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Chang Song Meiling walked into the office unhurriedly, and saw the secretary standing beside the telephone with a pale face and trembling all over. "Who's calling? What's the matter?"
"It's a call from the Soviet ambassador to the United States. The matter..." The secretary shook his head, forgetting to let it go. "The matter, Mr. Ambassador, wants to tell you personally."
"Mrs. Song, I would like to convey to you the words of your second sister in mainland China. 'The People's Liberation Army launched a campaign to liberate Taiwan in the early morning of April 4. This is the last battle of China's War of Liberation. It is reported that the campaign The People's Liberation Army started long-range precision bombing to eliminate the military and political command organization of the Republic of China and the leader Chiang Kai-shek himself. Not only did Chiang Kai-shek's life fall in Taiwan, but after the war, Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China will also be swept into the pile of old papers of history. The United States Ling, you and I both have the blood of Yan and Huang. At the time of great changes in China, when the old era is ending and the new era is coming, we should make the right choice and not follow the example of Tang and Zhaoming. If you can return to the motherland from overseas , I believe that all previous suspicions can be put down, and we sisters start again.'”
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Pentagon.
“Perhaps we should leave the military decisions in and around Taiwan to Tokyo,” said Chief of Naval Operations William Fixler. “Halfway around the world, the time lag in information is too annoying.”
"No, the information we collect on Taiwan is not to command troops halfway around the world, but to consider what posture all U.S. forces in the Western Pacific should adopt." Bradley said, "In addition, we need to provide information basis for the president's decision. "
Fickles: "The Seventh Fleet ordered the second cruise fleet not to enter the no-go zone for the time being half an hour ago, but to stay in Okinawa and wait for the arrival of the aircraft carrier battle group. After rendezvous with the aircraft carrier battle group, the fleet just stayed in Taiwan. The east of the island is waiting for further operational instructions. The deployment of the Seventh Fleet has clearly adopted a defensive posture, which means that they have made the highest battle/and decision on our behalf."
"In any case, the decision made by the Seventh Fleet is more in line with the reality of the battlefield than ours." It was Air Force Chief of Staff Vandenberg who spoke.
Eisenhower walked into the conference room and immediately felt the tension.
"Where is our nearest aircraft carrier?"
"Between Okinawa and Tokyo, the distance from Okinawa is 330 nautical miles."
"When will the Chinese landing begin?" Eisenhower asked again.
"It is now 3:4 a.m. local time in Taiwan. According to common sense, they will appear in the sight of the defenders at 4:30 a.m. and set foot on Taiwan Island at [-]:[-] a.m.."
"The Chinese army has added a group army, which is what they call a corps. There are now at least 19 divisions in front of Taiwan, while there are only 18 divisions on the island of Taiwan, and 6 of them have not completed training. We need to send ground troops to Taiwan. .”
"What troops to transport? Japan's 31st Marine Division? [-]st Division? Or troops still in South Korea?" Eisenhower glanced at Army Chief of Staff Collins, "Let me decide. Send Annan Corps first."
Chapter 39, tanks drive to Taiwan Island!
The Annan Army was originally called the "Futai Army" in history.Fu is Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam, and Taiwan is Taiwan.
At the end of 1949, Siye attacked Guangxi. At that time, the national army in Guangxi (a group of Central Army, the new Guangxi faction, and the last troops of the Yunnan Army) was completely unable to withstand the offensive of Siye. Go abroad and enter Vietnam.The first batch of national troops who fled into Vietnam entered the territory of the Viet Minh and were almost wiped out. Only 48 people escaped, and then turned to the territory of the French army in Vietnam. They were captured by the French army and disarmed for centralized management.Later, more and more remnants of the national army fled to Vietnam. The French army opened up Phu Quoc Island to house the remnants of the captured national army. They took in more than 3 people, including Huang Jie, commander of the 1st Corps of the national army. .
At the end of 1953, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly remembered that there were still more than 3 national soldiers detained in Vietnam, so he asked the United States to mediate and let France release these more than 3 people and transfer them to Taiwan for reorganization.The predecessor of the current Wanwan Marine Corps can be traced back to the Futai Army.
The current plane... In May 1951, the United States felt that it really needed a large number of foreign servants, otherwise North Korea would fight too hard.While launching the Hokkaido training base to train the South Korean army, the United States also quietly made deals with France, and soon 5 people from Phu Quoc Island were transported to Okinawa.
In fact, the United States does not refuse to use the Chinese army, but does not want the Chinese troops in its hands to have any contact with Chiang Kai-shek.
However, the frustration of this group of remnants of the national army still surprised the US military. More than 3 people were yellow and emaciated, depressed, and the old, weak, sick and disabled were eliminated. In the end, only 4000 barely qualified soldiers were selected. In addition, there were more than [-] soldiers who could do some physical work and were organized into two reserve regiments.So this Annan Army Corps is actually probably a simplified infantry division of Meiji, a bit like the Korean Army Division at the same time.
Because the foundation of the Annan Army is really poor, and the training period is much longer than that of the South Korean army, it was not until the second half of 1952 that this team could barely get it out.But at this time, the United States had new ideas about Taiwan, and the Annan Army chose to stay in Okinawa and not make it public, and it might be useful when it wants to take down Chiang Kai-shek someday.
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When Eisenhower said "Annan's Legion", Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Bradley and several chiefs of staff felt that they had entered an unfamiliar territory, and they all set their sights on the presence of CIA Director Allen Dulles.
Allen Dulles coughed lightly, and said: "The Annan Corps, no, the official name is the Western Pacific Free Chinese Corps... It is a secret plan of the CIA, but General Lemuel Shepard should know some information, Because this regiment is trained by the Marine Corps."
Marine Corps Commander Lemuel Shepard nodded, but then questioned: "As far as I know, the strength of the so-called Annan Army is probably slightly worse than the South Korean division trained in Hokkaido."
Allen Dulles: "Mr. President, are you going to use the Legion as we discussed earlier?"
Eisenhower nodded.
Allen Dulles: "We don't need the Annan Army against the Chinese army. In fact, we use the Annan Army against Chiang Kai-shek's army. We transport the Annan Army's light infantry to a regiment in Taipei within 24 hours, the Navy The transport fleet is also ready. It may or may not be necessary to transport all the personnel and equipment of the regiment. Then there are two plans. Plan A is to stabilize the front so that we can send 3 divisions to Taiwan Island at one time, and Send another 3 divisions in the second wave; or plan B, the Annan army controls as many senior government officials and generals as possible, takes them to Okinawa, and organizes the government-in-exile.”
"Or the 'Agamemnon Plan,' or the 'Moses Plan,'" concluded Eisenhower.
Agamemnon landed and attacked Troy with an army of 10, and hammered Troy to death after 10 years of hammering. (This is actually a legend)
Moses is also a legend. He performed a magic trick to part the Red Sea and escaped with a group of Egyptian slaves and rebels.
Collins: "The only thing we can use immediately is the 31st Infantry Division and the Marine Corps. It is impossible for the 8 divisions in North Korea to be ready to go to Taiwan immediately. It may take three weeks or even longer."
Lemuel Shepard: "The 3rd Regiment of the 5st Marine Division is in Hokkaido, and the [-]th Regiment is in Shikoku. They are both in a dispersed garrison state. It will take time for the whole division to reach a state where it can be fully loaded and transferred."
Eisenhower shook his head: "Two plans, choose one of the two. Don't give up any of them until the last moment."
Perhaps a miracle really happened, Taiwan's small army can hold on to the ground for three weeks.
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Taixi Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan.
Our army's four small warships bombarded Xuejia District, Chiayi County, of course it was a feint.The real landing place is the coast of Taixi Township.Xuejia District is about 4 kilometers away from Taixi Township.
At 3:20 a.m., the radio monitoring station in Penghu confirmed that the reserves of the 2nd Army of the Nationalist Army—a tank battalion and an infantry regiment—hastily moved towards the Xuejia District, indicating that the feint attack had some effect.
Now that the enemy forces have been partially mobilized, Taixi Township's face-to-face fire preparations can also begin.
"The mine-sweeping fire support team has arrived at the scheduled location and has anchored."
The Xinmin-7 cargo ship approached the coast of Taiwan slowly in the dark. This is an 3000-ton cargo ship with a deep draft. It must approach [-] meters from the coastline. The navigator and helmsman must steer the ship carefully to avoid running aground .
On the straight and complete deck are 8 Soviet-made trucks, which are equipped with guide rails and huge stubby rockets.
These are BM-31-12 heavy multiple rocket launchers.
It was used in North Korea last year.
At 3:23, the cargo ship Xinmin-7, which was actually one of the three fire support ships participating in the Taiwan Campaign, suddenly unleashed all its firepower.The pitch-black sea surface was instantly illuminated by the flames fired by the rockets. On the deck of the ship, the rockets flew off the launch rail one by one, dragging the line of fire to Taiwan Island.
The area attacked by 8 rockets of 96 rocket launchers is from the coastline to the area of 200 meters inland.
The short-range heavy rockets with a maximum range of 4000 meters fell one after another, and were detonated again in a short while. The overpressure caused by the cloud bombs even stirred up the nearby sea water into a white wave with foam.
"Did our bazooka fire just now?"
The captain of the Minsheng-7 holds a telescope and looks at the coastline.
"The target was accurately covered. Yes, the ship stopped very steadily after anchoring." said the commander of the Rocket Artillery Battalion.
"But isn't our rocket going to detonate the minefields of the national army on the beach? I don't seem to see how many mines have been detonated."
The battalion commander laughed and said, "According to the code of defense tactics, they should have densely planted mines on the beach, um... Maybe they don't have enough mines. But no matter whether they mine more or less, we still have to plow the beach according to the procedure of."
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The national army is not completely free of landmines on the beach. There are a few anti-infantry mines here and there, which were blown up by the overpressure of the cloud bombs.
Min-7 was followed by Min-11 and Min-12. Although the feint bombardment in the Xuejia area took two hours and the fire support team only fought for 10 minutes, the ammunition projected by these three rocket launchers has exceeded that of the four feint attack ships. Ammunition count.
The second round of shells from the ship's 108mm rocket launcher hit the beachhead of the national army, and the approaching LST tank landing ship opened its bow door 300 meters offshore.The heavy steel gates are opened to both sides. In order to prevent accidents when the amphibious tanks are out of the bow, the lights inside the landing ship are brightly lit, and the two searchlights on the bow are also turned on unscrupulously—the national army’s small guns and cannons don’t care. , the most important thing is to disembark by yourself.If the amphibious tank fell over outside the door as soon as it went out in the dark operation, it would mean that the entire landing ship was stuck.