C143 (1/2)
In this tense moment of war, Wang Baocheng calmed his agitated heart and said gratefully: ”Yes, Commander, I will save my strength. Unless it is absolutely necessary, I will not let those brothers' lives be a joke, you have spent too much effort on us, I will not let your effort go to waste here, do not worry, Commander, I know what to do.”
With their current military strength, it was impossible for them to stop the attacks of the continent without any external assistance. Because of their self-confidence, the Gome had made a fatal mistake in underestimating the enemy, thus, when they saw the unfavorable situation, they thought of continuing to reinforce the, which completely lost the initiative in the war, and walked towards the passive situation. Although the troops they had increased now were extremely strong, they were still far from being able to save the situation, and through all the various indications, it was clear that the overall attack of the continent was about to begin. That was why he gave this order to Wang Baocheng. When he heard Wang Baocheng's words, he was still worried and continued to instruct him: ”Bao Cheng, the attacks of the continent is about to start, you ah, hurry up and prepare the retreating ships, it's not that I do not believe you have the ability to repel the attacks of the continent, it's just that we really cannot withstand the war's consumption. With our entire island's strength, it's not wise for us to fight against the powerful continent, if the war ends in the future, we also have a bargaining chip with the continent. Then there is no meaning, once the bay stand is gone, is there any meaning to your loyalty anymore? So protecting the lives of your subordinates is your most important mission, do you understand? ”
Wang Baocheng started sweating profusely because of what Li Zhongyi had said. In fact, he was actually completely loyal to the bay stand in his heart, but after hearing Li Zhongyi's exhortation, his vision went wide, that's right, once the bay stand was occupied by the continent, there would be no more bay stand Governments. He wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead and said respectfully: ”Yes, the commander's teachings are correct. I understand, I will arrange it now, rest assured, if the enemy is strong, we will immediately retreat, and not fight to the death with the enemy. I understand now, they are all Chinese, why must we go and fight like this, actually returning a day earlier might be a good thing.”
When Li Zhongyi saw that Wang Baocheng had completely changed his mind, he was extremely happy. He thought to himself, just like that, he would have an additional bargaining chip with the continent, and his own position would not be lost so badly as he said in a serious tone, ”Bao Cheng, if you think like this, then that's right, okay, you can go and arrange things. If the war does not go well, and immediately retreat.”
The two of them chatted for a bit more before hanging up the phone. Fortunately, there were no people around, otherwise, when they heard that Army Commander-in-Chief had instigated their subordinates to not resist, then there might have been some kind of outcome, Li Zhongyi called the leaders of the army in both Golden Gate and Penghu Islands in succession, and also transmitted his thoughts to them. These two leaders of the army straightforwardly agreed to retreat the moment the battle went awry, and the two commanders who received the call were extremely happy.
After he finished explaining, Li Zhongyi laughed in his heart, not only did he preserve his strength, he could also completely defend this island. If the war was not good, then his own actions would definitely receive praise from the continent, and maybe, he would be able to continue to stay in the army in the future. At the very least, he wouldn't be left empty-handed and wouldn't have to wander around the ocean anymore.
In such a short period of time, they had already come up with several defense plans. Seeing that Li Zhongyi had returned, Ai Kejimu immediately said to Li Zhongyi with a smile. ”Then come over quickly and let's study these plans together. You should also give your opinion.”
When Li Zhongyi came closer and looked at the few plans, only one of them matched his idea, which was to give up on the Golden Gate, the Penghu Islands and the Mazu, and return to defend the battle plan of the bay stand Island, the other plans are to defend the Golden Gate and the Third Line well, and the plan to establish the second and the third line of defense on the bay stand Island would be done as well. When Li Zhongyi finished looking at the third plan, if we can smoothly destroy the Kaohsiung Harbor's continental fleet, then the defense of the Golden Gate and Third Line is also possible. If Gold Gate and Penghu Islands do not retreat soon, then the two lines of troops might be completely annihilated, so I think that based on the current situation, it's more appropriate to take the fourth plan. ”
Everyone listened to Li Zhongyi's analysis and some disagreed, the only ones that disagreed were the bay stand's interests and interests, the ones that disagreed were obviously the's benefits and benefits in the Pacific Ocean.
Ai Kejimu and admiral of the navy both shook their heads in disagreement, Ai Kejimu immediately said: ”No, no, General Lee thinks that this is a huge mistake, abandoning the defense of the Golden Gate Third Line, the bay stand will directly face the threat of the continent's common army, which is completely inconsistent with war defense, putting their own land under the enemy's fire is not a wise move, I object to taking this plan, as long as the Golden Gate Third Line's soldiers can endure for one day, our supporting forces can arrive, and the battle situation will be reversed again.”
Li Zhongyi pretended to be helpless: ”General Ji Mu, the Mazu's attack has already been bombarded by the air force of the continent to the extent of only 20%, do you think that those troops there can withstand the Continental Army's attack? Without the support of the navy, then the war would have been a one-sided battle from the very beginning. This, I do not need to say that everyone can understand, but behind the Golden Gate, Mazu and the Penghu Islands, there is a continent's fleet that is eyeing the front of the battle from the very beginning, you can say that once the Mazu falls, the Golden Gate and the Penghu Islands can only defend themselves, it would only be an instant matter of time before they are defeated. After all, to preserve our strength and defend this island is the most sensible thing to do, and to wait for your side to assist us, we might even be able to recover the three territories we lost.
After listening to Li Zhongyi's analysis, Ai Kejimu also thought that what he said was more accurate. Although it was a bit too conservative, from a strategic point of view, it was not picky at all.
Although giving up on the Golden Gate Three Line can preserve a large amount of energy to defend the island, but right now, the mainland has yet to launch a total attack. Giving up on the Golden Gate Three Line too early is not really a wise choice, even if the mainland attacks the Golden Gate Three Line together, then the amount of troops they put into it is not that much, and since there is a chance, why not give up on defense? If we lose the opportunity, it would not be that easy for us to take them back. You don't think our navy is such a piece of cake that we can't even destroy a few dozen battleships. ”
Li Zhongyi cursed internally, thinking that what are you doing there, the ones fighting in the front are not your subordinates, then if my brother's life is in exchange for Gome's smiling face, will you still have the nerve to do so? Don't you understand the principle that a proud soldier must be defeated? If there was no one on the continent who would send their fleet to Kaohsiung Harbor to wait for you to kill them, then even though he was feeling extremely unhappy, he did not reveal it on the surface and still said calmly, ”Brother Xu, what you say makes sense. Let's just see how the continent attacks us. Whether it's war or retreat, we will decide after that, regardless of whether it's war, the continent's navy must be annihilated. Otherwise, they will be too much of a threat to us, so your mission is not light either. ” After saying that, I want you to scam me, and I'll also pull you down with me. Watch how you die, you actually purposely curry favor with the Gome, don't you know that the Gome is the best place to change your attitude?
Xu Zheng felt that Li Zhongyi's words contained some dissatisfaction with him, but he still ignored them. Furthermore, what Li Zhongyi said was a practical matter, if the continent's navy was not eliminated, then it would indeed pose a threat to everyone, so the mainland's move was too perfect, causing people to have no time to think of other things, just the dozens of warships alone was enough to make people feel threatened, so the most important thing to do was to destroy the continent's navy. He looked at everyone and helplessly said: ”That's right, our mission is indeed not light.
Bai Yu did not say anything, after all, this was a time of crisis that concerned the survival of the bay stand's regime, he was an extremely upright soldier and did not take part in any of the matters. He only knew that protecting the bay stand was his duty, and the same thing he did was to lean towards Li Zhongyi's suggestion, since the defense of Golden Gate's Third Line was already on the verge of breaking, rather than defending there and waiting for the arrival of the bay stand's reinforcements, it was better to fight against the Continental Army to determine the victor. That was what a soldier should do, if he won, how could he lose, otherwise, everything was meaningless.
Hearing Xu Zheng's words, Bai Yu nodded his head and agreed, ”Okay, okay, I will send out my reconnaissance aircraft. We will be in charge of searching this area, the rest will be handed over to General Ji Mu.” As he said that, he drew a map of the sea surface area road that was within two hundred miles northwest of Kaohsiung Harbor. Ji Mu looked at the sea area that Bai Yu drew, and said to himself, ”Are you really that sensible? You chose the place where the enemies appear relatively easily, and left the location of the enemy warships in the direction of the Penghu Islands for me, which is very good, and can save a few of my scouts. Seeing this, Ji Mu smiled and nodded:” Okay, General Bai, there are no problems here, just leave it to us. He thought that he had gotten lucky, but never thought that there would be a place where enemies were the least likely to appear. There, he would have to set up a large number of fleet and bomber fighters to love him, waiting to ambush the bay stand's navy.
The place he chose was a place where it was easy to set up ambushes, but here, there was nothing. This made Bai Yu even more confused, and only after hearing that Ai Kejimu's scouting party had all been annihilated did he realize how lucky he was.
Seeing that everything was settled, Bai Yu turned around and left the command room to make the arrangements for the search, Ai Kejimu also quickly followed. There were only a few people left in the command room, no one said a word, they were all seriously studying the sea map and their battle plans, in fact, everyone had their own matters to settle.