Chapter 155 Hidden Action

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Although these plants are affecting us now, they also played a role in concealing us from the bombing of the Japanese planes at the time, so they can be regarded as making the best use of everything."

Yu Hanmou also said, "Yes! If the Japanese hadn't attacked from behind, the Humen Fortress wouldn't have been lost."

In fact, the Japanese bypassed Daya Bay to attack Guangzhou because they couldn't break through the Humen Fortress. By the time Guangzhou fell, the Humen Fortress was no longer that important.

Chen Ce said to Lin Fan, "Although the Humen Fortress is lost, the fortress headquarters is still there. If Brigade Commander Lin trusts us, the fortress headquarters is willing to do its best to assist in this attack on the Fifth Fleet."

Lin Fan thought for a while and said, "Of course, we welcome it. However, this attack on the Japanese Fifth Fleet is a highly confidential matter. Even within the Special Operations Brigade, no more than three people know about it now.

The fortress headquarters needs to go to Huiyang. We will set up a joint operations center in Huiyang. From the moment you enter Huiyang until the end of the attack, everyone will be under centralized management."

When Lin Fan said centralized management, he actually meant unified accommodation and no going out.

Chen Ce looked at his empty right trouser leg and said fiercely, "As long as we can kill the Japanese devils, we can do whatever it takes."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "It's settled then! How many members are there in the fortress headquarters? Have them bring the information and leave immediately."

Chen Ce nodded and said, "I'll make a phone call here."

After speaking, he started calling his subordinates, only informing them to bring the Humen Fortress information and maps to the Fourth War Zone Headquarters to report.

Lin Fan was very satisfied with his cautious approach. Even if those staff officers received this call, they wouldn't know what the next task would be.

Pu Xueliang, the chief of staff of the Humen Fortress, received Chen Ce's order at the temporary station in Qingyuan. All the information about the fortress had been lost during the retreat from Humen. He had no information to bring, only his head.

The other staff officers were the same. After receiving the order, the staff officers of the Humen Fortress Headquarters reported to the Fourth War Zone Headquarters one after another. They all knew that there must be a new arrangement for their whereabouts.

These officers had defended and fought in the Humen Fortress. Their retreat was under orders, so when the other teams in the Fourth War Zone were thoroughly investigated, many officers were dealt with.

Because of their brave fighting, many officers from the Humen Fortress were commended. Therefore, they didn't feel uneasy when they arrived at the headquarters of the war zone.

When they arrived, they saw that the wounded commander had recovered and was waiting for them inside the headquarters.

After meeting, Chen Ce didn't explain the mission this time, but only asked them how many scattered soldiers they had gathered during this time.

Since the superiors didn't talk about business, these staff officers didn't dare to ask.

Especially since Yu Hanmou, the commander of the Fourth War Zone, was also present, as well as a young officer whose rank was not high, only a senior colonel.

There were two or three senior colonels among the fortress staff officers who came to report, such as Zu Yang and Shi Han, so they just nodded to this overly young officer.

Yu Hanmou and Li Ce hadn't introduced Lin Fan to these people yet. After everyone arrived, there were five people in total.

They were Pu Xueliang, the chief of staff of the fortress, and staff officers Zu Yang, Shi Han, Duan Hong, and Ban Jingfu. At this time, Commander Yu Hanmou introduced, "This is Brigade Commander Lin of the Special Operations Brigade."

Chen Ce then introduced his five subordinates. These five people were surprised to hear that the person in front of them was actually Lin Fan, the brigade commander of the Special Operations Brigade, who had led two infantry regiments and one artillery regiment from Wuhan and turned the tide.

They had heard Lin Fan's name so much that their ears had grown calluses, but they had never seen the real person.

These people had also thought that such a brave and skilled person must be in his thirties or forties, but they didn't expect him to be so young.

Chief of Staff Pu Xueliang said with a smile, "Brigade Commander Lin's name is well-known. I've heard of it for a long time. I didn't expect the real person to be so young. You are truly promising!"

Lin Fan said a few words of modesty, not revealing anything, and only said to Commander Yu Hanmou, "Let's stop here today! We'll leave now."

Commander Yu Hanmou stood up and said, "I've also asked people to prepare lunch. Let's eat before you go!"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "I won't bother you today, lest something unexpected happen."

Yu Hanmou knew that Lin Fan was cautious and could only personally send him to the airport. The staff officers of the Humen Fortress Headquarters didn't know anything and could only follow Commander Chen Ce to see Lin Fan off.

Chief of Staff Pu Xueliang didn't know if this was a mission or just the commander wanting them to meet Lin Fan.

The staff officers didn't understand why they were suddenly called here just to see off this legendary brigade commander of the Special Operations Brigade.

They didn't understand until they reached the front of the plane when Chen Ce said to his five subordinates, "Get on the plane together!"

After speaking, he also started to board the plane. Lin Fan admired this amputee commander who could keep his mouth shut and personally helped him up.

Pu Xueliang noticed that Commander Yu Hanmou didn't come up.

After boarding the plane, Pu Xueliang asked with a smile, "Commander! Brigade Commander Lin, we are all on the plane. Can you tell us what the mission is today?"

Chen Ce looked at Lin Fan with embarrassment. Lin Fan said with a smile, "This time, we have invited you here because there is indeed a top-secret operation that requires your participation.

The reason why I didn't reveal the news earlier was just to maintain secrecy. I believe you saw just now that only Commander Yu accompanied us throughout the whole process. That is because, apart from you, only Commander Yu knows about this plan in the entire Fourth War Zone.

Of course, Commander Yu only knows that there is such a thing. He doesn't know the specific plan, implementation time, or methods.

From now on, you will need to be under centralized management. During the implementation of the mission, you must not go out or contact the outside world. Commander Chen understands this.

Now I will start explaining the target of this plan: Our army is preparing to attack the Japanese Fifth Fleet stationed near the Humen Fortress.

In order to implement this plan, we need your help.

We need detailed information about the various artillery emplacements of the Humen Fortress, including the various weapons and locations on the emplacements, the firing direction of these weapons, and the detailed information about the ports next to them.

I hope to have a detailed map and an accurate sandbox model. With these, we can create a detailed attack plan in a targeted manner."

After Lin Fan finished speaking, Chen Ce said, "The newspapers said some time ago that many cities in Japan were on fire, and countless Japanese people were killed and injured.

Those fires were caused by Brigade Commander Lin leading the Special Operations Brigade's flying squadron taking off from here and flying to Japan to bomb them.

This time, their target is the Japanese Fifth Fleet. We must cooperate well and strive to destroy the entire Japanese Fifth Fleet."

One piece of news after another stunned the staff officers of the Humen Fortress Headquarters.

The amount of information was too much, and they hadn't digested it yet.

Pu Xueliang repeated, "You want to attack the Japanese Fifth Fleet stationed at Humen Port?"

"Yes!"

"Was it you who bombed the Japanese cities?" Pu Xueliang asked.

"Yes!"

Lin Fan knew that they lacked understanding of the Special Operations Brigade. On the issue of the war of resistance, they were just like ordinary people, very eager to know all the stories they didn't know.

So Lin Fan told the officers of the Humen Fortress about the parts of the Special Operations Brigade's bombing of Japan that could be told.

Hearing the planner and executor of the bombing mission personally tell them the story of bombing Japan, not to mention staff officers like Duan Hong and Ban Jingfu, even Chen Ce, the commander of the Humen Fortress, was fascinated.

They didn't mention the attack on the Japanese Fifth Fleet again until they landed in Huiyang.

After the plane landed, Lin Fan immediately arranged for the five of them to enter the command post of the Special Operations Brigade and allocated a separate courtyard for them to live in, while sending a platoon to protect them outside.

Chen Ce knew that they were protecting them, but also monitoring them.

Shi Han obviously had some opinions on being protected like this.

Chen Ce ordered, "The Special Operations Brigade wants to sneak attack the Japanese Navy's Fifth Fleet. Such a plan certainly needs to be kept secret. As long as the attack is successful, it will be considered revenge for the Japanese killing and wounding so many of our brothers.

What does it matter if we suffer some grievances now? In the future, it will be said that we also contributed to the attack on the Japanese Navy's Fifth Fleet.

Our top priority now is to mark out the various artillery emplacements of the Humen Fortress.

Draw the detailed situation of the port and docks, make a sandbox for Brigade Commander Lin to refer to, and make do with the rest!"

Since the commander had said so, what else could the other staff officers say?

Everyone understood in their hearts that confidential matters must be kept secret. In the last Guangzhou campaign, the Fourth War Zone Headquarters had Japanese spies inside. Now it seemed that the Special Operations Brigade should be stricter with confidentiality.

Especially after hearing on the way here that they had even bombed Japan, the Japanese didn't know anything about such a big event in advance.

Thinking about crossing the ocean to bomb Japan, any naval fleet deployed by the Japanese to ambush or intercept them would have caused the mission to fail.

As a result, the Japanese didn't collect any information and could only completely endure the bombing of the Special Operations Brigade.

Thinking about it this way, the staff officers of the Humen Fortress were relieved about their current treatment, and they immediately entered a working state.

According to Commander Chen Ce's suggestion, they first marked the Pearl River and the several islands and reefs on the river on the map. With these reference objects, the rest would be easier.

They quickly devoted themselves to their work. When it was time for dinner, Lin Fan came over again.

This time, Lin Fan didn't say anything more, but said with a smile to these people, "I dealt with some things in the afternoon. We are preparing to bomb the Japanese Fifth Fleet.

Tonight is considered a welcome dinner for everyone. Your identities are sensitive, so the protection is stronger.

But please rest assured that this time will not be too long. We will be ready and launch an attack on the Japanese fleet immediately. In a short time, you will be free.

When the time comes, please take a walk around."

With this trust, this kind of key protection was not worth mentioning at all. Being able to participate in such a major event as attacking the Japanese Fifth Fleet, it was understandable that the confidentiality level was higher.

Chen Ce thought for a moment and said to Lin Fan, "Brigade Commander Lin! If you use planes to bomb, you will need at least two hundred planes. Does the Special Operations Brigade have so many planes?"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Yes! Of course, we certainly don't have enough planes here in Guangzhou, so we need a plan. Then we have to slowly and quietly transfer planes from Jurong, Qianjiang, Tongcheng, and Xuzhou.

This process needs to be well coordinated. These planes will enter the field that night and be put into bombing the Japanese Fifth Fleet the next day, so that even if the Japanese know something, they won't understand what our target is."

When Chen Ce and the others heard Lin Fan say this, they already understood that speed was of the essence! In addition, the Special Operations Brigade really had two hundred planes.

With such air force strength, apart from the Central Army, no other warlord had it.

While they were shocked, they felt that there was a high possibility of bombing the Japanese Fifth Fleet.

If there were two hundred planes, one hundred bombers and one hundred fighters, to bomb the Japanese Fifth Fleet...

Just thinking about it made the scene seem very beautiful.

Lin Fan continued, "Considering that various places also need planes to protect them and respond to emergencies, this time we can provide a maximum of three hundred and sixty planes: one hundred and sixty fighters and two hundred bombers."

Hearing that Lin Fan had even said such confidential information, Chen Ce and the other five were truly moved: he really treated them as his own people.

Chen Ce immediately said, "Brigade Commander Lin! We will make a detailed map first, and then develop a battle plan based on the information we have.

However, we only know the previous situation of the artillery emplacements and don't know if the Japanese have made any changes to the artillery emplacements. In addition, we can only clearly provide information about fixed facilities in the ports and docks.

As for the number of warships and equipment of the Japanese Fifth Fleet, we will be powerless."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "That's enough. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. There is no such thing as sitting in the central army tent and planning strategies thousands of miles away.

We only need to formulate a general feasible plan according to the situation. The pilots will be flexible on the battlefield."

When Lin Fan returned to his command post, he called the flight squadron leaders of Huiyang Airport to a meeting. At the meeting, he told them about the plan to bomb the Japanese Navy's Fifth Fleet stationed at the Humen Fortress.

The straight-line distance from Huiyang Airport to Humen Fortress was less than 100 kilometers. This distance was within combat range for both bombers and fighters, making it the best distance for a surprise attack.

What Lin Fan and the others needed to plan now was: how many planes to use, what kind of bombs to use, and also have fighters ready to deal with Japanese plane interference.

These things needed to be planned carefully.

Ke Xiangtong had returned to Huiyang from Zengcheng. This was because there were many Special Operations Brigade personnel coming to Huiyang recently, and there were not enough medical personnel, so she was transferred here.

Although she hadn't seen Lin Fan or found out anything valuable these days, she still felt from the accents of the people who had come to the hospital to see a doctor these days that the Special Operations Brigade would have a big move next.

Because among the Special Operations Brigade soldiers who had come to the hospital to see a doctor these days, there were people with accents from all over the country: some from the Northeast, some from Shandong, some from Sichuan, and some from Hunan. Only a few soldiers had Guangzhou local accents.

The various accents from all over the country made it very difficult for her to listen, but as long as the soldiers who came to see a doctor looked at her pretty face and listened to her weak voice when she spoke.

All the anger disappeared, and even the most impatient temperaments were endured. Everyone couldn't wait to say a few more words to Ke Xiangtong.

Many of these soldiers knew each other. When they greeted each other, Ke Xiangtong heard the word "plane" the most.

Commander Kozo Kando looked at the information placed on his desk: According to internal sources, the Special Operations Brigade has been making frequent personnel transfers recently and is estimated to have a major operation related to planes.

The last major operation of the Special Operations Brigade related to planes was the bombing of Japan. Could they be doing it again?

Just thinking about the losses suffered by Japan in the last bombing, especially the Emperor was frightened on the night of the bombing of Tokyo and had to get out of bed in the middle of the night and hide in the basement.

That night, several palace rooms were destroyed by fire in the palace. It was said that the Emperor still lived in the basement at night and dared not stay on the ground at night.

He was afraid of being bombed again!

Now that he heard that the Special Operations Brigade might be organizing another major operation that was also related to planes, what else could it be but bombing Japan?