Oh? Let's see?"

According to Wang Meng's idea, as the basic combat unit, each aviation division has three fighter squadrons (each squadron has twenty Hellcat fighters), one bomber squadron (twenty B-17 Flying Fortress bombers), one reconnaissance squadron (five F4F-3p reconnaissance aircraft), two maintenance squadrons (responsible for aircraft maintenance and upkeep, with four hundred maintenance soldiers in each squadron), one support squadron (responsible for ammunition, fuel, temporary navigation, and command, with four hundred soldiers), and one guard battalion.

In addition, the division directly controls two C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft for each division to use. The entire aviation division has a total of fighters.

Now the Independent Column Air Force can form a total of six aviation divisions, three direct transport aircraft squadrons (each with twenty C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft), and four student squadrons (each with thirty training aircraft).

Inner Mongolia is vast, but there are no strong enemies at present, so Alxa League, Bayannur, and Baotou are assigned to the First Division. Ulanqab and Xilinhot are assigned to the Second Air Force Division, and the focus is on Xilinhot and Ulanqab in the east.

Datong, Taiyuan and Pingshun in Shanxi were handed over to the 3rd Air Force Division.

The 4th, 5th and 6th Divisions were temporarily stationed at Changzhi, Jincheng and Pingshun field airports, and would move to the front-line battlefield after the battle started.

Yuncheng, Linfen in Shanxi and Qingyang airports in Shaanxi are mainly used for training of cadet squadrons.

The three direct transport aircraft squadrons were concentrated at Pingshun Airport, cooperating with the 201st Airborne Brigade and the 202nd Airborne Regiment in parachute training, and occasionally helping to airdrop supplies and transport personnel.

Wang Meng made such a deployment so that he could quickly mobilize the air force to support Henan Province, Hunan Province and Guangxi Province after the battle started, and ensure that there would be no vacuum period in the current air defense mission after the troops were transferred.

"Old Li, the speed of our pilot training is still too slow."

"Ah? This is still too slow? The president of our Lin University is very busy! On the one hand, he asked Lu Tianlong to advertise everywhere and recruit people from the Central Army, and on the other hand, he asked Chen Boai to recruit Chinese pilot volunteers overseas!"

"Oh, there's nothing we can do about it. Old Li, look, we have six or seven hundred planes, and we can still hold on for now, because our actual control base is only Shanxi and Inner Mongolia.

If we add more territory in the future, we will need more planes, so we have a long way to go!"

Wang Meng and Li Yunlong could only sigh as they looked at the huge map. Now they could only place their hopes on Lin Shubing, hoping that he could train as many pilots as possible.

After Wang Meng finished talking with Li Yunlong, he went to the intelligence department to find Li Yiming and ordered him to collect intelligence about the Henan-Hunan-Guangxi Campaign.

The top priority now is to confirm the time when the Japanese will launch an attack, and then alert all Chinese military forces, including the Central Army, in advance to prepare for active defense.

Li Yiming immediately assigned the tasks, including Squid who was far away in Peking.

At this time, Guan Gu Shenqi was scratching his head in the Second Confidential Department of the North China Front Army Headquarters.

"Section Chief Guan Gu, a group of Kwantung troops will be passing through Peking soon. General Okamura Ningji has ordered us to do a good job of supporting them."

"What? Isn't this the job of the logistics department? How did it fall on us again? Do they really think we in the Confidential Section 2 are just chores?"

"Hey, Chief Guan Gu, there are advantages to doing odd jobs. Although the things we are responsible for are relatively trivial, they have little to do with combat operations. If a combat operation fails one day, they won't be able to find the cause when they investigate!"

Guan Gu Shenqi actually felt that what this guy said made sense.

In fact, Guan Gu Shenqi was also intentionally or unintentionally distancing himself from the core tasks, including the formulation of battle plans.

Every time a large-scale combat plan was made, all the section chiefs would rush forward, leaving only Guan Gu Shenqi sitting on the stool in a daze.

So much so that his mentor and Ying Zhier could not help but sigh and regret, unable to give him some opportunities to achieve success.