sjar Chapter 748 Prepare for Action
Chapter 748 Prepare for Action
batavia
"Has Li Qiankun's report arrived?"
When Li Shaoyi opened his eyes in the morning, he immediately began to ask about the report from the Air Force. At the welcome banquet yesterday at noon, Li Shaoyi also showed his kindness. As a result, the ladies and young ladies from the Windmill Country came over one by one to toast him. Mainly because they had never seen such a handsome man before, Li Shaoyi drank too much and did not wake up last night. He slept from five o'clock in the afternoon to this morning, and his head was still dizzy after he got up.
These Westerners don't feel anything when they drink the wine, but they still feel a headache after drinking it. According to some people in our country, good wine will definitely not make you drunk. I don't know what you use to mix this stuff.
"The Gallic Empire is willing to open three airports for us, but the southernmost airport in Batavia is still only accessible to heavy bombers and transport aircraft, not fighter jets."
Qian Ruiguo was holding the Air Force report in his hand. It had been authorized to him yesterday. After the report arrived, everyone could read it and discuss a strategy. Fighter jets were also an important part of the Air Force. Without fighter jets, having only bombers and transport planes would not be enough.
"How many people can the transport plane bring at its maximum range? These people don't need to carry any weapons or equipment."
Fighter jets are not very useful. There are not many fighter jets in the Windmill Country now. Even if there are some, it is hard to say whether they can fly into the sky. In recent years, the national strength of the Windmill Country has declined, and coupled with the greed of the country's top leaders for pleasure, the amount of military expenditure has been decreasing day by day.
"The C47 transport aircraft we are currently using can carry 24 people."
Qian Ruiguo is the commander of the Marine Corps and knows a lot about the transport capabilities of Air Force aircraft. According to what Li Shaoyi said before, you and the airborne troops may have to cooperate in the future.
The maximum range is about 3,200 kilometers, but if two people are reduced and ten more barrels of fuel are carried, and the aircraft is refueled in the cabin, the range can be increased to 4,000 kilometers, which is enough to reach Batavia.
No one spoke, waiting for Li Shaoyi's decision. After the issue of the Gallic Empire was resolved, Batavia would be the meat in our mouths, but how to eat it without getting stuck in our mouths still required proper planning.
"Inform Li Qiankun and Tang Guoping to dispatch a reorganized regiment from the 1st Infantry Division. I don't care what method they use, they must complete this task within twelve hours. Also, your Marines: once their troops take off from Indochina, you must seize control of the airport."
Li Shaoyi had seen the Batavia airport. It was indeed quite large, but apart from civil aircraft, there were only a dozen or so fighter jets at most, and most of them had not flown for two or three years. There were perhaps not even five fighter jets that could actually take off.
The funds allocated by the Windmill Country were not sufficient to begin with, but all the local officials had divided up the money. The period of peace was too long, and they did not think there would be any war here that would require airplanes. After all, apart from bullying the Chinese and exploiting the natives, they were not in any danger.
To them, those docile Chinese and uncivilized natives were like a group of animals. As long as the army carried a batch of weapons, they could force those people to surrender. There was no need for planes at all, nor was there any need to throw so much money into the Air Force. Therefore, it was a common practice for local military high-ranking officials to allocate funds to the Air Force every year.
I thought life could go on like this and everyone could live comfortably, but since this place is too important, Li Shaoyi has targeted it.
"Please rest assured, Marshal. Our men are fully prepared. During the past few days of investigation, we have inspected all military camps within a fifteen-kilometer radius of Batavia and found no troops that could pose a threat to us. We have also mobilized over fifteen hundred young and middle-aged laborers from the local Chinese community. They have all fired guns before, so as long as we provide them with weapons, maintaining law and order will be no problem."
Qian Ruiguo has not been idle recently. He did not even attend the welcome banquet yesterday. Although the blockade of Fengmill Country is relatively tight, money can pave the way for everything these days. The local Chinese and overseas Chinese have plenty of money. Those people have long been dazzled by money and have no time to keep an eye on the visiting fleet.
According to their thinking, the warships were parked there anyway and our artillery was aimed at them, so it didn't matter if one more or one less person came down.
Could those people still be able to turn the world upside down?
"And the artillery batteries are also crucial. If a fight really breaks out, the artillery batteries will be the first place to be controlled. I don't want our Dingyuan to be sunk in the harbor, and I don't want a single shell to hit our warship."
When Li Shaoyi walked to the window, he immediately saw the high artillery position in the distance, with the muzzle facing the harbor. If anything really happened, Governor Mandalay could just say a word and more than 20 large-caliber heavy artillery would tear the Dingyuan to pieces in an instant.
Over the years, they have divided up all the funds of the Air Force, but no one has been responsible for the maintenance costs of the artillery. Every year, they will find special people to inspect it, and repair what needs to be repaired and replace what needs to be replaced. These guys also know that the artillery is the last weapon in their hands, and there must be no mistakes here.
Facts have proved that their idea is correct. Even if Li Shaoyi's men have the advantage, we must dispatch troops to capture the artillery position as soon as possible, otherwise even a shell fired may hit our flagship.
"I've assigned specialized personnel to each of the surrounding artillery positions. I've calculated that it takes them approximately nine minutes from receiving the order to firing their artillery. If we arrange this in advance, we can easily suppress them within those nine minutes."
Li Shaoyi heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Qian Ruiguo's investigation was so detailed. What he feared most was the vague answer, which meant that you haven't really formulated a battle plan yet, and when the time comes to take action, it will hold us back.
"Then hurry up and act. Once all preparations are complete, report to me immediately."
Li Shaoyi had made the final decision. The people in the room quickly ran to their work stations. The first shot in Southeast Asia was about to be fired.