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In the sky above Kaohsiung-Pingtung, the Air Force's MiG-15/MiG-15bis pressed the air combat area above Kaohsiung's national army positions for the first time.
During World War II, the Japanese army built a large number of airports in Taiwan. There were large airports that took off bombers and small and medium-sized airports that could only take off fighter jets. There were 11 airports in Tainan-Kaohsiung-Pingtung. There are as few as a dozen, and as many as a hundred.Therefore, the national army in southern Taiwan has been able to take off the F-5 and F-84 in the past 86 days to engage in air tug-of-war with the People's Liberation Army.
In the past two years or so, we have expanded the original small airport in Penghu into a super airport, and built another small airport. During the war, a total of more than 200 aircraft from three air divisions were stationed.Of course these 200+ aircraft alone cannot monopolize Taiwan's air supremacy, but Penghu is very close to Taiwan, and it is most efficient for fighter jets to take off from here to seize air supremacy.The airfields in Fujian and Zhejiang served as bases for second-line combat aircraft.
On our army's position north of Kaohsiung, the soldiers can easily see a few dozen fighter jets biting each other's tails in the air, but the fighters of the national army fought the most uncomfortable, because the position of the 20th Army has reached the hill in the north of Kaohsiung. Mountain (this is the front line after retreating 8 kilometers early this morning), and two sets of Hongqi-2 air defense missile systems have also come here.The air maneuvering area of the National Army aircraft has been compressed. If you dare to maneuver beyond the area, a few small, slender things with flames will appear on the ground and hit you.
Our Air Force has just begun to gain the upper hand in air combat, and the Tu-2 special bomber formation rushed into the theater.This special bomber is not an anti-ship missile launcher, but a radio-guided bomb dropper that was tinkered with three years ago.
Kaohsiung's defense forces are dense, and it is inconvenient for special forces to infiltrate, right? Then use classic tricks.
Since I am sure that the United States also has similar products, there is nothing to hesitate, and I will go directly to bomb the Kaohsiung Fortress.
At an altitude of 4500 meters, the Tu-2 group of four machines was divided into three groups to find their own targets.Although 3 years have passed, the guided bombs are still very effective. The 500 kg bombs dropped by the first group of bombers densely covered the turret of a 150mm fortress gun. One of the bombs penetrated a few meters from the side of the turret The concrete ground exploded and the turret's ring was completely destroyed and could not rotate.
Some of the heavy artillery of the Kaohsiung Fortress are fully protected turrets, and some are actually naked artillery under the protection of the defensive wall. The bombs dropped by the second group of bombers are of this kind. The shock waves and fragments of the four 4kg bombs directly destroyed this old 500mm heavy gun.
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The buildings and buildings of Chiayi City Railway Station are still in a mess, but the railway lines and turnouts have obviously been refurbished. The places that were bombarded by heavy artillery before were filled with gravel, and the sleepers and rails were replaced with new ones.At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, a steam locomotive pulled 6 wagons from Yunlin County and slowly drove into Chiayi City Railway Station.
When Japan occupied Taiwan, it invested a lot in Taiwan's infrastructure. By 1945, Taiwan had a railway around the island, a complete road network in plain areas, and per capita power generation exceeded any province in the mainland.After our army landed and took control of several counties, the priority of the engineering troops was to repair bridges and railways.Thanks to the efforts of the engineering corps and local railway employees, the railway line under our control starts from the southern suburbs of Changhua County in the north, passes through Yunlin County, Chiayi City, and Tainan City, with a length of more than 100 kilometers.
Starting from April 4, the materials disembarked from the Taixi Village artificial wharf were first transported by car for about 16 kilometers, boarded a train in Yunlin County, and then either went south to supply the Kaohsiung front line, or went north to gather in Changhua to prepare for the battle to liberate Taichung City.
After the fishing port in Tainan City was put into use, the landed supplies were also sent to Tainan Railway Station, where they could be conveniently dispatched to the battlefields in the north and south at any time.
Once Kaohsiung City, which is being besieged by the 20th Army and the 26th Army, is liberated, the shipping throughput of several ports in Kaohsiung will probably be three times higher than the sum of all ports and artificial terminals controlled by our army now.
However, the only small regret is that when our army liberated Kaohsiung, the Taiwan campaign had already entered its final stage.
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Tokyo.
Former U.S. Secretary of State and Defense Secretary George Marshall, 73, stepped off the plane.The United Nations Commander Clark and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida were greeted at the airport.
"Dear Mr. Marshall, hello, you have worked hard on the long-distance flight across continents for peace in East Asia." The 75-year-old Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida shook hands with Marshall.
After several times of turbulent flight for more than ten hours, Marshall was really tired at this time. "Thank you for coming to the airport to welcome you. I really need to go to my residence to take a rest first. If Mr. Prime Minister is convenient, come to my residence in three hours to discuss some matters briefly."
The United States proposed an armistice to restore peace to Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait.The United States proposed a bill in the Security Council (attempted).The United States gathers its allies and brothers to launch a naval blockade against China.
Of course, as part of the mediation steps taken by the United States, Marshall, the mediator appointed by Eisenhower, flew to Tokyo in advance, so that he could fly to Taiwan or Shanghai or somewhere else in a blink of an eye when negotiations were likely to start.
"It's no longer possible to keep Taiwan, is it?" Marshall's first words were addressed to Clark.
Clark had nothing to say but nodded.
"Ike believes that after the Republic of China withdraws to Okinawa, its civilians should disperse and emigrate to Japan, the west coast of the United States, and the Philippines." Marshall told Clark what the president explained, "but the president is based on the fact that we can evacuate 100 million refugees from Taiwan. At the current speed of evacuation, how long will it take for the Republic of China to evacuate a population of 100 million?"
Clark: "From April 4th to 13th at noon today, 17 people were evacuated from Taipei by air in four and a half days. On the evening of the 9th, two cruise ships arrived at Keelung Port. 6 people left Taiwan....From this afternoon, the civilian ships we have collected and the landing ships that are idle after transporting the Annan Army will be used to transport refugees one after another, and 15 to 16 people can be evacuated every day by sea.”
"That means holding the front line for two weeks."
"Yes. It is completely impossible for the current ROC army."
"The White House has channels of dialogue with Beijing, and we have given them the tone of the negotiations," Marshall said. "There was a ceasefire, and the ROC withdrew its own state apparatus from Taiwan, and took away refugees who were hostile to the Communist Party. After the transfer is complete, we lift the naval blockade on China. I'm here, waiting for the negotiation venue to open."
Chapter 58, Refusing to Negotiate First
Hong Kong.
"Mr. Chen" and "Mr. Morris", the secret liaison representatives of China and the United States, had a pleasant cooperation two months ago, but when they met on April 4, the atmosphere was a bit awkward.
Two months ago, the two sides were making a deal on the repatriation of prisoners of war, discussing how to do the work of their ally North Korea/South Korea.All in all it was a pleasure working together.
What happened on April 4? Five days ago, the country behind Mr. Chen hammered three warships from Morris; yesterday, the country behind Morris blocked Mr. Chen's coastline.
However, both of them received instructions from their superiors to meet face to face, so they met anyway.In the closed private room of the tea house, both of them held their faces together, and kept silent except what they had to say, not even exchanging pleasantries.
Morris pushed a manuscript in front of Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen carefully checked the signature and identifier, and nodded if there was no problem.Morris nodded too.
"I'll leave if there's nothing else to do." Morris packed half of the refreshments in front of him and left with the food.Mr. Chen carefully put the manuscript into the briefcase, packed refreshments and left.
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"Your proposal for a ceasefire has been seriously considered by us, but at the same time you have fabricated the so-called refugee and political asylum issues, which we cannot agree to."
In Zhongnanhai, the Prime Minister responded to the US dialogue.The face is very serious, and the tone of the pen is also very serious.
"In a class society, the ruling class will inevitably use force to enslave the ruled class. When the ruled class is overly oppressed, the people will inevitably wake up and use force to resist the oppressor. The essence of China's liberation war is justice. The patriotic People's Revolutionary War represents and fights for the interests of the people of the whole country; it is the working class and working people who take up guns to resist the reactionary rule of big landlords, big bourgeoisie and compradors."
"We are war abolitionists. We don't want war; but we can only eliminate war through war. If we don't want guns, we must use guns."
"Bearing the entrustment of the people, the People's Liberation Army must advance courageously, resolutely, thoroughly, cleanly and completely annihilate all Kuomintang reactionaries who dare to resist in China, liberate the people of the whole country, and defend the independence and integrity of China's territorial sovereignty; Perpetual war criminals, no matter where they flee to, must be brought to justice and punished according to law."
"Therefore, we reject negotiations for a ceasefire designed to provide war criminals with an opportunity to flee and evacuate."
After the Prime Minister finished writing his response, the telegram was sent from Beijing to Guangzhou, and then immediately sent from Guangzhou to Hong Kong via a secret radio station.The communications systems and errand staff on both sides were efficient, and on the night of April 4, both Marshall in Tokyo and Washington received a response from the Prime Minister.
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"China has rejected the request for negotiation." In Tokyo, Clark and Charles Willoughby, commander of US Far East Intelligence, covered their faces when they saw this incredible news.
"We didn't ask them to do anything, we just asked them to suspend their offensive for a few days and withdraw some officials," said Charles Willoughby wearily. The important island of Taiwan, and it no longer needs to fight but directly takes over the remaining areas peacefully; China can even get most of the weapons of the ROC Army... Frankly speaking, what we put forward to them is not a condition at all, but a request, which is worthless A humble request, yet they turned it down."
"They want to try the high-level officials and generals of the Republic of China," Clark said. "Maybe this will give them wider support and praise from the domestic people. So, what should we do?"
Marshall was also thinking about why things weren't going the way they were supposed to.In fact, he just got off the plane today, confidently thinking that he came to Tokyo to wait for the negotiations to start and he would be a notary.Dinner with Shigeru Yoshida and Clark also expressed a very positive prediction.Look at the time, it is 9:[-] in the evening, and China has refused to negotiate?
"No, what the Chinese told us was not the bottom line of their negotiations. Trial of high-level officials and generals of the Republic of China is definitely not a condition that the Chinese want to obtain. They are using this extra asking price to force us to make concessions."
Marshall began to analyze.
"The CCP's domestic political beauty and governance capabilities have been proven in the past three years, and they have also won extremely high levels of public support. They do not need to rely on the trial of criminals from the old era to maintain their support. Our Far East Navy and The Air Force should continue to put pressure on China, and it won't take long for China to change its mind."
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When the Prime Minister rejected the US's first truce proposal, another large-scale armored/mechanized force interspersed battle occurred in the southern part of the island of Taiwan.
The PT-76 amphibious tanks went south from Qishan Old Street, crossed the Gaoping River and Xiadanshui River, and they faced the "paper troops" of the national army who were reclaiming here-although they were still in the national army's serial roster. But the main job is farming, and the combat effectiveness is close to zero.There are quite a number of national troops farming around Pingtung. Before the start of the campaign, the intelligence had more than 8000 people. On April 4, firearms were issued urgently. At night, they used 12 large covers, 99 rifles or a few 96 types Light machine guns fired indiscriminately to resist. When the huge body of PT-76 approached rumblingly, these reclamation soldiers either scattered and fled, or surrendered with their guns held high on their heads.
"This amphibious tank is easy to use, really easy to use," Ye Hui said, "Are we building a tank factory in the northeast? After the tank factory is built, we must be able to build this kind of amphibious tank by ourselves."
"Amphibious landing warfare and operations in areas with dense water networks, this kind of amphibious tank has great advantages." Zhang Zhen agreed with Ye Hui's opinion, "Rivers and lakes are like walking on flat ground, and they can move freely on the entire battlefield without obstacles. It is an American-style big buffalo. Almost mean, much slower than PT-76. If we can manufacture amphibious tanks by ourselves in the future, we will also manufacture a batch of amphibious armored vehicles by ourselves, just to be able to run as fast as PT-76.”