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"Well... From our point of view, his experience in the past three years is a blank." William Childs roughly agreed with Li Zongren's opinion, "But maybe the Communist Party's tentacles are not so long..."

"They must be organized in Hong Kong, and even I heard about it before my current president." Li Zongren said. "Of course, Bai Jiansheng is still my fellow countryman, old friend and colleague. I won't do anything to him, but just keep him under surveillance. After we have passed these few days, we will slowly resolve this matter later."

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[Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations based on the discussion of the Security Council on April 1953, 4]

On April 1953, 4, the Security Council decided to hold a hearing to discuss the "re-intensification of the Chinese Civil War".

Taking into account the letter dated 1952 November 11 from the Prime Minister of Mainland China to the President of the Security Council, and the request and initiative of the Government of the Republic of China regarding the realization of peace within China.

The United Nations is deeply concerned about the heavy loss of human life and widespread material damage caused by the war in China, as well as the interruption of maritime shipping and other negative consequences caused by the war in the Taiwan Strait and surrounding waters.

The United Nations notes that the continuation and intensification of this situation constitutes a threat to international peace and security.

The United Nations has also noticed that Mr. Secretary-General's special envoy and personal representative are preparing to leave for Taipei to mediate the civil war on behalf of the United Nations.

The United Nations also took into account that the representative of the United States expressed willingness to send a special envoy representing the US government to Taipei or Beijing at the same time as the Secretary-General's special envoy and personal representative:

1. Strongly urge both sides in the civil war in China to stop military operations as soon as possible and restore peace in Taiwan and surrounding areas;

2. Support Mr. Secretary-General's statement on peace in Taiwan and surrounding areas, and facilitate the mediation work of Mr. Secretary-General's special envoy and personal representative in Taipei;

3. Appreciate the United States' willingness to make efforts for the peace of Taiwan and surrounding areas, and express that the warring parties in the Chinese civil war will contact the representatives of the United Nations and the United States as soon as possible, and provide convenient conditions for the representatives of the two parties to enter the country and start mediation.

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"The United Nations adopted a statement discussed by the Security Council and signed by the Secretary-General an hour ago, urging the warring parties in the Chinese civil war to stop military operations. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is willing to send special envoys and personal representatives to Taipei or Beijing to conduct mediation. The proposal to send a high-level US military and political envoy as a special envoy was also written into the UN statement."

The current Secretary of Defense Charlie Wilson sat on the sofa and spoke respectfully to the old man sitting across from him.

"President Eisenhower believes that a special envoy must be a high-level figure in the United States and at the same time be acceptable to both sides in the war, especially the Red China side. Therefore, the President would like to ask you...to serve as a special envoy to China again."

"What else can I offer when I go to China to let them cease fire? Can we in the United States come up with any effective and feasible proposals? Is it still the same as seven years ago-suggesting that the two parties form a coalition government?"

Retired five-star general George Marshall said to Charlie Wilson with a slightly sarcastic tone.

"No, of course not..." Charlie Wilson said awkwardly.

In 1946, Marshall stayed in China for a long time, mediating the imminent civil war, and in the end he failed to mediate.At that time, Marshall wanted to work hard to promote the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to form a coalition government, but Chiang Kai-shek felt that his 400 million troops would crush Yan'an in minutes, so he refused to agree, and Marshall failed.

After returning to the United States, Marshall first served as Secretary of State and then Secretary of Defense. He was the only Secretary of Defense in the United States who served as an active soldier.During this period, the "European Recovery Plan", also known as the Marshall Plan, was proposed to restore the European economy quickly and avoid social unrest and revolution.Therefore, the old Europe is very grateful to Marshall. It is only April 1953. Two groups and committee members of the Nobel Prize Organization have publicly expressed their intention to nominate Marshall as this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner. According to legend, Marshall will win the prize this year. It's a done deal.

"Now we can only beg the CCP to stop attacking for a period of time, so that the government of the Republic of China and the residents of Taiwan who are unwilling to stay in place can leave calmly." Enter Taipei to receive."

"President Eisenhower has basically the same considerations as you," Charlie Wilson said. "In fact, since the day before yesterday, American transport planes have been trying their best to relocate residents to Okinawa. But we need sea transportation, and the operation of sea transportation ships is very slow, so we need to fight for it." time."

"No, don't let them gather in Okinawa," Marshall said solemnly.

Chapter 53, A Warship Escapes

On the morning of April 1953, 4, two days after the start of the Taiwan War, the American submarine "Catfish" parked in Yokosuka disappeared.

Tang Hua got the news on the afternoon of April 4th.

In the own office of the Intelligence Department of the General Staff, Tang Hua and Li Kenong worked together separately to sort out the huge amount of intelligence information.

The first day of the Taiwan campaign is the key. The first day of the battle is over, and the battle is basically half successful. Tang Hua’s several new equipments have all passed the test, so the rest will be left to Su Yu, Secretary Deng, and Wang Yongjun. 50 centers.The positions of the three people draw an arc line from north to south.Connecting this communication line is a dedicated telegraph line and a network card, which are already very mature electronic devices, so Tang Hua doesn't need to worry about them.

But there are still two things to do now. The first is whether the U.S. Navy and Air Force have reinforcements or attempts to reinforce them, and the second is what Washington is going to do next.

"The staff of the Soviet embassy in Japan went to the Yokosuka base at 7:7 in the morning to secretly take pictures, and the 'Catfish' had disappeared." Tang Hua said, "I didn't even see the submarine that was leaving the port, which means that the 'Catfish' was the latest Sailing has already started at 4 o'clock in the morning. The last time the embassy personnel passed by was at 13 o'clock in the afternoon on April 8, and the 'Catfish' was motionless at the berth. Therefore, the time for this submarine to sail is after 8 o'clock in the evening and 7 o'clock in the morning Previously, there was an 11-hour margin of error."

"A submarine... How much damage can a submarine cause?" Li Kenong asked.

"It cannot prevent us from continuing the Taiwan campaign, but it will cause relatively large losses to the navy and the troops and supplies being transported." Tang Hua rummaged through the bookcase, "This submarine, the Whitefish class of the US Navy, has an underwater displacement of 2400 tons, not too small. 10 torpedo tubes, 6 at the front and 4 at the rear, carrying a total of 24 torpedoes. If our transport fleet is captured, it is possible to sink three or five ships at once."

Tang Hua felt familiar when he saw the name of the SS339 "Catfish". Isn't this the unlucky Argentine submarine? The "Catfish" should have been decommissioned from the US Navy and sold to Argentina in 1971. During the Falklands War in 1982, this old WWII boat was miserably abused by British fleet anti-submarine helicopters + towed sonar + guided torpedoes + air-to-ship missiles.

However, the current "Catfish" is a great threat to our fleet. The performance of Whitefish-class submarines is not far behind in the world, and the anti-submarine capabilities of the People's Liberation Army Navy are particularly poor.There are only four second-hand Soviet-made submarine hunters that can really anti-submarine. The sonar is basically at the level of the middle of World War II. The anti-submarine weapons are tail-throwing + depth bombs thrown by mortars.The voyage is very short...but it is enough to protect the Xiamen-Penghu-Taiwan route.

"Let me see when we will arrive." Li Kenong found Yokosuka on the map, "Yokosuka is 1000 kilometers away from the Togara Strait, and 2100 kilometers from the Taiwan Strait. That is to say, if the Soviet fleet in the Togara Strait can find a submarine, That's the period from now, 4pm, to two or three in the morning tomorrow."

"The sentinel fleet of the big brother of the Soviet Union is better than nothing," Tang Hua said. "The submarines of the US Navy have radar warning devices. When they find radar detection at a long distance, they will turn to evade or temporarily hide for a few hours. After avoiding it, they will continue to float. So, the Soviet fleet did not find any trace of the submarine, which cannot prove that this submarine did not approach the Taiwan Strait. Let us first directly calculate the time when the 'Catfish' arrived in the Taiwan Strait."

Tang Hua looked at the map again, and drew a new line, "There is more than one invasion route for submarines. Just now you drew the Tugala Strait-Okinawa-Diaoyu Islands-invasion from the northern part of the Taiwan Strait. There is also a direct route to Bashi Strait, bypassing the southernmost tip of Taiwan Island to the west, and intruding from the southern part of the Taiwan Strait. If the "Meiyu" took the northern route, it would enter the Strait on the morning of April 4. If it took the southern route, it would be Entered the Strait on the afternoon of the 17th."

"Do you want to take into account the submarine that was monitoring the Soviet Navy off the coast of Vladivostok?" Li Kenong asked.

"'Blackfin Tuna', it has been diving and snorkeling in the Sea of ​​Japan for more than a month. Three pure electric submarines approached Vladivostok to inquire about information, and it was driven out by frigates three times. Not quite enough."

"Then let's report to Xiamen Qianzhi in this way. Airplanes should be dispatched for reconnaissance as much as possible. Submarine hunters should be divided into two directions, north and south. From the evening of April 4th, we will be on strict alert."

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The early warning about the submarine attack was passed to Xiamen Qianzhi, and the naval commander Xiao Jinguang's already big head grew bigger again.

In the front, Xiao Jinguang, Liu Yelou, Su Yu, and Zhang Zhen are all experiencing a brand new gameplay that they have never experienced before, ah no, a style of play.

Xiao Jinguang's navy is now a naval transport brigade, with more than 30 landing ships used as ro-ro transport ships, scattered on three two-way routes from Penghu to Taixi artificial wharf, from Xiamen to Taixi, and from Shantou to Taixi.Cargo loading and unloading schedules need to be precise, keeping an eye on remaining logistics supplies. More than 100 landing craft of less than 500 tons are mainly transported from Penghu to Taixi Beach, and there are also two-way routes. On the afternoon of April 4th, Tainan City was liberated. There is a fishing port in Anping Port in Tainan City. Although it is also a port for fishing boats, it is easier to use than the narrow Santiao Port in the early morning of April 15th. Strictly speaking, it may be better than an artificial dock. use some. The 4th Army is about to wipe out the remnants of the enemy in Tainan City, and at the same time it has begun to clean up the port, which can be completed tonight, which means that some landing ships from Xiamen and Shantou should be arranged to set their destination in Tainan tonight.In the battle to liberate Tainan, the artillery shells of the coastal defense ships generally consumed 12/20, and they needed to go back to Penghu to replenish them. One coastal defense ship even ate a 2mm shell, and had to make emergency repairs while returning to Hong Kong to replenish the ammunition.The missile boat unit is on standby in Penghu. The 3st and 105nd ships are responsible for blocking the Kaohsiung Port after the liberation of Tainan, preventing the 31 National Army warships from running out...

This is why Xiao Jin has a big bald head.He spent most of his time watching the real-time status of shipping in the logistics staff center next door.Now that the telegram from Beijing arrives, a plan for anti-submarine warfare has to be added.

When the People's Navy was established and Xiao Jinguang became the first naval commander, all the navy was thinking about was how to defend the sea and prevent imperialism from invading our coastline.Until 1951, the basic idea of ​​the navy was to defend the coastal waters mainly by flying submarines and fast. In 1952, it was preparing to liberate Taiwan. Power projection tool" - this term is said by Tang Hua.

Liu Yelou's air force fought a rather complicated air close support battle on April 4. Under the escort of the MiG-15s of the First Air Division and the Second Air Division, the Il-15 attack aircraft attacked the national army in Tainan. The positions were bombed and strafed at low altitude.National Army fighter jets came from Kaohsiung and Taipei. When the fighter jets from the north passed through the central mountain range, they were discovered by the 10th Division's air surveillance posts. The MiG-60s of the Second Air Division had plenty of time to prepare. Hit more and fight less, and drove the national army planes in Taipei back.The plane taking off from Kaohsiung was also controlled by the First Air Division, and the Il-15 smoothly fired back and forth at the defensive positions of the Nationalist Army in Tainan.Facts have proved that the newly reorganized national army can still fight twice on the ground in a decent manner. It can be seen that there is a bit of American training. When using 10mm guns for air defense, they are completely amateurs and fight in all directions.

The 20th Army and the 26th Army also enjoyed the treatment of sufficient fire support from the Air Force for the first time in the battle to liberate Tainan.Following the successful encirclement by the 15th Division in the early morning of the 76th, three divisions attacked Tainan from three directions on the morning of the 15th, and the tanks followed the Il-10 in the first charge, and the national army's defense line collapsed.

"Four Nationalist warships and two civilian ships have departed from Kaohsiung Port. Our ship has accelerated to seize the missile launch position!"

The news from ship 31 lifted the spirits of the entire front finger.

Ships 31 and 32 were instructed to fight as long as there are national warships leaving port.

"There are so many warships coming out? Are there civilian ships?" Su Yu said, "The missiles of the 31st and 32nd ships are probably not enough. Tu-2 will take off immediately!"

What Suyu and Xiao Jinguang didn't expect was that the six mixed warships drove south at full speed after leaving Kaohsiung Port—that is, the direction of the Philippines. The top speed of ships 6 and 31 is only 32 knots. The national army's warships are 14.5 Keeling class plus 1 escort destroyers.As soon as the missile was launched, the escort destroyer sank one ship and seriously injured one ship, and then the 3st and 21nd ships could no longer catch up.It took the Tu-1 bomber two hours to reach the southern waters of Taiwan. After searching for half an hour, they couldn't find where the national army fleet was, so they had to return.

"These six ships did not perform their missions, but defected." After a while, the intercepted national army telegram was deciphered, and the intelligence staff said, "Kaohsiung is calling the ships leaving the port, and then Taipei also started calling, first asking and then calling. reprimanded, but the fleeing warship of the national army refused to call back."

"In this way, the defensive firepower of the Kaohsiung National Army has been further reduced." Su Yu said.

If the warships of the national army do not leave the port, the cats will serve as fixed forts in the port to help the national army on the ground defend, which is also a troublesome matter.In particular, the 127mm naval gun of the Keeling class has a high rate of fire, and one gun tops a ground field artillery battery, and its range is farther than that of a howitzer.

"In view of the fact that the ground battle has been progressing smoothly, ACAA-1 can be adopted in the combat plan starting tomorrow." Zhang Zhen said, "The two divisions of the 20th Army and the 26th Army are mainly attacking Kaohsiung on the southern line, and the 27th Army and 31st Army are attacking on the northern line. The goal of the first stage is to advance the control line from Zhuoshuixi to Wuxi."

"Except for the necessary reserve forces in the Third Tank Division, the rest of the tanks were all put into the battle on the southern front. Kaohsiung is the focus of the second phase of the campaign, and the sooner Kaohsiung is captured, the better it will be."