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"Minister Tang, if the walkie-talkie opens a factory for mass production, how long will it take?"

"If a factory is set up in Shanghai and Hangzhou, it will take about two or three months from the start of the project to the monthly production of 1000 units."

"So fast?"

"Many key parts of the walkie-talkie can be directly taken from the current domestic computer and radio production lines. We only need to do some special parts production and an assembly line."

"So what's the price of this walkie-talkie?"

"The price is really difficult to calculate," Tang Hua said, "I don't know whether to use oceans or RMB or millet. But in general, it shouldn't be too expensive. Almost all the parts are produced domestically. Except for the sealing rubber."

"I'll go back tonight and write a report to the Military Commission," Minister Wang said.

"Minister Wang, are you going back?" Tang Hua said with a smile, "Oh, I'll stay here till night, let's see Lugou Xiaoyue."

It is not good to set up flags indiscriminately.At 6 o'clock in the evening, the jeep sent by the Military Commission ran to Lugou Bridge and found Tang Hua. "Vice Minister Tang, I am ordering you to go back immediately under the order of the Prime Minister." The little security guard of the Military Commission who got out of the car saluted and said.

Tang Hua's jeep followed the Military Commission's car, driving all the way into Beijing and then directly into Haizili.

"Minister Wang, Minister Wang," Tang Hua turned on the walkie-talkie, suddenly wanting to see if Minister Wang was still online.

"Minister Tang, I'm already in the command room. Just now they said that you will be there soon."

……

Walking into the command room, like in Yan'an four years ago, the walls and tables are covered with maps again, and the commander-in-chief, prime minister, and generals are all staring at the maps on the wall.

"Little Tang, tonight and tomorrow morning, the Battle of Penghu is about to begin." The commander-in-chief turned around and said to Tang Hua, "In this battle, your guided bombs are very important equipment, and you have to stay here all the time. Look good."

Chapter 33, Penghu Naval and Air Battle ([-])

Tang Hua was a little dizzy when he first saw the map of the situation of the enemy and ourselves hanging on the wall.

I heard the Prime Minister talk a little bit about the preparations for the battle before, and Wang Qiankun, the deputy commander of the Air Force, also told him sporadic battle deployments, but after seeing the situation map of the enemy and ourselves, Tang Hua realized that he had been watching the leopard before.

In 1949, the Navy of the East China Military Region, which was established after the uprising of the Yangtze River Fleet of the National Army, selected six inland river gunboats that were slightly larger and capable of sailing and fighting in the open sea. They have sailed out of the Yangtze River Estuary, crossed Hangzhou Bay, and arrived in the Ningbo-Zhoushan area standby.

One tank landing ship and 1 landing craft aided by the Soviet Union have gone south, but they did not reach the Xiamen-Kinmen line, but were deployed to the Ninghai-Taizhou line, hiding in ports and bays.

The first amphibious division established by Sanye, the 78th Division, had two amphibious regiments assembled in Taizhou. Of course, one of them was real, and the other was basically a regiment composed of damaged vehicles.

Commander Su wanted to attack the east and the west, and cross the sea under the guise of pretending to attack the Taizhou archipelago—Shang/Xia Dachen Island, Yijiangshan Island and other small islands off the coast of Taizhou. In fact, he crossed 180 kilometers across the sea and directly attacked Penghu.

In order to play a full set, Chen Shuai stopped being the mayor of Shanghai and came to Taizhou to establish a landing headquarters. The two main forces also gathered in the Taizhou-Ninghai area, swimming and training in the sea every day, making a gesture of taking the Taizhou Islands across the sea.

"Commander-in-Chief, is this strategy of attacking east and west effective?" Tang Hua asked with some uncertainty.

"Well." The commander-in-chief replied, "The Guomindang has now released a total of 6 people on Yijiangshan Island, Upper Dachen Island, and Lower Dachen Island, including the 206th and 207th Divisions of the Youth Army. The hard-core army was trained by Sun Liren in Taiwan. Because some troops were deployed to defend the Taizhou Islands, the national army only had 6 people in Penghu, and Hu Lian led the 12th Corps. But among his three armies, only the last The remaining 3th Army can still block twice, and the 67nd Army and 62th Army that were withdrawn from Hainan are all remnants and defeated generals. The National Army Navy is also very intensive in patrolling the Taizhou Islands, occupying two-thirds of their naval warships .”

Unexpectedly, Commander Su could play the routine played by the Allied forces in the Normandy landing again, and the national army could be fooled again.

"Chiang Kai-shek lost Kinmen and Mazu, which are directly across the strait, and it is meaningless to stick to an archipelago that is located far away from the sea off Taizhou. Instead of withdrawing troops back to the island to strengthen the defense of Penghu and the island, instead increasing troops to the Taizhou Islands, is this a matter of face?" Tang Hua said. .

"It's rare for Chiang Kai-shek to lose face." The Prime Minister said.

Tang Hua continued to look at the situation map.

Because the Yangtze River Fleet and the Soviet aid landing ships were both placed in the Taizhou Islands as a cover, the ships carrying troops to land on Penghu were only 5 tank landing ships and 9 infantry landing craft.These ships, together with the conscripted motor ships, can carry a regiment of the 78th Division, plus two main regiments of the 28th Army.Of course this is not enough.Another starting point for the landing force was Shantou, where Commander Su hid 4 transport ships and 2 freighters, which could carry all the combatants of the 31st Division of the 91st Army to land at one time.However, these are not professional landing ships. They need to drop anchor off the coast, and then set up a rope net on the side. Soldiers get off from the ship to small landing craft, and then the landing craft are transferred ashore.

In sum, our army landed on Penghu with 2 divisions (6 regiments) at a time, which is the same as the Kinmen Battle. This is probably the limit of our army's current capacity.In terms of combat ships, only Shantou has two old frigates.However, if after the outbreak of the Penghu Battle, the national army ships all return to Penghu for reinforcements, and the 6 gunboats on standby in the Ningbo-Zhoushan area can go south to support.But in general, naval surface ships are definitely a big weakness.

相对来说，空军集结的飞机不少，可投入作战的一共有33架图-2中型轰炸机、45架伊尔-10攻击机和35架拉-11战斗机。其中最有可能改变战场形势的是12架经过唐华改进的特种轰炸机。

"The 31st Division of the 91st Army has set off." "The 31st and 32nd Ships have set off."

At 9 o'clock in the evening, two telegrams from Shantou.The distance from Shantou to Penghu is long, and the transport fleet will take 8 hours.The distance from Xiamen to Penghu is shorter, about 5 to 6 hours.

In preparation for the Battle of Penghu, our army installed high-power radio stations that can be directly connected to Beijing on the three formations of landing ships, transport ships and frigates purchased by our army. In addition, the short- and medium-range radio stations of these ships were all replaced. You can contact Sanye Qianzhi.The transformation of the communication system of the front-line troops was done by Minister Wang Zheng and Wang who took the communication team to Fujian.Therefore, Minister Wang has to sit in the headquarters and provide technical support for the campaign communication system.

"Generate power to the 31st and 32nd ships and the transport fleet, and transfer them to the front of Sanye. 31. During the voyage, be sure to keep the radio silent; 32. Pay attention to the observation of the sea surface and handle it flexibly in case of special circumstances. [-]. The [-]st and [-]nd ships maintain a high speed Go forward and try to reach the theater ahead of time." Chief of General Staff Xu Shuai quickly drew up a call back.

"The urgent meeting with Ambassador Luo Shen and North Korean comrades will start in 15 minutes." The Prime Minister stood up. "The chairman has arrived at Huairen Hall, and I should rush there too. Xiao Zhao, you stay here. If there is an emergency, take a bus immediately." The car rushed to Huairentang to inform me and the chairman."

"Wait a minute," Tang Hua took the walkie-talkie from Wang Zheng's hand, "Prime Minister, take the walkie-talkie with you, let the secretary take it with you. You can contact the headquarters at any time if there is a situation."

The prime minister took the walkie-talkie first, pressed the button and tried it, and another walkie-talkie on the table in the middle of the headquarters made a sound.

"What an advanced secret weapon." The prime minister handed the walkie-talkie to the secretary, opened the door and went out.

"Sanye pointed out that the air raid on Tainan Airport is scheduled for early in the morning. In order to ensure the bombing effect, it is planned to use 6 special bombers and 21 bombers."

Commander-in-Chief, Xu Shuai looked at Tang Hua.

If 6 special bombers were dispatched to bomb the airport, then only 6 special bombers and 12 Il-10s would intercept and kill the National Army and Navy in the Taiwan Strait.

Tang Hua: "Have the special bombers ever conducted bombing training at airports?"

"The corresponding training subjects have been completed, and the navigation chart and bombing instructions of Tainan Airport have also been issued to familiarize the crew."

"It can be transferred." Tang Hua said.

晚11时，15条机动船从厦门-金门出发。晚11时40分，5艘坦克登陆舰、9艘登陆艇、4艘50吨级炮艇从厦门-金门出发。

In order to ensure the suddenness of the battle, all the fleets began radio silence after departure. For the next few hours, both Beijing and Sanye Qianzhi could only wait.It is estimated that at [-] o'clock in the morning, the bombers will raid Tainan Airport, and at [-] o'clock in the morning, the tank landing ship will launch an amphibious assault. This is when the battle will really start.

……

Penghu main island.

Hu Lian, the commander of the 12th Corps, walked around outside the headquarters anxiously.

Looking up, you can see the sea from three sides of the headquarters. On the right is Penghu Bay, where the waves gently lap the beach and turn into strips of white foam; There were only quiet shadows left in the night.But this made Hu Lian feel even more anxious.

Hu Zongnan sits on Dachen Island, and for the past three months has been clamoring that the Communist Army is about to seize the island, demanding that the defense be strengthened.What is the value of Dachen Island now?Leave early and feel at ease.But Chiang Kai-shek didn’t think so. The Taizhou Islands are adjacent islands to the mainland, while Penghu is a subsidiary of Taiwan Island. If the Taizhou Islands are lost, the Kuomintang regime will be completely separated from the mainland. Once it shows that it has nothing to do with the mainland, the United States may give up at any time. Kuomintang.As a result, Hu Lian’s request for another army to strengthen Penghu was rejected, and it was used to strengthen the Taizhou Islands; the American-made warships of the Kuomintang Navy-the ships were in much better condition than the warships that fell in the sun, almost all were called to cruise the Taizhou Islands, platform.

Hu Lian took one last look at the beach defense line of Penghu main island.The Battle of Kinmen confirmed that the People's Liberation Army has equipped amphibious armored vehicles and amphibious tanks, and the number is considerable.Fortunately, the American-made amphibious tank has weak armor, and the M5 "Stuart" light tank can easily deal with it. The key is not to let the amphibious tank leave the beach smoothly.If it is driven to evacuate on hard ground and the infantry dismounts, the battlefield becomes too complicated.

Under Hu Lian's dispatch, the 67 light tanks of the 31th Army Tank Battalion were divided into three teams and lined up on the three gentle coasts where they were most likely to land, 700 meters from the sea.Once the People's Liberation Army's amphibious tanks try to land, the National Army's tanks can start shooting when the tanks are close to the coast, and they should be able to wipe out most of the landing tanks before they leave the beach area.The first line of defense on the beach was also a whole division of the 67th Army that Hu Lian considered the most reliable.

Using binoculars to inspect the defensive positions of Penghu for the last time, Hu Lian reluctantly suppressed his heart and went back to the camp to rest.

November 6, 16:1 a.m.

After loading and refueling, more than a dozen Tu-2 medium bombers lined up on the runway in a long column.Under the guidance of the airport lights, Tu-2 transferred to the take-off point in turn, taxied on the runway, accelerated, and one after another rose into the sky.The 33 Tu-2s that took off from the two airports took three hours to cross the Taiwan Strait and bombed the airport where 36 P-51 "Mustang" fighter jets were stationed.

3 am.

The sun-landing gunship "Yongxiang", which was cruising east of the Penghu Islands, turned a sharp turn and headed back to the main island of Taiwan.